"Daddy, Daddy, it feels like you're in a really good mood today."
Seeing Xu Shi wearing a smug expression all day, Xia Ke'an, the little tagalong, could not help commenting.
"Is that so?"
Xu Shi neither confirmed nor denied it. "It is pretty good."
Punishing a bad woman was naturally something that put him in a good mood.
"So what did you do to Shen Qin?"
"Children shouldn't know so much."
Xu Shi pinched her cheek. "You'll turn bad."
The white-haired loli rolled her eyes.
Turn bad, my ass... As if I don't know what kind of person you are. Staying with you and not turning bad would be the real miracle.
Not to mention that Xia Wuyou, that little brat, no longer treated her as an elder at all. Even with Pan Ling, Xu Shi's newly accepted disciple, Xia Ke'an could not help feeling a little worried.
Although Pan Ling still seemed introverted and somewhat gloomy, she no longer felt the same as when they had first met on the island. Back then, Pan Ling had carried a heavy aura of self-isolation. Now, while she still did not speak much, it seemed more like restrained composure. At her core, she had already learned how to manage and channel her emotions.
Even after a conflict on the scale of last night's, she had quickly returned to normal. Not long afterward, she had even followed Xu Shi's instructions and gone to comfort her older sister.
On the contrary, Pan Feng, who was usually so carefree, had been more deeply troubled by it. She had secretly cried after returning last night, and even when Xia Ke'an had run into her earlier, she had still looked utterly dejected.
The contrast could not have been clearer... But if the old lady had to say