Let Xiao Jinghong vet him?
Have Xiao Jinghong go meet Chen Yi—no, Chen Yu—or perhaps Liu Wu?
Once she noticed something, the consequences would be... would be...
Thinking of such a "terrifying" situation, Xiao Wan'er suddenly had no idea what to do.
She could not help feeling somewhat guilty, somewhat uneasy, and somewhat unable to face her second sister, Xiao Jinghong.
Like a thief who had just entered an estate and stolen gold, silver, and jewels, only to suddenly hear the homeowner's footsteps outside the door.
All she wanted was to find a crack to crawl into.
Yet Xiao Wan'er did not know how to refuse Old Master's arrangement.
She could hardly directly say that Chen Yu was Chen Yi, could she?
No, no.
She had only just promised Chen Yi that she would never reveal the secret.
And if she truly said it like that—
Perhaps things would become even worse. Who knew how Old Master would react?
Perhaps, perhaps...
Perhaps what? Xiao Wan'er could not say. All she knew was that panic filled her heart.
Even when Xie Tingyun and Shen Huatang came looking for her with excited expressions, she could only force a smile and offer them a few reassuring words.
Then, under their protection, she returned to Jiaxing Garden.
Elder Master Xiao, however, did not overthink it.
When men grew up, they married; when women grew up, they wed. It was the law of Heaven and Earth.
Especially for someone like "Chen Yu"—peerless in the Martial Path, exceptional in strategy, young and accomplished, and a supreme figure whose Medical Dao had reached Great Accomplishment.
Even if his family background could not compare to the Xiao Family's, faced with such an astonishingly gifted young talent, Elder Master Xiao felt it necessary to cast aside considerations of family