ducal mansion.

Huo Mingxi glanced at the cell phone that had automatically hung up because no one answered, his brows were furrowed.

"Why is my brother still not answering the phone... Is he still in the military building?"

The signal of the communication equipment will be blocked in the military base. At first, Huo Mingxi didn't make a call, which was not too strange, but now it's already 1:30 in the afternoon, the weather outside is so bad, and Huo Chengyuan hasn't heard from Huo Chengyuan for a long time, so Huo Mingxi is a little anxious.

Ye Bai was sitting next to Huo Mingxi, staring at the pouring rain outside the window in a daze. They were in the dining room at the moment. The original lunch time was 12:30 noon, but Huo Mingxi wanted to wait for his brother to come back to have dinner together, so he changed the lunch timeIt was delayed for an hour, but even so, Huo Chengyuan couldn't wait.

"Hey, let's eat first, maybe brother has something to delay... Xiao Yezi? Xiao Yezi, are you listening to me?"

Ye Bai was called out several times before he came back to his senses. He looked at Huo Mingxi slowly, and saw the girl looking at her worriedly.

"Little Ye Zi, what's wrong with you? Are you worried about your brother?" Huo Mingxi touched the head of little Flower Immortal, comforting it and said, "Don't worry, my brother is definitely fine, he is very powerful, and he will be back in a while.”

Ye Bai blinked slowly, his thoughts were still a bit sluggish: I... am I worried about Huo Chengyuan?

seems like it.

But what he worries about is not "now", but "later".

In fact, Ye Bai doesn't know what's wrong with him, he clearly knows that Huo Chengyuan will definitely stand up in the end, he will definitely be able to pull the faint king off the horse, wash away his past shame, and succeed in taking the position, he believes that Huo Chengyuan will definitely be able to do it, definitelyOK.

But even so, he was still... very worried.

When Ye Bai heard the result of the court-martial trial a month later from the word reader, he was really stupid. He was stunned for a long time, and there was even a moment of blankness in his mind. After a long time, he mechanically pressed the "read" button,After listening to that passage several times, I was finally sure that I hadn't heard it wrong.

In the following time, Ye Bai frightened and copied the follow-up content into the word reader one by one, the more he listened, the more frightened he became: Huo Chengyuan, who was found guilty by the military court, was immediately imprisoned, and he was detained by King Aogu and Duke Del.Under the impetus, Huo Chengyuan was not only dismissed as a major general in the military department, but was even deprived of his duke title.

The Huo family completely lost their power. Not only was their home confiscated, but all their property was also confiscated and filled into the private treasury of the royal family.The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and all the housekeepers and servants of the Duke's Mansion were dismissed. Huo Mingxi, who had no support, had to leave the imperial capital, go to live with distant relatives, and live under the fence...

Ye Bai didn't read the later content, because Huo Mingxi suddenly knocked on the bedroom door and asked him to go to the restaurant for lunch, so the reading was interrupted.But just what he saw earlier was enough to make Ye Bai's heart tremble, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

why?

Even if he expected that Huo Chengyuan would inevitably encounter some hardships before ascending to the throne, he really didn't expect it to be so miserable - these are not hardships, but punishing people to death, right??

No wonder he felt that Huo Chengyuan in the finale was much more ruthless and vicious than he is now, it's nothing more than executing the royal family and other enemies, and even the ignorant little Flower Immortal frantically refused to let go.Presumably, Huo Chengyuan at that time, after experiencing many ups and downs, his personality and mentality had been distorted, and he was gradually heading towards collapse and blackening...

"elder brother!"

Huo Mingxi's voice awakened Ye Bai from his trance, he immediately turned his head and found that Huo Chengyuan had finally returned.

He had obviously just arrived home, and his hair was stained with some rainwater. don't know if it was because of the low temperature outside. His face was a little pale, his lips had no blood, and his expression seemed a little tired.

"Brother, why did you come back!" Huo Mingxi complained, but a happy smile appeared on her face again, "We have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Something has delayed." Huo Chengyuan took the towel handed over by the maid, and casually wiped the rainwater from his hair, "I forgot to inform you in advance, sorry."

Huo Mingxi asked a few more questions, Huo Chengyuan dealt with it vaguely, the girl didn't think much, and greeted warmly.

"Sit down, sit down, we haven't had lunch yet, we just want to wait for you to come back and eat together."

Huo Chengyuan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and sat down at the dining table.

As soon as he sat down, he saw the little Flower Immortal flying in front of him. On the way, the other party grabbed a tissue to help him wipe off the wet raindrops from his hair.

"Thank you, Little Ye."

Huo Chengyuan showed the first smile after entering the door. He gently held the little Flower Immortal that fell into his palm, as if he was holding a fragile and gentle heart. Just sensing this existence filled his heart withSoft and warm.

"Did you miss me when I went out?" Huo Chengyuan smiled and nodded his little nose.

Looking at the shallow smile in the man's eyes, Ye Bai had mixed feelings in his heart: One month later, when the court-martial verdict comes, Huo Chengyuan...can he show such a smile again?

Although his heart was heavy, Ye Bai still tried his best to raise the corners of his mouth and gave the other party a big smile.

"Miss you." He said with a smile.

"I miss you, Ayuan, very much."

The servants put the reheated lunch on the table one by one, and everyone began to eat.

Although Ye Bai didn't want to look too abnormal, he really didn't have any appetite today, he only drank half a bowl of milk and nectar, and then put down the small spoon.

"Little Ye, are you full?" Huo Mingxi looked at the little Flower Immortal who pushed away the small plate in surprise, "You eat so little today."

Huo Chengyuan also looked over with concern: "Is today's meal not to your liking?"

Ye Bai quickly shook his head, forced a smile, "Nothing—it's just full." He glanced casually, and found that Huo Chengyuan ate very little today, and he only ate one third of a fried rice. In the past, heIt must have been eaten long ago.

"I don't have much appetite today." Seeing little Flower Immortal staring at his dinner plate, Huo Chengyuan smiled faintly, "I'm full too, well, I'll take Little Ye back to the bedroom." Usually at this time,It was time for the little Flower Immortal to take a nap, so Huo Chengyuan took it for granted that the other party wanted to go back to the bedroom.

Ye Bai hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "I want to go—toy world."

He can't sleep at all now, and he doesn't want to stay alone in the bedroom, which will make him keep recalling the contents of the book in his mind. Ye Bai doesn't want to face those cold and cruel words, he wants to find a quiet place, and organizeTake a look at your own thoughts.

Although Huo Chengyuan was a little surprised, he still agreed, he got up and left, took Ye Bai to the "Toy World", and placed him in the toy room.

"If it's boring to play by yourself, I'll ask Xi Xi to come and accompany you when she finishes her work." Huo Chengyuan said, "Of course, if you want to take a nap again, you can also rest in this small bedroom. If you want to go back to the Glass CastleIf so, you can call me to pick you up."

Ye Bai couldn't help laughing. In fact, he was already familiar with the environment in the Duke's mansion, and he could go in and out of each room smoothly. It's just that Huo Chengyuan has always been worried about him, and he always takes him with him wherever he goes. He is really a caring master..

But laughing and laughing, Ye Bai couldn't laugh anymore, because he suddenly thought: this kind of "companion" may not exist in the near future.

After settling in Little Ye, Huo Chengyuan was about to leave, but was suddenly grabbed by the little Flower Immortal by his sleeve.

"Ayuan—" Ye Bai's lips were murmured, and it took a long time for him to utter a dry sentence, "You——where are you going?"

"I still have some work to do, so I need to go to the study." Huo Chengyuan replied patiently.

"Don't you—take a break?" Ye Bai looked at his face, wondering if it was an illusion, he felt that Huo Chengyuan's brows were not only tired, but also a little sad and gloomy, "You look—need a break very much."

"I'll go to rest when I'm done." Huo Chengyuan smiled, and rubbed the little Flower Immortal's head, "Don't worry about me, go and play, go."

Ye Bai opened his mouth, didn't say anything, and let go of his hand silently.He watched Huo Chengyuan walk towards the door. The other party looked back at him before leaving the door, and made a "goodbye" gesture to him with a smile. Ye Bai also waved his hand quickly, and as usual, showed Huo Chengyuan a cute lookSmile.

When Huo Chengyuan's figure disappeared from the door, the smile on Ye Bai's face also disappeared.The room became quiet, the rain outside the window was still falling tirelessly, Ye Bai slowly sat on the roof of the toy house, overlooking the entire toy world.

He still remembers the time when he and Huo Chengyuan went shopping in the toy store, and how those big boxes brought into the duke's mansion were dismantled, assembled and assembled by him and sister Xixi bit by bit, and finally turned into this gorgeous and rich toyworld.

He still remembered that after Huo Chengyuan visited this toy world, he said "there is one last thing missing", then he took out a metal plate from his pocket, and inserted it into the groove in the middle of the gate of the "mansion".

It was a nameplate specially ordered by Huo Chengyuan, with a few words engraved on it - "Little Yezi's Home".

Yes, Ye Bai can already understand its meaning now, but he couldn't understand it at all at the time. He only knew that after the nameplate was placed, Huo Chengyuan and Huo Mingxi looked at him together, smiling very gently and happily.

This toy world is the "home" given to him by the brothers and sisters of the Huo family, and it is also the first "home" Ye Bai has after coming to another world alone.This place gave him a lot of joy, and it was one of his favorite places, but if the Huo family fell and the Duke's mansion was ransacked, his "home" would also cease to exist.

Ye Bai was stunned for a while, he spread his wings, wandered aimlessly over the toy world for a while, and finally landed on the "beach" in the southeast direction.

The shells he and Huo Chengyuan picked up at the beach yesterday had already been scattered on this "beach". Ye Bai picked up one of the big shells, lowered his head and smelled it, and could vaguely smell the breath of the sea. He and Huo Chengyuan had a good time at the beach yesterday.The memories of playing are still vivid in my mind.

Holding the white shell, Ye Bai stood in the golden gravel for a long time, finally he put the shell back in place, flapped his wings, and flew up again.

He flew over the "ocean", flew over the playground, flew over rows of toy houses, and finally flew out of the entire toy world and came to the corridor outside the door.

Ye Bai continued to fly forward along the corridor. On the way, he met some servants in the Duke's mansion. They were quite familiar with Ye Bai now, and they all greeted him with smiles.

"Little Ye Zi, good afternoon."

"Little Yezi, are you coming out to play again?"

"Little Ye Zi, pay attention to safety, don't go to dangerous places."

No matter men, women, young or old, everyone can't help but smile when they see this little Flower Immortal, not only because it is very cute and cute, but also because they know that this is Duke Huo's favorite little lady—Huo Huo.The brothers and sisters of the Huo family have always been kind to the servants, and they have never been arrogant and domineering like other nobles, so they love the house and Wu, the little Flower Immortal that the Huo family brothers and sisters like, of course, the servants will respect and love it even more.

Ye Bai also greeted the servants one by one. He smiled happily on the surface, but he struggled and hesitated more and more in his heart——

——He was hesitating whether to tell Huo Chengyuan what would happen in the future.

If he said it himself, Huo Chengyuan, who knew the result of the trial in advance, might still have hope of saving himself and avoiding the fate of the Huo family's destruction;

However, this incident is undoubtedly a very important turning point in Huo Chengyuan's life. If he hastily intervened, bringing about a strong butterfly effect and triggering more unknowable changes in the future, then what should we do?

Ye Bai was really at a loss, confused and in pain.

He was afraid that he could not change Huo Chengyuan's fate, but he was also afraid that he could really change Huo Chengyuan's fate.Now that things have happened, he can no longer stay out of the matter, and he can't just watch that person jump into the fire pit, but he is really scared. His "help" is self-defeating, so that Huo Chengyuan finally failed to kill the king and rise to power.bring about greater misfortune.

Amidst the conflict, Ye Bai unknowingly flew up to the second floor and arrived at the door of Huo Chengyuan's study.

In the lower right corner of this door, there is a small door that can be opened.Of course, there was no such small door in the past, because Ye Bai would often drive Huo Chengyuan downstairs for dinner in a small toy car.A toy car passes.

Ye Bai lingered at the door for a long time, finally mustered up the courage, and gently lifted the small flap on the door.

This position is facing Huo Chengyuan's desk. In the past, when Ye Bai came in, the other party would always see him immediately, but this time, until Ye Bai closed the shutter, the man sitting at the desk didn't even glance at this side..

He seemed to be in a daze.

It was quiet in the study room, Huo Chengyuan didn't turn on his brain, and there were no documents to be read in front of him, he clasped his hands on his chin, his eyes seemed to be looking at the table, but his eyes didn't focus, and there was no expression on his face, don't know what he was thinking.

Ye Bai had been to the study room many times, and it was the first time he saw Huo Chengyuan in this state. Such an abnormal situation made him immediately give up the idea of calling him.But Ye Bai managed to pluck up the courage to come in, he didn't want to leave so easily, he looked around, flew to a pot of landscape plants in the corner, and planned to come out to talk to Huo Chengyuan when the time was right.

The position where Ye Bai settled down happened to be able to see the scene on the desk. He found that the desk in front of Huo Chengyuan was not empty, but a very small thing.

It looks like... a memory card.