Gu Qingyun’s entire body went rigid. She slowly lowered her head and met a delicate little round face so white it seemed to glow. The child had large, round, jet-black eyes, a round head, two plump, pink cheeks, and a tender white face that was equally round.
“Mother, hug!” The pink dumpling-like child grinned, revealing gums with only two front teeth, while raising his two chubby, lotus-root-like arms high and begging to be held.
Not only Gu Qingyun—even the Palace Guards were dumbfounded. Where had such a cute and exquisite little person come from in the desolate, eerie Ghost Tomb Forest?
Could it be... a spirit?
The Palace Guards swallowed. They had not forgotten how they had suddenly been tripped.
“I’m not your mother.” Gu Qingyun found her voice again and frowned down at the Little Boy who had appeared from who knew where.
As soon as she finished speaking, two pools of tears welled up in the Little Milk Bun’s watery eyes. His small, pink lips drooped, as though he would burst into tears with the slightest blink.
Just as Gu Qingyun had expected, the next second, the Little Milk Bun let out a loud wail. His cries were earth-shaking, startling the birds, snakes, and insects nearby into scattering in all directions.
Gu Qingyun: “...”
The Palace Guards: “...”
Gu Qingyun rubbed her temples and shouted, “Shut up!”
The crying stopped abruptly.
The Little Milk Bun truly could turn his emotions on and off at will.
Gu Qingyun exhaled softly, lowered her hand, and said to the Little Milk Bun, “I’m not your mother...”
Before she could finish, the Little Milk Bun looked as though he was about to cry.
Gu Qingyun felt as though her head had grown two sizes. Her current body was that of an undeveloped young girl—a pure, unmarried maiden. How could she possibly have given birth to such a little fellow? What irresponsible parents had abandoned their child in such a remote wilderness as the Ghost Tomb Forest?
She put on a stern face and frightened him. “Stop crying, or I’ll feed you to the wild beasts!”
The Palace Guards wore strange expressions. This girl was far too vicious, threatening such a small child. Didn’t she know that frightening a child would only make him cry even harder?
Fortunately, the Little Milk Bun did not cry. He stubbornly held up his two little chubby claws and spoke in a soft, sweet voice: “Hug... hug...”
Gu Qingyun wanted to ignore him, but the moment she met the Little Milk Bun’s pitiful gaze, her heart softened uncontrollably.
Moreover, the timing and manner of this child’s appearance were far too strange. He could not be viewed according to common sense.
Her gaze fell upon the snow-white, smooth, semicircular object perched atop the child’s head. A flash of insight crossed her mind, and she could not help examining him in surprise.
The Little Milk Bun gazed back at her in innocent confusion, his large eyes curving into crescents. “Hug!”
Gu Qingyun bent down and picked up the Little Milk Bun.
He was a soft, gentle bundle, like a ball of cotton, and carried a strange fragrance—not the characteristic milky scent of an ordinary infant.
Gu Qingyun placed her hand against the Little Milk Bun’s tiny wrist, and a sharp glint flashed through her eyes.
As expected, he was not human.
Although it was horrifying that a Little Boy had emerged from a Divine Beast Egg, when she considered that she herself had crossed over from another world, the matter did not seem so difficult to accept.
Judging from the Little Milk Bun’s speed and strength just now, he looked small, but his abilities were far from insignificant.
That made sense. How could something hatched from a Divine Beast Egg be ordinary?
Gu Qingyun quickly glanced at the still-dazed Black-Clad Man and decisively turned to leave.
“Stop!” Gong Jiu and the others came to their senses and rose to block her.
Did they think she would stop just because they told her to?
Gu Qingyun silently tugged at the corner of her mouth, wind seeming to gather beneath her feet as she continued without pause.
Gong Shi’s expression darkened as he pointed his sword at her. “Put that child down!”
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