"?!"
Cheng Gujian had his back to the main doors. Hearing Xia Wuyou's words, he hurriedly turned around.
All he saw was an old man.
An old man sitting in a wheelchair.
The old man was all alone, his legs covered by a blanket. In the vast palace hall, he looked exceptionally small.
At first glance, he even seemed like a lonely elderly man, rather pitiful.
Yet the moment Cheng Gujian saw him, his heart skipped a beat.
When had this man appeared? He had not sensed him at all just now!
For someone of his level to have felt nothing, either the other party was truly at death's door and utterly harmless, or he was genuinely stronger than Cheng Gujian.
Stronger than him? What level would that be?
Cheng Gujian refused to think in that direction, but the latter possibility was clearly far more likely—because the old man's presence here was strange enough on its own.
Xia Wuyou had arrived at the palace early to lie in wait, so her appearance was naturally no surprise. In fact, Cheng Gujian had sensed her presence the moment he entered the hall.
But this old man was different! He had obviously passed through the layers of security outside the palace gates to get here. If he were merely an ordinary old man, how could he possibly have done that?
The guards outside would have chopped him into mincemeat long ago!
So.
He froze where he stood, not even knowing what to do for a moment.
"...Girl from the Xia family, what did you call me?"
At that moment, Wen Shengkui spoke first. He seemed quite dissatisfied with Xia Wuyou's form of address, frowning unhappily.
"Old Mr. Wen... Ah, no, no, no, Grandpa, Grandpa."
Little Cat Xia caught herself and hurriedly changed the