After hearing me out, Black Emperor nodded his dog head at me.
"Mm! You could put it that way!
But it's nothing. You brat should hurry up and find a female—no, find a woman—and have ten or eight kids.
Then your grandpa should be able to rest easy..."
Ten or eight...
Xiao Yu and I probably couldn't even have one!
But I didn't answer. I simply released the brake again and continued driving toward home.
At that moment, my emotions were complicated, and I even felt a little anxious.
I had been through so much, faced life and death so many times, and witnessed the life and death of others.
A lot of the time, I had even comforted patients...
I'd thought my state of mind was actually pretty good.
But now I realized it wasn't. Learning that Grandpa didn't have much time left still left me worried and unable to let go.
Seeing that I didn't speak and only stared ahead as I drove, Black Emperor spoke again:
"Little Ningzi, you really don't need to be sad. Just listen to me—find more women and have more kids."
Hearing that, I didn't answer directly. Instead, I continued asking:
"Black Emperor, how did my grandpa snatch me back? Can you tell me that?"
Black Emperor bared his teeth and picked at them with his dog paw.
"You'd better ask your grandpa about that!
Actually, how you were snatched back isn't important.
What's important is that you find a female—no, a woman—and have children..."
Clearly, Black Emperor didn't want to talk about it.
Since Black Emperor was unwilling to say anything, I didn't press him.
Actually, based on the scattered details I had gathered so far, along with the unusual nature of my fate, I had already come up with a theory.