Xiao Huizi and He Xiaoer

Xu Zhihui tells the story in her own words according to her understanding of the picture book, just like a mother telling her daughter a story before bed.

It was the first time that Feng Tutu and Ran Xiaoque heard a story. They listened excitedly, obediently and quietly.

"Once upon a time, there was a very large and ancient forest. There lived all kinds of animals in it. Each tribe was very friendly with each other..."

Time passed unconsciously.

Xu Zhihui flipped through the album page by page, telling the touching story from billions of years ago, the glorious and tragic life of the Phoenix, and the unswerving friendship of the big-eared rabbit clan.

Her tears flowed again unconsciously.

When the last page was closed, Feng Tutu and Ran Xiaoque's tears had already soaked Xu Zhihui's clothes.

Feng Tutu raised her head and looked at Xu Zhihui with tears in her eyes.

"Sister, are you the Phoenix?"

"Well, I am the reincarnation of the Phoenix spirit seed. It was you who protected me and brought me to the human world."

"Sister, is my mother the chief's daughter?"

"Well, I think so."

"Sister, where is my mother?"

"I don't know. We will find her."

"Sister, is my mother still in the Black and White World?"

"No, definitely not. If your mother were there, she would definitely not watch you suffer helplessly every day."

"Sister, I really want to go back to Black and White to find her."

"No, don't go, she's not there. Trust me, I will find her."

"Sister, when are we going to find her?"

"Wait a minute."

"Sister, I want to go now."

"No, we have to find her whereabouts first. I'm your sister, you have to trust me."

"elder sister……"

Feng Tutu buried her head in Xu Zhihui's arms and cried loudly.

Ran Xiaoque also cried with her, and Xu Zhihui hugged them silently.

After an unknown amount of time, Feng Tutu and Ran Xiaoque were tired and fell asleep.

At some point, Sun Xiaofei and Lan Ying were standing at the door watching.

They heard the noise and rushed over to see what was happening.

Xu Zhihui looked up at them.

They walked softly into the room.

"Xiaohui, what's wrong with these two children?"

"Mom, they encountered sad things."

Lan Ying took the picture book from Xu Zhihui, read the words "Big-eared Rabbit Clan" on the first page, flipped through it quickly, and then went straight to the end of the story.

After reading it, Lan Ying thought of what Feng Tutu said about coming out of the world of black and white. She pointed at the sleeping Feng Tutu and asked, "She?"

"Yeah." Xu Zhihui nodded.

"Let them rest for a while. We will call you for dinner."

Xu Zhihui nodded, "Thank you, Mom."

Sun Xiaofei went to the bath room and got a towel for Xu Zhihui.

Xu Zhihui wiped the tears from Feng Tutu and Ran Xiaoque's faces and continued to let them lean on her. Lan Ying took a quilt from the bed and gently covered them with it.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"You should get some sleep too."

"Ah."

Sun Xiaofei and Lan Ying quietly left the room.

Feng Tutu and Ran Xiaoque slept soundly, and clung even closer to Xu Zhihui. Perhaps in their subconscious, Xu Zhihui's embrace was warm, comfortable, and safe, just like their mother.

For the two orphans who had been displaced since childhood, at this moment they found a warm harbor.

Feng Tutu's mouth kept moving and she called "Mom" softly.

Xu Zhihui was not sleepy. She leaned back on the chaise longue and picked up the picture album she had received from Lin Xiaonan in the morning.

Since this picture album was drawn by Lin Xiaonan, then the "Big-eared Rabbit Clan" was also drawn by her, right?

According to the owner of the second-hand store, the picture album "Big-Eared Rabbit Family" was dropped into her store by a courier.

In other words, it was Lin Xiaonan who asked the courier to deliver it.

Xu Zhihui remembered a sentence in Lin Xiaobei's letter, "I have made a lot of arrangements for this matter."

Could it be that all this was arranged by Lin Xiaobei?

Xu Zhihui opened the album.

The first page reads "Qilin vs. Wall-Breaking Beast".

Kirin?

What is the wall-breaking beast?

Xu Zhihui began to look at the picture album with curiosity.

There is no text description above either.

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In the vast forest world of ancient times, Qilin has always been the supreme ruler. He is the first beast when the world was created.

There are mountains, water, glaciers and lakes in the forest.

At that time, there was only one living creature in the entire forest: the Qilin.

As time passed, mountains and rivers changed, hundreds of millions of years passed, and other species gradually appeared in the forest.

There were other animals on the earth and fish in the water.

Qilin is the undisputed master of the forest. Under his management, all creatures in the forest live in peace.

Until one day, a hole was torn in the sky, and an axe appeared from the hole. With each blow of the axe, the hole became bigger and bigger.

A huge crack soon appeared in the sky.

Amid the panic of all the creatures in the forest, two huge, hairy hands stretched out from the crack.

The two giant hands pried at the crack, opening it wide enough, and then a head came in, and then the whole body came in.

A huge beast that looked like a dog came in through the crack. It was as big as a mountain and split the sky with its huge claws.

It is like a demon, spying on all living things on earth with its eyes.

All living things call it the "wall-breaking beast".

The giant beast jumped into the forest from the sky, crushed a large number of creatures to death, and began to destroy everywhere.

There was a wailing in the forest, and countless people were killed or injured.

Qilin was extremely angry. He was the lord of the forest and he vowed to defend his forest home to the death. So he also turned into a huge beast and fought with this "wall-breaking beast".

Mountains were flattened and rivers were filled up.

This fierce battle lasted for five hundred years.

In the end, the forest was saved, the Wall-Breaking Beast died, and the Qilin also exhausted the last bit of its energy and died.

All living beings collected Qilin's bones bit by bit and buried him in the forest. His grave became the highest mountain in the world.

Not long after, it began to rain from the cracks in the sky. An endless downpour fell day and night, and another catastrophe struck the forest.

After ten thousand years of rain, the entire earth was turned into a swamp.

The sky was covered with thick dark clouds and there was no light.

Dark clouds continued to pour in from the cracks in the sky.

The whole world was in darkness.

One day, a phoenix descended from the sky.

She flew in from the crack, with a golden glow all over her body, breaking through the layers of darkness. She was radiant, like the sun rising in the sky.

She gave hope to all creatures in the forest.

Stitch by stitch, she sewed up the crack in the sky. The rain stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the whole world became bright again.

The forest is reborn again.

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Xu Zhihui finished reading it.

This picture book also has no ending.

Combining the story of the previous book "The Big-Eared Rabbit Clan", Xu Zhihui could probably guess what happened later.

Maybe it was the accomplices of the Wall-Breaking Beast who came, or maybe it was another more powerful group of enemies from outer space. The Phoenix, like the Qilin, died in battle to protect the forest.

Perhaps there are more unknown stories in the entire forest world.

She believed that Lin Xiaobei or Lin Xiaonan must know more.

Qilin’s deeds also moved Xu Zhihui, and he deserves the admiration of all living beings.

Will the Qilin be reborn like the Phoenix?

Xu Zhihui didn’t know, she just hoped that he could be reborn.

She was tired too.

I can't keep my eyelids open.

Gradually, she fell asleep too.

The album in his hand fell to the ground.