Chapter 183: This One Looks Like You, That One Looks Like Our Mother

Bai Yunqi didn’t hold back. As soon as he opened his mouth, he started talking rapidly.

“Our mother’s origins are unknown, right?”

“In our family, you and the third brother resemble our father, and our little sister looks a lot like our mother. I may be handsome, but I don’t resemble either parent as much. Is it possible that I resemble someone from our maternal family?”

“And that person just happens to know someone from our maternal family? When our father found our mother, she had a few pieces of gold with her, suggesting she wasn’t from an ordinary family.”

Having said his piece, Bai Yunqi looked expectantly at Bai Yunxing.

Bai Yunxing lowered his eyes, pondering for a moment.

“It sounds far-fetched, like a dream, but it’s not impossible.”

“Right, right!”

Bai Yunqi slapped his thigh, his eyes sparkling with excitement, his voice brimming with anticipation for stirring things up.

By the way, the catchphrases from our parents’ side are really interesting.

“Right, right” can turn into “Yeah, yeah!”

“Should I make a move later? Can you cover for me so our sister doesn’t notice?”

Watching his eager eldest brother, who was barely concealing his excitement, Bai Yunxing’s mouth twitched.

【If Eldest Brother didn’t say he was a cultivator capable of summoning wind and rain, who would believe it with the way he acts?】

Little Juanjuan nodded secretly beside him, agreeing with the second brother’s assessment.

But what were Eldest Brother and second brother talking about?

They weren’t whispering to each other, so why couldn’t she hear them?

Did Eldest Brother put up some kind of barrier again?

A cold breeze blew by, and the little one snuggled closer to her mother’s embrace, seeking warmth in a tight hug.

Yawning, she felt a bit sleepy. After overusing her brain with arithmetic today, amidst the wind and rain, nestled in her mother’s warm arms, it was like a natural cradle.

Time slowly passed, and there was no sign of the rain stopping.

As the night grew colder, the Mu Family Army lit a fire, mainly to let the children warm up and have some hot porridge.

Soon, it was deep into the night. Juanjuan couldn’t resist and fell asleep beside her mother.

Jiang Dai and Bai Tian also slept, but not too deeply.

In such an environment, sleeping deeply would be quite the talent.

The Mu Family Army remained vigilant, ready for any unexpected events.

“Aren’t you going to sleep? Can your little body handle it? Get some rest.”

Mu Zhaoyuan approached Bai Yunxing, who was still awake, gently urging him.

“I can’t sleep right now. I’ll definitely sleep when I get tired.”

After speaking, Bai Yunxing fell silent for a moment, glancing at his eldest brother, who was snoring away.

Before dinner, Eldest Brother had mentioned making a move and asked for his help. But shortly after eating, Eldest Brother fell asleep.

Bai Yunxing thought for a while, and drowsiness gradually crept in.

This growing body couldn’t handle late nights, so Bai Yunxing didn’t force it. As soon as he found a place to lie down, he was about to fall asleep.

But then he heard someone calling his name in a low, excited voice.

“Bai Yunxing?”

“Bai Da Mao?”

“Da Mao?”

“Mao’er?”

Who else could it be? This voice, like a summoning, was undoubtedly his whirlwind of an Eldest Brother.

Bai Yunxing: …

Sometimes he really wanted to swat Eldest Brother like a mosquito.

Despite his inner grumbling, Bai Yunxing obediently opened his eyes, worried there might actually be something going on.

But as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Eldest Brother still sound asleep, showing no signs of waking.

Bai Yunxing: ?

Just as he was questioning his sanity, wondering if he was obsessing over Eldest Brother, his brother’s voice rang in his ears again.

“Hey! Close your eyes. I’ll take you to a whole new world!”

“Hurry, hurry! I might not want to use my spiritual power to bring you along later.”

“While your brother still loves you, close your eyes quickly.”

Bai Yunxing: …

It was clear that Eldest Brother was quite pleased with the abundant spiritual energy after raiding the bandit den.

Though feeling a bit conflicted, Bai Yunxing obediently closed his eyes again.

Instead of darkness, a new scene unfolded before him. The setting was hazy, with many details indistinct, and the people around were blurry.

It felt like being plunged into… a chaotic, fragmented memory.

“Correct, this is the memory of that crazy woman.”

Eldest Brother’s leisurely voice suddenly exploded in his ear. Bai Yunxing remained calm, thinking he should be used to Eldest Brother’s antics by now.

“My spiritual power is limited right now, barely enough to bring one person in. In our family, only you and Little Juanjuan are from this dynasty. Bringing her in might scare her awake, which wouldn’t be helpful.”

“Bringing you in, you have one task: figure out this woman’s origins. Can you do it?”

Before Bai Yunxing could respond, Bai Yunqi answered first, “Eldest Brother believes in you, so of course, you can!”

Bai Yunxing: … “Alright.”

Bai Yunqi: “Shh, shh, shh, don’t speak out loud. People will think you’re talking in your sleep. Use your mind, your mind!”

Bai Yunxing’s mouth twitched slightly.

“Don’t grumble in your mind, I can hear it!”

Bai Yunxing felt that spending time with Eldest Brother was honing his patience.

The scene before him began to move. Perhaps due to Eldest Brother’s limited power or the woman’s chaotic memories, the images were blurry, disjointed, and lacked logic.

However, from the fleeting glimpses of architecture and clothing, Bai Yunxing deduced they were in the prosperous Yunjiang, not Jingcheng.

Suddenly, a familiar face appeared before him.

“Damn, that really looks like me!” Eldest Brother’s voice suddenly exclaimed.

Bai Yunxing, now quite composed, tried to reply with his thoughts, “Yes, you resemble him as a child.”

He also corrected the flaw in Eldest Brother’s words.

Bai Yunqi: “Weren’t there a few people earlier? Do you not recognize any of them?”

Bai Yunxing: “Brother, I died in my teens, spending half that time on the Northern Barbarians’ border. I never went to Yunjiang, so it’s normal I don’t recognize anyone.”

“Oh, that makes sense.”

As they conversed, they watched the chaotic, diary-like memories unfold.

It wasn’t entirely fruitless; at least they learned the person was from Yunjiang, from a wealthy family, and it was over twenty years ago.

“Do you think this one looks like our mother?”

Seeing a fleeting image of a four-year-old girl, Bai Yunqi asked.

Bai Yunxing nodded, “It does seem a bit like her.”

The faces in the memories weren’t very clear, possibly because the woman had only seen the girl once or twice, and time had blurred her recollection.

However, seeing the ribbon on the girl’s head, Bai Yunxing remembered something.

“This is a ribbon popular in Jingcheng. My second sister had one when she was little, so if this child is our mother, she should be from Jingcheng.”

Sometimes, people might not recall someone’s appearance but remember a specific feature vividly.

The chaotic memories continued to play like a carousel¹, not stopping.

With a burst of red light, Bai Yunxing felt dizzy, his vision darkened, and a wave of nausea surged from his chest to his nose.

He suddenly opened his eyes, only to find Eldest Brother awkwardly meeting his gaze.

Bai Yunqi scratched his head. “I got kicked out. Are you okay? I didn’t have a chance to tell you.”

Translator’s Notes

• Yeah, yeah!: The source text highlights a dialectal shift from ‘Shi ba’ (是吧) to ‘Xi ba’ (系吧). This likely refers to the Cantonese-influenced or southern-accented speech of the parents, which the brothers find amusing. In many historical/transmigration novels, such linguistic quirks signal that the parents may be from a different region or have a modern ‘internet slang’ background.