Bai Dan was thrown down below.
"You stay down there for tonight."
Bai Dan’s mouth twitched, Grandpa was still so stingy.
"Ancestor... Grandpa actually just wants to tell us that we need to work hard to be as excellent as you." She probably couldn’t let Grandpa sleep downstairs feeding the mosquitoes.
"Ha, fine then, Xingxing pleaded for you to come up, so tell me what you are here for."
Bai Meng had been here for over a month, and Bai Dan hadn’t shown up until now.
"Because I wanted to tell Xingxing what we are actually guarding, Master, here’s the thing, we have to start from Bai Da...
Master, as you can see, someone had already started planning this over a decade ago, wanting to figure out the Bai Family, and also the recent situation that Xingxing discovered, those dozen girls were all pure, yin, females, someone wanted to break the Array, and since we have the map here, I thought I’d bring them both over..."
Bai Meng was boiling water, getting ready to make tea, seemingly paying no heed to what Bai Dan was saying any further, while Bai Zhi and Moh Li listened obediently.
The tea smelled wonderful, indicating it was good even just by its aroma.
"That Array. Let them try to break it if they want."
Bai Meng didn’t care at all, who says that everything in the Ancient Array had to be true.
"Master, aren’t you worried that the map from here will be discovered?"
Bai Dan was somewhat helpless, wondering why he always appeared so calm and detached.
"Did they break it?" Bai Meng looked at Bai Dan a bit disappointedly; Bai Dan, at his age, was still so impetuous, showing no sign of composure.
"No, Xingxing and the others thwarted their plan."
Bai Dan was relieved that Xingxing and the others had disrupted their plan and found those girls, and were now investigating.
"So what are you afraid of, this place is deep in the mountains and forests, no one will come here, and even if someone does come, you’re here to handle it, don’t stress the children out, understand?"
Bai Meng simply gave Bai Dan a look, the children were so young, why burden them with such pressure when they haven’t even gotten to enjoy the Braised Pork Belly yet.
"That’s not what you said back then; you said pressure is what makes us grow."
Bai Dan was utterly frustrated—how could he be so unreliable in speech.
With such a grandfather, he really felt unlucky.
"That was for you guys, I told you not to listen to your grandpa, children shouldn’t be under too much stress, rest well today, we’ll make Braised Pork Belly tomorrow, and then we’ll talk more, go and rest now."
Bai Meng sent them off to rest, Bai Zhi and Moh Li exchanged a glance, realizing that the tea wasn’t meant for them.
The rooms were all the same, each with just a blanket, but surprisingly warm After a long day, they fell asleep immediately.
Now it was just Bai Dan and Bai Meng who began a dialogue.
"Master, since you’re here, I’ll leave these two kids in your care. I’m leaving now..."
Bai Dan had brought them here to let them know this place and learn some things, but he needed to get back to his other responsibilities. His presence was indispensable there.
"Go then, I’m here, Xingxing has already passed her life-and-death trial, just rest assured, though there are still uncertainties, I’ll go back with her when the time comes, I’ll be her Third Grandpa from now on."
"Laosan" from Bai Family had been missing for years, and now speaking in this manner was not problematic, it even added a bit of imagination, and given how turbulent times were, his seeming older was normal.