"By the way, there was a woman named Ying who escorted you all the way. Who is she?"

In the forest on a rainy night, Li Guanqi walked with the short-haired girl holding the little hand of a short-haired girl.

"aunt."

The girl lowered her head, her eyes were dull, "She is the second sister of that bastard, but she is different from those bastards. She treats me very well... That day, she passed by Qiliangcheng and visited the bastard by the way, and then found me next to the horse circle.

My aunt took me to the city to go shopping... It was my first time to go to the streets of Qiliang City. She took me to buy delicious snacks, fun toys, and beautiful clothes.

I've never been that happy.

At night, after the bastard came back from the brothel, my aunt had a big fight with the bastard.

I don't know what my aunt said to him that night. Anyway, the final outcome is that my aunt returned to me and said that she will be my family in the future. She will raise me. She also asked me to forget everything there, but... but..."

Speaking of this, the girl's voice faintly showed a hint of crying.

But this short-haired girl didn't cry after all.

She just raised her right hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, took a few deep breaths before continuing: "That day, I finally met my true relatives, but late at night that day, news came from the capital that the Eight Kingdoms Pillar rebelled and the new emperor was killed. The Eight Kingdoms Pillar joined forces to launch a pursuit order to attack the Ying royal family.

My aunt immediately took me to escape overnight, and then we ran all the way.

About three days later?

I woke up on my aunt's back, opened my eyes in a daze, and passed through a piece of water on the ground and found that my eyes had become vertical pupils, just like the eyes of a kitten.

My aunt was shocked and said that I was the "Emperor Blood Venerable".

I don't understand.

But my aunt said that my appearance must mean that the Ying royal family should not be defeated, and she said that my descendants would be stronger than the previous Ying royal family.

Then she suddenly told me that she wanted to tamper with my memory so that it would be safer, and that my memory would naturally be restored in the future.

After saying that, she stretched out her finger and pointed at my head.

When I wake up again, I will become something like "Zhou Lan".

It was not until just after you appeared and I shone the red light on my hands on me that I remembered everything.”

Speaking of this, the short-haired girl lowered her head, clenched her hands tightly into fists, and said with tears in her eyes: "She is dead, right? At that time, she stayed and dealt with the guy who claimed to be surnamed Wei alone. She said she would come back to find me soon, but she did not come back. She was dead like Brother Gray Crow, right?"

“…”

Li Guanqi was silent, his steps remained unstoppable, holding the little girl's hand and continuing to walk in the rain.

"But you survived."

After a while, he whispered: "Your aunt and that brother Gray Crow, they all hope you can survive, so don't let them down, live happily."

"I want to take revenge!"

The short-haired girl raised her eyes and looked at Li Guanqi. The depths of her golden vertical pupils showed a firmness that was completely inconsistent with her age. "I want to kill the Eight-Nation Pillar and the Queen of Great Chu. I want to avenge my aunt and Brother Gray Crow! Will you teach me to practice? Hum?"

"I……"

Li Guanqi looked down at the nine-year-old little girl with a ill-fated fate. Her expression was extremely complicated and she couldn't say anything for a long time.

"That empress of the Great Chu is my senior sister."

After hesitating for a long time, Li Guanqi finally stopped, squatted down, looked at the little girl in front of him, and whispered: "I don't want to hide it from you, and although you are young, you are very smart, so I chose to tell you everything now.

The Queen of Great Chu, named Wang Yanqing, is my closest senior sister. She saved me like your grandfather Ying Xuan, and she even saved me four times. I still owe her three lives.

So, I, I, sorry, kid, I don't know what to say.

Anyway, I can't help you with this revenge.

Because she is my senior sister, I will never be able to kill her.

Can you...you understand?"

At the end, Li Guanqi looked at the short-haired girl and felt mixed feelings.

"I understand."

However, unexpectedly, the little girl nodded slightly, "Just like my aunt and those bastards, my aunt is the family of those bastards, but this does not affect my aunt's goodness, unlike those very bad bastards, the same is true for you and the Queen of the Great Chu. You and her are relatives, but this does not affect you, and she is very bad, right?"

"No, it's not quite the same."

Li Guanqi sighed, "Wang Yanqing in my heart is also very good, he is the best senior sister in the world, but the current Empress of the Great Chu, she is not exactly the Wang Yanqing I know, she... for some reason, her personality has changed."

"Can't understand."

The little girl frowned.

"Feel sorry."

Li Guanqi just lowered her head and apologized.

"Then will you teach me how to practice?" the little girl asked again.

"I will do my best without reservation. I promise your grandfather's spirit in heaven." Li Guanqi looked at her seriously.

"Then I will go to your senior sister to take revenge in the future. Will you stop me?" the little girl continued to ask.

"I will take her to hide from you and will never give you the chance to meet and fight." Li Guanqi said truthfully.

“…”

The little girl frowned again.

"Feel sorry."

Li Guanqi lowered his head and apologized again.

"I want to call him Ying Shuang, is that OK?"

Suddenly, the little girl changed her mind and talked about the topic of name.

"Ying Shuang?"

Li Guanqi was slightly stunned and said curiously: "Why is this name? I thought you wouldn't like the surname "Ying" after experiencing these things."

Of course the little girl is not called Zhou Lan, that is just a fake identity that her aunt tampers with.

But Li Guanqi did not expect that after this experience at a young age, she was willing to give the surname "Ying".

"It has nothing to do with that bastard."

The little girl raised her head and looked at the clear night sky where the clouds were gradually dissipating and rain stopped. A little nostalgia and sadness appeared in her golden eyes, "It's my aunt, her surname is Ying. She told me that my descendants will be stronger than the previous Ying royal family.

If this is her expectation, I want to help her realize it.

So I am willing to continue my surname Ying, but not with that bastard, but with my aunt's surname.

As for the word "frost", it is because of my aunt's sword.

She hung a very beautiful white sword on her waist, called "Yinshuang". She never left her body and never touched me.

She said that when I grow up, her husband can touch me, but this sword doesn't work. She said that "Yinshuang" is her treasure and is ten thousand times more important than her husband... Although she hasn't gotten married yet, she has no husband at all.

So I want to call Ying Shuang.

When we were running away with my aunt, we passed by a storyteller in the town. I heard him say that when a person grows up, he will forget many things from childhood.

I don't want to forget.

So I want to use this name so that whenever someone calls my name, I can think of my aunt."

Speaking of this, the little girl's two little hands clenched into fists again.

Although it was still drizzling in the night sky at this time, most of the dark clouds had actually dissipated.

The clear moonlight could already be sprinkled a little, shining on this quiet forest.

Under the moonlight, the girl's golden eyes could no longer see any sadness, and all that was left was deep determination.

"Then, Ying Shuang, I will try to get your aunt's 'Silver Frost' sword back."

Li Guanqi looked at her and said softly.

"Really?!"

Hearing this, the little girl's eyes lit up and she was extremely happy.

"I'll try."

Li Guanqi smiled slightly.

The smile on Xiao Yingshuang's face became brighter and brighter.

"Then, where are we going now?"

The girl then asked again, then looked around and looked hesitant, "I'm not sure, but we seem to... have been circled around this woods since the beginning, chatting while walking. Why? Are you... lost?"

"No, I'm waiting for someone."

Li Guanqi shook his head gently.

Why didn’t he go back to the grassland or Heianjing immediately after finding this little girl?

Because I can't leave at all.
To be continued...