It was as if I had been asleep for a long time, and it was like it was only for a moment.

The memories of the past are like a mirror, and they are torn apart with a snap.

The edges and corners of each fragment are like razor-sharp knives, gently and slowly drawing on my heart......

I don't know how long it took, but my body gradually regained consciousness.

I seemed to be lying on my back, my sideburns wet, I don't know if it was sweat or tears.

A warm handkerchief was placed on my cheek and gently rubbed it.

I tried to open my eyes, and as soon as I opened a slit, I felt the light around me, and I closed it again.

It took a moment before it opened up completely, little by little.

The first thing that catches your eye is the person sitting on the edge of the couch.

My eyes widened in disbelief and I sat up from the bed.

It's him!

It turned out to be him!!

The person in front of him had a golden crown and tied his hair, and was dressed in a dark dragon robe. There was no evil charm on his face that he had disguised, but with a gloomy color, and his face was a little haggard.

Although he is still feminine in this way, he has a stunning majesty.

I couldn't believe my eyes and subconsciously grabbed his arm.

The dragon embroidery on his sleeve is bumpy.

Suddenly, the face of a nine-year-old boy appeared in front of me, followed by the face of the man in red.

The two faces overlapped each other, transforming into the appearance of the person in front of them......

I subconsciously covered my mouth.

This...... It's not a dream!

I really...... It's true......

I was still thinking about it, but he smiled helplessly.

"What, you still don't know me?"

As he spoke, his eyebrows furrowed little by little, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Hearing him say this, my chest suddenly became swollen and astringent, and I couldn't say a word.

Seeing me like this, a look of pity appeared on his face, but he still tried to say in a joking tone:

"Fool, cry if you want to!"

As soon as he said this, all kinds of suppressed emotions in my heart were like bursting embankments.

I threw myself into his arms, hugged him, and wept.

He stiffened, hesitated for a moment before patting me on the back.

"My silly girl, I've been out for so many years, and I've suffered you......"

Hearing him say something like this in a trembling voice made me cry even harder.

After I was taken away by Leng Yihan, the only thing I thought about was to return to him.

But why is it so difficult to fulfill such a small wish?

It took me more than 30 years to go through death, reincarnation, and time travel, and finally return to him completely!

For most of the whole time, I didn't remember that he was waiting for me to come back.

But he first searched for me for so many years, then heard of my death, and then knew that my soul had returned to another world, and no one knew if I could not return......

How hard has he been over the years? How much effort did it take?!

And all of this is just because I stupidly chose another person back then......

My heart spasmed and I lifted my face from his arms and rested my head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, brother, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

He cupped my face and wiped my tears with his sleeve.

"It's not your fault.

If I hadn't left you in Night City back then, you wouldn't have suffered so much and suffered so many injuries.

After all, I lost you......"

His eyes were red and full of tears.

"No, no, no......"

I wanted to defend myself, but I couldn't stop whimpering, and I took a few deep breaths before I said:

"You were there to save me when you were in Night City! It's me, it's me wrong......

If I hadn't trusted that person and listened to your arrangement, I would have returned to you a long time ago......"

He wiped my tears with his sleeve again.

"Since we're all at fault, let's settle it. In the future, none of us will be allowed to blame ourselves for this. ”

"Good...... Brother ......"

He sat farther away and said with some seriousness:

"Don't use this title for the time being."

"Why?"

My heart is pounding, is he angry with me?

"Your identity will only threaten your safety, and I don't want you to repeat the danger you encountered before, so you should call me for the time being."

"Okay."

I breathed a sigh of relief, my heart was sour, but I was filled with warm currents.

"Xuan'er, you live in an inconspicuous palace in the palace now. I also built a courtyard for you outside the palace. Do you want to stay here or move to another house? ”

"I ......"

Fang Cai's emotions had not completely calmed down, and my mind was a little unable to turn.

"What were you going to do? I'll do it, listen to you. ”

"Because your identity can't be known to others for the time being, if you want to live in the palace, I'm afraid you will have to stay at home as in the past.

Living in a separate courtyard is much more convenient and free. What do you think? ”

Ah Ran: He really thought of everything for me......

The vision was a little blurry again.

Alas, what's the matter, why are you crying again?

I sniffed and disguised myself:

"If I live in another courtyard, I can't see you often?"

He was stunned, obviously not expecting me to ask such a question.

"The courtyard is outside the palace, so it is naturally not as convenient as meeting in the palace."

I smiled and took his arm and rested my head on his shoulder.

"Then I naturally want to live in the palace, and you have to come to see me often!"

"Living in the palace and your movement is very restricted, is it okay?"

He seemed a little surprised by my answer.

"It doesn't matter. I've been away for so long, I've been so far away, and the outside world has long since lost interest to me.

I want to be by your side right now and stick to you. It's you, don't bother me. ”

He seemed a little uncomfortable, and slowly pulled his arm out of the crook of my arm.

"Okay, I got it."

I was stunned, and then I realized that we hadn't seen each other for so long. I even went to the 21st century, and we couldn't get along like we did when we were children, so I said with some concern:

"Ah Ran, I may not be the Xuan'er you know anymore, what should I do?"

I didn't want him to laugh.

"Even if you become a completely different person, you will always be my stupid girl, can I still do without you?"

endured tears for a long time, but still didn't resist his words.

I wiped my tears and complained, "Are you trying to make me cry?" ”

"Do you cry and blame me? It seems that his temper has not changed when he was a child. ”

I burst into tears and laughed. "Stinky Ah Ran, you haven't changed!"

He smiled as he pulled a red rope from his sleeve. I was curious to look at it, and found that there were no more, no less, exactly seventeen red beans on it.

"Hand out."

I was a little stunned, but I still reached for my left hand. He fastened the bracelet.

"The last ten are on my string, don't take them off again, do you hear?"

"Hmm."

I wiped my tears and looked at his bracelet, which was still only nine red beans.

"The red beans on your chain are poor, let me help you make up for it!"

"I'll wait until my birthday."

"Okay."

"Okay, don't cry, your eyes are swollen like goldfish......

I know you've just woken up, so you can rest for a while, and I'll come and dine with you at noon. So saying, he walked out.

I raised my voice at him and said, "I want to eat spicy chicken!" ”

"Got it."

He laughedly and closed the door.

******

At the dinner table, I held a bowl in one hand and a cheek in the other to watch Ah Ran eat.

He glanced at me.

"Are you eating, or are you watching me?"

"Don't delay!"

I smiled slyly, took a bite of the rice in the bowl, and continued to stare at him.

"Ah Ran, when you grow up, you look many times better than when you were a child!"

As soon as the words came out, I felt that my tone was not quite right.

How does it look like the tone of an elder?

He heard it himself, and stared at me with slanted eyes for a long time before saying, "I know." ”

I flattened my mouth. He wasn't modest at all.

After eating a few more bites of food, I remembered to ask him how he was doing:

"Ah Ran, you are not too young, son...... It's supposed to be there, right? ”

His brow suddenly furrowed, and I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and I saw him turn the chopsticks in his hand.

Of course, I knew what he was going to do, so I hurriedly used my hand to protect my forehead, but it was still half a beat too slow.

"Ahh Hurt! ”

I rubbed my forehead and protested, "Why are you beating me!" ”

"No matter how big or small, I still beat you."

He withdrew his chopsticks and put a diced chicken in his mouth.

"Cut, stinky Ah Ran, if you were strictly calculated, I would be ...... older than you now"

"What did you say?"

He squinted, his eyes shining dangerously.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing...... You heard ...... wrong."

This guy has good ears, and he can hear me whispering so much.

Afraid of being beaten again, I obediently ate quietly.

But after eating for a while, I couldn't help but be curious about his current situation, so I said cautiously:

"You haven't answered my question yet......"

He pretended not to hear, but he was still eating.

I pressed on: "I...... Do you have any nieces and nephews? ”

"Nope." He was a little angry.

"Not yet? But you're twenty, and you're going to be twenty-one! ”

Didn't the ancients always give birth early? And he's a king.

Didn't the ancient emperors always start from adolescence when it came to having children?

His eyes swept towards me again, and I hurriedly covered my head.

"Can't fight anymore! It still hurts! ”

As he spoke, he understood the anger in his eyes:

What I said just now seems to be in the tone of an elder.

Oh, it's over, my psychological positioning of my thirty-year-old is really not something that can be changed in a while.

So he said with a bitter face:

"Ah Ran, after all, I've lived in another place for thirty years, you have to give me time to try to get back to my teenage state, right?"

Seeing that he didn't want to pay attention to me, I didn't find it boring, and continued:

"No children, harem...... There's always something, right? You are so good-looking, your sisters-in-law must also be captivating, right? ”

He ignored me, but I saw the tails of his eyes twitch uncontrollably.

"Wouldn't it? Neither does my sister-in-law? That rumor can't be true, right? ”

I said, leaning over without fear of death.

"Could it be...... Do you really like men? ”

He slapped his chopsticks on the table.

I shuddered.

"No, it's not! What's the anger? ”

Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of something, so Masashi asked:

"Ah Ran, why are you pretending to be Shen Fengyue?"