Ji Xiaoxiao chuckled a few times and said, "They say that once someone is dead, their promises are useless. Kid, you should face reality. Your mother... is dead, as dead as can be."
Ji Xiaoxiao didn't intend to deceive Liao Kongmin, so she painstakingly fabricated a beautiful but illusory lie to cheer him up. Perhaps she'd tell him some nonsense like her mother hadn't died, but had transformed into a star, watching over Xiaobao from heaven. By then, in this era of cataclysmic upheaval and annihilation, stars wouldn't even twinkle; seeing the sun in broad daylight would be a luxury.
"Mommy isn't dead, no, no, you're a liar, you're lying to Xiaobao."
Whether it's true or false, time and facts will prove everything.
Ji Xiaoxiao crossed her arms and smiled as she watched Liao Kongmin act unreasonably.
Adults sometimes need to speak frankly and directly to children.
Liao Kongmin, though small, was bright-eyed and quick-witted. He instinctively felt that he shouldn't throw a tantrum at Ji Xiaoxiao. He twitched his neck and looked at Ji Xiaoxiao pitifully and silently.
From that day on, Ji Xiaoxiao would spend her days bickering with Liao Kongmin, and at night she would sneak out of the ward and silently set up a temporary base in this small city.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the era of cataclysmic changes and ultimate destruction is only two days away.
Ji Xiaoxiao has been extremely busy lately, and accidentally returned to the ward three hours later than usual.
"Waaaaah..."
As soon as Ji Xiaoxiao reached the door of the ward, she heard Liao Kongmin's heart-wrenching cries.
Damn it, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog! Who bullied my little brat!
Ji Xiaoxiao kicked open the ward door, hands on her hips, her expression twisted with anger.
"Who? Who bullied my little brat? Step forward, or I'll beat them to death later."
In the ward, Liao Kongmin was being subdued by two nurses, while the doctor beside him had a helpless expression frozen on his face.
Uh, what's going on?
Standing at attention and at ease, Ji Xiaoxiao stood with her legs together, hands behind her back, whistling seriously.
"Oh, Miss He, it's so good to see you back."
The doctor must have immense respect and reliance on Ji Xiaoxiao, since he even used the formal "you" (您).
Ji Xiaoxiao nodded. "There have been some things going on at home lately."
After offering a vague explanation, the doctor and nurses didn't pay much attention and quickly left the ward. Ji Xiaoxiao watched their retreating figures, wondering if there were man-eating monsters in the ward. What was with their desperate avoidance?
Ji Xiaoxiao sat on the hospital bed, gently pulled Liao Kongmin into her arms, patted his back, and whispered soothing words to him. Her movements were fluid and natural, like products from an assembly line.
Liao Kongmin, oblivious to Ji Xiaoxiao's scent, let out a loud howl of contentment.
"Where did you go? Don't you want Xiaobao anymore?" Liao Kongmin grabbed Ji Xiaoxiao's clothes tightly, saying this with snot and tears streaming down his face.
The feelings between people are hard-won and extraordinary. Some people live a peaceful and ordinary life, supporting each other in old age; some go through exciting adventures together, leaving only memories after the passion fades; and some bicker and quarrel, but develop true feelings, just like Ji Xiaoxiao and Liao Kongmin, one big and one small.
Ji Xiaoxiao doesn't dislike children; on the contrary, she genuinely likes them. It's just that Yunming's matter...
Yunming is dead. Yunming is already dead. He has been dead for a long time.
Ji Xiaoxiao shook her head and hugged Liao Kongmin tightly. "I won't leave. I promised your mother I would take care of you, and I will take good care of you."
"Really?" Liao Kongmin asked, sobbing.
"Really," Ji Xiaoxiao replied firmly.
Even after receiving Ji Xiaoxiao's assurance, Liao Kongmin was still uneasy. Lying in her arms wasn't enough; he had to hold onto her clothes tightly before he could finally fall into a deep sleep.
After resting for another day in the hospital, Ji Xiaoxiao completed the discharge procedures and took Liao Kongmin back to the small house she had carefully prepared. The house was located in a remote area, not in the city, but in a quiet little forest in the suburbs.
The cottage was two stories high, not large but not small either, and surrounded by a high wall. Ji Xiaoxiao led Liao Kongmin by the hand and walked closer step by step. A brand-new iron gate stood tall against the wind and came into view.
Ji Xiaoxiao released Liao Kongmin's hand, reached into her pocket, and took out her keys.
The two entered the new house. Ji Xiaoxiao went about her business, while Liao Kongmin sat on the sofa watching anime. They did what they were doing, and I watched my anime; their peaceful coexistence was warm and happy.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the era of cataclysmic changes and ultimate destruction has arrived.
Before the incident, Ji Xiaoxiao looked solemnly at the sky.
The azure sky was clearer and more transparent than ever before, and spiritual energy, invisible to the naked eye, surged into the sky one after another, seemingly tearing and colliding with something.
Upon arriving in this world, Ji Xiaoxiao immediately sensed its terrifyingly dense spiritual energy, an energy so rich that it would make even those in the cultivation world curse. The speed of cultivation advancement depends not only on talent but also on factors such as the density of spiritual energy.
However, things can be good or bad. The spiritual energy was so rich that it seemed almost tangible, but the violent elements mixed in with it made Ji Xiaoxiao, who was preparing to cultivate immortality, hesitate.
The spiritual energy was mixed with violent elements, like a rotten apple spoiling the whole barrel. If Ji Xiaoxiao chose to make do, accumulating violent elements over the years, one day she would either become a bloodthirsty madwoman and be killed by the Heavenly Dao, or be hindered by her inner demons and take her own life. No matter which outcome, Ji Xiaoxiao could not escape death.
For the sake of her life, Ji Xiaoxiao had no choice but to settle for second best and reluctantly began cultivating the two peerless martial arts techniques, "White Lotus Holy Technique" and "Demon Charm Path".
Although Ji Xiaoxiao did not cultivate immortality, her eyesight was extraordinary, allowing her to see the spiritual energy in the air. Through Ji Xiaoxiao's observation, the closer they got to the era of the great cataclysmic change in the world, the more dazzling the violent elements within the spiritual energy became. It seemed that the anomaly in the spiritual energy was caused by the impending great cataclysmic change in the world.
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