the depths of that autumn

Three years later……

"Dingling..." There was a familiar footbell in the distance, and a little girl was running, jumping and playing on the ground...

That's our daughter, Linglong.

Lingyue and I named her "Linglong", "Ling" is Lingyue's "Ling" and my "Ling"; "Long" is Qinglong's "Dragon".

Now she can run and make trouble, and she is cute, smart, lively and healthy.What she must do every day is to go to Qinglong Pavilion to talk to Qinglong. Today, she came again...

Going straight to the crystal ball in the hall, looking at the green dragon curled up and sleeping inside, Linglong touched the crystal ball and said, "Qingqing..."

I think Qinglong would never want someone to call him that; but Lingyue also said that he would be willing to call him whatever Linglong calls him.

"...I came to see you again..." Linglong kept stroking the crystal ball with her little hand, as if she was stroking a beloved friend, "Linglong comes to see you every day, sleep well, don't be afraid, Linglong will wait for you to wake up... ..."

……

When meeting him for the first time, Linglong said, "What is this?"

I said, "This is your patron saint, Qinglong."

"What is a Patronus?"

"The patron saint is someone who is willing to stay with you forever and prevent you from being bullied."

"Then why doesn't he come out?"

"He is tired and needs to rest, so Daddy uses this crystal ball to protect him, and when he is rested, he will wake up."

"Does he know me?"

"know."

"Does he like me?"

"like."

"Then I like him too!"

"Hey..." I warmly touched her head, "Then you have to live well and wait for him to wake up, okay?"

"Yeah!" The daughter nodded obediently.

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In the Qinglong Pavilion, Linglong continued to chat with Qinglong: "Today, my mother took me to see Aunt Lin Xi, but I can't talk to Aunt Lin Xi, we can only look at her from a distance, Dad said, this is also to protect Aunt Lin Xi! Qingqing, I want to grow up quickly, and I also want to protect my father and mother. When I grow up, you will wake up, okay?" Then she stared at Qinglong for a while, and continued, "Don't you Talk, I'll take it as your agreement, let's pull the hook!" As he spoke, he stretched out his little finger of his right hand and ticked the green dragon in the crystal ball...

"Long'er..." In the distance, Ling Yue's voice calling for his daughter came.

Linglong glanced out, and said to Qinglong: "Daddy is looking for me, I have to go, I will come to see you tomorrow, bye!" After saying that, she kissed the crystal ball and came out of Qinglong Pavilion...

Under the sun, Linglong ran to Lingyue's arms, Lingyue hugged her up, and said lovingly: "What are you doing?"

"Go and see Qingqing!" The daughter said proudly in a childish voice.

"How is Qingqing today?"

"it is good!"

"What did Linglong tell Qingqing?"

"Say hook hook..."

"Oh? What kind of hook are you pulling?"

"Let Qingqing wake up quickly..."

Ling Yue stroked his daughter's bangs warmly, "Long'er is awesome!"

The white fox in the forest gave birth to a litter of fox cubs. I was ensuring their safety. When the mother fox was breastfeeding the cubs, Ling Yue came here with Linglong in her arms. Linglong had been looking forward to the birth of this litter of fox cubs. When I saw it, I really couldn't put it down. I squatted beside me without daring to make a sound, my eyes were shining...

Ling Yue sat down beside me, hugged me, and said to Linglong: "Tomorrow, let's take a hot air balloon ride, shall we?"

"En!" Linglong nodded, and then said, "Bring Qingqing along!"

Ling Yue and I looked at each other and smiled...

I deliberately asked: "Then do you want to take the little fox with you?"

She quickly waved her hand: "No, no! The little foxes are still young and cannot leave their mother, mother, don't take them away..."

"Okay..." I patted her head, "No."

Linglong felt relieved to continue watching the little fox...

Come to think of it, she has a lot of things to say to Qinglong tomorrow...

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