Wei Guodong was still hesitating when Wan Qiong slammed her hand on the table and said, "You are a brigade commander, don't you know the saying that a sharp sword is forged through tempering and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold?"

"You're always dawdling and complaining; I think you're just sexist."

Wei Guodong quickly shook his head: "Wife, you're exaggerating. I love all three of our daughters very much."

Wan Qiong sneered: "When we went to North Korea, how old was Yu Shu?"

Wei Guodong was speechless, and Wan Qiong answered for him with a cold laugh: "She was not even three years old. How could you bear to let me hand her over to your aunt to help take care of her?"

Wei Guodong quickly begged for forgiveness: "Wife, I was wrong, please don't bring up the past, okay?"

When he went to the battlefield, his wife was the best military doctor in the regiment. He begged and assured her that his aunt was a good person and would definitely be able to take good care of the three children.

Wan Qiong couldn't stand his nagging and agreed after some consideration. This was something he owed his daughter, and he had nothing to say.

Seeing that he was in the wrong and couldn't speak, Wan Qiong asked, "What are you thinking? Just give me a straight answer!"

Wei Guodong sighed, scratched his head, and gave a helpless smile: "Wife, it's not that I don't want to agree, it's that I really can't bear to let our child suffer so much at such a young age. He's only three years old. What if he can't handle that kind of hardship, or doesn't like metaphysics? Wouldn't that be a waste of his time?"

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Wan Qiong's tone became serious: "Guodong, you have to understand that children will grow up sooner or later and leave us sooner or later. Now that Master Tian Shu has given us such a good opportunity, if we don't seize it, when the child grows up and wants to learn, how can anyone still want him? Where will he find a master more powerful than Master Qingxuan?"

She paused, then continued, "Please ask her to bring the children back to visit us more often. Isn't that better than letting the children regret it for the rest of their lives?"

Wei Guodong was already very interested and initially wanted to persuade his wife, but he couldn't stand his son, so he hesitated and eventually had to ask his wife to talk to him.

With Wan Qiong's encouragement, he no longer hesitated and nodded, saying, "Okay, I agree too."

He paused, then asked, "When should we take the child to see her?"

Wan Qiong thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we go now? It's still early, so let's invite her over for a meal. That way, we won't be impolite."

Wei Guodong nodded, and the two of them carried Wei Jingqi downstairs together. Wan Qiong called to the housekeeper, "Aunt Zhou, we'll have guests coming later. We won't be eating at the cafeteria tonight. Go and cook, and make all the good dishes we have at home."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou immediately stood up from the sofa and replied with a smile, "Okay, I'll go prepare it right away!"

He asked again, "Dean Wan, did you prepare both the dried chicken and the dried rabbit?"

Wan Qiong nodded: "Make one of each, they're good to steam."

"Okay, Dean Wan, I know what to do."

After Aunt Zhou finished speaking, she quickly went into the kitchen and began preparing dinner.

Wei Guodong and Wan Qiong brought their son Wei Jingqi into the living room. Wei Guodong squatted down and looked gently into his son's eyes: "Jingqi, we have a very important guest coming to our house today. She is your master and will teach you many amazing skills in the future."

Although Xiao Wei Jingqi is only three years old, he can already understand what adults say.

He blinked his big eyes and asked curiously, "Master? Is he as powerful as Dad?"

Wei Guodong smiled and nodded: "You're even more amazing than Dad! Master will teach you many amazing skills, and you'll be able to protect Dad, Mom, and your sisters from now on."

In Xiao Wei Jingqi's mind, his father was the most powerful person. He couldn't even imagine what it would be like to be more powerful than his father.

But that didn't stop him from admiring and yearning for it. He nodded vigorously: "I want to learn!"

Seeing his son's reaction, Wei Guodong breathed a sigh of relief, and Wan Qiong also showed a gratified smile.

She gently patted her son's head: "Jingqi is such a good boy. Let's go see her now. If you become her apprentice, you must study hard with her from now on."

Xiao Wei nodded earnestly: "I will!"

Wei Guodong and Wan Qiong each rode a bicycle, and took Wei Guodong to the military region's guesthouse. Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived, they saw Tian Shu standing smiling at the entrance of the guesthouse, clearly having anticipated their arrival.

Wei Guodong and Wan Qiong exchanged a glance, knowing that she was definitely showing off on purpose. They didn't take it to heart; the more capable she was, the better!

Wei Guodong got out of the car first, parked it, and walked quickly toward Tian Shu with a sincere smile on his face: "Master Tian Shu, I'm so sorry, I told my wife about you, and she felt that no matter what, we should invite you to our home for a meal, so we came."

Wan Qiong looked at her husband with a puzzled expression. Didn't he just agree to the apprenticeship at home?

Why has the narrative changed again?

Could it be that this guy changed his mind on the way?

Tian Shu gave a gentle smile as he looked at Wei Guodong and Wan Qiong, and behind them, little Wei Jingqi, who was tightly clutching his father's clothes.

Little did we know that she was used to being serious, and when she suddenly smiled, it gave off a feeling of forced laughter.

Fortunately, her breathing was gentle, otherwise she could have frightened the child to tears.

Tian Shu said, "No rush. Since you're here, let's go in and have a chat."

She turned and went into the guesthouse first, and Wan Qiong and Wei Guodong quickly locked the car and followed her in.

Upon entering Tian Shu's room, Tian Shu asked them to sit down and then asked, "Is there still some concern that prevents you from making a decision to become an apprentice?"

Wei Guodong said somewhat embarrassedly, "Master, could you let us witness your skills as well?"

Tian Shu smiled and said, "Then let me calculate your past for you?"

Wei Guodong nodded: "Okay!"

This time, she took out copper coins and a tortoise shell again. She suspended the copper coins in the air and tapped them on the tortoise shell one by one. The crisp sound echoed in the room, and the divination symbols gradually appeared on the tortoise shell.

To Wei Guodong and his companions, they only saw the tortoise shell emitting a hazy yellow light, but Tian Shu saw Wei Guodong's past.

“Your father had three brothers. Your father was the eldest son. You were your father’s only son. When you were eight years old, your father fell off a cliff and died. Your mother remarried. From then on, your uncle and aunt moved into your family and took on the responsibility of raising you, right?”

Wan Qiong looked at her husband with suspicion. The master was right in some things, but wrong in others.

But Wei Guodong nodded and said, "The master is right."

Wan Qiong asked, "Didn't you tell me that your mother-in-law is also no longer alive?"

Wei Guodong let out a breath before saying, "I consider her dead."

Wan Qiong understood that this must be something that saddened him, so she didn't ask any more questions. She simply squeezed his hand to comfort him.

Wei Guodong smiled and stopped talking. He had long since let go of that woman over the years. Now, when he talked about her, he would only feel depressed, not sad.