Just then, Zhou Quan came out carrying Zhuzhu, who had just woken up.
"Mom!" Zhuzhu told her father to put her down, and she ran to her mother with Xiaopiao in her arms.
Li Mai looked at the butler to the side. She needed to find out how much they had spoken to the butler and whether the butler knew their identities.
The butler quickly stepped forward and said, "Young master, madam, these guests say they are your and your friend's friends and have come to visit you. They just entered the gate."
Li Mai glanced at An Nanyang and nodded. "Okay, arrange for tea to be served. We'll take the guests inside first."
The butler replied, "Go down."
Li Mai looked at An Nanyang, then glanced at Xu Changle beside him, smiled, and turned to look at Xu Changhuan on the other side.
But she found the white wolf beside her lying prostrate on the ground, trembling.
Everyone else looked at Zhuzhu, who was holding the little beauty, in disbelief.
What's going on? Why is the white wolf so afraid of this child?
Li Mai and Zhou Quan were aware of the situation, but Zhou Quan pretended not to see it and greeted An Nanyang.
An Nanyang snapped out of his daze and quickly returned Zhou Quan's greeting, introducing, "This is my wife's elder sister, and also the chieftain of Tianxiang Village. We've come here today..."
"Let's go inside and talk first!" Li Mai gestured to An Nanyang with her eyes, then looked at Xu Changle and smiled, "Madam An, please; Chief Xu, please."
An Nanyang understood, nodded, and glanced around unconsciously.
Xu Changhuan returned Li Mai's greeting, "Okay!"
"Little sister, what's wrong?"
Just as Li Mai was about to lead them inside, Yun Chang came out from the west courtyard and asked.
Yun Chang was reading a book when a guard came to report that several people had arrived at her courtyard, one of whom looked like a government official.
Li Mai turned to look at him and smiled. "It's nothing. Three guests have arrived. Big brother, you didn't go out? Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea together?"
Yun Chang nodded, "Okay!"
When An Nanyang saw Yun Chang, his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
King Yun?
Is this Lady Zhou the sister of Prince Yun?
No, they don't share the same surname, but that's not the point anymore. He already understands that the Prince of Yun is here because he's worried about Madam Zhou's safety.
He was about to bow when Yun Chang gave him a look and turned to walk towards the inner courtyard. He knew that An Nanyang had already recognized him; they had met twice in the capital a few years ago.
The Xu sisters, Chang Le and Chang Huan, both looked at Yun Chang, who was walking in front of them, with surprise.
Who is that?
His demeanor was quite different from that of the couple.
"Lord An, please!" Zhou Quan gestured to An Nanyang and followed Yun Chang.
An Nanyang followed.
"Xiaomai, I brought my sister to introduce you." Xu Changle saw the men walk ahead and happily came to Limai's side, whispering.
Li Mai smiled at her and nodded, "I can tell you're your older sister just by looking at you two!"
"Yes, my sister was born a stick earlier than me." Xu Changle was a talkative and cheerful person.
Li Mai nodded to Xu Changhuan, who was looking over, and said, "When I met Patriarch Jiang last time, I learned that he was related to you."
Xu Changhuan nodded, "Yes, the Jiang family is our maternal grandparents' family, and the current head of the family is our cousin."
"Mom, that white dog is still lying there, it won't follow us." Zhuzhu took a few steps, turned around and saw that the big white dog brought by the guests was not following them, so she called out to Limai.
Li Mai glanced back and said with a smile, "Then you and Little Pretty can stay here and watch over it, lest it bite anyone in our house."
As for Zhuzhu, with Qilin around, they don't need to worry.
The reason the white wolf didn't dare to get up was because of the bloodline suppression from the beast realm; it was afraid of the Qilin.
"Okay!" Zhuzhu was delighted.
"Mrs. Zhou, are you alright? Aren't you worried about the child's safety?" Xu Changle asked anxiously.
After all, the adults knew it was a wolf.
"It's alright. Look at your little white cat, does it dare to stand up when it sees my daughter and her cat?" Li Mai said with a faint smile.
The Xu sisters glanced back and agreed; they had never seen the white wolf so cowardly before.
Was the white wolf afraid of the little girl, or the ugly cat she was holding?
Yun Chang glanced back at Zhuzhu's direction, waved to a tree, and said, "Protect the young lady. If that dog dares to hurt her, shoot it dead!"
The two men in black landed, responded, and went back up.
The Xu sisters: ......
How could this person say such heartless words in such a calm and indifferent tone?
That makes sense, he must have known it was a wolf. Wolves are outcasts among humans, but it was a good friend who had grown up with the two sisters.
"Don't worry, young master, my white wolf grew up among people and doesn't eat people," Xu Changhuan quickly said.
Yun Chang glanced at her indifferently, then turned back and continued walking towards the main courtyard.
He could tell that his younger sister didn't like this older sister very much, but seemed to have a good relationship with the other younger sister.
Where is Tianxiang Village? Is it a bandit stronghold?
A woman from a bandit stronghold becomes the bandit leader?
He hadn't paid attention to this Tianxiang Village before; he'll arrange for someone to investigate it tomorrow.
Li Mai didn't speak. She still hadn't resolved things with Tianxiang Village and the previous incident, and her heart wasn't at peace. She hadn't gone to find her, but the other woman had come to her on her own.
Chu Yan and Zhong Hui did not go in, but stayed behind to play with Zhu Zhu and protect her.
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