"Big White, the old lady doesn’t want us to go to the Domain Realm again."

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Jinling Prefecture.

Outside the gate of Chen Yan’s villa.

Chen Yan stood in front of the gate, looking at this familiar door.

It seems that it has rained in the past few days, as there are some water stains left on the walls on both sides of the gate.

There is actually a subtle feeling of unfamiliarity in my heart.

This time going to the Domain Realm, from the outside world’s perspective, it was only a few months.

But... if you include the three years and four months in the library with a different time flow rate in the Black Wood Tribe.

Calculating it all, it’s already been several years since I last returned.

The familiar home door now looks somewhat unfamiliar.

Chen Yan subconsciously turned his head to look at the villa next door, the windows were pitch black with no lights.

Has that old Lin Qingquan not come back yet?

Chen Yan grinned.

With Big White in his arms, he lightly leaped over the courtyard wall and jumped into his own yard.

Upon entering the Primordial Qi, the rich Primordial Qi rushed towards him, and Chen Yan couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief—during this long period, he had actually adapted to the rich Primordial Qi environment of the Domain Realm.

This time coming back, as soon as I arrived in this world, the thin feeling of Primordial Qi was like suddenly being deprived of oxygen, causing a sudden difficulty in breathing, which made Chen Yan take a while to get used to before he could catch his breath.

Just standing in his own yard, Chen Yan slightly raised an eyebrow at the fact that there was no one in the yard!

No one was at home, and there were no lights in the villa.

Even in the yard, the old turtle, Gui Geng, who normally lay by the swimming pool, was nowhere to be seen.

Perhaps Gui Geng went out with Lu Sisi?

Chen Yan didn’t think much about it and opened the door to enter the house first.

He glanced at the living room, which was very clean, with no unusual signs.

The cushions on the sofa were neatly arranged, and the coffee table was also clean.

Entering the kitchen, the stove was scrubbed clean, and there were vegetables and raw meat in the refrigerator.

But it could be seen that the vegetables have been placed there for a few days.

So the house had not been lived in for a few days.

Chen Yan took out his phone and called Lu Sisi.

The phone was answered after just three rings.

Lu Sisi’s voice was surprised, but there was also a noticeable hint of tears and grievance in her voice: "Chen Yan, you’re back!!"

Chen Yan exhaled and his voice softened: "Mm, I’m back. I just entered the house."

On the other end of the phone, Lu Sisi screamed "Ah."

Even through the phone, Chen Yan could feel his girlfriend’s excitement and joy.

But then, Lu Sisi said in a grievance: "But, but I’m not in Jinling Prefecture."

Subsequently, Lu Sisi told Chen Yan that she went to Port City with her father, mother, and younger brother.

The reason was simple; on Lu Sisi’s father Yang Jiaming’s side, Mr. Yang Sr., was having a birthday.

Yang Jiaming has been taking care to ease his relationship with Lu Xiuting to prevent further divorce discussions.

As a chain reaction, his attitude towards Lu Sisi improved a lot—after all, Lu Xiuting had stayed with Lu Sisi for a long time before, which Yang Jiaming saw as a sign of mother-daughter reconciliation.

So, this time going to Port City to celebrate Mr. Yang Sr.’s birthday, Lu Sisi, who had never been included in the family genealogy, was also taken along, which was insisted upon by Lu Xiuting.

After all, Lu Xiuting is still diligently carrying out the task Chen Yan assigned: striving to mend familial rifts and letting Lu Sisi feel the warmth of family affection more.

As for Lu Sisi, she had become indifferent to such matters, but with Chen Yan having been away for months, she was bored staying at home, and since she had no engagements and was warmly invited by her mother, she reluctantly agreed to go along.

Gui Geng accompanied her as a personal bodyguard—for outsiders, the explanation was that he was a servant of Lu Sisi’s fiancé’s household.

When Chen Yan called, Lu Sisi was at the Yang Family’s Old Mansion in Port City.

Mr. Yang Sr.’s birthday was the next day. At that moment, the Yang Family’s Old Mansion was full of guests, with both direct and collateral relatives from the Yang family and some important relatives returning to the old mansion soon.

The expansive Yang Family’s Old Mansion was packed fully.

Normally, with Yang Jiaming’s position in the Yang family, being just an unfavored concubine’s son, even if he returned for the birthday celebration, he wouldn’t be qualified to stay at the Yang Family’s Old Mansion. By tradition, they stayed at an outside hotel, returning to participate only on the night of the banquet.

Only the eldest son’s direct descendants and the family’s two or three core figures responsible for the family’s main industries have the privilege to stay in the old mansion when returning home.

However, it so happened that this time, Chu Keqing was also invited.

This Elder Zi, who, under Chen Yan’s orders, played a strategic move in the Yang family in Port City, drove out evil spirits, and miraculously brought an important family member back from the verge of death, completely impressing the deeply superstitious Mr. Yang Sr. with such divine techniques.

After completing the task, Chu Keqing naturally had no interest in wasting time with the Yang family in Port City—after all, it was just a declining secondary family in Port City. With Chu Keqing’s status, as the prestigious Cloud Sect Leader, the famous Elder Zi was far beyond the reach of what a family like the Yang family could hope to serve.

But Mr. Yang Sr. was unwilling to let go easily. It was hard enough to meet a truly cultivated master, and Mr. Yang Sr. wasn’t going to sever ties just like that.

Although Chu Keqing had made it clear that there was no destined connection with the Yang family and couldn’t serve them, Mr. Yang Sr. understood that it was because Elder Zi deemed their family unworthy.