Of course, Red Beard might also have left Xiao Nuo behind. After all, many of the places Red Beard visited were unsuitable for the little one, so he had to find reasons to make Xiao Nuo stay willingly.
"The Bai Family's next crop of Nine-Leaf Green Flowers is about to mature. Your Xiao Wu took Xiao Nuo back to the Bai Family Snowfield."
Ye Chuqi: "..."
Come to think of it, Xiao Wu had a remarkably low presence for a Shadow Guard. Even though she often tried to make herself noticed in front of Ye Chuqi, Ye Chuqi frequently forgot about her altogether. Later, when Ye Chuqi set off alone for the Sea of Exile, even Xiao Wu, her Shadow Guard, could not follow. That left Xiao Wu deeply frustrated.
Afterward, Xiao Wu returned to the Bai Family Snowfield alone, saying she wanted to train hard so that, at the very least, she would not be completely useless while accompanying Ye Chuqi in the future. Apart from having Xiao Wu follow Akes into the underground chamber beneath the Mussel Bay Town Office that one time, Ye Chuqi had barely ever asked her for help. Xiao Wu could not dwell on it—the more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became.
Ye Chuqi later learned that the Bai Family cultivated an entire courtyard of Nine-Leaf Green Flowers in the Northern Snowfield. The flowers so coveted by countless people in the outside world were hardly rare in the eyes of the Bai Family. No wonder Uncle Bai Fenghua had shown no interest in them back then.
It was no secret that the Bai Family possessed Nine-Leaf Green Flowers, but it was not common knowledge either. Ordinary humans could hardly set foot in the Northern Snowfield, where the Bai Family had lived