Does Father Miss Our Yeye?

Inside the wooden cabin

Ning Yechen gently laid Luo Ruying on the bed, his fingers pressing against her pulse as his expression grew increasingly cold.

A hundred years had passed, and for the first time in ages, the urge to kill stirred within him again!

A careful examination revealed that her condition was far worse than he had imagined.

Her meridians were damaged throughout her entire body...

Her Immortal Bone had been dug out...

And even her heart was gone...

She was clinging to life by a single false heart!

There were also several wounds on her back, faintly seeping blood.

That she had managed to hold on until now was already no small feat...

Ning Yechen couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt, and his gaze toward Luo Ruying softened considerably.

He didn't know what she had endured in the Immortal Realm over these past ten years, but he could guess it had been anything but easy.

Otherwise, a former Immortal Emperor of her stature would never have fallen to such a state.

At her most desperate, she had come to him with their child, and he had nearly driven both mother and daughter away...

Ning Yechen gently brushed his hand across Luo Ruying's cheek, channeling spiritual power into her body to protect her.

Keeping her alive posed no difficulty for Ning Yechen, but with her meridians damaged and her Immortal Bone and heart lost, restoring her cultivation to its former peak would be no easy task.

Luo Hongye lay worriedly by the edge of the bed, silent teardrops the size of pearls falling without a sound, too well-behaved to cry aloud.

"Come here, my daughter~"

Ning Yechen put away his cold expression, revealing a warm and kind smile as he beckoned to Luo Hongye.

He wanted to call her by name, but awkwardly realized he didn't even know his own daughter's name...

Let alone his daughter—he didn't even know his wife's name...

Luo Hongye timidly toddled over to Ning Yechen on her little feet, staring up at him with big, watery eyes, and called out in a soft, milky voice:

"Father..."

That single "Father" nearly melted Ning Yechen's heart.

Overcome with emotion, Ning Yechen scooped the tiny Luo Hongye into his arms, gently stroking her small, adorable head.

"My daughter, what's your name?"

"Luo Hongye..."

Luo Hongye answered in a soft, sticky voice.

"Luo Hongye..."

Ning Yechen repeated the name softly, committing it to memory, then smiled and coaxed Luo Hongye:

"Yeye, don't worry. Your mother is fine now."

"No more crying, okay?"

"Mm...!"

Luo Hongye nodded firmly, then looked at Ning Yechen with concern and asked:

"Father, are your injuries all right?"

"Ah...?"

Ning Yechen looked puzzled by the question.

He couldn't even remember the last time he had been injured...

The last time he was hurt was so long ago, he had no memory of it at all...

"Mother said that Father didn't come to see Yeye and Mother because he was badly hurt, so he couldn't visit Yeye. Is that true?"

Luo Hongye gazed at Ning Yechen with hopeful eyes as she asked.

Hearing this, Ning Yechen immediately understood that Luo Ruying had likely made up an excuse to fool their daughter. He gave a helpless smile and went along with it:

"That's right. Father has been here recovering from his injuries, so he couldn't go see Yeye."

"Father has missed our Yeye so much~!"

"Seeing our Yeye, Father's injuries are all better now!"

"Really?"

"Then Father won't abandon Yeye and Mother, right?"

Luo Hongye smiled happily, her innocent expression bright as she asked.

A wave of tenderness washed over Ning Yechen's heart. He held Luo Hongye a little tighter, gently patting her small head, and promised:

"No, I won't."

"From now on, Father will always be by Mother and Yeye's side, protecting you."

"Mm...!"

Luo Hongye happily pressed herself against Ning Yechen's chest, her little hands clutching tightly at his clothes.

She had finally found her father...

"Yeye, tell Father—where did you and Mother live before?"

"What was each day like?"

Ning Yechen asked with a smile.

But there was a hidden depth behind that smile...

He had to know what had happened in these ten years!

Who dared to dig out his wife's Immortal Bone and heart, and wound her like this?

Luo Ruying naively thought Ning Yechen was just curious about her and her mother's past, so she cheerfully began chattering away.

Ever since she was old enough to remember, she had mostly lived in a tiny closet.

Mother said it was a game of hide-and-seek, telling her to stay hidden and not make a sound.

Only when Mother came back would she be carried out to be with her.

Then one time, she hid in the closet for several days, but Mother never came to find her.

She got too bored, so she couldn't help sneaking out to look, and other people found her...

Then she was locked in a pitch-black iron cage...

All alone in the darkness—she was so scared back then...

Sometimes people would come to see her, but they all called her a bastard...

Those people looked so terrifying, she didn't like them, so she always curled up and hid in a corner.

Until Mother came to find her again, opened that dark iron cage, and took her away.

But no matter where they went, there were always so many people chasing them...

"Those bad guys hurt Mother...! Yeye hates them!"

At this point, Luo Hongye lifted her angry little face and said indignantly.

Hearing this, Ning Yechen's expression turned icy cold, and his heart was already nearly bursting with rage.

How impressive, the Immortal Realm!

They even dared to bully his wife and daughter!

From Luo Hongye's words, he could roughly infer what kind of life she had lived.

Luo Ruying had secretly given birth to Luo Hongye without anyone knowing, hiding her in a closet to avoid discovery, tricking her into thinking it was hide-and-seek.

Until she was found, and Luo Ruying had no choice but to break out of the Heavenly Prison and forcibly flee the Immortal Realm with Luo Hongye...

She must have been hurt a lot and suffered a great deal along the way...

Ning Yechen wished he could charge into the Immortal Realm right now and annihilate everyone who had harmed his wife and daughter!

But unfortunately, Luo Hongye didn't know where in the Immortal Realm she had lived—only that it was a vast, beautiful palace.

Such grand halls and jade towers were everywhere in the Immortal Realm, impossible to trace.

What if... he just destroyed the entire Immortal Realm?

That wouldn't be impossible...

Just the fact that they called his precious daughter a bastard was reason enough!

"Father, you look so scary..."

Luo Hongye looked at Ning Yechen's murderous expression, shrinking her head and speaking timidly in a soft voice.

"Don't be afraid, Yeye—Father was just thinking about how to deal with those bullies who picked on you~"

"From now on, Father will get back at them for you, okay~?"

Ning Yechen quickly withdrew the killing intent from his demeanor, putting on a warm and kind smile.

"Okay~"

"Father should get back at them for Mother too—those bad guys always bully her!"

Luo Hongye nodded, angrily clenching her tiny, milk-soft fists.

"Don't worry, not a single one of those bad guys will get away~"

Ning Yechen ruffled Luo Hongye's head with a smile.

His mind was already calculating where to start...

It seemed he would have to leave the mountain for a while...

Just then, Luo Ruying, lying on the bed, her brows trembling slightly, slowly opened her eyes and woke up...