Nalan Yanran sighed, lowering her gaze. It really was exactly the same as before.
"Back then, they hoped to latch onto the Misty Cloud Sect and take the Nalan Family a step further. Now they want me to go back so they can secure their position as a Dou God Clan. They really are... completely unchanged."
Nalan Yanran did not even know whether she was angry now or simply utterly helpless.
"Isn't it good that they haven't changed? If they really had, you'd truly have to obediently go back."
Yao Wan could not help but take the jade slip, then poked Nalan Yanran's cheek, making her frown deeply as the irritation in her heart intensified.
"It's not your family. Easy for you to say."
"Same goes for you."
Yao Wan shrugged. Every family had its own troubles. Although the Yao Clan was not infuriating enough to make her grind her teeth like the Nalan Family, that did not mean she was willing to return to the Yao Clan and stay there.
If she had to behave so properly all day long, she would rather pass.
Although the position of Clan Leader seemed to still be hers, ten years had already passed. The Yao Clan had more or less returned to the old man serving as Clan Leader and handling the Yao Clan's daily affairs.
At most, she had merely filled in during an extraordinary period. Besides, a married daughter was like water spilled from the basin. She naturally preferred staying in the Xiao Realm, where no one could control her and she could live freely with Xiao Yan.
"What does Nalan say, then?"
"I'm not going. I need to practice my sword."
Nalan Yanran answered bluntly.
"So you're going into seclusion?"
"Let the people below reply however they want. They