Xiaoyu has lived for hundreds of thousands of years and has seen too many things. Xiaoyu doesn't want Zhou Yuanyuan to be hurt because of her before she grows up.
With Xiaoyu's reminder, the Chaos Pearl went into stealth mode the moment it saw Hu Sanniang. While the Chaos Pearl was somewhat unruly, it was also sensible. Although Xiaoyu's strength was compromised, the contract between Xiaoyu and Zhou Yuanyuan was stronger than the Chaos Pearl's. To a certain extent, Xiaoyu could control the Chaos Pearl.
When Hu Sanniang's spirit left the trial world, Su Niang's body collapsed. Without Hu Sanniang's spirit, Su Niang would have died long ago.
Zhou Yuanyuan ordered the Chaos Pearl to build a tomb for Su Niang. Su Niang's plight reminded Zhou Yuanyuan of her past life. They were both equally cowardly and tortured. The difference was that Su Niang never defied fate until her death, while Zhou Yuanyuan, initially numb, eventually managed to escape her violent home. Even her tragic death by jumping from a building was another way for Zhou Yuanyuan to defy her fate.
The trial world is controlled by the Chaos Pearl. After Zhou Yuanyuan gave the order, Pearl immediately built a grave for Su Niang and placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the grave.
Zhou Yuanyuan nodded with satisfaction before stepping out of the cultivation world.
When Zhou Yuanyuan opened her eyes again, she saw Zhao Yunxiang's haggard face.
Zhao Yunxiang was sitting on a chair in front of the bed, staring out the window in a daze. It was already winter, and the paulownia tree outside the window still had a few half-yellow leaves, rustling in the cold wind.
Zhao Yunxiang was originally neither fat nor thin, with smooth, supple skin and no wrinkles on her face. The Zhao Yunxiang Zhou Yuanyuan saw now had lost over ten pounds, her large almond-shaped eyes appeared even larger, and a few fine crow's feet appeared at the corners of her eyes. Zhao Yunxiang was lost in thought, her face showing a mixture of grief and indignation, and a touch of melancholy.
"Mom." The moment she saw Zhao Yunxiang, Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but burst into tears. What a close call! She really thought she would never see her mother, grandfather and other relatives again in this life.
"Yuanyuan, are you awake?" Zhao Yunxiang turned her head and asked her daughter cautiously. These days, Zhao Yunxiang even dreamed that Zhou Yuanyuan had woken up, but unfortunately, when she woke up, she found out it was just a dream.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Zhou Yuanyuan felt that she was too willful. If she hadn't insisted on leaving Zhou Xi and going to Jiyun Mountain, so many things wouldn't have happened. Except for Zhao Qingshan, no one else in the family knew about Zhou Yuanyuan's cultivation. Once you enter the immortal world, it's like entering a deep sea. People who practice immortality often have their souls leave their bodies and lie in bed like a living dead. Ordinary people would think something terrible had happened. Looking at the green shadows under Zhao Yunxiang's eyes, you can imagine that she has been suffering a lot during this period.
In the first few days after Zhou Yuanyuan was sent back, Zhao Yunxiang was still thinking that when the little girl woke up, she would definitely give her a good beating. Who told her to go wherever there was danger?
As time passed, Zhou Yuanyuan still didn't wake up. Zhao Yunxiang thought that as long as Yuanyuan woke up, she would definitely not beat the child. At most, she would say a few words to her and ask her to be more careful next time and not to go wherever there was a commotion.
Zhao Yunxiang didn't know when it started, but she thought that as long as her daughter could wake up, it would be fine. She was just a little girl, so even if she was a little naughty, it was not a big deal. As long as the child woke up, she, as a mother, would definitely not say a word against the child.
So, it's said that parents are the most compassionate people in the world. The punishment Zhou Yuanyuan was supposed to receive had been completely eroded by Zhao Yunxiang's daily worry. All that was left in Zhao Yunxiang's heart was worry and worry.
Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan finally awake, and hearing her say "I'm sorry," Zhao Yunxiang felt her eyes warm up, and she couldn't utter a single word of blame. Her daughter was fine, and that was better than anything else.
"Mom, what's wrong? Did someone bully you?" Zhou Yuanyuan panicked when she saw Zhao Yunxiang crying. She didn't know how much time had passed since she was unconscious, and her father was still on the battlefield. Could something have happened to him? Or was it his great-grandfather?
"It's okay. Mom is so happy to see you wake up." Zhao Yunxiang couldn't help but burst into laughter when she saw her daughter's anxious look. This child, she hasn't recovered yet, and she's already worrying about others.
"Mom, how long have I been unconscious? Is Dad back? Are my brother and great-grandfather and the others okay? Did anything happen at home? Where are my grandpa and uncle?" Zhou Yuanyuan didn't care about anything else and asked everything she wanted to know.
"You child, you have been a worrywart since childhood." Zhao Yunxiang said in a surprised tone. Seeing her daughter looking at her eagerly, she told Zhou Yuanyuan what had happened during this period.
Zhao Yunxiang knew Zhou Yuanyuan's personality. If she didn't tell her now, the little girl might get up and ask someone else later. She might as well satisfy Zhou Yuanyuan's curiosity and let her stay in bed for a while longer.
Zhao Yunxiang started talking and rambled on for over an hour before she finally gave a rough outline of what was going on at home.
The more Zhou Yuanyuan listened, the more annoyed she became. While she was unconscious, someone still wanted her body? Wanted to use her for experiments? Did she think her life was too long?
Zhao Yunxiang felt that the temperature in the room seemed to drop many degrees in an instant. She was afraid that her daughter would be cold, so she quickly got up and closed the window. After sitting back next to Zhou Yuanyuan, she helped Zhou Yuanyuan tuck in the quilt before continuing.
From Zhao Yunxiang's narration, Zhou Yuanyuan smelled a scent of conspiracy.
Zhao Yunxiang assumed General Zhou had gone to a meeting, which was why he'd been missing for days. And then there was Dean Hao, who clearly knew his condition couldn't be shared with outsiders, yet somehow managed to pull out a doctor of medicine from nowhere to take over the treatment? And then there was... General Zhou's sudden appearance at Renhe Hospital with two guards. Everything about this was filled with suspicion.
From what Zhao Yunxiang said, Zhou Yuanyuan vaguely pieced together the truth of the whole matter: someone was targeting their Zhou family.
Zhao Yunxiang didn’t know that Zhou Yuanyuan had already guessed most of the truth. She just felt that the room was getting colder and colder, and she couldn’t help but sneeze.
Zhou Yuanyuan was awakened from her anger by Zhao Yunxiang's sneeze and restrained her murderous aura.
Zhao Yunxiang was completely oblivious to all this and continued to babble, "I don't know which wicked man cut off the phone line at your grandfather's house. I don't think that doctor is a good person. I can't find your grandfather and his family for help."
Zhao Yunxiang was still terrified at this. If she hadn't thought about it more and more, and called back to the old house, and Ouyang Xin hadn't just happened to rush back to Kyoto, she and her daughter might have been detained in the hospital by that strange doctor.
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