"Is this Heaven-Reaching Peak?" Li Ping'an froze for a moment.
"Moo~"
Old Ox's eyes widened too.
Good grief, that kid Run Tu had struck it rich!!
"My affordable, cost-effective disciple, who does laundry, cooks, builds houses... and excels at everything!!"
A figure lunged over.
Li Ping'an caught him with a smile and looked down.
Who else could it be but his own little loli master, Qingfeng?
"My dear disciple, your master missed you to death!!"
Qingfeng wriggled a couple of times in Li Ping'an's arms, then reached out and pulled Old Ox into a hug too.
"Big Brother, Brother Ox!"
Run Tu followed close behind, his eyes brimming with excitement.
"When did you get back! Why didn't you let us know? I could've sent people to welcome you..."
When old friends reunited, a round of greetings was inevitable.
They walked and chatted, making their way to Heaven-Reaching Peak's Main Hall.
Run Tu had renovated the Main Hall several times, bringing its scale to second only to the great hall on Shushan's Main Peak.
"Big Brother, when did you get back?"
"How long are you planning to stay this time?"
"Where else did you go after we parted in Tengchong City?"
"..."
Questions fired from Run Tu's mouth like a barrage of cannonballs.
Li Ping'an smiled, in no hurry to answer.
Everywhere he looked, the old scenery of days gone by overlapped with the prosperity of the present.
It filled him with endless emotion.
Come to think of it, over all these years.
He and Old Ox had never had a fixed home.
Shushan was where they had stayed the longest.
Kitten turned into a little girl, one hand tugging at Li Ping'an's trouser leg.
She tilted her head, looking at Qingfeng with big, watery eyes.
Then she walked over.
She