Under the candlelight, Yuheng was covered in cold sweat, his bangs were wet, and when he opened his eyes, his face was still full of fear.
Hong Xiaoduo placed the candlestick in her hand on the small table beside her and hurried forward to continue calling out softly to Yuheng.
Yuheng's gaze fell on Hong Xiaoduo's face, and she stopped screaming. But she immediately sat up and threw herself into Hong Xiaoduo's arms, wrapping her arms tightly around her waist. Her body was trembling even more violently than it had been in the afternoon.
"It's alright, it's alright, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Hong Xiaoduo gently patted the little girl in her arms.
They must have been frightened by that person who looked like a villain.
The children hadn't had nightmares for a long time, leading us to believe their emotional trauma had healed.
As a result, even just accidentally seeing someone who looks similar can still drag them back into the abyss of those terrible memories.
There were three beds in the room. Feiyan walked to Hong Xiaoduo's bedside, picked up Yaoguang who had also been awakened, and walked over to Yuheng's side.
Hong Xiaoduo had already told Feiyan about the seven children's plight, so Feiyan felt even more sorry for the seven children who had suffered even more than she had.
Seeing the sweat on Yuheng's forehead, Feiyan whispered some instructions to Yaoguang, then placed her at the foot of Yuheng's bed, pulled the blanket over her, and went to pour water.
They quickly brought over a bowl of warm water, wrung out a cotton towel, and handed it to him.
Hong Xiaoduo gently wiped Yuheng's forehead, feeling the arms around her waist loosen a little, and then slowly lowered them.
A soft knock came at the door.
Feiyan hurried over, and Quan Jinghuai, who was outside the door, heard the footsteps and anxiously asked, "What's going on?"
Feiyan was about to open the door when she suddenly remembered that she was only wearing her undergarments, as was Hong Xiaoduo inside. She quickly withdrew her hand and replied through the door, "Yuheng had a nightmare."
After a sigh of relief, Quan Jinghuai's mood turned heavy again.
"Okay, I understand." After saying that, he turned around and gestured for the other children who had also been awakened and followed him to go back.
Similarly, Tian Shu and the others also looked unwell and silently returned to their respective rooms.
Feiyan poured some warm water over, and Yuheng took a sip and said apologetically, "Thank you, Sister Feiyan."
"It's still early, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Hong Xiaoduo asked softly.
Yuheng immediately shook his head and said, "Mother, I'm not sleepy anymore. You all go to sleep. I'm fine."
Knowing that Yuheng was afraid of having nightmares after falling asleep, Hong Xiaoduo said softly, "If you can't sleep, then don't. Just lie down and chat. Move over a bit."
When she saw that Yuheng wanted to sleep with her, she wanted to say no, but her body obediently moved into the bed.
Feiyan reached out to hug Yaoguang, saying, "Come on, let's share a bed."
Feiyan originally thought Yaoguang would refuse and was thinking about how to coax her, but to her surprise, the little girl got up very sensibly and let Feiyan carry her away.
Hong Xiaoduo lay down next to Yuheng. Because it was raining and night, the temperature had dropped and it was a bit chilly, so she pulled the blanket up to cover herself.
"Mother, I've disturbed everyone," Yuheng said softly.
"It's okay, you didn't mean it. Don't overthink it. It's going to rain for the next few days, so we can't go out. We can sleep however we want," Hong Xiaoduo said with a smile.
Yuheng knew that Hong Xiaoduo was saying this to comfort him.
"Mother, are you afraid?" Yuheng asked softly after a moment.
"Of course there is, but I'm telling you, you have to keep it a secret for me." Hong Xiaoduo's voice was even softer.
Yuheng looked at her in disbelief. Even someone as powerful as her had something to fear?
Hong Xiaoduo turned slightly to the side: "Me? I'm afraid of dead people."
"Huh? What's there to be afraid of about dead people? Shouldn't we be afraid of bad people?" Yuheng couldn't understand it at all.
Hong Xiaoduo shook her head with a wry smile: "I don't know why, I'm just scared. Before, when I was scared, I would comfort myself by saying, 'It's not like I killed them, so what's there to be afraid of?'"
Later, when I encountered robbers and pirates, I lost control of my strength during the fight and actually killed someone. I comforted myself by saying that they were bad people.
But I'm still afraid.
Otherwise, why is it always your master who finishes things up?
"Oh, that's true!" Yuheng thought of the time when the bandits of Dalian Mountain killed more than ten mountain bandits and it took her many days to recover.
"Yuheng, the psychological damage that person caused you was too great and too deep, so it's normal for you to feel this way. But things are different now. You not only have me by your side, but also your master."
We're both very capable, you know that, right?
What are these mountain bandits from Dalian Mountain, or those sea pirates who give General Mu a headache? They're famous, right? They're skilled in martial arts, right? They outnumber us, right? If they run into us, they're finished.
So, that villain who abused you is nobody.
He can only bully you kids. Even if you see someone who looks like him in the afternoon, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Yuheng, let me tell you, after I brought you here and learned what he had done to you, the thing I regret most is that I didn't kill him on the spot.
So, it's not just me, even your master hopes to meet that bastard. I've even prayed to God that I could meet him.
If he dares to come looking for us, that would be exactly what your master and I want.
"If he really runs into us, we won't give him a good beating. We'll teach him a lesson and send him to meet the King of Hell." Hong Xiaoduo became more and more agitated as she spoke.
Looking at the little girl lying beside him, who had completely relaxed and whose eyes were wide open, he looked very expectant.
Hong Xiaoduo knew that her words had worked.
The children's fear of that evil man could not be dispelled simply by saying a few words of reassurance.
At this moment, Yuheng could no longer help but hope to encounter that villain, that his mother would teach him a lesson first, and then kill him.
Hong Xiaoduo didn't continue, giving Yuheng time to process what she had to say.
After a while, Yuheng turned to face Hong Xiaoduo, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The person I saw at noon not only looked very similar, but the way he looked at me was also very fierce."
He even smiled at me, a terrifying smile.
Hearing Yuheng's words, Hong Xiaoduo nodded: "Okay, I'll tell your master after dawn. Yuheng, if we really catch that bastard, I'll let you do it yourself, kick him, scratch him, and beat him. Do you dare?"
“I dare! I’ll bite him again, and I’ll bite off a few pieces of his flesh.” Yuheng immediately responded firmly.
"Sister, I dare to do it too! I'll bite you too!" Yao Guang, who had been quietly listening in Fei Yan's arms, suddenly shouted in agreement.
Pfft, not only Hong Xiaoduo and Fei Yan were amused, but even Yu Heng laughed out loud.
Only when she saw a smile on Yuheng's face did Hong Xiaoduo feel relieved. She then told them the myth of Ma Liang and his magic paintbrush, and watched Yuheng sleeping peacefully beside her.
Hong Xiaoduo, who is usually a heavy sleeper, was not sleepy at all. She had to take Yuheng's words seriously...
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