Xiaosuisui blinked, not yet having spoken, when she heard Old Lady Ji urging her.
"Quickly bring your Second Aunt-in-law in here so I can discuss something with her. After we get out, we need to figure out a way to leave Qixia Temple before those monks realize whatās happening!"
Upon hearing this, Xiaosuisui sighed, her little face taking on the expression of a small adult weighed down by worries.
"In this place, I can only bring in people who are related to me by blood or those whose Qi Iām familiar with. Second Aunt-in-law and I arenāt related by blood, so she canāt come in!"
"Ah? Is that so? If your Second Aunt-in-law sees us all asleep out there, wonāt she be worried sick?"
She recalled the last time Xiaosuisui had pulled her into this so-called Dream Realm. Everyone had thought she fainted because Xiaosuisui had disappeared, and they were so worried back then!
"Then what should we do? We definitely canāt go out right now. I donāt have Second Aunt-in-lawās hair or blood, so thereās no way to bring her into the Dream Realm."
"So your Dream Realm has rules like that! But what can we do? She must be terribly anxious out there all alone."
Xiaosuisui rolled over in the Lotus Pond, looking helpless.
"Oh! I remember! When your Second Uncle and Second Aunt-in-law were getting married, XingāErās father had your Second Aunt-in-law and Second Uncle each cut a lock of hair. These were placed in two separate pouches. One was given to Second Uncle, and the other was given to XingāEr. I wonder if Second Uncle has his pouch on him?"
Upon hearing this, Xiaosui shouted out in surprise, "Second Uncle!" Her voice was incredibly loud and full of energy!
The Ji brothers, still searching for their niece and mother in the fog, all covered their ears.
"When did Suisuiās voice get so loud? Itās deafening! My ears are about to go deaf."
The Ji brothers all had the same reaction.
"Aargh, I canāt take it anymore! Where is that little girl? When I find her, Iām going to give her a good spanking!"
All eyes simultaneously turned to Ji Youcheng, who had said this.
They reminded him in unison, "Have you forgotten how you lost your gold?"
Ji Youcheng was speechless.
Is there no brotherly love left? Must they twist the knife?
"Second Uncle!"
Ji Youcheng glared at his brothers for the space of a few breaths, and then Xiaosuisuiās voice calling "Second Uncle!" echoed in his ears again.
"Why does it sound like Xiaosuisuiās voice is coming from below me?"
Ji Youran muttered in confusion. He then turned his head, blinked in surprise, and wondered aloud, "How can there be a Lotus Pond here?"
As Ji Youzhi and the others walked towards the Lotus Pond, they immediately spotted their mother sitting by its edge!
"Mother! How did you get here? Where are Suisui and Second Sister-in-law?" Ji Youzhi asked as soon as he reached Old Lady Ji.
Old Lady Ji didnāt reply, instead turning her gaze towards Ji Youran.
"When I gave birth to your Second Brother, not only was he born at the wrong time, but I also failed to bring his brain out with him!"
The Ji brothersā mouths twitched, and they all cast sympathetic glances at Ji Youran.
Ji Youran, however, didnāt notice the gazes of his brothers or his mother. He looked at the lotus flowers in the pond and, without a second thought, jumped into the Lotus Pond with a PLOP.
As soon as he jumped in, he immediately tried to swim. However, it felt as if something was restraining him once he was in the water. He couldnāt move and just kept sinking!
Soon, his body disappeared beneath the water, and the Ji brothers on the bank grew frantic.
"Second Brother!"
Several of them were about to leap into the Lotus Pond!
"All of you, donāt move!"
Seeing this, Old Lady Jiās face paled. She quickly stopped her sons who were about to jump in, then shouted desperately towards the pond, "Suisui, quickly, save your Second Uncle!"