"Are you surprised?" Grandma Wu chuckled softly, her head lowered. Even with her full head of white hair and wrinkled face, one could still vaguely see the charm she had in her youth. "I've reached this age now."
Cheng Huaijin was shocked. She had always thought Wu Yutao was only seventy or eighty years old at most. Besides, seventy or eighty-year-old beast tamers didn't look old! The oldest beast tamer on Earth seemed to be over two hundred years old...
Cheng Huaijin walked into the room under Grandma Wu's loving gaze, sat down in front of her bed, and felt more and more uneasy.
I feel really awkward, but I don't know why.
"Grandma Wu, are you sick?" Cheng Huaijin asked.
Grandma Wu shook her head, her voice slightly unsteady: "I'm not sick, I'm injured. Very, very badly injured..."
She seemed lost in memories, gazing at the curtains billowing in the wind by the windowsill.
Cheng Huaijin followed her gaze and saw the bright sunshine outside the window and... wait, why is there a campervan parked at the door?
A man got out of the car and opened the back door with solicitous manner. A skateboard-like device automatically extended from the back door, and a wheelchair was able to get out of the car smoothly with the help of the skateboard.
The wheelchair owner was a young man with black hair. The sunlight outside the car seemed a bit too bright for him, so he raised the back of his hand to shield his eyes, revealing a pale wrist.
So fragile that it seems it could be broken in an instant.
The man seemed to notice the gaze from upstairs and looked up.
His bangs were a bit long, covering one eye, while the other eye, which was visible, appeared faintly red...
You must be mistaken. The Wu family shouldn't have any extraterrestrial blood.
Cheng Huaijin guessed the man's identity—Wu Nian, the grandson of the Wu family—from his wheelchair and his resemblance to Grandma Wu.
The legendary "Young Master Wu" who was supposed to marry her.
Cheng Huaijin felt a little embarrassed, but luckily he was about to go to Huacheng and shouldn't have to deal with Wu Nian.
Her gaze naturally returned to Grandma Wu: "Grandma Wu, I will be studying at Huacheng Yaotian High School next school year, and I will be moving away soon. I am really grateful for your help over the past period of time."
Grandma Wu stared intently at the people outside the window, her expression surprisingly fierce.
Cheng Huaijin's eyes darted between the people outside the window and Grandma Wu's face, but he really couldn't understand what was going on. Why did Grandma and her grandson act like enemies?
Grandma Wu grabbed a photo frame from beside the bed and threw it out the window. Amid the gasps of the middle-aged man and woman, the frame grazed Wu Nian's cheek, leaving a red mark. Blood then gushed from the mark, and everyone looked up at the upstairs window.
Cheng Huaijin glanced at Grandma Wu and said to the crowd downstairs with a hint of helplessness, "Grandma Wu wants you... to get up here."
Grandma Wu's bedroom was filled with people.
Grandma Wu's son Wu Yong, daughter-in-law Shen Mingyi, grandson Wu Nian, servant Afu, and outsider Cheng Huaijin.
So Cheng Huaijin, an outsider, immediately said, "Grandma Wu, your family is having a reunion, so I won't disturb you any longer. I'll go downstairs now."
Grandma Wu nodded kindly at her: "Go ahead."
Cheng Huaijin quickly closed the door, went downstairs, and returned to his room.
There was just one thing that was bothering her.
This Wu Nian looks familiar, doesn't he?
Wu Nian's cheek was scratched, and Afu gave it a quick treatment before pushing her to Grandma Wu's bedroom, placing her in the first row so she could face Grandma Wu directly.
Wu Yong and Shen Mingyi stood respectfully behind Wu Nian, bowing their heads and calling out, "Master."
Her black hair fell naturally, obscuring her deep-set eyes. Wu Nian had pale skin and light red lips; she sat there quietly, like a delicate painting.
Wu Yutao looked at Wu Nian coldly: "Why don't you come back sooner?"
Wu Nian smiled slightly: "Some things have been delayed."
"Do you know you would have died if you had been any later?" Wu Yutao stared at Wu Nian.
Wu Nian replied in a nonchalant tone, "Like you? But I'm not afraid of death."
"You!" Wu Yutao was furious. Afu stepped forward and patted Wu Yutao's back.
"Miss, don't be angry, speak slowly, speak slowly."
Wu Nian smiled, her face radiant with a gentle breeze and bright moon, yet her words were unusually cold: "You're becoming more and more like a human being."
Afu's expression changed, and his cold gaze pierced Wu Nian.
"Heh~ Hahahahahaha." As if she had seen something funny, Wu Nian couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Duck." A pure white duck-like creature rang the doorbell.
Just as Cheng Huaijin reached the door, preparing to ask the duck-beast who it was looking for, the duck-beast suddenly stood up on its head and vanished instantly.
Cheng Huaijin looked up at the building... Hmm, why is the Wu family in such a mess today?
Speaking of which, this white duck-beast, could it already be at the maximum level? If I'm not mistaken, that move just now should have been [Teleportation], which allows the duck-beast to teleport itself and its teammates to a designated location using its mind.
So who will be the Beastmaster of the max-level Duck Beast?
Inside Wu Yutao's room.
The duck-like creature appeared in front of Wu Nian and shouted at Afu, "Duck!"
A semi-transparent barrier rose up, successfully blocking the raging fire emanating from Afu's palm.
The flames slowly seeped into the barrier, burning it down to just a thin layer.
Just as the flames were about to touch the duck-beast, Wu Nian spoke.
"Alright, so you're taking it so seriously? I was just joking around."
Afu snorted coldly, retracted his overgrown nails, and his somewhat sinister face returned to its usual kind expression.
"Young master is joking."
Wu Nian stroked the duck-like beast's fur and instructed, "Wait for me."
"Duck." The duck-like beast obediently stood next to Wu Nian, but still looked at Afu with a wary expression.
Wu Nian asked, "Is that the girl downstairs the reason you were in such a hurry to call me back?"
Wu Yutao had calmed down by now, and she said calmly, "Yes, you should have heard that she is the Beastmaster of the Wood Dragon."
“Wooden Dragon…” Wu Nian said in a low voice, “It seems you have found a replacement.”
Wu Yutao smiled and said, "Yes, after all these years, we've finally found her. It's all fate... She's our last chance."
Wu Nian poured cold water on the idea, saying, "Are you so confident that she will do as you wish?"
Wu Yutao sneered, "So what if you're a soul from another world? You're still too green to fight me."
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