Chapter 183: Pocket-Sized Girl, Xiang Xiang (1/2)
“Are we good friends now? I like you very much, you certainly like me too, right? So just use my body, I will never get mad, just don’t take brother away. I will never get mad, moreover I will be grateful for you. But…if it is possible, will you be able to accompany brother just like I do? And like Sister Tong Xin, protecting him… We are good friends, right?”
“... Ah… Why is it like that… Why with only brother’s body will you be able to… It’s impossible, you’re deceiving me, isn’t it…”
“Without power, you will die, I will be very sad. But without brother, I will be very very sad, so sad that I will die… Don’t tell me there’s really no other way now? Xiang Xiang… There must really some other way, right? Tell me… Me and brother will help you, we will certainly help you. Don’t take brother away…”
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“You’ve asked me why I treated brother so kindly? Because… I can’t lose brother. As long as I’m beside him, I will be at ease, I will be very happy. If I have to leave brother, even if it is just a short while, I am still unwilling and will be sad. Before, I don’t know what kind of feeling this was. Later on, brother taught me so many words, so I slowly learned that this feeling is the so-called fond attachment…”
Fond attachment…
Fond attachment ----
Fond… attachment…
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The very small girl in midair softly repeated again and again these two unfamiliar words. Using her own heart to feel Ning Xue’s, she almost gradually seemed to appreciate something and her face exposed a very soft and very sweet smile. Within the white world, her body started to gradually turn lighter, just like an evaporation that suddenly occurred out of nowhere.
After a burst of turmoil, the consciousness had vanished once again from this white colored world.
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A cold feeling spread from his lips and flowed into his throat, then to his entire body. The coolness was combined with this fascinating warmth. This kind of feeling seemed familiar. Ye Wuchen opened his eyes and an area of ruined green came into his vision—the roof of the hall of “The Lost Shrine”.
The memories before he lost his consciousness bubbled up, he suddenly sat up and yelled out in an urgent voice, “Xue-er!”
“Brother! You are finally awake!”
A yell of pleasant surprise echoed in his ear, making him feel like he was hearing the sounds of nature. Ning Xue holding a large greenish-blue leaf. She curled it in so it would hold the clear dew water inside. Ye Wuchen suddenly sitting up had surprised her, so some water spilled out, causing her snow white dress to get wet. The smile on her face was really joyous.
Ye Wuchen hugged her in his arms at once, with lingering fear in his heart he said, “Xue-er, you really scared me… Next time, don’t do something like that, understand?”
His final memory was the moment Ning Xue had suddenly rushed in front of him to protect him. She used her body to shield him against the attack from that white light, but before he could be alarmed, the world before his eyes had transformed into a blank space.
Xue-er was safe and sound and his own body was similarly did not hurt even in the slightest bit nor did he feel unwell. It was like he had been through a terrible dream and before the dream ended, he had suddenly woken up.
Tong Xin leaned on his shoulders, similarly rejoiced as she laughed. When Ye Wuchen and Ning Xue had been wrapped around by the white light, she had blamed herself. She was afraid and almost cried out loud. Luckily it was just a false alarm, after being greatly frightened, everything after had turned out to be like some miracle.
Ye Wuchen had recognized that this place was still the lost shrine. Tong Xin’s breath also told him knew that there were no more dangers around anymore. So many doubts altogether rushed to his heart. He gently caressed Ning Xue’s hair and asked, “Xue-er, do you know what had happened? Where did that tiny fox go?”
“Squeak…squeak, squeak.”
A beautiful delicately sweet voice suddenly echoed from behind his head, Ye Wuchen subconsciously turned around and saw a very small person floating there. Her body seemed to be a little bit larger than his palm. Her white hair fluttered without the wind, moving at her back. Her white woolen dress and body released a gentle white light. Her body could only be described as small and exquisite, like the carved pink jade of a porcelain doll. At first glance, it was like seeing a smaller version of Ning Xue.
“Squeak, squeak.” Watching Ye Wuchen turn around to look at her, she gladly responded with two squeaks, then exposed an adorable smiling face. Her body gracefully revolved in the sky, showing off her body in front of him.
“This is?” Ye Wuchen was extremely amazed and almost could not believe his own eyes. Could it be that this was one of those who originally only existed in humans’ imagination, the tiny elves?
“Brother, her name is Xiang Xiang. Oh right, she was that tiny fox that day.” Ning Xue said smiling.
As if in response to Ning Xue’s words, the tiny person exhibited a smile on her face and a cloud of white light covered her body. She quickly transformed in it and rapidly turned into that terrible tiny fox. Falling gently to the ground, it encircled them as it mischievously ran around.