226: Four and a half years later

"Something is not right," Gu Xiaoyue pondered for a moment and continued.

"If your mother was also a high-level Beastmaster, her body should have undergone several enhancements.

Even though she had a difficult labor, she awakened the bloodline of a divine beast, so there shouldn't have been any risk to her life—"

White Gaze nodded solemnly.

"I think so too, which is why when Father brought me back, I returned.

Since I was little, he always said my mother had died. Even though there are no memories of her after childbirth in our shared memories, I don't believe she is truly no longer in this world anymore!"

"Then what about your grandmother and—grandfather? Do you know where they are?"

Gu Xiaoyue could face White Gaze, but talking about his grandfather, who was a God-Rank Pet, still felt a bit awkward.

"I don't know. In the shared memories, they came to the capital after receiving the news of my mother's difficult labor, and then..."

Gu Xiaoyue stared fixedly into White Gaze's eyes, and he felt a bit uneasy.

"And then there was no then..."

"If that's the case, it's more likely that they are still alive, just that we don't know where they are."

After Gu Xiaoyue finished speaking, there was no progress on this topic, and both of them fell silent for a while.

The air seemed to stagnate for a moment, and finally, White Gaze asked nervously.

"Big Sister, did I say anything strange last night?"

Since revealing his form wasn't a dream, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have told his Big Sister not to leave him.

"Speaking of that—"

Gu Xiaoyue frowned slightly, "You did indeed say last night that I shouldn't be afraid of you and shouldn't leave you."

White Gaze's face immediately flushed red again; alcohol really wasn't a good thing, he must never drink it again!

"But as for my answer, I don't know if you still remember it.

Sometimes, meeting is destined to lead to separation, and it is the same for you and me.

However, separation doesn't mean we can't meet again. Four and a half years from now, you can come to the Dragon Country to find me, but I might forget you—"

"Will you come to find me?"

Gu Xiaoyue's eyes met White Gaze's startled gaze. A few seconds later, his shock turned into determination.

"Okay, no matter when Big Sister has to leave, four and a half years from now, I will go to the Dragon Country to find you! Even if Big Sister doesn't remember me!"

Gu Xiaoyue raised her hand and patted White Gaze's head, "I'm afraid it wasn't that you drank too much last night, but that someone drugged your food—"

"The only ones who know your situation are—"

Before Gu Xiaoyue could finish her sentence, there was a knock at the door, and Yang Jiarong said from outside that Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui had arrived.

"They arrived so early?"

Gu Xiaoyue sent White Gaze out of the hidden space, letting him wash up in his own room, while she washed up in the hidden space.

White Gaze was not stupid; he naturally knew who Gu Xiaoyue was referring to.

Thinking it over, his goal must have been to let everyone know about his background and to sow discord between him and his Big Sister.

After all, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi knew his situation and had brought him back because of his Beastmaster talent.

After getting everything ready, Gu Xiaoyue opened the door and went out with White Gaze.

Yang Jiarong was a bit surprised; they had actually slept in the same room last night!

Gu Xiaoyue knew what she was thinking, but she couldn't be bothered to explain and went straight to find Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui.

They were waiting in the living room on the first floor. Seeing Gu Xiaoyue and White Gaze come downstairs, they greeted them happily and set off together.

Along the way, Bai Rongxuan introduced the construction of the capital of Damon Country with a certain amount of pride.

He only assumed that Gu Xiaoyue was an expert who had emerged from the deep mountains; how could he know that Gu Xiaoyue came from the Dragon Country six years in the future?

Not to mention that the development of Damon Country was already inferior to the Dragon Country, let alone the six-year time difference!

However, Gu Xiaoyue didn't want to embarrass him, so she nodded and smiled the whole way.

When they arrived in front of the largest shopping mall, Gu Xiaoyue took a look. Its scale was not as large as the Hualian Shopping Mall she had contracted in South China, but it wasn't too far off either.

Since they had already decided to sell the beast carcasses and buy pet snacks, they would definitely have to trade first before going around shopping.

"Ms. Gu, would you like to look at the pet snacks first, or go sell the beast carcasses first?"

Bai Rongxuan asked.

"I don't know what the quality of the snacks is like, so let's look at the pet snacks first so I can decide how many to get.

If I don't need many, it's fine not to sell the beast carcasses."

After all, this was Damon six years ago, and Gu Xiaoyue was worried that the quality and taste of the pet snacks wouldn't suit her babies' palates.

If so, buying too many would just be a waste.

Bai Rongxuan understood and took Gu Xiaoyue to the floor specializing in pet food.

Several shopping assistants immediately crowded around.

"Why did you come yourself today, Eldest Young Master? If you wanted something, you could have just let Manager Yan know, and we would have delivered it to your residence!"

Bai Rongxuan replied, approachable and polite.

"I brought my third brother's teacher here to take a look. I don't know what she might fancy, so she won't have to come here specifically next time."

The shopping assistants looked at each other. Besides the three young masters, there was only one woman left.

They hadn't expected that the teacher of the third young master of the Prince Yi household would actually be a female teacher!

Now the target of the shopping assistants immediately switched, crowding around Gu Xiaoyue and starting to ask about her needs.

"I would like to look at the snacks."

Gu Xiaoyue felt a bit awkward; having so many shopping assistants crowd around with such enthusiastic hospitality was really a bit overwhelming.

"This way, please, this way, please!"

Their waists were almost bent at a 90-degree angle as they pointed the way for Gu Xiaoyue, leading her to the snack counter.

Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui went to browse on their own and did not follow Gu Xiaoyue.

Since she was a teacher from the Prince Yi household, they couldn't just take the ordinary items; they naturally had to take the high-end goods!

The shopping assistants brought out several high-end luxury versions of snacks for Gu Xiaoyue to choose from.

"Let me take these for my pets to taste first, and then we can settle the bill later, is that okay?"

"Of course, that's no problem! Please go ahead!"

The shopping assistants weren't afraid that Gu Xiaoyue would skip out on the bill; if she didn't pay, the young masters of the Prince Yi household would cover it!

Gu Xiaoyue put all these snacks into her Yu Beast Space for Xiao Qi and the others to taste, finally settling on two that were quite palatable.

"How much is a bag for these two?"

Gu Xiaoyue took out the empty packaging of the two types and asked.

The shopping assistant's eyes crinkled into crescent moons as she smiled, "Ms. Gu, you really have a great eye. These two are our mall's bestsellers. This one is thirty-eight thousand, and this one is forty-two thousand. How many bags would you like?"

The star coins kept with White Gaze were just over ten million, which wasn't even enough to buy two hundred bags of each.

White Gaze tugged on the corner of Gu Xiaoyue's clothes and whispered.

"Big Sister, Father gave me some pocket money, enough to buy three hundred bags of each."

Gu Xiaoyue lowered her head to think. Her pets ate a lot, and the consumption was high.

Since she had come once, it was fine to buy more.

In that case, she would have to sell some beast carcasses. How many should she sell?

Perhaps because she had been thinking for too long, one of the shopping assistants became a little impatient.

"Have you decided yet, Ms. Gu? It's not like Prince Yi would make you pay out of your own pocket for just these few things, right?"

She had seen the news before about Prince Yi bringing his long-lost third son home.

But it looked like this third young master wasn't very favored either; to hire a twenty-year-old girl as a teacher, could she really have any actual skills?"