Xuanyuan Shisi sent a telepathic message.
"Auntie snuck into the Xuanyuan Secret Realm this time. Whatever happened must be serious."
Xuanyuan Seventeen nodded.
"Mom's made one stupid move after another this past year. I don't know if menopause hit early or having a child so late made her lose her wits."
A dozen black hash marks practically appeared on Xuanyuan Shisi's forehead.
"Come on, little sis. Is that any way to talk about your own mother?"
"Why shouldn't I? With Mom's arrogant streak, family are the only people she'll listen to at all. And what she's done to my brother alone... sigh."
Xuanyuan Seventeen sighed. She was still her mother, after all. Even if Seventeen disagreed with her, she couldn't keep criticizing her.
Xuanyuan Shisi could only shrug helplessly.
He knew all about the trouble between his aunt and Su Ye, the younger cousin he thought so highly of.
If Xuanyuan Mingmou hadn't been his aunt, Xuanyuan Shisi would have charged in with a knife himself.
What was she thinking?
She neglected her own son to dote on an outsider's bastard—and a Demon Spawn at that.
She had finally found her son, yet instead of treating him well, she treated him like an enemy.
He couldn't make sense of how his aunt's mind worked.
"Second Uncle came back a couple of days ago and said our little cousin would visit the old master in the Secret Realm soon. Heh, he's finally coming. Seventeen, want to come with me to the Secret Realm Entrance to welcome your brother?"
Up ahead, Su Mingyue was still clinging to Old Master Xuanyuan and wheedling him.
Xuanyuan Shisi couldn't bear to watch any longer. He just wanted to get out of there.
Would Su Mingyue's pleading make the old master lose all sense?
The old