The day before the heart-protecting fruit matured, Xuan Ye and Bai Yu rushed to Ignorance Mountain early to investigate the situation.

After returning from Shikong Mountain, Xuan Ye did not mention in front of me what the result of his request to see the Emperor of Heaven was, and he did not even reveal a single word about what happened in those two days.

I guess the result is probably not very good.

That's why he didn't want to speak out and asked me to worry with him.

This Xuan Ye is always so meticulous... He likes to break his teeth and swallow things in his stomach, and he doesn't want to spit it out with others.

How many blows and oppressions did he endure when he was young to become what he is now...

At night, Shanshan kept bowing her head and clasping her hands in front of a portrait of Guanyin, chanting and praying, "Avalokitesvara, Tathagata, Buddha, Eighteen Arhats, Twenty-eight Stars, and Nine Heavens Gods, I beg you to bless the Dragon King and the White Tiger Mountain God."

Have a smooth journey, get twice the result with half the effort, achieve success immediately, and have good luck!

My Ranran has never done anything bad in her life. She and Lord Long are the best people in the world. She should not have a short life and die at a young age! Please, please open your eyes and let Long

The prince brought everything back smoothly! I will kowtow to you, make offerings to you, and burn many tributes to you!

Please, please! Even if I have to give twenty years of my life to Ranran, I am willing!"

After hearing this, I walked to her helplessly, stretched out my hand to hold her hand, and scolded her funnyly: "Forget it, vows are not made easily. Even if you dare to give me your life, I don't dare to take it."

...I'm afraid your brother will hate me to death."

"So what!" She held my finger with her backhand and turned around and said excitedly: "I have the best relationship with you. Apart from him, you are like my sister. You are my relative and the closest to me! Don't say that.

It’s time to share Yangshou, even if I give you half of my life, I, Song Shanshan, won’t even blink!”

"Okay, I know, I know that you are my best friend and love me the most. But, if it were that easy, Xuan Ye and Bai Yu wouldn't have traveled all the way to Mount Shishi to pick something bad.

The heart-protecting fruit I got... Everything is fate, and now I can only resign myself to fate."

She was afraid that I would think too much, so she anxiously took my other hand into her palm and comforted her with a trembling voice:

"It will be fine, it will be fine Ranran, you are so obedient, so kind, and have accumulated so many merits in the past. God will see that you are devoted to good deeds, have never done anything bad, and have saved so many dead souls for the underworld."

I'll show you some mercy, show mercy, and be merciful!"

I pretended to be relaxed and nodded, pursed my lips and smiled at her: "Well, I accept your good advice."

Raising one hand, I pushed away the sweaty hair on her forehead with my fingertips. I smiled softly and said, "Fool, you have been with me the longest along the way. I used to guard you and worry about you, but now

, it would be you who would guard me and be worried and scared for me... I feel so relieved to have you as my friend in this life."

"We have agreed that we will get married together, have children together, and our children will be married in the future! We will grow old together..."

"If given the chance, we will definitely grow old together and take care of ourselves together."

"We want to be good friends for life!"

I nodded lightly: "Yeah, for a lifetime."

Shanshan calmed down a little, let go of my hand, and continued to chant some good words toward the Guanyin statue to pray for blessings.

A few minutes later, many sky lanterns suddenly rose in the night sky outside the window. The sky lanterns were like stars, dotted on the silent and deep sky.

Shanshan and I rushed to the balcony to look at the lights, only to find that my mother and the servants at home were setting up blessing lights downstairs——

Small words were written on the lamp with a calligraphy pen, all of which were words praying to God to bless his daughter and get through the difficult times smoothly.

Watching the Yingying lights slowly flying past my eyes, my originally peaceful heart suddenly felt a few ripples of bitterness.

"Except for Xuan Ye, I owe my parents the most in my life. I never grew up beside my two elders. I failed to fulfill my obligation to accompany them, and I never expressed filial piety to them. I had no chance to participate in their past, but

In the few days left, they were worried and worried about me.

My mother prayed to God every day to help me survive this disaster. Even when I took a nap for a long time, her eyes were red and she was worried that something had happened to me.

Although my dad is not good at words or expressing his sincerity, I also know that he will always look at me quietly from a distance, always secretly paying attention to whether there is anything unusual about me.

Although he has gone to work at the company as usual these days, the secretary next to him told me that he is always absent-minded and has a tired face, as if he has something stuck in his chest and can't vent it...

He rarely smoked or drank alcohol in the past, but these days he was always smoking. Every time his secretary came in to report on work, he would take away an ashtray of cigarette butts.

If I had known now, I should not have recognized them in the first place... My daughter always makes them sad and uncomfortable. If we don't recognize each other, they will just think that I am dead, and they will not be so painful..."

Shanshan held my hand and retorted: "That's not what I said. Which parents don't worry about their children? If we didn't recognize each other at the beginning, then Uncle Bai and Mom would regret it for the rest of their lives.

Even if he is in trouble in the future, he will not be able to rest in peace because he has not found his daughter.

We recognized each other, now at least they can be with you in this difficult time.

It’s better to send someone with white hair to someone with black hair than to live or die without knowing it.”

After saying that, she took my hand and put it on her belly, and said to me with bright eyes: "I have good news for you, I have a little fox."

"You have one?" I was shocked and asked in disbelief: "You have been married to Song Muzhou for less than three months...how come you have a little fox?!"

Song Shanshan touched her belly with satisfaction, and Chunfeng said proudly: "Hmm, what do you think? Do you think I will be as dissatisfied as you?"

I:"……"

"Actually, since we told you last time that we wanted to throw away those drugs, we have stopped taking any measures.

At first, he was quite resistant, fearing that something would happen to him, but later he couldn't stand my insistence, so he took medicine and got close to me.

But I secretly changed his medicine to vitamins.

He didn't know about it, and he was... well, he was rather unscrupulous the first few times, and then he became more and more addicted, so it is reasonable to have a little fox."

After listening to her happy words, I said nothing: "Then you are pregnant, does your brother know?"

She nodded happily: "The test came out this morning, and he is very happy. I found that it's not that he doesn't want children, he really likes children, but he is reluctant to let me give birth to him, because he is afraid of hurting my body."

I listened with envy. "Normal men and women will conceive children very quickly after they have sex... Even you have a child, but there is no news from my side. Xuan Ye and I have been together for half a year...

It seems that there is something wrong with my body."

Song Shanshan patted the back of my hand and comforted me: "That's not necessarily true. Ever since my brother and I restored the bloodline of the Fox Clan, my brother has also said that it is difficult for immortals to conceive heirs. It's just that our Fox Clan is naturally blessed with many children and is easy to raise.

Therefore, the speed of conceiving babies is faster than that of the nearby Earth Immortals.

Your Dragon King is a dragon, and dragons are rare species in this world. It will definitely not be easy for you to have a little dragon."

"You mean, my lack of news for so long has something to do with Xuan Ye's race? But in mythology, there seem to be quite a lot of dragon cubs. Isn't there a legend about dragons giving birth to nine sons?"

Song Shanshan sighed and said: "The reason why the dragon gave birth to nine sons is because the nine sons have nine mothers. Your Dragon King does not have nine wives, and the lifespan of the Dragon God is very long. Then the nine mothers of the nine sons

You also followed the Dragon God for hundreds of years before giving birth to a cub. How long have you been following the Dragon Lord... Why are you so anxious?

It’s totally fine for you to have children a few years later. Anyway, I think it’s good to have a sister-brother relationship. At worst, my daughter will suffer more in the future.”

"..." This Shanshan, what are you thinking about all day long...

In the past, there was no rush.

But now...

I can't guess my ending, let alone how long I have left to live. What if... I don't pick the heart-protecting fruit...

I have to leave something for him...

——

The next day, in the evening, it suddenly started pouring rain.

There was lightning and thunder, the rain was noisy, and it kept falling...

I stood blankly in front of the large grandfather clock in the main hall on the first floor, listening to the clanging sound of the pendulum swinging, and watching the second hand on the clock dial rotating round and round.

From seven o'clock, to nine o'clock, to half past ten.

The passage of time seems to have predicted the answer to me...

The heart-protecting fruit is probably gone.

When the grandfather clock rang the eleventh bell, I suddenly smiled bitterly...

"Ranran." My mother, who was waiting with me, woke up from the sofa. She stood up in a panic, holding on to the armrest, and looked at me with concern: "My child..."

Shanshan also came out of Song Muzhou's arms holding a glass of milk, sat up straight and cast a worried look at me. "What's wrong, what's wrong Ranran!"

I stared at the second hand on the clock dial with dull eyes. In an instant, my face burst into tears, "No, I don't want anything. Xuan Ye, come back, please come back, Xuan Ye..."

Shanshan still couldn't figure out the situation: "What happened to Lord Dragon?"

Song Muzhou closed his eyes and sighed: "The time when the heart-protecting fruit is ripe has passed. It has been three hours. If you haven't come back yet, something must have happened. After picking the heart-protecting fruit, you must take it within an hour. Now,

It's already timed out... Longjun Xuan Ye hasn't come back yet, probably because he can't accept the fact and doesn't dare to face Miss Bai."

"The heart-protecting fruit...is gone?" My mother was so excited that she couldn't even breathe. She closed her eyes and fainted.

"Yayun, Yayun!" My dad was so frightened that he quickly stood up to catch my mother's body and called anxiously, "Yayun! Wake up, wake up!"

"Mother Bai..."

I really didn't have the energy to pay attention to the chaos in the room anymore, so I stood blankly in front of the grandfather clock for a long time.

Suddenly, the Bana flower ring on my hand lit up.
Chapter completed!