The Spirit World

Chapter 167 Chapter Father

On the fifteenth of June, my child... in Bailing City.

He is my only hope of survival in this life.

His mother left me when he was three years old. I know it was all my fault, and I didn't blame her. But when the child asked me, I could only tell him that his mother just went to a very far place and would come back to see him when he grew up.

I knew this lie would fall apart on its own. At first he was looking forward to her return and would ask me year after year. But when he really grew up... he understood and stopped asking me, and I was... relieved.

He said that it was the annual Bailing Mountain event and he really wanted to go and see it. I knew he couldn't let go of the girl he met in Bailing Mountain. I could guess what young people were thinking.

I naturally had no reason to stop him.

Damn it! I actually thought that my child was completely independent and didn't need my company to go to Bailing Mountain alone. His smile and longing when he left home hurt my nerves even more.

"I want to see my child." I said this, but my reason still prevailed over my sadness. There were many times when I had to wait before getting definite news. I was not like others who took out their anger on the people in the Justice Department, questioning why they failed to protect their relatives and children.

But how I wish I wasn’t the person I am now.

Waiting brought anxiety, and many people began to collapse, because the people in the Justice Department never mentioned Bailing City because they knew nothing.

The staff of the Justice Department had no way to avoid expressing their grief, and I think so too. All they could say to us was “Please accept my condolences.”

Why did you try to persuade me when I was the saddest? Doing so would only make me blame myself more. I am a complete coward! I am not a qualified father.

The staff of the Justice Department kept shaking their heads. Facing people who were as worried about the safety of Bailing City as I was, the young men of the Justice Department could only shake their heads. As children themselves, they must understand the pain of their parents' worry.

Shaking the head in that way was like saying, there is no hope, go back, your relatives and children will never come back, which is an unacceptable suggestion.

The blockaded cities include Bailing City and Qingfeng City. In fact, the news they announced was only that these two cities had lost contact, and most of the people who went to Bailing City were related to these lost connections.

Obviously! There is still hope! Don’t they also know what happened in Bailing City?

Under the bleak moonlight, there was a couple next to me. They looked almost collapsed. I asked them, and they were also from Qingfeng City. The city was sealed off very quickly, and they looked a little dishevelled.

"My kid went to Bailing Mountain with a group of friends of his age. We looked for them for a long time tonight but couldn't find them." The man looked a little sad. He had deep dark circles and big bags under his eyes.

He looked at the things in his hand and said to me: "I believe they are still alive. They will definitely stand in front of me in good condition. I have already bought the dragon bud candy they want to eat! They must be tired from shopping and want to come back to rest."

The dragon bud candy was tightly held in his hand. I knew he was in a heavy mood, but he still smiled at a stranger like me, and that bleak smile made my heart tremble.

"Bai Ling Mountain has always been safe. How could this happen this time..." His wife's makeup was smudged with tears. I couldn't go to see her. She was sad, just like many people here, including me.

As parents, hearing the bad news, most of us feel heartbroken.

"Hey..." I couldn't say any words of comfort anymore. I knew that words of comfort were useless. The biggest difference was that I was a man and couldn't cry while hugging anyone here.

My weak sighs made the crying sound linger in my mind more and more.

"My Chu'er..." The man's wife wailed at this moment. Many people were immersed in sorrow. Such wailing sounds echoed one after another in the hall, hitting people's eardrums.

I stood up and walked out the door.

"Aren't you waiting here for news?" The man looked at me tiredly.

"Well... I want to go to Bailing City alone to take a look." I answered him without looking back.

"..." He stretched out his feet and put them back in place. He hugged his wife who was crying like a human. Some words were hard to say. He didn't look at me again, but gently patted his wife's back.

The guard at the door didn't say anything, but watched me leave. A row of people from the Justice Department blocked the road. Even the sky was guarded.

I don't know what happened in Bailing Mountain... I only know that my child is in Bailing City. I won't imagine that he has encountered any danger, but I won't hesitate to look for him with the worst plan. The Empire is almost heartless at this time. How much news is it unwilling to let us know? If no relevant people go to Bailing City, I'm afraid it will be difficult to know such a thing.

For us as parents, who care deeply about our own children...doing this is so heartless and infuriating.

I tried to avoid their battle posts and head towards Bailing City, which was glowing white under the moonlight.

The Justice Department has blocked this location layer by layer, preventing anyone from approaching.

I tried to go around, but a continuous stream of people from the Justice Department appeared. They were also following orders. I shouldn't blame them, I blame myself for not protecting my child well. I continued to move forward, and it was natural. The people from the Justice Department had almost completely blocked Qingfeng City and Bailing City.

A staff member from the Justice Department noticed me, so I had to stop. He came to my side, but didn't speak to me directly. Instead, he gave me a cigarette.

He is quite old and his face is full of vicissitudes.

I shook my head, and he put the cigarette case in his pocket and lit it with the lighter in his hand.

The smoke was curling and rising slowly under the moonlight.

"Your son is in Bailing City?"

I nodded as a reply.

"My son is also in Bailing City..." he said.

I was a little surprised and looked at him, not knowing what to say.

"He is also a member of the Justice Department. This has been his dream since he was a child, and it has come true. He joined the Justice Department of Bailing Mountain, and he is more glorious than when I was young." He exhaled the smoke, and the slowly rising smoke was on his face, so I couldn't see his face and expression. His voice was flat, but it seemed to be full of pride.

"On such an important day as the White Spirit Festival, he must be very busy." He took another deep puff of cigarette, and the smoke came out quickly from both nostrils.

"I really want to know what happened. The blockade of Bailing City makes me uneasy." I looked at his old face and I knew he must be very serious now.

"Yes, Bailing City is under blockade and my child is inside. We should feel the same way." He threw away the cigarette and stepped on it to put it out.

"I just want to find my child." I was as humble as a dog and choked a little, but my eyes were dry and there were no tears.

"Bai Ling City is in crisis. If you go there like this, you will just lose your life in vain." He didn't look at me, but at the crushed cigarette butt.

"Aren't you worried about your son?"

"If I were worried about him, I wouldn't let him go to Bailing Mountain alone to work in the Zhengfa Division." He looked at me, his old eyes were full of turbidity, making it impossible for me to see his eyes clearly.

"All I can do is trust him and do his job well. I guess you should do the same." He no longer looked at me, but at the moon.

"..." I didn't say anything, but looked at the moon with me.

I believed my child could protect himself, just as I let him go to the White Spirit Festival alone.

The moon is very round and bright.

"Well...I trust him and will wait for him to come back."

XI will not write about the principles of life, because I don’t understand it myself, but I will act according to reason. Certain actions are the embodiment of reason. If there are any bad points, please judge for yourself.

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