When Meimei heard the word "Mom," her face showed worry again.
Bi Shenghua asked Qingmu what happened. After Qingmu explained, Bi Shenghua her eyes at him, called him an idiot, and then said to Meimei, " Meimei, Mommy isn't abandoning you. Mommy loves you very much! But people always have to grow up. When you grow up, you have to leave your parents and bravely venture out on your own! Isn't Meimei all grown up now?"
Little Meimei nodded vigorously. "Then will I still be able to see my mom and dad in the future?"
Bi Shenghua said, "Of course you can, but you have to be good. If you're good, Mom and Dad will come to see you, and you can visit them when you grow up. So, is Meimei a good girl?"
"Good girl!" Little Meimei smiled sweetly.
"Okay, Meimei, be good. Auntie will get you something to eat," Bi Shenghua said.
Although the resort was on holiday, everything that needed to be purchased had been purchased, just like during normal operations. There was no shortage of food and drinks, and the kitchen had all kinds of dishes.
Bi Shenghua was a very skilled cook. Aside from some extremely high-end seafood and delicacies, she could easily prepare any everyday dish. She cut the braised pork knuckle that the Boss Coal loved into small pieces, took out some prepared cod strips and crab meat balls, and also brought out fruit and snacks, laying them out on the table for the little girl and Crow to eat, saying, "We'll eat the best things first; those who aren't here now will miss out!"
The Crow abandoned the large lobster, whose shell it had pecked open and whose leg it had broken, and which was still struggling to crawl on the ground. It flew over and sniffed the braised pork knuckle. "This is exactly the flavor I wanted!"
Meimei looked at the Crow curiously and asked, "Are you a human in disguise?"
The Boss Coal, while eating his braised pork knuckle, said, "Hmm, maybe it is."
Meimei mistook the Boss Coal for a person and asked, "How old are you?"
"Um..." The Crow tilted its head and thought for a moment, then looked at Qingmu and scratched its head with its claws, "It seems... I can't remember..."
Meimei said, "Then you must be very old. I'll call you Uncle Crow."
"Wow, cool!" For the first time, the Crow felt like a human being, happily spreading its wings and saying to Qingmu, "Did you hear that? She called me uncle! I'm an uncle now, just like you!"
Qingmu said, "No one will object if you want to be a grandfather."
The Crow said, "No, no, Grandpa sounds too old. Besides, I demand a name change. A handsome bird like me deserves a more imposing name."
"Isn't Boss Coal powerful enough?!" Bi Shenghua said, "Should we change it to 'Coal King'?"
The Crow thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go with the Boss Coal."
Meimei suddenly said, "Mom said Uncle Qingmu will be my godfather from now on, Aunt Hua, can you be my godmother?"
"Um... this..." Bi Shenghua didn't know how to answer, her eyes glancing at Qingmu.
The Crow interjected, "Whether she becomes your godmother or not depends on whether your godfather agrees."
Meimei asked, "Godfather, do you agree?"
Qingmu said, "I have no objection."
Meimei sweetly called out "Godmother" and then said, "Godmother, why is your face red?"
"Ah... really?" Bi Shenghua covered her face with her hands, saying in a panic, "There's too much wasabi! This wasabi is really spicy!"
Meimei glanced at Qingmu, then at Bi Shenghua, and then started cawing along with the Crow.
Bi Shenghua pretended to be angry and scolded, "You little devil!"
Meimei's smile faded, and she asked worriedly, "Doesn't my godmother like me?"
Bi Shenghua scolded her verbally, but inwardly she was overjoyed. She picked up Little Meimei, pinched her cute little face, and said, "How could godmother not love such a beautiful goddaughter!"
Whether it was because she was tired from walking in the back mountain or because she hadn't rested well these past few days, Meimei felt sleepy after eating and fell asleep in Bi Shenghua's arms.
Qingmu suddenly sensed a peculiar mental fluctuation. With a thought, his consciousness followed it and he saw a beautiful beach with clear, calm water. On the beach stood a small house built on wooden stilts, surrounded by all sorts of seashells.
This scene is exactly the same as the one in Xia Xiaoxiao's dream; it seems to be the place where they live.
Another mental fluctuation occurred, Crow flew out from the dark, indistinct clouds in the sky, landing with a whoosh on Qingmu's head.
"You've come too," Qingmu said.
"My niece's dream was a bit strange, caw!" the Crow cawed, turning its head from side to side. "Where's my niece?"
Qingmu pointed to the house on the beach. "It's in there."
Just then, the door to the little wooden house opened, and Meimei came out. She had two small braids, was carrying a wicker basket, was barefoot, and had her trousers rolled up. She climbed down the wooden ladder of the little wooden house and began picking up seashells from the ground.
Qingmu and the Crow quietly hid at the edge of the dream space, concealing their consciousness and trying not to disturb Meimei's dream.
However, Little Meimei suddenly turned around and walked towards them, and with her steps, the entire space seemed to move in their direction.
"Godfather, Uncle Crow, what brings you here?" Meimei asked, looking at them.
Qingmu didn't know how Meimei had discovered them. Normally, when a complete consciousness suddenly enters someone else's dream, it will definitely disturb the dream's owner, either causing a backlash or collapsing the dream, unless the Mental Power of the two is too different. With Qingmu's Mental Power, even someone as powerful as the Medicine Granny and Du Juan could make them enter his dream without him noticing. If he wanted to hide his consciousness, ordinary people would have no way of discovering him.
" Meimei, how did you see us?" he asked.
Meimei looked at him strangely and said, "I saw it!"
Is this your home?
"Yes, isn't my house especially beautiful?"
"Yes, it is indeed beautiful. But..." Qingmu looked at the stilted wooden house, "Won't it be very damp living here? You'll get sick if you stay here for too long!"
Meimei smiled and said, "This is where I play, and my house is upstairs."
She pointed to the small hill behind the island, and the space there suddenly opened up. Among the many flowers and plants, there were several stone houses. The stone houses were surrounded by piles of random stones. If viewed from a distance or from a high place, they would just be a few piles of rocks, and you would never guess that they were habitable houses.
"Have you and your parents always lived here?" Qingmu asked.
Meimei said, "Sometimes Mom takes me to stay in the city. When Dad comes back, we stay here."
"Oh, is your father inside now? Can we ask him to come out?" Qingmu tried to guide Meimei about her father, so that at least she could see Situ's appearance in her dream.
Meimei smiled slyly, then had Qingmu squat down and whispered in his ear, "My dad forbids me from saying his and my mom's names, and he won't let me dream about them."
"What?" Qingmu exclaimed in surprise, "You know you're dreaming?"
Meimei said in surprise, "Yes, my godmother is holding me and sleeping right now!"