"Yes!" Upon receiving the order, the little old man in red quickly got up, picked up the transparent box, and hurried away...
The impersonation issue was thus resolved.
The fog dispersed and gathered again, then dispersed again. Another scene appeared: the real firebird, carrying four baby girls, flew through the air, finally arriving at a place shrouded in thick fog. It nodded, landed on a tree branch, folded its wings, and nodded again. "Children," it said, "from this moment on, your identities have changed. This will be the place of your rebirth. I will find your parents and conceal your innate extraordinary nature. As for your future, once you leave this fog zone I personally designated, everything will depend on your own destiny..."
The firebird disappeared, and what was reflected in the mirror now were September and Su Li.
A red light flickered in the mirror, and the images of September and Su Li reflected in the mirror gradually blurred until they became just two fluttering red feathers.
As the feathers shrank, so did the mirror.
"Ding!" The round mirror shrank and flew back into the man's palm.
The two girls watching stood there, frozen in place, like statues.
"Children, do you believe me now?" Li'er's father asked, tears streaming down his face, overwhelmed with emotion. "Back then, there were unavoidable difficulties that forced us to send you away. If we hadn't, your lives would have been in danger. This was your calamity, and also the calamity of the entire Tongling City. Fortunately, Lord Firebird was both wise and brave, and came up with this elaborate plan to deceive everyone, which saved you."
"But this doesn't make sense!" September turned to look at Su Li, shrugged, and asked, "Weren't there supposed to be four? How come there are only the two of us here now? Where are Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu?"
“Sigh, speaking of this, I’ve been wondering about it too,” Li’er’s father sighed and shook his head repeatedly. “I did call out to the four of you just now, but strangely, only the two of you reacted strongly. The other two didn’t respond at all. I don’t know what happened to them, but I believe that once the two of you appear, they might appear soon after.”
"Are you really that sure, Uncle?" September pressed. "Have you ever considered that they might not be here anymore?"
"this……"
"Hmph! Whether they live or die is none of my business. I don't care about others." Su Li turned her head back and looked at Jiu Yue, meeting her gaze directly, her eyes calm and undisturbed. "So, we're not enemies, but sisters who have gone through thick and thin together?"
"How could we not be enemies? You've really tormented me," September looked at her with a cold grin, her eyes filled with hatred, as if she wanted to tear her to pieces and torture her to death.
"Hey, you need to get this straight, I have no grudge against you, he just ordered me to do this." Although Su Li's expression was calm, for some reason, for the first time, she seriously explained her actions to someone. "It's strange, I don't know what's wrong with me, but subconsciously, it seems that only obedience remains. He tells me to pretend, so I pretend; he tells me to cooperate in the act, so I cooperate. I don't know what's wrong with me, but whenever I see him, it's like I'm willing to be his loyal maid. Whatever he says, I do, and I never dare to disobey."
After saying this, Su Li let out a deep sigh of helplessness.
“Child, you’ve probably been poisoned by his blood.” Hearing this, the father became anxious, his loving and heartbroken eyes fixed on Su Li. “Looking at your complexion, it’s yellowish with a hint of black; it’s most likely blood poisoning.”
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