Chapter 30
Along the coast of the East China Sea, villages stretch for thousands of miles.
Jia'er and his mother hurried as fast as they could, and finally returned to the border of the East China Sea in the sweltering summer.
However, the area was densely populated with people, and they could easily run into humans if they weren't careful. To avoid them, Jia'er and her mother walked very cautiously, which made their journey here much slower than before.
Behind a village, Jia'er and his mother are resting on a small hillside.
The recent continuous heavy rains had left the mother and child feeling almost moldy, so they stopped here to soak up the sun on this sunny day.
After lying on the tree branch for most of the day, feeling her body burning from the sun, Yinglong slightly opened her eyes and looked down. She saw the child playing with wild rabbits in the mountains.
Oh, it's the little rabbit again. She remembered that when she first left the East Sea, her child's first playmate was a little wild rabbit. Back then, if she had to leave and put him in the barrier, he would obediently play with the wild rabbit for half a day without crying or making a fuss.
Lazily turning over, Yinglong wanted to show off another side of himself.
Once the sun had shifted direction and he figured the musty smell on his clothes had dissipated, Yinglong, feeling refreshed, flipped down from the tree and said to the children who were playing happily on the ground:
"Jia'er, get ready, we're leaving."
"Okay." Jia'er replied obediently, his short little hands holding four or five little wild rabbits, each one fluffy.
The little rabbits are so cute, but they have to leave.
"You guys go home, I'm going home too."
Jia'er reluctantly released his fingers and then patted the rabbit's rump.
After watching the little rabbit hop away, Jia'er finally got up from the grass and obediently took the cloak from the side and put it on.
My mother said that this place is the residence of the human race. When you come here, you must be very careful and never reveal your identity as a dragon. You must not disturb the lives of the people, otherwise you will bring trouble to the dragon race.
Jia'er kept this in mind, and so since returning here, he has never gone a day without wearing a cloak.
"Mother, let's go." After putting on his cloak, Xiaolong took his mother's hand.
"Um."
Yinglong held the child's hand and felt the cool, dryness of his palm. She suddenly felt as if she had cleaned the child herself.
It's so much fun. In the end, she'll give that idiot a clean and refreshing child.
"Let's go, Mother." Seeing his mother lost in thought, Jia'er shook her hand.
"Okay, let's go."
Because they were too conspicuous here, after a moment's thought, Yinglong decided it would be better to just take the children through the area.
So Jia'er was carried by her mother and flew into the air, and the village below flowed past them like a painting.
Xiao Long was unusually silent this time, because this was the first time in his life that he had seen the bustling streets of the human race up close, and he was already dazzled by the sights.
The streets were bustling with people and traffic, with pedestrians and tourists everywhere. Vendors carried their wares along the streets, and shops lined the streets with a wide variety of goods.
After seeing something, Jia'er suddenly twisted her body violently. Yinglong was startled and instinctively grabbed the child's clothes.
"What is Koji doing? Don't move around."
"Mother, I want that..." Jia'er pointed downwards at the red thing.
Yinglong glanced at it.
"No, we can't go down there. It's full of humans. If we go down, we'll be exposed."
"But I want it."
Jia'er shifted her body slightly, seemingly a little anxious.
"No, we need to get back to the East China Sea quickly."
As he hurried through the village, his mother's admonitions echoed in his ears, but Jia'er remained lost in thought, completely captivated by the thing, his body twitching slightly...
Seeing this, Yinglong had no choice but to hold the child tightly and fly towards the shimmering water ahead.
The vast expanse of the sea, with its crystal-clear surface and floating diamonds, seemed to have been asleep for tens of thousands of years. Only when a gentle breeze blew across the surface would a ripple appear. On this peaceful and serene shore, Yinglong arrived and gently dived into the sea with his child.
"I don't know if your father has set up guards, but we should be able to get in smoothly."
Yinglong spoke to the child the moment she entered the sea, but seeing that the child did not react, she turned her head to look.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it, and what you find is astonishing.
As soon as the child entered the sea, he became excited and danced around, as if all his blood had been activated. He moved up and down like a crab, his hands and feet constantly tumbling.
"Haha, Mother."
Jia'er was overjoyed. He laughed and marveled at his body—it felt as if all his pores had been opened, and he felt incredibly comfortable all over.
Forgive Xiaolong for his "strange" behavior, because the seabed is not comparable to the shallow streams on land. The deep sea is Xiaolong's home, a part of his soul.
Now that the dragon's soul has been awakened, it surges up and down in the sea, and the little dragon is overjoyed.
It feels so good; he's never felt this good before.
This soothing feeling enveloped Jia'er's entire body; the seawater caressed her from head to toe, making her feel incredibly comfortable—this was what it felt like to be home!
Jia'er's eyes shone like stars in the sky as he repeatedly experienced this wonderful feeling in the sea, almost in disbelief.
Yinglong watched the child using both hands and feet, so happy, and her eyes and brows were also full of smiles. She had only just returned and was already like this; who knew what it would be like in the future.
The sea was a deep blue, and she swam tirelessly with her child toward the Dragon Palace.
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As the saying goes, "the closer one gets to home, the more nervous and expectant one becomes," the deeper Yinglong swam into the ocean.
Strange, she was just bringing the child back, so why is her heart beating so fast?
Could it be because we're about to see that stupid dragon?
No way, what's there to be nervous about meeting that idiot?
But the next second, she couldn't help but think again:
What is the Dragon Palace like now? And what about that idiot?
The more she thought about it, the more curious she became. Actually, compared to the child, she was the one who wanted to come back more.
Is it because they desperately want to send the child back?
As we swam deeper into the ocean, the outline of the Dragon Palace could be faintly seen in the distance. It seemed unchanged, still a magnificent and splendor stretching for thousands of miles.
So what's inside? Is it inside...?
Before Yinglong could even imagine whether the Dragon Palace was still the same as when he left, he heard the child suddenly shout loudly.
"Ah! Mother, look!" Jia'er pointed.
"What are you looking at?" Yinglong was still in a daze as she looked around blankly.
"Look there!" Xiaolong was extremely excited.
Yinglong looked in the direction the child was pointing and saw a figure standing on the outer wall of the Dragon Palace in the far, far distance!
The figure stood at the city wall entrance, his clothes swaying slightly with the seawater behind him, the vast, dark seawater surrounding him...
Yinglong was startled at just one glance. On the long, deserted city wall, there stood a figure!
She knew that figure all too well, so well that she knew who he was at a glance, even though she couldn't make out his face clearly from a distance...
Just like the last glimpse she caught when she left Donghai.
Jia'er became more and more excited. He seemed to recognize who the figure was, and he began to flutter his arms and legs excitedly.
Yinglong held onto the child tightly and continued swimming, his heart pounding.
From the moment it entered the seabed, the little guy opened its big eyes and looked around curiously and excitedly.
It's amazing how good his eyesight is; with so many dazzling things on the seabed, he actually spotted that figure right away...
As they drew closer to the city wall with the child, Yinglong caught a glimpse of a blurry face across the azure sea…
His face was frozen in utter disbelief—he had clearly noticed them long ago and had been staring at them for a long time. But the scene before him seemed like an illusion, a phantom repeated a thousand times, destined to shatter and vanish with each touch…
Just thinking about it made the figure seem nailed to the city wall, unable to move an inch.
However, as they got closer, the illusion did not disappear, and the faces before them gradually became clearer... It all seemed real, all real!
His eyes seemed to ignite instantly, burning like wildfire. A joy from the depths of his soul overwhelmed him, leaving him completely stunned by the waves of heat before he could even react. His body stiffened uncontrollably.
"Father!" Jia'er's joyful cry broke the silence of the seabed, and then he leaped towards the figure below with a laugh.
Ao Guang felt as if he had been reborn. The voices were so real! It was them! It really was them! His wife and children had really returned!
His blood, which had congealed, began to flow again, and he finally regained feeling in his limbs. Seeing the child swimming rapidly towards him, he rushed forward and opened his arms wide to welcome the child.
And then there was her; Ao Guang put one arm around each of them, holding them tightly in his arms.
They really were back. Heaven knows he thought it was another dream, but this time it felt so real.
Donghai Benlong hugged the two people in his arms tightly, holding their soft bodies close.
In that instant...
He had been waiting for this moment for far too long!
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