After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

The long street at dawn was deserted.

A carriage galloped...

In the carriage, two children were sitting holding hands.

The two kids were sleeping soundly when someone pulled them out of their beds.

Shangguan Qiyou was extremely sleepy, his eyelids drooped, but he was still holding on. Shangguan Qingyue beside him had fallen asleep on his shoulder, her pink little mouth slightly open and her breathing even.

Shangguan Qiyou would support his sister's head with his hand from time to time to prevent her from sliding down.

The sky outside the carriage gradually brightened and turned gray. Shangguan Qiyou parted the curtains and took a peek, then slowly closed them. A sense of panic suddenly surged in his heart.

Why is he panicking?

Last night, Daddy didn’t come back, and Uncle Aniu and Uncle Dabing were ordered to look after them. But while they were sleeping, Mom sent someone to take them into the palace. What happened?

Shangguan Qiyou couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly, Shangguan Qingyue frowned and mumbled in his sleep. He leaned over to listen and heard "Daddy..."

Is Yueer missing his daddy?

Shangguan Qiyou raised his little hand and patted Shangguan Qingyue, and comforted her softly, "Yuer, don't be afraid, Third Brother is here..."

"Daddy! Why are you here?"

Shangguan Qingyue looked at the man with his back to her and recognized him as her father. She raised her hands, ran towards him excitedly, and called out in a baby voice, "Daddy!"

Shangguan Shu slowly came back to his senses and saw her with gentle eyes.

Like usual, he squatted down, opened his arms, and waited to give Shangguan Qingyue a big hug.

Shangguan Qingyue was picked up as he wished. His two little arms were around Shangguan Shu's neck. His little mouth began to chatter, "Daddy, you haven't told me yet, why are you here?"

"Where is this place?"

"Why didn't you go home last night?"

As he spoke, the little fellow pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and complained, "Daddy, have you secretly gone to see my mother again without telling me? You are so unethical. If you do this again, I will get a hundred-pound disease to show you..."

"Daddy, why don't you say anything?"

"Daddy..."

From beginning to end, Shangguan Shu said nothing and just looked at her tenderly.

Shangguan Qingyue felt inexplicably nervous when seeing this.

She blinked, and the next second, Shangguan Shu put her on the ground.

"Yue'er, Daddy is leaving..."

"Daddy, where are you going?"

"You must listen to your mother..."

Shangguan Shu smiled faintly, and his body gradually became transparent.

Shangguan Qingyue's eyes widened in shock and he screamed, "Daddy, where are you going?! Daddy, don't leave!!"

Shangguan Shu's figure completely disappeared...

Shangguan Qingyue's eyes were red and she was about to cry, but suddenly she felt a sting in her eyes. She subconsciously raised her hands to cover her eyes. Through the gaps, she saw six more doors in the white void.

Each door was round, emitting a lustrous golden light, but the golden light was covered with a layer of black air, with yin and yang intertwined, giving people a sense of urgency. At first glance, it seemed that there was a vortex hidden in the door, which could instantly suck away a person's consciousness.

Shangguan Qingyue took a look and didn’t dare to look again, feeling dizzy.

She walked towards one of the doors.

[Did Daddy hide inside? ]

She tried weakly, "Daddy, are you in there?"

"Do you want to play hide and seek with Yue'er?"

Shangguan Qingyue stretched out her hand and touched a door. The moment she touched it, she felt a cool breeze.

She looked up and saw the huge round door flickering. Suddenly, it was completely dark...

It became a big black hole, dark and deep beyond your reach.

Shangguan Qingyue held onto the door and stuck half of his head in, "Daddy, are you here?"

Daddy, are you here?

Daddy, you are here...

Daddy, you are...

Daddy...

The echoes continued.

Shangguan Qingyue wrinkled his face, stood up, turned around and left, "Daddy is not here."

The next door also went dark the moment she touched it.

Shangguan Qingyue raised her eyebrows, vaguely feeling that the door turning dark had something to do with her, but she didn't do it on purpose, she didn't mean it, she just wanted to find her father.

"Daddy, are you here?"

"Daddy, don't hide anymore. Yue'er is tired and wants to go home..."

At the last door, Shangguan Qingyue pouted in annoyance, touched it, and waited for it to turn black, but... it didn't change.

Shangguan Qingyue looked at it in surprise, then leaned into the door. It was the same inside as outside, all white and empty, but at least it was not dark anymore.

Shangguan Qingyue had the courage to go in.

"Daddy?"

"Daddy?"

"Daddy, I saw you!" Shangguan Qingyue suddenly tested.

In the end, no one agreed.

The little guy's mouth curled higher and higher.

As she walked, her vision suddenly became clear.

It’s the broken yard in Yumang Mountain!

She walked in as usual. It was a bright and clear day, and she actually saw herself!

She sat on the steps with her chin in her hand, with her third brother and Hua Shang surrounding her. She was puzzled when she heard the voices of Heng Lin and Heng Luan through the window, every word clearly reaching her ears.

"Brother, do you know that the owner of this yard is my sixth brother?"

"What? Sixth brother is still alive? That's great!"

"Brother, what do you mean by this?"

"Third brother, when our father ordered the five of us brothers to eliminate Junior Sister Hengyue, do you know why the five of us were unable to defeat Hengyue?"

"Why?"

"That's because my sixth brother is missing! The clear and turbid are not evenly matched, so we are powerless to resist!"

There was silence in the room for a while, until Heng Lin spoke again, "The five of us have damaged golden bodies and dead divine roots. We can only return to our original positions if we find our golden bodies and divine roots. But it's different for my sixth brother. He can return to his original position after he dies..."

"Brother, are you saying..."

"But how can you guarantee that he will be able to return to his place after his death? What if he is swallowed by the Balance Realm?"

"One thought brings life and one thought brings death. Father trapped us in the River Map and Luo Shu to prevent the Balance Realm from swallowing us. If my sixth brother is unfortunate enough to be swallowed by the Balance Realm, he will be completely annihilated, and we... won't be able to get out."

Shangguan Qingyue frowned. It turned out that the eldest and third brothers had conspired to talk about these things that day...

They still don't give up?

Shangguan Qingyue turned around and left the door, feeling a little unhappy.

But the next second, when she saw the person at the door, her eyes lit up and she smiled, "Daddy, I found you!"

Shangguan Qingyue ran over quickly, but stopped the moment the man turned around.

Whispering, "You...you are not my father..."

The man was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, with white hair and a black crown. He looked exactly like Shangguan Shu, but he looked older and more solemn than Shangguan Shu.

He stared deeply at the little baby in front of him, his eyes dark and complex.

After a while, he walked towards her, half bent down, and stroked the little baby's pink face with his long fingers, and his cold expression softened.

Shangguan Qingyue frowned and looked at him, but did not avoid him.

The man's hand trembled slightly when it touched it.

The dark pupils fluctuated slightly, and a faint light seeped out.

"So, this is what my Yue'er looks like when he grows up..."

"It's been so long, I...have almost forgotten..."

Shangguan Qingyue's heart was shocked. He understood something in an instant, but he couldn't believe it.

The man stood up and asked softly, as if he was afraid of startling her, "Is your mother... okay?"

Shangguan Qingyue nodded.

When the man saw her nod, his eyes instantly turned red.

His eyes were red as he nodded continuously, "Okay, okay! Okay, okay!"

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand towards Shangguan Qingyue. Shangguan Qingyue thought about it and put his hand on it.

The man held it and rubbed it gently.

The man led her forward a few steps, and suddenly, the mist in front of them cleared, and in mid-air, Shangguan Shu was surrounded by a black mist. His limbs were already sunk into the mist, but he was still unaware of it. He closed his eyes and did not move.

"Daddy..." Shangguan Qingyue exclaimed.

The man squatted down, looked Shangguan Qingyue in the eye, and said softly: "Do you recognize this black fog?"

Shangguan Qingyue's eyes tightened, and he asked darkly, "Balanced Realm?"

The man nodded.