Hey, I am back with this! and I'm sorry for not posting on this novel for long😓. It's just that something came up and I have been focused on it, so spending time for both the novel became hard but don't worry! I will try my best to post on both from now on!.
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A week passed before which Xiao and the rest reached the Yun family mansion, the week was extremely relaxing and fun for him, doing nothing but playing with Xuanyin truly took all the stress out of him and it was fun making fun of her too, seeing her 'reactions' always entertained him but the only thing that dampened his spirit a bit was the fact that Yurou was still asleep.
From his connection with her, he could tell that she was still deep within her enlightenment, the only silver lining was the fact that he could tell that she was fine, speaking of Yurou it would seem that seem she along with her protector had invaded the Yun family, the reason being that the protector wanted to break any and all arms connection Yurou had with the Yun family.
With this Yurou would be able to fully adapt to her identity as a Flammia, his mother Yun Lan had informed him about all this, but only the top members of the family knew this information, they didn't know who the one holding Yurou was but they all knew she could kill them in a snap, hence they all accepted the deal, letting Yurou be taken away, cutting all karmic ties, in front of true power nothing else matters.
Other than all this nothing worthy of note took place, reaching the Yun family mansion Xiao got out of the chariot along with Xuanyin, and just as he did he was pulled into a warm yet cold embrace of his mother, she hugged them tightly for some seconds before she let them go and as soon as she did Xuanyin kept a reasonable distance.
Other than Xiao she doesn't really like anyone touching her, even her mother, the only reason she allowed the hug before was that Xiao asked her for it, letting go of the hug Yun Lan looked clearly at her son, checking for signs of hurt or anything like that, even if she knew that he was fine her motherly instincts still checked to see if he was okay.
She did the same with Xuanyin though from a reasonable distance as she knew about her daughter's little quirk and she was helpless against it, finally she turned her eyes towards Yunbai that was standing beside Elder Fin looking at his surroundings with keen eyes, one quick look was enough for her to understand his character,
'Someone crazy yet smart, a double-edged sword'
Her evaluations were quick and precise, in an instant, she was able to weigh his worth and the troubles he will cause, marking his usefulness, Elder Fin had also filled her in all the details of what had happened, and her being astounded would be an understatement statement, even now she couldn't see through her son's cultivation level.
Lots of questions filled her mind but she knew that now was not the time to dwell on them, smiling she took her son and daughter to the lavish meal she had prepared for them, spoiling them to no ends, she might not show it but she felt a bit lost and lonely without her children by her side, so she made sure that she got her share of her children.
She even made Xiao and Xuanyin sleep with them, not taking no for an answer, hence a situation arose where Xuanyin slept on one side of Xiao hugging him, while Yun Lan took the other side making herself comfortable, the poor 11-year-old Xiao was sandwiched between the two that wanted him, as much as he wanted to say no he couldn't completely deny his mother or his sister.
He could never hurt his mother, Xiao couldn't help but chuckle about the fact that he was really spoiled, in his first life he might never have had his father's recognition but his mother made sure to spoil him rotten, making him the stereotype of a young master, it couldn't also help that he had agreeable talent, his nose was up in the heaven as he thought of himself as invisible, living within an invisible bubble of power.
A bubble that burst and pulled him into an abyss that had threatened to swallow him whole and in a respective it almost had, shaking off his thoughts Xiao focused on the two at his side as a loving smile rose on them,
'Yeah... it's fine....this time I won't let them fall'
Thinking so he fell into a deep sleep.
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"So tell me about all that happened"
Yun Lan spoke as she hugged Xiao and placed him on her lap, right now it was the next day and she had pulled him with her not taking no for an answer, Xiao, in the end, went with the flow, not wanting to damper the mood of his mother who was feeling lonely, shaking his head at her antics, he spoke,
"Mother, can't I seat in the chair?"
A straight-up rejection, well Xiao expected it, hence he started to give a small and truthful yet twisted view of what had taken place, he talked about how he visited the Xia family to recruit Yunbai and after it, he talked about how he found the entrance to the legacy land and then he spoke about the thing that happened.
Of course, he didn't tell the whole truth, he just spoke about how it was a Phoenix's legacy and how he found out that Yurou was a half Phoenix, he also talked about the trials he had to undergo, severely reducing the dangerous yet not completely, he just tweaked it a bit,
"I see, who would have thought that she was a half Phoenix"
Xiao's mother muttered in a daze, his words hinted at the fact that a power that was present in the fourth heaven visited these lowly lands!
"Sigh....you had to be there Xiao, that woman just entered the family and shook it completely, we were just ants to her"
Yun Lan spoke with a bitter voice filled with awe but hidden within it was an unyielding will to get stronger,
"So then why did you head to the forbidden land?"
"Oh, that's because the Phoenix of the legacy land said that she had a friend there and if I visited it I would receive some sort of gift"
Yun Lan asked with a bit of doubt, she had a keen eye to see through lies but no matter what she couldn't tell if her son was lying or not, Xiao always made sure to mix lies with the truth,
Xiao nodded her head at Yun Lan's accusing gaze, seeing it she relented as she spoke,
"It must have been one hell of a gift"
Xiao spoke, his words laced with satisfaction,
"Wait does that mean my son had won the heart of a Phoenix~~"
Yun Lan spoke with a mischievous tone, just from the story itself she got to know that they must have gone through a lot together, plus it wasn't hard for her to notice her son's expression when he spoke about Yurou. Xiao stiffened for a moment when he heard his mothers words he could only shake his head at it,
He responded back, Yun Lan smiled at it as she spoke,
"Good looks like I have a good daughter in law"
"For that, we just have to wait and see"
Xiao replied back, not trying to defend or support anything.