Chapter 256: The Grace of Childbirth is Not as Great as the Grace of Raising a Child (Rewards and More)
The mulberry tree is stuck on the stem.
The child thought he was dreaming.
Sang Luo didn't expose her, but held the little lion tighter in her arms, murmuring, "I'm sorry, mother never spent enough time with you before. You've grown up a lot, but mother didn't participate in your growth..."
As she was talking, she couldn't say anything. After thinking about it, she decided to ask,
"Mother came here this time to take you away. Little Sun, are you willing to go with me?"
The little lion blinked, realizing that the little sun was calling him, "Hephis..." He was very happy, then remembered something and turned his head to look outside the door. He said to Sang Luo, "Mom, wait for dad to come over. Let's go out and play together, okay?"
Sang Luo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head, "Your father is the monarch of a country. He wants to stay in the empire and do his own things. Can mother just take you with her?"
The little lion hesitated, jumped out of her arms, took two steps back, and looked at her with drooping ears.
Sang Luo paused slightly.
The little lion didn't say anything, but she knew the answer.
It chooses the father.
Sang Luo was indeed a little surprised. Perhaps it was because she had never encountered such a thing before, and she never thought that her son would reject her.
In the past, the cubs were very attached to her, and she naturally thought that she was their most important biological mother. Whenever the cubs were asked to choose between father or mother, they would definitely choose mother... She subconsciously had a preconceived idea and selfishly came over to take the little lion away.
Think about it.
The grace of giving birth is not necessarily comparable to the grace of raising a child for seven years.
Duotu is the one who always stays with the child and loves him with all his heart.
But she only just found out the child's name. She didn't even know what color the little lion liked or what he liked to eat...anything.
It was understandable that Hephis wanted to stay and be with Dotu.
Father and son are the closest relatives who depend on each other.
Sang Luo was somewhat glad that she didn't summon her son directly last time, but instead went again to ask for its opinion, which allowed her to know her son's inner thoughts.
She respects her children's choices.
"Okay, little Hephis, then you stay with your father obediently. Mom will come to see you when she has the chance in the future, okay?"
"Okay." The little lion returned to her arms and rubbed against her happily.
Sang Luo pinched its furry face with both hands. "Little Sun is the nickname mother gave you. Mother knows too little about you, she doesn't even know your name. Every time I thought of you, I called you Little Sun in my heart. When I saw my dear son for the first time, it was as if I saw a cute little sun... Now mother also knows your name, from now on I will call you Hephis."
"Little Sun is a nice name. Mother, you can continue to call me that!"
"Well, good son." Sang Luo kissed it on the face.
The mother and son stayed together for a long time.
Seeing that the time is almost up.
Sang Luo said to Hefeisi, "It's time for mother to go."
"Ah? Mother is leaving so soon?"
"Well, mother has other things to do. Can I come see you next time when I'm free?"
"...Okay." The little lion was reluctant to leave.
Sang Luo warned again, "Mother came to see you this time, it's a little secret between us, don't tell Daddy, okay?"
"Why didn't you tell Daddy?" Hephis wondered, "Daddy misses Mommy too."
"...If Dad knew, Mom might not come." Sang Luo didn't know how to explain their relationship to the child. Their soul contract had been terminated long ago, and they were no longer partners, but they were indeed the child's biological father and mother, and they had this level of raising relationship, so she simply brushed it off with one sentence.
The little lion was also smart. He saw that his mother was hesitant to speak and seemed not to want to talk about this matter anymore, so he nodded blankly. "Don't worry, mother, I won't tell father. Then mother, promise me that you must remember to come again in the future and don't let little sun wait so long."
"Okay, let's hook and hang ourselves."
Sang Luo looked down at the little lion's paw pads again and couldn't help laughing. She grabbed its thick, pink paw pads with one hand and squeezed them, then pressed the center of the paw pad with the tip of her thumb. "Okay, that's it. Mother and Little Sun have made a contract and will come to see you soon."
She hugged the child and kissed him again, then used her mental power to make him fall asleep.
The finished wooden sculpture of the little lion was placed between its two overlapping front paws.
Sang Luo took a last look at the sleeping little lion. After a moment, he took out his camera and took a few photos of it before leaving.
Duotu didn't come back early today. He had a lot of things piled up these days and would be busy for a while. He didn't know if the child had eaten, so he took some time to come over and check on him at noon.
The little lion also fell asleep... and woke up hungry.
After a good dream, it just stood up from the bed and stretched comfortably, when the little wooden sculpture rolled out from under it and almost fell off the bed.
It pounced forward and grabbed the small wooden carving. When it saw that it was a lifelike little lion, it blinked its beautiful emerald eyes in confusion.
"Hey, is this a gift from my father? It's so beautiful. My father's craftsmanship has improved again."
Duotu saw that it always liked to play with wood carvings, and he also tried to carve wood carvings for it. But no matter how beautiful the carvings were, in Hephes' heart, they were always inferior to the charm of the little wood carvings carved by his mother.
"Father!"
Hephis looked up and saw the man coming. He happily got out of bed with the wooden sculpture in his mouth and jumped into his arms.
Duotu's handsome face was smiling, and he was about to say something, but when he saw the wooden carving in its mouth, he was suddenly stunned.
After a moment, he reached out and took the lion sculpture, his voice deep and tinged with annoyance, "Who gave this to you?"
A servant came over and knelt down in fear. "I saw that the young prince liked that wooden figurine, so I secretly carved a little prince in the same image to please him. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Duotu frowned and asked again, "Did you do this?"
"I know I was wrong, please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Hephis looked at the small wooden sculpture, realized something, and suddenly shouted, "Daddy, don't punish him. I like this wooden sculpture very much! Leave it to me to play with!"
Seeing that his son liked it, Duotu didn't say anything and waved his hand to let the orc go down.
"Okay, Daddy! I'm sleepy! I want to take a nap, don't disturb me!" The little lion took advantage of Duotu's inattention, picked up the wooden sculpture in his hand, jumped off the ground, ran to the bed, and pulled down the curtains.
Duotu came over to see if it had eaten on time. Seeing how lively it was, he was no longer worried. He still had a lot of things to deal with, so he went back to deal with them.
Wait until the door opens and rings twice.
Hephaestus rolled around on the bed in excitement, holding the wooden sculpture in his paws a little foolishly - this was not a gift from his father! Last night was not a dream!
It’s my real mother!
Mother is still alive, mother is not dead!!
Mother really came back to find it!!!
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Outside, the palace fell.
The beast servant paused, a dark light flashing in his eyes. He looked around in confusion, muttering, "Strange, wasn't I sweeping the yard? Why did I come out of the hall... What was I doing just now?"
He scratched his head and left.
After Sang Luo finished cleaning up and was about to leave, he remembered what Si Ye said before he came.
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