Unexpectedly, early the next morning, Bai Ruozhu didn’t go to find her aunt, but her aunt ca to find her first.
Jiao Ling said with a face full of joy, "The Third Elder talked to about his intentions, and I am truly happy for your grandmother."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ruozhu felt delighted and admired the Third Elder even more. For him to do this showed that he genuinely cared about her grandmother; otherwise, he wouldn’t have proactively sought out Jiao Ling to discuss, knowing that her grandmother’s biggest concern was Jiao Ling’s opinion.
"Ruozhu, do you know? The Third Elder said his biggest regret in life is not confessing to your grandmother earlier and not properly comforting her. So this ti, he will not retreat or hesitate. He said he doesn’t have much ti left in life and wants to spend the coming days well with your grandmother and take good care of her."
By the end of her words, Jiao Ling was in tears, and Bai Ruozhu hugged her shoulders, saying, "Aunt, this is a good thing, and I am truly happy for them. Grandmother talked to about this last night. She was afraid you wouldn’t be happy and dared not agree to the Third Elder."
Jiao Ling got anxious upon hearing this, "Why wouldn’t I agree? I’ll go talk to your grandmother right now."
She hurriedly went to find Jiao Yunyun. Bai Ruozhu didn’t follow; this was their mother-daughter ti for interaction, and she didn’t want to disturb them.
By noon, both Jiao Yunyun and the Third Elder had joyful expressions, indicating that everything was settled.
The Third Elder, feeling a bit embarrassed, hesitated for a mont during lunch before saying, with a slight blush, "Once things calm down in the clan, I want to, to handle the matters with Xiaoyun."
Bai Yihong still looked confused, "What matters?"
Lin Ping’er already figured it out and kicked Bai Yihong hard under the table, thinking his reaction was incredibly slow.
"Alright, I agree." Jiao Ling said with a smile.
Bai Ruozhu gave her father a look and mouthed: Marriage. Only then did Bai Yihong react quickly, saying, "Good, good, good, this is wonderful news, I also agree."
Because of his exaggerated reaction, Jiao Yunyun blushed and stood up saying, "I’ll go to the kitchen to see what else we have, you all continue chatting."
Bai Yihong felt sowhat awkward facing the Third Elder and didn’t know what to say, but Bai Ruozhu took the initiative and said, "By that ti, we should celebrate properly and invite more clan mbers for the event, don’t you think so, Grandpa?"
She had already changed the way she addressed him.
Just that single "Grandpa", caused the Third Elder to smile broadly, leaving no reason for disagreent.
Although Jiao Yunyun didn’t want a big celebration, considering it was her second marriage, the Third Elder didn’t want her to feel wronged. He didn’t want people thinking they were casually together without any formalities, so he naturally preferred a proper ceremony.
Everything was thus decided, and the whole family was imrsed in an atmosphere of happiness.
In the Confinent Room, the situation was as usual. Before dawn, Bai Zepei rested enough for three hours and went back to switch with soone else for rest, so he didn’t know what was happening at ho. But with this rest, he looked much better.
Not far away, five small children were sitting cross-legged on the ground, also arranging arrays.
But after all, they were just kids; how could they sit still without fidgeting?
Hao Zhi soon impatiently said to Feng Cheng, "When are they finally coming? Why are they so slow? We’re faster, can they even manage this or not?"
Before Feng Cheng could reply, Qi Yun said with a stern face, "Alright, do you know what ti it is? Hold steady, once they arrive, we’ll be relaxed."
Feng Cheng wasn’t really familiar with these five people, having only co into contact with them due to this temporary matter. After all, he had left that place for many years, and how could he be associated with such young juniors?
However, at this mont, he realized that the oldest among them, Hao Zhi, wasn’t the leader of this group of five youths. Instead, it was the younger Qi Yun whose words carried weight. If it wasn’t Qi Yun’s special status, it must be his maturity that earned him the respect of the others.
Imdiately, he glanced at the youngest, Feng Wuchen, and found her sitting quite still with a determined expression on her young face, completely unlike a typically lively ten-year-old child.
Feng Cheng couldn’t help but nod. The children here were indeed different, and among them, so might surpass even his own abilities. But how many years had he been practicing compared to them, considering their young age? This was the difference of talent.
He hoped the reinforcents would arrive soon, so these kids could leave, as Bai Ruozhu had said; he couldn’t bear to see such young children risking their lives.
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Simultaneously, not far from the Jiuli Clan in Duanyang City, Jiang Yichun and others were interrogating Du Fei. Because her son, Xue Liang, was dead, Du Fei constantly displayed a look of despair. No matter how Bai Zepei and others threatened or coerced, or how they used torture, she refused to say another word.
Muyu grit her teeth and said, "I’m so furious I just want to cut her up; this is infuriating."
Jinglei glanced at her, "If we kill her, we won’t know the way."
"So what should we do? Should the master use another dose of the dicine the madam gave?" Muyu asked.
Jiang Yichun shook his head, "The dicine can be used, but it can only extract a few questions. If we want her to lead us, the effect won’t last long enough. Never mind, you two go into the city again and see if you can find soone related to the Jiuli Clan to ask about the situation."
Gao Deng agreed and said, "Since the Jiuli Clan lost the Jade Pendant, they would likely send soone out to look for it. Maybe we can encounter their clan mbers. As long as we explain our intentions, they should help guide us. And by helping them retrieve the Jade Pendant, it counts as a significant favor as well."
Muyu and Jinglei set out, and when they returned, they brought three people with them.
Upon seeing the newcors, Jiang Yichun couldn’t help but show a look of surprise and joy.
"Xiaosi, why are you here?"
Indeed, the new arrivals were Xiaosi and his masters, Xuan Jizi and his wife.
Xiaosi, seeing Jiang Yichun and his masters, expressed happily, "I returned to find you, and Uncle Zhang told you ca to the Jiuli Clan area. So I rushed here with my masters. I also wanted to co over for so experience. Brother-in-law, weren’t you supposed to be fighting in the Capital City? Why are you here too?"
Xiaosi spoke in a calm and unhurried manner, standing straight, looking very different from the previously gloomy young boy.
Jiang Yichun only noticed then that Xiaosi had shot up a lot in height, nearly reaching his shoulder. It seed that he would be quite tall in the future.
When ntioning his purpose for this journey, Jiang Yichun’s eyes dimd a bit, and he lowered his head to hide the fleeting emotion, saying, "Things over there are mostly settled, so I ca over to find your sister."
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