What… what exactly is going on?
Not far from Ling Xi, Lou Yun's eyes were wide open, lying on the ground covered in blood, while she was being held tightly in Anran's arms, so tight, so very tight.
Looking at the blood that had already solidified on Anran's cheek, Ling Xi was truly shocked!
So the person she saw the moment she closed her eyes, was really Anran; but why was he so foolish, why couldn't he just live on properly!
Tears gradually began to overflow from her eyes, slowly sliding down.
"This is what happened after the master's death."
Just then, a whispering voice filled Ling Xi's ears.
Ling Xi instinctively looked toward where the voice was coming from, and slowly, a small figure began to gradually appear in her line of sight.
It was a tiny little girl, incredibly adorable like an angel, not even reaching up to Ling Xi's waist.
All one could see were her round, sparkling eyes blinking at Ling Xi, her mouth curled into an exceedingly sweet smile, as if it could melt any heart of stone, it was just a pity that the person in front of her was Ling Xi.
"Who are you? Why am I here? And why do you call me master?" Witnessing the sudden appearance of the little girl before her, Ling Xi's brows slightly furrowed, showing a trace of wariness.
Appearing suddenly before her after her own death, and then encountering a child who didn't seem like a child; things were indeed a bit eerie. Although she wanted to tell herself this was only a dream, she felt it was not that simple.
"Master, I am a shard of crystal stone left behind in the mortal world when Nuwa mended the heavens, later discovered by humans and made into a piece of jewelry, the blue water-drop pendant you wear around your neck," the wriggling voice continued, and the child explained with a smile, "After thousands of years, passed on for a long, long time, I was always in slumber."
"But that day, after you were killed by that bad man, I absorbed your blood, and so I formed an eternal contract with your soul; from now on, you are my master, no matter how many lifetimes you reincarnate, I will forever follow you."
Hearing the girl's words, Ling Xi lowered her head and immediately saw the Deep Sea Tear that should have been on her original body now hanging around her own neck.
Touching the Deep Sea Tear around her neck with her hand, Ling Xi smiled lightly, "So my rebirth, is it also thanks to you, little girl?"
Wearing an extremely comfortable smile, the child nodded her head.
This Deep Sea Tear was something she happened upon during a mission; she had taken a liking to it at first sight, so she kept it and wore it around her neck, never taking it off even for missions; unexpectedly, it turned out to be the source of her rebirth.
Perhaps, this was also an inexplicable bond between them!
Ling Xi thought, if she hadn't been wearing the Deep Sea Tear, would she still be able to be reborn today? That was indeed a foregone conclusion.
"I want to ask, what's the deal with the scene you just showed me?" She dropped her hand and crouched down in front of the child, asking softly.
She had just said that this was the scene after her death; was it really true? Anran, he really followed her into death, was there really no changing such an outcome?
Lou Yun deserved to die, but Anran, she truly hoped that he could live on properly.
In fact, Ling Xi did not know, without her, Anran simply couldn't live alone; because she was the only faith that sustained him in that place.
"After the master died, that man suddenly arrived, and when he saw the master was killed by that bad woman..." The child looked with extreme disdain at Lou Yun, who lay on the ground with her eyes unshut, "...killed her to avenge you, and then he committed suicide while holding you."
Such acts of love and passion were truly moving!
Even though she wasn't human! Hehe!
"Is that so!" Ling Xi sighed.
Anran, why were you so foolish!
"Mhm," the child nodded and suddenly grinned at Ling Xi, "Master, touch it again."
The master just now touched it so comfortably! Even more comfortable than when Lady Nuwa sometimes touched me!
"Touch?" Ling Xi was confused, touch what?
"Yes," the child nodded, "Touch the pendant, master. You just now touched it so gently, it felt so comfortable."
"This," Ling Xi subconsciously went blank.
So when she just stroked the Deep Sea Tear around her neck, this little girl could feel it too!
Helplessly, Ling Xi could only continue to touch the Deep Sea Tear around her neck.
The child looked infinitely satisfied, which made Ling Xi unable to help but chuckle softly.
"Hey, little girl, what's your name?"
"Name?" The child looked up at Ling Xi, a bit puzzled, "What's a name? What's it used for?"
Always in slumber, the child didn't even know what a name was; no one had ever told her, and she never needed one; she had no idea that Rainbow Stone could be a name, even though now she was left with just one color.
"A name is what you use to call someone else." Crouching down, Ling Xi reached out to touch the child's little head, explaining patiently, "Like how I'm called Ling Xi, you can call me Sister Xi."
Cough cough...
Although she knew the little child in front of her was countless times older than she was, but looking at her tiny frame and stature, she was bigger than her, right! Although it was just in appearance, but that wasn't taking advantage, was it?
"Sister Xi." The little one's eyes curved, calling out obediently.
"Good girl." Ling Xi smiled, "Since you've called me sister, then as your sister I'll give you a name; what should I call you?" Ling Xi thought thoughtfully, stroking her own chin, then suddenly her eyes lit up, "Mengmeng, from now on your name is Mengmeng, Leng Mengmeng! How's that? From today onwards, you'll be my little sister."
Ling Xi's face was full of smiles.