When Zi Yan Met Xiao Xiao

Yet not long after Yao Wan and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, they heard there was work to do.

The three of them had not even seen Yao Lao yet when Xiao Yan spotted another familiar face from the Yao Clan.

The man wore the standard long robe of the Yao Clan and waited quietly, like a statue, as though he had long since forgotten the passage of time.

Xiao Yan could not help being slightly startled at the sight. Then he instinctively quickened his steps forward and said, "Elder Yao Qi, why are you here?"

That was right. The Yao Clan Elder before him, who possessed the cultivation of a Dou Venerate, was that same Yao Clan Venerable who had once tirelessly carried messages between the Yao Clan and Starfall Pavilion for Yao Wan and Xiao Yan, back when their relationship had neither been settled nor acknowledged.

It was just that after their Marriage Recruitment Ceremony was completed, Xiao Yan had been focused on training. Although he was within the Yao Clan and had gained a general understanding of what he needed to know about it, he had not actually had all that much contact with the outside world.

Otherwise, back then, Yao Feng would not have dared to stir up trouble so pointedly outside a public setting.

Of course, he had not managed to prance around for long before falling silent.

Venerable Yao Qi then instinctively raised his head and saw that the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived. Yet facing Xiao Yan's respect, which was the same as it had been in the past, even Venerable Yao Qi, who had seen all sorts of things, could not help pausing.

"You are too courteous, Young Master."

Venerable Yao Qi gently shook his head. After