"mother!"
As soon as she got off the carriage, Li Mingke threw herself into her mother's arms. Li Zengqing felt extremely distressed looking at her.
"Come in quickly, come in quickly, we've been waiting for you. Your face is so thin, you must have suffered a lot!" Li Zengqing touched her daughter's face, her eyes filled with heartache as she touched her pointed chin.
"Brother!" Li Pinyue rushed over, still carrying the long spear on her back.
The sisters greeted each other with pleasantries.
After taking their seats, Li Mingke suddenly remembered something and asked, "Yue'er, haven't you noticed anything different about me than before?"
Li Pinyue was frantically piling food into Li Mingke's bowl. "? No, if there's anything different, brother is thinner than before. It must be because that Fourth Prince didn't feed you."
Li Mingke chuckled dryly, "No, his cook is quite good. By the way, Yue'er, haven't you noticed any changes in me?"
Li Pinyue put down her chopsticks, tilted her head and thought carefully for a moment, then nodded firmly, "No."
"Really not?"
"Looks better than before?"
"That's right!" Li Mingke clapped his hands suddenly.
She stood up and spun around in front of Li Pinyue twice. "You didn't expect that, did you? Your brother has become your sister!"
Li Pinyue glanced at it twice, picked up her chopsticks and started eating, "What is it? Is that all?"
"Wait, wait, wait!" Li Mingke was dissatisfied with his younger sister's reaction. "What do you mean 'just this'? I suddenly turned from a boy into a girl!"
The moon shouldn't be very surprised, then confused, then crying and asking why she was kept in the dark all this time, and finally asking her what her difficulties were.
This wasn't the reaction she expected!
Isn't that too calm?
Has Yue'er's mental state become so strong that she can remain unmoved even if Mount Tai collapses before her?
Li Pinyue looked at her older sister with a troubled expression and swallowed a piece of mushroom with difficulty.
"I already knew! And bro, hurry up and eat, stop gesturing wildly, the food will get cold if you don't eat soon."
Li Mingke was as shocked as if a bolt of lightning had suddenly struck her on a sunny day.
She grabbed Li Pinyue's shoulders excitedly, "Yue'er, when did you find out? Did your parents tell you?"
Was it because she wasn't good at disguising herself? If Yue'er knew, wouldn't everyone else know too? Had everyone been watching her perform a one-woman show all along? That would be too embarrassing!
Li Pinyue rolled her eyes at her, "It's not that you're bad at pretending, it's that I'm too smart. Besides, we're together every day, how could I not see through you!"
Did she need her parents to tell her? She's not blind; she can figure it out with a little thought.
"So, apart from you, Yue'er, no one has noticed yet, right?" She stared at Li Pinyue with hopeful eyes.
Li Pinyue nodded slowly, "...Probably?"
After all, no one else could be as affectionate and affectionate with the young master of the Li family as she was, even sleeping in the same bed. If such a thing really happened, her mother would be the first to quietly get rid of her.
"Phew, that's good." Li Mingke casually sat back down in his chair.
She picked up a dish that her mother, Li Zengqing, was good at making and was instantly moved to tears.
It's so delicious!
Seeing his daughter looking like she hadn't eaten in centuries, Li Zengqing smiled helplessly.
She communicated with her husband through her eyes.
"The Fourth Prince really didn't mistreat her?"
"Probably not!"
"That must be because his cooks are incompetent! My pampered daughter is suffering there! I knew he was no good when I first saw him as a child, and sure enough, after doing him such a big favor, he won't even give her a decent meal!"
Wu Xilan wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, obediently listening to his wife scold Wu Xiyu, nodding in agreement at crucial moments, and then forcing a smile.
To be honest, he also wanted to curse, not only Wu Xiyu, but everyone involved in this matter, including his father.
Seeing his parents exchanging glances, Li Mingke chewed on his rapeseed and sighed at how good their relationship was.
She couldn't help but thank her maternal grandfather. If her mother had been captured and taken back to Yingzhou Immortal Island, would her mother and father still be able to sit together happily for a meal like they do today?
"By the way, Mother, why didn't you tell me about your Dragon Roar bloodline?" she asked, looking up.
"Well... it's nothing serious, and besides, it's all in the past, so I just didn't think to tell you."
Li Mingke: ? This isn't a big deal? She almost lost her life because of this!
Li Zengqing propped her head up with one hand and tapped her husband with the other, saying, "Is the Dragon Roar some kind of good bloodline? I think it's fine as it is now."
That's very true. Li Mingke nodded in agreement.
Li Pinyue didn't say anything. She looked up at her parents, then at her sister beside her, and sat down to eat in silence.
“There’s one more thing, Mother…” Li Mingke said, her voice lacking confidence.
Li Zengqing raised his eyelids slightly. "Speak."
"Um... I lost the disguise bead..."
crackling sound—
Li Cengqing stood up abruptly, knocking over the chair, and Li Mingke immediately covered his head with his hands.
Wu Xilan immediately reassured his wife, "This isn't Mingke's fault. The trip to Fengchan Mountain was dangerous; it must have been lost during that time." He winked at Li Mingke, "Right, Mingke?"
Li Mingke was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, yes, I lost it at Fengchan Mountain! At that time, I was trapped with the Demon Lord, and then the Demon Lord suddenly mistook me for his wife and stole my disguise bead!"
She wasn't wrong, that's how it is, the whole responsibility lies with the Demon Lord!
After Li Mingke finished speaking, he looked at his father. Wu Xilan's smiling face instantly turned serious, while her mother was surrounded by a storm. Even Li Pinyue put down her chopsticks.
The air was eerily quiet.
What...what happened?
She suddenly shivered.
Did she... say something wrong?
“Mingke…” Li Zengqing forced a smile through her teeth, “My dear, tell your mother what happened back then.”
Li Mingke felt uneasy, but she still listened to her mother and told her everything that had happened.
Ten minutes later, Li Mingke, whose mouth was dry, took a sip of water and looked at his mother with his neck hunched.
Li Zengqing gripped the edge of the table tightly, struggling to suppress his outburst. Wu Xilan looked like she was about to faint, while Li Pinyue gripped her spear tightly.
Snap—
Suddenly, the sound of a teacup shattering on the floor broke the silence.
"This is outrageous!"
Li Zengqing let out a roar!
"Doesn't he, the Demon Lord, claim to be the strongest in the world? How could he be so easily controlled by a mere fragrance! I think he's nothing but a beast in human form, unable to control his own actions! What talk of deep affection is nothing but lust at work!"
She vented for a while, cursing the Demon Lord's ancestors for eighteen generations, and then hugged Li Mingke tightly.
"My Mingke, Mother will protect you! You will always be Mother's child, no matter what happened before..."
"Qingqing!"
Wu Xilan spoke up in time to stop her.
What was she like before? Li Mingke pondered the words his mother hadn't finished saying before his father interrupted her.
Li Zengqing stroked her for a long time, as if afraid she would disappear, kissing and hugging her.
"This time it was a mistake on my part to let you face so much danger alone. I won't do it again." Li Zengqing's eyes were full of guilt.
"Mother, what are you saying? Everyone has to grow up. Mother, look how much I've grown this time!" She put her hands on her hips, trying to show how strong she was, and Li Zengqing kissed her a lot more.
"Mother, what about the disguise pearl?" she asked.
Should we just give up on it, or get a new one?
"Yes, of course I want it, why wouldn't I?" Li Zengqing's eyes were icy. "Isn't it with the Demon Lord? Then let's take it back from the Demon Lord!"
Huh? How are we supposed to take this? What if the Demon Lord refuses to give it to us? They can't beat him.
“There is one person who can,” Li Zengqing said.
"who?"
Li Zengqing sat back in her seat, leaned back slightly, picked up the teacup her husband handed her, and took a sip. "That person is someone you are closely related to, and who bears a great responsibility for this matter—Immortal Venerable Jinyun."
Immortal Venerable Jinyun!
"Isn't he your master? As a master, he has an obligation to ensure the safety of his apprentice!"
Li Zengqing chuckled lightly, but his eyes were filled with frost.
Immortal Venerable Jinyun, I want to see just how much my son Li Mingke means to you!
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