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Several days had passed since our last parting, and I hadn’t expected to encounter her here.

I hadn’t expected her to be one of the palace folk.

Susu saw the person in black standing still on the beam, took a few steps forward, and lifting her head, spoke in the coaxing tone her mother used, "Come down, I’ll give you a piece of fruit, the fruit is very sweet and soft, really nice to eat."

Feng Qingyan hesitated for a moment but then heard the child’s coaxing tone, which made her want to laugh and she found the little girl quite adorable.

She looked around, realizing there was nobody else, and then she came down from the beam.

Susu watched the person in black fly down, and immediately clapped her little hands in alarm, "You’re so amazing."

Feng Qingyan looked at the little girl’s pink, tender face, and saw two shallow dimples when she smiled. She walked over and squatted in front of Susu, pulling down the mask from her face, and asked, "How did you recognize me?"

Susu pointed to her clothes and said, "Because you’re wearing black."

Feng Qingyan looked down at her own attire and realized she was recognized because of her clothes—was that just a lucky guess?

Susu hadn’t seen other women wearing black clothes, having only seen Feng Qingyan wear them before, so she subconsciously assumed it was her upon seeing the black clothes.

Feng Qingyan observed the adorable and tender little girl in front of her, dressed in a pink outfit, the fabric and style indicating she was not an ordinary child and could very likely be of noble birth.

"You called me down, is there something you need?"

Susu stared at the face that was so much like her mother’s, though slightly different, it was still very similar.

She earnestly asked, "Are you my grandmother?"

Feng Qingyan was stunned by the question, last time she was called ’mother,’ and now she was being asked if she was ’grandmother,’ what a quick transformation...

But at her current age, it would be more than enough to be her grandmother.

"How could you think that?"

"Because mommy and you look alike." Susu took Feng Qingyan’s hand, her pink face full of hope, "So, are you my grandmother?"

Feng Qingyan said, "How could I possibly be your grandmother? You’ve mistaken me for someone else."

Susu tilted her head, her bright eyes filled with confusion, "Why not? Is it not good to be my grandmother?"

"..." Feng Qingyan looked at the little girl in front of her, who had called her ’mother’ at their first meeting and was now asking her to be a ’grandmother,’ unsure of what was running through her head.

"One does not simply become a grandmother on a whim, understand?"

Susu seemed to have made up her mind about Feng Qingyan, gripping her hand tightly, "You can be one, will you be my grandmother, please?"

Feng Qingyan couldn’t help but laugh out loud, "You little girl, why do you want me to be your grandmother so much? Don’t you have one of your own?"

Susu said, "I’ve seen my grandmother before. Grandfather said that mommy and grandmother look alike, and you look like my mommy, so why can’t you be my grandmother?"

Feng Qingyan grew curious, "Then have you found your mommy?"

"Mommy is back," Susu turned her head towards the Moon Cave Gate not far away and called out, "Mommy, I found grandmother!"

Feng Qingyan knew that with such an outcry in the palace, where there were many people and watchful eyes, it wouldn’t take long for someone to come investigate.

"I must leave now." Feng Qingyan put her mask back on, used her lightness skill to ascend to the beam once more, and then swiftly made her exit.

Susu watched helplessly as her ’grandmother’ flew away without giving her a chance to ask her to stay.

As soon as Feng Wuyou and the others heard Susu’s cry, they rushed over.

"Susu, what’s the matter?" Feng Wuyou came to Susu’s side, squatting down and looking at her closely.

Turning her gaze from where she had been staring, Susu pointed towards the top of the wall, "Mommy, grandmother flew away."

Feng Wuyou was a bit bewildered, "What grandmother?"

Susu explained, "The person who looks a lot like mommy. Grandfather said, it could be grandmother."

Only then did Feng Wuyou remember Susu had mentioned this before. Her eyes widened in surprise, "Susu, you saw that person who looks like mommy?"

Susu nodded firmly, "Yes, she flew away."

Flew away? Feng Wuyou looked in the direction that Susu had been pointing, wondering if it was someone from the palace.

But having stayed in the palace for so many years, she had never heard of anyone who resembled her. If there had been, surely it would have been the subject of widespread gossip.

"Grandmother wore a black mask, oh, but I recognized her," Susu’s voice was soft and mushy, with a touch of pride.

"Wearing a mask?" Feng Wuyou suddenly realized, that woman must have snuck into the Imperial Palace. But what was she doing here?

Jun Wuxian said with a smile, "Susu, without confirmation that she’s your grandmother, you already call her that?"