Ning Fengzhi could never bear to see his daughter looking like that. His heart softened on the spot, and he gently rubbed Ning Rongrong's head.
"All right, Daddy was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you first."
Ning Rongrong folded her arms, turned her head away, and still refused to look at him. She even gave a soft huff.
"Saying it isn't enough."
Ning Fengzhi thought for a moment, then smiled.
"You can pick any one piece from Daddy's collection as my apology. How about that?"
Ning Rongrong's eyes secretly lit up, but she kept up her dignified act and didn't agree right away.
"Only one?"
"Greedy girl. Two at most."
Only then did Ning Rongrong turn back. The hurt vanished from her face, and she couldn't keep the corners of her mouth from rising.
"All right, then I forgive you, Daddy."
Just then, footsteps sounded on the stairs.
"Uncle Ning, what brings you here?"
"Brother Lin Xiao, come quick."
Ning Rongrong immediately left Ning Fengzhi behind, hurried over, and affectionately linked arms with Lin Xiao before sitting down with him on the sofa opposite.
She couldn't wait to tell him everything:
"It's about the Nine Heart Begonia! Ye Lingling, its heir, came to my father today and begged us to help solve the Martial Soul bloodline problem passed down through her family for generations.
"Daddy was at his wits' end, so he came here especially to ask if you had a way!"
Lin Xiao nodded.
"I understand. There is a way.
"There's an Immortal Herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well called the Three-Life Begonia Stamen.
"It was formed from the gathered spiritual essence of a thousand-year-old begonia.
"According to Alchemist Guga, this Immortal Herb can cleanse the marrow and remold the meridians, and it contains an immense