Thanks?
It seemed Granny Shan was not so hidebound.
Chen Yi stopped without betraying anything, accepting her thanks.
Pei Guanli noticed nothing unusual between them and skipped over.
"Ama!"
She took Granny Shan's hand, a smile blooming across her fair, tender face, truly as radiant as mountain flowers.
But the moment she opened her mouth, questions came chirping out. "Ama, what brings you here?"
"Didn't Elder Brother say you were over at the Mutual Market?"
"Isn't there much to do in the tribe?"
"Or did those elders give you an earache with all their squabbling too, Ama, so you came to the Prefectural City to hide?"
"I know."
"It must be Elder Brother."
"He's gotten into trouble again, hasn't he?"
"I knew it."
Granny Shan paid no mind to her string of questions. She gazed at her dotingly and said with a kindly smile, "Your Elder Brother is fine. I only came to see you, my dear granddaughter."
"Think how long it's been since you returned to the tribe."
At that, Pei Guanli immediately buried her head against her shoulder and chuckled. "Ama, I-I'll go back in a few days."
As she spoke, her eyes secretly darted around, as though she feared someone might overhear.
When she spotted Chen Yi, her gaze flickered evasively. Before Granny Shan could say anything else, she pulled her over to him.
Granny Shan let herself be led, her thin body seemingly weightless, her feet barely touching the ground.
Pei Guanli noticed nothing and called out to Chen Yi, "Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law, my Ama came to see me!"
The corner of Chen Yi's mouth twitched. She really does live up to the name Tiger Girl.
She was as whirlwind-like as ever.
But he was not Tiger Girl, after all. He stepped forward and bowed to Granny