But this had nothing to do with the children at all.
"Soft Soft, be good. Father hasn't seen Grandmother for a few days and wants to talk to her."
Zheng Wei's voice was very gentle, but Soft Soft's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.
"Father is lying. Grandmother told us that if you saw her, you would definitely scold her."
At this moment, Zheng Jiang and Zheng He, who were on the side, also spoke one after another.
"Grandmother said Father would become super fierce, and Grandmother was so scared."
"Yes, yes, yes. Grandmother said to tell us to come down and find Father, and she would leave first."
Shen Xiaoyan and the others widened their eyes at this.
Shen Xiaoyan even looked at Soft Soft in her arms and said, "Soft Soft, where is your grandmother?"
Soft Soft had an innocent smile on her face. When she heard Shen Xiaoyan's question, she replied naturally, "Didn't I just say, she's already left?"
"Where did she go?" Zheng Wei asked immediately.
"I don't know."
Soft Soft looked blank, "Grandmother just said that you were downstairs, and she told us to come down and find Mom and Dad, saying that she was leaving and would come to find us later."
Shen Xiaoyan and Zheng Wei exchanged a look, feeling incredible.
She just left like that?
Could it be that she was afraid of their questioning?
Although Shen Xiaoyan and Zheng Wei were very angry that Kong Huangwei took the children away without saying a word, there was no need to hide from them like this, right?
Besides, if Kong Huangwei was afraid of their questioning, why did she take the children away?
Did she do it just to lure them to the Sacred Spirit Continent?
But this could have been discussed properly.
She and Zheng Wei had no definite destination. If they couldn't find Shen Xiaoming, they might come to the Sacred Spirit Continent. It was only a matter of time.
Soft Soft looked at Shen Xiaoyan, who was deep in thought, completely unaware of what her mother was thinking.
Zheng He suddenly said, "Right, Mother, Grandmother asked me to tell you that Uncle is also here."
Uncle?
Shen Xiaoyan was slightly stunned, but in an instant, she understood. Wasn't Uncle Shen Xiaoming?
"Where?"
Shen Xiaoyan asked, her eyes still scanning everywhere, but she didn't see any sign of Shen Xiaoming.
Just as Shen Xiaoyan was wondering, Zheng Jiang glared at Zheng He, "Why are you so stupid? Grandmother said to tell Mother that Uncle is on this continent, not in this restaurant."
Shen Xiaoyan naturally heard this, and then she immediately understood.
So she had misunderstood.
But how did Kong Huangwei know about this?
Just as Shen Xiaoyan was still wondering about the whole situation, Lu Taobao finally couldn't help it.
"Soft Soft, can you tell Uncle, where is your Aunt Yingying?"
Soft Soft looked up from Shen Xiaoyan's arms and looked at Lu Taobao, who was smiling strangely in front of her, and said innocently, "She left."
"Left? When did she leave? Where did she go?"
No wonder Lu Taobao was so agitated. A large part of the reason he came to the Sacred Spirit Continent with Shen Xiaoyan and the others was for Bai Ying.
But now he was told that Bai Ying had also left.
How could this not surprise him?
Soft Soft was less than 2 years old. Even if, for some reason, the thinking and speaking abilities of these three little ones were beyond ordinary people, they were at most like ordinary five or six-year-old children.
Lu Taobao's strong reaction naturally startled Soft Soft.
Sensing the small body in her arms flinch, Shen Xiaoyan immediately recovered and patted Soft Soft gently to comfort her, her gaze towards Lu Taobao filled with a warning.
It didn't matter how they spoke among themselves, but this was still a child.
Lu Taobao also knew he had lost his composure and gave Shen Xiaoyan an embarrassed smile.
Shen Xiaoyan rolled her eyes at him, but still softened her tone and asked, "Soft Soft, besides your grandmother, who else?"
Soft Soft looked blank, as if she didn't understand what Shen Xiaoyan was saying.
"It's your Aunt Yingying, and Aunt Fujiwara, and Grandpa Hu."
Soft Soft only then realized, "Mother, you mean them. Aunt Fujiwara took Aunt Yingying saying they were going back. Soft Soft doesn't know where they went back to. They left several days ago. Grandpa Hu left with Grandmother just now."
Hearing Soft Soft's answer, Lu Taobao looked full of hesitation.
She just said they were going back, but where did they go back to?
The Sacred Spirit Continent was vast and boundless, where would he find Bai Ying?
Just as Lu Taobao was distressed, Yi Zixie spoke.
"Senior Uncle Fujiwara must have taken Bai Ying back to the sect."
Lu Taobao's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Right.
How did he forget? Yi Zixie and Fujiwara Shifei were in the same sect. He didn't know where Fujiwara Shifei went, but Yi Zixie definitely knew.
"Then, in that case, let's go to your sect..."
Lu Taobao's words didn't finish because he realized something was wrong.
Not to mention where Zheng Wei and Shen Xiaoyan planned to go next, even Yi Zixie and Namu Zhong couldn't easily return to their sect.
What should they do?
Zheng Wei also woke up from his deep thoughts and looked at the depressed faces of everyone. "Let's eat something first."
"Boss, give us a private room."
The boss had been standing aside for a while. He thought Zheng Wei and the others would leave after finding people, but who knew Zheng Wei would ask for a private room.
Since they were going to eat, they were guests.
The guests' requests, of course, had to be met.
The boss personally led Shen Xiaoyan and the others to the second floor. The waiter followed, placing a pot of tea and a menu on the table.
Zheng Wei was about to take the menu to order when Yi Zixie suddenly reached out and took the menu away.
"Please, boss. We'll look at the menu first, and then we'll call the waiter when we're done."
Although the boss didn't understand why Yi Zixie did this, he couldn't force others to order, so he could only agree, leading the waiter out of the private room and closing the door behind him as he left.
Hearing the footsteps outside, and after confirming that the boss and the waiter had left, Yi Zixie breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.
Lu Taobao had already been confused by Yi Zixie's actions. Seeing Yi Zixie's relieved look now, he was even more puzzled.
"What's wrong? Could this be a black shop?"
Lu Taobao's words were purely unintentional, but after they were spoken, he himself felt that it was entirely possible.
Otherwise, why would Yi Zixie, an old resident of the Sacred Spirit Continent, be like this?
Unexpectedly, Yi Zixie rolled his eyes at Lu Taobao, "What black shop? We are the ones who are going to dine and dash."
"Dine and dash? Yi Zixie, are you confused? Although we are not rich, we shouldn't be unable to afford a meal, right?"
Lu Taobao's confusion was precisely the confusion of Shen Xiaoyan and Zheng Wei.
Yes, Shen Xiaoyan felt like she had thought of something.
The little boy who led the way earlier seemed to want crystal, not gold and silver.
"Could it be that the currency on the Sacred Spirit Continent is not gold and silver?"
Obviously, Lu Taobao had also thought of what had just happened and asked with some uncertainty.
As for the answer, it was obvious.
Listening to Yi Zixie's narration, Shen Xiaoyan and the other two finally understood.
It turned out that on the Sacred Spirit Continent, the currency was not gold and silver, but crystal coins.
And the plain crystal earlier was the lowest grade crystal coin, with a purchasing power equivalent to their copper coins.