If that day, they hadn't gone to that cave, hadn't stayed in the Gods and Immortals' Land, by this time, they would most likely have become elderly. The experiences of their children's growth, they wouldn't have missed at all. They would have personally witnessed them evolve from youthful exuberance to gradual aging, sharing every bit of these forty years with them. If so, seeing Bright Pearls age wouldn't have been as heart-wrenching as it is now.
"Bright Pearls, Chao'er—"
Cai Wei called out, and tears immediately started flowing.
This call, like awakening from a dream, roused Bright Pearls. She looked incredulously at the familiar figures before her, half-believing and half-doubting, she called out: "Father... Imperial Father, Imperial Mother... is it really... you?"
Nangong Yi replied with a nod, saying sadly: "It is us, forty years have passed, are you well, Zhu'er?"
