CH 118
(nobody's POV)
A mischievous smile made its way to Ali's face at her words before he circled his arm around her waist and pulled her into his lap!
The girls squealed at the action as Ali kept his left hand around her waist as he put his right elbow on the armchair and put his cheek on his fist.
Hu Liena blushed at Ali's sudden action as he smirked :"well, I'm here to pick up an extremely beautiful girl.
She has blond, short hair that barely reaches her beautiful neck, perfect eyebrows and long eyelashes with beautiful eyes.
A straight nose and rosy, plump lips, and a very well figure. Have you seen this girl I'm talking about around here? I have missed her a lot while I was gone."
She blushed as she smiled at the praises before placing her delicate fingers on the tight muscles of his chest :"well, I seem to have seen her on your lap last time~."
Ali cocked an eyebrow as he smiled :"oh really now? Sorry, my mind was too captivated by your beauty to notice her. Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you are the beauty I'm talking about."
Hu Liena giggled as she gentle and playfully punched his chest :"jerk, you shouldn't be so shameless in public.
Come on, we should go back and report your arrival back to master. She has missed you a lot as well while you were away."
(Ali's POV)
I got up excitedly after she stood up :"then what are we waiting for? Let's go and see master already!"
She cocked an eyebrow at me as she narrowed her eyes :"you are awfully excited to see master."
I shrugged with a smile :"of course I miss her. Master is like a mother to me! How could I not miss her?"
Wow, hahahaha! I just mom zoned Dong'er. But well, it's not a complete anyway. After all, I have a massive mommy kink towards her.
She smiled as she shook her head in amusement :"I guess you are right. You have lived with her since you were 6 years old after all. Alright, let's go after you say hi to my brother and Yan."
I nodded since it would be impolite of me to ignore her only family member as we both made our way towards the two who stood outside of the crowd of girls.
Seeing me, Xie Yue smiled as he raised his fist and we fist bumped :"hey, Ali. What's up? Haven't seen you for a whole year. You seem to have grown a lot stronger."
Heh, if only you knew just how much stronger I had gotten, you would have passed out from the shock.
I laughed as I nodded at him :"yeah, experienced quite a few things while outside. It was fun though.
You all don't seem to have stayed the same either. Hey, Yan, it's good to see you too." I honestly wasn't in that much of a good relationship with this guy.
I don't know, I just never rolled with his type of personality. And the fact that he had a massive crush on sister Nana before I showed him his place really got on my nerves.
What can I say, I'm that kind of petty and vengeful. Isn't it noticable with the things that I have done to Yu Xiaogang?
He just nodded back as he said with a low voice :"yeah, glad to see you too." But his tone of voice didn't seem to match his words at all.
I smiled at Xie Yue before grabbing sister Nana's delicate and soft hand :"alright, we have to go and see master now. Catch you up later, brother Yue."
We both nodded as sister Nana giggled as I pulled her away and we walked towards the papal palace.
While walking, sister Nana gently squeezed my hand to gain my attention :"Xiao Ali, how much progress have you had in the past year? What level have you reached?"
I gently laughed as I titled my head and raised an eyebrow :"what about you? Shouldn't you, as the senior sister, tell me your level first?"
Her eyebrows twitched as she snorted cutely :"don't get smart with me now. But I will tell you, your senior sister has reached level 49 and is just a little away from level 50! Aren't I amazing?"
I chuckled as I nodded head before turning a little and rubbing her head :"mhm, you are really amazing. Good job."
She narrowed her eyes as she gently slapped my hand away :"Xiao Ali, don't you know that you shouldn't just touch my head like that? It's supposed to be who pats your head."
I rolled my eyes with a smile as I sighed with amusement :"fine, fine. I won't pet your head, you grumpy senior sister."
She sent me a glare before asking again :"so? I have told you my level, shouldn't you tell me now as well?"
I smirked smugly as I side glanced at her through the corner of my eye :"well, you're amazing junior brother actually reached level 50 yesterday and became level 55 after absorbing his 5th soul ring!"
Sister Nana gasped as she put her hand in front of her mouth :"level 55?! No way, you're seriously talented, Xiao Ali!
Sigh, you actually reached my level so soon and even surpassed me. Hmph, but don't think that I will give in.
I will work even harder so I can surpass you, and even if I can't, at least catch up to you! No way am I staying behind you."
I chuckled again as I nodded and glanced at her with a mischievous smile and glint in my eyes :"well, it seems that day won't be that far away~."
Hearing my words, sister Nana was confused as she tilted her head a little :"what? What do you mean by that, Xiao Ali?"
I laughed out loud as I swung her arm back and forth :"come on, you couldn't have thought that I would just return home empty handed after being away for a year, would you? Of course I have brought gifts for you and master!"
She smiled happily as she looked at me with stars in her eyes :"really?! What have you brought? Show me, show me!"
I closed one eye as I wiggled my eyebrows in denial :"sorry, won't tell you for now. I will tell you and show them to ya after we meet up with master."
She nodded with a smile before she ran ahead and pulled me by my hand :"then come on already! We should hurry up and meet her already!"
I laughed out loud at her excitement as she pulled me and we ran towards the papal palace, where my beloved Dong'er was.
After a little bit of walking, we finally reached the bottom of the papal palace as the guards kneeled on one knee :"your highness, the saint daughter and saint son! Her holiness expects your arrival!"
Not wanting to embarrass our master, Dong'er, we gracefully and politely walked up the long ass stairs.
Like, seriously, who's idea was it to make this many steps?! Do you have any idea just how fucked up someone is if his leg slips here?!
My leg slipped here once and I felt my heart drop to my stomach! But thank the omniverse that I quickly caught myself.
After walking up these long ass stairs for a little bit, we finally reached the door where a guard saluted up before knocking on the big and fancy door :"your holiness, her highness the saint daughter and his highness the saint son have arrived!"
My beautiful Dong'er's voice came using her majestic soul power :"let them enter." And so we did as we opened the door and walked in before closing the door behind us.
Walking into the huge room, I saw the sight that I could stare at for all eternity. Dong'er was sitting on her throne, her elbow on the armchair of her throne as she gently laid her cheek on her delicate ring fist as she played with a fancy cup in her left hand.
She didn't take her eyes of the cup in her hand as we walked and kneaded on one knee in front of the stairs under her throne :"master, we've returned."
She finally acknowledged our presence as she took her eyes off the cup and narrowed her eyes at me :"I can see. So you do know how to come back, huh, you little brat?"
I chuckled nervously as we both got up and I scratched the back of my head with a nervous smile :"hihi, sorry for being away for so long, master. A lot happened while I was away and couldn't come back for some time."
She played with the cup in her hand as she raised her perfect eyebrow at me :"shouldn't you have at least written a letter to let us know your safe?"
I chuckled as I I shrugged :"sorry, even if I wanted to, I couldn't. I wasn't in any city for six months. I was cultivating in a hidden forest."
She snorted as she narrowed her eyes :"hmph, seems like you were having too much fun to remember us while you were away."
I shook my head with a gentle smile :"no way, no matter how much I was occupied, I still missed master and sister Nana very much all the time."
They finally gave a small smile before sister Nana interrupted us :"anyway, let's stop blaming Xiao Ali, master. He said that he has brought gifts for us!"
An amused smile and raise of eyebrow made its way to Dong'er's perfect face as she put the cup down and focused on me :"oh? Really now?
I see that you didn't completely forget about us while you were away. So? What have you brought that has made Nana so excited?"
Just when I wanted to answer, another knock came from the door as the guard shouted again :"your holiness, sir chrysanthemum douluo and sir ghost douluo have come as you have summoned!"
Hearing the call, Dong'er's voice using her enormous soul power sounded again :"they may enter."
The huge doors of the papal palace opened once again as uncle Guan and uncle Mei walked in hurriedly before kneeling in front of Dong'er :"your holiness, you summoned us? How can we help you?"
Dong'er returned to her majestic state as she lightly pointed at me :"you two may rise. a
As you can see, Xiao Ali has returned after a year of exploring.
You three have always had a good relationship as he sees you as his uncles. So I summoned you to meet him per his request when he told the guard to inform his arrival to me and summon you.
<Yeah~ just let's think that he did summon them tell the guard to have Bibi Dong summon the two>
When the two stood up, uncle Guan immediately walked up to me and hugged me :"Xiao Ali, you are finally back after so long!"
I always had a good friendship with uncle Guan and uncle Mei since both of them stood by Dong'er's side till the end in the original.
So I smiled back as I hugged my old friend :"uncle Guan! It's so good to see you! It's been so long! How have you been? Hello, uncle Mei! How are you?"
Being the femboy that he is, uncle Guan laughed as he pinched my cheek, one of his favorite activities :"we've been good, what about you?
You've grown since the last time I've seen you. You have gotten even more handsome~. What have you done while you were away? You must tell me all about it!"
Uncle Mei chuckled as he shook his head helplessly and patted uncle Guan's shoulder :"Guan, one at a time. How do you expect Xiao Ali to answer them all at once. And hello, Xiao Ali. I have been good, and I see that you have taken care of yourself as well. That's good to know."