Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, courtyard path.
"Bone Grandpa, has Father been well lately?"
"While I was away, did Father say anything?"
Like a little bee, Ning Rongrong buzzed around Gu Rong, asking one question after another.
She mainly wanted to sound him out, to see how Father had reacted to her running away back then.
"You'll know when you see him. Fengzhi is in the Main Hall." Gu Rong chuckled, though outsiders might find his smile a little frightening.
"Oh." Ning Rongrong immediately became a little unhappy.
Gu Rong merely smiled at that.
How could he not know what this girl was thinking?
What she did not know was that her sneaking away to join Shrek Academy had actually been within Fengzhi's tacit approval. He had been exchanging letters with Shrek Academy's headmaster all along.
Moreover, during the time she had left home to "gain freedom," Fengzhi had sent powerful sect Soul Masters to protect her in secret, and information had continued flowing between them without interruption.
They could more or less guess why Rongrong had returned today.
Ning Rongrong sulked and ignored Gu Rong the entire way.
Gu Rong was not annoyed. After all these years, he had long grown accustomed to the little witch's temperament.
When they reached the Main Hall, Ning Rongrong immediately changed her demeanor and skipped happily inside.
"Father, Rongrong is back!"
Ning Fengzhi sat on the sofa with a newspaper in his hands and a cup of black tea beside him, utterly unmoved.
Ning Rongrong's lips immediately puckered as she ran over and sat beside the sofa.
"Father, if you keep ignoring me, I'm leaving," Ning Rongrong said pitifully.
"You still remember you have a father?" Only then did Ning Fengzhi put down his newspaper, saying irritably.
"Of course. Rongrong missed you so