Dusk had long since fallen. Zhang Xiaohua stopped cultivating, glanced around the empty pill room, and smiled. "Elder Zhang actually changed his surname? A whole day has passed, and he still hasn't come to check on his precious Crimson Flame Pills?"
Just as he was thinking this, he heard footsteps approaching. Without even releasing his divine sense, Zhang Xiaohua knew that Nie Qianyu had arrived.
Once Nie Qianyu entered the pill room, Zhang Xiaohua deliberately looked behind her several times. "Eh? Where is Elder Zhang? Where is Uncle Nie? I haven't seen them all day, and I rather miss them. Why haven't they come to watch me refine pills?"
Nie Qianyu burst out laughing. "Do you really want them to come? Then I'll go call them right now."
Nie Qianyu also made as if to leave, and Zhang Xiaohua hurriedly said, "Forget it. Missing them is one thing, but Uncle Nie has the enormous Hui Chun Valley to manage, while Elder Zhang has that spirited Big White to attend to. There's no need to trouble you with another trip."
"Pah." With laughter in her eyes, Nie Qianyu spat lightly. "Even if you invited them, they might not come."
Without waiting for Zhang Xiaohua to ask, Nie Qianyu continued, "You summoned them and dismissed them, letting them into the pill room one moment and ordering them out the next. They are both your elders—how could they still hold their heads high?"
"If you let them watch inside the pill room, they would naturally come."
Zhang Xiaohua suddenly understood and pointed at Nie Qianyu with a smile. "Little Fish, you're playing matchmaker again! Did Elder Zhang come looking for you?"
Covering her mouth, Nie Qianyu laughed. "It seems nothing can be hidden from Brother Ren. Father and Elder Zhang both asked me