An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

“This was my mother’s favorite place before she got married.”

At this moment, a gentle and low male voice suddenly came into Jing Chunxi's ears, pulling her back from her reverie.

The man's voice was tinged with a hint of sadness, as if he was recounting a distant memory. Only then did Jing Chunxi realize that he had been sitting on the second-floor veranda, gazing into the distance for a long time.

She turned her head and saw Tao Jin standing behind her, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes, but his gaze was fixed on her.

"Master Tao's mother is from Jiujiang?"

There was obvious surprise in Jing Chunxi's voice. This news was too unexpected for her.

She only knew that Tao Jin had lost her mother when she was very young, but she didn't expect that she was from Jiujiang.

This means that Tao Jin's mother married from Jiujiang to the distant Lingnan, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, and far away from her hometown and relatives.

"Ok!"

Tao Jin nodded, his voice low and slow. He seemed to be in a heavy mood, as if every word he spoke was touching the softest part of his heart.

"But she never set foot in this house again until she became seriously ill and died."

Tao Jin's voice trembled slightly. He pulled Jing Chunxi up, took her hand and slowly walked to the other side, then looked into the distance.

He clearly remembered what his mother looked like when she was alive, and her eyes that were always filled with sadness.

Although Tao Jin was only seven years old at the time, he still remembers his mother holding his hand and the last words she clearly said to him were "go home."

"Going home" is the mother's obsession. It is the place she longs for and the eternal hometown in her heart.

In fact, the mother had another intention in her heart, which was to let her only son return to the capital, as the capital was his home.

"Besides going to Jiujiang to see you, the most important thing for me this time is to take a walk to the place where my mother used to live." Tao Jin's voice was choked with sobs, and his eyes were moist.

He stood at the edge of the corridor, as if he could see through the cracks of time and see the footprints, voice and smile of his mother.

Jing Chunxi didn't know how to comfort him, so he just held his hand a little harder, trying to cheer him up.

She could feel the warmth of Tao Jin's palm and the pain in his heart. Tao Jin looked at Jing Chunxi's eyes with gratitude, and a trace of warmth flashed in his eyes.

“My family originally lived in the capital, but was later forced to move to Lingnan. I was only three years old when I arrived in Lingnan.

My maternal grandfather's family was extremely miserable, even more miserable than General Jing's family. Apart from the daughter who married out, there was no one left."

There was a hint of gnashing hatred in Tao Jin's voice, as if he was accusing fate of being unfair.

His maternal grandfather's family was almost wiped out in an accident, leaving only his mother and a younger sister who married out.

Even though my grandfather had retired to his hometown for many years, he was still killed. Because of this incident, my mother never returned to her hometown.

Tao Jin even hated his own incompetence and the emperor's ruthlessness.

He hated himself for not being able to protect his grandparents' family as well as Jing Chunxi.

If only my maternal grandparents had had a single child, my mother might not have been so depressed, and she might not have become ill and died young in faraway Lingnan.

Jing Chunxi held Tao Jin's hand tightly. She could feel his pain and understand his helplessness.

She said softly, "Tao Jin, the past cannot be changed, but we can make our mother's last wish come true. We can return to the capital together and let her soul rest in peace."

You don't have to give me this house. When we have the chance, we can come back together and live here where my mother lived."

Tao Jin nodded, tears welling up in his eyes but not falling.

He knew that Jing Chunxi was right. For his mother and himself, he would work hard to realize his dream of "going home."

And he was no longer alone, the little girl said she was willing to accompany him.

"Can you call me Xiaokang from now on? Brother Xiaokang is fine too." Tao Jin's sudden words made Jing Chunxi unable to react, so he didn't say anything.

Tao Jin added: "Xiaokang is my name."

Jing Chunxi thought for a long time and felt that calling Xiaokang was a bit impolite. If she was a few years younger, it would be okay to call Xiaokang brother.

But:……

"I'll just call you brother! We are family." Jing Chunxi finally decided this. He had no brothers or sisters, maybe even cousins, so she would just be his sister and a member of his family.

"But for now, it's better to call him Young Master Tao."

Tao Jin did not comment on Jing Chunxi's words, but he did not object: If... it would be good to have more sisters!

However, he didn't plan to call her "sister" out loud, and still planned to call her "Sister Xi".