Chen Xiaoqiu lowered her head, seeming to hold back the tears in her eyes.
I felt a lump in my chest too. I couldn't imagine what Mu Ge must have felt back then.
If my parents and younger sister looked at me that way, I wouldn't be able to accept it. I might even have lost all hope.
Mu Ai reached out her little hand and covered Mu Ge's eyes. "Daddy, don't cry."
"All right. Daddy won't cry..." Mu Ge held Mu Ai tightly and took a deep breath.
I thought that at least he still had an adorable daughter who could comfort him at a time like this.
Then I thought of the people from Greenleaf.
The five of them seemed to have only one another. Perhaps they could add Master Xuanqing to the group, but that would be about it.
I'd known and felt this for a long time. But the more supernatural incidents I encountered, the more deeply I felt it. Just then, I couldn't help thinking of Ye Qing's experiences again. He'd lost his family when he was young, then watched his companions disappear one by one as an adult. I didn't know how many people in this line of work had gone through similarly tragic things, but no matter how I looked at it, Ye Qing's experiences had to be among the most devastating.
Mu Ge had composed himself. He rubbed his daughter's little hand and said to us, "What happened to her hit me hard. Not only because she was gone, but also because of how the world had changed. I almost had to watch them die. Even though I saved them back then, it was at the cost of another innocent girl's life. You know how people like us came to be, right?"