"Anyway, that's roughly the situation right now."
On the way to the Ancient Heavenly Palace, Xiao Se explained the recent chain of events to Xiao Xiao, who had just woken up.
"Then is Younger Brother not going in himself?"
"If I go in directly, there's a good chance I'll alert the enemy. Since Mother said there's some troublesome person inside who needs to be dealt with, it's not convenient for me to sneak in myself. If the other side notices me, that would be bad."
Xiao Se shook his head gravely. As for the relaxing and enjoying himself that Mother had mentioned, after learning the inside story, he clearly had no way to truly enjoy himself as she had said.
He clearly had not inherited Mother's mental looseness. In his view, that was the composure belonging to true powerhouses like Father and Mother, something his immature self did not possess.
"To avoid any irreversible losses, I'd better behave myself."
Xiao Se's words made Xiao Xiao shake her head despite herself. She could not help raising a hand to pinch his shoulder, then laughed. "If they heard you say that, they'd probably say you're behaving yourself a bit too much again."
"Speaking of which, they really are ridiculously carefree... they're the ones having fun, and instead they tossed us out to temper ourselves."
Xiao Xiao rested her chin on her hand and grumbled.
"Father and the others have worked hard for so many years. Since they caught this celebration, of course it's fine for them to relax a little... also..."
Xiao Se had originally wanted to defend them, but once the words left his mouth, he inevitably recalled the horseplay he had seen when he went to find them before setting off to wake Elder Sister.
It really did not feel