A Surprise?

"I could see her before, though."

Uncle Xu was puzzled.

He had been with her for so many years, and he had always been able to see her.

How had he suddenly become unable to see her?

It was so strange.

And so inexplicable.

"Maybe it's as the old folks say: your bond with her has run its course."

Xiao Xiao smiled.

Seeing the confusion and disbelief on Uncle Xu's face, he didn't say anything more.

Because that was simply the truth.

"Is that so?"

Uncle Xu finally seemed to give up and drew his gaze back. He murmured to himself, a hint of dejection showing between his brows.

Actually, he had been holding on to a little hope.

He had hoped Master Xiao could let him see her one more time.

After thinking of her for so many years and waiting for so long, was he really unable even to see what she looked like?

During those long years of waiting, he had wondered how she might have changed.

But then he remembered that she had looked exactly the same throughout the more than ten years they had spent together. He thought his Missy must still look the way he remembered her.

It was just that so much time had passed since they last met.

Even though he was always reminiscing, he had to admit, with a touch of panic, that her image was gradually growing hazy in his memory.

So, before he completely forgot what she looked like, he had wanted to see her again.

Now that he had seen her, surely he would never forget her for the rest of his life.

"Is it impossible?"

Uncle Xu sighed wistfully.

But he was no longer the boy who had panicked helplessly when