"You're going on a long journey? You just got back—why are you heading out again?"
Early the next morning, Chen Yun, who was making breakfast, was utterly baffled when she heard Chen Yi say he would be leaving for several months.
Shen Qingshan was sorting out the official uniform of a Junior Banner Officer from the Monster Slaying Division, preparing to report for roll call.
"Fourth Brother is an adult too. He has his own matters to handle. As his sister, don't try to control everything he does."
Chen Yun argued her case with reason.
"If he ran naked through the county town, I wouldn't care. But he's going on a long journey, and for months at that! Outside, are there any bandits or mountain brigands who are good people? And those demons—they eat people!"
Chen Yi merely smiled without speaking.
Third Sister.
When bandits and mountain brigands saw me, they'd have to give me money.
When the Demon Race saw me, they'd probably be afraid they wouldn't shout "Daddy" fast enough.
Chen Yi only thought it to himself.
If he said it aloud, Third Sister would probably think he had gone mad.
In the end, Chen Yi and Shen Qingshan won two votes to Chen Yun's one, and Chen Yi emerged victorious.
Shen Qingshan rummaged through a room and brought out two items.
"Fourth Brother, I have two mid-grade Spiritual Artifacts here. They were both left behind by the Shen Family's ancestors.
"Take this spear with you. It's safer to have a weapon at your side.
"Wear this heart-protecting mirror too. It might come in handy at a critical moment."
In Shen Qingshan's eyes, Chen Yi was still a young man, and he did not wish to crush the desire for independence common at his age.
But Shen Qingshan