Mother and daughter reunited

Tang Xiaosan's lips moved several times, as though something had lodged in her throat.

The word "Mom" was far too unfamiliar to her. Whenever she asked Tang Hao about her mother, he impatiently drove her out of the house.

She looked at Ah Yin's face, a face that bore a seventy or eighty percent resemblance to her own, and her mind went blank.

"M... Mom?"

Ah Yin reached out, rested her palm on Tang Xiaosan's head, and gently rubbed it. Although her hand was very cold,

Tang Xiaosan felt an extraordinary warmth, and tears spilled uncontrollably down her face.

"There, don't cry."

Ah Yin's voice was quiet, her fingers gentle as she smoothed Tang Xiaosan's disheveled hair.

"It's my fault. I let you suffer all these years."

Tears swirled in Tang Xiaosan's eyes. Suddenly, she threw her arms around Ah Yin's neck,

and burst into loud sobs,

crying out all the grievances she had accumulated over the years.

Tang Hao had been abusing her all along, making her take care of everything at home since she was four.

She had always thought that if she did well enough, she could earn Tang Hao's approval and play without a care every day, like other children her age.

But that day never came. Countless times, she had thought of ending her miserable life.

Although Su Ling brought a group of people to trouble her every day, it was also the first time across her two lives that she had tasted childhood.

Ah Yin said nothing. She simply stroked Tang Xiaosan's head gently, letting Tang Xiaosan sob against her.

Su Ling leaned against the stone wall, watching the scene, and suddenly found it rather peculiar.

"Tang Hao really is inhuman!"

Su Ling muttered under his breath. His voice was so quiet that neither Ah Yin nor Tang Xiaosan heard him.

But everyone secretly watching the live broadcast heard him perfectly clearly,

and voiced their agreement.

"Once I qualify to issue quests, I'll make Tang Hao wish he were dead!"

"Waaah..." Qian Renxue cried her eyes out in a secret chamber in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, giving Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, who stood guard outside, quite a fright.

"What's wrong with the young mistress? Is she homesick?" Snake Lance looked at Porcupinefish Douluo suspiciously.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't!"

She had left home at a young age, all so Bibi Dong would spare her another glance or two.

In the blink of an eye, she had nearly spent more time in Heaven Dou City than in Spirit City. This filled Pufferfish with emotion as well. He had practically watched Qian Renxue grow up and had even come to regard her as his own granddaughter.

Bibi Dong was also weeping in Spirit Hall, tears and snot streaming down her face.

She saw Qian Renxue's shadow in Tang Xiaosan's experiences,

and her own shadow in Tang Hao. Ever since connecting to the Live Broadcast System, she had grown increasingly calm.

All her schemes, even her secret plan to become a god, seemed feeble and powerless before Su Ling's strength.

Her mind, previously affected by the Divine Examination, had also cleared. Of course, there was a reason for all this.

The current Rakshasa God was watching the live broadcast too.

Bibi Dong wanted Hu Liena to offer herself to win Su Ling over, while the Rakshasa God wanted Bibi Dong to offer herself to win Su Ling over. The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.

Ling Yuan: Why don't you look behind you too?

After all, as things stood, Su Ling was her only means of killing the Asura God.

Bibi Dong finally faced her feelings toward Qian Renxue. Though she loathed Qian Xunji to the core, Qian Renxue was innocent.

Although she had never shown Qian Renxue a kind face since childhood, Qian Renxue had always tried every possible way to please her.

Thinking back now, she really was a beast. Though she was not as beastly as Tang Hao, she was absolutely unfit to be a mother.

"Elder Ju, Ghost Elder, go to the Worship Hall and find Qian Daoliu. Tell him we've found traces of Tang Hao."

"Yes!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei left Spirit Hall swiftly, as though a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders. Watching Bibi Dong cry one moment and laugh the next, they had truly feared she might kill them the very next second.

"Elder Ling Yuan."

"What are your orders, Your Holiness?"

Ling Yuan was also connected to the Live Broadcast System, but she was much calmer and showed no obvious emotional changes. Thus, Bibi Dong did not know she was also among those secretly watching Su Ling.

"Never mind..."

From Bibi Dong's observations, Su Ling knew a great deal about the Douluo Continent's past, and might even know its future.

Otherwise, he could not possibly have discovered the Blue Silver Emperor's location.

Bibi Dong had originally intended to have Ling Yuan bring Qian Renxue straight back. But if Su Ling really knew everything about the Douluo Continent, doing so would certainly arouse his suspicions.

Besides, she had not figured out how to face Qian Renxue.

Moreover, Xue'er might also be watching the live broadcast. If the system cut her and Qian Renxue off because of this, the losses would outweigh the gains.

"Ah Yin."

Su Ling spoke.

Ah Yin did not turn around, merely murmuring in acknowledgment.

"The anesthetic still hasn't worn off."

"I know."

"Then have you decided you don't want to do this anymore?"

"Wait a little longer," Ah Yin said, a hint of impatience in her voice. "Let me spend a little more time with my daughter."

Su Ling shut his mouth. With mother and daughter so deeply attached, he really should not interrupt.

Tang Xiaosan cried in Ah Yin's arms for a long time, until only sniffles remained. Ah Yin released her, cupped her face in both hands, and wiped the tear tracks from her cheeks with her thumbs.

"Listen to me."

Tang Xiaosan nodded, her nose still twitching as she sniffled.

"I won't hold what you did tonight against you." Ah Yin's tone suddenly turned stern. "But this is the only time. If you dare attack Su Ling again, I'll kill you without hesitation."

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"And you're not allowed to say anything about dying together again. I want you to live well."

Tang Xiaosan's face flushed scarlet.

"I understand."

Tang Xiaosan abruptly buried her face against Ah Yin's chest again.

"And you're not allowed to have those sorts of thoughts about Su Ling anymore. At least, at least not before me."

Hearing this, Tang Xiaosan looked at Ah Yin in confusion, her face bright red.

Ah Yin blushed too, feeling that saying such things in front of her own daughter was rather strange.

But that was not the main thing. She now felt uncomfortable all over, as though countless eyes were staring at her.

Ah Yin stood and pulled Tang Xiaosan up from the ground. She glanced back at Su Ling.

"Go untie Su Ling."

"Oh, right."

Tang Xiaosan picked up the Sleeve Arrow she had originally intended to use to kill herself. With two swishes, the ropes binding Su Ling snapped apart instantly.

"Y-you can't do that! What if you hurt Su Ling?"

Tang Xiaosan was about to explain when her vision suddenly went black and she toppled toward the ground. Ah Yin reacted swiftly and caught Tang Xiaosan in her arms.

Su Ling hurried forward to check Tang Xiaosan's condition.

"It's nothing serious. She exhausted her Soul Power, and her emotions were fluctuating intensely just now. That's why she fainted."

Thinking about it, that made sense. Tang Xiaosan had brought him out of Nuoding Academy all by herself.

If Tang Xiaosan had not learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill, she would have died of exhaustion on the way.

"Let's head back."

Su Ling lifted Tang Xiaosan into a princess carry and walked toward Nuoding Academy.

"Congratulations to Qian Renxue on qualifying to issue daily quests."

Hearing the system's announcement, Qian Renxue wiped her tears with her sleeve and stared blankly at the screen of light.

Had she been exposed?

She remembered that Bibi Dong's disciple, Hu Liena, was also watching the live broadcast. What if Hu Liena told Bibi Dong?

That was something to worry about later.

"Quest issued: beat Tang Hao to a pulp!"

So what if Bibi Dong found out? The next time her turn came around, she intended to have Su Ling go beat Bibi Dong to a pulp instead.

She would make sure Su Ling battered Bibi Dong until she was scattered like fallen petals and flowing water, kneeling and begging for mercy!