"Let go! I'm a woman. Stop treating me like a man!" Chang Xiuying started to oust the child that started to cling more tightly. Flinging her, throwing her, and etc., she just failed to overthrow the child. She sat cross-legged on the ground with squinted eyes as she gave up.
"Thank you!"
Chang Xiuying's squinted eyes became more squinted as she heard the voice of the child sitting joyfully in her lap. She dared not to speak or react in an exaggerated way. After all, it's her first time to personally see the scene unfolding in her very eyes.
She pursed her lips before muttering, "Yep, a trap."
She coughed gently. "May I know what is it that you are thanking me for? Also, please state your name after your answer,"
"For letting me go that time, if you didn't, I would not be able to bring home some food for my younger siblings. I am Yao Yun." After answering, he clutches more tightly to Chang Xiuying.
"Can I also ask why are you clinging to me so desperately?"
"My mother told me to not let you escape from my grasp and to watch what you're doing."
The corner of Chang Xiuying's mouth twitched. 'This is not in our agreement... ah, whatever!'
She dejectedly gently rubbed Yao Yun's little head. His hair is partly white and partly black, and also as soft as cotton! Chang Xiuying immediately enjoyed rubbing Yao Yun's head, oblivious to the growing affection of the child in her lap, hugging her like there's no tomorrow.
Chang Xiuying proceeded to stroll while Yao Yun sat in her shoulders. She had this hopeless reaction while holding Yao Yun in position.
"Hey hey, I knew a good spot for eating outdoors!" Yao Yun clasped his little hands in Chang Xiuying's eyes which made her stop in her tracks,
"Alright, we'll go. Now, let go." Chang Xiuying wanted to release her hold on the child's calves but it would make the child in her shoulders fall. She just sighed and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Nope!"
"How will we get there if the pilot had his eyes close?"
"Pilot? What's that?"
"I am."
"You're the pilot?"
"It means I am the one driving."
"Driving?"
"..." Chang Xiuying narrowed down her eyes. 'Oh, forgot.'
"You see, if you didn't take your hands off of my eyes, we would not be able to get there since I am the one carrying you."
"I see! You, the pilot, will be driving us there!" Yao Yun kicked his legs excitedly and Chang Xiuying coughed a few times because his short legs hit her stomach.
"Yes, yes. Well then, take your hands off."
"Nope!" Yao Yun smiled brightly as he hugged Chang Xiuying's head.
"Oh... are you implying that we were going to the place you know by following your instruction blindly?" Chang Xiuying thumped her right hand over her left hand. Since Yao Yun is firmly clutching in her head, she is no longer afraid that the child will fall. However, she put her hands back into Yao Yun's calves.
Yao Yun's eyes brightened up before nodding his head vigorously, still clutching on Chang Xiuying's head. The two were like little siblings going for their first errand.
"Go ahead then. I will follow your instructions." After she said it, Yao Yun's hands glowed and the glow penetrated her head. It didn't do her much damage but it cuts her connection to her surroundings. She didn't panicked and just thought of it as the little boy's goodwill for her.
What she didn't know is that what they're doing is simply preparations of Yao Yun for living harmoniously with her. By trusting each other on extreme or disadvantageous situations, this will strengthen the bonds inside their hearts and will feel comfortable with the other party's presence.
Yao Yun stared at Chang Xiuying's head, which he is currently clutching, with wide eyes. He is surprised to see the indifferent attitude of Chang Xiuying when her connection is cut. This made him smile more brightly, thinking that the path between the two of them will be smooth sailing.
Blindly following the clear instructions of the little child on her shoulders, they arrived safely on their destination.
Along the way, it was really hard to walk confidently when you can't even see anything in your path. If one can't see, they can use their spiritual connection to see but they have to increase their mental chains up to 20.
However, Chang Xiuying confidently and correctly executed all of Yao Yun's directions accurately without her connection. They didn't encounter much trouble or even small one like tripping over branches and rocks, colliding with trees, etc.
Yao Yun became more and more excited for his upcoming so-called 'Grand Plan'.
Chang Xiuying repeatedly patted Yao Yun's calves. "Hey, we're already here. You still won't let go?"
"Sorry, I'm in a daze. Anyway, I still won't!"
Chang Xiuying, "..."
...
"Here, open your mouth." Yao Yun reached out his other hand that is holding a roasted skewed meat. Chang Xiuying involuntarily cried inside her heart before opening her mouth. Yao Yun slowly let Chang Xiuying eat the roasted skewed meat with a loving smile in his face.
She chewed it like a squirrel and Yao Yun keeps on stuffing and keep on feeding her.
Because of Yao Yun's continuous act of shamelessness, Chang Xiuying became numb to it at a fast rate. When Yao Yun stopped feeding her, she looked up at the child who, in exchange, looked at her expectantly while holding out a skewed meat.
"What? You... you want me to feed you? If so, release me and I'll do it. It's hard to move around feeling nothing, you know."
"Ah." Yao Yun retrieved a blue glow from Chang Xiuying's head then came down from her shoulders. Upon its retrieval, she can finally sense what she can't sense many hours ago. It's a refreshing feeling that you can feel the nature in your wake. However, she felt something wrong inside her body. She frowned before holding the skewed meat in Yao Yun's hand.
"Xiao Ying, do you felt that something is wrong in your body?" Yao Yun said then opened his mouth. Chang Xiuying fed him before nodding.
"That's one of the results of not having a connection for a few hours. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing. You will feel your senses sharpening and you felt that something will breakthrough inside your brain. It's will be a great increase in your cultivation both in physical and mental cultivation. My mother taught me this but she still hasn't said the name of the skill. I will tell it to you after I learned it more."
"Oh... alright. Thank you." Chang Xiuying smiled before lying down on the soft ground.
"What? You're not going to cultivate it? The culminating energy will be able to make through your brain and it will release some of your hidden traumatic memory."
"I don't have any traumatic memory, anyway. It's just that... I suddenly felt really sleepy." She measured the sky before continuing while yawning. "Oh... it's already my nap time. Sleep tight."
After she said it, she immediately fell asleep. Yao Yun looked helplessly at Chang Xiuying before he laid down beside her, looking at the sky profoundly. "Still can't huh."
...
Chang Xiuying opened her eyes and only saw darkness. Just like the time where she died, she was like in an abyss. She felt her heavy eyelids, it seems like it's her consciousness that just opened. She tried her best to lift her eyelids until she can only see a blur.
"A pulse! A PULSE! YOUR MAJESTY! THE YOUNG LADY RESPONDED WITH A PULSE!"
Chang Xiuying's eyebrows twitched just to find out who the heck shouted, but she failed. She suddenly felt a thump sound on a glass wall base on what she heard, bubbles gurgled beside her ears. She became more and more confused, she just gone back to sleep minutes ago. How did she end up inside a liquid container?
"Young Lady! Respond to me if you can hear me."
Chang Xiuying can now see a blurred white figure and a red figure beside. The white figure saw this and jumped as he laughed in joy.
"HAHAHAHAHA FINALLY! AFTER 600 YEARS!" He laughed and cried at the same time. Chang Xiuying's sight is now completely recovered and can see the man in red clothes staring at her lovingly but his expression only showed a cold demeanor, only his eyes spoke the truth.
She drowsily looked at the woman who is trembling while holding the surface of the glass. She once again felt the extreme lethargy.
The red-clothed man spoke. "You have to come back to me, to us, your family. We will wait for you even if it may take a long time. *****, I wish you success."
"*****, my dear child... you may take a long journey to come back to us... please be careful, okay?"
"Dear sister... we'll wait for you."
"Aw damn. My youngest sister finally showed signs of recovery! I'll really show those stupid guys worse than they can imagine!"
"My Dear, how can you split her consciousness into many fragments?! She'll suffer!"
"Don't worry, I know that she can do this. We are also behind her back to support-"
Chang Xiuying can't help but give in to the lethargy she's trying to fight to hear the words they spoke. Thus, she fell asleep and didn't know what will happen next.
As if she's trying to find out what's the next episode of a drama.