While Li Ye carried Ma Xiunuo home on his back, Xiao Wu explained their relationship to the other girls, then led them out of the carriage to catch up with Li Ye.
The driver: "Hey, wait, are you still riding in this carriage or not? Am I still supposed to drive it? You all ran off without telling me first, leaving the carriage behind me suddenly empty."
Once they arrived home, Li Ye gently settled Ma Xiunuo into the seat of honor before sitting down on his right. Seeing Li Ye take his seat, Xiao Wu and the others sat down one after another to his right, filling every place around the small round table.
"Little Ye, who are these girls beside Xiao Wu?"
"Grandpa, Xiao Wu and all of them are the granddaughters-in-law I found for you. What do you think? Pretty impressive grandson you've got, huh?"
"Hahaha, that's my good grandson! When you were little, you kept shouting that you would marry ten wives when you grew up. You even said you would bring His Holiness the Pope home as your wife. Who would have thought my grandson would actually accomplish more than half of that!"
It was rare to see Ma Xiunuo laugh so happily, so Li Ye did not interrupt. Although he had already won the Pope's heart, he had yet to claim her in person, so he would hold off on telling Ma Xiunuo.
Besides, he had been so caught up in his grief earlier that he had forgotten the Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King in his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse could help people without Soul Power acquire it later in life. It contained an extraordinary amount of life energy, and perhaps it could extend Ma Xiunuo's life by a few years.
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