Chapter 168

Yan Ya was certain that the girl in front of her was her little daughter who had been missing for many years.

According to her age, she should be ten years old this year, but she looks only about five years old.

No matter what caused this abnormal growth rate, one can imagine the suffering her daughter has suffered over the years.

She didn't know when the nursery began to change, but the director of the nursery on the capital planet couldn't lie to her, so the environment here was indeed very bad before.

How many years had her poor daughter lived here? She felt bad even for her adopted daughter living in such an environment, let alone her precious daughter!

Yan Ya covered her heart with her hands. The strong sense of self-blame and regret made her feel suffocated. She opened her mouth, but because of sobbing, she couldn't utter a complete sentence after trying several times.

Seeing her in such pain, Xiao Lihua was a little puzzled, but she still took out a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Don't cry."

The tender little baby voice has the power to heal people's hearts. However, when Yan Ya heard it, it made her feel warm and she couldn't help crying even harder.

Xiao Lihua was a little distressed.

She didn't understand why her aunt kept crying, and she almost wanted to cry too.

At this time, Xue Wei squatted down and patted Yan Ya on the back while continuing the conversation. She said, "Xiao Lihua, mom and dad are also your family."

"But... I don't have a mom or a dad." Little Lihua tilted her head and looked at her. "I only have my brother. He is my family."

"Tiantian, I am your mother!" Yan Ya held Xiao Lihua's shoulders. "You can feel the blood connection between us, right?"

"I am a red-tailed lion, and so are you. My blood flows in your body. You can feel it, right?"

Perhaps she was too excited and couldn't control her strength for a moment.

Little Lihua broke free from her hand, took a step back, and said with a frown, "You hurt me! And..."

"I'm not Tiantian, I'm Xiao Lihua."

She looked at Yan Ya, then at Xue Wei beside her, and finally ran directly towards Su Ci, hugged his legs and hid behind him, then she poked her little head out and looked towards Yan Ya and the others.

Su Ci was looking at the situation in the river. When he saw Xiao Lihua running over and hugging him, he turned his head and looked in the direction she was looking.

Yan Ya stood there, looking at this side helplessly.

Su Ci ignored her, looked down at Xiao Lihua, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"She's so weird." Xiao Lihua said this, but her eyes couldn't help but look in Yan Ya's direction.

Xiao Lihua could actually feel the blood connection. When she saw the lady, she felt very close to her, so she hugged her and cried at first, and did not push her away.

However, when she saw Su Su, she also felt very close to her.

And when she heard what the lady said, she intuitively felt uneasy. She did not forget that this lady was here to take Sister Weiwei away.

If they were family, would she be taken away too?

She doesn't want to leave!

For Lihua, who has been raised in the nursery since she was a baby, the nursery is her home, her world. Now this world has grown a little bit and expanded to the river bank.

Now that she has come to the river bank, she is no longer as panicked as before and can play here freely.

But that was also because she knew that she could return to the nursery at a certain time, go back with her friends, eat and play together, return to her most familiar "home", and fall asleep with her brother.

She never thought about leaving here.

Little Lihua looked at the family of iron-eating beasts in the distance and couldn't help thinking that if she had a father and a mother, she would have to leave the nursery, so she didn't want any father and mother.

All she needs is her brother, Langze and the others, and Susu!

Of course, it would be best if Sister Xuewei could stay, but if not... then she would have no choice but to accept it.

"Don't you want to see her?" Su Ci asked.

Little Lihua raised her head and looked at Su Ci, thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to for now."

She didn't hate that lady to the point of not wanting to see her, but now... she really didn't want to face her. She had to wait until she got back to discuss it with her brother.

"Well, I understand then."

Su Ci turned his head to look at A Yan. With just one look, A Yan understood what he meant.

The young man smiled and nodded, then walked towards Yan Ya and Xue Wei and talked to them in a low voice.

"Breedkeeper Zhou..." Yan Ya hurriedly called out when she saw him coming.

Hearing this name for the first time, A Yan paused and said, "Just call me A Yan."

The young man was clearly just smiling, his mouth was not opening or closing, but he made a sound. Yan Ya was startled and looked at the communicator with flashing lights in the young man's hand. Then she suddenly understood and felt a little more sympathy in her heart.

She changed her words and said, "Ayan, Tiantian..."

"Ma'am, I understand how you feel."

A Yan's voice was clear and calm, as if it could calm people down quickly. He looked at Yan Ya and said softly, "But Xiao Lihua is just a child. She needs some time."

Yan Ya was still holding a handkerchief in her hand. Xiao Lihua had just taken it out to wipe her tears. The handkerchief was wet and a little cool.

Her eager emotions gradually cooled down.

She said with some guilt: "You are right, I was too anxious, Tiantian..."

A Yan interrupted her, "Little Lihua already has a new name and her own life."

Yan Ya was slightly stunned. She raised her head and looked into the young man's platinum eyes, then looked at her little daughter hiding behind Keeper Su, and finally she figured something out.

Tiantian has become Xiao Lihua.

If she wanted her daughter to accept her faster, she shouldn't let her Tiantian come back, but should become Xiao Lihua's mother.

"I understand. Thank you, Ayan."

Yan Ya calmed down completely, and her expression gradually became peaceful. She should be happy that her daughter was found. She shouldn't keep crying and scare her daughter away.

She wants to be an emotionally stable mother and she wants her babies to accept her again.

After comforting Yan Ya, A Yan walked back and extended his hand to Xiao Lihua.

Little Lihua didn't resist. She grabbed one of his fingers with her little hand and snuggled up to him and Su Ci. Her eyes couldn't help but look in Yan Ya's direction.

"She seems to have stopped crying," she said.

"Yes." A Yan looked at Su Ci with a smile, as if asking for credit.

Su Ci paused, nodded his head in praise, then reached out and rubbed Xiao Lihua's head, asking, "Do you want to go see the grass?"

Little Lihua nodded without thinking, "Okay!"

After nodding, he asked, "What is grass?"

Su Ci didn't answer, but took her and A Yan and flashed to the top of the waterfall.

When they arrived here, there was a figure that was faster than them. He had arrived here at some point and was squatting on a big rock on the river bank, looking into the distance.

"Liuliu!" Little Lihua discovered him and shouted happily.

Hearing the sound, Lu Li turned around and jumped off the stone.

While the other cubs were attracted by the family of iron-eating beasts, Lu Li did not join in the fun. After listening to some gossip, he ran to the waterfall by himself.

Perhaps because he had been a monkey for too long, he didn't like to talk much after turning back into a human. He didn't have a strong presence in the nursery, but Lu Li was also happy with himself.

"What are you looking at?" asked Xiao Lihua.

She was too short and the splash of water from the waterfall was so loud that she couldn't see what was in front of the waterfall.

The young boy smiled slightly, and his light golden hair sparkled with tiny glints as it was reflected by the water.

"Looking at the hope of a better world," he said.

Xiao Lihua looked at him. Although she didn't understand, she felt that he seemed very powerful.

"Oh!" She nodded very supportively.

Lu Li smiled and said, "Come and take a look too."

"I can't climb up." Xiao Lihua looked at Su Ci.

Su Ci lowered his eyes to glance at her, and Xiao Lihua felt the scenery around her change. When she looked closely, she couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow~"

Below the waterfall, there is an endless plain.

The land that was originally shrouded in red fog shed its hideous appearance, put on a new green dress, and its appearance became clearly visible.

Lu Li, who was standing next to him, also had sparkling eyes.

Apart from Susu and Brother Ayan, no one knew the original appearance of this plain better than him. Every time he followed Susu to the river bank, he would run here to see.

About half a month ago, after that big event, when he came here again, he found obvious changes in the wilderness.

In addition to the river winding into the distance, there is also a little bit of new green that is constantly expanding around it. Almost every time he comes, he can see some surprising changes.

Susu told him that the change was caused by the small wild grass they found in the riverbed that day.

At that time, the little wild grass was dying and looked like it would wither and die at any time, but he remembered that Susu had told him at that time that the little wild grass would become the hope of changing the world.

Sure enough, the little weed really did it!

It has grown from such a small plant into such a vast plain! And it is still spreading far and wide.

Of course, this plain was not always green. After the red fog spread to the entire plain and the concentration of the fog decreased significantly, the wild grass became diseased.

Some plants withered and died, and large areas of dark brown land appeared on the green plains. When Lu Li first discovered this, he was extremely anxious.

But Susu told him not to worry.

Lu Li waited for a few days in disbelief, and then he discovered that new green sprouts had emerged on the exposed yellow soil, and were growing rapidly under the nourishment of spiritual energy.

For the first time, he intuitively felt what it meant to say, "Wildfires cannot be extinguished; spring breezes bring new life."

I also have a deeper understanding of the meaning of my name.

Su Su told him that after the wild grass mutated, it acquired the ability to absorb the red mist and release spiritual energy that could promote the growth of other plants.

When the concentration of the red fog decreases or disappears, these spiritual herbs will wither and die, but before dying, they leave behind grass seeds.

These grass seeds do not inherit all the characteristics of spiritual grass. They are just ordinary weeds, so they can grow normally in an environment with sufficient water and nutrients.

And under the stimulation of spiritual energy, they can grow very fast.

Now, the grasses growing lushly on this grassland are basically these ordinary weeds.

Although they are ordinary, they are very important components of the life system.

Under the nourishment of weeds, the insect eggs that had been hidden deep in the soil and dormant for countless thousands of years began to wake up, and after hatching, they drilled out of the soil.

Those smaller mutant insects that could not compete for the Star Chain Spirit Fruit slowly moved to this grassland and fed on weeds and small insects.

The succession of life is accelerating, and it will take time to witness what it will eventually become.

Perhaps in the near future, some small animals may migrate here?

Xiao Lihua didn't know all this.

After marveling at the vastness of the grassland, she couldn't help but say, "There are no flowers!"

"Susu, can we plant flowers on the grass?" She looked at Su Ci.

"sure."

Su Ci nodded. This piece of land has completely recovered its vitality under the purification of the spiritual herbs. In addition to herbaceous plants, some perennial tree species can also be transplanted.

Bamboo is good, and you can also plant some fruit trees.

The two spiritual pear trees grew too slowly, and he didn't know when he could eat the pears. Maybe he should plant some ordinary pear trees.

"We can build a small house on the grassland in the future." A Yan also said, "When the weather is good, we can have a picnic and fly kites on the grass..."

Thanks to his efforts, the rules around the 24th base have been sorted out.

In the past half month, there has been no extreme weather. Apart from bright sunshine, there has been gentle breeze and drizzle, which is very suitable for the growth and settlement of life.

Moreover, his and Su Ci's strength also recovered a little.

Although it is still a very small part of the entire planet, as time goes by, there will always be a day when everything gets better.

Listening to A Yan's description, Su Ci couldn't help but recall some scenes from the past. He slightly curled up the corners of his mouth and revealed a smile.

But soon he added, "Let's get to work first."

Since the effect of the spiritual herb is so obvious, it naturally needs to be transplanted to other places. The mountain range where the magic flower is located is a good choice.

When Su Ci and A Yan took their two children to transplant spiritual herbs, the Red Flame Tiger carrying Rong Heng finally returned to the nursery with Li Sinian.