"Old Zuo, how did you get so lucky? Your son was already so outstanding, and I never expected your daughter to be even better. That's just not right. You're making people hate you-envy, jealousy, and hatred!"
In the kitchen, Zuo Xiaoduo stuck his tongue out in fury.
When did you ever see Nian Nian Cat being outstanding? You only took one look! Just a first impression?
You're favoring girls over boys, you know!
Don't you know we're promoting gender equality now?!
If you'd seen her sprawled on the couch like she was paralyzed just now, would you still say that?
And... even better!
Hmph!
Men are all big pig's trotters!
Especially old men!
Zuo Changlu and Uncle Nan sat down on the couch, and Zuo Xiaonian came over very demurely to brew tea, pour it, and serve it...
Her dignified manner, coupled with her shy, delicate, endearing little expression, truly made her features seem painted, her exquisite beauty beyond words.
Uncle Nan liked her more and more. "Xiao Nian, well, your Uncle Nan has only just arrived here... I don't have anything particularly nice on me, so let me give you a pearl as a first-meeting gift. Haha."
As he spoke, he took out a pearl that gave off an unusual fragrance. "This is the pearl. If you ask me, you could swallow it right now; at your current age, taking this Youth-Preserving Pearl would be quite fitting."
"A Youth-Preserving Pearl? It's actually a Youth-Preserving Pearl?" Zuo Xiaonian's eyes lit up at once.
As its name suggested, a Youth-Preserving Pearl was a rare treasure that could keep one's appearance from aging; according to legend, a single Youth-Preserving Pearl could preserve the appearance its recipient had when swallowing it for ten thousand years!
In other words, it meant eternal life without