War About to Begin

Xiao Yan was stumped by the question. His expression darkened, and he did not know how to answer.

Xiao Xiao pressed, "Mother said before that she was going to help Father. Didn't you see her, Father?"

"Could Mother have gotten lost?" Xiao Yan guessed.

"Maybe she went looking for food on the way," Xiao Huo offered her opinion.

"Mother isn't like you two. She... she... went to have a baby?" Xiao Yi muttered softly.

Xiao Yan's heart felt heavy. The scene of Xiao Meng leaving, the scenes from the Hundred Lives Reincarnation where she had died again and again to save him—all of them surfaced in his mind. Enormous despair and pain surged over him like a tide, making it hard for him to breathe.

He fought back his tears, yet he did not dare look at his daughters or face their expectant gazes. He truly did not know how to tell them the truth.

Yao Chen fell silent as well. He sighed and said,

"If you can't bring yourself to tell them, then let me."

Xiao Yan shook his head, took two deep breaths, and made up his mind.

"I'll tell them myself. This was my mistake, and it is my responsibility..."

He stared at Xiao Xiao and said in a hoarse voice,

"Your mother is gone. I will look for her, but the hope is slim."

"Gone? What does that mean?" Xiao Huo did not understand.

"She's dead. She died protecting me. I failed her, and I failed all of you." Xiao Yan's face was full of pain.

Amon had used Xiao Meng to replace Cailin, and there had originally been some flaws in the story.

For instance, the time Cailin left did not match the time Xiao Meng had been captured by Protector Wu while protecting Xiao