She raised her small face, with eyes as red as blood stones glistening with tears. Pu Yanlan reached out to caress her son's face, her heart filled with regret,
"Had I known, I wouldn't have been so stubborn and ambitious back then. If I had waited for Jie to come find me, maybe we would have noticed something was amiss and found our way to the Demon Realm sooner!"
"Nan Xin… your father…"
Nan Xin replied,
"Mother, father, he… he…"
Pu Yanlan couldn't bring herself to say the word "dead," hesitating a few times, her eyes reddening. Gu Shi Yi was anxious by nature and couldn't stand the two of them dawdling,
"Godson, is your father really dead? How did he die?"
Nan Xin looked at her and slowly shook his head, saying,
"Father isn't dead!"
"Not dead?"
Gu Shi Yi and Pu Yanlan exchanged a glance, both delighted. Gu Shi Yi was shocked herself, her emotions mixed with sorrow and joy, momentarily losing her composure, not knowing how to respond to her friend's query,
