Chapter 401 After separation, there is reunion
"Axu."
A gentle voice, filled with a hint of helplessness and deep heartache, penetrated the noise and chaos like the sound of nature, and reached his ears clearly.
Yan Shixu suddenly froze.
His rapid breathing suddenly stopped, and his red eyes looked towards the source of the sound.
Where light and shadow intersected, Wen Li'er, holding the hands of a few children, slowly walked out of the shadows.
She held Tiantian in her arms, who was rubbing his eyes and starting to feel sleepy.
Xiaoxiao and Miaomiao held her skirt tightly on the left and right, and the wet nurse followed closely behind with Zhaozhao and Mumu in her arms.
The children thought they were playing hide-and-seek with their father, but their faces still showed a hint of confusion and uneasiness, as if they were frightened by their father's appearance just now.
Wen Li'er clearly saw the fear surging in his eyes, almost overflowing, and the fragility that had been lost and regained.
My heart felt like it was being tugged at, and it ached so much.
She held Tiantian in her arms and led the children, walking towards him step by step with determination.
The crowd automatically made way for a passage, and all eyes were focused on this scene.
Yan Shixu stood there like a petrified being, only his chest rising and falling violently, staring intently at the figure walking towards him with the child in his arms.
I was afraid that she would disappear again in the blink of an eye.
Wen Li'er walked up to him, just a few inches away.
She didn't say anything, but just gently placed Tiantian in his subconsciously open and slightly trembling arms.
Then she opened her arms and gave him a solid, all-out hug.
Wen Li'er wrapped her arms around his stiff and tense back, pressed her cheek against his cold and sweaty neck, and her warm breath brushed past his ears.
The voice was gentle and clear, with a soothing power:
"Axu, look."
"Even if we leave temporarily, we will come back to you."
Yan Shixu's body shook violently!
These words instantly pierced through the cold haze that had enveloped his heart, which stemmed from that nightmare.
The weight of Tiantian in my arms is real, the warmth of Wen Lier's embrace is real, and the milky scent of the children is real...
His stiff arms finally rose slowly.
Then, extremely slowly but with great force, he hugged Wen Li'er tightly in his arms.
It was as if he wanted to rub her into his own bones and blood, never to be separated from her again.
A suppressed, almost choked sigh escaped him from his throat.
The nerves that were stretched to the extreme and almost broken finally found a harbor to rely on at this moment, and slowly and tiredly relaxed.
Wen Li'er patted his back gently, like comforting a frightened child.
While Yan Shixu was still immersed in the huge shock and fragile aftertaste of loss and recovery, she raised her head slightly and leaned close to his ear.
In a tone of understanding and tenderness that only the two of them could hear.
Gently lifting the heavy layer of fear that he had been bearing alone:
"Axu, I've already guessed it."
"You had a nightmare, didn't you?"
"A terrible, terrible nightmare... Maybe it was a dream that the children and I... disappeared?"
Yan Shixu's body suddenly stiffened again.
The head buried in her neck suddenly raised up, and his bloodshot eyes were full of shock.
She...she actually knew?!
Wen Li'er met his astonished gaze, her eyes clear and gentle, with a soothing power.
She raised her hand and stroked his still pale cheek, wiping away the cold sweat on his temples with her fingertips.
"You see, I 'disappeared' with the children, just like in your dream."
"But we are back and stand before you in good health."
"A nightmare is just a nightmare, Axu. No matter how terrible it is, it is just an illusion. We are all here, truly by your side, and no one can take us away."
She turned her head, her eyes sweeping across the guards who were still standing tensely around her, then returned to Yan Shixu's face, her voice filled with a kind of insight and soothingness that came from someone who had seen through the world:
"Because you care too much and are afraid of losing us, you want to hold us tightly in your hands, wishing you could always keep an eye on us and protect us under your wings."
"But Ah Xu, life is full of gatherings and separations, and the unexpected is unpredictable. Just like the fireworks just now, who could have predicted it? Even if you set up a tight net, there will always be moments that you can't catch."
“Instead of living like a frightened bird, constantly seeing snakes in the cup, and being tormented by those empty fears…it’s better to believe.”
"I believe that no matter what we go through, no matter how long we are apart, as long as we care about each other, just like the flying Kongming lantern will eventually land, just like the water in the moat will eventually return to the sea... we will always find a way back to each other."
Wen Li'er's voice was like a trickle of water, bringing warm comfort and clear truth, slowly flowing into Yan Shixu's heart that was dry and cracked due to fear.
She made him face his fear by "disappearing" and reappearing with her and her child, giving him the most direct and powerful proof.
Nightmares are fake.
Fear can be overcome.
They will always be by his side.
Yan Shixu stared blankly at her gentle yet resolute eyes, then looked at Tiantian, who was safe and sound in his arms, curiously grasping his clothes with her little hands, and then looked around at Xiaoxiao Miaomiao, who was snuggling tightly with them...
The nightmare that had been haunting him for over a month and nearly driving him crazy finally came to an end in this real embrace and his wife's clear words...
Just like ice and snow exposed to the sun, it began to melt and disappear little by little.
Yan Shixu's tense jawline finally relaxed, his tightly pursed lips trembled slightly, and finally turned into a long sigh that was filled with endless fatigue yet relief.
"Li'er is right...it's me...who was mistaken..."
Since waking up from the nightmare, he has been worried all the time.
He was worried that the seeds of disaster had already been planted somewhere he had not yet noticed, which would lead to the tragic ending in his dream.
So he was extremely nervous, trying to prevent this disaster.
But Li'er is right.
Even though he had laid a tight net, there were moments that he could not see.
It’s better to believe that people in this world will meet again after separation.
No matter what they have been through, no matter how long they have been apart, as long as they care about each other in their hearts, they can find a way back to each other.
Just like in a nightmare, they have all become tablets.
But in this world, they are together again.
Tiantian was even able to... find them in that way and return to them.
Even though I'm leaving temporarily now.
But maybe one day, at some point, he will come back.
At this moment, Yan Shixu really smiled, and his smile was as warm as usual.
He nuzzled Wen Li'er's neck and asked, "Li'er, am I stupid?"
Wen Li'er shook her head, stood on tiptoe, and kissed his cheek.
She said firmly, "Your Majesty is not stupid. If I had the same nightmare as Your Majesty, I would definitely feel the same."
"Just as Your Majesty cares about me and the children, I also care about Your Majesty and the children."
"But that fear itself proves what Your Majesty and I possess now."
"I feel very happy. No matter what happens in the future, at least at this moment, at least before this, I am happy. Is Your Majesty the same as me?"
Yan Shixu nodded again: "Yes, I feel very happy too. Having Li'er and the children is the greatest blessing in my life."
The two smiled at each other, and the lights of thousands of homes flowed like a river behind them.
And the lamp in their hearts has been quietly lit, enough to illuminate every journey home in the long years to come.
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