Why did you provoke me?

Having her trump card exposed, what could she say but nod in agreement?

Yu Meng reached out and placed her hands on the stone, and Dean Chen also stepped forward and placed his hands on the stone.

Yu Meng sensed it carefully, and she had a feeling that she could peel off the surface of the stone.

She hesitated, making a faint, confused expression.

Dean Chen stood there for quite a while, finally sighing, "I can't find that spot. What about you?"

Xiao Hong had already given up. She leaned against the rock and said, "Me? If I could do it, I wouldn't have waited until now."

They all looked at Yu Meng, who looked up blankly, then looked at her hands, "I can't handle this myself."

"Hey, if it were that easy, this big guy wouldn't have been sitting here for twenty or thirty years." Xiao Hong straightened up and pulled Yu Meng away.

"Let's go inside and talk. That's why you're here. I want to give it a try. It's normal if it doesn't work out."

"Aunt Xiao, why did you choose this big rock? It's not pretty at all."

"It's a long story. I was a bit older than you are now back then, and I went to the front lines with my family elders."

"Young and arrogant, they don't know their own limitations until they stumble and fall."

"Back then you were a top genius, don't underestimate yourself," Dean Chen said from the side.

"On my third day on the battlefield, I came across this big rock. My heart was racing and I felt warm all over. I really wanted to lie down on it and take a nap."

"Alright, stop misleading Meng with those words." Dean Chen smiled. "She was on a forced march at the time, walking very fast, and didn't sleep all night."

Yu Meng hummed in agreement.

"Old Chen, don't sabotage me." Xiao Hong raised her foot and kicked Dean Chen.

This relationship doesn't seem like that of colleagues.

The Jing family's guards have now all gone to Meng.

Jing Ancheng stood at a distance and saw the person talking to Yu Meng. His eyes followed the person, but the person did not come over.

He recognized both of them. The Jing family was a large clan; although not among the top families in the capital, their influence on the front lines was considerable. As the most outstanding head guard, he had met these two important figures with his family elders.

At this moment, his heart was in turmoil. He had never imagined that the master he was following again would also know these two people.

Xiao Hong looked at the people in the distance. "I heard you took over the Jing family's guard?"

Yu Meng looked frustrated and remained silent.

"Hahaha," Xiao Hong laughed, "You're still feeling wronged? You have no idea how many people offered high prices for them back then. If it weren't for this captain's insistence, they would have been lured away by someone else long ago. You got a great deal, you know that?"

Yu Meng looked at her with puffed-out cheeks. "I didn't do it willingly, and besides, I don't have that much money to support them."

"Hey, didn't those families give you any money? I remember they're the kind of people who never lack money."

"Aunt Xiao!" Yu Meng stamped her foot. "They said that giving me money is underestimating me. They want to give me a business that can make money continuously, but even if I take it, I can't manage it. It's not like it's an alien."

Listening to Yu Meng's words, Dean Chen couldn't help but think that she was a second Xiao Hong. Even her boasting was so subtle!

Xiao Hong's laughter was crisp and loud. "You... I really didn't expect that I would meet you at this age."

Yu Meng blinked. "We're the same kind of people!"

"A true friend!" Xiao Hong simply put her arm around Yu Meng's. "How did you find out?"

"They appreciate each other. Their chemistry is just right." Yu Meng really liked this seemingly innocent old lady.

The three people entered a room. The room was not luxuriously decorated, but contained only a few pots of exquisite orchids.

A sparrow perched on an orchid, its two black eyes watching the three people who entered.

Yu Meng was immediately captivated. "Can it understand what you're saying?"

"It's so naughty. The more you forbid it from doing something, the more it does it." Xiao Hong complained, but didn't do anything about it.

Yu Meng's little black cat appeared on her shoulder. And so, the two little creatures faced off.

"Yu Meng, is that yours?" Xiao Hong stammered.

Dean Chen was also surprised. How could this be?

"Yes, it's mine. It's very high-class; ordinary things don't interest it."

Dean Chen thought that Yu Meng was too eloquent, even more so than Xiao Hong back then.

The little black cat tilted its head and looked at the little sparrow, somewhat puzzled, so it rubbed against Yu Meng's cheek.

Yu Meng looked at Xiao Hong, "Aunt Xiao, the little black cat also wants to stand on that orchid, is that alright?"

Xiao Hong nodded mechanically, "Standing won't hurt, stand anywhere."

Dean Chen coughed again. Every time her sparrows landed on it, she would get furious. Why was she being so generous this time?

The little black cat jumped onto the orchid, stretched out its paw and scratched the sparrow. As a result, the sparrow turned into lines and circled around Xiao Hong.

Yu Meng was dumbfounded. She stared at Xiao Hong with her mouth agape, "Aunt Xiao..."

"Sigh, I knew it would be exposed when it came to the real thing."

Xiao Hong sat in the chair, took the thread in her hand, and began to weave her little sparrow one thread at a time.

Dean Chen went to the inner room to brew a pot of tea and placed it on the table. He invited Yu Meng to sit down. "She was seriously injured back then. She should have advanced, but she was always just a little short. So much time has passed, and it has become an obsession." He sighed after saying that.

Yu Meng stroked her little black cat and wondered what a coincidence it was that she ran into these two big shots on her first day out. Were they waiting for her here?

But what can she do if she fails to advance?

Seeing Yu Meng's thoughtful expression, Dean Chen gave a wry smile. They were all top students; there was no reason for them to ask for favors without being asked to do so.

"We didn't mean to spy on your treatment process. It's just that we gave an ultimatum to that Zhang family child, and since you saved him, we couldn't resist," Dean Chen explained slowly as he sat down.

"Moreover, Xiao Hong also said that since you've used it here, you have no intention of hiding it. Perhaps you also want to talk to your colleagues about it."

Yu Meng nodded. She did indeed have this plan, otherwise she wouldn't have displayed her strength so ostentatiously. She just didn't expect that it would catch the dean's eye.

Yu Meng looked at Xiao Hong, who was talking to Dean Chen, but she seemed not to hear her at all.

She was immersed in her own world, completely shutting out the sounds of the outside world.

"Dean Chen, how long has Aunt Xiao been like this?"

"It's been ten years, and we've invited many people, but with little success."

"Will waking her up now harm Aunt Xiao?" Yu Meng looked at Xiao Hong's knitting technique, which was absolutely terrible.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to wake her up. I usually let her wake up on her own." Dean Chen looked at Xiao Hong, his eyes filled with deep sorrow.

Yu Meng sighed and patted the little black cat.

The little black cat jumped onto Xiao Hong's shoulder and swatted away the lines she had woven with a single paw.

Dean Chen jumped up quickly and bent down to support Xiao Hong.

"In this situation, the consumption of essence, energy, and spirit will accelerate. Does Aunt Xiao faint every time she wakes up?" Yu Meng explained her behavior.

This time, Xiao Hong didn't faint, and she woke up quickly. She looked at the lines in her hand and sighed deeply.

"Aunt Xiao," Yu Meng began hesitantly, "your knitting technique is very messy. I need to knit something; would you like to take a look?"

Aunt Xiao stared blankly at Yu Meng, her voice a little hoarse, "Are you going to teach me?"

Yu Meng shook her head. "I want to make a bell for the little black cat. You can watch from the side, or you can discuss it with me. I'm not going to teach you."

Xiao Hong lowered her head, raised her hand to wipe it, and said in a very low voice, "Thank you!"