Xiao Lin's arrival caused a stir throughout the Xiao Household.
To be honest, no one in the Xiao Household—not even Xiao Zhan, his own son—had expected Xiao Lin to come to Wutan City at this particular time, and on his own.
Earlier, they had only learned from a letter sent by the ancestral home in the Imperial Capital that the old clan chief had gone traveling.
Who would have thought his travels would bring him all the way to Wutan City?
For everyone in the Xiao Household, it was a wonderful surprise!
Once Xiao Lin entered the Xiao Household's main hall, he quickly sent away the clansmen who had come to pay their respects.
As Xiao Lin put it, he was no longer the head of the Xiao Household, so there was no need for everyone to make a fuss over visiting him.
Like every other clansman, he had two eyes, one nose, one mouth, and two ears. What was there to look at?
They would be better off spending that time on what they were supposed to be doing!
In the end, only Xiao Lin's family and Xiao Xun'er remained in the main hall.
Ever since the young lady of the Gu Clan had come to the Xiao Household, Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue had looked after her. Naturally, that made her half a member of Xiao Lin's family too.
And in the future, that half could well become a whole.
"Father, what brings you to Wutan City?"
As soon as the other clansmen had left, Xiao Zhan spoke up excitedly.
It had been six or seven years since he had last seen his father.
The last time anyone had gone back to the ancestral home in the Imperial Capital, it had been his wife and some of the