Long Yian was surprised that she had woken up so quick despite everything that happend. The child stared at her as if mesmerized but was soon cut off when Long Yian waved her hand and a tub filled with water appeared at the other side of the room.
Long Yian then approached the child and picked her up without a second thought.
"W-What are you doing?!" the child panicked but couldn't move her body well so she looked like a fish out of water the moment Long Yian held her up. Long Yian then proceed to dump her in the warm bath without speaking and grabbed the ointments she had recently bought for her.
The child coughed as she sat in the water with ripped clothes on. Suddenly she felt a soft liquid on hear head followed the the smell of lavender and gentle hands. She meekly let the woman wash her hair and body as she took off the clothes. The child noticed the shape her body was in along with the many bruises and cuts on her. What had happened to her?
"Are you my mother ?" she asked in a soft voice. Long Yian's hand stiffened a bit before she went back into massaging all the mud and dirt out of her hair.
"no I found you in the Dark Void forest. What were you doing there?"
The child kept her head down as gentle hands undid knots in her hair. she stared at the water for a while before responding " I don't know, I don't know anything. Not even my own name."
"You know nothing at all?" Long Yian asked a bit perplexed. She never expected the child to know nothing of her past. Now she didn't know how to help her.
"no, what's your name?" she asked in a meek tone. Her hair after rinsing and washing a couple times was now a vibrant silver like no other. Long Yian was lost in thought with what the spirit beast had spoken about. A gift from heaven he had said. She looked up at the confused child.
The fact she was at such a dangerous place was probably because she was abandoned and came from an impoverished place. In order to find food she wandered deep into the forest and was then hit by the lightning when she was near. If she's a gift from heaven then isn't she meant for her who was looking for a reason to live?
Had heaven given this child to her who was about to die a meaningless death ?
A small smile blossomed on Long Yian's face behind the veil. She'd never thought about having a child but since the opportunity was here why would she waste it.
" well since you don't remember a thing, you should call me mother from now on." The smile reaches her eyes as she rubbed the child's head in an affectionate manner.
The child's eyes widened as she stared at the woman before her. She'd never had parents. Even in her past life on earth, she was cursed to be an orphan and look after herself. Yet once she told this woman she didn't remember a thing, she was so kind to even accept her as a daughter. Tears immediately welled by her eyes as she stared at Ling Yian.
"A-are you sure.." her voice cracked a bit.
"Of course! Why would I lie to you! From now on no one will bully you." Long Yian said as she held up a first as if to prove her point. She was flustered at the fact the child had actually started crying a bit. She'd never interacted with children as she was always to focused on cultivation, so it was a new experience all together.
The child rubbed her swollen eyes and smiled as she got out the tub with her new mothers help.
She was quite excited about this new life. A life where she would have the protection of a mother. And a life she could enjoy to the fullest.