In the face of his wife and daughter’s gazes, Cui Chang’an instantly felt a headache coming on. 

How… How am I supposed to explain this?

After a moment’s thought, something occurred to him, and he said, “Jingyan, you ought to understand this better than anyone.”

“Uh…Ah?” The young woman was briefly dazed. “What is it I’m supposed to understand?”

“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten that it was your grandfather who permitted you to go to the Azure Continent, and that he gave you a jade pendant?” said Cui Chang’an.

Cui Jingyan instantly understood. “That’s right. It was only after I arrived on the Azure Continent that I realized that Grandfather gave me that pendant so that I’d find Su Yi.”

Xue Huaning was listening in from the sides, and she found herself at a complete loss. “What are you two talking about?”

She’d never heard anything about this. Cui Jingyan hadn’t mentioned so much as a word of it in her recent letter, either.

Cui Chang’an smiled. “Jingyan, tell your mother.”

Cui Jingyan then explained the situation in full detail.

By the time she heard the whole story, Xue Huaning’s expression was full of uncertainty....