Hongwu walked into the cave with a dark face. His expression softened slightly when he saw the two people huddled together.

As soon as Hongwu entered the cave, the two little ones woke up.

"How is Uncle Hong?"

"Uncle Hong, has my father already defeated them?"

Hongwu looked into those two bright, sparkling eyes and said nothing.

"Uncle Hong, no matter what... you have to tell us."

Hongwu opened his mouth and closed it again, repeating this two or three times, before finally managing to say with difficulty, "Master was killed by Feng Cheng Wang Peng..."

"What did you say? Impossible!!!" Xiao Shida grabbed Hongwu's arms with both hands in disbelief.

"Uncle Hong, have you... found out the truth?" Xiao Liyan thought of Xiao Sheng's serious and sorrowful words in his study earlier: "Daughter, it seems that from now on, you and Shida will have to walk your own path."

At the time, Xiao Liyan only felt that something might happen later, but she never expected that Xiao Sheng would really leave now. From now on, she and Xiao Shida would have to rely entirely on themselves to walk their own path.

Hongwu looked at Xiao Liyan, who stubbornly refused to let her tears fall, and ultimately did not answer her.

Xiao Shida kept asking Hongwu questions. Xiao Liyan sniffed, walked to the wall, sat down on the ground, and began to sob softly.

"I don't believe my father is dead. If you say he's dead, then where's his body? I need to see his body, otherwise he's still alive."

Hongwu pursed his lips, ultimately refraining from saying that the corpse was in a mass grave.

Xiao Liyan looked up at Hongwu, and seeing his expression, she gave a bitter smile, her tears flowing even more freely.

This night was destined to be a sleepless one.

The next morning, Hongwu glanced at the vast expanse of white snow, then turned and went into the cave. "Miss, Young Master, it's time for us to set off."

"The longer we stay here, the more dangerous it becomes for us."

Xiao Shida immediately stood up and said to Hongwu, "I'm not leaving. Father hasn't come yet; I have to wait for him."

"Young Master, now is not the time..."

Hongwu hadn't finished speaking when Xiao Liyan stood up and looked at Xiao Shida.

"Let's not even talk about whether Father is really..." Xiao Liyan paused here, sniffing.

"What can you do here? Get caught and then they'll use you to threaten Dad?"

"The person Father asked us to find must be powerful, otherwise Father wouldn't have asked us to find him."

"Then why don't we find him and have him go save Dad?"

After Xiao Liyan finished speaking, she ignored Xiao Shida and said to Hongwu, "Uncle Hong, let's go."

"I'm going to find someone to save my father. I won't let them catch me and use me to threaten him or take his life."

After saying that, she left the cave without looking back. Hongwu followed behind Xiao Liyan, but not seeing Xiao Shida, he asked worriedly, "Miss, what about the young master...?"

He'll catch up.

Sure enough, not long after Xiao Liyan finished speaking, Xiao Shida came running after her, following the footprints in the snow.

"I won't hold my dad back."

And so the three of them headed towards Fenglan Kingdom.

Xiao Mansion

"Still haven't found those two little bastards?"

"No, Hongwu was with them."

"Then let's keep looking."

"Yes, Master," the person kneeling on the ground rose and left.

Feng Cheng, seated in the main seat, sipped his finest tea with a smug look on his face.

"Dad~"

"Oh my, what brings my precious Rou'er here?"

Feng Cheng saw Feng Rou'er running towards him, reached out and caught her, patting her head.

"You're so clumsy, be careful you don't fall."

"Your daughter knows, Father."

Feng Cheng took a piece of pastry from the plate and handed it to Feng Rou'er, saying, "This is Rou'er's favorite chestnut pastry."

Feng Rou'er took the chestnut pastry and started eating it, saying as she ate, "Father, when can we change the name of this mansion? This mansion originally belonged to you, Father. It's all the fault of that Xiao family; otherwise, you wouldn't have suffered this injustice until now."

"Rou'er really cares about her father," Feng Cheng was overjoyed to hear Feng Rou'er's words.

"Rou'er, in two months, the name of this mansion will be changed, and then Rou'er will be the High Priestess."

"Mmm, then Father is the High Priest's father, and also the head of the family," Feng Rou'er said, getting happier and happier as she thought about it, bursting into laughter in front of Feng Cheng.

"Father, those two vile women..."

"Don't worry, my little rascal, I'm having people look for them. Once we find them, you can deal with them however you want."

Upon hearing this, Feng Rou'er walked directly behind Feng Cheng and began massaging his shoulders.

"I knew Daddy was the best."

While massaging Feng Cheng's shoulders, Feng Rou'er was thinking about how to deal with Xiao Liyan and Xiao Shida.

You'll all be in my hands soon, and I'll treat you well. Xiao Liyan, I'll send you to a brothel to enjoy yourself. Xiao Shida...

Feng Rou'er thought of Xiao Shida, and imagined what he looked like. Tsk tsk tsk, not bad looking. She'll see if Father agrees to her later...

"Ha ha ha ha"

"You little rascal, you can't keep secrets."

"Oh dear, Father, I just thought they'd end up in my hands."

Feng Cheng also smiled.