Perhaps it was just his imagination, but Xu Shuo saw a resemblance to Liu Yin in his face, even though they looked more like their father.

A flicker of disappointment crossed his eyes, and Xu Shuo coldly asked, "Are you leaving or not?"

Shi Jing rolled her eyes. "Then, Uncle, when you leave, we'll follow you."

The child's expression was incredibly vivid, and Xu Shuo understood what he meant. A smile suddenly appeared on his lips, and his previously cold and hard tone softened.

“I’m staying here and I don’t plan to leave.”

"But Father said it's dangerous up in the mountains, and no one will stay here." Shi Xu blinked, carefully recalling his father's previous instructions.

"Only the weak are afraid, but I am not."

Shi Xu couldn't understand, and looked at his older brother in confusion.

"Anyway, it means he's not afraid of danger, and he's not scared to stay here," Shi Jing explained, his eyes shining as he looked at Xu Shuo.

"Can we come to see you in the future?"

"Can."

Xu Shuo made her decision almost without much hesitation. Perhaps it was because she had been too lonely there, or perhaps it was because they were her children.

Seeing the smiles on the two children's faces, Xu Shuo's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of tenderness appeared on his face.

"You should go back now." The man looked up at the sky.

"Okay," Shi Jing muttered, holding her younger brother's hand tightly and following closely behind him.

"Aren't you going to ask us what our names are?" Shi Jing suddenly asked as they walked.

What if he doesn't remember you when he and his brother come looking for you again?

"What are your names?" Xu Shuo paused for a moment, then continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.

"My name is Xiao Shijing, and I am the older brother. My younger brother is Xiao Shixu."

"And what about you?"

“Xu Shuo”.

"Uncle Xu Shuo, don't you have a surname?"

"No."

...

Shi Jing is more lively than her younger brother. She kept talking the whole way, but it never got annoying.

When they reached the mountainside, Xu Shuo stopped and gestured for them to look down, saying, "Follow this path, and you can go down the mountain."

Mountain roads are usually rugged and uneven, but this road is different. It looks like it has been traveled many times, flat with weeds growing along the roadside.

Shi Jing looked down and, from his angle, could vaguely see the top of the locust tree in the yard, but nothing more.

But he still happily pulled his younger brother to look, saying, "Xiao Xu, look! That's our home."

Looking around from here, I realized that I could see my home from here.

“Brother Xushuo, that’s our home.” He pointed to the locust tree and said to Xushuo.

“I know.” The man looked in the direction he was pointing, his gaze distant. “You should go back.”

"Don't tell anyone that you met me here."

"Goodbye, Uncle." Shi Jing waved and left with Shi Xu.

Of course he wouldn't tell anyone, otherwise his parents would know that he and his brother had secretly gone up the mountain.

Xu Shuo stood there watching their departing figures, a bitter smile on his lips. In the blink of an eye, they had all grown up so much.

"We'll come again tomorrow!" Shi Jing shouted suddenly as he walked halfway, then repeated himself, worried that the man hadn't heard him.

"I'll bring my younger brother to see you tomorrow."

"good."

Both of them were children, and they didn't walk very fast. The man watched them for a long time without moving his feet.

He knew that once they got home, their mother would come out to see them with a gentle smile on her face.

After waiting for a while, the figures of two children gradually came into view. Xu Shuo suddenly held his breath and stared intently at the closed door.

Shi Xu knocked on the door first, then secretly led his younger brother to a secluded spot and hid under a clump of trees.

Liu Yin was used to his little tricks. After opening the door, she walked straight to the tree and said, "It's getting dark. We should go home."

Shi Jing then pulled her younger brother out and pouted, asking, "Why can Mother always find us?"

"Hmm." Liuyin squatted down and touched his face. "It's probably because I can see you all at a glance."

"Xiao Xu, it's time for us to go home."

Liu Yin naturally wouldn't tell them the truth. The two of them always hid in the same place, so there was nothing they couldn't find.

"What delicious food did Daddy make for us today?" Shi Xu asked as he walked. He had smelled the aroma when he was outside the door, and now he felt a little hungry.

"It's what you like to eat."

"Great!" The two of them excitedly ran to the kitchen.

After a long while, Xu Shuo, who was standing on the mountainside, finally turned his gaze away and walked back the way he came.

He has been living here for a while now, so this place is not unfamiliar to him.

When Xu Shuo found Liu Yin, she had already given birth to another man's child and seemed to be very loving with her husband.

Then, Xu Shuo didn't dare to see her.

After all, his original intention in coming to Xuanwu Continent was not to let Liuyin suffer here, but she seems very happy now, and he is actually a little afraid to disturb her.

Not daring to get close, he could only watch her from the shadows.

Meeting those two children today was an accident; he never expected them to come up the mountain, even though they were so young.

Orcs have never used the human calendar to mark the years; to them, the seasons and times are no different from those of an infant in swaddling clothes.

years?

The man suddenly stopped, and the moonlight shone on his face, making him look somewhat eerie.

By the way, why didn't he think of that?

Humans have short lifespans, but Liu Yin is different; they can live a long time. He can wait until that man dies.

After figuring things out, Xu Shuo's steps became lighter, and the depression that had been weighing on his heart dissipated.

So the next day, when Shi Jing and Shi Xu met again, the man's coldness from the previous day had completely disappeared.

He began planting flowers in the valley, weaving them into wreaths, and then giving them to Shixu, because he knew that Shixu would definitely give the wreaths to his mother.

It doesn't matter if Liuyin later gives birth to a son and a daughter for that man.

Anyway, he can wait indefinitely.