Chapter 586: Little Fox, Little Dust, the Part‑Timer!

"Ranyer..."

Ye Qingran snapped open her eyes.

"Mother?!"

That voice vanished after she opened her eyes.

"You heard it, right?"

Li Daoyun smiled, "They say there is a sensing between mother and daughter; your mother loves you so much that as long as she's here, she'll definitely let you feel her presence."

Ye Qingran nodded, closed her eyes again, and that gentle voice sounded once more.

It was Ye Qingran's first time hearing Yun Sui Feng's voice.

So real.

It was as if she herself stood before her, gently calling her.

Her voice was very gentle, like a spring breeze.

That feeling...

Ye Qingran for a moment could not find words to describe it.

"I can feel that she's right here."

When she opened her eyes again, Ye Qingran's tone was certain.

At this moment, she finally understood what Li Daoyun meant by "present, yet not present."

Her mother was here, just unseen and untouchable.

Li Daoyun nodded.

"Yes, she's always been here."

Only he couldn't make her appear.

"What on earth is going on?"

Ye Qingran glanced at Li Daoyun, saw him shake his head, "I don't know the specific reason, but it seems some power is protecting her; otherwise..." otherwise junior sister wouldn't have lasted all these years.

Ye Qingran's eyes hardened.

What exactly could have protected Yun Sui Feng for so many years, and even formed a space to keep her within it?

Ye Qingran studied it for a while but couldn't find a way, so she could only seek help from Fu Hanxiu.

"Do you have a way to open the space?"

Fu Hanxiu shook his head.

He had noticed the space's existence when he entered and had tried, but hadn't opened it.

Ye Qingran bit her lip.

A space that even Fu Hanxiu couldn't affect—how powerful it must be!

"The force that creates the space should be related to your lineage; perhaps you can open it."

Ye Qingran's eyes flashed, looking at Fu Hanxiu in surprise.

The space is linked to her lineage?

Could the power within Yun Sui Feng be something her father left behind?

Nevertheless, that possibility can't be ruled out; in fact, it's quite likely.

Fu Hanxiu's words gave her a new line of thought.

"Senior brother, do you know who my father is?"

Li Daoyun said regretfully, "I know you're not of Ye Yu's bloodline, but I don't know your biological father either. Back then, before I brought junior sister from Xiliang City back to the Academy, I hadn't heard from her for several years."

In the third year, after junior sister went down the mountain she never returned to the sect; no matter how they tried to contact her it was futile, she seemed to have vanished from this world out of thin air, and aside from confirming she was still alive, there was no clue at all.

So several years passed like that.

When he finally received news of her many years later, by the time he rushed over, junior sister had been in a coma for many years.

If he hadn't gone to Xiliang City himself, he wouldn't even know that junior sister had been in a small nation in the Central Region all these years and already had a child.

Yet the sect master's divinations those years clearly showed she wasn't in the Central Region, not even in Xuanmiao.

Ye Qingran thought this cheap father of hers was truly mysterious.

Could he be some unbelievably powerful big shot?

Ye Qingran didn't know.

Li Daoyun stayed with Ye Qingran in Qingfeng Cave for a while, then left with Wu Shushan and a few others, leaving Ye Qingran and Fu Hanxiu behind.

"I thought I'd see my mother right away, but turns out there's another hurdle!" Ye Qingran planted her hands on her hips, looking at the empty jade bed before her, feeling rather helpless.

"Don't worry, if the space is your father's masterpiece, as his daughter you will surely open it."

Ye Qingran thought the same.

She wasn't worried about being unable to open the space; it was just a matter of time.

What she worried about was why her father would do this.

She always felt her mother had gone through many things those years...

What exactly happened can only wait until she awakens.

Ye Qingran touched her chin, speaking gravely, "Fu Hanxiu, I think my father must have quite a background."

If he's not powerful, could he have produced a space that even Fu Hanxiu can't open?

"Hmm, quite a pedigree."

Fu Hanxiu admitted.

"Heh heh, I have such a formidable father; you won't be able to bully me anymore!"

"This can't happen, unless..."

Fu Hanxiu gave Ye Qingran a "you know what" look.

Ye Qingran, instantly understanding, said: "......"

The two stayed in Clear Wind Cave for a while, but never figured it out, and left before sunset.

The next day, Ye Qingran directly took the two children to Clear Wind Cave.

"Xiaohu Xiaocheng, your grandmother is right here."

Ye Qingran pointed at the cave and seriously said to the Xiaohu Xiaocheng at the entrance.

Xiaohu Xiaocheng's big eyes were so tired they could barely blink; not to mention grandmother, they hadn't even seen a single mouse.

"Mother, you're lying! Where is grandmother?"

"A liar's nose grows long, just like Pinocchio!"

Uh...

Ye Qingran explained: "Here's the thing, grandmother is playing hide-and-seek with us; we have to find her, then she'll come out, otherwise she won't."

Xiaohu Xiaocheng's eyes lit up.

"Really? Grandmother is hiding in this cave?"

"Since grandmother loves to play so much, let's play with her!"

Grandmother is mother's mother; mother is so kind, so grandmother must be just as good.

They are eager to meet the never-before-seen grandmother!

"Of course!"

Ye Qingran thought, Xiaohu Xiaocheng is her child, Yun Sui Feng's grandchild, they share some blood; with the three of them together, the chance of opening a space should increase a lot, right?

Xiaohu Xiaocheng had no idea they had become essentially workers.

At this moment, they were earnestly searching the cave, not missing any clue.

Li Daoyun entered from outside and saw Ye Qingran.

"Qingran, you came so early?"

Li Daoyun smiled, a kindly expression appearing on his face, and Lu Yunfeng behind him also flashed a light smile toward her.

"Senior Brother." Ye Qingran, seeing Li Daoyun, greeted with a smile.

Looking at the stunningly beautiful smile before him, Li Daoyun couldn't help recalling the days years ago when they, as senior brother and junior sister, spent every day together.

Though many years had clearly passed, it still felt as if it happened yesterday.

He hoped dearly that his junior sister would awaken soon, so they could return to the sect together and relive the past years.

"I heard you brought the children as well?"

Li Daoyun saw Ye Qingran yesterday, and after returning, he took a good look into her recent situation.

Learning that her two children are both in the Academy's Heavenly Class, and their father is the Academy's Guest Minister Elder, he felt content.

Although the children's father is only an Elder of the Academy, not as outstanding as Qingran, a modest man is also fine.

After all, simplicity is the truth.

Junior Sister, if you wake up and see your children already have families and their own bloodlines continuing, you'd surely be very happy, right?

"Xiaohu Xiaocheng, come quickly to meet the Dean Grandfather!"

The diligent Xiaohu Xiaocheng, puzzled, asked, "Haven't we already met the Dean Grandfather?"

"It's another one!"

"Oh, oh!"

Li Daoyun turned his head and saw two tiny figures running toward him.

Glutinous rice dumplings, delicately carved like jade, as cute as can be.

The first time Li Daoyun saw Xiao Hu, he was fine, but when he saw Xiao Chen, he became unsettled.