After all.
Hu Liena was only two years old at the time.
She was a tiny little bundle who still wobbled even when she walked.
A little girl that young understood nothing and could not help with anything.
All she knew was to toddle after Qian Renchuan all day on her short little legs, calling in her babyish voice,
"Eldest Young Master, Eldest Young Master..."
Much of the time, Hu Liena was not merely unable to help.
She would also accidentally scramble the pages Qian Renchuan had sorted or knock over an ink bottle.
So much so that Qian Renchuan often felt.
Qian Xunji had deliberately sent her over not to help him at all, but purely to make trouble for him.
But regardless.
Looking at this tiny little tagalong.
Although Qian Renchuan complained, he did not chase her away.
At least she brought a splash of living color into his exceedingly dull life of writing books.
And during this time.
Qian Renxue had not been idle either.
She was an uncompromising queen of the grind.
Aside from occasionally visiting the scripture library to check on her eldest brother, she spent every other moment training like mad at the Spirit Academy.
Especially after Yue Guan, acting on Qian Renchuan's private instructions, delivered the first batch of premium whale rubber collected from various places to Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue.
Qian Renxue began training as though her life depended on it.
Besides consuming whale rubber, she sprinted across the Back Mountain every day with heavy blocks of pig iron strapped to her back, desperately absorbing the potent medicinal energy the whale rubber provided.
And under such frenzied tempering.
Qian Renxue's physical strength and soul power cultivation.
Naturally began improving by leaps and bounds.
As for Hu Liena and Xie