âMother, what should we do then?â Bai Xiachenâs eyes got all red as the worry nearly made him cry out.
Donât assume he doesnât care just because he claimed to be adopted; in fact, he cares about his old man quite a lot.
âDonât worry too much, heâs Di Cang, your father, thereâs nothing he canât do in this world!â Bai Yan reassures her boy by showing a comforting smile, but the reluctance and worry couldnât be dismissed in her voice.
She doesnât know where the demon king was now. That meant she must find outâ¦..
âXiachen, go find your siblings and pack up. Weâll go visit the human world as planned.â Bai Yan attempts to shift the topic in order to avoid further pain in the room.
âOkay.â The steambun did not doubt his mother and nodded before turning for the exit.
âXiachen, donât let Ling Yan and Jin Tian know about this, understand?â Bai Yan drops another order after seeing her boy move, afraid this matter might rile up into a fuss thatâs not needed at this timing.
Halting in his step and turning back to face her: âMother, you can count on me, I wonât let them worry.â
Finally, once said the boy ran off without looking back, leaving only the demon queen standing there with an oppressive air hovering overhead.
â¦â¦
At this moment, Suzaku was just coming out of her own room when the phoenix suddenly bumped into her mistress who came to see her.
Stumbling backward in surprise by the headbutt, âMistress, how come you are here?â
Tightly pressing her hands onto the phoenixâs shoulder so she doesnât escape, âSuzaku, do you know where Di Cang went? I want to hear the truth.â
Flinching at the sudden question, the phoenix woman met the demon queenâs eye and spent a good second in deep thought. In the end, she shook her head.
âI donât know⦠His Majesty didnât tell us anything so we donât know where he intends to go.â
Bai Yanâs hand slowly loosened. It looks like Xiachen is not wrong, Suzaku and them donât know anythingâ¦.
âDi Cang had Xiachen pass me the word: saying I cannot go to the place that heâs going. Why is that the case?â Bai Yanâs sight never left the other personâs, looking for any sign of hesitancy.
Sure enough, Suzaku got quiet and leaving the air very tense. After a good while of this awkwardness, âI really donât knowâ¦ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Taking a step back, Bai Yanâs figure began to shake, her smile transforming into a hysterical laugh of bitterness. âIs that so? Fine, Iâm going to take the kids back with me to the human world. Since I donât know where he is, I wonât waste anymore time on the matter. But if word comes that heâs in danger, you must come find me, understood?â
âMistressâ¦â Suzaku didnât like this either so her heart was very tense like someoneâs grabbing at it and ripping it apart.
Thereâs only one place that is forbidden to mistress since she is a humanâ¦. The place only us demons can go! I want to tell her, but her going would only bring more harm to the king than helpingâ¦.