Chapter 108: Rebirth of the Ant Nest (Part 7)
Feng Zheng pressed his forehead tightly against his wife's. He could feel the pain surging in her heart. He felt the same pain. As long as they couldn't find their daughter, this pain would accompany them all day.
Although Xie Mian cured his wife's madness, sometimes being sober is more painful than being confused.
Meimei wiped the tears from her face and said, "Now that God has made me sober, I have to do something."
She looked at the children around her who had lost their parents and forced a smile on her face. "From now on, these children will be our own children. We will take good care of them and help them grow up..."
"good!"
Feng Zheng nodded heavily, tears running down the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
The children gathered around the couple, and the brave ones climbed onto their backs and kissed their cheeks, while others squeezed into their arms and hugged them.
Seeing the couple's expressions, Niuniu felt heartbroken. She wanted to comfort them. So she walked over to them and shyly sang the ballad she remembered:
"Little firefly, fly, fly to mother's window, say good night..."
She pulled at the corner of Meimei's clothes and sang loudly in the most comforting way she knew.
The moment they heard the song, Feng Zheng and Meimei's bodies stiffened as if they were struck by lightning!
The two of them looked up suddenly, looking in disbelief at the little girl in front of them with pigtails and some dust on her face.
This nursery rhyme...
They made up this nursery rhyme themselves!
It was pieced together sentence by sentence in order to coax their always crying daughter to sleep. In this world, besides them and their daughter, only they can sing it!
"Niuniu...who taught you this song?"
Meimei's voice was trembling. She grabbed Niu Niu's shoulders with surprise and tears on her face.
"Yes...my mom taught me..." Niuniu said crisply, "Mom said that when I miss mom and dad, I should sing this song..."
"Your mother..." Feng Zheng squatted down and looked at Niu Niu's face carefully.
When he saw this, his heart almost stopped beating.
Those eyes, that small nose, and that stubborn look between the eyebrows... They are clearly 70% similar to him and Meimei!
He reached out his hand tremblingly and gently pushed aside Niuniu's bangs. On the girl's smooth forehead, there was a small, light red mole.
"It's her...it's our Yueyue!"
Feng Zheng's voice completely collapsed. He hugged Niu Niu tightly in his arms. This iron man was crying like a child at this moment.
Meimei also reacted. She rushed forward and, together with her husband, embraced their daughter, who had been lost and found. The pain, longing, and regret that had been suppressed for years turned into tears at this moment.
"Yueyue...my Yueyue...Mom finally found you..."
Niu Niu, also known as Feng Yue, felt the blood-related family love from her parents' heart-wrenching cries and familiar embrace after the initial shock.
She also burst into tears, shouting, "Dad! Mom!"
The children next to them looked at the reunited family of three with envy, but they were more happy for Niu Niu. They clapped their hands and cheered for her.
Xie Mian, Lin Heng and E Shifang watched the scene quietly without disturbing anyone.
Only after the family of three calmed down a little did Xie Mian speak: "We should go."
Feng Zheng and Meimei hugged their daughter and looked at them with gratitude.
They asked other children for their opinions. Although the children were reluctant to leave them, they preferred to stay in this warm and safe "home".
Xie Mian felt that this was the best option.
Compared to these passers-by, Feng Zheng and Ms. Meimei would be better parents. Moreover, the insect power of these two is so powerful. Their "domain" combined with their "nest" is simply a paradise in the end times, few can enter, and few can defeat them.
The children said goodbye to them one by one with tears in their eyes.
In order to provide an extra layer of protection for the children here, Xie Mian and Lin Heng looked at each other and reached a tacit understanding.
Lin Heng walked to the center of the room, stretched out his palm and pressed it on the ground. A delicate rose vine broke through the soil, grew rapidly, and finally blossomed into a huge bud that was about to bloom.
Xie Mian then stepped forward and slowly infused the healing insect energy into the rose. The bud absorbed the energy, emitting a soft aura of life.
"If an irreversible accident happens, this rose can save you once." Lin Heng said in a deep voice.
Goose Shifang stood aside and cackled inappropriately, "Have you forgotten that these children's insects can be 'reincarnations'? They can't die."
Yes... Xie Mian and Lin Heng smiled at each other. Perhaps it was unnecessary, but it was still a peace of mind.
The three of them left the area and stood on the land of the abandoned community again.
The setting sun was dyeing the sky a warm orange.
Lin Heng's gaze passed over the rubble, toward the northern base. He opened his mouth several times, then swallowed back his words. His eyes, always filled with smiles, were now tinged with worry.
Xie Mian stood quietly beside Lin Heng without urging him.
He knew his brother had something to say, and he couldn't stop him, nor could he stop him.
"I..." Lin Heng finally made up his mind, "I have to go back to the northern base. I'm worried about Fu Ze."
As he spoke, he glanced at E Shifang, who was secretly eating spicy noodles, and added, "Now that you have this guy by your side, I feel at ease."
"Brother, when you decided to accompany me out, did you also decide to go back?"
Xie Mian's eyes were a little cold, and he looked at Lin Heng without any warmth.
Lin Heng was stunned by Xie Mian's gaze. He didn't expect Xie Mian to have guessed his thoughts long ago. He wanted to rub Xie Mian's head, but Xie Mian dodged him.
"I'll go back with you."
Xie Mian dodged Lin Heng's hand sideways, stared into Lin Heng's eyes, and his voice was muffled.
"no!"
Lin Heng refused without thinking.
"The base is in chaos right now. People's hearts are unpredictable. It's far more dangerous than facing insect monsters. If you go back, you'll be throwing yourself into danger."
"I can protect myself, and I can protect you. We are safer together than apart."
Xie Mian took a step forward, and the butterfly wings appeared faintly behind him, emitting powerful insect energy fluctuations.
Lin Heng sighed. He knew how powerful Xie Mian was now. But the more so, the more he couldn't let Xie Mian go back.
Healing insect energy is something that many people desire, and Xiemian's insect energy can heal insect monster bites. If Xiemian enters the base, they are afraid that they will squeeze every cell of Xiemian dry.
The horror of the human heart is unimaginable.
"Mianmian, be obedient. I can't let you take this risk."
"I just don't want to be separated from you..."
Lin Heng didn't expect his usually cold brother to say such words. He felt that he was too cruel. Mianmian had been a person lacking love since childhood. It was normal for him to be reluctant to part with himself.
"Let's make a pact, okay? Let's agree to meet here again in a year, and then we'll never be apart again."
Knowing that nothing he said would change his brother's mind, Xie Mian looked at Lin Heng and nodded gently. He asked Lin Heng to take out the rose and injected the insect energy into the rose in Lin Heng's hand.
Lin Heng got into the SUV, started the engine, turned around and drove back the way he came.
Xie Mian looked at the car going away. Two minutes later, he spread his huge butterfly wings, picked up the greasy goose Shifang, soared into the sky, and flew in the completely opposite direction of the car.
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