"Brother Yu,"
Zhou Yufei called out, chasing after Song Yinyu.
Song Yinyu was in a headache. He wished it was Xuanxuan chasing after him, not this clingy, crybaby.
"Ah~"
Zhou Yufei was so focused on chasing that she didn't see her footing and fell to the ground.
"Wuwuwu, Brother Yu."
Song Yinyu stopped angrily, "Don't you know you're annoying?"
"Wuwu, Brother Yu."
Zhou Yufei lay on the ground crying, refusing to get up.
Song Yinyu had no choice but to turn back and pull her up, "I'm warning you again, I hate you chasing me, it's so annoying!"
Zhou Yufei rubbed her dirty hands, "Brother Yu, Brother Ji and the others don't play with me."
"Why don't you go find Si Yu and Si Ji?"
"Si Yu and Si Ji don't play with me either."
Song Yinyu held his forehead, so only he had a good temper and had been cornered by her?
For over a year at the Li family, he had had few opportunities to get close to Xuanxuan.
After Xuanxuan started practicing martial arts, her temperament didn't become fiery like Grandma Ouyang's. Instead, she became very distant. Apart from the four Jins, it was hard for anyone to get close to her, including Si Yu and Si Ji.
Xuanxuan looked at the two people in the courtyard with a calm gaze, then turned to find her grandmother.
"Grandma, I want to go find Dad and learn martial arts from him."
Tian Jing was surprised, "Xuanxuan, you'll be going to school next year."
Xuanxuan stared at her grandmother, "I won't be able to go next year. My birthday is in the latter half of the year."
"Alright."
Tian Jing agreed. Since Xuanxuan started practicing martial arts, she had become very opinionated. She felt that Xuanxuan was doing well and didn't need adults to worry about her. Coincidentally, she was planning to visit the US, and leaving Xuanxuan at home would be more worrying.
Xuanxuan smiled, "Thank you, Grandma."
Tian Jing gently tapped her forehead, "Your parents are very busy. As long as your request is not excessive, Grandma will agree."
Xuanxuan nestled into her grandmother's embrace.
Tian Jing hugged her and patted her back. Without her parents around, the child was so well-behaved and sensible that it made people involuntarily favor her.
The next day, after packing some luggage, Tian Jing took her granddaughter and left in the afternoon.
Mother Li reluctantly saw them off to the end of the village, "Xuanxuan, what will Great Grandma do if she misses you?"
Xuanxuan's eyes also turned red, "Great Grandma, we can video call."
Mother Li shook her head, "You won't be able to video call freely once you go there, and you'll have to sign a confidentiality agreement. Shall we not go?"
"I want to go," Xuanxuan insisted.
Mother Li couldn't refuse, "Okay, okay, go, go. Your father is amazing. Learn from your father, and once you learn, you won't be afraid of any bad guys."
"Mm."
Xuanxuan waved goodbye to her great-grandmother with tears in her eyes.
"Xuanxuan."
Song Yinyu chased after her, "Xuanxuan, why are you leaving? If it's to avoid me, then I should be the one leaving."
Xuanxuan turned, "Grandma, let's go."
Tian Jing held her granddaughter's hand and left without looking back.
They walked through the forest outside the hot spring valley. Tian Jing picked up Xuanxuan, and Xuanxuan hugged her grandmother's neck tightly, nestled in her embrace.
"Close your eyes," Tian Jing said softly.
"Mm."
After a while, Xuanxuan heard her grandmother say, "Open your eyes."
When she opened her eyes, she saw the large courtyard in front of her and asked in surprise, "Is this place bigger than Mount Ku?"
"Yes."
Tian Jing nodded, "Tell Grandma the truth, are you coming in to avoid Song Yinyu?"
Xuanxuan was startled, then lowered her eyelids and said nothing.
Tian Jing sighed, "Xuanxuan, children who think for others are the ones who suffer the most. If you want something, strive for it. If you don't want something, reject it directly."
Xuanxuan raised her eyelids, "I, I dislike little sister Yufei."
Tian Jing frowned, "Is it because of Song Yinyu?"
Xuanxuan shook her head, "I don't know. She always snatches my things. I, I want to learn martial arts from Dad, and enter this place in the future."
Tian Jing nodded, "Grandma has said that as long as the request is not excessive, Grandma will agree. But you need to get your parents' consent."
"Mm."
Xuanxuan nodded vigorously, a relaxed smile appearing on her face.
After registering at the main gate, Tian Jing took Xuanxuan to find her eldest daughter-in-law.
"Mom?"
Li Wanting, who was mopping the floor, straightened up in surprise when she saw Tian Jing.
Tian Jing's eyes immediately landed on her slightly protruding belly, "You child, why didn't you tell us you were pregnant?"
Saying that, she put Xuanxuan down and took the mop from Li Wanting's hand, "I'll do it. How much more is there?"
"No, no."
Li Wanting waved her hands anxiously, "This is my job."
"Switch!"
Tian Jing was displeased. Her daughter-in-law was pregnant, and Zeng Jingrong still wouldn't give her a lighter job?
Li Wanting was shocked, "There are no suitable jobs for me. And if I don't do the cleaning, who will?"
"Why isn't there?"
Tian Jing threw the mop down in anger, "Be my exclusive secretary. How much funding do I bring back for the special team in a year? It's not too much to ask for an exclusive secretary, is it?"
After speaking, she took one of them by the hand and walked out of the room, "Jiang Lin, you'll take over the cleaning work temporarily. From now on, Li Wanting is my exclusive secretary."
"Yes!"
Jiang Lin hurried out of the secretary's office.
"Little Black!"
Tian Jing called out to Little Black by the sink, "Let's go."
By the sink, Little Black was diligently stomping and washing the mop. Hearing its owner's call, it immediately lifted its paws from the sink.
As soon as its paws touched the ground, it slipped, falling to the ground. It raised its front paws to stand up, but with a "snap," it slipped and fell again. It looked at Tian Jing aggrievedly, "Wuwuwu."
Tian Jing narrowed her eyes and looked at where Little Black had fallen, "Wanting, do you usually wash the mop, or does Little Black wash it?"
"I usually wash it."
Li Wanting looked at the badly fallen Little Black with heartache, "Today, Little Black saw me vomit, so it insisted on washing it."
Tian Jing let go of Xuanxuan's hand and took out her phone, "Hao Hao, are you there?"
Li Wanting shook her head, "He's on a mission."
Tian Jing dialed Zeng Jingrong's number.
"Hello?" Zeng Jingrong's voice echoed in the hallway.
Tian Jing hung up the phone and called out behind her, "Come to the stairwell here."
Zeng Jingrong walked out of his office and saw the three of them.
"Eh? Why did you bring Xuanxuan in?"
Tian Jing didn't answer him and pointed in Little Black's direction, "Go see why Little Black can't get up."
Zeng Jingrong walked towards Little Black by the sink near the end of the hallway, "Are you injured? I..."
"Zi zi zi."
As soon as Zeng Jingrong reached Little Black, his foot slipped. He quickly grabbed the edge of the sink, preventing himself from falling like Little Black.
Jiang Lin, who was walking out with the mop, was startled by the captain's close call, "Captain!"
Zeng Jingrong looked at the floor beneath him. Although there was some water, it shouldn't be this slippery. "Jiang Lin, why is it so slippery here?"
Jiang Lin shook her head, "I don't know. Why is Little Black lying on the ground not moving?"
"Wuwuwu."
Little Black looked at Tian Jing aggrievedly.
Tian Jing flicked out a vine, wrapped it around Little Black's front paws, and dragged it to the stairwell, "Little Black, go roll on the grass and clean yourself."
"Wuwu."
Little Black slid down the stairs as it walked.
Zeng Jingrong held onto the sink and stepped back onto dry ground before letting go and walking over, leaning on the wall, "Tiantian, what did you discover?"
Tian Jing frowned, "Zeng Jingrong, Wanting is pregnant, and you're still letting her work in the cleaning department?"
"Pregnant?"
Zeng Jingrong looked at Li Wanting's belly in surprise, "I didn't know."
After speaking, he paused, "So the wetness by the sink is...?"
"I don't know."
Tian Jing shook her head, "This requires you to check the surveillance. From now on, Wanting is my exclusive secretary. It's not too much for me to have an exclusive secretary, is it?"
"Not too much, you definitely deserve one."
Zeng Jingrong shook his head and nodded again, "I'll investigate this. Jiang Lin, don't touch that sink area for now. Don't let anyone near it."
"Yes!"