Su Mingxuan moved swiftly through the quiet beast city, his footsteps echoing faintly against the ground.
Ahead of him stood the City Lord’s residence, the oldest and most imposing structure in all of Dragon Beast City.
Unlike the rest of the settlement, which consisted of rough wooden huts patched together with straw, this house was built entirely of stone. It was made of massive, unyielding blocks fitted so perfectly that not even time had managed to erode their strength.
No one knew how old this house was, but it had stood there for a very long time. No one knew how to build houses like this anymore.
And perhaps more unsettling... no one alive knew how to recreate it. Because of that, all the other houses in Dragon Beast City were made only of wooden logs and straw.
Yet Su Mingxuan barely spared it a glance.
His heart was far too full.
Their daughter had fallen unconscious right in front of Wang Mulan the first time they met.
That shock had made Wang Mulan turn very pale.
Since that day, she had locked herself inside her room and refused to meet anyone. She kept blaming herself for what had happened.
Su Mingxuan had already learned the full story. Su Qinglan had suddenly fainted after meeting her mother.
That sight had terrified Wang Mulan so much that she had almost stopped living.
For the entire week, Su Mingxuan had tried his best to coax his mate out of her sadness, but she would not listen.
She just sat in the same position every day. Even feeding her was very difficult. It felt like she had completely given up on life.
Su Mingxuan sighed as he hurried along the quiet street.
"I was so shocked that day," he thought to himself. "When Su Qinglan arrived with her mates, I suddenly saw Wang Mulan too. I had not seen my mate for almost twenty years. Happiness and worry hit me at the same time. I did not know how to react."
He remembered how Wang Mulan had looked at him with tears in her eyes. She could not even speak a single word at first. She was happy to see him, but the shock of their daughter fainting had broken her.
Su Mingxuan shook his head and kept walking faster.
"Wang Mulan has been blaming herself all this time. She thinks it is her fault that Qinglan fainted. But now everything is fine. Our daughter is awake and completely healthy. She will definitely be happy when she hears this news."
He finally reached the big stone house. It looked cold and quiet under the night sky. Su Mingxuan pushed open the heavy door and stepped inside.
"Wang Mulan," he called gently as he walked toward her room. "Wang Mulan, are you awake?"


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