I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

Ah Xi had mentioned this junior artist to her before, hoping she could offer some guidance. Now that they'd met, and she'd received a valuable gift from him, and they were practically family, it wouldn't be a problem to chat for a bit.

"Ah, yes. I studied on my own for a while before, and although I had the old man's guidance... I'm not very smart, so my progress is slow now. I feel like I've wasted the old man's efforts."

"Hmm... Although I have been immersed in painting for many years, I only have some understanding of this foreign painting style and am not an expert. I can only communicate with you about the painting style of Yan Kingdom."

Alina was still pondering Talulah's words before she left when she heard Xi's words, and then she understood.

"Thank you."

The deer girl thanked her respectfully.

"Hmm... What a pity. I only know how to forge iron. If Alina knew how to forge iron... Hmm, a girl like Alina should learn to paint with Xi. It's a waste for her to forge iron with me."

"Pull back the tail that was cut off," Nian said regretfully.

It's a pity that the little girl had wicked intentions; otherwise, she would have been a good prospect to work with her.

The baby orca tasted the tumor cheese; it was very sweet and tasted great.

While the group was enjoying their meal, Bai Zhou and Talulah had already arrived at Xiao Huijie's school gate.

"Longmen is still the same Longmen..."

Sitting in the passenger seat, Talulah propped her chin on her hand, looked at the streets and buildings outside, shook her head, and seemed not very satisfied.

"It'll be soon. In a few years, I guarantee you'll be amazed when you come back."

Seeing her 'I don't believe it' look, Bai Zhou couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek.

"Hmm, old man!"

The young girl from Draco shook her head, trying to break free from his hand.

"You'll pinch your face until it swells up."

"But you won't have this problem if I pat your head, old man."

The little girl grabbed his hand and placed it on her head, rubbing her palm against his like a kitten.

"You, you..."

Bai Zhou chuckled and rubbed her little head, then looked towards the school gate.

"Look, Huijie is out."

"Sigh... Let me see!"

The girl from Draco leaned closer and looked out in the daylight. Her familiar younger sister was chatting and laughing as she said goodbye to her friends.

"Oh, it seems Huijie is doing well... I remember that little Felin was a rich woman... and that little Zalak, he prefers to follow Huijie around more than I do."

“Even without me by her side, she has grown up very well. But this must be thanks to the old man. Wei Yanwu, that incompetent uncle, could not have raised such a fair-skinned, chubby, and happy Huijie.”

As the girl spoke, she casually praised Bai Zhou and made a sarcastic remark about Wei Lao Er.

"Only the two of us can say such things; others shouldn't say them."

Bai Zhou ruffled her hair and gave her some instructions.

"Hehe, of course I know. I would only say that if it were Grandpa. If Aunt Wenyue were here, I wouldn't call him by his name directly; I would call him Commander Wei instead."

The girl replied matter-of-factly, then chuckled as she watched her sister approach.

Back to Tower 94: Picked up my sister... but why is it not what I expected?

"Ancestor, I'm back..."

As was her habit, Youlong opened the car door and prepared to get in. Then she saw the girl sitting in the passenger seat, smiling at her.

"you you……"

The young dragon raised its trembling hand, looked at her in surprise, and stammered out words that were not even coherent sentences.

The girl from Draco smiled and opened her arms to embrace her.

"Huijie, I..."

The young dragon could no longer contain herself, and she cried out excitedly:

"This is my reserved seat, you move to the back! You idiot, Little Tower!"

"what?"

Even after being relegated to the back seat, the girl from Draco still had lingering confusion on her face.

That shouldn't be the case. According to the script, shouldn't this silly little sister be crying and rushing into her arms?

"So Little Tower is an idiot."

Fasten your seatbelt and mutter a speechless complaint.

"I've made so many phone calls already. I've said everything I wanted to say to you over the phone. Besides, you've only been gone for two years."

"Sigh, only two years? I thought it had been many years."

Talulah leaned back in her chair and sighed softly.

"So, is Sister Alina here?"

Compared to his older sister, the young dragon cared more about the deer girl who had been raising his older sister.

"Here they come, chatting with those guys at home."

Seeing that she really didn't miss her sister at all, Talulah reached out from behind and pinched her cheek.

"That wretched Huijie, I even brought you some special delicacies from Ursus, and you don't miss me at all."

"Waaah... I haven't eaten yet. I'll miss you when I eat."

Young Chen whimpered and raised her hand to grab her sister's hand and touch it.

"Little Tower, why don't you have calluses on your hands?"

Even though my sister went to a place where life was hard, her hands were still so smooth and soft.

"Hmm, it's probably because my Originium Arts are powerful. They burn away the cocoons as soon as I use them. The old man doesn't have any cocoons either."

This is one of the reasons why girls like to have their faces rubbed by the sun during the day.

My father-in-law's hands are big and warm, and they feel smooth to the touch. They don't feel scratchy at all; they're very comfortable.

"The ancestor is the ancestor, and the little pagoda is the little pagoda. How can the little pagoda be as powerful as the ancestor?"

"Why does Huijie call him 'Grandpa' or 'Ancestor'? It doesn't sound very intimate. Why don't you call him 'Grandpa' with me?"

"No way. I want to call you Ancestor."

Young Chen wouldn't try to imitate her older sister; she has her own unique way of being charming and coquettish.

"Okay, okay... Little sister's all grown up now, she has her own ideas. I'm so happy for her... Don't pinch my hand, don't pinch my hand..."

"I'll pinch you every time I see you making these deliberate remarks."

"Let go of her hand," You Chen said fiercely.

That mean older sister, she didn't even use any force, yet she screamed so pitifully.

"A strange feeling? Is that another new internet slang term?"

Talulah smiled and put her arm around her sister's shoulder, asking curiously.

"Hmm... but it's not new anymore. You have a phone too, how come you didn't know?"

"Well, I don't surf much, so of course I don't know as much as Huijie."

Talulah then added, almost boastfully, "Besides, I usually use my phone to look up useful information online. I don't argue with netizens about the color of the God's horn like Huijie does."

"Ugh, I just couldn't stand their nonsense and corrected them!"

Mentioning this only made You Chen angrier.

Those netizens were like they had no brains. She had given many examples to prove that the dragon's horns were amber, not bronze, and she was practically introducing herself. But those people actually used the statues in the temple to argue with her, saying that the Shenjun Temple was the most rigorous, that the statues of Shenjun in the temple were all sculpted based on Shenjun, that the scales were made of mountain rock and the horns were made of Sichuan bronze, blah blah blah...

What kind of divine ruler concept?

You Chen snorted dismissively.

Is there anyone in this world who understands the God better than her?

She spends every day with her ancestor, and can even draw the lines on his horn with her eyes closed. Doesn't she know the color and texture of that horn?

"They're all a bunch of hopelessly stupid people."

You Chen shook his head, looking as if he knew it was rare for a kindred spirit to find a kindred spirit.

"Compared to this, Little Tower..."

"Call my sister."

Talulah raised her hand again to pinch her sister's cheek, loudly correcting her on how she addressed her.

That silly Huijie, it seems we spoiled her too much when she was little. She got used to calling her "Little Ta" and now she doesn't even call her "sister" anymore.

"Okay...okay...sister..."

Hearing the change in address, Talulah nodded in satisfaction and released her.

You Chen rubbed his face and continued what he was saying.

"Miss... how far have you progressed in your big plan? Have you won over that Yelena yet?"

She remembered that once when Talulah called her, she boasted that she would definitely win over Frostnova within three days, but three days later she tearfully told her that Frostnova hadn't gone.

"Well..."

Talulah tilted her head, coughed twice, and thought of her words.

"It'll be soon, but to gain their approval, I need to have my own team. I'm currently looking for trustworthy comrades."

The cruel, icy plains of Ursus are never short of oppressed people.

However, opportunists and traitors are also everywhere.

For her fledgling team, trustworthy comrades are what she needs. Therefore, she is willing to spend some time and energy to find trustworthy people, rather than using money and empty talk to find a bunch of opportunists and cowards.

"Anyway... it's troublesome, isn't it?"