"Hee hee hee...!"
"Finally, I can live freely on my own. Let this Princess think carefully about where to go have fun."
After Mu Qingling gave the Seven-Leaf Snow Lotus to her mom and sent her off to cultivate, she stood alone in the courtyard, giggling as she murmured to herself.
She had been here for a year already. Though she could usually visit Sea Dragon City for a bit, that was all. Mu Qingling had long wanted to explore other places.
Unfortunately, a "tigress" had been watching over her, leaving Mu Qingling cooped up in Sea Dragon City for a whole year. Now that she had finally gained a little freedom, she naturally had to see where she could go have fun.
"I heard from Junior Brother that there's a huge city ten thousand li from Sea Dragon City. I'll go there tomorrow for a visit."
"Can you take me with you?"
"Of course I—!"
Mu Qingling had just murmured her decision about where to go when she heard someone wanting to join her. She instinctively agreed.
But before she could finish speaking, she came to her senses. How could there be a man's voice here? And why did it sound so familiar?!
When Mu Qingling slowly turned around, she saw that her dad had somehow appeared behind her, looking at her with a half-smile. Embarrassed, Mu Qingling stuck out her tongue.
"Dad, you've finally come out of seclusion. Your daughter missed you so much."
"Is that so?"
"You were probably hoping your dad would stay in seclusion for eighty or a hundred years, so you could go out and run wild, weren't you?"
"Dad, is that what you think your daughter is like? You've broken your daughter's heart. You have to compensate me for my emotional damages."
Mu