As soon as the New Year is over, February comes quietly.
Qian Renxue's birthday is naturally coming.
In the past, she didn't have much obsession with birthdays, it was just that Xu grew older year after year, that's all.
But it's different now. Ever since last year's birthday party and celebration, she has been looking forward to this special day where she can find an excuse to eat, get together, and have fun with everyone.
Because Qian Renxue feels that the time spent with her family is exceptionally short, warm but meaningful.
At noon on February 8, after receiving this year's birthday gift from her grandfather - a large amount of money and precious jewelry, she received a summons from the Pope's Palace.
It was the Pope who came out of confinement to find something to do with her.
There was no news from Bibi Dong for more than half a year, but Qian Renxue knew that she must be absorbing the soul ring, so she was not too worried.
At this time, she was humming a little tune, squinting her eyes and walking towards the Pope's Palace with expectation.
Presumably her mother called her over to wish her a happy birthday.
This experience was the first in two lifetimes.
This made Qian Renxue extremely looking forward to it.
Entering the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong was the only one standing in the center.
"Mother~~~"
Perhaps because of her excitement, Qian Renxue's shouts had a rare long sound unique to a little girl.
"You came."
She raised her hand to call Qian Renxue over, breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"Today is your birthday, luckily you made it in time."
After getting closer, Qian Renxue noticed the fatigue on Bibi Dong's expression.
This is...why?
"Mother……"
Before Qian Renxue could ask in detail, she was interrupted by Bibi Dong,
"Let's take a look at the gift I prepared for you first.
I told you, you won't be disappointed. "
Bibi Dong's tone was extremely proud and confident. Then she raised her hand and gift boxes appeared one after another, filling the area around the two of them in an instant.
Seeing that the gift box packaging revealed that it was exquisite and precious, far more exquisite than the gifts she had received when she was the crown prince of the Tiandou Empire Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue could not hide her excitement. Mouth,
"Mother, this..."
Bibi Dong still didn't explain. She walked to the pile of gifts and used her soul power to lift the first big box with the label 'zero'.
The shimmering golden ribbon made of bright silk threads was slowly pulled open, and accompanied by a clear and clean rose fragrance, the gift box was opened.
Contained inside is a fire phoenix pendant made of a whole red rabbit hair crystal.
In Douluo Continent, there are legends about dragons and phoenixes.
According to legend, the fire phoenix will seek good luck and avoid evil for the newborn girl, and the fire of the sun will protect her from evil spirits.
It is a folk custom that uses precious gems and wood to carve long name tags and ornaments with fire phoenix patterns and wear them on girls to protect her from premature death and to wish her a smooth childhood.
What Bibi Dong chooses is a pure natural heterochromatic hair crystal that is extremely rare among hair crystals - crystals with extremely fine villi inside, rutile inclusions interspersed with a network distribution, and red rabbit hair crystals.
"This is your full moon ceremony."
"Mom hopes that you can have a safe and smooth life."
…
After placing the opened gift on the table next to Qian Renxue, who was already stunned, Bibi Dong picked up the second gift box and continued,
"You are one year old.
You are in a state of babbling and full of curiosity about everything. You seem to have endless energy to take risks every day.
Although I have only heard of it...
But mom hopes that no matter how old you get, you can stay so motivated and move forward bravely. "
After finishing his words, what was handed to Qian Renxue was a bunch of small and delicate blood relics.
Qian Renxue, who is 'knowledgeable', recognized that this was the ashes of a peak Douluo whose spirit was the bone in the Spirit Hall after his death.
As a 'martial soul fragment' that condenses all the purifications in front of the titled Douluo level, it can be used as a soul guide with extremely strong defense without even needing to undergo secondary processing.
“It’s your second birthday.
You are much stronger than other children of the same age and can already walk steadily.
At the same time, you are more curious about the outside world. Every time you pass by the enshrinement hall, you can be seen lying on the window looking into the distance. "
With that said, Bibi Dong handed over a thick album again. In the book with embedded photo stones, every page was the scenery recorded by Bibi Dong during her travels.
"Mom hopes that with its inspiration, you will be able to see a wider world one day."
…
"You are six years old, it is time to awaken your martial spirit.
Will you be an angel martial spirit like your grandfather, or will you follow my twin spider emperor martial arts?
Now that I think about it, it would be better for a girl to follow your grandfather.
The angel spirit is beautiful and sacred, just like you, the lovely one. "
Although Bibi Dong said this, the corresponding six-year-old gift Qian Renxue received,
But it was an extremely beautiful three-dimensional spider specimen that she had never seen before, with six purple wings as thin as cicada wings.
"You are seven years old. You have grown up. In the blink of an eye, you have far exceeded my expectations for you. You are even able to give gifts to your mother with ease. My mother is very guilty, but also extremely pleased.
But my mother feels that you don’t have to be so sensible.
You are really at an age now where you can hide in the arms of adults and act like a spoiled child. You are still young and can rely on me as much as you want...and of course your grandfather.
As long as you miss me, mom will immediately appear by your side. "
Then the gift box contained a pendant made of conch.
According to legend, as long as you blow the silent pendant made by a mermaid, the patron saint will immediately come to your side, no matter where you are or how far away you are.
Through the detection of mental power, Qian Renxue knew that Bibi Dong had condensed three clones of her with cultivation levels equivalent to that of a peak Douluo.
With the brief pause in Bibi Dong's congratulatory voice, Qian Renxue knew that the last gift of the day was coming.
Bibi Dong picked up the last long and narrow wooden gift box on the ground, opened it, and said slowly,
“Today is your eighth birthday.
Your talent for cultivation is far superior to your grandfather and mine. Although you haven't told me, I also know that you have embarked on the road to becoming a god early.
So... Mom is here to give me the wings to ascend to God.
I hope you won’t forget your original intention, don’t forget to persevere, and don’t lose yourself on this road to becoming stronger. "
In a long, narrow and huge box made of nanmu, three pairs of white skeletons with different shapes lie quietly.
Qian Renxue recognized what the bones were at a glance - they were wings.
And there are three pairs, exactly the same as the number of wings of her martial spirit.
When she looked at Bibi Dong in shock, she only heard Bibi Dong explain lightly,
"These are the attached soul bones that exploded from the bodies of three birds of paradise.
Although the years are uneven and are less than 50,000 years old, the attached soul bones can grow with you and won't be too much of a drag on you.
It's a pity that these three birds of paradise are not siblings of the same mother. The affinity of the linkage is probably not as convenient as a set of six wings. You may have to spend a lot of effort to control them. "
The three pairs of external soul bones are all produced from the same soul beast. It doesn't take Qian Renxue to know how small the probability is.
Recalling the fatigue on Bibi Dongfangcai's face that she couldn't hide in time, a guess appeared in Qian Renxue's mind.
Could it be Bibi Dong... Could it be that her mother has not been in seclusion at all in the past six months, but has gone out to find gifts for her? !
In just half a year, three pairs of externally attached soul bones were collected. This... even if it was done without sleep, the efficiency was a bit appalling!
Regarding this matter, Bibi Dong did not want to hide too much. She knew that with Qian Renxue's intelligence, she could naturally guess where she had been in the past six months.
She didn't explain anything more, she just said apologetically,
"It's my fault as a mother these years...
I'm sorry, my child.
I know that these vulgar things cannot make up for the harm I have caused you, but I still hope you will accept them.
And... to be able to recognize me as my mother again.
I will try my best to make up for my mistakes over the years. "
"No, no, mother, I actually..."
Listening to Bibi Dong's sincere apology, Qian Renxue could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes.
If she had tried to understand the truth before, she would not have had a misunderstanding with Bibi Dong for nearly twenty years, and it was not until her death that the misunderstanding was resolved.
And if she knew the truth, she would definitely not deliberately say so many words to irritate Bibi Dong, so that she would be separated from guilt and regret.
She should be the one to apologize.
As a victim, what else can Bibi Dong do?
How can you remain normal and play the role of a loving mother, pretending that nothing ever happened?
But Bibi Dong seemed to want to know what Qian Renxue was going to say. Her pale red eyes were full of care. After raising her hands to hold Qian Renxue's face, she said,
"If you think there's something wrong with you, it's my fault as well."
Bibi Dong thought her anger was wrong.
The grudge between her and Qian Xunji ended with her successful revenge.
Forcing her unquenchable anger and resentment on a child who knows nothing is any different from that shameless villain.
Bibi Dong's "playing rogue" made Qian Renxue, who was not good at quibbles, only turn a thousand words into a cry,
"Mother--"
Hearing this, Bibi Dong smiled, and there were watery fluctuations in her eyes. She hugged Qian Renxue and responded excitedly,
"Be good, my daughter."
After untying the restraints, the two gentle people took off each other's masks at this moment, retracted their fangs, and hugged each other tightly.
"From now on, as long as it is something you want, even if it is the lofty throne, mother will give it to you."
"Um!"
Bibi Dong has always wanted to have her own way of calling her daughter.
But now that things have happened, it would be too ridiculous to choose any nicknames or nicknames.
So, after thinking about it, Bibi Dong thought of a way for Qian Renxue to distinguish her from Qian Daoliu.
"And...can I call you, Xue'er?"
Qian Renxue nodded in Bibi Dong's arms and responded,
"Okay, Mom!"
"Thank you, Xue'er."
…
Even when she walked out of the Pope's Palace and stood in the sunny courtyard in the afternoon, Qian Renxue still looked a little dazed and a little unbelievable about what had just happened.
turn out to be……
Is this what it feels like to be loved by your mother?
Different from Qian Daoliu's meticulous love and pampering, Bibi Dong's love and talk that always revealed a domineering atmosphere made Qian Renxue feel uncontrollably attached to her.
