
The candlelight illuminated the room which was a room, the soothing sound of waves was also heard from outside.
Up there the object of the sky looks twinkling beautifully, different from the gloom seen on the face of this beautiful figure.
Xiu Qixuan sat beside the bed and looked up at the face of the seven-year-old boy.
What kind of suffering did this boy suffer before, so many bruises and bleeding from parts of his body.
The shaman who was ordered to treat explained that this boy was too depressed and fell unconscious. His injuries were only minor injuries, but what could be called a minor injury if he incised a deep wound in the inner child.
Sima Junke was out to take care of a few things, including sending word to Aisin Tianyi to send people to exterminate this already deeply troubling gang of bandits.
The tiny fingers slowly moved and a murmur of agony rang out, "Mother...Don't this hurt, mom please—ini is very sick hikshiks.."
Xiu Qixuan worriedly walked over and grabbed him, she slowly stroked the boy's face gently, "It's fine, you're fine." Such remarks gently flowed over and over again to calm this little brat down.
Then slowly the little boy's eyelids lifted, his eyes blankly staring at Xiu Qixuan's face.
Xiu Qixuan turned her face and looked back at her with a gentle smile, "You're awake," she said trying to talk.
"Where's mom?" The boy asked very quietly, almost like a whisper and his face was flat like a soulless statue.
As a smile receded on Xiu Qixuan's pretty face but with calmness she put on a face full of sincerity to answer, "Your mother is away at work to buy you a toy, she leaves you for a moment with Jiejie." by lying.
But the little boy instead yelled angrily and pushed Xiu Qixuan's body down onto the floor, he yelled crazily, "I don't need toys, quickly give my mother back!" very rude and damaged some of the things around him.
Xiu Qixuan was shocked and barely reacted when a vase almost hit her pretty face.
'Prang,' The vase of flowers made of clay was scattered falling after hitting Xiu Qixuan's forehead.
The thick red warm liquid slowly flowed, Xiu Qixuan grimaced and wiped away the drops of blood.
Then he looked up to see that the boy had already shuffled in fear looking at him.
"Don't kill me... Don't kill me... I didn't mean it" the boy murmured softly by covering both ears and both eyes.
Xiu Qixuan did not know that his words carried a bad memory for this child.
Previously, this boy was traveling with his mother to pick some rare herbs so that they could be sold for a few pieces of silver taels to meet the needs of their lives. It was just a normal thing they did every once in a week.
But everything was different when they came down from the cliff at sunset, the boy was very active, he ran down first leaving the mother who was walking backwards there.
While under a cliff an adult man offered him a toy and brought it to a cave behind a cliff, but there were no toys there, the boy finally whined and called his mother. Enraging the bandits, they slammed and hit the boy hard.
The mother who saw her son disappear tried to search by shouting, before finally she was also detained, tortured and ended up being harassed.
The boy watched all the events, he roared and tried to get close to the mother but the bandits did not have the slightest bit of mercy, they instead made him an easy target to take a hit.
Until finally in the morning, the bandits fell asleep because of the wine they drank. The mother held the boy, and slowly stepped out trying to escape.
And just a few steps away from the cave, the young, teenage boy who was also a member of the bandits found him and recaptured them.
It happened, when the mother begged for the child to be released then Xiu Qixuan and Sima Junke came.
Xiu Qixuan moved up and approached the boy again, she let out a tired sigh but could not get angry.
"You make your mother sad" Xiu Qixuan said spontaneously.
The muttering of the boy stopped, he quickly looked up and looked at Xiu Qixuan with his eyes.
Seeing him give a response, Xiu Qixuan smiled faintly and continued her remark, "You make him sad because you hurt this good Jiejie and you'll make him sad if he's a bad boy who doesn't behave well." With complete confidence and pain pointed at the wound on his forehead.
"So do you want your mother to be sad?" Ask by tilting the face.
The boy was stunned for a while before finally shaking his face.
Thankfully it can still be helped, inner Xiu Qixuan when she saw this child still gave a response.
"You can call me Xuanjie or Jiejie, that's up to you. Good boy, what's your name?" Xiu Qixuan said gently introducing herself and asking for a name.
"Alright, Xiao Bao. Listen to Jiejie, your mother's gone and Jiejie's here while taking care of you." Xiu Qixuan said sincerely and did not lie. He felt that the lies would further worsen the mental state of this boy.
"Xiao Bao?" The boy muttered quietly in confusion.
"Yes, you're Xiao Bao and I'm your Jiejie." Xiu Qixuan replied smiling enthusiastically pointing at herself and Xiao Bao in turn.
"Mother's gone? Went where? Was long?" Xiao Bao asked again with a frown.
"Eum, go to the next stop. And very long— may be forever," replied Xiu Qixuan hesitantly.
Xiao Bao frowned cluelessly but he just remained silent.
"I want to go home," Ucao Xiao Bao stared at Xiu Qixuan's face trying to trace whether there was a trace of anger on this brother's pretty face.
"Where's your house? I will deliver you," Xiu Qixuan replied with a sincere smile.
Xiao Bao was stunned by his reaction, the boy then turned his gaze and muttered to himself, "But my mother isn't around, how is this?"
Xiu Qixuan heard the murmur, even though she knew that Xiao Bao was muttering to himself.
"Xiao Bao's..." Call him
Xiao Bao turned his face and looked at him flatly.
"You forgot? Jiejie will take care of you and take care of you" Xiu Qixuan said confidently and sincerely.
Xiao Bao's eyes flickered in reply.
"Xiao Bao, can Jiejie ask?" Xiu Qixuan continued with a plea.
Xiao Bao nodded his face slowly as a gesture of approval.
"Xiao Bao, do you know where your father is?" With great care Xiu Qixuan asked.
Silent and awkward.
Xiao Bao just looked at him flatly without a soul, the two eyeballs kept flashing strangely.
Xiu Qixuan grimaced softly as if she had missteps again, she quickly said to rectify her question out of fear that at any time this child was crazy again, "Xiao Bao, no need to answer!" by waving his hand to interrupt.
"Ouch... Looks like Jiejie's wounds can't be held back anymore, Xiao Bao wait here, let Jiejie wrap the wounds first." Xiu Qixuan said with a soft grimace and agitatedly stepped out.
So hard! Xiu Qixuan did not know that it would be this difficult to interact with Xiao Bao. He seemed to need a strategy, let him have a moment to think about it then he would fight again.
Previously while on earth Xiu Qixuan was very reliable in interacting and caring for his two little sisters, of course at that time could not be compared with something this complicated.
While on the doorstep, a voice that Xiu Qixuan should have been waiting for sounded, "My father is not around, I don't know." That answer made Xiu Qixuan's heart tremble violently.
The girl turned her body and rushed over to Xiao Bao, she grabbed Xiao Bao's shoulder and clutched him gently.
"Xiao Bao, can you help me?" Xiu Qixuan asked with a full plea
Xiao Bao fell silent and nodded his face.
"Can you accept my presence? Jiejie will not hurt you, Xiao Bao be a good and strong boy so that no one oppresses you anymore. Can you?" Xiu Qixuan stared at the globes of my beautiful night-time eyes deeply and confidently.
"Jiejie..." Xiao Bao only called him by that designation in return.
Xiu Qixuan smiled faintly and stroked the soft-headed Xiao Bao, knowing that this child's answer was a form of indirect approval.
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⁇ : Jiejihe : older sister
Fyi, all characters have their own roles, one of which Xiao Bao might just be that he would be one of the main factors in Xuan's development.
All the parts here are very continuous so there will be no useless parts.