Looking at the well-behaved Tianxing, Nangong Jiu patted her head again before pulling back her hand. "When we get back this time, the two of you should also start thinking about setting a date." The two of them had followed her for twenty years; if they delayed any longer, they would grow old.
Tianxing glanced at Tianhe, swallowing back the refusal that had risen to her lips. "But their successors are still too young." Her and Tianhe's successors had just come of age, so taking over right now was much too early.
Hearing a disturbance outside the door, Nangong Jiu slowly stood up. "I'm not going anywhere, what does it matter if they're young?" As she spoke, she was already walking leisurely toward the courtyard gate.
Chapter 40