"Master, Yao'er misses you so much," the little bandit girl said, nestled in Shang Xiye's arms, her small hands tightly embracing him, her mind hazy.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Shang Xiye slowly opened her eyes and saw a cave dwelling that was kept extremely simple.
The cave has stone cabinets carved into three sides to hold various items, including bottles, jars, and special wooden boxes.
The air was filled with the aroma of medicinal pills.
"Master, Yao'er can't sleep. Can you tell Yao'er a story?" A slight movement and a little girl's sweet, clear voice came from her arms.
Shang Xiye looked down and saw a cute little girl, who was curled up and nestled in his arms, looking exceptionally well-behaved.
The little girl's clear, watery phoenix eyes were wide open, reflecting his current appearance.
His appearance hadn't changed much, except that his long hair, which had always been tied in a topknot, now cascaded down like satin, with only two strands tied behind his head from his ears, seemingly fastened with jade-colored ribbons.
The jade-colored hair ribbon draped over her long hair from her shoulder, and the little girl wrapped it around her delicate fingers, rubbing and playing with it.
Seeing that the girl's features resembled his own wife's by six or seven points, Shang Xiye instantly knew who she was.
She was the previous incarnation of the young wife, Yun Yao.
But when he and his young wife were sucked into the celestial palace, they were clearly bound together tightly with silk ribbons.
"How come..." Shang Xiye got up in confusion, wanting to see if his little wife was nearby.
The little girl in his arms was tightly gripping the hairband, and she sat up with him as well.
"Master, what's wrong? Are you upset that Yao'er is disturbing your sleep?" The little girl stared with her innocent big eyes, her face full of willfulness, "Even if I disturb you, I still want to hear a story," because she knew that her master always spoiled her.
The cave was quiet, with the luminous pearl on the ceiling casting a soft glow.
There was no one else besides him and the little girl.
Shang Xiye slowly withdrew his gaze and landed on the little girl's delicate and adorable chubby face:
Could it be that the young wife has also reverted to her previous life appearance, and this young girl is the young wife?
Perhaps because he hadn't responded to her request for a while, the little girl pouted in dissatisfaction, her clear phoenix eyes welled up with tears, and she grabbed his hand with her chubby little hand and shook it coquettishly, calling out to him in a soft, tearful voice, "Master..."
Hearing her sweet, delicate voice, Shang Xiye's heart softened instantly.
Even though he hadn't figured out what was going on, his little wife was still his little wife in her past life;
How could he bear to see her suffer?
Tell a story... well, let's tell a story then, even though he's never told one before.
"Alright, then, tell Yao Yao a story about cleverly defeating the Nanli Kingdom." Shang Xiye hugged the little girl tightly in his arms, his deep voice like a slowly playing cello, and began to tell the story of how he devised a plan to capture the cunning and unpredictable Grand Tutor of the Nanli Kingdom and destroy Nanli.
The little girl tilted her head back, staring at Shang Xiye with a look of suspicion.
Shang Xiye couldn't hold back any longer under the little girl's bright yet suspicious gaze, and asked, "What's wrong, Yaoyao? Do you not like this story?"
"It sounds nice, but..." The little girl's big eyes were filled with even deeper doubt: "Is Master still half asleep, or is his brain all tangled up?"
Shang Xiye: "..."
The little girl's words sounded strongly contemptuous.
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