How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

Yao Qingkong was speechless.

"that……"

Yao Qingkong couldn't help but speak up, "I remember you already gave a gift when Xiao Muqiu celebrated her birthday..."

"Huh? Almost everyone who came brought a gift!"

Hong Li's gaze suddenly sharpened as she looked at Yao Qingkong and snorted, "Or is it that the relationship between our two families is nothing more than ordinary friends, or even just strangers, and you see us as nothing at all?"

"Oh no, that's definitely not it!"

Yao Qingkong quickly shook her head in denial. After a pause, she explained, "It's mainly because your previous gifts were already very valuable, and now..."

"Huh? We consider our gifts precious, but others' gifts are beneath us, right?"

Hong Li squinted and said, "Do you still think that feelings can be compared solely based on the price of material goods?"

So, in your eyes, all those friends' sentiments were too little, is that it?

Yao Qingkong: "???"

"No, sister, please stop putting the hat on me, please stop."

Yao Qingkong couldn't help but reach up and brush off the pile of hats on her head, sighed and said, "Alright, alright, I'll have Xiao Muqiu accept them, is that alright?"

"Ha, that's right."

Hong Li smiled, patted Yao Qingkong on the shoulder, and said, "We're like family, right?"

"uh-huh."

Yao Qingkong responded with a helpless smile.

"Qingkong, let's go, let's set off!"

In the distance, Yin Zisheng's small airship gradually rose, waving to his wife and daughter.

"Oh, here it comes."

Yao Qingkong quickly responded, gently flying up with the child in his arms, waving his hand and saying, "Well then, Xiao Li, we'll be going now. See you later, and contact us via the communication spirit stone if anything comes up!"

"Hey, I'll take a look."

Hongli and Heiyang waved goodbye.

Little Fire waved one hand high and shouted, "You must come back!"

"OK…………"

The sound gradually faded into the distance.

The family of three stood on a high place, watching the small airship gradually disappear into the distance.

"Phew, they're gone."

Hei Yang turned his head and looked to the other side, where the setting sun was also slowly disappearing on the horizon.

"It's time to go home for dinner, wife and daughter."

Hei Yang beckoned to Hong Li Xiao Huo.

"Hmm, I'm off."

Hongli saw that Xiaohuo was still looking at the horizon and couldn't help but smile helplessly. She reached out and picked Xiaohuo up, held him in her arms, rubbed his little face against hers, and teased him with a smile, "Have you lost your soul?"

"Oh dear, how could that be?"

Xiao Huo snapped out of her daze, reached out and put her arm around her mother's neck, letting Hong Li carry her as they walked home with Hei Yang.

"Mom, when will they be back?"

Little Fire couldn't help but mutter a question under his breath.

"They've only been gone a short time, why are you asking now?"

Hongli patted Xiaohuo on the back with amusement.

"What's wrong? Does Xiao Huo only play with other little girls? Didn't you have Aunt Lianlian, Aunt Huihui, and Aunt Qiaoqiao before?"

"What, do you think there's a big barrier between people who aren't of the same generation?"

"Well, Aunt Huihui and Aunt Qiaoqiao are going to the Five Elements Sect to cultivate after the New Year, so they won't have much time to play with Xiaohuo."

Xiao Huo sighed and shook his head, saying, "And there's Aunt Lianlian. She's lived in our Five Colors City for a year. When her family came over for the New Year, she went back to the capital with them. I don't know how long it will be before she comes back."

When Xiao Huo is old, no one will play with him. His maternal and paternal grandparents are very, very good to him, but there is a big age gap between them, so there are many things that are not easy to tell them, for fear that they will think he is childish.

Of course, Xiao Huo knew that if it were her grandma or maternal grandma, they would definitely think it was childish and wouldn't say anything to her, but...

Xiao Huo hesitated for a long time before finally managing to say "but," but in the end, he couldn't say anything.

"By then, no one will be able to play with Little Fire anymore."

At this point, Xiao Huo's red ahoge (a single strand of hair sticking up) drooped down, and he sighed, unsure of what to do.

"Well……"

Hongli looked at the little fire in her arms, feeling somewhat dazed. She felt that the expression looked familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.

........................

"Crash..."

"It's raining. Why is it raining?"

Under the eaves, three-year-old Xiao Hongli blinked her eyes, watching the raindrops fall from the sky and gather into "little streams" in the yard and in the city.

Watching the raindrops create ripples in the pool, watching the stream gather before my eyes.

Letting the wind ruffle her hair, Xiao Hongli looked down at her reflection in the puddle, the cute girl's face expressionless.

"laugh……"

Xiao Hongli placed her hands on the corners of her mouth, gently pulled a smile to both sides, glanced at the puddles, and then put her hands down.

"That's so stupid..."

Xiao Hongli sighed, picked up a small wooden stick, and gently tapped the water's surface, shattering the ripples of her fantasy.

The scene before her changed, and she saw Xiao Heiyang sitting alone on a rock. She tilted her head and walked over.

........................

"Although their personalities seem very different from when we were kids, their expressions and mannerisms are so similar..."

Hongli looked at Xiao Huo's expression and muttered to herself.

Did she never expect that Xiao Huo, who was always cheerful and optimistic, would one day feel lonely and isolated?

Even though her parents are right there, can't they just go into the little house in her heart, take a look, and pull her out of it?

Hongli pondered.

Given her and Hei Yang's personalities, it would be quite easy for them to accompany Xiao Huo to read books, eat, play cards, and so on.

As for other things, it's not that they're unwilling to compromise or be understanding, but when it comes to having fun, both sides have to be happy, right...?

Well, being with Xiao Huo is certainly fun, but that kind of fun is a different kind of happiness...

Hongli's mind was filled with random thoughts.

She believes that this kind of thing isn't something that can be solved by having one or two more people to play with; it's just that she feels there are too few people who truly understand her.

Otherwise, crossing spaces is only part of the difficulty.

The loneliness we are experiencing is called confusion; the loneliness we have passed through is for growth.

This shows that Xiao Huo is growing up too. She's no longer the little girl who found happiness in simply clinging to her mother. Is this something every child has to go through...?

Hongli felt a little lost. She suddenly thought about what her mother thought when she felt she was independent and not so clingy.

After becoming a mother, Hongli gained a lot of happiness and joy, but this time, she realized how difficult it is to be an excellent mother.

Even so, Hongli didn't want to hold Xiaohuo back from growing up. The time spent looking to the future might be lonely and long, but she hoped that after all her efforts, everything would be bright.

If one day I feel I can no longer be a guide and help my child move forward.

Then let's be companions; we'll have to walk the road ahead on our own...

"What are you thinking about?"

A large hand embraced Hongli from behind, and Heiyang's gentle voice came from behind.

"Just overthinking."

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll tell you..."

"That's it?"

"Huh? That's all? Is that a small matter? Damn it! You better take this seriously!"

"No, no, I mean..."

Hei Yang patted Hong Li's head, pointed to himself, and laughed, "We've already helped our family out of their confusion once, haven't we? Let's work together to figure out how to solve the child's problem."

"Hmm, you're right. I'll ask my parents for some advice sometime..."