"I don't know either." Sheng Xinhua's face was also filled with fear, he said, "No one else knows the password to our house."

"Could we have been followed?" Tang Fei spoke while casually drawing the Dog Leg Knife from his waist.

The Yin Erosion Sword was too conspicuous, everyone knew it was his weapon...

Especially Shen Xinglan, it was carved out from the head of the Shadow Serpent they killed together.

Therefore, he dared not carry it around casually.

It would be too costly to expose his identity because of the weapon he used.

"You better hide." Sheng Xinhua hurriedly urged, "I'll handle it."

Tang Fei's figure flickered, and he instantly leaped into Sheng Xinhua's room.

Worried that the visitor might harm Sheng Xinhua, he stood in the shadow of the corner, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy at any moment.

Click!

The room door was pushed open.

Mei Yuyin, carrying bags and packages, entered, seeing Sheng Xinhua standing awkwardly in the living room, she reprimanded harshly, "Do you have any sense? Didn't you see me holding all these things? Don't you know to help me?"

Sheng Xinhua stepped forward to take the food box and shopping bags from Mei Yuyin with some disdain, saying, "Lao Mei, what brings you here?"

"What do you mean by that?" Mei Yuyin sat on the chair in the entry and changed her boots, angrily saying, "I asked you to come home for dinner, but you're unwilling... Your dad worried you'd be hungry, insisted on me bringing you some food."

"I think it's unnecessary, it'd be better if you starved... Whose daughter like you doesn't return home for ten days or half a month?"

"If word gets out, people might think we're mistreating you. Is it that we didn't feed you? Or didn't let you wear clothes?"

They say mother and daughter were enemies in the past life, and indeed it's true.

Always accustomed to using the harshest words to express the most concern, an argument can easily escalate to a fight.

"You guys don't let me drink." Sheng Xinhua retorted.

Mei Yuyin had just changed her shoes, hearing Sheng Xinhua's words, she reached out and smacked her head, shouting, "Drink, drink, drink, all you know is to drink... So young, how could you become an alcoholic?"

"Look at your third uncle, drank until his face was ruined, that big red nose... Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if it landed on your face?"

"No hitting, no hitting... " Sheng Xinhua quickly dodged, saying, "I was just joking, just joking, trying to lighten the mood..."

"I'm hitting you to lighten the mood too."

"I'm just worried about you, don't want you to tire yourself out cooking. Our Lao Mei's slender hands are meant for playing the piano and writing poetry... how could they be used for making soup and cooking?"

"I see you're used to being wild alone, don't want to come home and be confined."

"No one knows a daughter better than her mother, Lao Mei understands me well. That's why I say, mother and daughter are truly heart-to-heart, Mr. Sheng doesn't get it... He's a coarse old man, doesn't understand anything."

"Stop babbling." Mei Yuyin noticed Sheng Xinhua's soaking wet coat, angrily said, "How old are you now? Drinking and soaking your clothes?"

"Accidentally, accidentally."

"Haven't eaten dinner, you already started drinking?"

"I just got back, trying to quench my thirst..." Thinking of Tang Fei hiding in the room, Sheng Xinhua hurriedly said, "Lao Mei, if you have nothing to do, please go back first? My dad is home alone, bored."

Mei Yuyin was replenishing the fridge with food she brought, hearing Sheng Xinhua's words, angrily scolded, "You ingrate, I just walked in, my butt hasn't even touched the sofa, and you're already chasing me away?"

"Ay..." Sheng Xinhua felt a bit guilty, wondering if she was being too hasty?

"It's just that... it's getting late, I worry about your safety going back. You know, Phoenix City has been restless lately."

"Who said I'm going back?" Mei Yuyin turned around to work again, "I'm not going back tonight, I'll sleep here. The two of us can chat."

"What?" Sheng Xinhua's eyes widened, asking Mei Yuyin, "Not going back?"

"Why? Unhappy?"

"Not unhappy... you know, I'm not used to sleeping with others. I can't sleep at night."

"Who wants to sleep with you? You're so big, still kicking the blanket, I'd be the one who can't sleep. Isn't the guest room vacant? I'll sleep in the guest room." Mei Yuyin closed the fridge door, opened the food box she brought, took out a bowl of soup and two small dishes, and said, "Don't rush to drink, come and eat something first."

Sheng Xinhua sat at the dining table, seriously said, "Don't you dislike sleeping out? Besides, Tang Fei has slept in that room..."

"So what? I can change a new set of bed sheets, can't I? He stayed there, others can't?"

"Not what I meant..." Sheng Xinhua feeling exhausted said, "I just think... there's no need for you to inconvenience yourself because of me. Doing what you like, isn't that better?"

"Who said I'm inconvenienced? I'm willing." Mei Yuyin sat in front of Sheng Xinhua, suspiciously observed her face, "Why are you weird today? Something happened?"

"Nothing happened?" Sheng Xinhua panicked, could she see through something?

Impossible, her acting skills have always been top-notch.

"There is." Mei Yuyin firmly nodded, saying, "Your whole demeanor is off."

"..."

Looking at Sheng Xinhua's bright cheeks, Mei Yuyin softly sighed, said, "Still waiting for him, huh?"

"Waiting for who?" Sheng Xinhua lowered her head to drink soup.

"Tang Fei."

"Who's waiting for him? What would I wait for him for?" Knowing Tang Fei was in the next room, able to hear their every word, Sheng Xinhua felt uneasy, raised her volume, "That heartless jerk, disappeared without a word... I'm definitely not waiting for him."

"You're a part of me, how could your little thoughts hide from me? You like Tang Fei, mom knows."

"Tang Fei is a good kid, mom likes him too. But you know the current situation... his identity is sensitive, it's impossible for him to come back to New Star. Even if he did, you two couldn't be together."

"He's a wanted criminal by the Empire, Shen Family won't let him go... your dad is in the Finance Minister position..."

"Even without that, you couldn't be together... Sheng Family never takes sides, if you two were together, that's siding with Tang Fei."

"Then, the whole family will be implicated by you... if successful, it's fine, but if lost, it's doom."

Sheng Xinhua put down her spoon, looked at Mei Yuyin and asked, "Did Mr. Sheng ask you to come talk to me about this?"

"Don't misunderstand him, your dad would never let me say these discouraging things to you." Mei Yuyin shook her head said, "It's a mom's duty."

"You know, we rarely interfere with your freedom, I respect young people's emotions... but you must respect our family's fate too."

"An entire family and clan, surviving is not easy. Especially in sensitive times, we must be cautious."

"I know what I'm doing." Sheng Xinhua said.

Mei Yuyin had finished what she wanted to say, not dwelling on the topic, knowing young people dislike life advice.

"Quickly drink the soup, before it gets cold."

Sheng Xinhua took a few more sips of soup, looked at Mei Yuyin and said, "Mom, please go back. I want to be alone for a while."

"I'll go tidy up the guest room."

Finished, she got up and walked toward the neighboring room.

Sheng Xinhua put down the spoon, quickly went to her room, blocking the door, anxiously said, "What do we do? My mom's here, she won't leave, and wants to sleep in the guest room tonight."

Tang Fei studied Sheng Xinhua with curiosity and asked, "Did you say no one else knew the home's password?"

"Is she 'others'? She's my mom."

"Should I jump out the window?" Tang Fei glanced outside, suggested.

Twentieth floor, shouldn't be difficult...

"No." Sheng Xinhua refused, saying, "I know you're a Cultivator, this height poses no problem for you."

"But, the exterior is full of surveillance and alarm systems, plus aerial patrol police... sneaking out like that would more likely expose your identity."

"Then what?" Tang Fei asked with difficulty.

Sheng Xinhua lightly bit her red lips, glanced at the white bed in the bedroom, said, "Just bear it here overnight, wait till Lao Mei leaves tomorrow... then you can go."

"..."

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