Chapter 256 The grace of giving birth is not as good as the grace of raising a child (rewards and extra chapters)

The mulberry tree is stuck.

The child thought he was dreaming.

Sang Luo did not expose her. She held the little lion tighter in her arms and murmured, "I'm sorry, mother never spent enough time with you. You have grown up a lot, but mother did not participate in your growth..."

As she was talking, she couldn't say anything more. After thinking about it, she decided to ask,
"Mother came here this time to take you away. Little Sun, are you willing to go with mother?"

The little lion blinked and realized that the little sun was calling him, "Hephis..." He was very happy, and then he remembered something and turned his head to look outside the door. He said to Sang Luo, "Mom, wait for father to come, and we can go out and play together, okay?"

Sang Luo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head, "Your father is the monarch of a country, and he wants to stay in the empire to do his own things. Can mother just take you with her?"

The little lion hesitated, jumped out of her arms, took two steps back, and looked at her with drooping ears.

Sang Luo paused slightly.

The little lion didn't say anything, but she knew the answer.

It chooses the father.

Sang Luo was indeed a little stunned. Perhaps it was because she had never encountered such a thing before. She never thought that her son would reject her.

In the past, the cubs were very attached to her, and she naturally thought that she was the most important biological mother to the children. Whenever the cubs were asked to choose a father or a mother, they would definitely choose their mother... She subconsciously had a preconceived idea and came over selfishly to take the little lion away.

Think about it.

The grace of giving birth to a child may not necessarily be as great as the grace of raising a child for seven years.

Duotu is the one who always stays with the child and loves him with all his heart.

But she only just found out the child's name now. She doesn't even know what color the little lion likes or what he likes to eat...she knows nothing at all.

It was understandable that Hephis wanted to stay and be with Dotu.

A father and his son are the closest relatives who depend on each other.

Sang Luo was somewhat glad that she didn't summon her son directly last time, but instead went again to ask for its opinion, which allowed her to know her son's inner thoughts.

She respects her children's choices.

"Okay, little Hephis, then you stay with your father obediently, and mother will come to see you when she has the chance in the future, okay?"

"Okay." The little lion returned to her arms and rubbed against her happily.

Sang Luo pinched its furry face with both hands, "Little Sun is the nickname that mother gave you. Mother knows too little about you, and doesn't even know your name. Every time mother thought of you before, she called you Little Sun in her heart. When mother saw her good son for the first time, mother seemed to see a cute little sun... Now mother also knows your name, and I will call you Hefeisi from now on."

"Little Sun is a nice name. You can continue to call me that, mother!"

"Well, good son." Sang Luo kissed it on the face.

The mother and son stayed together for a long time.

It seems that the time is almost up.

Sang Luo said to Hefeisi, "It's time for mother to go."

"Ah? Mother is leaving so soon?"

"Well, mother has other things to do. Can I come see you next time when I'm free?"

"...Okay." The little lion was reluctant to leave.

Sang Luo reminded again, "Mother came to see you this time because it's a little secret between us. Don't tell Daddy, okay?"

"Why don't you tell Daddy?" Hephis wondered, "Daddy misses Mom too." "...If Daddy knew, Mom might not come." Sang Luo didn't know how to explain their relationship to the child. Their soul contract had been terminated long ago, and they were no longer a partner, but they were indeed the child's biological father and mother, and there was this level of foster relationship, so she simply passed it over with one sentence.

The little lion was also smart. He saw that his mother was hesitant to talk about it, and nodded blankly, "Don't worry, mother, I won't tell father. Then mother, promise me that you must remember to come again in the future and don't let the little sun wait so long."

"Okay, let's hook and hang ourselves."

Sang Luo looked down at the little lion's paw pads again and couldn't help laughing. She grabbed its thick and tender pink paw pads with one hand and squeezed them. She then pressed the center of its paw pads with the tip of her thumb. "Okay, that's it. Mother has made a contract with Little Sun and will come to see you soon."

She hugged the child and kissed him again, then used her mental power to make him fall asleep.

The finished wooden sculpture of a little lion was placed between its two overlapping front paws.

Sang Luo took a last look at the sleeping little lion. After a moment, he took out his camera and took a few photos of it before leaving.

Duotu didn't come back early today. He had a lot of things piled up these days and would be busy for a while. He didn't know if the children had eaten. He took some time to come over and take a look at them at noon.

The little lion also fell asleep... and woke up from hunger.

After a good dream, it just got up from the bed and stretched comfortably, when the little wooden sculpture rolled out from under it and almost fell off the bed.

It leaped forward and grabbed the small wooden carving. When it saw that it was a lifelike little lion, it blinked its beautiful emerald eyes in confusion.

"Hey, is this a gift from my father? It's so beautiful. My father's craftsmanship has improved again."

Seeing that it always liked to play with wood carvings, Duotu also tried to carve wood carvings for it. But no matter how beautiful the carvings were, in Hephis's heart, they were always inferior to the charm of the little wood carvings carved by his mother.

"Father!"

Hephis looked up and saw the man coming over. He happily got out of bed with the wooden sculpture in his mouth and jumped into his arms.

Duotu had a smile on his handsome face and was about to say something, but when he saw the wood carving in its mouth, he was suddenly stunned.

After a moment, he reached out and took the lion sculpture, and said in a deep voice with a hint of annoyance, "Who gave this to you?"

A servant came over and knelt down in fear. "I saw that the little prince liked the wooden sculpture, so I carved a little prince in the same image in order to please him. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Duotu frowned and asked again, "Did you do this?"

"I know I was wrong, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Hephis looked at the small wooden sculpture, realized something, and suddenly shouted, "Daddy, don't punish him. I like this wooden sculpture very much! Leave it to me to play with!"

Seeing that his son liked it, Duotu didn't say anything and waved his hand to let the orc go down.

"Okay, Daddy! I'm sleepy! I want to take a nap, don't disturb me!" The little lion took the wooden sculpture in Duotu's hand while Duotu was not paying attention, jumped off the ground, ran to the bed, and pulled down the curtains.

Duotu came over to see if it had eaten on time. Seeing how lively it was, he was no longer worried. There were still many things to deal with, so he went back to deal with them.

The door opened twice.

Hephes rolled on the bed in excitement, and a little foolishly held the wooden sculpture in his paws - this was not a gift from his father! Last night was not a dream!

It’s real mother!
Mother is still alive, mother is not dead!!
Mother really came back to find it!!!
……

Outside, the palace fell.

The beast servant paused, a dark light flashed in his eyes, he looked around in confusion, muttering, "Strange, wasn't I sweeping the yard? Why did I come out of the palace... What was I doing just now?"

He scratched his head and left.

After Sang Luo finished cleaning up the mess and was about to leave, he remembered what Si Ye said before he came.

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