Dugu Zixuan had gone looking for trouble with the Sect Leader for no other reason than Lin Heng's death.
She would find out about this sooner or later!
"But Master never told us to lay our cards on the table. Is it really okay for us to tell Senior Zixuan ourselves?" Leng Qingqiu asked with considerable concern.
"Right, I'm worried too. Senior Zixuan must have run into Master after coming out of seclusion. Since she never brought up Junior Brother, if we tell Senior ourselves..."
"But if we don't, what if Senior really turns our peak upside down? We can't just abandon our home. We're only sounding out their attitude anyway; there's no need to hide it."
Yun Yao shared Duan Shuyun's view and was not as hesitant as Mu Liuxi and Leng Qingqiu.
"Dummy, what about you?"
"(???) I think we can tell Mother-in-law. She's already very sad. She never even got to see what Little Junior Brother looked like, and the moment she came out of seclusion, she received news of his death."
"Ah! Mother-in-law? Dummy isn't dumb after all!" Yun Yao wrapped an arm around her shoulders and grinned wickedly.
They all called her Senior, somewhat reserved, but Leng Qingyun had gone ahead and directly started calling her Mother-in-law.
"Eh!" Duan Shuyun lightly tapped the tabletop with her finger, drawing everyone's attention, then said, "I think Qingyun is absolutely right. By all rights... she is our mother-in-law. If we keep deceiving her and leave a bad impression when the time comes, what if she refuses to acknowledge us?"
"Besides, I don't think Master will take the initiative to tell her that Junior Brother is alive."
"Why?"
"(ˉ?ˉ;) How do you think Master could possibly bring herself to call her 'Mother-in-law'? Tell Senior, 'Your son and I deliberately