Chapter 457 I didn't expect to see you again
Winter goes and spring comes.
Another year has passed.
Bai Wutong set off with Chan'er and Yingchun.
Their first stop was Bai Wutong’s hometown.
This is the place where she lived for more than ten years, full of happy memories.
It was a deep mountain forest about three days' journey from the capital, with almost no human traces.
Bai Wutong looked at the lush greenery and smiled slightly. He took the tablet that had been prepared long ago from the carriage and said, "Chan'er, Yingchun, go to the village ahead and wait for me. I will be out in about three days."
Chan'er's face was full of worry. This place looked very dangerous. There might be wild beasts or something like that in there. More importantly, there was no path that anyone had walked out of, which proved that even the nearby villagers would not come here. "My queen, there is not even a single person in this place. You'd better not go there. It's too dangerous."
They didn't know why Bai Wutong came here and brought those two tablets with him, but since Bai Wutong didn't say anything, they naturally didn't dare to ask more.
"Just do whatever I tell you to do and wait for me in the village."
The two wanted to talk, but after Bai Wutong's look, they dared not. They could only watch her carrying a small bag, walking farther and farther away, until she finally disappeared into the dense forest.
The forest is full of greenery, with birds singing and cicadas chirping.
Bai Wutong breathed in the familiar air and couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes.
She still remembers everything here, remembers how it felt to run here, remembers her parents taking her to learn about herbs nearby...
It’s a pity... everything can’t go back.
Bai Wutong kept walking forward until he saw a familiar stream.
In the forest, only strong wild beasts are qualified to live nearby, while people like her and her father and mother can only live a little further away.
Just then, a rustling sound was heard.
A huge tiger with a hanging forehead walked out.
Bai Wutong stopped and instead of being scared, he looked surprised. "You... you're still alive?"
The big tiger had a burly figure, slightly bent, and stared at her intently.
Why can't it remember who the human in front of it is?
It doesn't even remember having any contact with humans.
This place is so deep that even the villagers nearby never dare to set foot here.
Bai Wutong's eyes were filled with tears. She thought that after so many years, the other person must have died or gone somewhere else. She didn't expect that she would see him again after so many years.
"By the way, forget that I've become a human. You definitely don't recognize me."
She raised one hand and slowly placed it above her head, from top to bottom.
This was the action she did most often in front of the big insect, and her favorite way to wash her face when she was a raccoon slave.
The big tiger looked at her, thought of something, and turned slightly.
Bai Wutong ran over without even thinking, burying half of his body in its fur.
The big tiger widened its eyes in disbelief. It was actually it!
How did it become human?
The big insect thought that the three of them had left and gone to another place, or had bad luck and died somewhere.
After all, in addition to wild beasts, there are also various poisonous insects and snakes.
"I didn't expect to see you again." Bai Wutong couldn't stop shedding tears, and said in a muffled voice, "That's great, it turned out that I was right to come back."
Da Chong just lay down and let her lie on him.
"You must want to ask me where I have been, right? My father and mother and I went to the capital, but we were captured and taken to the palace. They died. In order to avenge them, I used my future cultivation to transform into a human form, entered the palace, and became the emperor's concubine. Now I am the empress dowager. Isn't that amazing? But... I still want to come back and be with you."
The big insect couldn't speak and didn't quite understand what this meant. It knew about the imperial palace, but didn't know what a concubine or a queen mother was. However, it could feel that Bai Wutong was very sad.
The only thing it could do was to use its big claws to hold Bai Wutong in its arms.
Cried for a long time.
Bai Wutong finally raised his head, changed his posture, and lay comfortably in the arms of the big tiger, talking about his past without caring whether the other party could understand him or not.
"It's so nice here..." Bai Wutong looked up at the sky. The sunlight filtering through the gaps between the leaves looked like gems, emitting scattered light.
But the longer she looked, the sadder she felt.
All the good things that happened in the past can never be returned.
Although her life is good now, she has become the mother of the world, a queen dowager respected by everyone, and has four obedient and filial children. Everyone thinks she is the happiest person in the world, but she always remembers her identity and never regards herself as a real human being.
She should have belonged to the jungle and run freely, instead of being locked up in a wall and unable to see the green all day long.
"I'll come back to accompany you guys, okay? I'll leave after you leave."
Bai Wutong could see that Dachong was old. He was her friend here and she didn’t want to leave.
"I'll have someone build me a small wooden house here, and you can live with me, okay? I'll accompany you through the last part of the journey, and you'll accompany me through the last time here."
The big insect purred.
Bai Wutong's mood instantly improved, and he immediately stood up and said, "Come on, accompany me home to have a look. I want the tablets of my father and mother to return to their homeland."
She continued to move forward.
The big tiger followed behind with lazy steps.
With it by its side, no creature dared to harm Bai Wutong.
She successfully arrived at the home where she once lived.
Unfortunately, after so many years, this place is overgrown with weeds and there is no trace of its past.
However, she saw the hole she had dug when she was a child, and it was still there. She didn't know if it had become a cave for other creatures.
Bai Wutong squatted down, took out a small shovel from his bag, and started digging the soil.
After a long while, she buried the two tokens in it, knelt down and kowtowed, "Father and Mother, I will send you home."
…
Three days later.
Bai Wutong walked out of the forest.
Yingchun and Chan'er would come here almost every day to wait for several hours. Now that they saw that she was intact, they rushed over to check on her.
"My lady, I'm so glad you're okay."
"My lady, we were so worried about you!"
"I'm fine, right? Oh, I want to live in it. Go find some craftsmen in the nearby village and ask them to help build a wooden house. Then you can come and deliver food every seven days."
"What?" Chan'er was shocked. "My queen, you actually want to live in there. How can this be possible? You are worth a lot of money. You absolutely cannot live in a place like this!"
Yingchun was also worried. "Yes, my lady, there are wild beasts and poisonous insects everywhere in this forest. If anything happens to you, we will die!"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. If you are worried about me, then live with me. I promised a friend that I would stay here with him for the last period of time." Bai Wutong has made up his mind and will not change it no matter what.
Chan'er and Yingchun looked at each other and could only agree reluctantly.
No matter what, at least they can still stay with the Empress. If they really encounter any danger, they can take care of each other. Otherwise, they will be waiting outside, not eating well or sleeping well, and living in fear all day long. It would be better for them to go in together!
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