Chapter 258: A Request
Meanwhile.
On the tallest mountain in Batang Village.
Jiang Zhen stood at the edge of the cliff, with expressionless Jiang Hengzhi and Jiang Chuyun behind her, as well as Jiang Lixuan whose half face was a bloody mess of flesh.
Jiang Zhen held a piece of clothing that Bai Wenyin had once worn, overlooking the village below that was completely wrapped in red silk thread. She seemed to sense something, her brows lightly raised, and a smug smile curled at the corners of her mouth.
“As long as Nan Yuanman has any obsession in her heart, she absolutely cannot escape this trap tailor-made for her!”
Strangely enough, she had turned Batang Village completely upside down but still couldn’t find Bai Wenyin’s tomb. She could only find a piece of old clothes still carrying her scent in the home where Nan Yuanman had once lived.
This piece of old clothes seemed to have absorbed too much incense and formed a spirit due to its owner’s obsession.
However, this spirit was dazed and not yet fully formed, so she captured it. Combined with the Jiang family bloodline and the face skin torn from Ge Peiyao and Jiang Lixuan, she refined it into a “Bai Wenyin” soul.
She looked no different from the real Bai Wenyin, with her pre-death memories and her scent, enough to pass as the real one!
Moreover, this “Bai Wenyin” was completely under her control!
This time, she wanted to see how Nan Yuanman would escape!
Once she fully controlled Nan Yuanman, she would dismember her into pieces to avenge the shattered palm for her master!
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After Nan Yuanman shouted that sentence, she quickly reacted. No! Grandpa had told her that Mother had already been sent to reincarnation by him.
Moreover, because Mother had done many good deeds in life and had a lot of merit, she entered the reincarnation cycle without needing to queue up and was now a four-year-old child!
The white shadow in front of her was not her mother!
Nan Yuanman swiftly drew her copper coin sword. Just as she was about to question her, the Bai Wenyin in front of her had reddened eyes and joyfully pounced over hugged Nan Yuanman with a face full of delight: “Yuanman, my child, I finally… see you.”
The scent unique to Bai Wenyin suddenly enveloped Nan Yuanman’s nose. Her eyes widened slightly. This… this was Mother’s scent.
Why was it so familiar?
Because Nan Yuanman had been sick before she turned three and cried and made noise for Father and Mother. Old Master Nan had no choice but to take out a piece of clothing Bai Wenyin had worn in life, put it on a doll, and let her hold it to sleep.
Strangely enough, Nan Yuanman, who had been crying nonstop, quieted down as soon as she held the doll wearing Bai Wenyin’s clothes.
She stopped crying loudly and held the doll tightly, sobbing softly.
Therefore, Nan Yuanman was very familiar with Bai Wenyin’s scent.
It was a sweet, warm scent that couldn’t be described.
This scent was also on this white shadow.
Nan Yuanman was a bit confused.
Could it be that Grandpa was lying to her? Mother hadn’t been sent to reincarnation at all?
While Nan Yuanman was doubting herself, the Bai Wenyin hugging her let go and looked at her carefully, almost greedily.
Her transparent hand gently touched her cheek as she murmured: “Time passes so quickly. In the blink of an eye, you’ve grown this big…”
She still remembered when she gave birth to Nan Yuanman with her last breath in the coffin, she was as small as a little monkey.
Thin and tiny, with a weak cry. She had been afraid she wouldn’t survive, but unexpectedly, she had grown so much.
Chubby and fair, looking very healthy.
Bai Wenyin was very gratified.
It seemed Old Master Nan hadn’t lied to her. He had really taken good care of Yuanman.
Nan Yuanman stared at her in a daze, gripping the copper coin sword in her hand tightly then loosening it. Ultimately, she still didn’t believe Grandpa would lie to her, but a tiny hope lingered in her heart. She pursed her lips: “Are you really my mother?”
“But Grandpa said you had already gone to reincarnation. Why are you here?”
Bai Wenyin blinked her eyes, equally bewildered, and honestly said: “I don’t know.”
“When I opened my eyes, I was here, and I saw… you.”
The two stared wide-eyed at each other for a while. Nan Yuanman still couldn’t bring herself to act against Bai Wenyin. She thought for a moment and said: “If you want to prove you’re my mother, tell me ten things that only my mother knows.”
She remembered that Mother’s diary recorded many things, and besides Mother, only she and Father knew about them now.
If she could say them, she would believe she was real.
“That’s simple.” Bai Wenyin perked up and listed ten things only she knew in one breath.
Some were from the diary, some Nan Yuanman didn’t know, but they were indeed things her mother could have done.
Nan Yuanman half-believed and half-doubted. She pursed her lips: “Alright, I believe you’re my mother.”
As she spoke, she carefully watched Bai Wenyin, as if afraid she would get angry over this.
There was no trace of annoyance at being suspected on Bai Wenyin’s face. Instead, she was especially gratified and gave her a thumbs up: “Having a vigilant heart is good. Mother isn’t afraid you’ll be taken away by bad people.”
“You don’t blame me for suspecting you?” Nan Yuanman couldn’t help saying: “I saw an auntie before who was suspected of something she didn’t do, and she was very sad and upset.”
“You’re my daughter.” Bai Wenyin happily stroked her head: “No matter what you do, Mother won’t be angry.”
“Mother believes you have your reasons.”
Nan Yuanman had never imagined Bai Wenyin would be so tolerant and trusting of her. For a moment, her heart felt sour and swollen, her nose tingled, and her eyes grew hot.
She rubbed her eyes, lowered her head, and fidgeted with her hands, not daring to look at Bai Wenyin. She held out for less than a few seconds before sneakily peeking again.
Seeing her adorable appearance, Bai Wenyin couldn’t help but smile faintly at the corners of her mouth. She sat beside her: “Yuanman, can you tell Mother about your life these past five years?”
“Mother didn’t expect to see you again and doesn’t know when she’ll suddenly leave. I want to learn more about you.”
Nan Yuanman tilted her head to look at her: “You really want to know?”
Bai Wenyin nodded solemnly.
Nan Yuanman thought for a moment, then slowly told all the things she had done in the past five years that she could talk about.
As she spoke, she got a bit tired. Today she had taken an airplane and then a car, rushing for most of the day. She was already exhausted.
Or perhaps it was because the aura emanating from Bai Wenyin was too soothing, giving her a strong sense of security. Nan Yuanman felt drowsiness surging over her.
Bai Wenyin couldn’t help patting her back: “If you’re sleepy, just sleep. Mother will still be here tomorrow, and you can tell me then.”
Nan Yuanman mumbled in agreement, crawled onto the bed and lay down. Her eyes slowly closed, then suddenly opened as she looked at Bai Wenyin.
Bai Wenyin smiled and asked: “What’s wrong?”
Nan Yuanman looked at her without speaking, but suddenly a memory from long ago in the village flashed in her mind: when summer came, her playmates sleeping with their fathers and mothers.
She had been so envious back then.
But Grandpa said men and women shouldn’t be too intimate, so after she turned two, he made her sleep alone.
The room was very dark. At first, she was a bit scared and even secretly cried hiding under the covers, hoping deep down that one day her parents would sleep with her.
But she also clearly understood this was just a luxury.
Now seeing Bai Wenyin again, her scent was so familiar, uniquely Mother’s, reassuring.
She couldn’t help making a request to Bai Wenyin: “Can you… sleep with me?”
