Wars fought with firearms have never ended well. A missile in the area wiped out Japan's advance force, and Japanese drones dropped bombs that destroyed people's homes. Although there were few casualties, the buildings were severely damaged and the economic losses were severe.
What's even more amazing is the clash between Eastern sorcerers and Western magic.
Zhuang Yifan's appearance filled their otherwise mundane life with awkwardness.
While eating, Zhuang Yifan grabbed at me without my noticing, and even went so far as to wipe his hands on his clothes.
He's always Yan Shi's little shadow, never leaving his side. He follows him when he goes out, waits outside the bathroom door, and even sleeps next to him. He can even wake up when Yan Shi goes to the bathroom.
Zhuang Zhao: So I'm the only one who's superfluous.
When everyone saw Zhuang Yifan, they joked, "Your child is so big already!"
Yan Shi: I'm still a baby, how did I become a mom?
He's the only child under ten in this area, and Yan Shi couldn't find him a playmate, let alone a school. Luckily, there were a few good-natured people willing to teach Zhuang Yifan, who could tutor him in his studies and teach him manners. The only downside was that she had to coax him for half an hour every day before taking him there, and then call him every half hour to prove that she hadn't abandoned him.
Later, Zhuang Yifan would look at Yan Shi every day, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
Yan Shi didn't take it seriously at first, thinking he was just embarrassed to apologize for causing trouble. But later, he couldn't stand being stared at like that every day, so he asked him if he had something to say.
"Can you be my mom?"
Yan Shi was stunned.
Why?
"They said if you became my mother, you wouldn't abandon me."
"Even if I don't become your mother, I won't abandon you," Yan Shi said, squatting down and looking into Zhuang Yifan's eyes.
"I don't believe you. You still want to send me back?"
“I won’t see you off if you don’t want to leave. Our Yifan is such a good boy, how could I bear to make him sad?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to be your mother, it’s just that I feel it’s unfair to your mother. Your birth mother is your mother. Besides, your sister is in the prime of her life, calling her ‘sister’ sounds much better than calling her ‘mother.’ I promise I will never abandon Zhuang Yifan and will treat her as family. Is that alright?”
Zhuang Yifan shook his head.
“They said my sister would leave sooner or later and couldn’t stay here forever. They also said that my sister would have her own children in the future and wouldn’t care about me anymore.”
"Who told you this? This is sowing discord, malicious speculation. Do you believe them or me?"
Zhuang Yifan pursed his lips, refusing to budge. No matter how eloquently you spoke, I only had two words to say—I didn't believe him.
"Here's the key to my sister's house. With this, you can come and go as you please. Is that alright?"
Zhuang Yifan finally nodded.
“I’ll put a rope on it and hang it around your neck for you. Don’t lose it. If you lose it, I won’t be able to get into the house. This is the house we bought with all our savings.”
When Zhuang Zhao saw the key hanging around Zhuang Yifan's neck, it looked familiar. It wasn't until he saw that he had the exact same key that he realized it was the key to his house.
So he stormed off to find Yan Shi.
"Why did you put our Yan Shi around his neck?"
“He felt insecure, and I couldn’t find a way to comfort him, so I gave him the key, and it worked quite well.”
"But that's our house, yours and mine."
Yan Shi repeated what Zhuang Yifan had said to her to Zhuang Zhao.
“What can I do after he said that? Yifan is cute and sensible. His only flaw is that he lacks a sense of security. How can I bear to refuse him? I’ll just consider it as getting a son for free. Isn’t that great?”
"What's this all about? The promised time for just the two of us is now marred by a nemesis. I must have killed his whole family in my past life, and he's here to take his revenge in this one."
"What nonsense are you talking about? He's a sensitive person, so stop talking nonsense or he'll overthink things."
"As for our time together as a couple, we definitely spend more time together than he does with us. In another year or two, he won't be happy to stay at home all the time."
"The third group of people is arriving soon, should we go back?"
"Let's go back. There's nothing for us to do here, and I'm tired of the food."
"Okay, I'll submit an application later."
“But Yifan can’t just come back with us. We have to ask the shelter. It’s such a hassle. I wish I hadn’t taken him to the shelter in the first place.”
Five days later, the three of them boarded a truck with the others for their return journey.
On the way, Zhuang Yifan held Yan Shi's hand tightly, his hand was soaked with sweat, but he didn't let go.
Yan Shi: I feel like I'm about to get heatstroke.
The car was going fast, and they arrived in the evening. Yan Shi felt dizzy and stumbled out of the car to vomit by the roadside.
Yifan immediately followed, took out a piece of paper from his bag and handed it to Yanshi, and also grabbed a bottle of water to keep on hand.
Zhuang Zhao carried the luggage behind, making sure nothing was left behind, and looked up to see Yi Fan handing water to Yan Shi.
In that instant, he suddenly understood the meaning of his child's existence: to protect his mother when he couldn't take care of her.
"Are you feeling better? Otherwise, we can take a taxi to send the luggage back, and then walk back."
"No need, let's just take a taxi back. It's tiring to walk this far."
Zhuang Zhao waved for the car to stop. There was too much luggage, and it couldn't fit in the trunk, so it had to be placed on the seats. Then there weren't enough seats for people, so Zhuang Yifan had to be held in someone's arms.
“You sit in the front, and I’ll sit in the back and hold him.” Zhuang Yifan weighs at least several tens of kilograms, and Yan Shi was already feeling unwell, so he couldn’t bear the weight.
The main reason is that he doesn't want Yan Shi to hug women, not even children.
"Why don't you just put your bag in the passenger seat?" Yan Shi didn't want to sit in the passenger seat because you have to wear a seatbelt there.
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