"Human nature...
Baili Qingfeng's mind echoed with these words for a long, long time.
Emotional entanglements formed human society.
As long as anyone lived in this society, they could not avoid them.
Before long, it was noon.
Clearly, more people came at noon.
It was not only immediate family members—even some more distant relatives had come over, and the two large tables that could seat more than a dozen people each were not enough.
When Baili Qingfeng and Baili Changkong took their seats, the atmosphere at the table clearly grew slightly more tense.
Moreover...
Usually, when the whole family gathered, Baili Ruoshui, Baili Die, Baili Ji, and the others never knew what it meant to toast someone. Now, however, they all held up their wine cups, uttering some incomprehensible words of blessing as they respectfully toasted him.
Even Baili Ruoxue, who had been a little tsundere earlier, lowered her brows and put on a squeezed-out smile before him. "I wish Qingfeng-ge and Sister-in-law an early child, and happiness and joy."
As she smiled and toasted him, Baili Qingfeng, who had cultivated God's Willpower, could clearly sense the emotions in her heart—reverence, nervousness, and even resistance.
"Ruoxue... if you..."
Baili Qingfeng was just about to speak when a mental message from Baili Changkong rang out in his mind.
For a moment, he could only swallow the words he had intended to say. With the same smile, he said, "You're thoughtful. I hope you find your other half soon too, and that your life gets better and better."
"Thank you, Qingfeng-ge."
Baili Ruoxue sweetly spoke a word of thanks, clinked cups with Baili Qingfeng, and quickly left.
As she turned to leave, he distinctly sensed the relief in her mental emotions, as though...
she had completed a mission.
It was not