Crossing the Sauvignon Blanc

Xiangliu held Yan Mo's hand and slowly walked into the cave. Yan Mo was a little nervous.

She is in a very complicated mood now. She just experienced the illusion. You said she has no grudges, but she asks herself if she can face Xiaoyao calmly. But that is her own inner fear, not a prophecy for the future.

This is different from Xuanxuan. Xuanxuan is inevitable in the future, while Xiaoyao, although a little silly and timid, can't tell who is good to her, but she can still be saved. Moreover, she is really not suitable to be an emperor. She just wants to wait until everything is over, and then go wandering with Xiangliu, to travel around the world, with mountains as beds and seas as blankets. Be a free and easy person in her life,

She wanted to train Xiaoyao to be the emperor. Xiaoyao had always been a fearless and overbearing person since she was little. In her previous life, Xiaoyao had only been smoothed by hardship and bound by family ties. As long as she kept Xiaoyao by her side, she was confident that she could set her mind right. And she had a way to make her fight for that position. What did her cousin mean? When someone more important than her cousin appeared, he was nothing. Yan Mo wanted to make that clown fit only to be a clown!

Yan Mo tightened her hand around Xiang Liu's and took a deep breath. It took courage for her to decide to save Xiao Yao. After all, she was Xiang Liu's old lover in his previous life!

The dim cave was silent, with only the clatter of their footsteps. Suddenly, the sound of a little girl mumbling to herself could be heard from within. Yan Mo and Xiang Liu stopped in tacit agreement and stood beside the dim stone wall. In front of them was a huge cage. There were several small holes on the top of the cave. A few rays of moonlight shone through the holes to the surface of the cage, but the cave was still dim, giving people endless despair...

A child covered in dirt, with messy hair, whip marks all over his hands and back, and torn clothes, huddled in a corner, muttering to himself: Brother Xuan doesn’t want me anymore, Mother doesn’t want me either, is Father not my father? Why doesn’t he come to find me? I’m not his daughter, right? He knows, he wants to kill me for this shame, Mother ran away with Uncle Red and doesn’t want me anymore, I’ve waited for seventy years, but no one came to pick me up, I miss the swing in Phoenix Forest, that was made for me by Brother Xuan, Brother, higher, higher… Why, why don’t you come to pick me up, why don’t you want me, I’m very good, I don’t want anything, I just want Mother to come back, I just want Brother Xuan… Everyone is grabbing me, my face is gone, I’m a monster, I’m so scared, the monsters want to eat me too, why should I live, I’m in so much pain, Mother, it hurts so much when my power is dissipated, who will save me…”

Yan Mo could no longer bear it, and suddenly hugged Xiang Liu, crying softly. She had hated Xiao Yao's ignorance of Xiang Liu, and it was her unscrupulous help to Xuan that caused Xiang Liu to be pierced by thousands of arrows. She hated Fang Fengbei for teaching her archery for twelve years, but she turned around and shot an arrow into his chest. She could not clear up how much she had been disappointed with Xiao Yao.

But at this moment, all the hatred and resentment shouldn't be placed on a child covered in scars and filled with despair. Yan Mo was so focused on his own sadness that he didn't notice the flash of red in Xiang Liu's eyes and the pain in his heart. It was gone in an instant, and even he didn't notice it...

Xiang Liu gently patted Yan Mo's back. She didn't say anything, but Xiang Liu seemed to understand her, so he didn't ask anything, but just hugged her gently to calm her down.

After a while, Yan Mo wiped away his tears, took a deep breath, glanced at Xiang Liu, and walked in together tacitly.

"Xiaoyao, I'll take you home, okay?"

Xiaoyao raised her head numbly. She didn't recognize her sister, but she was so beautiful, and her brother was also very handsome. They looked like a couple of gods. Xiaoyao was a little dazed. She wanted to ask if she was dead and someone was going to take her to heaven.

"Am I dead? Are you here to take me to heaven? Mother said that when people die, they go to heaven and become stars. Grandma became a star..."

Yan Mo approached the cage, squatted down slowly, and said gently:

"You're not dead, little darling. I'm here to take you back to my house. There are two other kids your age at home, and there are a lot of uncles and aunts. They'll all love you. When you're healthier, I'll take you to find your mother, okay? Are you willing to go home with me?"

"Mother? No, I don't want mother. She was the one who left me first. She shamelessly ran off with someone else. That's why I don't want her!"

"Xiaoyao, listen to me first. Who told you that your mother shamelessly ran off with someone else?"

"That fox who imprisoned me, he forced me to take poison that would dissipate my power every day, whipped me every day, and called my mother shameless every day..."

"Then this fox is a bad guy. You can't trust bad guys. If you believe him, you'll fall into his trap. The more you hate your mother, the happier he will be. We can't let bad guys get what they want, right?"

"But why didn't she come to pick me up? Does she really not want me anymore?"

"No, she loves you very much. She wants to pick you up every moment, but she can't and won't do it!"

"Why, she's not dead. You said you would take me to see her, which proves she's still alive!"

Yan Mo sighed

"Xiaoyao, I didn't want to tell you so soon, but since you insisted on an answer, I'll tell you. Your mother is living a more painful life than you are. She's scorched by the sun every day, her body disfigured, her hands and feet cracked like sticks. She wanted to die, but she's worried about you. She's waiting for you. You have to trust your mother. No one loves you more than she does. So, go home with me first, and I'll take care of the rest, okay?"

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

Yan Mo stood up and looked at Xiang Liu. Xiang Liu raised his hand slightly, and the silver crescent knife slowly appeared. He chopped down the cage fiercely, and the solid cage instantly broke into pieces. He walked into the cage again, chopped down with the knife on the left and right, and the two iron chains snapped with a sound.

Yan Mo smiled and stretched out her hand to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao stretched out her hand halfway, looked at her sister's white jade hand and her own dirty hand, and then retracted it.

"Xiangliu, go out first. I'll help her wash and change her clothes before going out. Don't let the fox die. Let Xiaoyao come in person later."

"Okay, don't take too long."

Yan Mo took out a large bathtub from the space, filled it with water, and asked Luo Luo to find some healing medicine for bathing and add it in. He secretly drew some blood and added it in. He heated it with spiritual power, pulled Xiao Yao over, and carried her in.

"Sister, who is that handsome brother?"

Yan Mo looked at her with amusement.

"He is the person I love most in my life, the most important person!"

"Then he must love you very much!"

"Why do you say that."

"Just now, when you were talking to me, the big brother kept looking at your back with a very gentle look in his eyes. He must love you very much."

"What a clever little girl! Let me wash your hair for you. You'll be a pretty little girl soon."

After hearing this, Xiaoyao was not happy at all, her face was full of pain and disappointment.

"what happened?"

"I'm a monster and my face is gone"

"Pfft, idiot, you're not a monster. Your father and mother sealed a divine artifact in you that can change your appearance at will. You didn't know how to use it, and you overdo it, ending up like this."

"Is that right?"

"Well, it's the puppy who's lying!"

Seeing her sister being so naughty, Xiaoyao finally smiled

"The peach blossom on your forehead is the divine artifact, the Rejuvenating Flower. You should control it and not show it, otherwise you will be in danger of death. Do you understand?"

"Okay, I got it. I'm done washing it."

Yan Mo used his spiritual power to help Xiao Yao dry her body and hair, and put on the clothes he bought two days ago.

"It's so beautiful, Xiaoyao, do you want revenge?" Yan Mo said as he took out a dagger from the air and handed it to her.

"I want to!" Xiao Yao took the dagger and said firmly.

"Okay, let's go!" After saying that, he took Xiaoyao's hand and walked slowly towards the cave entrance.

Outside the cave, Xiangliu stood with his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the cave entrance, not knowing what he was thinking. When he saw two figures slowly approaching, he looked at Yan Mo with soft eyes. Yan Mo let go of Xiaoyao's hand and encouraged her, "Go ahead, do whatever you want."

The fox not far away was stepped on by the fur ball, staring at Xiaoyao fiercely. Xiaoyao was not afraid at all. She raised her dagger and cut off the fox's tail one by one. Every time she cut off a tail, she would say

"I told you to whip me, to disperse my power, to rape my parents, to force me to eat disgusting food every day, to lie to me..."

After cutting off all the tails, he let go of the dagger and it fell to the ground. Suddenly, he hugged himself and started crying.

Yan Mo and Xiang Liu looked at each other from a distance. No one knew what they were thinking at the moment. Maybe they were thinking nothing, or maybe they were thinking about fate. But Yan Mo was not a person who accepted his fate, and Xiang Liu was even less so. So, I don’t know if there was a telepathy, but they smiled at each other at the same time.

"Alright, little crybaby, I'll take you out for some delicious food!"

"Have you collected the fox's tail? It's worth a lot of money!"

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