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"Senior Sister, are you alone?"

Where was Sang Xinghui?

Zhu Min paused, then understood. Li Zi had probably learned from the System that she had met Sang Xinghui.

"Yes, it's just me."

She nodded slightly, then said with displeasure, "Junior Sister, since you're about to go to the Wasteland, you should train even harder. That place is no joke."

Li Zi swallowed nervously. Every time she saw Zhu Min, she felt as though she were facing her homeroom teacher.

She wanted to explain herself, but she didn't know how.

She couldn't exactly say she had rushed over because she was worried Ran Zirou would harm someone else and wanted to stop her.

If she said that aloud, her senior brother and sister would probably think there was something wrong with her head.

Sang Lin cleared his throat. "Junior Sister Zhu, I remembered that I haven't been home in a long time, and there's something I need to give the current head of the household. That's why I came. I brought Junior Sister Li along just to help her unwind."

Zhu Min gave him a cold look. "Then go. The sooner you leave, the sooner you'll be back."

Li Zi looked at Sang Lin gratefully. Senior Brother, you saved my life!

Sang Lin had prepared his explanation well in advance. After bringing his two junior sisters to Brocade Splendor Manor, he received a warm welcome from the Manor Master.

The current Manor Master was already a white-haired old man. Looking at Sang Lin's handsome face, unchanged from decades ago, tears streamed down his aged cheeks.

"Little brother, how do you still look exactly as you did when you left home?"

Sang Lin felt a pang of melancholy. "Brother, you really have grown old. How is your health?"

While the two exchanged