441 XIAO TIANYAO's MEMORY END

The sound of Xiao Mugi calling out for her alerted Luna and Xiao Tianyao.

Slowly, Xiao Tianyao tilted his head toward the direction of the voice.

"Ma…"

Xiao Mugi called his mother again, this time, despite the immense pain in her chest and her head that throbbing with pain, Luna forced herself to stand up.

She heaved a heavy breath when she grabbed the edge of table to stabilize her body, with great effort she managed to pushed herself up and the moment she stood up, Xiao was on the way to looking for the source of the voice.

The urge to protect her son gave Luna new strength. She brought her limp body as she hobbled to the place where she had hid Xiao Mugi.

She has to save her son.

Xiao Tianyao strolled the room and it didn't take him a long time to find the toddler who was crawling on the floor.

The baby Xiao Mugi lifted his face and blinked at his father who was standing in front of his eyes. He giggled when Xiao Tianyao raised his sword and the sparkling from the sun that reflected on the blade fell on his face.

He liked the sparkling things as he reached out his short hand to reach out onto it, laughing when his father was looking back at him.

His baby brain guessed the man was playing with him. Happily he was asking to be lifted up.

However, in the other hand Luna looked at with horror in her eyes when he saw Xiao mugi was right under Xiao Tianyao range of his sword attack.

Without thinking twice, Luna bit down her lips and mentally embraced herself for another excruciating pain that was going to happen as she lunged herself at her son.

At the same time Xiao Tianyao stabbed down his sword.

On the floor, Xiao Mugi was still giggling over the sparkling thing on Xiao Tianyao's hand.

All the things were happening at once.

Fortune still on Luna's side since she managed to reach her precious son before Xiao Tianyao's sword did. But, his sword stabbed her back and pierced through her heart and cut Xiao Mugi's neck in her arms.

The toddler was crying because of the pain in his neck and his blood started oozing out, not to mention the damage that Luna received.

She took the brunt for her son.

Tears streaming down her face when she twisted her head and looked Xiao Tianyao right in the eyes. His emotionless eyes made her heart felt more pain as if that was still possible for her to feel more than this pain.

Xiao Mugi cried was deafening as the toddler locked his eyes on Xiao Tianyao and the sword in his hand. He was terrified when he saw his mother not smiling at him and her beautiful face contorted.

These images would engrave in his memory.

"Sist!"

Gong Xu's voice traveled to her ears as she turned her head weakly.

On the doorstep Luna saw the terrified looked on her younger brother, he was shaking violently from the image that was unfolded before his eyes.

The sword was still piercing through Luna's body and when Xiao Tianyao pulled away his sword, the pain increased. Black dots appeared in her vision as her body fell on the floor with Xiao Mugi still in her embraced.

When Xiao Tianyao was about to raise his sword again, Gong Xu snapped himself from his shocked and dashed toward him, drawing his own sword in the process and ward his attack off. He kicked Xiao Tianyao away harshly, he flew a few meters away from them and his body stopped with crashing sound by the cabinet. Gong Xu immediately kneeled down beside his sister.

"No… No… sist, don't leave me alone… I don't have anyone…" He pleaded. Tears streaming down his face like a river. "No, stay with me…"

Luna lips were quivering when she tried to say something. Gong Xu was fast to catch what his sister meant.

With shaking hand he pulled the crying Xiao Mugi from under Luna's arm and hugged his nephew.

However, like a lightening, he was slammed on the ground and he felt someone who had attacked him hauled him away and pushed down his head under his feet.

Xiao Mugi was detached forcefully from his arms. He couldn't see what Xiao Tianyao did to him, but the toddler stopped crying right at that instant.

Gong Xu was furious and tried to shove off his foot from his head. But, he couldn't.

Xiao Tianyao held him under his feet. His right cheek flat on the ground while the other side was being stepped by his- brother- in law, how ironic that sound.

Xiao Tianyao increased the pressure on his feet as Gong Xu screamed in pain. His ears were ringing painfully, especially when Xiao Tianyao twisted his feet on the side of his face.

Gong Xu screamed in pure despair and anguish until his throat burned in pain as well. He could feel, blood started gushing out on his face.

Finally Xiao Tianyao stopped and kicked Gong Xu out of his way. He still had unfinished job.

When he walked closer to Luna direction, the woman was trying to crawling away and reached Xiao Mugi, she pushed her bloody body as far as she could.

However, Xiao Tianyao was on her way. He was standing in front of her with sword on his hand, ready to stab her to her death.

Before Xiao Tianyao could do anything, Luna grabbed his ankle weakly.

"Come back to me…" She said, barely a whispered. "Tianyao…" She gulped down the nausea that rose on her throat.

It took Xiao Tianyao a minute to register what had happened and Luna kept calling his name and said. "Come back to me please…"

The emotionless on his face gradually changed as his eyebrows knitted in confusion. He felt like someone who had just woken up from deep long slumber, disoriented.

He couldn't pin point where he was or what he was doing… everything blurred, even his memory too.

The first image that came in his view was Luna lying half death in his feet with pool of her own blood. This terrified him as he dropped on his knees and scooped Luna in his arms carefully.

No...

No… it's not happening…

Impossible…

"No… No…" He shook his head as tears fell on his chiseled face.

Xiao Tianyao checked on her wound and knew right away that nothing he could do to help. "I did this…" He said with rough voice.

This was the first time Luna saw Xiao Tianyao cried painfully like this, he looked so broken and crestfallen. His heart hammering in his chest and every beat brought another new pain.

"No…" Luna was coughing blood and Xiao Tianyao kept apologizing at her. Raising her hand, she wiped away the tears from his cheek.

"Forget it… forget everything… forget all the sad memories." Luna was coughing blood again. This time her breath became shallow and with the last breath she had, she spoke hopefully. "But, don't forget about me…"

As her eyes fluttered closed, the last tears trickled down from the cornered of his eyes, the eyes that Xiao Tianyao wouldn't be able to see it again.

Like the only source of light was turned off gradually everything went black.