In the distance, Bai Ye's ears twitched. He immediately stepped in front of An Xiaotong and spoke as if nothing had happened.
"Xiao Tong..."
His voice abruptly cut off.
An Xiaotong stood before him with her head lowered, her slender body trembling slightly, as though she were sobbing.
Only then did he remember that An Xiaotong had the same rabbit hearing he did.
Bai Ye wanted to say something more, but the next second, An Xiaotong plunged into his arms, soaking the front of his shirt with tears.
He said nothing else, merely stroking the girl's long, ink-black hair.
An Xiaotong said nothing either. She simply wept in silence.
Judgment Day had hurt her far too deeply.
It had taken her ten years to move past this day, yet now it had only just begun.
The difference was that this Judgment Day had not ended in pure tragedy.
"Brother Ye!" Li Xiao hurried over. "Lu..."
Bai Ye's expression darkened, and he hastily shot him a glare.
Fortunately, the current Li Xiao was not yet like his self ten years later, whose head was so full of the way of the strong that he had discarded both intelligence and emotional awareness. He understood the situation and immediately shut his mouth.
"Xiao Tong, let me take you back to rest... Xiao Tong?"
Bai Ye bent down to look and discovered that An Xiaotong had already fallen asleep, nestled in his arms, with tear tracks still wet at the corners of her eyes.
He fell silent for a moment. He knew that overwhelming grief and an unwillingness to face reality had triggered her brain's defense mechanisms.
So Bai Ye brought An Xiaotong into the Divine Kingdom and entrusted her to Little Tangerine's care.
It was worth mentioning that Little Tangerine's Miracle had succeeded.