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After the cylindrical body came to a stop, the metal panel on the front slid silently to the sides.

It was as if two doors were slowly pushed open by an invisible hand, revealing a square space inside.

Then, two thin robotic arms emerged from the side of the cylinder.

The robotic arm has distinct joints, and at the very front are three finger-shaped metal clamps.

The metal clip slowly opens, and the fingertips are thoughtfully wrapped with a layer of off-white soft rubber to prevent scratching the book.

Then they reached inside their bellies, grabbed the colorful picture books, and pulled them out.

One book, two books...

The robotic arm steadily placed the five books in front of Xiaodouzi and Duoduo, stacking them one by one with light and smooth movements.

After it was placed, the robotic arm silently retracted, folding, rotating, and returning to its original position in one smooth motion.

The two doors on her stomach closed again, so tightly that not even a piece of paper could be inserted.

The eyes on the screen curved into two crescent moons.

A cheerful electronic voice came from the speaker: "The book you requested has been delivered. Happy reading!"

After saying that, it turned around and silently glided away.

All that remained was a round, chubby back view, and the stunned onlookers of the Great Flame Kingdom.

Millions of eyes in the Great Flame Kingdom stared blankly at the sky, their pupils reflecting the receding white silhouette.

For a moment, no one blinked, no one spoke, and even their breathing became slow, as if someone were choking them.

They watched the robot glide away, then stared at the five neatly stacked books on the table—

All the covers were facing up, the spines were facing outwards, and the corners were aligned perfectly, as if they had been measured with a ruler.

The comments seemed to freeze for a moment, then exploded like a flash flood.

[Commoner Tian Cai: Hands!! That iron pillar has hands! Good heavens! Its fingers can even move!! Just like a living person!!]

[Commoner Zhou Nan: Its belly can open by itself! And inside it wasn't intestines or internal organs, but books! Books for that little girl! My goodness!!]

[Wang An, a professor at Xiaoshan College: Five books, not one missing! This isn't just a lump of iron; it's clearly a mechanical beast that understands human nature! Truly worthy of the name "machine 'human'."]

[Commoner Liu Neng: How can this be compared to ordinary mechanisms? It can obey commands, find its way, locate books, and even has hands to pick things up! Even the magical artifacts of immortals are no more than this!]

……

Inside the Fengde Hall, Shu Jingwei's hand, holding a wine cup, froze in mid-air.

Five slender, fair fingers gripped the jade wine cup, their knuckles turning bluish-white from the force.

The mocking smile on her lips hadn't even faded before it froze on her face.

That lump of iron actually brought the book.

Not a single one is missing!

She had just been secretly mocking that the thing hadn't brought anything and was probably malfunctioning.

No sooner had he finished thinking than the iron lump pulled the book out of its belly.

Suddenly, her previous gloating thoughts about the "malfunction" were as if someone had pulled them out of her head and slapped them back across the face, making a loud and painful sound.

Shu Jingwei's face darkened, and she slammed the wine glass down on the table with a dull thud.

……

On the sky, Duoduo and Xiaodouzi had already opened the first book.

It was a large hardcover book with a picture of two rabbits, one big and one small, on the cover. They were fluffy and their ears were almost sticking out of the edges of the pages.

Duoduo spread the book out on the small round table between the two of them and opened to the first page.

"Guess How Much I Love You," Duoduo read the book title in a clear, crisp voice.

The image is an illustration in warm colors.

Dark brown tree trunks, light green grass, a large rabbit looking down at a small rabbit, the small rabbit tilting its head back, its two front paws raised high, gesturing as if to say something.

Duoduo pointed to the little rabbit's raised forepaw in the picture: "Ling'er, look, the little rabbit loves the big rabbit this much!"

Little Douzi tilted his head and looked for a while, then suddenly jumped off the chair, stood on tiptoe, and stretched his arms up as high as he could until he couldn't stretch any further, his little face turning red.

"Then, then I have such a... such a loving father and godfather! Taller than a little rabbit!"

Lin Ye couldn't help but chuckle as he watched, feeling a warm glow in his heart.

He knelt down, took her small hand in his large one, gestured with his fingers to the side, and said gently:

"That godfather loves Little Pocket too—this much!"

Little Douzi giggled upon hearing this, revealing two shallow dimples.

Duoduo jumped off the chair and, imitating Xiaodouzi, tiptoed and reached out. The two competed to reach up, eventually bursting into laughter.

Then the two continued looking behind them.

Turning to the last page, the big rabbit gently kissed the little rabbit's forehead, and next to it was written a line: "I love you, all the way to the moon, and back again."

After Duoduo finished reading the line, the two little girls fell silent for a moment.

Sunlight streamed through the window, casting golden squares on the floor.

Tiny dust particles floated in the air, slowly rotating within the beam of light.

Little Douzi stared at the words for a while, his eyes sparkling.

"Duoduo," she asked softly, "is the moon very, very far away?"

"Very, very far!" Duoduo nodded vigorously.

Little Douzi thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled with her eyes crinkling: "Then I will love Daddy and Godfather all the way to the moon, and then come back here from the moon."

……

Great Flame Kingdom, a village in the South China Sea.

A thin woman held a sleeping child in her arms, looking up at the two carefree little girls in the sky.

Hearing those innocent words.

She paused, her lips trembling slightly.

Her husband joined the rebel army in order to earn a better life for her and her daughter.

At first, things went very well. The rebel army was fighting very smoothly, and her husband was even given a minor official position and a raise. Not long after, he sent someone back a silver ingot wrapped in a red cloth.

When she received that silver ingot, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep all night. It was a huge sum of money that they had never had since Lord Ye left.

Unfortunately, their good fortune didn't last long, as the imperial court sent elite troops to suppress the rebels.

Those were iron cavalry that had fought their way from the East China Sea, and they were invincible. The rebel army was no match for them.

Her husband did not live to see the winter snow melt away.

She could only swallow her tears every night and make up lies with a smile when her child asked, "Where did Daddy go?"

She missed him so much.

Her longing went all the way to the moon, and then returned from the moon to here.

The woman lowered her head, buried her face in the child's jacket, and her shoulders trembled silently.

Meanwhile, throughout the Great Flame Kingdom...

Countless displaced people, who have lost loved ones, are scattered across mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas.

They were ragged, emaciated, with sunken eyes and prominent cheekbones.

At this moment, everyone looked up at the heartwarming scene in the sky.

Listen to that sentence—

"I love you all the way to the moon, and then back from the moon to here."

The innocent voice of a child pierced the night sky of the Great Flame Kingdom, reaching every corner, every ear, and every wounded heart.

Everyone's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

In my heart, there is the longing for departed loved ones, and the sorrow of not knowing where tomorrow will bring.

And also, boundless hatred for that tyrannical emperor!