"Brother-in-law, aren't you going to come down and join us in the hot spring?" Ruan Lan asked languidly.

"No, thanks." Xu Lai shook his head. "A friend is here. I'm going down the mountain to meet them."

"Why not bring them home? I'll go wash some fruit."

Ruan Tang tried to get up but was gently pressed back down by her shoulder. "She's one of us," Xu Lai said. "No need for formalities."

"Oh." Ruan Tang didn't insist.

After Xu Lai went down the mountain, Ruan Lan asked conspiratorially, "Sis, do you think the friend my brother-in-law is meeting is a man or a woman?"

"Whoever it is, it's none of our business."

"What if it's a total beauty?" Ruan Lan mumbled to herself. Seeing that her older sister wasn't responding, she giggled. "Should we sneak after him and take a look? What if Brother-in-law is cheating?"

THUMP!

Ruan Tang knocked on Ruan Lan's head. "You need to trust Xu Lai. He's not that kind of person."

"Trust, huh..." Ruan Lan's smile was sly. "Does that mean, Sis, that you've already started to see Brother-in-law as your own husband?"

Only then did Ruan Tang realize she had fallen into her sister's trap. She splashed water at her, shouting, "Yiyi, quick, help me! Let's splash your Little Aunt together!"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm." Seated in her little duck floatie, Xu Yiyi paddled her feet underwater and used her tiny hands to scoop water at Ruan Lan.

Ruan Lan took a deep breath and dived underwater.

As Yiyi looked left and right for her target, she suddenly felt her little feet stop moving. She erupted in giggles, "Little Aunt, I'm sorry! Stop tickling my feet!"

「At the base of Mount Haitang.」

A girl who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old was standing at the security checkpoint.

"Young lady, are you here to see the Haitang blossoms? The gate is already locked. You can come back after nine tomorrow morning," the security captain said kindly. "The last bus leaves in five minutes, so don't miss it."

"Thank you, but I'm waiting for someone," the girl said with a sweet smile.

"Waiting for someone?" The security captain hesitated, just as he heard the girl say respectfully, "He's here."

The security captain followed her gaze.

He saw the mountain's sole male resident, Xu Lai, appear. The captain's eyes filled with a mix of complex emotions. It's one thing to have two supreme beauties at home, but to not even spare a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl... These damn rich people—they're so enviable!

Xu Lai walked in front, and while the girl appeared to be walking beside him, she was actually half a step behind.

"Chong Yang, have you thought of an explanation for me yet?" Xu Lai asked calmly.

The girl before him was none other than the matriarch of the Chongming Bird Clan, a peak Immortal Venerable Realm expert, and one of the most renowned Demon Kings of the Demon Race.

An Immortal Venerable's lifespan is 100,000 years. Chong Yang was still very young, a mere 70,000 years old, and had a chance of advancing to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, where her lifespan would extend to 200,000 years.

However, the peak she could reach in this lifetime was Quasi-Emperor.

Because Xu Lai stood at the end of the road. He was a towering mountain that no one could surmount for the next million years.

"The Supreme Emperor." Chong Yang's face was pale as she spoke cautiously, "Chong Yuan committed the grave sin of offending you and insulting the Human Race. I am willing to trade my life for the survival of my clan!"

Xu Lai looked at Chong Yang deeply.

Chong Yang felt her spirit churn and her inner core seemed on the verge of collapsing. Just as she closed her eyes to await death, a hand landed on her head.

He sighed. "You're seventy thousand years old. Why are you still acting like a child? An apology would have been enough."

Overjoyed, Chong Yang started, "The Supreme Emperor, I..."

"So you've become a Demon King and grown bold, have you? You don't even call me 'brother' anymore?"

"..."

With her eyes rimmed red, Chong Yang threw herself into Xu Lai's arms.

Seventy thousand years ago, before she was the matriarch of the Chongming Bird Clan, she was out training when Xu Lai saved her life. Back then, Xu Lai was a Quasi-Emperor, and Chong Yang, unaware of his identity, had affectionately called him 'brother' over and over.

Later, Xu Lai ascended to the Emperor Realm, and only then did Chong Yang learn the true identity of her 'brother'.

But as time passed and she grew up, she buried everything deep in her heart and never tried to seek him out in the Heavenly Court. Even when Xu Lai went to the Demon Race's ancestral land to see her, Chong Yang heard the news and deliberately hid from him, because she was afraid of losing him.

Now, Xu Lai's words made Chong Yang burst into tears.

"Alright, alright, stop crying," Xu Lai said helplessly. "If someone saw this, they might call the police."

"Mhm." Chong Yang nodded obediently.

"Wei Qing is a friend of my wife's. Please look after her within the clan," Xu Lai said.

"Wife?" Chong Yang's expression dimmed for a moment but quickly recovered. She frantically rummaged through her storage space before finally pulling out a jade pendant. "I came in a hurry. This is a meeting gift for my sister-in-law."

"You might need to prepare another one," Xu Lai said with a smile.

Seeing Chong Yang's puzzled expression, Xu Lai announced happily, "I have a daughter."

!!!

Chong Yang was shocked to her core. Xu Lai has a daughter?

She said excitedly, "Where is she? Let me see, let me see!"

But after she spoke, Chong Yang quickly covered her mouth, realizing that while the man standing before her was her 'brother', he was also the number one person in the Universe. Her casual demeanor was inappropriate.

"There's no rush to see Yiyi." Xu Lai patted Chong Yang's head and smiled. "First, I'll take you for some barbecue. Then I'll take you to see her."

"Barbecue?" A big question mark was written all over Chong Yang's small face. She had abstained from mortal food for tens of thousands of years and had long forgotten what it tasted like.

"It's an Earth specialty," Xu Lai chuckled. "Don't let it slip when we get back home. If they find out we ate without them, I'll probably have to stand in the corner again."

Chong Yang was so scared her hair stood on end. His sister-in-law is that fierce? She dares to make The Supreme Emperor stand in the corner? And it sounds like it's happened more than once! In her heart, Chong Yang now held a deep-seated fear for the Ruan Tang she had yet to meet.

As Chong Yang followed Xu Lai to a seaside barbecue stall, Tan Chang emerged from the shadows, his gaze deep with doubt and confusion.

He sank into deep thought. This young lady looks unfamiliar. She appears to have no Boundary, but my intuition tells me she isn't simple. And she even called Xu Lai 'brother'...

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, and he exclaimed in shock, "Could it be? Is this another illegitimate daughter of the Flower Fairy?"

Who is the Flower Fairy? As an Immortal Venerable, Chong Yang naturally heard Tan Chang's words. However, after glancing at Xu Lai and seeing that he remained silent, she decided not to ask.

Xu Lai was just as puzzled. This Flower Fairy... who on earth is she? From the Otherworlder Gu Jiu'an to Tan Chang, they keep mentioning her. It's truly baffling.

They soon reached the barbecue stall.

Xu Lai ordered a huge pile of food. As for whether they could finish it... of course, they could.

"Try this. It's a whole roasted lamb. You can't get these spices in the Immortal Domain," Xu Lai said, tearing off a leg for Chong Yang.

Chong Yang sniffed it with her tiny nose.

Even as juveniles, the Chongming Bird Clan would swallow their prey whole, unlike the fussy humans who sprinkled all sorts of seasonings on their food.

She opened her mouth wide and swallowed the lamb leg in one gulp, not even leaving the bones behind.

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