"Heh heh, ominous? What's ominous? I think you're talking nonsense!"

Chen Xiao didn't simply regard Little Hongchan as a demon beast.

So, he was naturally very unhappy to hear Ye Xiaoyao say that.

However, to Chen Xiao's surprise, Ye Xiaoyao didn't refute him after hearing his words. Instead, his old face turned red.

This reaction was very wrong.

Logically speaking, a martial arts grandmaster like Ye Xiaoyao, who had lived for five or six hundred years, wouldn't react this way even if Chen Xiao directly contradicted him. He wouldn't necessarily be furious, but he wouldn't act like this.

Chen Xiao's eyes narrowed instantly, and he said meaningfully, "Oh… I understand. You're feeling guilty!"

"Nonsense, what am I feeling guilty about? What do I have to feel guilty about? Why should I feel guilty!"

Ye Xiaoyao glared, but his rebuttal only made it seem like he was trying to hide something.

He seemed to realize this himself and simply turned his head away, putting his hands behind his back.

"Words fall on deaf ears. Everyone, please, help yourselves!"

This meant he was asking them to leave!

Chen Xiao snorted softly, "Qingluan, let's go!"

After saying that, he turned and walked out.

Chu Qingluan, holding Little Hongchan in her arms, immediately followed.

"Wait, let me see you off!"

Chu Changqing called out and chased after them.

"Little friend Chen Xiao, please don't mind him. That old fellow Ye Xiaoyao is actually a good person, but his temper is a bit strange sometimes."

Chu Changqing said awkwardly after catching up.

Chen Xiao smiled and shook his head. "It's okay. Actually, it's better that he doesn't want to keep Little Hongchan. I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving Little Hongchan in such an inhuman place."

Hearing this, Chu Changqing's old face turned red, and he didn't know what to say.

Chen Xiao didn't want to embarrass him too much, so he immediately changed the subject, "Senior Chu, I plan to leave here. Do you know where the boundary gate to the outside world is?"

"Wait a moment, I'll have someone send you out!"

As he spoke, Chu Changqing left.

Before long, Chu Changqing returned, followed by a gaunt old man.

Seeing this old man, Chu Qingluan's eyes widened, and her face showed an expression of disbelief. "Grandpa Shoushan! You, you, you…"

"You're surprised that I'm still alive, right?"

Grandpa Shoushan looked at Chu Qingluan with a smile.

"Yes, yes!"

Chu Qingluan was so excited that she was incoherent. "Those Eastern barbarians said they chopped you into eight pieces and fed you to the fish!"

"That was just a trick I used, an illusion. Those bastards are far from being able to kill me!

"I didn't expect you to break in here as well. I almost caused a disaster… Alright, I'll send you back. Old Chu, we'll meet again!"

"We'll meet again!"

Everyone said their farewells, and Grandpa Shoushan led Chen Xiao and the others through the boundary gate, back to the outside world.

After the boundary gate was completely closed, Chu Changqing said quietly, "Come out. If you're so reluctant to let her go, why didn't you keep her here?"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Xiaoyao walked out of a dark corner, wearing a wry smile. "Keeping her in this hellhole? Do you want her to become as inhuman as our disciples and grand-disciples at such a young age?"

"She's a demon to begin with. Does it matter if she's inhuman?"

"Don't talk nonsense. She's at most a half-demon, and who said demons are inhuman? Demons are much more human than most humans!"

Hearing this, Chu Changqing acted as if he had caught something. "So, you're finally willing to admit that this little girl is your child?"

Ye Xiaoyao paused for a moment and sighed. "Alas, the past is unbearable to recall. It was just a karmic debt. But even though I, Ye Xiaoyao, am a scumbag, I'm not scummy enough to deny my own child!"

Hearing this, Chu Changqing rolled his eyes even harder.

"You're acting all righteous now, but when people brought the child to you, why didn't you admit it? You even said that red pandas foreshadow misfortune. Now that they're gone, you're acting all capable. I, Chu Changqing, despise your type of hypocritical scumbag the most!"

"Cough cough!"

Ye Xiaoyao coughed awkwardly. "I just said to send her over for me to take a look. I didn't say I would raise her! If I had kept the child in that situation, I would have been harming her!"

As he spoke, Ye Xiaoyao suddenly realized something was wrong. "I say, Old Chu, this is my family matter, so why are you getting involved? And when are we ever going to leave this damned place? Five hundred years have passed in a flash!"

Ye Xiaoyao's face was full of helplessness and longing. He had been trapped on this Bliss Island for five hundred years, and he was about to go crazy.

Chu Changqing pondered for a moment and said, "I think it will be soon. After all, an unparalleled genius has already appeared in the world. This chaotic era is coming after all."

…

After leaving Bliss Island, Chu Qingluan said goodbye to Grandpa Shoushan again. Next, it would probably be her turn to say goodbye to Chen Xiao.

Thinking of this, Chu Qingluan's heart ached involuntarily.

"Qingluan, what are you planning to do? Do you want me to send you and Little Hongchan back first?"

However, what was bound to happen would always happen. Just as Chu Qingluan was worried, Chen Xiao's voice suddenly sounded beside her.

"I… I…"

Chu Qingluan stammered. She wanted to say that she didn't want to go back.

But she didn't know how to say it. She didn't know how to find a decent reason, or rather, an excuse.

"I don't want to go back!"

However, at this moment, Little Hongchan suddenly woke up from her dream, saying vaguely, "I don't want to go back. I want to be with Big Brother. I want to be with fragrant Little Sister…"

At this moment, she was still half-asleep, saying what sounded like a dream, yet also like the truth in her heart.

It seemed she really didn't want to go back, otherwise she wouldn't have chimed in even when she was so sleepy.

"Alright, alright, then we won't go back!"

Chen Xiao thought that letting Little Hongchan live in the outside world would be good for her physical and mental health and growth, better than staying with that old codger Ye Santong.

Moreover, the Shan Hai Yi Pin estate was big enough, with plenty of rooms, so it wouldn't matter if she stayed.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao extended an invitation to Chu Qingluan, "Qingluan, why don't you come with us as well? Don't you like the outside world? You can take this opportunity to have some fun outside for a few days!"

"Okay!"

Chu Qingluan agreed without even thinking.

She was worried about not being able to find a suitable excuse, but Chen Xiao directly extended an invitation to her. Wasn't this like getting a pillow when you're sleepy!

Moreover, there was another sentence in her heart that she hadn't said to Chen Xiao.

"It's true that I like the outside world, but what I like even more is you!"

She hoped that one day, she would have enough courage to say these words…