Feng Yuqin never expected that Chu You would offer to help her. Gratefully, she said, "Aunt You, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"You saved me from the poison. It's only right for me to do this," Chu You replied.
Feng Yuqin added, "Aunt You, do you have any books about the Xuan Yu Realm? I'd like to take a look, especially ancient ones."
"I'll ask Xiaomian to send them to you later," Chu You said.
"Thank you, Aunt You," Feng Yuqin said, relieved.
Time flew by. More than two years had passed in a blink of an eye.
Chu Xiaomian's roar echoed, "Little Ling'er, get out here!"
"Giggle..." Ling'er's silver - bell - like laughter rang out from another small courtyard.
Feng Yuqin suddenly appeared. Looking at her youngest daughter among the triplets, she asked, "What mischief have you done to make your Aunt Xiaomian so angry?"
Ling'er blinked her big, watery eyes and said innocently, "Mommy, I didn't do anything."
"You know the consequence of lying," Feng Yuqin said seriously, looking at Ling'er.
Just then, two identical little boys ran in and stood directly in front of Ling'er. "Mommy, our sister is so well - behaved. Don't scare her," they said.
Feng Yuqin was speechless for a moment.
"Then tell me, why did Xiaomian roar and call Ling'er's name?" Feng Yuqin asked the two elder boys.
Two years ago, she gave birth to three children. The older two were boys, and the youngest was a girl. Since she was trapped in the Xuan Yu Realm and had to research the teleportation array to go back, she planned to let Mo Xuanye name the children formally. She only gave them nicknames: Big Treasure, Little Treasure, and Little Ling'er.
Although they were just one month shy of two years old, their destructive power and intelligence were comparable to those of teenagers. Especially the youngest daughter. Relying on being the youngest in the valley and having her two brothers protecting her all the time, she was completely lawless. She was truly a brat who took advantage of her young age.
Feng Yuqin took a deep breath and said, "Ling'er, are you sure you want to hide behind your brothers and avoid taking responsibility? If you think like this, you won't go back with me after the teleportation array is completed." Then she looked at her two sons. "I don't object to you spoiling your sister, but if you spoil her without any sense of proportion, it's not love but harm."
Seeing that her mommy was really angry, Ling'er walked out from behind her brothers. "Mommy, I was wrong."
Big Treasure and Little Treasure felt so bad for their sister. But seeing their mommy's serious expression, they didn't dare to move.
They knew that their mommy was very busy trying to go back home, so she didn't have much time to accompany them. That's why she was very tolerant of them. But when their mommy was really angry, they didn't dare to misbehave, just like now.
Feng Yuqin looked at her daughter calmly and asked, "Where were you wrong?"
"I shouldn't have poisoned Aunt Xiaomian's clothes," Ling'er's words made Feng Yuqin's eyes widen in shock.
"What did you say? You poisoned Xiaomian? What kind of poison? When did you steal my poison?" Feng Yuqin's voice rose at the end, scaring Ling'er to hide behind her brothers again.
"Mommy, Ling'er didn't steal your poison," Big Treasure stood up to protect his sister.
"Then where did she get the poison?" Feng Yuqin asked.
Since Chu Xiaomian had grown up in the Mandala Valley, her body was immune to toxins, so ordinary poisons were useless to her. And Feng Yuqin liked to study poisons, so if there was something that could really make Chu Xiaomian poisoned, it could only be the poisons she refined.
"I refined it myself," Ling'er's weak voice came.
Feng Yuqin was stunned. "What did you just say?"
"Sister's poison was refined by herself," Little Treasure said.
Big Treasure also nodded. "Mommy, sister didn't steal your poison. The poison she put on Aunt Xiaomian was refined by herself."
Feng Yuqin was speechless.
What kind of little monster had she given birth to? She was not even two years old. How did she manage to refine the poison successfully?
Xiaoying soon appeared beside her to answer her questions.
"Master, Ling'er asked me to control the fire with my spiritual power. She prepared the medicinal materials and followed the refining steps all by herself. She has inherited your talent for alchemy," Xiaoying said with a hint of pride.
Hearing Xiaoying's words, Ling'er looked at Feng Yuqin expectantly, waiting for praise.
Feng Yuqin was still expressionless.
Big Treasure and Little Treasure's eyes were fixed on Ling'er, also looking proud.
Feng Yuqin still looked at Ling'er seriously.
Soon, the triplets noticed that their mommy wasn't proud at all. Instead, she had a serious expression.
Xiaoying didn't dare to say a word either. After all, no one knew better than him what Feng Yuqin was like when she was angry. He would never forget that when he was disrespectful to Feng Yuqin before, she directly threatened to cut off their contract, even though she might be seriously injured or die herself. So he just stood there quietly, waiting for Feng Yuqin's decision.
After a moment, Feng Yuqin looked at Ling'er and said, "Even if you have talent in alchemy, you shouldn't build your happiness on others' pain."
Ling'er blinked her eyes and soon understood what her mommy meant. With a slightly aggrieved tone, she said, "But there's no one else in the valley. Great - grandfather is so old. I definitely can't poison him. Grandma You often makes delicious food for us. If she's poisoned, we'll starve to death. Mommy, you're my favorite person. I definitely won't do anything to you. My brothers are still young. So the only best candidate left is Aunt Xiaomian."
Hearing her words, Feng Yuqin was shocked by her clear logical thinking at such a young age.
Just as she was about to speak, a roaring voice came from the door. "So I have the lowest status in the valley, and that's why you pick on me."
Feng Yuqin turned around and saw Chu Xiaomian storming in angrily. Her face was as black as charcoal.
This time, Feng Yuqin couldn't help laughing.
"Sister Aqin, your daughter poisoned me, and you're still laughing," Chu Xiaomian stared at Feng Yuqin and complained. "It's okay that the three little brats used to make trouble for me before. After all, they're younger than me. But now they even dare to poison me. This is going too far."
Feng Yuqin said with a smile, "Who asked you to spoil her so much? When I tried to discipline them, you always stopped me. Now they've become so lawless. What can I do?"
Chu Xiaomian widened her eyes and asked, "So it's my fault that I spoil them?"
Feng Yuqin smiled, then turned to look at the triplets again. When her gaze fell on Ling'er, she stopped smiling and said seriously, "Ling'er, you were wrong this time. You have to apologize to Aunt Xiaomian. From now on, no matter what kind of poison you research, you're not allowed to use it on Aunt Xiaomian. This time your poison was just an ordinary one. What if the next one can kill someone?"
Although she couldn't help laughing when she saw Chu Xiaomian just now, Ling'er had done something very wrong this time. She still had to teach her a lesson.