“Even if Xiao Yao’er doesn’t come, your own sister is already dead,” Black Owl pointed out the crux of the problem: “It’s just that Xiao Yao’er is now in place of your sister, so that you will know about your sister’s death a year later. The result is not changed.”
Ji Fengming: "..."
He knew all of this, but he still couldn't accept it; he loved Yao'er so much.
Their whole family treated Yao'er like the apple of their eye.
Despite their best efforts to protect her, she still died unexpectedly!
Seeing his reaction, Hei Xiao had no choice but to take another drastic step, saying bluntly, "Besides, Xiao Yao'er is about to leave. If you acknowledge her, you'll have a younger sister to cherish for a while. If you don't acknowledge her, she probably won't stay for long and won't bother you for long."
Upon hearing this, Ji Fengming felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart, his heart aching with each thud.
“Isn’t she incredibly skilled in alchemy, brother-in-law…” Ji Fengming paused, his voice lowering a few decibels, stubbornly insisting, “The Ninth Prince has immense power and influence. If he were truly committed to collecting medicinal herbs, he should be able to gather 100,000 herbs in three years.”
"Heh..." Black Owl chuckled sadly and shook his head, filled with deep melancholy: "I'm afraid the 100,000 she mentioned is just a rough estimate; and she probably hasn't gathered enough of the medicinal herbs she truly needs yet. That's why she's been acting so strangely lately, even thinking about finding a companion for Xiao Jiu. This means that she most likely has no confidence in gathering enough herbs for the antidote and is already preparing for her passing."
"It's that serious..." Ji Fengming's heart tightened even more.
He seemed to see again the way she called him "brother" with a bright smile all year long;
So charming and adorable, so dependent and affectionate.
“I don’t know what your younger sister was like before, but in the past year or so, the little Yao’er I’ve known is innocent, carefree, and fiercely protective of her own. If she hadn’t revealed the truth today, I would never have felt that she wasn’t part of your family.” Hei Xiao turned his head and stared intently at Ji Fengming, saying sincerely, “Fengming, let me say something you might not believe; it’s said that no one knows a daughter better than her parents. In fact, your uncle and aunt may not have been completely unaware of the differences in little Yao’er, but they haven’t shown it at all. Why do you think that is?”
Ji Fengming's crimson lips moved several times before he said softly, "Because, the Yao'er now, she... she truly loves, protects, and cares for us like family. She really, really seems to have been born into our family. We have no barriers between us."
Hei Xiao nodded, reached out and squeezed Ji Fengming's hand, and said softly, "Fengming, you've already lost a younger sister, and your parents have already lost a daughter; do you really want to watch this younger sister in front of you leave, and watch your parents experience the pain of losing a daughter again?"
Ji Fengming shook his head violently, his eyes instantly welling up with tears. He said in a sobbing voice, "I don't want to. I... I'm actually extremely reluctant to let Yao'er leave, but I really can't help her with her poison. I don't know anything about alchemy, so what can I do?"
"Let's put aside all the troubles and do our best to help Xiao Yao'er find the medicinal herbs she needs with Xiao Jiu." Hei Xiao's eyes were gentle, but his words were extremely firm: "If we still can't keep her, then we will work hard to cultivate and go to another world to find her."
Xiao Yao'er said that she was a soul transmigrated, not reincarnated, and that she would not forget us.
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