Yan Ci asked him speechlessly, "So what exactly do you need?"
Yan Xianjue thought for a moment. "Nothing. I just wanted to complain to you guys."
Yan Ci immediately stood up. "I have things to do. I'm going back to the study."
"Dinner will be ready soon. Work after you eat," Yan Yi'an said.
Father Yan and Mother Yan were out again today. Having grown up used to being left at home, the siblings were all fairly accustomed to it.
Still, Yan Xianjue could not help muttering, "What are Mom and Dad off doing again?"
At that, Yan Wan's lips curled slightly upward.
"The Lin Household has been making quite a fuss lately. Mom and Dad went off to avoid trouble."
Yan Xianjue looked at Yan Wan strangely. "Huh?"
The Lin Household's recent efforts to scour the country for botany experts had indeed caused quite a stir.
But what did that have to do with his parents?
Neither of his parents studied that sort of thing.
Even if they did, there were so many botanical experts in the world. The Lin Household did not have to come looking for his family. He did not think Old Master Lin could bring himself to lower his head that far.
Yan Xianjue's reasoning was not wrong, but he lacked one crucial piece of information: the Lin Household's tree had been planted by his grandfather.
What if Old Master Lin got desperate enough to seek out Father Yan and Mother Yan?
Yan Yi'an gave Yan Wan a look, signaling for her to stop teasing Yan Xianjue.
If they kept the truth from him and still teased him about it, the three of them would be held grudges against again later.
Do not ask why it was the three of them. Yan Xianjue liked collective