Xiao Lin's return to Wutan City was the Xiao Household's second piece of joyous news after Xiao Zhan's breakthrough to Dou Wang!
Seeing his father arrive, Xiao Zhan naturally assumed that he had returned to Wutan City to congratulate him on reaching Dou Wang.
After all, when a son achieved something, wasn't that how every father reacted?
Putting himself in his father's shoes, Xiao Zhan felt that if any of his three sons achieved something like this, he would certainly do the same!
However, Xiao Zhan had no idea that his father had come mainly to guard against Protector Wu!
Of course, Xiao Lin would never tell Xiao Zhan that outright.
As far as he was concerned, letting his son misunderstand things this way was rather nice.
And so, Xiao Lin settled down for an extended stay at the Xiao Household in Wutan City.
Quite a few members of the household were curious about how their old patriarch could bear to stay in Wutan City for so long.
But whether it was the Ancestral Residence in the Imperial Capital or the Xiao Household in Wutan City, both were home to every member of the Xiao Household, so no one would question their old patriarch about it.
Moreover, since Xiao Zhan had successfully broken through to Dou Wang, even with Xiao Lin staying at the Xiao Household in Wutan City, no one would attribute the household's future development to their old patriarch anymore.
It had to be said that there could hardly have been a better time for Xiao Lin to return to Wutan City and hold the fort!
In the blink of an eye, more than half a year passed.
Throughout that time, the Xiao Household remained peaceful.
Over on Yun Shan's side, however, he had spent those six months