“Oh Di Cang, why do you always fall for the same trick even after the last?” Revealing a beam of success from her gleeful eyes, Bai Yan quickly dresses herself again before disappearing off into the moonlight.
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The Wang family’s home.
After all this time, Bai Xiachen was still drawing his circles beside the big tree in his crouching position. As such, Ren Yi (Second Shifu) was starting to get extremely anxious in his demeanor.
“Oh my sweet little ancestor, I will take you to find your mother okay? If you keep being like this then my old heart is going to die from distress.”
During the couple of years that they spent together on the Holy Island, the three troublesome old-timers would do anything to please this little guy. Even if it meant plucking the stars off the starry sky, they would gladly do it.
“Mother?” From his moody depressed state, the little steambun suddenly cries out and made a dash for a certain direction from the front.
Following this, what came into view for everyone was a wondrous female figure that’s slowly coming over.
“Mother, I thought you didn’t want me anymore…” All red in the eyes after being pick up by those slender hands, the little fella looked all aggrieved like he just faced the biggest indignation out there.
Doing the same, Ren Yi first wiped the old tears from his eye before speaking: “Oh Yan Yan, where have you been all this time. After you left, your precious son here has been crouching beside the tree and refused to talk to anyone. No matter how I tried, he just ignored me and everyone else.”
“You are Mother’s most important son; how could I ever not want you?” Giving the boy a kiss on the forehead, her heart’s ready to melt over her son’s behavior.
“Really?” The kid’s eyes were twinkling with light over that soothing statement. Making a lovely smile, “I love Mother the best, no one can compare with Mother.”
Pleased by her son’s sweettalking, Bai Yan then lets the boy down before shifting her gaze over to the old-timer, “Shifu, let’s go shall we?”
“Uhh…” Slightly started there, Ren Yi’s first reaction wasn’t an affirming nod, rather it’s an inquisitive look, “But what about your man?”
Slyly smiling at the question, Bai Yan grew all cheeky: “If he’s that capable then he can come find me on his own.”
Didn’t he claim he could find me wherever I am after doing that contract? Alright, let’s put it to a test then, humph!
“Que-Queen?” Sweating all over, the big eagle immediately attempts to stop this before its too late, “Wouldn’t it be bad if you leave like this Queen? What if the King finds out afterwards….”
Pricking her brow, Bai Yan replies indifferently to the birdbrain: “He is resting now. Besides, I never intended to let him know to begin with so don’t go bothering him.”
“But… but…” The muttering of the eagle finally irked the little steambun.
“Can’t you understand what my mother is saying?” Turning dark in his cute little face, Bai Xiachen narrows in his threatening eye at the ignorant fool.
“Little Highness, I….”
“Whoever dares to stop my mother then I will tell Baddie Father on them. I want to see if he will believe me or you!”
Bai Xiachen was an overprotective mother fanatic, hence the reason why he wouldn’t allow anyone to defy Bai Yan’s order.
My mother is always right and no one is allowed to stop her!
Sure enough, panic swiftly arose from the eagle’s heart. Hurrying to lower his head, “Yes Highness.”
“Now that’s a good bird,” patting the eagle on the head like it’s a pet, “If you are obedient then I will speak good stuff about you in front of Baddie Father. And if you are afraid of being blamed, hmm…. You can just say Mother and I won’t come home if he blames the innocent.”