Blue Phoenix Chapter 90 - Mother

"Lao greets Mother," Lao said as he bowed deeply to her. His eyes twinkled like small stars as he glanced at the crimson-faced young woman. Seeing her older brother greet Wang Ju Long, Jo quickly mimicked him. She bowed deeply and greeted her new mother. Jo was even more excited about getting a mother than Lao.

When they were small children and living alone, Lao often told Jo stories about mothers. A mother was a person who would do anything for their children. A mother was someone who would protect her kids. A mother was warm and loving. She would give her life for her children.

These were all stories Lao told Jo in their darkest hours. When they were hungry or cold, when they were lonely or sad; that was the time when Lao would tell Jo about how wonderful it was to have a mother, and both of them had dreamt of the day that their mother would find them.

Only, she had never shown up. Instead, Hui Yue appeared and gave them a new life. A life in which they could live without worrying about hunger, or the cold. Now they would never be alone anymore, but even with this, there was a lack of gentleness and love. Although Hui Yue treated them like his other younger brother, he was usually busy if he wasn’t training them and would leave for an extended amount of time. The two children felt like something was missing.

Now, Hui Yue had returned from the adventure he had been on. Having been away for so long, Lao feared that Hui Yue regretted taking them in. But now when he returned he did not, in fact, send them away, he actually gave them a mother.

Being called mom by these two children, Wang Ju Long was at a loss for what to do. She remembered when Hui Yue brought the two children home; she would often observe them when they were training, but never in the world did she expect to become their mother.

"They are like me," she mumbled to herself in a voice so low that no one could hear while she looked at the eager faces in front of her. "They have lost their family. They are all alone in this world. Perhaps we can make a ne

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