"Xiaoxiao, you really are my child..." Feng Guang cried tears of joy, hugging the little girl tightly. "When I left, you were so small... I was so reluctant to leave you..."
"You...you really are my mother?" Xiaoxiao suddenly choked up. "Then why haven't you come to see me for so long? Father doesn't care about me, do you not like me either?"
"No... I had no choice but to do it, Xiaoxiao. Believe me, I never intended to abandon you and your father. I will explain the reasons to you slowly later. Now, can you tell me about your father's condition?"
Xiaoxiao stared at her for a long time, but she could not see any deception or lies in her eyes. In the past, she would look at her with loving eyes, and now, her love had not diminished, but there was more of the tenderness a mother would have for her daughter.
Perhaps it was the innate attraction of blood ties that led Xiaoxiao to choose to believe.
"Father..." Xiaoxiao leaned on Fengguang's shoulder and sobbed, "He's been ignoring me more and more lately. He always stays in his room and won't let anyone in. I thought Father didn't want to see me, so... that's why I thought I should go out and find Mother and bring her back. That way Father will be happier and won't stay cooped up in his room."
The child's innocent words melted Feng Guang's heart like a still pond. "Now that Xiaoxiao has found her mother, can she take her mother to see her father?"
"Mother is willing to come back with me!" Xiaoxiao raised her head again, looking overjoyed. She had thought that since her mother had been gone for so long, she definitely wouldn't want to leave with her.
Feng Guang kissed her cheek. "Wherever Xiaoxiao is, I'll be there too. Let's go see your father together. I'll ask him to come out of the house and play with Xiaoxiao, okay?"
"Okay!" Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly and immediately shook the bell hanging from her waist. All the snacks she had accumulated in the bell fell out at once. Finally, she picked out a brown wooden token from the pile of snacks. "Mommy, this is my token to go home. The ghost uncle guarding the gate said that as long as I take out this token, he will open the gate to pick me up."
The scenery is uncertain, "Open the door... to pick you up?"
"Yes, this is what I agreed on with my uncle." Xiaoxiao didn't understand why her mother was acting so strangely. She held the wooden sign in front of her eyes and shook it. "Uncles, Xiaoxiao has found her mother. Please open the door and take me home."
As the child's innocent words fell, a strange movement suddenly occurred in the air. Centered on the spot where Feng Guang and Xiao Xiao were standing, a circle of black mist appeared beneath their feet. A large red door in the dark room slowly opened, and as the wind and sand moved, two pairs of skeletal hands reached out. One pair of skeletal hands grabbed Feng Guang's feet, and the other pair grabbed Xiao Xiao's feet, dragging the two inside.
In an instant, the door closed, and everything returned to normal.
Who could have imagined that the Gate of Hell, said to open only once every seven hundred years, would be opened as an exception just because of a little girl's words!?
Shang Baizi closed her jaw in shock and looked at Xuan Qingzi, who was dozing off beside her. "Master... my junior sister and your grand-disciple have fallen into the Ghost Realm. Shouldn't you show some concern?"
"Hmm..." Xuan Qingzi opened his eyes and let out a steady groan.
Just when Shang Baizi felt that his master was still reliable, he heard his master say again, "It's time for your afternoon nap."
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