"Strange, this child isn't usually so clingy... I'm sorry, benefactor. She's only three." Tang Qiao'er said apologetically, trying to pull away the child who had abruptly wrapped herself around me.
But those words left me completely stunned. Three? Thinking about it carefully, considering the growth rate of children in the Upper Realm, it wasn't strange for her to look six or seven. I was simply used to thinking in terms of the Lower Realm and hadn't corrected myself in time!
And if she was three, that would make her about the same age Tang Ke had been when she died. Since the Six Paths were connected, it wasn't impossible for her to have crossed realms and reincarnated here! So I looked toward my wife. After all, only she could determine whether this was Tang Ke, having entered the Six Paths and reincarnated as this little girl.
After all, that gaze, that expression, and that sense of familiarity were all far too similar. Even I couldn't help considering the possibility that reincarnation and the cycle of cause and effect had brought them together again!
"Uncle..." Seeing me frozen, the little girl tugged on my hand.
I came back to myself, gave her a bitter smile, then rubbed her head. "I'm sorry. Uncle was distracted for a moment. I thought of an old friend."
"Oh... okay." The little girl studied me seriously. I didn't know whether she had sensed something, but she seemed to feel the same familiarity toward me.
Tang Qiao'er didn't know what connection existed between us, but since I was her lifesaver, she didn't think much of it. Granny Yan, meanwhile, still looked wary, as though she feared I would abduct the child.
I looked toward my wife with a trace of apology. I felt I had asked too