"Could you two settle down for a minute?" I asked coldly.
Hearing their mother's icy voice, the two little bundles of joy immediately fell silent. They stood on either side of me, both clearly upset and refusing to look at each other.
Even two little angels fated to be at each other's throats would behave like defeated chicks when their mother scolded them.
I was genuinely getting a little angry. Keeping my voice low so the nearby cultivators wouldn't hear, I said to my daughters, "You've fought again and again. Do you think your mother has no temper? How many times do I have to tell you? You're the closest of sisters. No fighting, no arguing. Even if one of you is at fault, your mother should be the one to see justice done—not the two closest sisters tearing into each other in public."
I spoke through gritted teeth.
Ye Ranxing lowered her head and was the first to admit fault. "I was wrong."
Ye Zhaoxuan followed right after. "I—I was wrong too."
"I still haven't settled accounts with you over what happened today. I'll deal with you when we get home tonight."
At the word "deal," Ye Ranxing shivered instinctively.
Ye Zhaoxuan looked a little nervous too.
Ye Qingxian saw that her Junior Sister had calmed down and reached out an arm, saying gently, "Let me take care of Yangyang for now. It's too tiring for you to look after three daughters all by yourself."
I lowered my head and didn't suggest that she take Ye Zhaoxuan too.
I was already a little sensitive about this, afraid of showing even the tiniest difference in how I treated the two Little Ancestors.
If I wanted Ye Qingxian to look after them, I had to hand over both.
If I left