In the past, it wasn’t like they hadn’t encountered such situations before.

Before, Wu Shoushan went hunting in the mountains and had a few times when he didn’t return overnight.

Either because he encountered a pack of wild beasts and had to avoid and detour.

Or because he encountered bad weather and couldn’t descend the mountain.

Or the fog in the mountains made it hard to find the way back home temporarily.

After all, in the mountains, many situations are beyond human control.

Under such circumstances.

Wu Shoushan would choose to stay in the mountains, find a cave, spend the night, and return when the situation improved the next morning.

Such situations had occurred several times.

So, even if it was very late now and Wu Shoushan hadn’t returned.

Even though Wu Shoushan didn’t come back overnight.

Liu Yulan would only be a little worried.

He believed that he would definitely see his husband’s figure the next morning.

So, that night, Liu Yulan kept waiting for a long time.

It was really too late, and there was no possibility of Wu Shoushan returning that night.

Thus, she took her son Wu Xiaofu to sleep.

This sleep lasted until the next morning.

However, when the mother and son opened their eyes, they still didn’t see Wu Shoushan.

Liu Yulan began to be a little worried.

However, she still patiently waited.

Just like that, the whole morning passed, and it was afternoon.

Wu Shoushan still hadn’t returned.

At this moment.

Liu Yulan began to feel a bit anxious.

Because even if Wu Shoushan didn’t come back overnight before, he would return the next morning, at the latest before lunch.

But now, it was already afternoon, and evening was approaching.

Wu Shoushan still hadn’t returned.

This made Liu Yulan very worried.

She started to take Wu Xiaofu into the mountain to search, and also asked the other villagers at the foot of the mountain to help keep an eye out when they went up the mountain.

However.

As the afternoon passed and night was about to fall again.

Wu Shoushan was still nowhere to be found.

Liu Yulan took Wu Xiaofu and searched every mountain path that Wu Shoushan might have taken nearby, but still couldn’t find a trace of Wu Shoushan.

Logically, at this time, Wu Shoushan should have returned no matter what.

However, they didn’t even see a shadow.

There was no other way, as there are many wild beasts in the mountains at night.

The mother and son had no experience, and if they continued to stay in the mountains once it got completely dark, they might just become food for the wild beasts.

So, with no choice, Liu Yulan had to give up the search and took her son back home.

That night, Liu Yulan and Wu Xiaofu, mother and son, cried in each other’s arms for a long time.

However, Liu Yulan still held onto a glimmer of hope.

She felt that Wu Shoushan would definitely return the next day.

However, after dawn.

Wu Shoushan still hadn’t returned.

This was already the third day.

At this moment, Liu Yulan remembered the words of the Black Robe man she met on the first day.

There was a very good chance that her husband had already been eaten by wild beasts!

At this thought, Liu Yulan felt dizzy, as if the sky was collapsing.

And just as Liu Yulan was about to break down.

The Black Robe man came to her door again.

He first asked Liu Yulan if she believed his words now.

However, with Wu Shoushan missing for three days and most likely already dead in the beast’s mouth.

At this moment, Liu Yulan had no choice but to believe, and she could only nod her head in despair.

Seeing this.

The Black Robe man told Liu Yulan that as long as she believed in him and was willing to listen to him, he would find a way to bring Wu Shoushan back.

For the already completely desperate Liu Yulan, this was undoubtedly a glimmer of light in the darkness, the only lifeline at the edge of the cliff!

After all, putting aside the deep feelings between the couple.

This family couldn’t do without Wu Shoushan.

If Wu Shoushan were gone, this family would be completely finished.

Their mother and son would surely starve to death!

So.

Without much thought, Liu Yulan agreed to the Black Robe man.

However, at that time, Liu Yulan didn’t know that the moment she agreed with the Black Robe man, the real nightmare had just begun.

After gaining Liu Yulan’s trust, the Black Robe man told her that as long as Wu Xiaofu helped him accomplish a task, he would bring Wu Shoushan back and reunite their family of three.

At the time, Liu Yulan was puzzled because Wu Xiaofu was only seven years old that year, how could he help the Black Robe Taoist?

Could it be that something even a seven-year-old child could do, the Black Robe man couldn’t?

So Liu Yulan expressed her doubts to the Black Robe man on the spot.

In response, the Black Robe man told Liu Yulan that although Wu Xiaofu was the son of a mountain villager, he had a special destiny, born extraordinary, and was rare in the world.

Moreover, this task could only be accomplished by Wu Xiaofu; no one else could do it.

After saying this, the Black Robe man asked Liu Yulan to consider it carefully, and then he left.

On the fourth day, the Black Robe man came early, asking Liu Yulan what she had decided. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

At that time, Liu Yulan was helpless and at a loss, so she would naturally cling to any lifeline.

Besides, it was just a task, nothing major.

After repeatedly confirming that Wu Xiaofu would not be in danger.

Liu Yulan agreed to the Black Robe man.

After receiving Liu Yulan’s definite answer, the Black Robe man pulled out a soccer ball from his robe and handed it to Wu Xiaofu.

He instructed Wu Xiaofu to take this soccer ball and follow him to a small town in the nearby mountains to find a little girl named Lu Ying.

He told Wu Xiaofu that as long as he played soccer with Lu Ying for twenty-seven days.

Then he would find Wu Shoushan!

Wu Xiaofu was already seven years old and was sensible.

He didn’t want to lose his father either.

Moreover, Liu Yulan was persuading him on the side.

So, he took his soccer ball, followed the Black Robe man to the small town, and found Lu Ying’s home.

By coincidence, at this time.

Lu Ying was playing alone at the doorway.

So, Wu Xiaofu, holding his soccer ball, walked over.

It was easy for children to communicate, and within a few words, Wu Xiaofu and Lu Ying began playing happily together.

Just like that, days went by.

Every day, the Black Robe man would come to Liu Yulan’s house, take Wu Xiaofu, and send him to the town to play soccer with Lu Ying.

Everything seemed normal.

Liu Yulan didn’t find anything unusual.

Moreover, every day when Wu Xiaofu returned, he was very happy and had a good appetite.

So Liu Yulan gradually let down her guard, looking forward to the arrival of the twenty-seventh day.

That way, Wu Xiaofu could complete the Black Robe man’s task.

And the Black Robe man would find Wu Shoushan.

Then, their family of three could be reunited!

This was what Liu Yulan always hoped and looked forward to.