CH 101

After Yang Xiaohai saw Li Shixiong leave, he breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his posture a bit.

The group of people chatted and ate together, but there was nothing to talk about, so they turned to the beggars outside the door.

"I don't remember seeing so many beggars on our way here. Where did all these people come from?"

Upon hearing Baolu Shixiong's words, Yang Xiaohai immediately picked up a piece of fried dough and soaked it in the porridge, then walked outside with his bowl. "I'll go ask them for you."

Gouwa looked at his back and said to the others, "This kid is really sensible. If he didn't have to go home, I would have wanted to adopt him as my son."

"Is that really adopting him as your son? You just want him to serve you like a servant, don't you?"

Being exposed by others, Gouwa didn't mind and just laughed it off.

Seeing Yang Xiaohai come out, the beggars at the door held up their broken bowls and some even started singing "Lotus Falling".

Yang Xiaohai ignored them and instead walked towards the little beggar who had fallen earlier.

He was curled up in the corner and looked very pitiful, just like himself in the past.

"I'll ask you something. If you can answer, this fried dough is yours."

Looking at the fried dough in Yang Xiaohai's hand, the scruffy little beggar nodded excitedly.

"Where did you beggars come from?"

"The east. We all came from the east! I'm not really a beggar. I came with my parents as refugees."

"I was kidnapped halfway by someone and only became a beggar after escaping."

Yang Xiaohai took out a soft fried dough from his pocket and handed it over.

The little beggar didn't mind the heat and grabbed it with both hands, stuffing it into his mouth.

"Why did you have to flee? Did your hometown suffer a disaster?"

After taking a sip of porridge from the fried dough, the little beggar nodded and continued, "Yeah, we suffered a disaster. If it was a drought or flood, my father wouldn't have abandoned his fields and run away, but this time it was a war."

"You see, these people all suffered from the war and came here. The war was huge. The soldiers rushed into the villages and took everything. I heard that several villages were wiped out."

Just as Yang Xiaohai was about to ask more questions, a fool enveloped him from behind. It was Gao Zhijian, who stuttered, "Th-th-th-this is n-not a w-w-war, it's... it's... it's a r-r-retreat!"

"Gao Shixiong, are you saying that there's a war going on?" Yang Xiaohai looked up at his broad chin.

Seeing that Yang Xiaohai didn't treat his stutter like others did, Gao Zhijian's eyes showed a hint of joy.

He gently patted his thick calloused hand, which was bigger than Yang Xiaohai's head. "Y-y-yes... y-y-yes... y-y-yes... y-y-yes..."

Yang Xiaohai turned his head to the little beggar who was scared by Gao Zhijian's tall figure and asked, "Is there really a war going on? How come I've never heard of it? You said your hometown is in the east, do you know where the war is?"

"I don't know. I just remember my home is in the east."

Seeing that the little beggar obviously didn't know much about this, Yang Xiaohai turned his gaze to the older beggars."I said, what are you two chatting with the beggars outside so enthusiastically? Hurry back and eat, your bowls still need to be washed later."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaohai immediately became alert. "I'll wash the dishes! I'll do it!" he said as he turned and walked inside.

Looking at Yang Xiaohai's clean cloth shoes and then down at his own frozen purple feet, the little beggar's eyes were filled with envy. "I really wish they would buy me..."

"Cao Cao senior, those beggars came over because of the war in the east."

"So what if they're fighting? It's none of our business. Baolu just asked casually. Don't act like you're the emperor. He's not the emperor's son."

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Li Huowang lay on a clean white hospital bed, looking hesitant and struggling.

Looking around the environment, he seemed to have been transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward.

At the moment, he held a round jade pendant in his hand, something that he had given to Yang Na, but now it was inexplicably around his neck.

As for how it got back to him, Li Huowang no longer cared. He was now thinking about what Dr. Li had said earlier.

"By the way, Xiao Li, didn't you say that you thought this world was fake because things from the other side could be brought over here? Have you tried bringing things from here to the other side? Maybe you'll get different results."

Holding up the jade pendant, Li Huowang finally made up his mind and squeezed it into his hospital gown.

"Let's try it. It won't hurt to try. What if it works?" Li Huowang thought to himself.

But the next question appeared in Li Huowang's mind, leaving him stunned.

"What if it works? What does that mean? Does it mean that Bai Lingmiao's side is fake? Or does it mean that both sides are real?"

Li Huowang didn't know, but he decided to try first and figure out a solution based on the final result.

Seconds and minutes passed, and Li Huowang waited quietly for the result to come. This feeling was not pleasant, and he felt like time was passing slowly.

During this time, after the nurse changed his medication, Li Huowang finally felt the hallucinations around him starting to collapse.

When he returned to the ancient and elegant room, Li Huowang immediately reached for his chest. When he took out the jade pendant, his face froze.

Ignoring his clothes, Li Huowang quickly searched around and looked at the two identical round jade pendants in his hand, his expression stunned.

"Two? How can there be two? Why are there two?"

Li Huowang's mind was in chaos at the moment. He had considered that things from the other side might be brought over, but he never thought that this would be the result.

"Huowang." A gentle woman's voice suddenly came from outside the door. It was Yang Na's voice.

Li Huowang looked towards the door, his face full of shock. How could Yang Na come over? Wasn't she a person from the hallucination side?

"Li senior." This time it was Bai Lingmiao's voice. With a creak, the door was pushed open from the outside.Looking at the patched together "thing" walking in from outside the door, Li Huowang's face showed extreme terror.

"No, no! Don't!!!" Li Huowang, with a face full of cold sweat, suddenly sat up from the bed.

Looking at the ancient furniture around him, he finally realized that he had been dreaming. Thoughts during the day lead to dreams at night, everything he just experienced was just a dream.

Just as he was about to lie back down, a thought popped into his head. "Was it really just a dream?"