After I explained the situation, I could clearly feel Mother let out a long sigh of relief.
Although she supported Father and said she would go with him to the Underworld to return to the Jiang family and fight the outsiders alongside everyone else, she knew very well how powerful the outsiders were. If even the Boundary Keepers could not hold out, whether the Underworld could be saved was another matter entirely.
Of course, I did not mention the backup plan Sun Bin said I had left in the Underworld. I was afraid they would press me for details, and it would be too awkward if I ended up knowing nothing when asked.
Then we began eating. From the moment I entered the house until now, I had not mentioned Bingbing or Little Nian Bai. I truly did not dare bring them up, nor did I want to.
Perhaps because I had not brought it up, neither my parents nor Grandpa Bai, not even Ye Jinghong, mentioned it. That made my heart pound again. I did not know whether Bingbing and Little Nian Bai truly did not exist and were merely products of my imagination.
After dinner, Mother kept talking to Jiang Xiaohui, leaving me off to the side.
Father, meanwhile, kept Grandpa Bai company and spoke to me from time to time as well.
He was urging Grandpa Bai to settle down and live here, saying our home was his home too.
Our family truly regarded Grandpa Bai as one of our own.
"Mr. Jiang, I envy you. You have such a warm home, and your family is so loving," Wu Kaishan said softly. I smiled. I also felt that the atmosphere in our family was truly wonderful.
"Xiaobai, take Little Wu and Miss Ye to a hotel later.