The metaphysical mother returns, and the villain son stands at attention

Chapter 279 Things change and people change
Aunt Liu cooks very quickly, the food is ready in just half an hour.

"We don't have any meat at home, only vegetarian dishes. Don't be disgusted." Aunt Liu brought the last dish to the table and asked them to eat. "You eat first. I'll go check on Niuniu."

Gu Qingyin smiled and thanked him, then stood up as well, "Let's go together."

Seeing this, Huo Xingchen hurriedly followed him, "Wait for me." Seeing him run out, the paper man followed him silently.

Niu Niu was in the yard, next to the grave that Gu Qingyin had built for the dog. She was sitting with her knees hugged, looking up at the dark night sky.

Aunt Liu approached and was about to speak when Niuniu spoke up, "Will I never see the sun again?"

Aunt Liu closed her mouth, sadness welling up in her eyes. Unlike adults, they have seen enough scenery, but Niu Niu was still so young and encountered such a thing.

Gu Qingyin sighed, "But you live longer than ordinary people."

Niuniu shook her head, "This is not what I want. I want to grow up, I want to leave the village, I want to know how good the outside world is."

Gu Qingyin suddenly discovered a problem that they had overlooked - although the people in this village are immortal, they also won't grow up.

Her heart sank, this meant that they couldn't evolve into a new species... they were just monsters.

Niu Niu probably discovered it a long time ago.

After a moment's silence, Niu Niu got up and went back to the house, and Aunt Liu followed her worriedly.

"Dahei?" Huo Xingchen saw the wooden board on the ground and went to pick it up. "Is that the dog's name?"

"It should be." Gu Qingyin took a look and saw that the handwriting on the wooden board was very childish. It was most likely written by Niu Niu.

Huo Xingchen inserted the wooden board in front of the grave mound, then took out three incense sticks from his storage bag, lit them, and stood in front of the board as a simple memorial service.

Just as he was about to enter the house, Master Huo came back.

The three of them walked in together. When they reached the dining table, Master Huo Tianshi spoke up: "I have contacted someone to take a look. We will have the result later."

Not long after dinner, Master Huo went out again, and when he came back he brought news about Niu Niu's parents.

Master Huo Tianshi said: "There is only one old man living alone at that address now, his name is Liu Chuanjia."

"It's him! It's my son!"

Village Chief Liu and Aunt Liu couldn't help but stand up, with surprise and anticipation in their eyes.

Niu Niu also glanced at Master Huo Tianshi, but quickly lowered her head, pretending not to care at all.

Master Huo nodded. "It's too late now. I'll ask someone to ask him tomorrow if he wants to come over."

Nothing happened that night, and the next morning Master Huo received news that Liu Chuanjia was ready to come.

After hearing the news, Village Chief Liu and Aunt Liu became even more excited. Even Niu Niu, who had been pretending not to care, ran to the village entrance frequently.

She said she was going out to play with other kids, but actually everyone knew she was waiting for her father.

Two nights later, Liu Chuanjia finally arrived. He was brought by an acquaintance, Huo Zhaohua.

Huo Xingchen had met Huo Zhaohua once before at the Huo family. The two did not get along very well at that time, and they were not in a good mood when they met this time.

But Huo Zhaohua soon lost the energy to compete with Huo Xingchen. He saw Huo Yunjing and was shocked to the point of being speechless. He kept looking back and forth at the two of them, trying to figure out which one was the real head of the family.

"Don't talk nonsense when you go back." Master Huo Tianshi warned indifferently.

Huo Zhaohua said "Ah" and replied, "Yes."

Now that he had figured it out, who was the other person? I had never heard that the head of the family had twins. And... he looked at Huo Xingchen and Gu Qingyin. Whose family were these two from?
Although he was extremely curious, Huo Zhaohua did not dare to ask more questions.

On the other side, the gray-haired Liu Chuanjia, the village chief Liu and Aunt Liu, who were just over 50 years old, stood together, staring at each other. No one spoke for a while. However, Liu Chuanjun's eyes turned red as he looked at them, and he spoke tremblingly, "Dad, Mom!"

This voice brought Village Chief Liu and Aunt Liu back to their senses. They tried hard to find the shadow of Liu Chuanjun's youth on his face. The old man in front of them was too unfamiliar to them.

After a while, Aunt Liu pursed her lips and smiled, "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Things have changed and people have changed, isn't that what it means?

"Where's Niuniu?" Village Chief Liu didn't know what else to say to such an old child. He felt that it would be redundant to say anything, so he simply turned around and looked for the child. "She has been looking forward to you coming back to see her."

"Yes." Aunt Liu asked, "Where's Chunxiu?"

Chunxiu is Niu Niu's mother.

Liu Chuanjia wiped the turbid tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a heavy nasal voice: "I got sick and had surgery two years ago, but I didn't make it and passed away."

The living room was silent for a while before Village Chief Liu spoke again, "Where's Erwa? Is he doing well now?"

Liu Chuanjia's eyes were filled with pride. "He's very successful now. He's a policeman now."

"Oh, that's really promising." Village Chief Liu laughed, "Our Liu family now has a successor."

Liu Chuanjia also sighed, "It's worth it that I spent so much money to support his education."

Village chief Liu then asked about Erwa's age and family situation, and the family of three started chatting in the living room.

They didn't know that Niu Niu was hiding at the corner of the stairs upstairs, watching them.

When Huo Xingchen saw her, he inexplicably thought of the lonely little mushroom in the corner. He walked over and poked her, and asked in a low voice: "Don't you want to see him? Why don't you go down?"

Niuniu didn't move, her brows knitted into a knot, and after several seconds she murmured to herself, "He's not the same as I remember."

In fact, her memory of her parents was already very vague. She just remembered that they were very young and had a nice smile... Anyway, they had nothing to do with the old man downstairs.

That wasn't the father she wanted to see, that was a stranger.

Huo Xingchen could understand this feeling, but he was luckier than Niu Niu, because his mother didn't change much after she came back, and after he came here and grew up, he made up for many of his childhood regrets.

He’s grateful for the journey.

But Niuniu... Huo Xingchen sighed and advised: "Since everyone is here, you should go and take a look. Don't leave yourself with any regrets."

Niu Niu hesitated for a while and finally made up her mind to go downstairs.

At that time, a family of three who had not seen each other for decades were sitting on the sofa and chatting enthusiastically.

Although we felt awkward when we first met because we were strangers to each other, the unfamiliarity quickly faded away when we talked about our shared memories.

Liu Chuanjia was talking about his childhood school life with a smile on his face. When he looked up, he saw the little girl coming down from the upstairs. He was stunned for a moment and his eyes turned red again.

"Niuniu?"

Village Chief Liu and Aunt Liu also looked over. The latter smiled and waved to Niuniu, "Come quickly. Haven't you been clamoring to see your dad?"

Niu Niu pursed her lips and walked silently to her grandmother's side, looking at the person opposite with unfamiliar eyes.

Liu Chuanjia opened his mouth and wanted to say that he was the father, but when he looked at Niu Niu and then at himself, he couldn't bring himself to say "Dad" at all.

Finally, he just stammered, "I'm sorry..."

(End of this chapter)