Xiao Dali

"So, he is my grandfather, huh?", Li Jing thought while watching his father and the old Commander hug each other, "He looks like a mountain, like those vikings on Earth."

Breaking away from the hug, Li Wei Feng greeted his daughter-in-law and her mother and then, his gaze met with an old man in plain robe...

"Old Su."

"Old Li."

When Li Jing saw his to grandfathers meet eye to eye, he could literally see sparks flashing. "Right. There's that too.", He suddenly remembered the story he heard in the past.

Years ago, before the Barbaric Invasion, during the times of peace.

Marquis Meng's eldest daughter was betrothed to the eldest son of Duke Li. The marriage agreement between these two noble families had caused a stir throughout the kingdom, many said that Li Wei Feng and Meng Lingxing would make a heavenly couple.

But to everyone's surprise, on the day of the wedding, Meg Lingxing fled with the eldest son of the Su Aristocratic Family which was a slap in face of Duke Li, Li Wei Feng and the entire Li Noble Family.

Duke Li was furious and wanted to exterminate the entire Su Clan from the face of earth at that time. However, to everyone's surprise, Li Wei Feng stopped his father from acting and told everyone that he would deal with it himself.

Outside, the entire Kingdom was puzzled at the lack of response from the Li Family. But very soon, their confusion was cleared. A month after, on the day of Su Qian and Xu Mei's marriage, Li Wei Feng barged into the Xu Mansion; beat everyone there and kidnapped Xu Mei in front of the entire Capital.

The series of event had caused everyone to be speechless and dumfounded and whether it was planned or not, no one knew how to respond but it sure was comical. However, in the end, all four families benefited from it. 

As Li Wei Feng married Xu Mei, the Xu Aristocratic family, who manufactured weapons and armors, became their allies. While Su Qian marrying Meng Lingxing benefited the Meng Noble family by increasing their wealth and business. However, the tension between the two factions didn't subside and only continued to increase further.

Until many years later, when Li Shang and Su Xiaoyue married, which truly was ironic, all the four families converged into one power called the Four Clans Alliance, consisting of Two Noble and Two Aristocratic Clans, with the Li Noble family being their leader.

And when Li Jing was born, the bonding of these four factions strengthened further.

This was also why many, including Li Wei Yi were so hungry for power, to gain control over the Four Clans Alliance meant having the ability to even overthrow the Royal family and the reason for Yan Chen's and the Yan family's enmity.

...

The next moment, Li Jing met gazes with his grandfather as he watched him bent down to his height.

"You must be my little grandson, Xiao Jing, right?", his grandfather said while looking into his eyes with a smile. 

"Li Jing greets Grandfather.", he hurried bowed and cupped his hands in respect as he waited for his grandfather's response while he thought, "Wow! Up close, he looks even more fierce, especially with that scar on his face. Damn, he looks like Odin from the Norse myths but with both eyes."

Li Wei Feng was lost in thought for a moment while looking at his eldest grandson and nodding slowly, he said, "It our first time meeting. So, I brought a present for you."

He gestured to a soldier nearby who hastily left before quickly returning with a young girl. She appeared to be around 7 years old and had delicate features which conveyed her innocence and freshness of youth.

"This is your gift.", he said, pointing at the brown headed little girl.

What?!

Everyone's mind blew off the moment his words reached their ears but they still maintained their composure thinking that maybe it was something that little girl had that was the gift.

So, everyone's gazed descended upon her. 

Feeling so many unfamiliar stares, the young girl panicked, a hint of nervousness appeared on her face.

'Ah! Why is everyone staring at me?', she thought and started fiddling her fingers.

'Cute.', while Li Jing found her troubled expression extremely cute and continued staring at her.

However, not finding anything on her, they turned their heads towards Li Wei Feng in confusion. Noticing the gazes, he clarified, saying, "She is Xiao Dali. I rescued her while freeing other prisoners from the Barbarians. Since she had nowhere to go and had lost her memories, I decided to take her in and since Xiao Jing doesn't have friends just like her, I thought it might be a good idea to introduce them both."

'Ugh. No friends? Do you really have to say the truth? ...Wait a minute. Why do I have no friends? I could have friends. Wait! How did he know that I have no friends? Maybe through the letters.', Li Jing thought, suddenly descending into a contemplative silence.

It was true that he didn't have any friends, the reason for this was simply because of his mature mind. Even his cousin Li Xun rarely visited him because he was busy with his intense Martial Training.

On the other hand, everyone else nodded upon hearing the Li Wei Feng's words, who looking at his grandson and thought, 'Looks like he really does have a problem communicating with others his age seeing how he suddenly went silent. It might be because of his low-level talent that other children don't associate with him or it is simply orchestrated by the damned brother of mine.'

Taking a deep breath, he said with a smile while patting his grandson's head, "Xiao Jing, this is Xiao Dali. She had been rescued by me from the clutches of Barbarians and has lost her memories and will be living with us from now on. So, treat her nicely, ok?"

He, then turned to Xiao Dali and said, "Little Dali, this is my grandson Li Jing. He is the same age as you and will be your playmate from now on."

Hearing the words of his grandfather, Li Jing nodded and looked at the pair of emerald beads that were gawking at him.

"Nice to meet you. I am Li Jing.", he smiled while speaking and extending his hand towards her.

Xiao Dali hesitated for a moment looking at the boy in front of her before eventually extending her hand and pinching his index finger, shaking it lightly. But what went unnoticed was a cold glint flash in her emerald eyes.

Li Jing, who was enjoying her shyness and found it extremely cute, suddenly sensed something threatening. He wanted to withdraw his hand when he heard a cold snort.

"You are Grandpa's grandson. Humph! You aren't! I am Grandpa's grandson. Bleh~!"

"Ouch!"

Followed by the cold, high-pitched voice, a sharp pain assaulted his brain, the source of which being his hand. Quickly withdrawing it, he noticed that his index finger was bleeding.

Hiss!

He sucked in a cold breath and looked at the reason for it menacingly. He thought, 'Grandson?! You're a girl for god's sake! She is clearly jealous because of me receiving grandfather's adoration. I estimate that her strength is at the peak of Mid-stage Body Tempering for her to be able to deal damage to me, a Peak-stage Body Tempering Martial Artist. A seven-years old mid-stage Body Tempering Martial Artist? That's unbelievible. No wonder grandfather brought her along with him. I shouldn't shout at her right now and shall teach her a lesson when no ones around. Girl, you will regret your actions.'

Li Jing was furious and astonished at the same time while staring daggers at the little imp. He couldn't believe that there was really someone so talented. Although he could be regarded even more talented based on his age and Martial Realm, it was all due to the Golden Page. What this little girl possessed was pure talent, an innate genius.

Xiao Dali, who was hiding behind Li Wei Feng while looking at Li Jing coldly stick out her tongue, mocking him.

The adults looked at this short exchange between two children and were lost in their own thoughts.

The Elders were conflicted as to what they should do. One side was the First Young Master and on the other side was the Little Girl that their Supreme Elder had brought. In the end, they chose to do nothing except for maintaining the surprised expression on their faces.

Su Xiaoyue and Meng Lingxing immediately rushed towards Li Jing to check on his injury and seeing that it was only a minor one they sighed in relief. 

"Ah! This little daughter-in-law (granddaughter-in-law) is a fierce one.", both, the mother-daughter pair thought.

"Looks like the Estate wouldn't be as peaceful from now on.", Li Shang thought and sighed.

The most surprised of them all was Li Wei Feng himself. "What the-! Dali is so adorable and cheerful, why did she act this way?..."

...

Not very Far away from the Capital Gate of the Maple Sky Kingdom. In the lively streets of the Central Market, a black hooded figure appeared in front of a huge three story construct.

Fenzhong Restaurant.

 The figure glanced at the sign board of the building before entering.

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