Chapter 48: Parting is Hard

  The girl on the mandala looked at Mo with emerald green eyes, blinked, and turned to look at Xiao Ran. "Young master, is this Mo?" Ling You floated down to the ground, her toes barely touching it. She had seemed so delicate when she was on the flower, but now she was just as big as Mo. Walking up to him, she covered her mouth with her hand and narrowed her eyes. Mo thought she was going to cast a spell on him and hastily took a step back, eyeing her warily. But it turned out Ling You had simply yawned!

  Mo Mo let out a sigh of relief. Seeing the girl's half-open and lifeless eyes, he felt sleepy too.

  "Prince, Momo, I still want to sleep, sorry, Momo take that peony and find me by touching the tip of the petals." After finishing speaking, the girl jumped onto the flower and lay down again, closing her eyes. It made Momo have an illusion: the girl had never woken up.

  Xiao Ran smiled, waved his brush and let the flower petals that had fallen into the Youquan Pond water reassemble, wrapping around Lingyou. Then the whole mandala began to shrink, finally only the size of a palm. Xiao Ran walked forward, picked it up, lowered his head to smell the fragrance, and then walked towards Mo Mo.

  Momo saw his own shadow in the fox's eyes, so clear and slightly chubby.

  "Hehe, Yu'er is indeed going to fatten you up." Xiao Ran pinched Mo's rosy cheeks and inserted the flowers into her hair. She took a step back, looked her up and down, and her mouth curved slightly upwards, "Hmm, not bad."

  Then she stepped forward and tightly hugged Mo Mo, "It's hard to bear parting with you, we are always separated for a long time, I don't know when we will meet again, will you still remember me?" Xiao Ran's thin lips were pursed into a straight line, his good-looking fox eyes closed, and his eyebrows twisted into a '川' character.

  "My ink, please don't forget me, I have nothing left to seal with, if I lose you again, I really don't know what to do..." Xiao Ran's words made Mo Mo's heart skip a beat, and her eyes felt a little sour.

  "Xiao Ran, you know I...I don't remember anything about you, can't respond to you." Mo Mo couldn't bear to hurt his heart, nor did she want to deceive his feelings.

  "My ink, until the end of the world and the waters below seal a part of your soul and release it, you will remember me, remember everything about us. Just now, please don't forget me." He pressed her head against his chest, Xiao Ran's face was desolate.

  "I'll be waiting for you in the bamboo house on Tianji Mountain!" He let go of Mo Mo, took her hand and returned to the bamboo house. At dinner time, Chen Yu still didn't have much expression, nor did he say much. Mo Mo was also pondering: Why do people have such a big contrast.

  At night, he was carried into the bedroom by Xiao Ran. The two slept in their clothes. Mo Mo felt a bit uncomfortable and struggled. Xiao Ran held him even tighter. "Mo, do you know when I last hugged you?"

  Mo Mo stopped struggling and quietly listened to what came next after hearing his mournful voice.

  "It was you who returned after destroying the White Feather Kingdom a thousand years ago. That night, you were overjoyed and pulled us along, talking all night long. But no one could have predicted that by the next day, your soul would be scattered... Hehe. Do you know? The way you smiled radiantly that night is still etched in my mind. I've replayed it countless times every day..." Xiao Ran sniffed the faint scent on her and murmured out his inner thoughts.

  Mo Mo turned around and hugged him back. She buried her head in his chest, quietly listening to his heartbeat and feeling his sorrow.

  "Yes. I will remember you. Whether it's the current me or the past me. I am your ink." Mo Mo thought of that drunken night. "Han Lin, I will eventually owe you."

  In my mind, it's the wronged eyes of Loulan on the new bed. The person who hugged himself and asked who he was... But Mo closed his eyes tightly and buried himself deep in Xiao Ran's arms. Trying to block out the figure that kept invading his mind. The man in black clothes. The one who smiled gently at Xing Yu like rain...

  "Don't cry, my Mo, as long as you think of me, I'm already very satisfied." He felt his chest gradually warming up and pulled out Mo from his arms, making her face him, kissing away the tears at the corner of her eyes. Looking at the dazed Mo, Xiao Ran curled up the corners of his lips.

  He then held her tightly, letting Mo feel his steady heartbeat, "Sleep."

  I'm lying in Xiaoran's arms, but I just can't fall asleep. I also can't forgive myself: "The one I love is not Wuye, so why did I think of Li Sixing? Is it because of that first night we met? Not being able to be with him hurts this much... The person I should feel guilty towards is Hanlin, after all. I really do owe a lot of debts..."

  The two of them each harbored their own thoughts until dawn, when Chen Yu knocked on the door and they simultaneously opened their eyes. Xiao Ran planted a kiss on her forehead, got out of bed, walked to a small cabinet, opened it, and took out a black jade pendant.

  Hand it over to Mo Mo, "This is a fake Xuanmo Mystic Stone, you will use it later. Also, be careful of the White Feather Country's Shamaness, last time's Soul Flight was their Shamaness' spell. By the way, last time Ling You found you, calculated that there are people in the royal court who are not beneficial to you, be careful in the future!" Xiao Ran's mouth corner still slightly curved.

  "Uh-huh, I see. That... how does she use it?" Tilted her head, pointing to the mandala flower on her head with her index finger.

  Xiao Ran smiled lightly, "Close your eyes and think of me." Mo Mo did as she was told, and gradually a white light flashed before her eyes, the figure with the slightly curved mouth appeared, just like it was in front of her. She opened her eyes, and the scene extended from there.

  "Hehe, go wash your face and eat." Mo Mo dodged Xiao Ran Ai Lian's gaze, because when she saw him like that, her heart felt a slight twinge of pain.

  On the dinner table, Xiao Ran didn't eat much, he just wanted to keep Chen Yu company, but he shook his head, "Yu'er should follow you, it's going to be dangerous this time, I can rest assured if he stays with me. I don't need to worry, I've been through so long, what's a little more? Besides, if Yu'er stays behind, he'll just keep crying." Xiao Ran glanced at Chen Yu with his peach blossom eyes, the latter's mouth corners slightly curved up, "I won't cry." He lowered his head and continued eating. Lovely Chen Yu brought gentle laughter from both of them.

  The officer outside has transformed into a white tiger, lying on the empty ground with his eyes closed to rest. Chen Yu tidied up and instructed Xiao Ran for a few sentences: where did he put the results of his labor last night, and where did he put the washed clothes...

  Xiao Ran's mouth corners were slowly expanding in an arc, "Yu Er, if you were a woman, someone would definitely want you."

  Chen Yu said something that made Mo Mo and Xiao Ran spit out their food, "Or what?" with an extremely serious expression on his face. This made Mo Mo even more suspicious about whether there was anything going on between the two of them.

  Xuanyu didn't come to see Momo off, just as he said "I won't leave Xuexue's side." Momo sighed and climbed onto the back of Guan'er with Chen Yu, looking at Xiao Ran's reluctant yet affectionate gaze, could only smile at him. Patting Guan'er's back, grasping its soft white fur, took one last glance at Xiao Ran, then soared into the sky.

  "End of Winter Sales"

  Sigh of cold air

  The whole family was wiped out, but in exchange for three handsome guys. Wow, three peach blossoms! And there's actually one who doesn't care about me? Fine, I'll take you then, missy has made up her mind.