With a "ding" sound, a needle collided with the dagger that was stabbing at Lan Minhang, followed by Bai Li's figure, which quickly fell in front of Lan Yu and Lan Minhang. At the same time, when everyone focused their attention on Bai Li who suddenly appeared, Xiao Mu got into the carriage and pushed Zhao Lanxi out with one palm. Bai Li saw Zhao Lanxi being pushed out by the palm wind, reached out and grabbed Zhao Lanxi's arm, turned around, and sent Zhao Lanxi into Lan Yu's arms, then reached out and tapped Zhao Lanxi's chest and back twice. Zhao Lanxi took a deep breath and was able to move immediately.
"Mother, are you my mother?" Lan Yu looked at the person in his arms who looked exactly like him. He couldn't believe that his mother was still alive. The person who everyone told him was dead since he was a child was still alive.
"Yes, I am my mother, my Yu'er, my Yu'er!" Zhao Lanxi's voice was so gentle that it could squeeze out water. Now it was accompanied by sobs, which made people's hearts tremble even more when listening to it.
Lan Yu and Zhao Lanxi hugged each other and cried. Lan Minxing was stunned by the sudden appearance of Bai Li. Was it Xiao Li? No way, how could it be possible? When he pulled her out of the Yan River, she was already a pile of bones.
"Xiao Li? You are Xiao Li? You are not dead?" Suddenly Bai Han's voice sounded excitedly. Bai Li didn't look at him but just played with the Bai Xiao in her hand.
"Xiao Li is dead, and I am just Bai Li now." Bai Li stood there, facing her former brother and former lover. So many years have passed, and it turns out that her heart is not as calm as she thought.
"Xiao Li?" Lan Minxing suddenly looked up at Bai Li. It was as if after Bai Han called out that, Lan Minxing immediately determined that the person in front of him was Bai Li, almost without a doubt.
When he looked at Bai Li again, Lan Minxing's eyes were no longer filled with doubt. Why wasn't it her? Although nearly ten years had passed, she was still the same, dressed in white and holding a white jade flute. Lan Minxing looked at Bai Li, and everything he thought he had forgotten before, scene by scene, reappeared in his mind.
The first time he saw her, she was almost killed by her training partner. Later, he took her with him, taught her music, swordsmanship and internal strength, and then she danced with the sword while he played the piano or the flute.
What happened next? Oh! She became a saint, and his father told him there was no chance for them to be together again. If he didn't want her to die, he must never see her again. He agreed, and from then on they lived in the palace, but she never left the Saint's Palace again. They spent ten years together, separated by a gap. He played the piano and flute outside the palace, while she practiced swordplay and martial arts inside.
Later he got married. After enduring lovesickness for ten years, he didn't want to endure it any longer on this day, so he sneaked away to the Holy Maiden Temple. In that sacred and inviolable place in the entire Ye Nan Kingdom, they got married.
Later, she became pregnant. When she was five months pregnant, no matter how hard she tried to hide it, someone discovered it. She was dragged out of the Holy Maiden Temple and hit on the stomach with a wooden stick on the altar. The fully grown child fell from between her legs. It was their child, but he could only be fixed there. No matter how angry he was or how he screamed, he could not move or make a sound.
Later, she was drowned in the Yan River by someone putting a stone on her foot. He was imprisoned for a year and then released. He went to look for her. The crescent jade pendant he gave her was hanging on a skeleton. How could it be that Xiaoli was still alive?
Lan Minxing stood up and walked towards Bai Li. He wanted to confirm whether it was his Xiaoli and whether Xiaoli was really still alive.
But after taking a few steps, Xiao Mu quickly jumped to Bai Li's side and blocked his way. "She is not the Xiaoli you think. Your Xiaoli is dead. The living one is my A'li." Xiao Mu's words were loud and clear, leaving no room for doubt.
"High Priest Bai, I've taken these three people away. They're the ones my disciple asked me to protect. So, I'm sorry, I can only apologize to you." Bai Li hadn't even looked at them. She didn't know how to face them: lover? Brother? Rival? But when she and her child were killed, neither her brother nor her lover had helped her.
This time, she had been thinking all the way back, is it necessary to ask that question? She had no answer all the way, but just now, when she saw Lan Minhang trying to commit suicide, she suddenly didn't want to ask. Love or not, so many years have passed, and she no longer cares that much. At first, after her injury healed, she didn't dare to ask. The longer the time went, the more she didn't dare to go back to Ye Nan. This time, on the way back, Bai Li truly felt what it meant to be homesick.
This place where she was born and raised also made her truly experience what it means to live a life worse than death.
"Sister Bai Li, will I take them away? Oh, Xiao Mu, protect Sister Bai Li, I'll be waiting for you in front." With the help of Xiao Hang, Yan Guqi got Lan Yu and Zhao Lanxi into the carriage.
Suddenly, the Ye Nan Royal Guards standing nearby drew their swords and pointed them at them. "Xiao Li, you can take anyone with you, including Lan Minhang. I don't care, but you can't take Xi'er with you. She's the apple of my eye. I can't live without her."
"High Priest, I can't make the decision on this. It depends on her own wishes. If she must leave, I will protect her and let her go. If she wants to stay, I won't stop her. So, you can ask her yourself." Bai Li gestured to Yan Guqi to lift the curtain of the car.
The car curtain was lifted, revealing two identical faces, but one still looked childish, while the other still had charm.
Zhao Lanxi patted Lan Yu's hand, got out of the car, and made a decision that no one could have imagined. She slowly walked up to Bai Han, then reached out and hugged Bai Han, "Brother Han, I'll go back with you. Can Yu'er come to see me anytime?"
Bai Han hugged Zhao Lanxi tightly and said, "Yes, Yu'er can come whenever she wants in the future. This is still her home. I won't make things difficult for her anymore."
"No, mother, no, I don't want our family to be separated again." Lan Yu hurriedly jumped out of the car and ran towards Zhao Lanxi, but was stopped by Lan Minxing.
"Father, that's my mother. No, our family can't be separated anymore. I always thought my mother was dead. It took me a long time to find out that she is still alive. I can't be separated from her, father!" Lan Yu burst into tears. She didn't understand why her mother didn't want to be with her.
Zhao Lanxi patted Bai Han, "Brother Han, I'll go talk to Yu'er!"
Then Zhao Lanxi walked back to Lan Yu and hugged her in her arms. "My dear Yu'er, it's not that I don't love you. Although you haven't seen me these years, I have always been by your side. Whether in Silver Moon City or Medicine Valley, I have always been by your side. Your Uncle Bai didn't imprison me. I know where you go and everything that happens to you. It's just that I can't meet you."
"Mother, please don't abandon me and father. Can we stay together as a family? I don't want us to be separated again!" Lan Yu couldn't accept it. She didn't know about their elders' affairs. She only knew that their family should be together.
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