"You seem... excited?"
Hidden in the shadows, Yao Lao quietly sent a message to Xiao Lin.
"Huh? Venerable Yao, was I that obvious?"
Xiao Lin replied through a private transmission.
The two were communicating at the level of their souls, so naturally, no one else present could detect a thing.
"...It's written all over your face."
Yao Lao sounded speechless.
At that reminder, Xiao Lin hurriedly wiped the spectator's grin off his face.
He could think it and he could watch, but he couldn't let it show!
Otherwise, people would think he was an old man who didn't know how to behave!
Watching Xiao Lin's expression change, Yao Lao no longer knew what to say.
So he decided to ignore Xiao Lin for now and keep observing Xiao Yan, who might become his disciple one day.
Meanwhile, Nalan Jie's arrival had interrupted Xiao Lin's conversation with the younger members of the Xiao Household, bringing it to an end.
Yang Xiyue, as the matriarch of the Xiao Household, took the opportunity to lead all the children out, including Nalan Yanran.
In the end, only Xiao Lin and Nalan Jie remained in the room.
"Tsk. Old Nalan, you're in quite a hurry, aren't you?"
After pouring Nalan Jie a cup of tea, Xiao Lin made the remark out of the blue.
But as Xiao Lin's friend of many years, Nalan Jie knew exactly what he meant.
"What choice do I have? Your son moved a whole crowd from the Xiao Household to Wutan City, leaving Yanran and your Xiao Yan hardly any chance to spend time together!
"Now that Xiao Yan has finally come back for a visit, of course I had to bring Yanran over so they could get to know each other!"
To Nalan Jie, it was only natural.
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