Chapter 238

Rong Heng stared blankly at the mermaid boy in front of him. As his tears continued to fall on his face, a blurry scene emerged in his mind.

It was a little boy with blue hair and blue eyes. He was pointing at the injury on his knee and sobbing.

"Yangyang, it hurts..."

It was just a minor injury, not even a broken skin, but the little boy burst into tears, choked with grievance, and opened his arms to ask him for a hug.

This was a scene that Rong Heng had never thought of before.

However, after this moment emerged, it became clearer and clearer. He recalled every detail of this scene in a daze. The face of the handsome little boy slowly overlapped with the boy with the fishtail in front of him.

The way they cried was so similar. Although their faces had changed a lot, their eyebrows and eyes were still the same, which made Rong Heng feel familiar.

"Bang—"

The small sword that was suspended in the air and pointed at the fish-tailed boy fell to the ground as its owner lost consciousness. The scabbard that was pressed against Ika to block his sword gradually relaxed.

Rong Heng looked at the mermaid boy who was crying in grievance, and finally followed his heart. He tentatively reached out his hand and gently stroked his cheek, just like he usually did to his sister, helping him wipe away the tears that kept flowing out.

"Don't cry." Rong Heng said softly.

As soon as he said this, a stronger sense of familiarity surged from the bottom of his heart, as if he had said the same thing to the little boy before.

However, as soon as he said this, the little mermaid's tears fell even harder.

The young man loosened his grip on Rong Heng's shoulders and raised his right hand. Tiny blue fish scales grew on the back of his thin, white hand, and his nails became sharp, easily able to cut through the skin of his prey.

Seeing his actions, Rong Heng froze slightly, but soon he noticed something and frowned.

"Are you hurt?"

He saw the fishtail boy raise his right ring finger. The pointed nail had broken at some point, revealing a small piece of pink nail flesh that had turned white due to being soaked in water.

The fingers are connected to the heart. Just by looking at the injury, you can imagine how painful it is when the nail is broken.

As for Ika, his mouth pursed in grievance, as if he had finally confirmed something. He suddenly hugged Rong Heng, buried his head in his arms, and cried loudly.

Rong Heng was suddenly hugged and felt that the boy's hands were clamped around him like a pair of pliers, and it was difficult to break free from the force.

Unless he used the displacement to leave again, he couldn't move at all, but... listening to the boy's wailing, thinking back to the "Yangyang" he just called, and the picture that emerged in his mind... Rong Heng finally held back.

He reached out his hand and clumsily stroked the boy's smooth back, patting it gently and saying softly, "Does it still hurt? Get up, I'll help you with it."

However, Ika held Rong Heng tightly and refused to let go. He cried uncontrollably, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances and longings that he had suppressed for many years.

Rong Heng was helpless, but he could only continue to act as a temporary pillow.

The noise here had already attracted the adults. Li Sinian arrived first, and then Creek, who was resting in the room, was awakened from his sleep. Without having time to comfort his wife, he jumped out of the window and rushed over on a flying saucer.

Then, they saw Ika throw Rong Heng to the ground and then hug him and cry.

The other cubs who heard Xiao Lihua's screams had already gathered around. They originally wanted to help, but the situation took a turn for the worse, leaving them all confused.

The replaced little Lihua ran back and was now standing hesitantly not far from the two teenagers, also looking confused.

The two adults couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, no cubs were injured.

Seeing that Li Sinian wanted to step forward to separate them, Creek stopped him. He was moved when he saw his son showing rare human emotions.

He didn't want Ika to return to his previous cold self too quickly.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh: "The little boy being held by Ika...is that Yangyang?"

"Yes." Li Sinian nodded. "His current nickname is Xiangyang, and his full name is Rongheng."

It is a coincidence that the nickname that breeder Su gave to Rong Heng also contains the word "yang".

"Is that little girl Tiantian?" Creek frowned.

"Um."

Li Sinian told Creek about his daughter's new name again and hoped that he would call them by their new name.

"The age... isn't it a little off?" Creek said tactfully.

The sons of their two families were born in the same year, the only difference being that one was born at the beginning of the year and the other at the end of the year. Rongheng was a few months older than Ika.

The two children have been playmates since childhood. Creek still remembers that Ika especially liked to follow Rong Heng like his little tail, and the two little guys had a very good relationship.

And his Ika... is thirteen years old this year, but the little boy held by Ika has obviously not grown up yet. He looks about eight years old, no more than ten years old.

Not to mention the youngest daughter of the Li family. How could a ten-year-old girl be so young?

Hearing this, Li Sinian sighed and told him about the two children being used as freezing experiments. Crick frowned and anger burned in his eyes.

"These scum of the scientific community!"

He cursed softly, and there was inevitably more heartache in his eyes when he looked at Rong Heng and Xiao Lihua.

Li Sinian's mood has calmed down a lot now. In the past few months, he has not only been a breeder in the nursery - although the scum who conducted the human freezing experiment has been banned, the interstellar space is so vast that there are naturally dark corners.

The damage done to his children is irreparable, but there are other possible victims.

The power of the Li family is not enough to eliminate all the darkness, but it can save some.

At least, doing something is better than doing nothing.

It is naturally not convenient to discuss these with Creek. Even if I want to talk about it, I have to wait for the right opportunity in private.

They stood there for a while, waiting for Ika's crying to subside, and then they slowly approached. However, as soon as they took a step, the boy stared at them vigilantly.

The little mermaid's eyes were red from crying and still watery, but the ferocity in her eyes had not diminished in the slightest - obviously, although he recognized his childhood playmate, he had not fully recovered his human consciousness and wisdom.

"Ika, I'm your father..."

Creek felt bitter. He took a step forward, but when he saw the boy baring his teeth and snarling at him fiercely, he was forced to stop where he was and dared not provoke him anymore.

Immediately afterwards, they saw Ika pick up Rong Heng, turn around and carry him into the pool, then swim away quickly with his tail swinging.

Rong Heng didn't expect that he would suddenly dive into the water and was choked by the water. The feeling of suffocation made him struggle painfully in the water. In the critical moment, he subconsciously used the power of controlling objects.

Ika, who was swimming towards the bottom of the water, suddenly found that his arms were empty. The boy he was holding turned into a stone, slipped out of his arms and fell into the water.

His beautiful blue eyes were confused for a moment, then became panicked. He quickly picked up the stone, and the tears that had calmed down began to flow out again, forming strings of bubbles that floated to the surface of the water.

Rong Heng, who had returned to the shore, was breathing heavily. When his sister ran over to care about him, he shook his head and gave her a reassuring smile.

Then, Rong Heng stood up and returned to the edge of the pool. He looked down and saw the little mermaid holding the stone he had replaced in her hands, crying sadly under the water, as if she thought he had really turned into stone.

Rong Heng: “…”

Although this fish-tailed boy is very fierce, he doesn't seem to be very smart...

Despite thinking this, Rong Heng still felt a little strange in his heart. It turned out that besides his parents, there was another person in this world who cared so much about his past, even though he had already forgotten him.

"I'm here." Rong Heng squatted down and reached out to stir the water in the pool.

The ripples in the pool water immediately caught Ika's attention.

Ika looked up and when he saw Rong Heng on the shore, he blinked in confusion, looked down at the stone in his hand, and then looked up at him.

Finally, he finally realized something, quickly threw away the stone, swung his tail flexibly, and swam towards Rong Heng happily.