Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives!
Zhang Yuanqing truly breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Su was on good terms with him and was also Little Green Tea's father. It was best that he had returned safely.
"Bring him over." The Xie Family patriarch was neither pleased nor displeased, his expression calm. "And bring two pots of wine and ten crabs."
"Yes!"
Xie Qin withdrew, the click of her high heels gradually fading away.
A moment later, Xie Su arrived outside the small courtyard and bowed. "Ancestor, I have returned."
After the centenarian child gave an "Mm," the courtyard's old wooden gate was pushed open. The handsome and refined Xie Su stepped over the stone threshold and entered.
Xie Su wore an old-fashioned long robe, with broad sleeves and wide trouser legs. His garments drifted as he walked, lending his scholarly elegance an air of immortal grace.
Yet his eyes were dim, his expression weary. He looked like someone plagued by chronic illness, weak and drained of vitality.
"Patriarch Xie!" Zhang Yuanqing rose and clasped his hands.
"You still won't call me father-in-law? It seems Ling Xi will be disappointed." Xie Su smiled teasingly.
The centenarian child said flatly, "There are Long Days Ahead. Your girl has only just come of age; there's no rush to marry her off."
The disappointment in Xie Su's heart stirred slightly. Given his ancestor's forthright personality, if Yuanshi Tianzun truly had no intention of marrying Ling Xi, the old man would have sneered and said, "Does a girl from the Xie Family need to worry about getting married?"
His ancestor's current attitude meant that Yuanshi Tianzun had not refused—perhaps he had even agreed—but for some reason, the marriage could not be settled anytime soon. As thoughts flickered through Xie Su's mind, he