Li Qingxian smiled. "All right, I'll come home often whenever I have time."
"Will you move away once you become a high official?" Chen Xiang looked over at him with dim eyes.
"Huh? I haven't thought about that. If I do move, our whole family will move together."
"But none of us has reached Entry Rank. We aren't suited to living in the Inner City, or Uncle wouldn't have bought two houses here."
Li Qingxian froze for a moment. "Two houses?"
"Uncle never told you?"
"No. His mouth was like a locked door," Li Qingxian said.
"Back then, Uncle thought it wasn't safe outside, so he decided to settle in the Divine Capital. But Aunt was frail and sickly and needed someone to look after her, so he simply bought two houses, one for himself and one for my parents. Our family wasn't suited to living in the Inner City, so he chose Dark Azure Ward, right on the boundary between the inner and outer cities."
Li Qingxian was a little confused. In his memories, Li Gangfeng had been a man who completely neglected his family for the court and the people. He had barely seen him a handful of times as a child.
He had never imagined that his father had thought things through so carefully, taking care of both families.
"Don't worry about this, Sis. I'll make sure everything is properly arranged."
Chen Xiang nodded gently, her gaze soft as water.
"Breakfast is ready!" Zhang Fang's voice rang out.
The two walked over to the table together, and Zhang Fang shouted toward the front gate, "What are you still standing there for? Get your backside in here and eat!"
Before long, Chen Yuanpeng came in with his head lowered, sniffling.
"Wash your hands first!" Zhang Fang said.
Chen