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Chapter 642: Xiao Yu Is Very Happy
Chapter 642: Chapter 642: Xiao Yu Is Very Happy
Trembling, he picked up the cell phone Fang Bai left behind and held it to his ear. When he heard the familiar voice he hadn’t heard for many years coming from the other end, Yang Xudong was overwhelmed with joy and surprise. After calling out "Senior Brother Baili," he couldn’t help but burst into tears.
Fang Bai and Sister Dragon Maiden, along with Xiao Yu, first went to a nearby mall to buy a few sets of underwear and outerwear for Xiao Yu. Then Sister Dragon Maiden accompanied Xiao Yu for a bath at a nearby bath center, helped her change into a new outfit, and finally took her to a beauty salon for a meticulous makeover.
Washed free of dirt, clad in a new dress, and carefully dolled up, Xiao Yu was fair and pretty, transformed into a lovely little princess—a stark contrast from her previous beggar-like appearance.
When Sister Dragon Maiden took Xiao Yu in front of the beauty salon mirror, Xiao Yu couldn’t believe the cute little girl she saw in the mirror was herself.
Afterward, the pair took Xiao Yu to a Chinese restaurant owned by fellow countrymen and ordered her favorite wonton soup, ensuring she had her fill. Seeing that nearly two hours had passed, they then headed back to Xiao Yu’s home.
On the way back, Fang Bai brought Yang Xudong a few large meat buns and a big bowl of wonton soup. According to Xiao Yu, these were her father’s favorites, but he hadn’t eaten them since he was injured in an attack.
Entering the east room of the small yard, Yang Xudong had just finished talking over the phone with his Senior Brother Baili Zhan, who was across the ocean. Seeing Fang Bai, his eyes brightened, his emotions surged, and he propped himself up with both hands on the bed, lips quivering, struggling to get out of bed.
Seeing him desperate to say something, Fang Bai sighed and said, "Your meridians were severely damaged, and your leg bones are broken. You can’t move at all. You should just stay lying there! Whatever you want to say, just speak!"
Sister Dragon Maiden pointed to the meat buns and wonton soup in his hand and said, "Whatever you want to say can wait until after you’ve eaten! Xiao Yu’s dad hasn’t had a full meal in days and must be so hungry!"
Fang Bai, smiling, said, "That’s right! Since you and Brother Baili are Senior Brothers, I’ll just call you Brother Yang. Come on, Brother Yang, let me help you sit up. You eat something first, and once you’ve had your fill, we’ll talk!"
He moved a table in front of Yang Xudong, helped him sit up, propped some pillows behind him, and then placed the wonton soup and meat buns on the table, while he and Sister Dragon Maiden stepped out into the yard for a moment.
Yang Xudong hadn’t eaten much for several days and was indeed famished. Looking at the wonton soup and meat buns in front of him, a warm surge filled his heart. Without any pretense, he devoured them hungrily.
The plain meat buns and a large bowl of wonton soup felt to Yang Xudong like the most delicious meal he had had since his wife’s death.
After finishing every bit of the food in front of him, Yang Xudong finally took a deep breath, reclined comfortably against the pillows and listened to Fang Bai and Sister Dragon Maiden playing with his daughter in the outer yard. Upon hearing his daughter’s joyful, tinkling laughter, a wistful smile spread across his lips.
After smiling, Yang Xudong reflected deeply, realizing he couldn’t remember the last time he had genuinely laughed like this.
Ever since his wife passed away, he wondered if he had ever truly been happy again.
Yang Xudong had just had an hour-long conversation with his Senior Brother Baili Zhan who was in Yanjing, Huaxia. From Senior Brother Baili, he learned a lot about Fang Bai and realized that he and his daughter had encountered a remarkable person—a person who could change their fates forever.
Yang Xudong resolved to seize this opportunity, for himself and even more for his daughter.
A moment later, Xiao Yu, giggling, ran inside and stood in front of Yang Xudong’s bed. She spun around in place before exclaiming joyfully, "Daddy, look quick, doesn’t Xiao Yu look pretty? Sister Dragon Maiden said that Xiao Yu looks like a little princess!"
Yang Xudong had been emotionally agitated just now, only engaging in conversation with Fang Bai and had not paid attention to his daughter. It was at this moment he noticed his daughter dressed in brand-new clothes, neat and pretty, as adorable as an angel.
Seeing his daughter’s smiling face blooming like a flower, Yang Xudong’s eyes moistened. He remembered how his wife had been alive, dressing their daughter so beautifully every day. But since his wife’s passing, he took a great hit, became despondent, even picking up a bad habit of excessive drinking and gambling, and he hardly had the heart to care for and protect his daughter.
Especially in this recent period after he had been disabled, when the family savings were taken by creditors and the father-daughter duo had lost their source of income, they couldn’t even afford meals. His daughter, only seven or eight years old, had no choice but to run outside like a little beggar every day, begging the neighbors for something to eat.
Without his daughter, he, a father who had turned into a cripple, might have already starved to death in bed.
In the past few days, his daughter would often bring back two freshly steamed snow-white buns, rushing back to present them to him as if she was bestowing a treasure. Yang Xudong had thought these were begged for at first, but later, noticing bruises from beatings on her arms, after carefully asking, he learned that the buns were stolen by his daughter, and the bruises were from being hit.
Upon learning this, Yang Xudong felt angry, and initially wanted to scold his daughter, but when he saw her big eyes brimming with tears, about to fall, he felt an agony like knives were carving into his heart, hating his own incompetence, unable to utter a word of reprimand.
The daughter in front of him, playing with the hem of her new dress with her head lowered, exhibited a happy and joyful demeanor, as if returning to those happy times when the family of three lived together.
Fang Bai and Dragon Maiden followed into the room, and seeing that Yang Xudong had finished everything on the table, they exchanged a smile.
"Daddy, just now, big brother and big sister took Xiao Yu to the mall and bought so many clothes, they even bathed Xiao Yu, and then went to the hair salon to get Xiao Yu’s hair done... and then Xiao Yu became what she is now... Xiao Yu feels so happy..."
Xiao Yu spoke vividly, and although she was young, she vividly remembered that she hadn’t felt as happy as she did today since her mother went to heaven.
"Xiao Yu will be happy like this every day!"
Dragon Maiden stroked Xiao Yu’s head and said with indulgence.
In Xiao Yu, Dragon Maiden saw some shadows of her own childhood. Although she hadn’t spent much time with Xiao Yu, she already treated the little girl as if she were her own younger sister, with great affection.
Previously, Fang Bai mentioned that Xiao Yu had good potential for martial arts, an excellent material for training, and Dragon Maiden was moved by the idea to take Xiao Yu back to Dragon Guard for cultivation.
To take Xiao Yu away, they certainly couldn’t abandon her father Yang Xudong, but it was uncertain whether Yang Xudong would be willing to leave America and return to Huaxia.
Upon seeing Fang Bai enter the room, Yang Xudong didn’t know where the strength came from, but he tumbled off the bed onto the floor. He had intended to kneel, but his legs made it impossible, so he could only prostrate himself there, bowing deeply to Fang Bai.
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