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“Auntie Yao! Auntie Yao!” Ping’an flew rapidly through the air, scanning his surroundings with sharp focus.
If Yao Jue hadn’t left him a note telling him to wait a day, he might’ve assumed something had gone terribly wrong.
Even so, he couldn’t help searching.
He didn’t need to look long.
By dusk, a familiar figure in silver robes approached from afar, smiling as she came.
Ping’an let out a breath of relief, but then composed himself and said seriously, “Auntie Yao, things aren’t like they used to be. Our identities are sensitive now. I understand you still feel tied to your homeland, that you want—”
Before he could finish, a crow fluttered out from behind Yao Jue, landed on her shoulder, and stared at him with a tilt of its head.
Then it said, “That tone…he really has grown up.”
“...” Ping’an froze. He’d become an elder now, burdened with responsibility. He’d meant to scold Yao Jue a little. She was always too bold, always pulling strange stunts. But the moment he saw that crow, all words left him.
His eyes didn’t redden; he was too old for that now.
But after a long, motionless pause, his lips moved ever so slightly, then lifted into a quiet smile.
A laugh escaped his mouth.
Yao Jue laughed along with him.
The crow fluttered...
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