There was silence in the woods.

Several dark aliens surrounded the girl, and she clenched her hands in front of them, with uneasiness and fear on her face. But even so, she did not choose to retreat, but still stood there stubbornly, as if waiting for something.

Finally, after a while, the aliens seemed to have received an order and quietly retreated. Seeing this, the girl seemed a little surprised, but soon, a voice sounded.

"What do you want from me?"

"Mr. Black!!"

Hearing the voice, the girl turned around hurriedly. When she saw Fang Zheng, who was dressed as a hunter, standing not far behind her, her eyes immediately lit up. She then walked in front of Fang Zheng and raised her head to look at him.

"Please take me away, Mr. Black. I can do anything. Please."

“…”

What is going on?

Looking at the girl in front of him and hearing her words, Fang Zheng was stunned.

Oh my god, what is this? A lolita who came to me on her own initiative? What the hell is going on?

Fang Zheng looked carefully at the girl in front of him. She had long blue hair and eyes, and looked very cute. From the outside, she looked no different from an ordinary girl. Fang Zheng searched his memory for a moment before he matched the characters together.

"I remember you were... Theo Prato?"

"Yes."

The girl nodded. Although her expression didn't seem to change, her tone seemed a little excited. Obviously, Theo was very happy that Fang Zheng could remember her name.

Fang Zheng still had some impression of this girl. She was one of the victims he rescued from the cult base "Sun Fortress" in Roxbell. At that time, she was the only survivor in the entire Sun Fortress. At that time, the girl looked autistic and there was no light in her eyes. Although her expression seemed a little stiff, at least her eyes had returned to the look of a living person.

After Fang Zheng rescued Theo, he sent her to the hospital in Roxbell for treatment and recuperation. Later, he used "The Whispering Banner" to check and found that after being discharged from the hospital, Theo had returned to the Principality of Remifilia to reunite with her parents... Shouldn't this be the end of it?

"What happened?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Theo was stunned for a moment, then she threw herself into Fang Zheng's arms, grabbed his clothes, and told Fang Zheng about her situation while sobbing.

It turned out that after that, Theo was indeed reunited with her family, and she thought that the nightmare was over, but that was not the case.

The reason why the cult kidnapped these children was to use them for experiments and create a drug that could surpass humans and make humans become gods. Except for the "paradise" where Ling was originally located, which was used to raise funds for the cult, the other bases were large-scale experimental bases.

As the only survivor of the Sun Fortress, Theo was not just lucky. The drugs injected by the cult did change her. She gained extraordinary sensitivity and could even read other people's emotions. It was during this process that Theo felt the pain and despair of other children, as well as the misery and wailing before death. This naturally caused great trauma to the girl's heart.

Of course, Theo has changed a lot after returning home. She is no longer the innocent and simple girl. This is obviously very difficult for Theo's parents to accept. After all, the daughter who appeared in front of them again is completely different from the one in their memory.

The daughter who used to be lively and cute and could cry and laugh is gone, replaced by a girl with a blank expression who looks like a living doll.

At first, both parties hoped to return to normal, but as time went by, Theo's parents gradually became uneasy and stressed. They didn't understand why their daughter couldn't return to her previous appearance, and sometimes they even doubted whether the body was their daughter.

However, facing her parents' lamentations, Theo was also desperate. She absorbed the emotions of all the other experimental children in the Sun Fortress. The pain was simply indescribable.

Because of this, a rift gradually developed between the two parties. One party wondered why his daughter had not recovered after such a long time, while the other party felt that you had no idea what I had experienced there, you did not understand my pain at all, and you should not always use that light-hearted tone to ask me to forget everything and start over.

Would I still be in so much pain if I could forget?

Finally, one day, Theo overheard her parents lamenting that she had completely changed and they didn't know how to get along with her. Hearing this, Theo was also greatly shocked, and finally she made a decision - run away from home!

The first person Theo thought of at that time was Fang Zheng. She would never forget the figure of the man who saved her from the sea of ​​suffering at that time, so Theo left the Principality of Remifilia directly and came to Roxbell. At that time, she just thought that since Fang Zheng had been here before, there must be clues.

As a result, after arriving in Roxbell, Theo immediately sensed the alien's breath. On the one hand, it was because her sensing ability was greatly enhanced when she was used as a test subject by the cult. On the other hand, the alien's breath was extremely unique. Moreover, the scene of Fang Zheng rescuing her and summoning aliens to kill everyone at that time was also an unforgettable memory for Theo, so she simply gritted her teeth and followed the alien's breath directly to find it.

Finally, she found it.

After listening to Tio's story, Fang Zheng was speechless, but reality... after all, it's not a game, and the happy story of the prince and princess is just a fairy tale.

Reality is not so easy to fool.

In this situation, Fang Zheng had no choice but to take Tio back. Of course, for Fang Zheng, if Tio was willing to go, then so be it. He could just write a letter to Tio's parents in the name of Starlight Technology to inform them of the situation, saying that the girl was homeless and was temporarily taken in by Starlight Technology.

But what made Fang Zheng depressed was that the timing... was really not good.

Fang Zheng originally planned to take Ling to meet Harold and his wife tomorrow after attending the banquet today. He had already inquired about it and found that the couple currently lived in Roxbell. Fang Zheng had wanted to go and disturb them a few days ago, but the couple was not at home at that time because they were out of town. So Fang Zheng planned to return Ling to them when they came back.

As a result of Theo's arrival... Ling is probably even more reluctant to go back.

As expected, after Fang Zheng brought Tio back, the girls also learned about her situation from Tio, and Ling naturally rebelled again. She was originally worried about whether she could go home and reconcile with her parents, and now there was an obvious counterexample in front of her, which made Ling naturally less willing.

Although she did not undergo the experiment for as long as Tio, Ling was also forced to take drugs and suffered a lot. In this case, can she and her parents really get along well?

What if she ends up like Theo, running away from home after a year of forced companionship?

Of course, although Ling complained, she still obediently followed Fang Zheng to the residential area of ​​Roxbell early the next morning.

"You know what to say."

Looking at the little girl beside him, Fang Zheng patted her head, and Ling slapped Fang Zheng's hand away.

"Of course, big brother. Ling is not stupid. She won't tell anyone your identity."

Speaking of this, Ling's expression became a little nervous. She lowered her head and looked at her clothes anxiously.

"Brother, what do you think of Ling's outfit?"

"You're cute, no problem, just as cute as when I first met you."

Fang Zheng touched Ling's head, and Ling also smiled. Then at this moment, they saw two figures walking out of an apartment not far from the street corner.

"Dad...Mom..."

Seeing the figure she had been thinking about day and night, Ling's eyes suddenly turned red, and then she hurriedly walked towards the direction where the two were. Fang Zheng followed behind her with a smile, intending to watch the touching scene of the family reunion.

However, at this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Harold also turned around - and in Mrs. Harold's arms, there was a baby.

“…”

Seeing this, Ling suddenly stopped. She stared at the scene in the distance silently. She saw Mrs. Harold holding the baby in her arms, teasing him with a smile on her face, while Mr. Harold beside her was smiling and waving and talking to the baby. From the perspective of outsiders, this is simply a happy and harmonious family of three.

But for Fang Zheng, this was simply a Shura field.

“Oh my god…”

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng helplessly reached out his hand to cover his face. He now regretted why he didn't take the "Whispering Banner" and investigate what this couple has been doing in the past two years... Well, it's over now.

Left-behind children travel thousands of miles to the city where their parents work, and then see their parents having a second child and having a happy family time... Ling's situation is now a hundred times worse than this.

"I have a younger brother now."

Looking at the figure in the distance, Ling spoke softly. Her tone was flat and calm, as if she was talking about today's weather.

"It seems that mom and dad like him very much, that's great."

After saying this, Ling turned around.

"Brother, let's go back."

After she finished speaking, Ling didn't even look back, and turned away directly. Fang Zheng looked helplessly at Ling's back, and then at Harold and his wife - in fact, this is not difficult to understand. Although Harold and his wife lost their daughter, people always have to move on, and it has been almost two years, it is time to have a child and move on.

Of course, that is true.

But the specific circumstances are another matter.

"Why……"

Seeing this, Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly.

It's terrible!

Fang Zheng glanced at Harold and his wife again, then sighed helplessly, turned around and followed Ling into the crowd.