After finishing all this, Madam Xiao turned to look at her son.
"Mom, it's nothing."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "I just came back for a bit."
"I'll be leaving soon."
"Already?"
Madam Xiao stood up. "Wait a moment. I'll pack some snacks for you to take back to school."
"Awuu~"
Taotie eagerly chimed in.
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Sure."
"Mom, there's no need to rush."
"I'm not in a hurry."
"All right."
Madam Xiao's eyes and brows softened with warmth.
"Yue."
Xiao Xiao turned his head toward the little monster that had flown in.
"Next time you play in the courtyard, keep the volume down."
"Don't let the little crow make such an ear-piercing noise."
"The Hundred Illusions Butterfly will get angry."
"Chiu Chiu~"
Yue nodded.
"Yingying~"
Ying Shao patted its chest with a wing.
It would keep an eye on this dummy.
And that black bird, too.
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved into a smile. "Then I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on them, Ying Shao."
"Yingying~"
Ying Shao smiled until its eyes narrowed.
There was no need for Lord Xiao Xiao to be so polite.
It could handle such a small matter.
"Xiao Xiao."
Madam Xiao handed Xiao Xiao the box of snacks. "Be careful on your way back."
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao took the box. "I know."
"Well then, Mom, I'm off."
He didn't say anything more about the little crow.
The little crow was injured.
It would probably behave itself a bit while it recovered.
Besides, with Yue and the others watching, the little crow wouldn't get what it wanted.
Those three pearls were a gift from Little Beauty.
Naturally, he couldn't let this little crow take them.
Xiao Xiao walked beneath the white plum tree.
"Goodbye, Lord Xiao Xiao."
The lazy voice sounded