Elemental Light Mage

Chapter 417: Future Gamble

"Well done, Xiao Ming," Hua Wan high-fived Xi Ye Ming, "It's amazing that you can keep your girl."

Xiye said cheerfully, "I also want to thank Senior and Auntie for coming out to speak for me."

On the other side, the red-haired woman kept stroking her daughter's head. This time, she clearly understood that she could no longer separate Bai Huchi and Xi Yeming.

"You will have to walk your own path from now on," the red-haired woman said reluctantly, "Maybe I don't have the qualifications to say this, but I am your mother after all. The only thing I can do is to pray for your future life."

Bai Hu Chi turned back into a well-behaved child and responded to the person who brought him into the world: "Yes, mother."

While the mother and daughter were talking, Xi Yeming interrupted them when he saw that they had almost finished talking.

"Excuse me ma'am, I have a question for you."

Even if Xi Yeming put aside his position as the Holy Will and Ten Aspirations at this moment, the woman did not have the slightest favorable impression towards the young man in front of her.

"What is there to be confused about now? The Ten Wills of the Holy Will?"

"If you are Bai Huchi's mother, then why did Bai Jiesong claim that his wife died in childbirth?"

"Is that so?" the woman sighed after hearing Xi Yeming's question, "So that's what he said."

“Is there any reason behind this?”

"There is no reason. The Ten Wills of the Holy Will," the woman's eyes moved away from Xi Yeming and looked towards the distant horizon, "What kind of person do you think Bai Jiesong is?"

“Not a good review.”

Bai Huchi was present, and the woman and Bai Jiesong seemed to have an unspeakable past relationship, so Xi Yeming would not say it too bluntly.

A trace of pain brushed across the woman's face, and she recalled the past with great pain.

"I am from the Potcona family of the Free Kingdom of Oberik. I came here with the same idea as other families in the Free Kingdom - who will be the winner of the battle between the princes?"

"However, on the road of my life, a small episode was like a flash of lightning that broke through the night sky and completely changed the trajectory of my destiny."

Xi Yeming seemed to have some premonition about this episode. He asked thoughtfully, "Could it be that this episode was about you meeting Bai Jiesong?"

The woman nodded slightly, confirming Xi Yeming's guess.

"He was a few years older than me at the time. Normally, we shouldn't have had such an abnormal relationship. However, he exuded a strong ambition, as if the whole world was in his hands. This temperament deeply attracted me and I couldn't help myself."

Xi Yeming was very confused by the woman's description. He asked, "Ambition? What does this mean?"

"Although he was poor, he never changed his mind. Although he was humble, he had great ambition. This was Bai Jiesong back then," the woman's brows relaxed, as if she was reminiscing about the good old days. "There are few people with such ambitions in the Free Country, so I used all the money I had to support him."

"what?"

The woman's decision shocked everyone, except Xi Leqiu, who seemed to have seen through the final outcome, with an expression of "As expected, it will be like that in the end" written all over her face.

Xi Yeming muttered in his heart: "No, no matter what, suddenly giving money to a strange man in a foreign country is too..."

But he changed his mind and felt that in some ways he was also a "foreign man" who was funded by money, but it was Angelina who gave him the money.

"I'm sure you're laughing at my childish idea in your heart."

Xi Yeming wanted to deny it, but the woman's facial features were trembling so much that he dared not respond.

"When the current emperor came to power, I helped him pass the civil service exam. We were both very happy at first because it brought him one step closer to his dream."

Xi Leqiu unexpectedly said, "Later, he failed in officialdom and lost his ideals. The emperor issued an order to search for traitors within his country. In order to avoid suspicion, he drove you away?"

"Are there any masters?"

Xi Yeming originally thought that it was only because of his failure in officialdom, but he did not expect that his aunt could also tell him that the emperor had ordered a hunt for spies.

"That's about right," the woman relaxed her facial muscles a little, "Anyway, I finally returned to the Free Country and would occasionally write to Hu Chi."

After listening to it, Xi Yeming commented: "It's really a complicated and sad story..."

Hua Wan couldn't understand this kind of thing. "Is that Bai Jiesong so heartless? After such a long time, the emperor can't still be investigating, right? Has he never thought of bringing you back?"

The woman said calmly: "He is not that kind of person, he is a lunatic."

"Wow, even though we're divorced, you don't have to say that, right?" Xi Yeming complained silently.

Bai Huchi also took the woman's arm and shook it gently, saying sympathetically, "Mother, don't be sad anymore."

The woman replied in a gentle tone: "Silly child, I'm afraid you will repeat my mistakes."

Xi Yeming said with resentment: "You don't have to compare me with Bai Jiesong."

Seeing Xi Yeming had doubts, the woman pushed her daughter's hand away and asked, "I guess you have already met Irene?"

"Huh? How do you know her?"

The woman snorted coldly, as if everything was under control.

"The girl and the gang members came to the Empire on my ship, so I know everything about it."

After the woman finished speaking, Xi Yeming also realized that the woman and Irene appeared at very close times, so it was very likely that the two of them were on the same boat.

"I have heard all kinds of rumors about you along the way. Now you have many powerful people under your command. No one can say for sure whether you can keep your original intention in the future. Power can make people lose their minds."

After talking so much, Bai Huchi's mother still didn't trust Xi Yeming, because because of Bai Jiesong, she had a certain prejudice against most people in the world.

But it is precisely this kind of prejudice that best reflects the "reality".

Xi Yeming was not angry at being questioned without reason. Instead, he smiled and responded, "Then I will use the future to prove to Madam that you really have a bad eye for men."

The implication is that he will never sink into the trap of power and take radical measures.

"Hmph, you are not ashamed of your words."

The woman didn't make it difficult for him any further. After all, Xi Yeming might not be trustworthy in every aspect, but his strength was the most unquestionable.

Since it can cure my daughter's stubborn purple thunder disease, it would be impolite to say more.

Before leaving, the woman stayed for a while and left a message to Xi Yeming with her back turned.

"The Ten Wills of the Holy Will."

"Ok?"

"I hope you won't fall in the future."

The woman tilted her head slightly and glanced at the famous Holy Will of Desire out of the corner of her eyes.

"Then let's make a bet.

The woman's competitive spirit was aroused. "Okay, what do you want to bet on?"

"If I am not crazy by then, will you please move back and live with Hu Chi?"

This answer almost caused a drastic change in the woman's impression of Xi Yeming.

"I will prove that I am more trustworthy than others."

"Huh, glib."

The woman walked away without looking back, but she was no longer as sad as she was the last time she left the empire, but instead she had more expectations.