In my dream, there was a thick fog, and everything around me was a vast expanse of white.
Qiqi raised her hand and waved away the thick fog in front of her, trying to figure out where she was.
As the fog dissipated, Qiqi found herself standing at the entrance of a farmhouse courtyard.
The house was built with thatched roofs and surrounded by a fence. Two grapevines were planted in the corner, and the grapevines grew exceptionally lushly.
The owner of the courtyard built a pavilion, with grapevines entwining it, and a stone table placed underneath.
A person dressed in a light blue robe, with long, dark hair cascading over their shoulders, sat on a recliner with their back to Qiqi, swaying leisurely.
"Qi'er".
Just as Qiqi was about to see who it was, she heard a familiar voice calling her name from her past life.
Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, and tears welled up in her eyes: "Master!"
She toddled into the yard with her short legs, rushed into the man's arms, buried her face in his chest, and tears rolled down her cheeks, wetting his clothes.
The thin mist dissipated, revealing the person's clear and bright face.
With a smile in her eyes, she gently raised her hand to stroke Qiqi's hair: "You're such a grown-up, yet you still love to act so spoiled."
"Master, where have you been all these years? Qi'er misses you so much!" Qi Qi raised her little head, looking at the man in her memory who had a lofty and godlike temperament. Her black grape-like eyes were as red as a rabbit's. "You don't know how hard it was to manage those little brats in the sect after you left. And me, I was struck by lightning forty-nine times in order to refine the Rejuvenation Pill for you. It hurt so much."
"It's Master's fault that Qi'er has suffered!" The man still had that indifferent look, as if nothing in this world could stir his emotions, but his eyes were full of love and doting when he looked at Qi Qi. "However, Qi'er has raised your junior brothers and sisters very well. You are a qualified senior sister."
"master……"
"Alright, Master, time is running out. Listen carefully to what I'm about to say." The man stroked her head and said softly, "Once the Qian Yuan is resolved, all evils will be found. When the red returns to one place, the world will be desolate."
Qiqi asked blankly, "Master, what does that mean?"
"One day, you'll find out." The man gave her one last pitying look. "Alright, Qi'er, you should go back now."
"master……"
Qiqi wanted to ask something more, but suddenly her body felt light, and she was pulled backward by a tremendous force.
"Master, Master..."
"Qi Bao? Qi Bao, what's wrong? Qi Bao?"
Someone called her name in her ear, and Qiqi suddenly opened her eyes and sat up: "Master..."
"Qi Bao, what's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Madam Ji gently patted Qi Qi's shoulder and hugged her.
She waited for a long time but Qiqi didn't come downstairs for breakfast, and she worried that Qiqi might be feeling unwell.
When they arrived, they saw that Qiqi's face was covered in tears, and she looked very sad and pained. She kept calling out "Master" as if she were trapped in a nightmare.
Madam Ji was worried and heartbroken. This was the second time she had heard about Qi Qi's master from her.
Qiqi said that she grew up with her master, but when she was three years old, her master abandoned her at the gate of the orphanage and disappeared, never to be seen again.
Qiqi is dreaming about her now, could it be because she's remembering being abandoned back then?
Seeing the little girl's face covered in tears, Madam Ji felt as if her heart had been torn apart.
Qiqi cried uncontrollably, screaming in heart-wrenching sobs, "Master, Master, I want Master..."
"Alright, alright, Qi Bao, don't cry anymore. Mommy will immediately have your father send someone to find out where your master is, okay?" Madam Ji's heart was breaking at Qi Qi's crying. She held her little daughter and didn't know how to comfort her.
"I can't find him, I can't find Master anymore, Master is gone, Qiqi will never see Master again, waaaaah..."
Qiqi threw herself into Madam Ji's arms and cried her heart out, no matter how Madam Ji tried to comfort her, she couldn't stop.
In the end, the whole family was alarmed. The men of the Ji family tried their best, but they couldn't coax the little girl. Finally, Huo Yusen took out a sign and threw it to Huo Fei.
"Three days! I need to know Master Qiqi's whereabouts!"
Huo Fei was stunned when he saw the sign in his hand: "Young Master, this..."
"Go when I tell you to!" The little girl clearly missed her master.
Although he didn't know what that old geezer who abandoned the little girl had in mind.
But since the girl wanted to find him, he would help her find him.
However, once he finds that old geezer, he'll definitely teach him a lesson!
He hurt Qiqi so much. If he weren't Qiqi's master, and if Qiqi didn't care so much about him, he would have wanted to kill him.
When Qiqi heard that her brother Xiao Jiu was going to send someone to find their master, she finally stopped crying.
"No need, Brother Xiao Jiu," Qi Qi said, her voice choked with emotion. "Master isn't here; we won't be able to find it."
The little girl's eyes were red and swollen like peaches from crying, and her face was deathly pale. She had lost her usual liveliness and seemed listless, as if all her energy had been drained away. It was heartbreaking to see her like this.
Huo Yusen felt his heart clench. Every tear from the little girl felt like a bloody hole punched in his heart, causing him unbearable pain.
"Qiqi, don't worry, as long as this person is still alive, your brother Xiaojiu will find a way to help you find him."
The plaque he just gave to Huo Fei was given to the Huo family by a powerful figure who owed them a favor.
That person said that with this sign, whatever you ask for, he will make it happen!
Qiqi shook her head, and two more tears fell, her expression becoming even more sorrowful: "I can't find it, Brother Xiao Jiu, Master is no longer here."
Everyone understood, except for Ji Yunhan, who asked bluntly, "Gone is...?"
Ji Jinyou tugged at him, telling him to stop talking.
"What's wrong? I..." Ji Yunhan wanted to say something, but seeing his sister's sad expression, he suddenly realized what was wrong and stopped talking in frustration.
My sister's master has probably passed away, and his ghost has come looking for her, which is why she is so sad.
"It's alright, Qibao." Madam Ji gently wiped away her daughter's tears with a tissue, patted her back, and comforted her. "Mom and Dad will arrange a burial plot for Master. When Qibao misses Master, she can go to the burial plot to visit him, okay?"
Seeing that they had misunderstood, Qiqi didn't misunderstand either, and just shook her head: "No need, Mom. I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while. Mom, can you go out first?"
Seeing Qiqi's forlorn and sad appearance, Madam Ji and the others were not at ease leaving her alone.
Madam Ji asked Ji Chengfeng to take the children out first, while she stayed behind, holding Qiqi and keeping her company.
Before falling asleep, Qiqi was still thinking about asking Madam Ji to wake her up: "Mom, remember to wake me up later so I can give Xiao Jiu and Jin Su acupuncture."
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