They want to tell me what's right, what's wrong, what's black, and what's white..... but they don't know you like I do. They don't understand that under this facade is a young boy who wants to be loved, even if he doesn't know what love is himself.
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Five years have passed and Xiao Ying has grown into a cheerful child. She had come to learn that all her older brothers and sisters were like her, abandoned and left without parents. Xiao Ying didn't mind it though, she felt blessed to have as many older siblings as she did. Throughout the years she grew closest to Xiao Xingchen. The two would go everywhere and do everything together. The older boy always remembering to care for the little girl as if she was the most delicate feather.
As lessons ended for the day, Xingchen got up to put his books away and Yiying followed. "Xingchen will you go out with me to see the butterflies?"
"Of course I will go with you. Why would I not?"The little girl giggled and gave him a big hug.
The two walked outside and saw a man with several senior disciples all dressed in light blue with cloud headbands being led by a Celestial Mountain disciple towards Heaven room where Baoshan Sanren was. "I wonder what they are doing here?" Xingchen said to himself.
"Xingchen, who are they?"
"Gusu Lan Clan. They come from far away."
"Oh. I don't know who that is but they have very pretty headbands." Xingchen simply smiled at the girl and continued towards the farther side of the mountain to go see the butterflies.
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Lan Qiren, the sect leader of Lan Clan along with ten senior disciples arrived at the entrance of Celestial Mountain and were let in and led to the Heaven Room. The group greeted Baoshan Sanren with a unified bow.
"Baoshan Sanren, I believe you have received my letter."
"Yes, I did Sect Leader Lan."
"I'm here today to pick up my niece and take her back to Cloud Recesses."
The Celestial Mountain disciples in the room all gasped and murmured questions to each other upon hearing what was said.
"I understand that you want to take her to the home of her father, but I'm not sure if she will be willing to leave. I do not want her to leave as much as the rest of my children, they all have a very strong bond, but it would be rude of me to make such a decision. Please, let's leave the decision up to her."
"I understand, but I want to take her home. Let her see where her mother grew up and visit her father's home. I want her to be in contact with the outside world."
"Forgive me if this is rude but how do you know for sure that my disciple is a missing disciple from your clan? Let alone your direct blood-related niece?"
