"How long have I been gone?" Xiao Wanwan asked.
"Eleven years and ninety-nine days."
"Thud"
The osmanthus cake in Xiao Wanwan's hand fell to the ground, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"Eleven years?"
"Um."
"And what about my mother?"
"Mother is in the courtyard now." However, her health is deteriorating day by day; she won't be able to hold on much longer…
Xiao Wanwan disregarded all other formalities and ran past Chu Qianxue toward the door.
She had been gone for eleven years.
She had only been in the illusion for a few days, so how could it have been eleven years here?
She forgot that although she had only been in the illusion for a few days, she had grown into a beautiful young woman.
At this moment, inside the main courtyard, the Regent was casting a spell to stabilize Ye Lanyin's vital energy. Although he was exhausted, he still dared not slacken his efforts in the slightest.
At the crucial moment, the girl's voice rang out from outside the door.
The regent turned his head to look and immediately withdrew his hand.
"Mother, your daughter has come to see you."
"Mother, are you there?"
The door to the house opened, and a man with silver hair appeared in the doorway. His thin face was etched with wrinkles from the passage of time, and his deep eyes were filled with the marks of life.
The man paused for a moment when he saw Xiao Wanwan.
"Father," Xiao Wanwan called softly, her voice trembling with a sob.
Eleven years have passed, and Father seems to have aged a lot.
The regent said "eh" softly, then opened his arms.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Wanwan suddenly threw herself into the man's arms and burst into tears.
Upon seeing her father, she understood everything: her mother was still asleep, and her father was not eating or sleeping well because of her mother.
"My child, where have you been? Your father misses you so much."
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