"Mother!" A girl called in a loud voice with excitement as she rushed inside a beautiful courtyard.
The courtyard was filled with ornamental flowers, an artificial mountain, and a small pond filled with spirit fish, along with a small bridge over the pond.
Inside a small pavilion beside the pond was a mature, beautiful woman with a book in her hand, listening to the high-pitched excitement of her daughter.
A smile crept up on her beautiful face. She turned her head, looking at the small girl rushing toward her with a face full of excitement.
"Take it easy. Don't fall down," she said, with her voice dripping with motherly care.
She was Xiao Guiyin, the wife of the Xiao patriarch.
The Xiao clan was a powerful clan in the core city. They were extremely low-key and rarely meddled in the troubling waters of the city.
They were the only neutral clan in the core city, and only the elite clans knew of their existence.
