"My Ying Ying, Mother’s little sweet boy, come, let’s eat" his birth mother’s soft voice called him.

In this world, only his mother called him Ying Ying, and she introduced his name to Young Prince Luo Xiang at that time, which makes the Crown Prince keep calling him Ying Ying until now.

When his old mother chases him all over the big house to hit him.

"Naughty brat, what are you doing, you just make the floor dirty, quickly clean it up!" his old mother’s loud voice when she saw Bai Ying who got home after playing in the valley and entering the house with his shoes full of mud. Chased him throughout the house but that just made it worse, making all over the one room dirty. Madam Hua chased after him with a rattan feather duster in her hand.

"Ah, Mother, don’t hit Ying er!" finally his father the one who protected Bai Ying by thrusting his big rounded body to be hit by his first wife’s rattan slash.

"Oh madam, don’t keep running around, you’re just scaring him and a whole house dirty because of it, stop it already," said Mr. Hua.

Bai Ying’s tears streamed down, but he smiled at the thought of his older sister Hua Bai Yen’s face shining in the bright sunlight, turning around while showing her new clothes that would be used to walk around the city with Brother Yi Fang.

"Little brother, how do I look, nice right? The outer layer is authentic silk from Sui Lian, and the inner layers are super-quality cotton from Tania, this is pretty, isn’t it? And according to the seller this design is the only one sold in his shop, he said this is a duplicate of the clothes of the Princesses in Yue Yang palace, only slightly different. Isn’t it beautiful?" and can’t forget how beautiful his sister’s smile was, like a flower bloom in spring and a breeze in summer. Her face looked so happy at that time.

"All of them, are they already rest in peace up there? I don’t know where Father, Mother, old Mother, and sister are now, uncle Liu, brother Wang, and old uncle Lu. They must all still have time to meet and gather up there, right?" said Bai Ying looking up at the very bright sky that day.

There was the sound of deep breathing from Bai Hu, who was also looking up at the sky at that moment.

"Hey, I want to help you to meet your family, but according to the gatekeeper, everyone has crossed over now, just waiting for the right time to be reborn"

Bai Ying turned his head quickly when he heard Bai Hu’s words, he wiped his tears looking at the White Fox with big eyes.

"Is it true? Brother Bai Hu, so, they can all be reborn? Did you see them with your own eyes?" Bai Ying asked.

Bai Hu looked at Bai Ying for a long time and raised his hand to wipe away the remaining tears on Bai Ying’s cheek. Luo Xiang who was watching from a distance refrained from getting closer. Bai Ying had warned him not to get jealous of the White Fox easily no matter how he touched him because the White Fox is a kind of man like that. This is an exception for him.

"Silly child, you had met them by yourself. How do you think they are?" he asked. Bai Hu’s words made Bai Ying widen his eyes even wider, and stuttered.

"What do you mean meet? When did Ying er meet them?"

Bai Ying thought for a while until he saw Bai Hu for long time.

"Er, you mean, back in Empress Yu Yan’s dream world?" he asked.

Bai Hu pulled his lips, smiling at Bai Ying’s adorable face who was crying until the tip of his nose was red. He nodded.

Bai Ying held Bai Hu’s hand tightly.

"Really? They are really my Mother and Father, also my old mother and my sister? It wasn’t just my dream?" he asked.

Bai Hu nodded again.

"That’s right, they are your family. Bai Guang and I managed to borrow both of your parents and your sister’s memories, hoping that you would be happy to meet them. Bai Guang was mandated by your grandfather to protect you at all costs, and that’s how he did it, for the last time. He did a very great effort to make your life better after meeting them"

Bai Ying stuttered.

"Wh-what do you mean, by the last time? Isn’t Bai Guang still in the Memory coin’s world? He will always be there right? he asked.

Bai Hu lowered his hand from Bai Ying’s cheek. Returning his gaze to the sky. He pulled his body back and rested on his two hands.

"Heh, unfortunately, Bai Guang’s mission is over since you and the others came out of the memory coin world. All this time he has always been waiting for you, even though time in the world of Memory Coins does not move, he is still waiting for you with unlimited time to fulfill his promise to the late King Yen Hui. Basically, Bai Guang is a fairy inhabiting the Pai Hua forest, the deep Pai Hua cave. One day while he was looking for medicinal leaves, the curious King Yen Hui found a little fairy who had injured his wing from being chased by birds and brought him home to be cared for. King Yen Hui has the same aura as you, possessing a bright light that attracts any creature to appear before him. If it wasn’t for Empress Yu Yan’s curse when he was born, he might already be the number one ruler of the world."

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Horse hoof sound.

Luo Xiang holds on Bai Ying’s hand which is sitting on top of Xiao Hei beside him. Leading the big black horse side by side with Xiao Bai.

The two rode slowly leaving the White Fox valley which now was quite far behind them.

Bai Ying still turned his head, looking from afar, Bai Hu’s beautiful hut slowly covered with fog that was getting thicker and thicker. He could still hear the voices of the little fairies that sent him off, all of them flying in the sky surrounding the two of them the last time they sprinkled gold powder giving blessings to both of them. Blessings of health, long life, and sincere love. That was probably what Bai Ying was looking for from his trip this time.

Though according to the White Fox, their meeting was not because of that. Even as a celestial being, the White Fox had no power to prevent anything that would happen in Bai Ying and the Crown Prince’s future, only the two of them could prevent it, live it, and weather whatever storms would occur in the future.

Bai Ying looked at his hand, which the Crown Prince was holding tightly, and he tightened his grip.

Luo Xiang smiled. Looking at Bai Ying with his eyes talking, if everything will be fine, you only need to hold my hand tightly, never let go again.

"Ying Ying, my love, my sun, my breath, my heartbeat, thank you for all your love, from now on, let’s be together, for a long time, forever."

Bai Ying smiled. He nodded even though the Crown Prince didn’t make any sound, as if he could read his mind. The beautiful orange sun was right behind the two’s heads.

"Your Majesty, look, today’s weather is very beautiful, isn’t it?"

Luo Xiang nodded.

"Yup, It is very beautiful, um, when we come back to the palace later, let me help to rub your back, massage your feet too, I haven’t done that in a long time"

Bai Ying laughed, his sound echoing through the way out of the valley as the two moved farther away from the valley. Their beautiful clothes fluttered from the horses’ backs flying with the gentle wind, carrying the smell of grass and beautiful flowers blooming in the valley far, some flower petals even flew with them both sending them out of the valley.

The two huge horses gallop through the beautiful meadows of the white fox valley. A place that resembles heaven on earth, a place where various creatures from big to small, live there peacefully. A place where beautiful human dreams can come true, and anxiety and worry disappear.

The sound of horses’ hoofs sounded steady over the grassy ground eventually exiting the valley area through an invisible wall that brought the two back into the forest in an instant.

The sun was setting on the western horizon as the two emerged from the valley. Instantly the cold was felt when entering the forest which was still snowing, though not as bad as before. The air that afternoon turned out to be much brighter than Luo Xiang had imagined. The water from the ice had started to melt from the frozen tips of the leaves of the trees and dripped down. The path that had been completely gone before started to be visible with the green grass sticking out because of the melting snow.

Luo Xiang and Bai Ying stopped their horses. Stop looking at what is already in front of them. A group, not just a group, it resembled a battalion of gold-armored troops with the flag bearing Yue Yang’s country already waving proudly above the tallest spearheads held by several soldiers standing beside Yue Yang’s sturdy huge horse. As soon as they saw the Crown Prince and Bai Ying there, all of the fully armored troops lowered their bodies to their knees.

"Greeting, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Young King, may you always be healthy and long life!"

Bai Ying turned around, looking at the Crown Prince, what were Yue Yang’s troops doing there? Just as he was about to ask, Bei Yau appeared from behind the line.

"Your Majesty" the young bodyguard drew closer, his face showing worry and relief at the same time. He lowered his body when he saw the Crown Prince dismount from his horse.

"Greeting Your Majesty, welcome back! Thank God Your Majesty’s is safe"

"Bei, what happened? Why have you gathered so many warriors here? I told you didn’t I? To wait for me at the Palace?" said Luo Xiang holding Bai Ying’s hand to help him get off the horse.

Bei Yau raised his head. He looked at the Crown Prince with slightly worried eyes.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened in the palace, Your Majesty’s please come back to the palace with us soon."

Bai Ying frowned at Bei Yau’s words, from his look looks like it was no small problem. His heart was pounding hard as if something bad had happened.

"Guard Bei, what happened?" he asked.

Guard Bei saw the two, and swallow hard with his eyes big at the two.

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