What was that sound? Ye Qingxue trembled violently. Someone was calling her mother?

She had never forgotten that voice in the past three or four years; it was Xiao Bao's voice.

In the dream before, when Xiao Bao knelt in front of her begging to leave, his voice was the same.

"Am I hallucinating?" Ye Qingxue thought bitterly. "Because the pain is so intense and unbearable, I would have some hallucinations to comfort myself."

Her knees continued to bend as she continued kneeling towards the sharp pebble path. Although it was only ten feet long, the pebbles chosen by Ji Mingwei's people were very irregular, even quite sharp. She was afraid that if she knelt to walk that ten feet, her knees would be ruined.

But in order to see Xiaobao, she had no choice!

The hallucination of hearing "Mother" only strengthened her resolve; even in death, she wanted to see her child one last time. But perhaps she'll never truly hear her little one call her "Mother" again.

Just as her knees were about to hit the cobblestones, Dongbai suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her up.

Ji Mingwei, sitting opposite, also showed shock and bewilderment, especially when she saw Dongbai scoop Ye Qingxue up. Did Dongbai also hear that "Mother"? That innocent call... wasn't from her child? Could it be...?

Ye Qingxue was also stunned. Why did Dongbai suddenly grab her? Could it be that the word "Mother" was not her imagination, and Dongbai heard it too?

"Mother—" Before anyone could react, the voice came again, right outside the cave.

This time, not only Ye Qingxue heard it, but Dong Bai also heard it, and even Ji Mingwei and her people heard it.

On this deserted island, who else can I call out to my mother?

Only Xiaobao!

But wasn't he locked up? He's not stupid, he can't talk at all! Besides, he had his blood drawn recently, he should be unconscious!

As Ji Mingwei thought this, her eyes were filled with disbelief. Even if Xiao Bao could wake up, he would definitely not be able to escape from her men!

But in the next instant, the candlelight flickered, and she saw a wolf with snow-white fur carrying a three-year-old child rushing in. The child was dressed in rags, with bloodstains on his head and face, and fresh bloodstains on his legs and feet!

He is undoubtedly Xiao Bao, and undoubtedly Yun Zhaolin, the eldest son of the Crown Prince's Mansion!

Ji Mingwei could hardly believe her eyes. She suddenly looked at Yun Xiang'er, whose face was also pale, shocked and surprised beyond measure.

She suddenly remembered the noise she heard after she went to get Xiao Bao's outer clothes. Could it be that Xiao Bao had woken up then and run outside?

But how could Xiao Bao, a mere child, outrun so many people? Oh, right, Xiao Bao has this white wolf to help him!

But that's not right. If it really was the white wolf who helped him escape, there would have been a huge commotion. It's impossible that they only noticed when Xiao Bao rushed over!

Yunxiang was completely baffled, but Xiaobao was indeed there in front of them.

The wolf was still panting.

Ji Mingwei's men chased in from outside, and when they saw the scene, they were so frightened that they turned pale and quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.

“Princess Consort Xuan, the eldest grandson of the Emperor has escaped. We have been trying to capture him... All the maids who were guarding him have been drugged!” the head guard said.

They were drugged? Ji Mingwei could hardly believe it. So many maids had been drugged by a fool?

Nobody would believe it if I told them!

She glared at Ye Qingxue with bloodshot eyes. Just now, Ye Qingxue had almost knelt before her. She was so close to killing Ye Qingxue.

What was Ye Qingxue doing at this moment?

She stared blankly at the child riding on Bai Qi's back, rushing towards her. The child's face was covered in dirt and blood, and his hair was filthy, making him almost unrecognizable.

But she knew that this was her child, her real child, the child she had given birth to herself!

She should have run over and hugged the child tightly, holding him close and asking, "Where have you been all this time? Do you know how frantic I've been looking for you!"

I was so angry that I even wanted to beat him up so that he would feel pain and never dare to run around again!

Who knew that in the few days that Xiaobao was away, she almost exhausted all her energy?

But she didn't walk towards Xiaobao. Her lips moved for a long time, but she couldn't utter a single word, as if she were nailed to the spot by an invisible force...

It was simply because Xiao Bao was looking at her. Xiao Bao's beautiful eyes, clear and bright, were looking at her with emotion and concern, just like the Xiao Bao who had come before, not the Xiao Bao she had given birth to herself.

The baby she gave birth to wouldn't ride so quietly on Bai Qi's back, nor would he look at her for so long, and his eyes wouldn't hold so many emotions.

Xiao Bao's eyes are beautiful and clear, but for the past three years they have been empty, with nothing inside!

Nothing has changed, yet it seems like everything has changed.

Xiao Bao slid off Bai Qi's back, pounced barefoot into Ye Qingxue's arms, hugged her thighs, and buried his head in her waist—he was so short that he could only bury his head up to her waist.

"Mommy, it's me, Xiaobao. Don't you recognize me?" Xiaobao asked in his childish voice.

His mother looked at him for a long time but didn't come up to hug him. Seeing his mother like that, he couldn't help but want to cry, and tears fell down his face.

"Did Mommy get angry because Xiaobao secretly left home?" Xiaobao asked, this being the most likely reason he could think of.

"It's Xiaobao who has made Mother worry, and it's Xiaobao who has made Mother anxious." Xiaobao hugged Ye Qingxue even tighter.

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