"Yes, young master!"
The sharp knife in Qiao Yongchang's hand was trembling. Although he knew that he was about to die, he could not disobey Xu Lingqing's words.
Qiao Xiaoman seemed to see a glimmer of hope when she looked at Xu Lingqing. She knelt in front of Xu Ling and prayed.
"Ling Qing... please let my father go!"
Xu Lingqing turned her head indifferently, "I didn't do anything to him, he is performing a farce here by himself! "
"No... Ling... Young Master, my father may be because of..."
Before Qiao Xiaoman could finish the rest of her words, Qiao Yongchang interrupted her with a scolding.
"Shut up! You are not qualified to speak here!"
“Father, I just want you to be well or stay with me.”
Qiao Xiaoman had already burst into tears, and only then did Xu Lingqing realize that they were not acting.
But... they are afraid of my identity!
Xu Lingqing pondered for a moment, turned back to look at Qiao Yongchang and said sternly, "What on earth did you read just now?"
"Young master... I don't dare, I didn't read anything just now!"
< br/> Xu Lingqing was too high-pitched, and asked in a fierce voice, "I'll give you another chance, what did you read just now?"
"I... I really didn't read anything, because I don't have the power and qualifications yet..."
Qiao Yongchang's rapid voice became increasingly messy, and even the last sentence was squeezed out of his throat.
Xu Lingqing's indifferent face flashed with a sneer, "Since you haven't read anything, what's your crime?"
"I...I...I..." Qiao Yongchang hesitated and couldn't speak.
"Okay! If you're okay, I'll leave first!"
Xu Lingqing walked towards the barrier where she came from without any interest.
Although this is a paradise that is extremely suitable for living, it is not the end of her stay.
She doesn't have time to stay here any longer. Now she just wants to find out what the secrets of the so-called Golden Tower are.
"Young Master, wait a minute, I have something to give to you!"
Qiao Yongchang stopped Xu Lingqing and took out a golden token from his hand.
The center of the token was engraved with the word "Xu". Xu Lingqing couldn't remember the handwriting for a moment, but she must have seen it there.
Xu Lingqing took the token and asked in confusion, "What is this?"
"This is the secret key to enter the Golden Pagoda. You can enter the Golden Tower at any time without a ticket, regardless of any ticket rules, even the Jin family cannot interfere!"
As Qiao Yongchang spoke, a trace of yearning appeared in his eyes involuntarily.
Xu Lingqing touched the golden token, and a strong sense of familiarity quickly came to her heart.
It seemed that she had played with this token in her hand a long time ago, and it did not have such a big effect as Qiao Yongchang said.
Gradually, Xu Lingqing recalled scenes from her childhood in her memory.
...
"Mom... I want to eat, I want to eat!"
As a child, Xu Lingqing was held in the arms of a beautiful woman with a soft voice, her feet swinging up and down.
There was a golden token hanging around the woman's neck. Xu Lingqing yanked the golden token with her hand.
Her delicate voice did not seem to affect the beautiful woman's mood, but instead left circles of light red marks on the latter's neck.
Immediately, the beautiful woman touched Xu Lingqing's head, took off the token from her neck, and then put the token around Xu Lingqing's neck.
"Ling Qing, be good...Mom will cook for you!"
Xu Lingqing played with the token around her neck, all her emotions were immersed in it at that moment.
直到后来……
徐凌晴的眼前一黑，后来什么都看不见了……
……
「敢问你这个令牌究竟是从何处而来？」
徐凌晴怔怔出神地攥紧令牌，似乎想从乔永昌口中得到一个自己想要的答案。
But Qiao Yongchang shook his head with a confused look on his face, and just told him a story that happened in this paradise in the past.
Many years ago, this forest was not such a paradise at all. It was full of slaughter and calculations, and every animal living here was in danger of life.
Countless animals and ferocious beasts die here every day. Even the weak killers of the elk clan can only choose to run away to avoid the capture of those natural enemies.
Gradually, the elk clan was about to perish in this forest, until Qiao Yongchang's so-called master appeared.
"It was the master who saved our elk clan, otherwise we would have died in the forest!"
She saved the Elk Clan, and later used her magical power to open up this paradise land, so that the Elk Clan could still get a chance to thrive.
Especially the stream in the creek, it is said that the expert built it with tears of regret.
Qiao Yongchang prayed and looked at the sky, "My benefactor once said, when you have someone who can't read the mind, give this token to him."
"Then let me ask you, aren't you afraid that you will accidentally miss the mark and give this token to someone else who is interested?"
Xu Lingqing stared at Qiao Yongchang without blinking.
Qiao Yongchang smiled faintly, "We, the Elk Clan, have a strong sense of human nature. You are a kind-hearted person. Even if I make a mistake, you are still asking for a good result!"
Cough...
After finishing these words, Qiao Yongchang coughed up a large ball of black blood in his mouth, and his breath wilted at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it would dry up at any time.
But...
The stream that had been so miraculous just now seemed a bit useless at the moment. Qiao Yongchang vomited out all the stream water with a sob.
"Wow..."
Xu Lingqing's beautiful eyes wrinkled, "What's wrong with you?"
Qiao Yongchang laughed miserably, raised his head to the sky and sighed, "My time is coming, God's will cannot be violated!"
Qiao Xiaoman hugged Qiao Yongchang's body hard and cried loudly.
"Father... I don't want you to die... I don't want you to die..."
"Good boy... Father is not dead!"
Qiao Yongchang puts his finger on Qiao Xiaoman's head He went up and said with his last breath, "Miss Xu, please don't enter the Golden Pagoda within these few days. Xiaoman will take you in after seven days..."
Xu Lingqing nodded, and she no longer knew what to say.
She has experienced so many life, separation and death, and all the voices in her heart have turned into silence.
Let's go in peace...
Xu Lingqing turned around silently, leaving all the remaining time to the father and daughter Qiao Xiaoman and Qiao Yongchang.
She was just a silent listener after all, and could not alleviate the sadness in Qiao Xiaoman's heart.
"Father..."
"Father...my father..."
For a time, there was an extraordinary silence in this paradise, and all the animals and plants stopped their tiny crawling sounds to commemorate the arrival of all this.