coobybook Chapter 333 Him? Who?
Chapter 333 Him? Who?
The three words, neither too loud nor too soft, fell into the ears of everyone present, and everyone wore a puzzled expression. It seemed that Xie Cangming had never seen this white-haired girl before, so how could he know her name?
Xie Xuanji was sobbing uncontrollably, her still-childish face flushed red. Like everyone else, she asked in a small, trembling voice as she cried.
"Why...how do you...know...know my name?"
After asking the question, when she met those blue eyes again, Xie Xuanji sniffed and cried even harder.
Xie Cangming slightly curled the corners of his mouth, raised his hand and placed it on the top of her head, almost completely enveloping her small head in his large palm.
Even Feng Qingyang, who had known him for many years, had never seen Xie Cangming's eyes so tender and affectionate.
"Because... I chose this name."
"Wha...what?"
Xie Xuanji stopped crying instantly, looked up and stared at him blankly, the mist in her eyes dissipating, leaving only confusion.
"Haha~"
Xie Cangming was amused by her adorable reaction and couldn't help but chuckle before continuing.
"My little secret! We haven't met in all these years, could it be... you've never sensed my presence?"
"Ok?"
Her aloof and cold face, slender and tall figure, and those bluish-gray pupils gradually overlapped with the memories deep in her mind. It turned out that those dreams... were real!
For many years, she has had the same dream, about a very long story, like a folk opera performed by ordinary people, one dream after another.
When she was an infant, only able to babble, a handsome young man would appear in her dreams, holding her tenderly as a baby. He would kiss her little face and sing nursery rhymes she couldn't understand to lull her to sleep.
At first, she didn't understand what dreams were, and thought that as long as she closed her eyes, an older brother would play with her.
As she grew a little older and understood that it was a dream, she dreamed of the boy from her childhood. This time, he had grown into an adult, dressed in a white robe and with the same hair color as her, which made her feel a sense of familiarity.
On one occasion, he didn't seem very happy. He poked his head and solemnly warned her not to be naughty in the Xuanming Palace, not to pull the elders' beards, and not to climb onto the Emperor's ancestor's back to pee.
Another time, he was rubbing his head, just like now, his voice so gentle it was almost suffocating. He didn't say anything, but he kept telling himself to be obedient, to eat and sleep well, and to grow up obediently.
At that time, she had already developed her own consciousness in her dream, and before she could find out his identity, she was woken up by the Third Prince.
When she woke up, she felt inexplicably heartbroken and cried for a long time. From then on, she never dreamed of that gentle man again, nor did she have the chance to ask about his identity.
And from then on, she would suddenly feel excruciating heartache from time to time, followed by wailing. It was only after the Emperor kept her by his side at all times that her condition improved.
Therefore, all the dreams I had over the years were real. He really existed, and at this very moment, he was truly standing in front of me, gently calling out to me, "Little Xuanji."
Xie Cangming gently patted her head, his magnetic voice half-coaxing.
"Little Xuanji, do you now know who I am?"
"Wow!"
She could no longer control her emotions, and she hugged Xie Cangming's thigh tightly with both hands, crying her heart out, tears and snot smearing the corner of her white robe.
"Waaaaah~ Why...why didn't you...why didn't you come sooner?"
This left Xie Cangming, who was always a germaphobe, feeling silently helpless, but he wasn't unhappy. Instead, he answered each of her questions with doting affection and patience.
"I will wait until Ah Ling and her brother grow up before I can bring them here."
"Then...then why...why haven't you come to see me all these years?"
“Your innate soul power is insufficient. If I always use my Netherworld power to see you, you will get sick after each time. I just need to know that you will grow up safely. Now that I have come, isn’t it the same?”
Everyone else was confused by what they were doing. Why did Little Star suddenly kneel down?
The Baili Juexi brothers caught up from behind and were also shocked by the scene. First, they had never seen this white-haired person before, and second, Xing'er... what was going on?
"Xing'er, why are you kneeling before this man?"
Baili Juexi stepped forward, intending to pull Xie Xuanji over, but was intimidated by a single look from Baili Juebi.
"Little Xuanji, please don't cry, okay?"
"Woooooo~"
"You...you..." Xie Xuanji wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Hehe~" Xie Cangming chuckled again upon seeing this.
"So, what should Little Xuanji call me?"
"I……"
She tilted her head back, her wet eyes meeting Xie Cangming's face. An innate power surged through her from head to toe—a special sensitivity possessed only by the direct descendants of the Xie family since birth.
"Brother...brother."
"Yes, Xiao Xuanji is very well-behaved."
Xie Cangming nodded in satisfaction, a sense of happiness welling up within him, and he was overjoyed.
"elder brother?"
"What?"
"Whose brother?"
"Xing'er's brother?"
"This, this, this..."
Apart from the sheer cliffs stretching for miles, everyone else wore expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
Among the large group of people on Yuan Qi's side, including Feng Qingyang, none of them knew that Xie Cangming had a younger sister.
The Baili brothers were also dumbfounded. Wasn't Xiaoxing an orphan? And the Grand Elder and his wife had passed away many years ago; they had never heard of them having a son!
"Xie... Cangming, this is... your sister?"
Feng Qingyang pointed to the tiny creature on the ground and asked incredulously. He had thought this guy had no relatives in Gu Cang, but he didn't expect him to have such a small sister.
"Okay, take the things out."
With a knowing glance, Feng Qingyang quickly took out the green flute.
He held Xie Xuanji's arm and slowly helped her up from the ground.
"Little Xuanji, this green flute was given to me by my father and mother. I'm giving it to you as a gift from your brother. You must take good care of it."
"Father...Mother?"
"Only the direct descendants of the Xie family possess extraordinary abilities, able to remember everyone and everything that has happened since birth. I know that your current abilities are limited, and your memories of your father and mother may be hazy. But now that your brother has come, everything will be fine."
He held his sister's hand and turned to nod slightly towards the sheer cliff.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for raising my younger sister to adulthood."
"Humph!"
Baili Juebi snorted coldly, his eyes filled with disdain.
Xin Moyan's mouth dropped open. "Uncle Xie, how come Little Star is your sister? She's a year younger than me. Back then you were still in Yuanqi, how did you know you had a sister in Gu Cang Kingdom?"