First Senior Sister and Second Senior Sister did not dare meet her eyes and lowered their heads of their own accord.
That subconscious movement proved the two of them felt very guilty, even guiltier than when they had offered Master advice.
After all, Aunt and Uncle Prison truly had treated them well, yet the few of them had not told the truth.
Lin Heng had already come to Shen Yeting's side and started playing the green-tea role, saying pitifully, "Aunt, I missed you to death!"
"Please don't be angry. I can explain... faking my death after transcending the tribulation was also so I wouldn't add to your worries, and to test Father and Mother along the way."
"What?"
"..."
"..."
Lin Heng and Meng Yutong, master and disciple, each took turns explaining the whole story. These were all excuses they had prepared in advance, precisely because they were afraid Shen Yeting and Dugu Feng would lose their tempers.
Even so, Shen Yeting's expression still did not look very good.
"Xiao Heng, this means you didn't treat me and your uncle as family. What trouble could Ten Directions Hall possibly fear? We're even afraid there won't be any trouble, that life will be too dull! As for hiding it from Zixuan, we aren't big-mouthed people either..."
"Yeting, are you sure you wouldn't go softhearted and tell Zixuan the truth?" Meng Yutong asked back.
"Of course I... forget it, forget it. Being alive is a good thing. We should be happy... You can't scare people like this next time!"
"I know, Aunt!"
Very soon, Dugu Feng and Dugu Zixuan, the siblings, also arrived at the Disciple Palace, which counted as gathering the whole family together.
As the protagonist, Lin Heng bore most of the topic's focus.
Only, from the farthest corner, an