That meal, Bai Ze ultimately did not taste a bite of the spirit rabbit meat.
In the dead of night, Mo Huai An quietly entered their room, still holding a food box.
"Daddy!" The two little ones rushed into the man's embrace.
Mo Huai An raised a finger to his lips, "Don't tell your mother, okay?"
With that, he opened the food box in his hand, which was precisely the spirit rabbit meat Bai Ze hadn't tasted a bite of.
"Daddy, did you make this?" Bai Ze's gaze was fixed on the meat in the food box, and he swallowed hard.
Mo Huai An rubbed Bai Ze's head, a smile on his face, "Whatever you like to eat, Daddy will learn to make it."
Bai Ze's expression was overjoyed. He took the chopsticks and began to devour the meat, muttering indistinctly between bites about how delicious it was.
Bai Ran watched her brother's demeanor and smiled with great delight. She had already eaten the meat, so the one brought by Daddy could be for her brother.
"Ran Ran, look at this."
As he spoke, Mo Huai An took out a long dress from his storage ring. It was fiery red, so exquisite that one could not look away.
"This is!" Bai Ran's eyes lit up. She took the dress and cherished it, "Did Daddy make it himself?"
Mo Huai An nodded, smiling, and stroked her head, "Yes, do you like it?"
"I like it! Ran Ran likes it very much! Thank you, Daddy!" Bai Ran twirled around, holding up the dress.
Before this, Bai Ran had never had a preference for wearing red, but Daddy had said that he wished his daughter could bloom beautifully and freely.
Bai Ran, now wearing the dress, excitedly showed it off, "Daddy, does it look good?"
Mo Huai An looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness, "It suits Ran Ran perfectly, it looks very good."
At this moment, Bai Ze had also finished his meat and was sitting aside, burping contentedly.
"Do you want to go to the sea of flowers tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Ze froze, looking at Mo Huai An in disbelief, "Really? Daddy agrees?"
Mo Huai An smiled and nodded, "Since you both want to go, Daddy will take you tomorrow."
"Really! That's great!"
Bai Ze's starry eyes sparkled as if they contained the most beautiful galaxy.
But Bai Ran's head drooped in disappointment, "But tomorrow... Mother said she wants to take me to practice swordplay..."
Mo Huai An chuckled, looking at Bai Ran and comforting her, "Ran Ran, Mother wants you to have the ability to protect yourself. If you really want to go to the sea of flowers, we can go the day after tomorrow."
Bai Ran glanced at the expectant Bai Ze and unhesitatingly refused, "Daddy, Ran Ran will practice swordplay well and wait for you to come back."
Seeing his sensible daughter, Mo Huai An felt both gratified and heartbroken.
The next day, Mo Huai An took Bai Ze to the sea of flowers, while Bai Ran stayed in the courtyard to practice swordplay with her mother.
"Why don't I see your father and Ze'er?" Huan Yan looked around, searching for the figures of the two.
Bai Ran, holding a wooden sword, stiffened, unsure whether to tell her mother that they had gone to the sea of flowers.
Would Daddy and brother be scolded...
Seeing Bai Ran's unnatural expression, Huan Yan smiled helplessly, realizing they had gone to the sea of flowers.
Huan Yan understood and did not mention the matter further, only continuing to practice swordplay with Bai Ran.
At the same time, Bai Ze ran joyfully through the sea of flowers, extremely excited.
"Ze'er, tell Daddy, why do you always want to come here? Is it because it's too beautiful here?"
Mo Huai An followed leisurely behind the child, his face full of smiles.
Hearing this, Ze'er picked flowers and shook his head, "Mother and older sister both like flowers. Ze'er just wants to pick some to give to them."
Mo Huai An blinked, then his lips curved. He picked flowers alongside Ze'er, "Then shall we have a competition? Let's see who picks the most beautiful flowers."
Bai Ze nodded, enthusiastically selecting flowers.
Mo Huai An smiled and deliberately picked some flowers that didn't look as good.
But accidents always come unexpectedly. Beneath the sea of flowers, a massive formation suddenly lit up, trapping the two of them.
Mo Huai An was startled and immediately reached for Bai Ze, his face extremely grim.
"Daddy?" Bai Ze, shielded by the man, also sensed the danger.
"Don't be afraid, Ze'er, Daddy is here."
Mo Huai An stared intently at the person walking towards them from afar, his eyes filled with ferocity.
"Your Highness, your obstinacy has greatly angered the Divine Emperor."
A man in black robes strode forward. He looked at the two trapped by the formation with an unkind and disdainful tone.
At that time, Mo Huai An was not the Divine Emperor, but merely the next successor.
"Third Elder, what do you mean?" The man's words were sharp, his eyes fixed on the approaching figure.
The man removed his hood, revealing white hair; he was an elderly man.
The Third Elder smiled eerily, "The Divine Emperor has ordered me to escort Your Highness back to the palace. We hope Your Highness will cooperate."
"Cooperate?" Mo Huai An let out a cold laugh, as if he had heard the greatest joke, "Dream on!"
The Third Elder was not angered. He merely raised his hand, and the formation began to shrink, "This formation will continuously shrink until it crushes you both before it breaks."
"Does Your Highness wish for your child to die in such a beautiful place?"
Mo Huai An's eyes widened instantly. He held Bai Ze tighter, a trace of panic appearing on his face.
He couldn't just sit and wait for death. If this continued, not only would he die, but Ze'er would die too...
The Third Elder was skilled in formations, so he had to take a gamble...
"Ze'er, Daddy will count to three, and then you run towards home." Mo Huai An lowered his voice, his gaze stern, sweat beading on his forehead.
"But Dad..."
"Ze'er!"
"Be good, go find Mother. Mother will come to help Daddy."
Bai Ze's eyes turned red. He nodded vigorously. He had to find Mother to help Daddy!
"One..." Mo Huai An channeled spiritual energy into his hand, which began to gather continuously.
"Two..." He stared at the Third Elder, his body tensed. The spiritual energy in his hand began to churn wildly.
"Three!"
"Rumble—" A powerful surge of spiritual energy struck directly at the formation's core. This attack consumed eighty percent of Mo Huai An's spiritual energy.
Seeing the formation broken, Bai Ze bolted towards home, tears streaming down his face.
Bad people had come, and Daddy was going to be captured...
Mother... Mother!
"Thump—"
Suddenly, Bai Ze's back was struck with great force. After a buzzing in his ears, his small body collapsed.
Dust and soil flew up. Mo Huai An, sitting on the ground, gasped for air, recovering his spiritual energy...
Who knew that as the dust and soil settled and his vision cleared, Mo Huai An's face turned instantly pale, and his body trembled.
"Your Highness, when did you learn to play such tricks?"
The Fourth Elder appeared out of nowhere. He held Bai Ze by the collar, and a large bruise was visible on the back of the child's neck.
"Ze'er!" Mo Huai An's voice was filled with terror, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
At the same time, the tremendous noise of the formation being broken alerted Huan Yan and Bai Ran.
"Mother! It's from the direction of the sea of flowers!"
Huan Yan's expression sharpened. Something had happened!