"I'm sorry, sister. You feel sorry for Wan'er, and I feel sorry for you. If I hadn't brought her here, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to hold on much longer." Mercury's voice choked with emotion as he struggled to control his grief, his eyes fixed ahead. "Sister, you must hold on. Things will get better. Wan'er has grown up. Everything is fate, there's no escaping it. She has someone protecting her now, and she's even received a protective jade. I believe she can shoulder this responsibility, and I will be by her side to help her..."
The sound was very soft and seemed to be a little far away, but it was clearly audible.
In a daze, Wan'er twitched her ears, frowned, and opened her eyes. Feeling a little sore all over, she stretched her limbs and raised her head...
The faint glow on her neck faded, and Wan'er turned her head to look around. She realized that she was still lying in bed.
The Little Prince was also beside him, squinting and curled up.
By this time, it was already daylight, and the morning air blew in through the gaps in the open screen window, carrying a slight chill.
This is my uncle's bed. Was I just dreaming? But this dream was different from usual; it felt too real. Earlier, I followed the Water Palace Path to the Lake of Warning, and even saw my mother's figure…
And just now, I clearly heard Uncle Mercury's voice! Uncle Mercury! If everything just now was true, then he might be nearby.
A strange feeling stirred within her. Wan'er quickly moved, slipped off the bed, grabbed her clothes from the side, draped them over herself, and tiptoed out of the bedroom. She went down the stairs and saw the back door ajar. A thought struck her; she went over, opened the door, and followed a path several meters long into a dense bamboo grove…
Uncle Mercury was fast asleep, lying on a soft patch of grass. Despite the biting wind, his face was rosy and his breathing was even.
"Uncle!" Unable to tell if it was a dream or reality, Wan'er walked over, bent down, reached out and patted Mercury's shoulder, and asked softly, "Are you Mercury's uncle?"
"Whoosh!" The person on the ground pouted, blew out two breaths, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his head, looked at Wan'er in confusion for a moment, then suddenly grinned, supported himself with his hands on the ground, turned around and sat cross-legged, while grabbing a few dry grasses from the ground and stuffing them into his mouth to chew, "Hehe, eat, eat chicken leg."
"Why has it changed again?" Wan'er was startled and withdrew her outstretched hand, looking at the man in front of her with suspicion. He was indeed different from the image in her dream.
Her eyes were no longer clear, her gaze was unfocused, and a few fine blades of grass clung to her hair. The dignified Mercury of her dreams, with his piercing eyes, was gone.
The person standing in front of Wan'er now is the same silly, foolish Er Gouzi.
"Hehe, chicken," Er Gouzi lowered his head, looked up with his eyes darting around, and pointed at Wan'er with an outstretched index finger, "Wan'er, little sister, hee hee, I'm hungry! Lollipop!"
With his hands outstretched towards Wan'er, Er Gou slowly raised his head, pouting like a child, begging Wan'er for food.
"You...aren't you Uncle Mercury?" Wan'er asked doubtfully, scrutinizing him. "Or perhaps, everything yesterday was just a dream, and I was just overthinking things?"
"Hehe, you're overthinking it, have some food." Er Gou still looked like a fool. He got up from the ground, crossed the alley, went through the open back door, and entered the main room of his uncle's house...
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