Chapter 187: Golden Finger Awakened
There was a reason why Su Wan never linked Xiao Yuanwei with the Xiao family in Hejia Village before.
When the imperial guards found Xiao Yuanwei and noticed his striking resemblance with the facial features of the imperial family, he wasn’t in the south.
They actually found him in a completely different place, a whole distance away in the north.
So, they brought him back.
It never crossed her mind before that perhaps, during the time he was missing before, Xiao Yuanwei had lived in the south and built a small family.
After all, when he was missing tens of years ago, he was also missing in the north.
Many people would instantly assume that Xiao Yuanwei was still in the north.
It was no wonder that they had never found him. The north was also a vast place; the imperial family had concentrated most of their power there in order to search for him.
Even after more than ten years passed, the search still couldn’t find him.
They didn’t expect that perhaps Xiao Yuanwei was in the south all this time...
And Xiao Yuanwei himself, who had forgotten where he had lived during the time of his disappearance, also didn’t expect this realization.
Su Wan had seen her imperial brother absent-minded lately.
"Who...?" Xiao Yuxi muttered in bewilderment.
Then, her eyes caught the sight of Xiao Yuanwei.
Ever since Xiao Fenghao and the guards helped them to get out of the crater, she had been so anxious about her mother and sister that she didn’t pay attention to anything else.
Now that she saw Xiao Yuanwei’s figure, Xiao Yuxi was confused.
He seemed to be familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time.
"I don’t know that Uncle, Aunt Su Wan," Xiao Yuxi muttered.
Su Wan nodded, her eyes flashed. She had seen that Xiao Yuxi seemed to find her imperial brother briefly familiar, perhaps it just never clicked who he resembled to.
After all, it had been several years since they last met. There was bound to be a change in his figure.
"Alright, you might get to know him soon," Su Wan said mysteriously.
Other than Zhou Shuran and Xiao Yuxi’s group, several other maidservants also went to cook for their masters and the guards.
One of the maidservants included Qingzhu who had taken care of Zhou Anran during her stay in the back mountain’s mansion.
They all had lunch while waiting for Zhou Anran and Xiao Qingya to wake up. Xiao Jingran glanced at the white bundle curling up besides Xiao Qingya.
After Xiao Qingya lost consciousness, Xiao Xue actually held out for another half an hour before it also passed out, disappearing. It only appeared again a few minutes ago.
He took it as a good signal.
"If your mother and sister haven’t woken up, just save the food for later," Zhou Wenzhi said, his eyes flashing with some worry.
They were currently unaware that in another dimension, Zhou Anran was experiencing one of the greatest turmoil of her life.
Some minutes ago, she had finally found Xiao Qingya, curling up on top of a gigantic white tiger. The sight scared her so much that her soul nearly flew out of her body.
However, soon, she realized that both the tiger and her daughter weren’t moving at all.
"Little Ya?" She called out softly.
The little one continued to sleep without care to the world, even occasionally yawning. Zhou Anran slowly approached them.
As she examined the white tiger, soon she found out something surprising.
It didn’t seem to be a tiger at all. There were no black stripes like tigers usually have. Instead, its fur was totally white, as pure as snow.
Then, it crossed her mind. Snow.
Xiao Xue.
This tiger was the System!
Upon finding out about this fact, she couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief and approached them with more confidence.
In a few steps, she closed in the gap, poking her daughter’s cheeks. Xiao Qingya made a displeased huff, shoving Zhou Anran’s hand away like a cat who had its sleep disturbed.
Zhou Anran chuckled and her worry disappeared. She reached out, picking up Xiao Qingya from the tiger’s body.
It woke her up.
Xiao Qingya slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them. "Mother?"
"Did Mother wake you up?" Zhou Anran said in an apologetic tone. Still, she didn’t put her daughter back.
She wanted to inspect Xiao Qingya for any injuries.
Xiao Qingya shook her head, and she let her mother search around for something. And then, as the blurriness in her eyes faded, she realized that the surroundings were unfamiliar.
It was a vast expanse of green grass, there was not even a single tree around.
The only thing that would make a difference was that river and waterfall in ghe distance.
She immediately asked the System. [System, System! Is this my mother’s golden finger?]
Zhou Anran was taken aback when she heard that. Golden finger? However, since Xiao Qingya said that it was from the System, then this place didn’t seem to be as dangerous and foreign as she thought.
[It is, Little Ya. Your mother finally activated it!]
The whte tiger suddenly stood up and began to circle around the pair of mother and daughter.
Zhou Anran pretended to be scared, shrinking her body and hugging Xiao Qingya tighter.
Xiao Qingya patted her hand and consoled. "It’s a good tiger, Mother. It’s my friend!"
"Your friend?"
She nodded.
[A storage space? A farming space? What is it for?] Xiao Qingya asked the System.
[Both! This space has various function. You can farm here with your family once your mother upgrade it. You see the river and waterfall in the distance...]
[Hiss, Little Ya, your family struck it rich. This space actually have miraculous spring water here. Will you need to worry about pest and the crops’ growth anymore?]
The System was truly excited.
[How do we get out of this space?]
[Just tell your mother to command the place to let the two of you out.]
Xiao Qingya immediately told her mother about it, and the two of them finally opened their eyes...