Milky Dumpling's Coquetry

In the hospital room, Huo Sichen wailed loudly, continuously calling for his mother. Milky Dumpling watched her older brother cry heart-wrenchingly and quickly wrapped her small arms around him. She recalled her father's comforting words when she found out that their mother was no longer there.

"Third Brother, mom loves us, right?"

Surprisingly, amidst his tearful cries, Huo Sichen actually registered Milky Dumpling's words.

Yes!

Mom loves them!

The more he thought about it, the harder it was for him to accept that his mother was no longer with them. Being an eight-year-old child, especially under the pressure exerted by his father, he had grown more mature than the average eight-year-old.

He knew that he would never see his mother again.

Tears streamed down his face even more fiercely.

Milky Dumpling held onto her older brother tightly, using her childish voice to console him.

"Mom loves us. She wouldn't want us to be sad, right?"

Huo Sichen: "...... Yes..."

Milky Dumpling kissed her brother's cheek affectionately and nestled in his embrace.

"So, we shouldn't cry. The sadder we are, the more it would hurt mom in the afterlife, right?"

Huo Sichen: "......"

Not only Huo Sichen, even Huo Sijue, who had been suppressing his emotions, had reddened eyes.

Huo Chenling raised his head, gazed at the white ceiling, then walked over, gently patting Sijue's shoulder, and brought him to where Sichen and Milky Dumpling were. He enveloped the three children in his arms.

"Sichen, Zaizai is right. If your mom knew how sad you were, it would only make her even more heartbroken. Do you want her to suffer more?"

Huo Sichen shook his head vigorously, his tear-streaked face a mess.

"No! I don't want that!”

"Dad, I won't misbehave anymore. I won't make you and mom angry. Can Auntie bring mom back, please?"

Huo Chenling lowered his gaze and gently caressed the head of his youngest son. He didn't hide anything and explained the details of the car accident. In his heart, even if his son was only eight years old, he believed he should have his own understanding. It was better to tell him now than keep him in the dark.

Huo Sichen was dumbfounded after listening.

After the initial shock, anger surged within him.

"So, Dad, it was Auntie who killed Mom?"

Huo Chenling calmly responded, "Insufficient evidence! They covered their tracks well."

Huo Sichen, with bloodshot eyes, finally spoke up, "They covered their tracks well? Wasn't it just Auntie?"

Huo Chenling looked at his second son with approval.

"There were also your grandparents and your uncle."

Huo Sichen clenched his fists, his adolescent eyes narrowing slightly.

"I understand."

Being younger, Huo Sichen wasn't as composed as his older brother.

"Dad, I'll go find our grandparents right now!"

Without uttering a word, Huo Sichen grabbed the back of his younger brother's clothing and pulled him out of the hospital room.

Coincidentally, the doctors and nurses were pushing Zhang Jing, who was still unconscious, back. After instructing his two sons to take care of Mochi, Huo Chenling remained in the room. Bai Mingxu had already left the room and was waiting outside. When he saw the three of them emerge, his gaze fell upon Zaizai cradled in Huo Sichen's arms.

"Zaizai, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Zaizai had Yin Yang eyes, and there was a strong Yin energy here earlier. If the Yin energy enters their body, being so young, they might fall seriously ill.

Milky Dumpling crawled out of her Third Brother's arms and spun in place.

Tilting her head, her big black eyes curved with a smile.

"Brother Mingxu, Zaizai is perfectly fine."

Huo Sijue, perceptive as ever, sensed that Bai Mingxu had something on his mind, and his attention towards Milky Dumpling was too intense.

"Mingxu, why are you asking Zaizai like that?"

Bai Mingxu hesitated for a moment.

Milky Dumpling, directly and in a soft and adorable manner, looked at her Second Brother.

"Because Zaizai can see the residents residing in the underworld, just like Brother Mingxu."

Huo Sijue: "..."

Huo Sichen, with swollen eyes from crying: "..."

The two brothers exchanged a glance and spoke in unison.

"Can you see our mom?"

Milky Dumpling shook her head. "Can't see her anymore."

Huo Sichen instantly deflated, while Huo Sijue started thinking deeper.

"So, Zaizai, when you came up just now, did you see something you shouldn't have seen?"

Bai Mingxu was the only person of his generation in the Bai family who could communicate with both the living and the dead. He was also the designated successor of the Bai family, the next family head.

He asked Zaizai like that because she must have seen something before coming up.

Milky Dumpling, afraid of scaring her second and Third Brothers, looked around with her big black eyes.

"Black mist! Saw some black mist! It was eerie!"

Huo Sijue instantly understood what the black mist referred to, and his lips twitched.

Are those things really existing in this world?

Huo Sichen didn't quite understand. He was not in a good mood, furrowing his brows as he looked around.

"Where did the black mist come from? Why didn't I see it?"

Huo Sijue rubbed his silly younger brother's head and looked at Bai Mingxu.

"Mingxu, can you take a closer look at Zaizai?"

Even though Zaizai could see those things, she was only three and a half years old. Just in case something happened...

Milky Dumpling couldn't help but jump around in place a few times, even circling around her Second Brother, trying to prove that she was perfectly fine.

"Second Brother, Zaizai is really okay! Zaizai is perfectly fine. Those things can't hurt Zaizai!"

After all, she was the little princess of the underworld, protected by her dad, the King of the Underworld. Who dares to bully her among those foolish ghosts?

Bai Mingxu thought of his grandfather's words and knew that Zaizai's situation was special.

"Zaizai should be fine, but just in case, let Zaizai stay with me at the Bai family tonight?"

Huo Sijue immediately scooped up the still bouncing Milky Dumpling into his arms.

"Sure! Me and Sichen will go with you."

Huo Sichen wiped his runny nose and straightened his posture. "...Yes!"

Mom was gone, he couldn't lose his little sister too!

Bai Mingxu: "...Alright!"

Milky Dumpling didn't forget her original purpose.

With her Second Brother here, she didn't need to find that abandoned villa in the suburbs anymore.

Milky Dumpling's eyes lit up when she looked at her Second Brother.

"That's great! Second Brother, let's go to the abandoned villa you went to before. There must be something wrong there. Let's go check it out."

Huo Sijue: "Now?"

He looked down at his watch. It was probably around midnight over there.

Milky Dumpling clung to his neck, using her milky voice and cuteness to coax him.

"Second Brother, please~~ Let's go together! There really is something wrong over there! Second Brother, do you not believe Zaizai? Wuu wuu... "