The feast had been completely devoured, and once the leftovers had been cleared away, the estate courtyard returned to its quiet, secluded tranquility.
The evening breeze drifted through the courtyard, dispersing the scent of food. The day's final lingering heat faded away completely, leaving only the cool peace unique to the night.
The group sat around the stone table in the courtyard, chatting as they digested their meal. The shocking sight of the Goddess of Life suddenly appearing and vanishing into thin air still lingered in everyone's minds, impossible to calm for a long while.
Having held it in for some time, Xiao Hongchen finally could not suppress the question weighing most heavily on his mind and spoke first:
"Changsheng, there's something I haven't been able to figure out from beginning to end."
"Your aunt had clearly been elsewhere all this time and had never shown herself before. How did she manage to find this private residence of yours so precisely?"
The moment he said this, everyone's curiosity was instantly stirred.
Jiang Nannan, Ye Guyi, and Meng Hongchen all turned their eyes toward Li Changsheng in unison, their gazes filled with deep confusion and alarm.
Jiang Nannan, in particular, had the greatest doubts.
She knew Li Changsheng's movements best.
The two had first met in the distant Heaven Dou Empire, journeying and training together before finally settling down in Bright Capital of the Sun Moon Empire.
This central estate was a private residence Li Changsheng had purchased in secret. Its location was extremely concealed and had never been publicly disclosed.
If Li Changsheng had told his mother where he lived beforehand, then everything would still have made sense.
But when mother and son had first met just now, Li Changsheng's face had been full of astonishment. His caught-off-guard reaction clearly