Zhao Shuning took Feng Xiaobai and Feng Qiuer with her to the Qi Family.
It was because they had avenged Blood Wolf.
Feng Xiaobai thought it was too eye - catching to bring such a huge and fierce beast like Blood Wolf around, so he told Blood Wolf to go back to the Valley Town to find its two little wolf cubs.
Anyway, he had accomplished what he wanted to do.
When leaving, Feng Xiaobai also told Blood Wolf not to hurt anyone.
Now that Blood Wolf was Feng Xiaobai's contracted beast, it naturally obeyed its master's orders.
After Blood Wolf left, Zhao Shuning also felt relieved.
They couldn't just swagger back home with Blood Wolf to look for relatives. It would be too ostentatious. Although Xiaobai was quite capable, she herself had no cultivation at all. If some envious alchemists set their eyes on a treasure like Blood Wolf, they would all be in mortal danger.
Feng Xiaobai understood this principle, so he sent Blood Wolf back after dealing with the water beast for it.
When they arrived at the Qi Mansion, Zhao Shuning saw Qi Yurou.
Sure enough, Qi Yurou had aged a bit.
But one could still vaguely recognize her youthful appearance.
Since she was an alchemist, why didn't she use beauty - preserving pills to maintain her appearance?
To be honest, Zhao Shuning and Qi Yurou were not really familiar with each other. In fact, the number of times they met could be counted on one hand. And at that time, Zhao Shuning didn't have this appearance.
What Zhao Shuning had seen was only the Princess Dongfang Yinuo of the Eastern Continent, who had the same appearance as Qi Yurou after disguise.
When they arrived at the mansion, it wasn't really a reunion of old friends.
The Language - Understanding Beast talked to Qi Yurou for a while.
Before long, Qi Yurou excitedly walked out of the main hall, followed by dozens of people.
Qi Lin stepped forward. Just as she was about to bow to her mother, she saw her mother kneel down before her.
The common people who came with Qi Lin were all completely bewildered. Qi Yurou was a well - respected senior in the small town. In decades, no one had ever seen her kneel before anyone.
"Junior Qi Yurou pays respects to the benefactor."
Zhao Shuning frowned.
Feng Xiaobai leaned over and whispered to little Qiuer beside him, "This woman has knelt to the wrong person. She must think it was mother, who knows nothing about cultivation, that saved her daughter."
Feng Qiuer covered her small mouth. Her big eyes rolled as she whispered, "Ah, won't mother be really embarrassed then?"
Feng Xiaobai said, "But the people here are really strange. I just did a little favor. Anyway, she's much older than me. Kneeling down as soon as she meets is a bit too solemn."
"Brother, what should we do then? Look at mother. She seems to be stunned by this scene."
Feng Xiaobai coughed and said, "I've told you. Mother has never seen much of the world, so it's normal for her to be shocked."
"What should we do then?"
"Don't worry. Watch me."
Feng Xiaobai stepped forward, intending to break the awkwardness.
"Um - it was me -"
"Senior, it's been decades since we last met in a hurry. I've heard rumors and thought you were really - Senior, if it weren't for your rescue back then, I'm afraid I'd still be trapped in the Sea Spirit Country. I'm indebted to you and have no way to repay your great kindness. Now, I can finally see the true face of my benefactor."
The self - satisfied expression on Feng Xiaobai's face froze.
Feng Qiuer looked puzzled.
Why was it now that her brother was the one feeling embarrassed?
"Um, are you mistaking me for someone else?" Feng Xiaobai said.
His mother didn't seem like this old woman's benefactor at all!
"Is this your young master, Senior?"
Zhao Shuning nodded. While helping Qi Yurou up, she explained, "You don't need to thank me. Back then, it was Xia Jingning's fault. You were also a victim. Moreover, it wasn't just me who saved you."
"Senior, you're being too modest. Yurou knows that if it weren't for you, Xiaoyu wouldn't have returned to me, and our Qi Family wouldn't have the current family business."
At this time, Qi Lin stepped forward and introduced Feng Xiaobai, who had saved the lives of the small - town people this time, to Qi Yurou.
After Qi Yurou thanked Feng Xiaobai, she said to Zhao Shuning, "I didn't expect that the benefactor already has a child, and this child has such extraordinary abilities."
"It's just a coincidence, just a coincidence." Zhao Shuning smiled.
She didn't like this kind of formal way of getting along, so she just perfunctorily replied a few words.
The Qi Family arranged accommodation for them.
At night, they also prepared toiletries and change - of - clothes for them.
Looking at the extremely fine silk and satin, and the magnificent red - wood mansion with carved beams and painted rafters, Feng Xiaobai crossed his legs and couldn't help sighing, "So houses can be this beautiful, and clothes can be embroidered with so many patterns."
Zhao Shuning wasn't good at needlework.
Since Feng Xiaobai and Feng Qiuer were born, the best needlework she had ever done was the coarse - cloth clothes she sewed for them.
When the two children were just born, their skin was tender and rosy, so lovable.
The softest fabric on Zhao Shuning was the scarlet dress she was wearing. At that time, she had invited the best embroiderer in the village to turn that scarlet dress into baby swaddles.
After that, Zhao Shuning basically wore coarse - cloth clothes.
When Feng Xiaobai and Feng Qiuer were just learning to talk and walk unsteadily, they didn't have good clothes to wear. For Zhao Shuning, being able to sew coarse - cloth clothes for the two children was already considered "ingenious".
Now, Feng Xiaobai was admiring the brocade robe in his hand because it was the first time he had seen such a delicate and smooth fabric.
Zhao Shuning gave him a disdainful look.
"You've never seen the world."
Feng Xiaobai retorted, "Mother, it seems like you used to wear such clothes all the time."
Zhao Shuning ignored Feng Xiaobai.
This child's eloquence could sometimes make her, as a mother, extremely angry.
"I'm going to wash up first. Feng Xiaobai, you behave yourself. Take good care of little Qiuer. Don't cause any trouble. Later, I'll wash you two little ones clean."
"Got it. Mother, you can rest assured."
Zhao Shuning told him again and again before picking up the change - of - clothes and walking into the room.
After becoming a mother, she really became much more talkative unconsciously.
Although Feng Xiaobai was naughty, he still listened to Zhao Shuning and wouldn't do anything out of line.
As for little Qiuer, needless to say.
She was well - educated and extremely protective of her mother. She also admired her only brother very much.
Zhao Shuning entered the room. After thinking for a while, she poked her head out again.
"Feng Xiaobai, you're not allowed to run around with your sister. Do you hear me? Otherwise, I'll beat you."
"Got it, got it." Feng Xiaobai replied perfunctorily.
Only then did Zhao Shuning start to wash up. But in her mind, she just wanted to finish quickly.
That unfilial son Feng Xiaobai always had his own ideas.
Now that they had just entered this novel world, if he took little Qiuer to run around randomly, no one in the Qi Mansion would be able to stop him.