Part Two: The Return of the Little Moon
“The people who loved her never truly forgot her face.”
Night gradually fell over X City.
Inside the Lu residence…
Yu Mingyue was already asleep.
Her new clothes had been neatly folded and placed inside the wardrobe.
The light-blue dress hung quietly in the center.
Tomorrow…
She planned to wear it again.
…
Outside her bedroom…
Lu Yanxi quietly closed the door.
He stood there for several seconds before turning away.
He had developed this habit over the past eight years.
Every night…
He would stop outside her empty room.
Tonight…
For the first time…
The room wasn’t empty anymore.
…
Meanwhile…
Inside one of X City’s oldest family residences.
An elderly man slowly put down his teacup.
His grandson respectfully handed him a phone.
“Grandfather.”
“I think…”
“…you should see this.”
The old man adjusted his reading glasses.
His cloudy eyes landed on the photograph.
A girl.
Holding strawberry ice cream.
Smiling brightly.
His hand trembled.
“…”
“…This child…”
“…looks exactly like Old Yu’s granddaughter.”
His grandson hesitated.
“That’s what everyone has been saying.”
The old man remained silent.
After a long while…
He quietly stood up.
“Prepare the car.”
His grandson looked surprised.
“Grandfather?”
“I want to visit Old Lu.”
“But…”
“It’s already late.”
The old man smiled bitterly.
“If…”
“…if that child is really Yue’er…”
“…then Old Lu has waited eight years.”
“I should congratulate him.”
…
At almost the same time…
The heads of several old aristocratic families received the same photograph.
No one dared spread it publicly.
No one dared draw conclusions.
Instead…
Everyone did the same thing.
Call someone they trusted.
One phone call became two.
Two became five.
Five became ten.
Quietly…
The upper circle of X City began asking the same question.
“Has Yu Mingyue really come back?”
…
Back at the Lu residence.
Gu Mengmeng had fallen asleep in Yu Mingyue’s room after spending the entire evening talking.
The two girls lay side by side.
Gu Mengmeng hugged a pillow.
“…Xiao Yue’er.”
“Hm?”
“…I’m happy.”
Yu Mingyue smiled into the darkness.
“…Me too.”
A few minutes later…
Gu Mengmeng’s breathing became steady.
She had fallen asleep.
Yu Mingyue carefully looked toward the ceiling.
“…Xiao Bai.”
The little white ball appeared above her blanket.
“What is it, Host?”
“…Do you think…”
She hesitated.
“…everyone outside will think I’m a monster?”
Xiao Bai blinked.
“…Why?”
“I died.”
“And now I’m alive again.”
“…”
“…Wouldn’t that scare people?”
Xiao Bai became unusually quiet.
After thinking seriously for a long moment…
He gently landed beside her pillow.
“Host.”
“Hm?”
“In the Main God Space…”
“There is a saying.”
“What is it?”
He smiled.
“Miracles frighten only those who have stopped believing in hope.”
Yu Mingyue looked at him quietly.
Then…
She smiled.
“…That’s a beautiful saying.”
“It was taught to me by someone very important.”
Yu Mingyue opened one eye.
“Someone important?”
Xiao Bai immediately straightened.
“Classified.”
“…”
“…”
Yu Mingyue stared at him.
Xiao Bai stared back.
“You don’t actually know what classified means, do you?”
His tiny wings stiffened.
“Of course I do!”
“Then who is this important person?”
“Classified!”
“You only learned that word today, didn’t you?”
Xiao Bai immediately looked away.
“Host asks too many questions.”
Yu Mingyue laughed softly.
She didn’t press him.
At the time…
She had no idea that the person Xiao Bai refused to name had already changed the course of her fate once.
Outside…
The moon quietly rose above X City.
Its soft light covered countless rooftops.
Some people looked at the moon tonight…
Remembering the little girl they had once loved.
None of them knew…
That the little moon they had mourned for eight long years…
Was sleeping peacefully beneath the same sky.
And for the first time…
Dreaming about tomorrow.