When he walked out of the small courtyard and saw the little girl crouching behind the courtyard gate, Bai Xiu's emotions were somewhat complex.
He had thought that returning to Huaiyin was a good thing.
Yu Shu was dead.
He could always do something...
But when he truly saw that vibrant little courtyard, he realized that there was actually nothing he could do.
The family of Yu Shu was living well.
Or rather... there was no way they could be better.
Bai Xiaochi stood beside him as they walked through the shade and sunlight of the small town of Huaiyin.
The Bai Family Patriarch slightly raised his head to feel the ghostly light falling through the gaps in the leaves and softly said, "In the face of fate, humans are always insignificant... Some things can't be changed, and having great Extraordinary Power is useless."
Bai Xiu was silent for a short while.
"He won't come back," Bai Xiu said, "That courtyard, that mother and daughter, will sooner or later know the truth..."
