"I need to be at Duke Stage before I can make the Acquired Resonance Godly Forging Wheel?!" Li Luo was horror-struck by his father's declaration. 

Come on, Dad, this isn't even funny! 

If I was already a Duke, would I need to be here discussing this crap with you?!

Forget it, just prepare the coffin for me.

Just as Li Luo was despairing, he saw his mother reach out to crunch Li Taixuan's ear in a pincer-like grip. "Li Taixuan, are you crazy?! Pranking Little Luo at a time like this!" 

"Ow ow OW OW I'M SORRY!" Li Taixuan yelped. "Mercy, Dear, MERCY!"

Li Luo watched on with cold satisfaction. "Harder. Harder!!"

Tan Tailan finally let go after she had finished turning her husband's ear into a beautiful shade of rose red. "Tell him properly, or you can go sit in a corner and stay out of my conversation with Little Luo."

Li Taixuan hastily nodded, only too happy to have his ear still attached to the...