Under the motherly goading of Bai Yan’s words, the peachy baby that was Di Ling Yan didn’t resist anymore and continued to walk towards the wooden cabin located not far from their location. Unfortunately, due to how little she’s walked, the girl didn’t make it all that far in her toddling state before tripping over a branch.
“Ling Yan!” Bai Yan exclaims in great fright.
But before a helping could be extended, the girl had already climbed back up from the ground. Sure, Ling Yan’s knee did make a scrape that drew an itsy-bitsy drop of blood, but that’s all it took to make her tear up.
“Hurt, hurt….”
In the end Bai Yan could only yield under her daughter’s pitiful appearance. After all, the girl’s only one, barely two by the end of this year, how could she be so harsh on her?
“Ling Yan, do you want mother here to hold you?” Reaching out with open arms, she had every intent to do so, which in kind drew a sparkling look from the peachy girl’s eyes who was offered the chance.
However, instead of running into those arms like she always did, Di Ling Yan only hanged her head down and shook it like a rocking drum: “I will walk by myself!”
Unable to resist a smile over that strong will, Bai Yan felt proud of this daughter: “Good Ling Yan, you are so good. Come, let’s go see your big brother.”
……
Inside the wooden cabin.
Bai Xiachen continues to lay motionlessly atop of the bed prepared for him despite the strong ray of sunlight coming through the window and hitting his face. He’s been in this comatose state for all this time, never once showing signs of recovery.
Then suddenly, as if beckoned by the world, that little face twitched. After more than a year of this, his eyes opened, popping wide like he’s regained his soul and became renewed with life!
Squeeeelllll!
The door to the cabin gets pushed open then and draws the boy’s attention. Immediately, his fuzzy eyes were presented with the familiar face of a surprised woman clad in a reddish dress of rose color.
“Mother!” Without any ado, Bai Xiachen jumps right out of the bed and threw himself into Bai Yan’s body, tightly wounding his arms around her waist. “Mother, I feel like I slept for a long time, I miss you…”
Looking down at her eldest, this poor mother who’s been worried sick for all this time finally felt a boulder lift off her shoulder.
“Xiachen, welcome back…”
Perhaps those were the words need to release the dam inside his memory, but the boy froze in that split second.
I remember now! I gave up control of my body to the other me, but how did I return? It can’t be…. the other me willingly returned control to me? Oh whatever, as long as I can be with Mother then I don’t care what happened!
“Mother, I’m so happy to be able to see you again. I had a long dream. I dreamt that I was a in a lonely dark place, unable to find my way out. I really thought I would never be able to see you again.” Pursing his lips into a thin line, Bai Xiachen looks up to meet Bai Yan’s gaze and realized it wasn’t only him who was crying right now, she too as well!
