Chapter 198: Familial Love

August 7, 20XX (Wednesday)

Xue Manor

The moment the Xue Elders asked for Mei Li's time after her martial art tutorial was done, the painter had been suspicious about them. Mei Li knew that yesterday was her real birthday because of Yang's slip of the tongue, so she was sure that the reason they were asking her to spare some time for them was for her birthday. She rolled her eyes at their try to be subtle, but she didn't believe them at all. Who would treat an orphan child like she was their own granddaughter after only meeting her a couple of times? Especially with their history and their capabilities as a family of hardcore government agents, nobody in the right mind would believe their reasons in concern to their excuses for being close with Mei Li.