Inside the residence.
Zhang Chu led Li Yun and the other two on a tour.
Only then did they arrive at the rear courtyard.
In the rear courtyard, two maidservant-like women had already laid out a table of food and wine at Zhang Chu's instruction.
"Sit!"
"Today, we'll have a proper drink here. We haven't seen each other in decades—I've missed you all to death."
Li Yun and the other two could not help but smile.
Yet the three of them still caught that faint trace of bitterness Zhang Chu was desperately trying to hide in his words.
After they sat down.
Old Daoist Wuchen could not resist asking, "Zhang Chu, what exactly happened to you? How did you end up marrying into the Yuanwu Aristocratic Family when everything was going so well?"
Zhang Chu subconsciously turned to look behind him. The two maidservants handling the food and wine were standing there.
"Yue Luo, Bai Dan... you two go out first."
"We won't need you here for the moment."
The two maidservants exchanged glances, bowed to Zhang Chu, then turned and withdrew.
Only after seeing them leave did Zhang Chu sigh. "It's a long story. After coming to the Sacred Heaven Realm, I finally understood what it meant for the heavens to be high and the earth vast. There are simply too many powerful people here. For someone like me, who came from the Ancient Celestial Continent, trying to make a name for myself is far too difficult."
"Marrying into the Yuanwu Aristocratic Family was, in a sense, finding myself someone to lean on."
Hearing this, Old Daoist Wuchen nodded deeply in agreement and sighed as well.
"Indeed..."
"In the Sacred Heaven Realm—no, forget the Sacred Heaven Realm. Even in Earth Grade Worlds or Mystery Grade Worlds, they simply look