The late autumn wind grew cooler by the day, but the courtyard on the territory was wrapped in layers of warmth.
Louise had recently replaced the wicker chair beside the stone table with a wider high-backed chair, covered with a thick layer of soft cushions.
Every morning, she sat there in the sun, slowly sipping a cup of warm calming tea. Occasionally, she flipped through a few pages of account books. Although she had already handed Blue Medicine Hall's affairs over to her family, habits formed over many years still made her check on business developments from time to time.
Xiao Li often crouched beside the flowerbed in a corner of the courtyard, reaching out to fiddle with the newly planted flowers and seedlings. Her cat ears twitched slightly beneath the sunlight, while her tail rested by her knees and swayed softly. Every now and then, she hummed a few lines of some unknown tune.
Ever since becoming pregnant, the changes in the two women's bodies had grown more noticeable by the day.
A faint curve had already appeared on Louise's lower abdomen. Though Xiao Li was petite, the change in her waistline was visible as well.
Every morning and evening, Lan Tian checked the fetal energy within them, using Blue Silver God Power to nourish the two tiny lives that were growing.
At first, those two pulses of life had been as faint as candles in the wind. Yet as the days passed, their beating became increasingly clear and strong, like two tiny suns slowly taking shape within their wombs.
The longer Ah Yin lived on the territory, the more natural her interactions with the others became.
She learned to help wash and chop vegetables in the kitchen. Though her knife skills were still not very practiced, she no