Chapter 8 Grandma
Lin Huaichen secretly winked at Yu An, asking him to take the money quickly.
Yu An didn't understand Lin Huaichen's eyes. He stared at him blankly with his eyes wide open, and said in a daze, "Dad, are your eyes uncomfortable?"
Wen Xun looked at Lin Huaichen leisurely, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.
Lin Huaichen rubbed his eyes pretentiously, "Hmm... the wind blinded me."
In fact, it was the old father's heart that was crying.
Yu An: “???”
He glanced at the tightly closed doors and windows. Where did the wind come from?
Wen Xun glanced at Lin Huaichen's miserable and despairing expression, and instantly understood. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he pretended to know nothing and told Yu An, "Since no one wants this money, An An, take it and put it in your piggy bank."
Yu An was surprised: "Give them all to me?"
"It's all yours."
Yu An happily hugged Wen Xun and said thank you crisply, "Thank you, Dad!"
Lin Huaichen was as sad as if he had lost his parents. He took Yu An's little hand and pulled her forward, "Thank me too, dear."
Yu An felt that Lin's father was acting weird today, but since his father said so, he also said thank you to Lin Huaichen, and then was hugged by Lin Huaichen.
Lin Huaichen kissed Yu An's soft cheek, his voice choked with sobs, "It's okay, baby, Daddy loves you."
Yu An: “…”
Sure enough, Dad was acting weird today.
Yu An gained a lot today. He changed all of Lin Huaichen's three thousand yuan into small coins and put them into Yu An's piggy bank. Listening to the sound of coins falling into the piggy bank, Yu An was extremely happy.
Lin Huaichen leaned listlessly against Wen Xun, looking at the little cub with a happy face, and felt that human sorrow and joy were not the same.
After staying in the Lin family manor for a few days, Yu An had become familiar with most of the people, and the awkwardness he felt as a newcomer was gradually disappearing. At least he no longer blushed when talking to others.
Yu An is not a lively person, but fortunately Wen Xun has a personality very similar to his.
The two of them stayed in the studio every day, with Wen Xun teaching Yu An how to paint. Most of the time, the only sound in the studio was the rustling of sketchbooks hitting the paper.
As soon as Lin Huaichen got home, he would take his wife and children, who were not active, out for a walk. After they came back, no one liked to move except him. From then on, Lin Huaichen went from being disliked by Wen Xun alone to being disliked by his wife and children at the same time.
Every time they saw him coming home, Yu An and Wen Xun would pout.
"Oh, honey, we haven't told our parents about An An yet." Lin Huaichen suddenly remembered this before going to bed one day. He hurriedly sat up and nudged Wen Xun, who was almost asleep. "We have such a cute baby, shouldn't we tell them about it?"
Wen Xun was disturbed from his nap and hummed twice in protest. He vaguely remembered that this was indeed the case. He closed his eyes and fumbled for his phone, "Then I'll call my mother now."
Lin Huaichen was just about to say there was no need to worry, but Wen Xun had already called her mother and said in a sticky voice, "Mom, Lin Huaichen and I adopted a baby. Do you want to come and see it?"
The woman's voice on the other end of the phone was gentle and soft. "Of course. When you have time, your father and I will come to see your child."
"It's all right. I haven't been working recently."
"Then I'll come the day after tomorrow. We're still staying in Blue Moon Bay, right?"
"Uh-huh."
Wen Xun chatted with his mother for a few words, hung up the phone, closed his eyes and fell asleep again. Lin Huaichen, who was also talking to his mother, lowered his voice.
Mother Lin: "Of course I have to come and see my precious grandson. When will he come? When will Ah Xun's mother come over?"
"the day after tomorrow."
"Then I'll go over the day after tomorrow too." Mother Lin's tone was unable to conceal her excitement. "I can see Xun's beautiful mother again. This time I must take a few more photos. She is so damn beautiful, she looks so amazing."
Lin Huaichen silently lowered the volume, secretly glanced at Wen Xun, and said tiredly, "...Mom, don't scare my mother-in-law when the time comes."
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The next morning, when Yu An learned that his grandparents were coming to see him, he was obviously stunned for a moment. Grandma... This familiar name brought Yu An's memory back to that late night, and the little guy's bright eyes dimmed slightly.
"An An?" Wen Xun bent down and looked at him, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
Seeing Yu An lowering his head, Wen Xun pursed his lips and began to doubt whether he and Lin Huaichen were right to call their parents over.
An An has always been introverted. Both sets of parents are strangers to this little guy, so it is normal for him to reject strangers coming to his home.
Yu An shook her head, grabbed the corner of Wen Xun's clothes with her small hands, slowly buried her face in his arms, and explained seriously, "It's not that I'm unhappy, I just miss my grandma."
Wen Xun had read Yu An's information. The child's grandmother died at the hands of aliens. The aftermath team erased most of Yu An's memory, leaving him with the psychological suggestion that his grandmother died of natural causes.
Wen Xun stroked the back of Yu An's neck, giving him a great sense of security. "Birth, aging, sickness and death are inevitable. An An can learn to accept them slowly."
Yu An shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "No, Dad, grandma was eaten by a scary monster, Aowu. I saw it."
Wen Xun paused, his eyes slightly widened, and he looked at Yu An in disbelief, "An An... do you know how grandma died?"
Yu An nodded and sniffed, "I know. Grandma asked me to hide in the closet. I saw everything. It was all blood... Grandma was eaten..."
The child's tender voice made Wen Xun feel cold all over. He never expected that Yu An would have that memory.
His only relative had died tragically in front of him, and Yu An was still so young. How had he struggled with this painful memory all these years? Wen Xun felt heartbroken whenever he thought about it.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, we are here." Wen Xun could only comfort Yu An again and again, gently patting his thin back with his hands, "It's safe here, An An doesn't have to be afraid."
Yu An gradually relaxed and snuggled in Wen Xun's arms, feeling the warmth from his body with peace of mind. The coldness and fear of that night seemed to have been mostly dispelled.
That night, Lin Huaichen and Wen Xun stayed in Yu An's room for a while as usual, told him a bedtime story, and when Yu An was drowsy, they turned off the lights and left a warm yellow bedside lamp for him alone.
After returning to the master bedroom, Wen Xun told Lin Huaichen what happened today, "...How could An An remember all these things? Didn't the aftermath team give him the Pillow Dream?"
[Pillow Dream] is a C-level psychic ability that can change memory cognition in the human brain. It is a common method used by the aftermath team to conceal the existence of alien species.
Lin Huaichen's eyes were also filled with solemnity. "Impossible, the aftermath team would not make such a stupid mistake. Moreover, An An's information shows that in a series of questioning, he indeed treated the old man's death as a natural death, without any problems."
"But An'an clearly remembers the scene that night. He saw the alien and remembered its appearance."
"Baby, don't worry." Lin Huaichen pulled Wen Xun into his arms and comforted him, "I will take care of this matter, you don't have to worry. In fact, I suspect it might be An An's personal constitution. After all, the effect of [Pillow Dream] on different people is different, isn't it?"
Wen Xun rested his forehead on Lin Huaichen's shoulder and nodded silently.
Lin Huaichen placed a kiss on the top of his head. "An An's medical report hasn't come out yet. I'll have them do some tests on residual superpowers. We just have to wait for the results."
On the first day of his arrival, Yu An was taken to the hospital by Lin Huaichen and Wen Xun for a physical examination. At that time, they only said that he was malnourished, and more specific information was still being tested.
Wen Xun inexplicably thought of the alien that lost the treasure to Yu An. Although this alien had disappeared, according to the investigation of the professionals sent to the sea area, the level of that alien was very high. But why didn't the alien attack them at that time?
Wen Xun's self-awareness told him that the problem was most likely with Yu An. His eyes were obscure and unclear. He raised his eyes and met Lin Huaichen's gaze, "...Don't let the people at the research base know An An's physical data."
Lin Huaichen: "I understand."
As both sets of parents were about to arrive, Yu An inevitably became nervous. He stayed by Wen Xun's side all day on Wednesday, and asked worriedly from time to time, "What if grandpa and grandma don't like me..."
Wen Xun touched his little head and said, "No, they are also looking forward to your arrival."
It was the parents of both parties who suggested that they raise a child. They originally planned to adopt one from a relative, but it turned out that neither Lin Huaichen nor Wen Xun liked either of them. It took all these years to finally have Yu An, so how could the parents of both families not like him?
But Yu An was still uneasy, no matter how Lin Huaichen and Wen Xun tried to comfort him.
Until the day when the parents of both families came, Yu An watched a beautiful woman rushing through the door. Her appearance was about 50% similar to Lin Huaichen, and her aggressive eyebrows and eyes made her look noble and superior.
Yi Ruxin casually threw the expensive bag in her hand onto the sofa, her eyes moved between the two new fathers, and landed on Yu An who was hiding behind Lin Huaichen.
Her gaze was so intense that Yu An shyly stepped back, remembering what her father had taught her. Holding back her fear, she trembled and called out in a baby voice, "Grandma..."
Yi Ruxin's eyebrows softened instantly, and she let out a cheerful "Hey~". She took a long step and directly pulled the little guy out from behind Lin Huaichen. She held him in her arms skillfully and kissed Yu An's little face twice, leaving two obvious lipstick marks.
The warm touch on his cheeks came one after another, and Yu An was stunned by the kiss. He looked at Yi Ruxin blankly, with his two little paws in his arms as if he had nowhere to put them.
Yi Ruxin simply couldn't let go of his pitiful and obedient appearance.
Unable to hold back, Yi Ruxin bit his little face twice again, her tone intoxicated, "Baby smells so good, let grandma kiss you, one more kiss~"
Yu An hid his head back, a shy blush appeared on his porcelain-white face. He protected his face and resisted weakly, "Grandma... Grandma won't kiss me..."
Yi Ruxin said without hesitation, "I want a kiss! You're so cute, you deserve a kiss from grandma!"
In just a few seconds, Yu An's face had a few more lipstick marks. The little guy's expression changed from shyness and restraint at the beginning to a look of indifference and composure, as if he was used to being kissed.
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