Chapter 447

The next day, under the strange gazes of Little Ningguang's three little ones and Little Ganyu, Jiang Yan went back and forth into the kitchen repeatedly.

Hmm?

What happened?

"Master's been acting really strange today..."

Little Shenhe held a soup spoon in her mouth, watching Jiang Yan dart back and forth so quickly.

"A-Yan, is there something going on?"

Little Ganyu looked at Jiang Yan with some puzzlement.

"Why do you seem so anxious?"

Jiang Yan's figure suddenly froze.

"Ahaha, looks like I really was a bit too anxious."

"But as for this matter—it's a secret!"

"You'll find out in a few days."

"Anyway, it's definitely a good thing."

Jiang Yan said with a sly grin, looking all mysterious.

Little Ganyu and Little Ningguang's three little ones stared at Jiang Yan with puzzled faces, but none of them said anything.

Since Jiang Yan had said they'd find out in a few days,

naturally they didn't need to be so anxious.

Jiang Yan went with Little Ganyu and Little Ningguang and the others to Moonsea Pavilion.

After arriving at the third floor, Jiang Yan opened Chuansong Sect and arrived at the location of the World Tree.

Before he even got close to the World Tree, Jiang Yan spotted the little Nahida sitting on one of its branches.

At this moment, Nahida was swinging her little Jiang Xiaobai legs, her bright, dewy eyes brimming with curiosity as she kept looking around at the scenery.

She's really awake!

Jiang Yan's heart surged with excitement.

Arriving before the World Tree, Nahida also spotted the young man who had come beneath it.

For some reason, she could feel a sense of warmth from this young man.

"Who are you?"

Nahida asked curiously.

She was very curious why she felt this way.

"My name is Jiang Yan."

"Fundamentally speaking, I should count as your family. You can call me big brother."

Jiang Yan thought it over for a moment, and ultimately positioned himself as a member of Nahida's family.

As Nahida's creator, her current birth was not like in the previous life, where the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata broke off a branch as her own reincarnation to save the World Tree.

Instead, she had been nurtured into being by Jiang Yan through a Soul Gem, based on Nahida's image from the previous life.

So him saying he was Nahida's family wasn't wrong at all.

He couldn't exactly say he was Nahida's dad, could he?

Not great, not great.

"Big... brother?"

Nahida tilted her head in puzzlement.

"What is family? And what is big brother?"

"Your voice... feels so familiar..."

At this moment, Nahida was like a blank sheet of paper that had never been written on.

She had been born suddenly, woken suddenly.

Just like a pure, innocent baby—except compared to a baby, she could speak from the moment she was born.

But for some reason,

She felt the person before her was truly so warm, and his voice was especially familiar.

"Looks like I'll need to teach her properly..."

Jiang Yan rose into the air and landed beside Nahida, sitting down.

"Then let me tell you—what is family?"

Jiang Yan's gentle voice reached Nahida's ears.

For an entire day, Jiang Yan kept telling Nahida some basic knowledge.

Nahida was like a curious little baby—basically every few sentences Jiang Yan said, she would curiously ask some strange questions.

For example...

"Big brother, why do you feel so refreshed after going to the bathroom?"

Nahida asked Jiang Yan with a face full of curiosity.

Jiang Yan: "..."

No.

Why does your curiosity land on such weird things?!

Huh???

"Uh... that's probably a kind of mental feeling. Anyway, let's stop this topic here."

Jiang Yan said, somewhat helplessly.

"A feeling in the spirit, you mean?"

Nahida raised a finger to her lips, looking as though she were deep in thought.

She seemed to be digesting the question.

"Alright, it's probably better not to remember too much about that question."

Jiang Yan ruffled Nahida's little head and said with a smile.

"Oh......"

Nahida obediently nodded, a trace of weariness flashing through her eyes.

A newly born soul is extremely fragile, just like a newborn baby.

Nahida's weary expression naturally did not escape Jiang Yan's notice.

"Tired?"

Jiang Yan asked softly.

"I'm okay."

Nahida clearly still had many questions she wanted to ask, and didn't want to rest just yet.

"Alright, no need to rush. If you're tired, then rest."

Jiang Yan gently stroked Nahida's cheek, and his tender voice made Nahida nuzzle against his palm over and over like a little kitten.

"Brother....."

Nahida's soft, sticky murmur drifted over.

With contact with Jiang Yan, Nahida's sense of dependence on him grew heavier and heavier.

She had always possessed a natural feeling of closeness toward Jiang Yan.

Now, after a day of being together, that feeling of closeness gradually began to shift toward dependence.

"Be good, rest for a while."

Jiang Yan said softly, holding Nahida in his arms.

"Mm......"

Nahida leaned against Jiang Yan's chest, and her eyelids gradually grew heavy.

At last, she slowly closed her eyes.

But even after she fell asleep, she still tightly gripped Jiang Yan's clothes.

Unfortunately, she's only a soul body right now — she can touch me, but I can't touch her.