"Senior..." Winter Solstice's voice was softer than before, trembling slightly. "How... how did you know?"
I did not answer her question, only asked, "Do you want to return to where you came from?"
The little girl's entire body tensed. She glanced warily around, as though checking whether anyone was following her.
"Don't be afraid. Since I can discern your origins, I not only know everything about you, but also have the ability to protect you. Besides, you possess the ancestral bloodline of the Purple-Eyed Clan. You are utterly different from those people who brought you here. If you wish, I can even capture them all and make them repay every evil they have committed against you over these years." I smiled.
Winter Solstice lowered her head, her fingers twisting the corner of her clothes. Her voice was muffled in her chest. "...I don't remember their faces anymore. I only remember a vast forest of purple trees. The trees were so tall, and whenever the wind blew, petals would fall like rain." She paused here, as if confirming whether that scene had truly existed. "The nanny who brought me away carried me and walked a very long way... Later, I arrived here, and then she disappeared too."
"So that was it. I understand. I will find your home." I had come to the Market Ward in the first place to find a Child of Fortune and make contact.
One had to know that those favored by destiny were beings blessed by the Heavenly Dao, those cherished by Heaven itself. Their connection to the Heavenly Dao ran deepest. By coming into contact with them, I could trace back the Heavenly Dao's karmic threads and obtain the crucial information I sought.
This little girl's fortune soared to the heavens. No matter what she