Chapter 272 Bai Xinghe Reappears
"Mom, I'm back."
Zhu Yin'e heard Xiao Liyu's clamoring voice from afar and felt a bit strange.
Didn't she say she was going to stay with Master Liu for a few more days? Why did she come back in just one night? Thinking this, she walked towards the door.
On the way, she met Zhu Yuchan, who had also heard the noise. She nodded slightly and walked past her. Zhu Yuchan quickly moved aside, lowered her head, and a smile bloomed on her face.
As soon as Zhu Yin'e stepped out of the water mansion's main gate, she saw Xiao Liyu running towards her, with Liu Nanfeng following behind.
"Mom, I'm back."
Seeing Zhu Yin'e, Xiao Liyu ran and threw herself into her arms.
"I know, Mom can see you." Zhu Yin'e said with a hint of helplessness, looking at the enthusiastic little one.
"Heh heh, Mom, I missed you. Did you miss me?" Xiao Liyu asked with anticipation.
"No."
"Heh heh, I knew it..."
Xiao Liyu suddenly realized that Zhu Yin'e had said she didn't miss her.
Her eyes immediately widened, showing disbelief.
"Mom, how can you not miss me? I missed you too. When I missed you, you didn't miss me. Do you know how sad I was?"
"What are you saying? It sounds like a tongue twister. Master Liu, please come in and sit down?"
"No, I have some matters to attend to back there."
"Alright, then I won't keep Master Liu."
Liu Nanfeng nodded, then said to Xiao Liyu, "Xiao Liyu, goodbye. I'll come to pick you up tomorrow."
"Okay, come early tomorrow."
"Got it." Liu Nanfeng said, then directly departed into the water.
Watching him leave, Zhu Yin'e finally pulled Xiao Liyu into the water mansion.
"Mom, why didn't you miss me?" Xiao Liyu was still dwelling on this question.
"You were only out for one night, what's there to miss?"
"One night?" Xiao Liyu scratched her head in confusion, then counted on her little fingers.
"No, no, it was clearly five nights."
"Five nights? Are you mistaken?"
"Impossible, I clearly remember eating five dinners. The first night I had delicious beef, the second night Sister Jinxiu gave me a big chicken leg, and then..."
"Alright, you don't need to list them one by one. Tell me, what interesting things have you encountered these past few days?"
"Okay! Big brother took me and Gugu to eat, and I met Sister Wangyou..." Xiao Liyu chattered incessantly.
One moment she would say she met Wangyou, the next she would say she and Xiao Liyu were flying kites, and then she would mention that Gugu's mother seemed like a bad person...
Her thoughts were jumpy, speaking wherever her mind went, her logic a mess. Zhu Yin'e could vaguely grasp some parts, but she had no idea what the rest meant.
However, Xiao Liyu had likely gone somewhere, and five days had passed.
After listening for a while, she finally interrupted, "Are you hungry? Go find Yuchan and ask her to get you something to eat."
"Food?"
Upon hearing "food," Xiao Liyu didn't run off as usual. Instead, she touched her stomach, furrowed her little brows, and said with distress, "I drank too much wind, my tummy isn't very hungry."
"Not hungry?" Zhu Yin'e was also surprised.
Xiao Liyu had always been a bit of a glutton. After activating her Kunpeng bloodline, it could be said she became even more so, never not being hungry.
Now, hearing Xiao Liyu suddenly say she wasn't hungry, her first reaction was that something might be wrong with her body.
So, she immediately reached out and placed her hand on Xiao Liyu's chest. The situation within Xiao Liyu was instantly reflected in her mind.
She saw a large amount of spiritual energy accumulated in Xiao Liyu's abdomen, which explained why she didn't feel hungry.
But where did such dense spiritual energy come from?
She didn't ask Xiao Liyu, knowing she wouldn't get a clear answer. Instead, she took off the pendant from her neck and said, "Didn't Master Liu say he would pick you up tomorrow morning? Ask Yuchan to make you something delicious to give to your friends tomorrow."
"Yes, yes, Mom, you're so smart."
Xiao Liyu's eyes lit up at this, a look of pleasant surprise on her face, and then she turned and ran out to find Zhu Yuchan.
Meanwhile, Zhu Yin'e's gaze fell upon the pendant in her hand.
It was a jade pendant, smooth as a mirror on both sides, with no distinctive features. Only along the edges was there a circle of fine runes, almost unnoticeable if not for a close inspection.
Zhu Yin'e placed it in her palm and activated her magic power. Immediately, scenes appeared floating in the air.
...
Since getting married, there were very few occasions when he was alone at home.
Liu Nanfeng found it a little hard to get used to.
After sitting quietly on the sofa for a while, he opened the refrigerator, took out two eggs, and went into the kitchen to make himself a bowl of noodles.
After finishing the noodles and sitting back down, the entire house was silent. He realized he was already starting to miss the Su sisters in such a short time.
He had become too reliant on them.
Liu Nanfeng sighed inwardly, then left the dishes in the sink, got up, and walked to the balcony, looking towards the distant sky.
The wide-open Celestial Gate still hung quietly in the sky. The spiritual energy seeping from it cascaded down like a waterfall, forming a white curtain of mist. Illuminated by the moonlight, it emitted various colors, brilliant like the aurora.
Liu Nanfeng's eyes flickered. Countless concentric circles appeared layer upon layer in the air. The orbits of the concentric circles were filled with runes, somewhat resembling the compass of a feng shui master. As the concentric circles rotated, these runes also turned, forming different combinations.
The Celestial Gate was clearly visible in his eyes. Just then, his peripheral vision caught a swift figure speeding along the riverbank.
"Huh?"
Liu Nanfeng quickly retracted his gaze and looked in the direction the figure had disappeared. With the enhancement of his eyes, the figure that had already vanished reappeared in his sight.
After confirming he hadn't misread, Liu Nanfeng's expression became serious.
Because the figure was Yang Ruoyun.
At this moment, she was fleeing in a disheveled manner, as if trying to evade someone.
However, Liu Nanfeng saw no one pursuing her.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Liu Nanfeng's figure disappeared from the balcony and reappeared by the riverbank.
He then focused his gaze around. Countless lines appeared in his eyes in the void, and where Yang Ruoyun had just run, many lines were also left behind.
Each line represented a piece of information.
Liu Nanfeng gently pinched one of the lines and brought it close to his eyes for a careful observation. Soon, a fragment appeared in his vision.
A middle-aged man with a scar on his face suddenly attacked Yang Ruoyun.
Yang Ruoyun, caught off guard, was heavily wounded. Thus, she did not engage in prolonged combat and fled directly.
But no matter where she fled, she was always found by the other party.
This made Yang Ruoyun very frightened and uneasy.
Liu Nanfeng was also surprised and quickly analyzed the other information.
Then, he saw a familiar figure.
It was Bai Xinghe, the goat demon, with whom he had only met once.