After transmigrating into the body of the Jade Rat Spirit, I became Nezha's adopted sister.

Bai Yeying nodded: "Being lively is good, it's better than being sullen."

Madam Yin sighed, "But his father doesn't think so. He always feels that he's immature and running around everywhere, but he's only six years old..."

Bai Yeying was silent for a moment, then said softly, "He will understand. It's just that it shouldn't be so early."

Madam Yin was taken aback, looking at her with slightly reddened eyes: "Miss, why do you speak so... as if you know him very well?"

Bai Yeying smiled but did not answer.

After chatting for a while, Bai Yeying got up to say goodbye. Nezha followed her out, and the two took a walk in the garden.

The garden is small, but it is meticulously maintained. There are artificial hills and ponds, a small bridge over a stream, and several osmanthus trees in bloom, their fragrance refreshing and delightful.

Nezha walked beside her and suddenly said, "My mother talks a lot, don't find it annoying."

"It's not bothering me." Bai Yeying looked down at him. "Your mother loves you very much."

Nezha was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I know."

The two walked to the pond and sat down on the stone bench.

Nezha looked at the koi in the water and suddenly asked, "Do you think my father doesn't like me?"

Bai Yeying was taken aback: "Why do you ask that?"

"He always scolds me." Nezha lowered his head, his fingers digging into the edge of the stone bench. "He scolds me for everything I do."

Bai Yeying thought for a moment and said seriously, "No one can choose their parents, and there is no such thing as innate kinship. Just be yourself."

Nezha was silent for a moment, then looked up at her and said, "I understand."

The two sat in the garden for a long time, until the sun began to set.

..................

Days passed by like this.

Bai Yeying settled down in Chentang Pass, spending her days with Nezha, teaching him things, and taking him out to play.

Sometimes I go to the beach to collect seashells, sometimes I go to the mountains to catch rabbits, and sometimes I just sit on the roof and look at the stars.

Nezha gradually became more talkative. Although he was still arrogant and stubborn, he began to show a genuine smile in front of her.

That day, the two returned from the beach. Nezha was carrying a bunch of strangely shaped seashells in his arms, intending to string them into a necklace.

As Nezha passed a shop, he suddenly stopped.

The shop sold trinkets like clay figurines, windmills, and sugar paintings. Nezha stared intently at a clay figurine, his eyes unblinking.

The clay figure was sculpted into a doll with a round face, two little pigtails, and a cute, innocent smile.

Bai Yeying followed his gaze and smiled, "Want it?"

Nezha shook his head and pulled her away.

Bai Yeying took his hand and led him into the shop, saying to the shopkeeper, "Wrap up that clay figure."

Nezha looked up at her: "I said no..."

"I know," Bai Yeying said, looking down at him, "but I wanted to buy it for you."

Nezha felt a little uncomfortable and turned his head to the side.

Bai Yeying paid the money, and seeing his little head turn away, she waved the clay figure in front of him: "Take it."

Nezha looked at the clay figure swaying back and forth in front of him and reached out to take it. He examined it from all angles; the clay figure had a round face and a silly grin. After looking at it for a while, his lips curled up and he smiled.

Bai Yeying felt a pang of tenderness in her heart when she saw him like this.

The two continued walking back. Nezha carefully tucked the clay figure into his arms and asked her, "Why are you so kind to me?"

Bai Yeying thought for a moment and said seriously, "Because you are Nezha."

"Just because of that?"

"Just because of this."

Nezha was silent for a while, then reached out and took her hand. Her little hand was small and warm, and he held it tightly.

Bai Yeying looked down at him, her eyes gentle.

....................

The moonlight was like water at night.

Bai Yeying reverted to her original form, curled up on the pillow, and pretended to sleep with her eyes closed.

Nezha lay down beside her, turned his head to look at her, and said, "Feed."

"Um?"

"Will you always be this good to me from now on?"

Bai Yeying opened her eyes and looked at him. In the moonlight, her phoenix eyes held both expectation and a hint of unease.

"meeting."

Why?

"Because I told you, you are a very important person to me."

Nezha rolled over, buried his face in her fur, and said in a muffled voice, "Then you are too."

Bai Yeying looked down at the fluffy little head buried in her body and suddenly felt a little sad.

She didn't know how long she could stay with him in this time and space, but at this moment, all she wanted to do was hold him tightly.

She transformed back into human form, pulled him into her arms, and whispered in his ear, "Don't be sad because I'm leaving. I'll be waiting for you in the future."

"Um."

A gentle night breeze brushed past the windowpane, and moonlight bathed the two people embracing, creating a serene and tender scene.

....................

When Bai Yeying opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the familiar carved wooden bed.

She stared blankly at the top of the tent for a long time, her mind seemingly shrouded in a thin mist, unable to process anything.

Outside the window, the sea of ​​clouds surged like waves, and occasionally a crane flew by carrying a lingzhi mushroom in its beak, its clear and melodious cry echoing from afar.

Inside the hall, the incense burner held her usual calming incense, wisps of smoke rising from the openwork lid, swirling in the air and releasing a faint fragrance of herbs and wood.

Everything felt so familiar, so normal.

But her heart felt as if it were being gently squeezed by something, a mixture of sourness and swelling, a feeling she couldn't quite describe.

Bai Yeying slowly sat up, looked down at herself, and saw that she was wearing her nightgown and everything seemed normal.

She clenched her fist, then relaxed it.

The word "I'm back" swirled in her mind three times before she finally came to her senses.

The courtyard in Chentang Pass, the little boy sitting on the threshold, lost in thought, those phoenix eyes that clearly wanted to be close but pretended not to care, those warm little hands that would secretly slip into her palm, and that night when he buried his face in her arms and mumbled, "Then you are too"...

Are those things all true?

Bai Yeying lowered her head, not reacting for a moment.

"Awake?" A clear voice suddenly rang out, interrupting her thoughts.

Bai Yeying looked up and saw the palace door being pushed open, and a tall, slender figure walking in against the light.

Sunlight streamed in from behind him, blurring his silhouette somewhat.

Today he was dressed in a dark red casual outfit, with flowing cloud and flame patterns embroidered in silver thread on the robe, and a matching sash around his waist.

His dark hair was half tied up with a white jade hairpin, while the rest was casually draped over his shoulders, making his face appear even more handsome.

He was her Nezha, the spirited young war god, the great god of the Three Altars and Seas, and her husband.

Not that little kid sitting on the doorstep, lost in thought.

Bai Yeying looked at him, momentarily lost in thought.

Nezha walked to the bedside and looked down at her. Her phoenix eyes reflected the light streaming in from the window, clear and bright, yet so deep that they were unfathomable.

He looked at her for a moment, then reached out and ruffled her hair twice. "What's wrong? Had a nightmare?"

Bai Yeying looked up at him without saying a word. After a moment, she reached out and hugged his waist.

Nezha was taken aback by her sudden action, but he quickly moved his hand away from her head and placed it on her back, patting it gently.

"Did you have a nightmare?" he asked again, a hint of helplessness in his voice. "What did you dream about?"

Bai Yeying buried her face in his waist and said in a muffled voice, "I dreamt that you shrank."