Searching Through the Crowd for Her a Thousand Times (7)

In the distance, a strange stone forest sits atop an endless plain. All you can see is a sea of lush green grass, but what really puzzles people is—why would a stone forest pop up in the middle of a grassland? Shouldn’t this kind of scenery belong in a desert?!

People might be curious, but in the end, nobody bothers to dig too deep—after all, these rocks don’t look suspicious at all!

But what nobody knows is that the mysterious kingdom everyone’s searching for—the one nobody can ever find—is actually hidden right in the stone forest’s secret mechanism. That kingdom is the Endless Indulgence Kingdom.

These gigantic stone pillars actually have a movable core in the center—of course, it’s a secret mechanism, so outsiders have zero chance of finding it. Once the mechanism is triggered, a hidden entrance opens up. Go through the tunnel, and you’ll step into a whole new world: the mysterious Endless Indulgence Kingdom!

Right now, inside the Endless Indulgence Kingdom’s palace, a gorgeously dressed noblewoman sits with a face full of worry.

“Yvonne, what’s wrong?” A rugged-looking middle-aged man with a royal crown walks over, wraps an arm around her shoulders, and asks gently.

“Sigh, it’s all because of Moxuan. His aunt actually made him take a pill to forget everything outside. Now he’s forgotten the outside world, sure—but he’s even forgotten us! It hurts so much!” Yvonne’s eyes fill with tears as she speaks.

“Silver Consort really went too far,” the man says, clearly annoyed. He knows Moxuan is Yvonne’s everything.

“Your Majesty, should we go ask Silver Consort for the antidote? If I have to see Moxuan’s cold, unfamiliar eyes one more time, my heart will break! He used to call me Mother Consort, but now I can’t even get close—he just looks at me like I’m a stranger.” Yvonne’s voice trembles with pain.

“But didn’t Silver Consort say it already? Moxuan fell in love with a woman outside—the very one the Soaring Phoenix Realm wants to eliminate as a demoness. If he remembers, he’ll go after her, and their kingdom is so powerful they’ll never let him go. This is all for his own good!” the king quickly reassures her.

"But..."

"It's fine, really! Didn't Silver Consort say it herself? This medicine packs a punch—Moxuan can't remember anything from the outside world mostly because he barely spent any time out there. She said if we keep dragging him to places he knows, his brain will start rebooting old memories. For now, he's basically a blank-slate baby, zero memories, but give it time and he'll totally bounce back!" King Raymond Lan quickly hugged his beloved, trying to cheer her up.

Yvonne Yun finally nodded. "I hope so. He's my little sister's only kid—even if I didn't give birth to him, I've raised Moxuan since he was tiny. I've always treated him like my own son. You know my weird illness means I can't have kids myself. I really do love Moxuan, you know?"

All these years, her bizarre illness meant she had to keep sleeping with the king just to stay alive—and even if she got pregnant, she'd always miscarry. She even tried to talk King Raymond into marrying someone else, but he was stubborn as a mule.

Back then, seeing him so dead-set, she was honestly moved. King Raymond suggested they adopt, and she was just about to say yes—when her little sister suddenly burst into the palace covered in blood, handed her a newborn, and dropped the bomb: she had to go be with her man. Some enemies were coming and she refused to let him face them solo.

She wanted her sister to chill for a sec so she could tell the king and get backup, but her stubborn sis was having none of it. Her man was all about "family feuds stay in the family"—not even relatives allowed to butt in.

She totally got why he was so stubborn. Back in the day, she and her sister were both royal princesses—besties since forever, never fought, never even had a shouting match. They used to joke with their dad: 'When we get married, we're marrying into the same family so nobody can mess with us!'

Those jokes always cracked their parents up, but good times never last long, right?

A few years later, when they finally grew up, she married the king and her sister was still single. She never forgot their promise, so the very next year she started bugging the king to marry her sister too. He really didn’t want to, but she kept at it—seriously, she was ready to risk her life for it. Big sis mode: activated! Gotta protect her little sister, no matter what.

But plot twist! Just when she finally convinced the king, her sister had already fallen for some dude from the Jianghu. Later, the housekeeper spilled the tea: Sis got bored, started sword training in the back hills, and bumped into Simon Silver—the guy who totally changed her whole life.

By the time the whole family found out, little sis was already head-over-heels for that guy. I’ll never forget that family meeting—it lasted all day and night, everyone trying to talk her out of dating some wild man from the countryside.

I tried every trick in the book to convince her, even brought up our old childhood promises, but Mia Yun’s always been stubborn. Once she wants something, she never lets go. That night, the whole family blew up, and Dad even threatened to cut ties if she kept seeing that man.

But even with those harsh words, Mia Yun stood her ground. She disappeared with Simon Silver, and none of us ever saw them again.

But how could my silly little sister forget—even if the whole world turns its back on her, her big sis never would! I was always right there by her side!

But Mia Yun refused to let us help. She knew it was our family’s fault that Simon Silver’s pride was so strong—he wouldn’t bow to us, wouldn’t accept our help.

Before I could say anything, Mia Yun rushed off. I quickly ordered people to follow and protect her, but none of them ever came back.

Later, when I finally saw her again, it was just her cold, lifeless body. No one knows how many days and nights I cried. She was five years younger than me—I basically raised her. When she insisted on leaving with that man, all I could do was silently bless her. But in the end, happiness didn’t greet her—only a frozen corpse.

In that moment, I regretted everything. If only I’d brought her to the palace sooner! But there are no do-overs. The most important thing now is to raise Mia Yun’s child well.

Not long after, his aunt showed up, wanting to take him away. For the first time, I was strict—I’d lost my sister, and I wouldn’t let her child suffer even a little. Silver Consort might be his real aunt, but she was single, with no husband. How could she care for a royal heir?

I refused to hand him over, but let Silver Consort visit him in the palace. I told her we wouldn’t hide his parentage—she’d always be his true aunt. That day, Silver Consort realized we genuinely cared for her brother’s child and agreed. After that, I heard she went to the Soaring Phoenix Realm, married, then got sold off by her husband. Her news faded away.

Now she’s become a ruthless killer. Whenever I think of her, I remember poor Mia Yun. Was Simon Silver the same way back then?

"Yvonne Yun..." Seeing his consort spacing out again, King Raymond Lan quickly called out.

"Ah... I'm fine." She took a deep breath, stood up, and walked outside, heart aching for her sister. But when she thought of Caleb Miles’s current state, worry crept in again. Looking up at the sky, she almost saw her sister’s smiling face. Mia Yun, tell me—what can I do to make Caleb Miles happy?

"Crown Prince, Crown Prince..." Charlie Qiao was glued to Caleb Miles’s side as he wandered the palace, his brow never relaxing for a second.

"Crown Prince? Who’s the crown prince? Me?"

"Yep, you’re the crown prince." Charlie Qiao’s face was full of exasperation—he’d answered this question a thousand times already! Why was Caleb still asking?

"But why don’t I remember anything? What’s a crown prince? Who are you? And where is this place?"

Hearing this, Charlie Qiao let out a dramatic sigh. Why was it always like this? Why did Caleb Miles ask these same questions every single day? He’d answered so many times, he could predict the whole routine before Caleb even opened his mouth!