Chapter 29
That’s right, Yuanque is quite jealous.
He had just woken up in that shabby hut and there was no one around.
So he sat there and thought carefully for ten minutes. After sorting out the situation in his mind, he patted his butt and walked out calmly to check the situation.
Although he thought the situation was strange, he was probably the only one in this space.
——But he didn't expect to be slapped in the face as soon as he walked out of the hut. Not only were there humans other than him, but there were also two guys who were suspected to be monsters.
Mr. Yuan couldn't believe it and was very angry.
He felt like he was being cheated on.
Su Xuan…Su Xuan waved his tiger claws in a disorderly manner: “Ahhh…ahhh!”
Yuan Que said coldly: "You want to say that you and Uncle Lu don't have that kind of relationship?"
Little Tiger Su Xuan nodded quickly.
Yuan Que said coldly, "That has nothing to do with it. I told you, only I can enter Uncle Lu's body."
Su Xuan: “…………”
Zong Ning, who was flying aside and watching the show, said: "......"
No, Dad (Lu Tao), what the hell are you talking about in a relationship?!
Su Xuan was about to faint, but he couldn't speak properly in his beast form - he and Zong Ning never thought that Yuan Que would see through their disguise at a glance!
It was normal for Yuan Que to guess that his father was not an "ordinary human", but to be able to say the word "monster" so quickly, and to see at a glance that Su Xuan and Zong Ning were also monsters, there was only one possibility -
Yuan Que knew that there were monsters in this world.
In fact, he might have known his father's identity from the beginning.
Su Xuan didn't care about all that anymore and simply changed his head from a tiger's head to a human's head.
Yuan Que was slightly stunned when he saw the little tiger in his hand suddenly transform into a face he was quite familiar with - the face of his dear Uncle Lu's godson.
After he was stunned, he threw Su Xuan away lightly with a bit of disgust - Su Xuan turned over in the air and landed steadily on the ground.
Su Xuan was furious: "You showed a disgusted expression just now, didn't you! If it weren't for the fact that you are my dad's boyfriend, I would bite you! Can you have some self-awareness as a stepmother?!"
The word "young mother" unexpectedly pleased Yuan Que. He raised his eyebrows and said happily, "Godson?"
Su Xuan: “…………”
Damn, what the hell is this dating thing with Dad?!
At this moment, even though Yuan Que reacted well to his father's identity as a monster, Su Xuan was gnashing his teeth and trying to find an excuse to knock him out!
Zong Ning had seen enough of the show, so he flew back to Su Xuan's head and transformed into a handsome human head - there was no other way, he really couldn't talk without transforming into a human head, so even if this form was very strange, there was nothing he could do, as their clothes were still on the path outside.
Zong Ning stared at Yuan Que, his eyes filled with inquiry as he asked, "Do you know our identities... including Lu Tao's?"
The original bird was eaten.
He said calmly, "I know."
Finally heard his answer.
Su Xuan restrained his expression and calmed down.
"You knew it but kept it a secret," Zong Ning narrowed his eyes, "What is your purpose?"
It’s a good thing that Yuan Que didn’t get scared crazy because his father was a monster.
But if Yuan Que knew his father's identity from the beginning, but pretended not to know and approached his father, that would be another matter.
Don’t think that most humans in this world are afraid of monsters.
But there are also many humans who try all kinds of ways to find monsters and get close to them.
The reason is simply that monsters possess powers that humans cannot possess.
The flesh of many monsters even has special effects, allowing ordinary humans to gain the abilities they have always dreamed of.
——Therefore, there is a group of humans in this world who want to devour monsters and regard "Shan Hai Jing" as a recipe. They call themselves "gourmets."
——This is a very ugly, twisted and insane group.
And could the original sparrow be a "gourmet"?
If so—
Su Xuan and Zong Ning stood one meter away from Yuan Que.
Yuan Que naturally felt the moment the atmosphere suddenly took a turn for the worse.
He narrowed his eyes.
The two monsters in front of him stared at him straight. They were still complaining to him and arguing with him in the previous second, but at this moment they both exuded a strange and cold aura.
Those two pairs of eyes were like blades, trying to cut him open.
If he told a lie, these two monsters would see through it immediately.
And the price of lying is death in this place.
At this moment, Yuan Que had a very clear understanding, and he had no doubt that these two monsters had such abilities.
However--
He crossed his arms over his chest and raised his eyebrows: "I have no ill will towards Uncle Lu, only love."
silence.
Yuan Que: "I love you so much that I want to throw you all out and leave me alone in Uncle Lu's body."
Su Xuan and Zong Ning: “…………”
It broke in a second.
Su Xuan: "Damn, can you please stop talking about this? Why are you talking so weirdly?! This is just Daddy's space capsule, okay?! And I have someone I like, okay?!"
Zong Ning: "Who will take you out if we all leave? Do you want to stay in Lu Tao's body forever?"
Yuan Que: "That's not a bad idea, is it?"
Damn, Dad (Lu Tao), what the hell are you talking about in a relationship?!
Su Xuan was about to vomit blood. He really didn't expect Yuan Que to have such a personality. He was almost going crazy: "Then why did you hide this matter from Dad? You'd better explain it to me clearly, otherwise I won't let you out. Dad is mentally broken right now because he accidentally swallowed you. He can't stand the stimulation!"
Speaking of Lu Tao, Yuan Que finally became serious.
He lowered his arms, thought for a moment, and seemed to have decided to explain the matter clearly, but he looked back at the man and woman who were still picking grass with something difficult to say.
The man and woman were still picking vegetables. Although they were dressed like ancient people, they were swearing in modern Chinese.
Man: "Damn, why are these vegetables everywhere? I can't pick them all."
Woman: "Stop talking nonsense, just pick it for me, that's it!"
Man: "You're picking so much to feed the pigs? We don't have any pigs at home, only a monster—poof!"
The woman picked up some wild vegetables and threw them at the man, cursing, "You talk too much nonsense! If you don't stop, I'll feed you to the pigs!"
Su Xuan: “…”
No, Dad, why do you need to do this?
It is understandable that we have forgotten how ancient people spoke because time has passed, but since our imagination is limited, why create such a scene, and why bother with these two ancient people!
Is it okay for the two ancient people to have a modern-style couple quarrel now?
The corners of Su Xuan's mouth twitched, and he took a breath and said to Yuan Que, "...Don't look at them. These two were just made by Dad to make you less bored. They are not real people."
Yuan Que was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on. Then all his disgusted gazes were focused on Su Xuan and Zong Ning.
So apart from him, the only two enemies that entered Uncle Lu's body were these two—
Su Xuan and Zong Ning: "That's enough for me!!"
…
A few minutes later, a naked man and two monsters with human heads and animal bodies sat down beside the wild vegetable field.
If someone really broke into this space and saw this scene, they would be so frightened that they would run away.
Yuan Que took a branch in his hand and drew on the ground. If he was not wearing only a pair of underwear and sitting on the ground with his knees bent, he would have looked like a president holding a meeting.
He got straight to the point and said with a serious face, "Actually, when I first noticed Uncle Lu, I didn't have such thoughts. It was only when I saw Uncle Lu at the second cocktail party that I couldn't help myself because he was so sexy."
As he spoke, he seemed to remember something and licked his lips with a twinkle in his eyes.
Su Xuan's face was expressionless: "Just tell me what you want to say, don't be so naughty."
"..." Yuan Que lowered his eyes and whispered, "Because Uncle Lu was so sexy, I couldn't help but eat him that time. And because I thought Uncle Lu was so cute and delicious while eating him, I couldn't help but fall in love with Uncle Lu..."
Zong Ning turned around and asked Su Xuan, "Why don't we just knock him out?"
Su Xuan's face was expressionless: "I think it's okay."
Yuan Que: "Please listen to me until I finish speaking."
After a pause, he looked away and sighed softly, "Because I've fallen in love with you, some questions have become more difficult to ask. I'm afraid Uncle Lu will overthink things and leave me."
Su Xuan and Zong Ning looked at him.
Yuan Que adjusted his sitting position and looked at the two people picking vegetables not far away, but his gaze seemed to be fixed on nothingness. "You are familiar with our family's situation, right? A Shi Group was founded by my father when he was young. When I was born, A Shi was already a giant in the industry, but in fact, our ancestors have always managed very large assets. The Yuan family has deep roots and is considered one of the most wealthy families in the country."
He turned around, looked at Zong Ning and Su Xuan, and asked, "Can you imagine what a child born into a family like this would encounter?"
Su Xuan and Zong Ning were slightly stunned.
Yuan Que twitched his lips again, somewhat self-deprecatingly saying, "It's not that new, actually. It's just some old-fashioned plots."
Everyone thought that Yuan Que had had a smooth life since childhood, protected by his parents, and probably never encountered any difficulties.
However, until the age of 27, Yuan Que often experienced the nightmare he had when he was 7 years old.
It's really not something unusual, it's just kidnapping.
It was scorching hot, and the temperature didn't drop at all even at night.
There was only one hole on the top of the dark wooden box to allow air to flow in and prevent him from suffocating to death.
At a height of less than one meter, he had to bend his legs and slightly bend his back.
The back of his neck was pressed against the corner of the wooden box, his feet and hands were tied, his hands were even tied behind his back, and a piece of tape was taped over his mouth.
The body is unable to move, the twisted and tightened posture, and the temperature seems to be constantly rising, all of which destroy one's will.
Yuan Que tried desperately to breathe through his nose and kept his eyes open, but there was still a buzzing sound in his ears. He felt as if his body and heart were about to explode.
It feels so uncomfortable.
I can't move, my posture is too twisted, my knees and neck are sore.
Sweat continued to flow down, wetting his hair, soaking his clothes, and sticking to his body, making him uncomfortable.
The air seemed to be getting thinner and hotter, and it was hard to breathe.
The seven-year-old Yuan Que felt that his consciousness had begun to become hazy.
But he still pricked up his ears, quietly listening to the movement outside, listening to the two robbers discussing in a grim tone how to use him to threaten his parents to give him money, while desperately telling himself to hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer.
Whether the robbers will kill him or not is another matter, but his parents will definitely find a way to rescue him.
Hold on a little longer, original sparrow.
Yuan Que didn't know where the robbers took him.
Because he was in that wooden box the whole time.
He could only guess that it must be a very remote and desolate place.
Because he heard the dense and loud rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other when the wind blew.
He also heard bursts of insect chirping nearby.
It was as if there was a wilderness, or a grassland, or a forest next to them.
The robbers took him out of the car and placed him on the ground, then sat down next to him and started drinking, laughing and talking.
They discussed whether asking his parents for only 100 million RMB was too little. It was said that some robbers who kidnapped the children of the richest people in the past would ask for hundreds of millions...
One of the kidnappers got greedy and asked, "What should we do? They're going to lose money!"
The other kidnapper took a sip of wine, let out a sigh of relief, and said, "The child is in their hands, and it's up to them to decide what to do with the child's parents."
When the time comes, I will cut off one of the child's fingers and send it to them. If they don't pay more, I will cut off another one until they are willing to give it to me.
His companion asked hesitantly, "What if they really don't give it to me?" Some wealthy men don't necessarily care much about their own children. If they lose one, they can always have another. If their wife can't have children, they can always keep a mistress outside.
Yuan Que listened and sneered.
What a bullshit mistress! His father doesn’t have such a thing. He is a piece of shit himself and thinks everyone else is shit.
The other kidnapper was silent for a moment. After a moment, he slowly said, "There's nothing we can do. There are ten fingers in total. Just chop them off. If that doesn't work, add the eyes, nose, and legs."
At that moment, Yuan Que knew that these two kidnappers, no, at least this more ruthless kidnapper, would definitely tear him apart.
He closed his eyes and tried hard to regulate his breathing.
It’s okay, it’s okay, Mom and Dad must have asked the police for help, they will definitely find a way.
The only thing he could do was to wait calmly instead of suffocating to shock in this small, dark wooden box.
The waiting time is infinitely extended.
That would undoubtedly be very difficult to endure. People with weak willpower might faint four or five times in one night.
No matter what the seven-year-old Yuan Que heard the two people outside talking about, he just closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and thought about happy things.
He still has more than 100,000 yuan left from the New Year's money he received. When he gets out, he plans to take all his classmates with him and charter a cruise ship to have a good time.
The training class just finished a test yesterday. The students in this training class are all excellent but annoying. But he will definitely get the first place in the class this time. When the time comes, he will frame the test paper on the blackboard.
His cousin kept pestering him to tell stories about monsters saving people. Yuan Que was annoyed, but he couldn't escape and was always very upset.
When he returns this time, he must tell his cousin: Look at my chopped-off fingers. If there really were monsters in this world that could save people, would I still have lost these fingers?
By then, his cousin would be scared to tears and would never dare to bother him again.
…
Just thinking about it makes Yuanque happy.
As they laughed, the wooden box was lifted up.
No—it was being dragged, dragged quickly!
The original bird opened its eyes with a "swish".
The ground was rough, and the wooden box kept vibrating and making rough noises while being dragged. The two robbers cursed while dragging the wooden box.
"You think they called the police?"
"I must have called the police. The tone they used on the phone just now was very wrong. I think they're stalling for time!"
"Brother, maybe you are too nervous? We haven't slept for a whole day and night, you——"
"Fuck, I'm going to go to jail when I wake up?!"
It was already the evening of the next day.
Like him, the two robbers had not slept the entire day from last night to today.
They seemed to be drinking happily last night, but after a day and a night, their spirits were still pushed to the limit and they began to go crazy.
Yuan Que thought indifferently, "Your mental quality is not good enough, could you please not do this kind of business?"
He couldn't even survive forty-eight hours. Wasn't he too unlucky to be killed?
When the idea came to fruition, he and the box fell to the ground with a "bang", and the box was pried open from the top.
He raised his head and saw two men who were panting, with hideous faces and looked like evil spirits.
One of the men's chest kept heaving, and he stared at Yuan Que with bloodshot eyes.
Yuan Que narrowed his eyes slightly.
The man paused, as if provoked. He lifted him up and yelled, "You're still calm? What? Did you already guess that your parents would call the police to rescue you?!"
Yuan Que was being strangled by the neck, and thought indifferently, what else can I do? Do you think everyone is a fool like you?
The kidnapper looked at him with calm eyes, as if he was being mocked, and violence flashed in his eyes - he raised his hand high and swung it down heavily!
With a "bang", Yuan Que was slapped and flew to the ground. His right shoulder hit the ground heavily and he rolled twice before stopping!
At this moment, his head was dizzy and the tinnitus made him unable to hear anything for a moment. He only felt a burning pain on his face and the right half of his body was numb with pain.
Yuan Que gasped and thought sarcastically, maybe he should pretend to be scared?
But it was too late.
Ignoring the obstruction of his other companion, the kidnapper picked up a hatchet with a crazy look in his eyes and walked towards him step by step.
"Brother, don't! Don't! If you kill someone, it will be the end of you!" His companions were a little panicked. He was obviously more timid.
"You've already kidnapped someone, and you're still afraid of killing him?" The kidnapper seemed to have heard a joke. He broke away from his companions and walked up to Yuan Que, panting heavily.
It was a night just like last night, with a bright moon and sparse stars.
Yuan Que’s guess last night was indeed correct. They were at the edge of the forest - at the foot of a mountain.
The simple wooden house seemed to have been uninhabited for years. There was a lamp inside the house, probably brought by the kidnappers, maintaining a faint light.
There are spider webs all over the eaves and windowsills.
The wooden house is backed by a high mountain, which is pitch black in the night, like a huge monster lurking quietly in the darkness, silently watching the bloody drama in front of it.
The kidnapper raised the rusty hatchet high up, and the blade reflected the silvery moonlight for a moment, shining into Yuan Que's pupils.
At this very inappropriate moment, Yuan Que thought of his annoying cousin again.
One of my cousin’s favorite stories is about a rich kid being kidnapped and a passing monster trying to help him.
This story was made up by my aunt because my cousin is very young but often suffers from paranoia. He always feels that if he stays in the Yuan family, he, a weak little kid, will be kidnapped by bad people and used to threaten his parents and grandparents to pay money.
Every time this happened, his aunt would coax him: "Don't be afraid, if bad guys kidnap you, mom and dad will definitely come to rescue you first."
My cousin would cry and complain, "Mom and Dad, you came too late. I will be killed! Aren't there any monsters? Like Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie——"
My aunt was happy: "Okay, okay, yes, there are monsters. If you are kidnapped one day, Mom and Dad will come to rescue you, and the monsters will definitely come to rescue you too. The monsters will drive away all the bad guys and take you home -"
At that moment, Yuan Que looked at the kidnapper's devil-like face and the dark night sky, thinking -
Bullshit monsters, bullshit chivalry.
He is about to be chopped to death, what about the monster?
When he died and turned into a ghost, he would float to his cousin and warn him not to let his little head dwell on such fantastical things. If something unexpected happened one day, his mentality would collapse...
Yuan Que suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Behind the kidnapper, his companion saw something, opened his mouth wide, his eyes were bloodshot, staggered back a step and fell to the ground, trembling all over, so terrified that he couldn't even make a sound.
The kidnapper, holding up the hatchet, was still clueless. He just smiled viciously and said, "Don't blame me, kid. Blame your parents. They're the ones who won't cooperate. They don't want you anymore!"
After saying this, he swung his hatchet fiercely towards Yuanque.
The next second, with a "bang", he was thrown against the wall of the wooden house like a piece of rag, along with the knife!
The wooden house could not withstand the impact and collapsed with a loud bang. All the wood and bricks fell on the kidnapper, and dust flew everywhere!
In just one second, the kidnapper was buried under the ruins of the wooden house without being able to make a single sound!
The one who did this was a man under the moonlight.
No, or rather, it’s a... monster?
Yuanque blinked.
The man was tall and handsome, looked to be in his thirties, an uncle with a pair of curved and thick horns on his head.
He maintained the posture of throwing the kidnapper out, gasping for breath as if he was also frightened. When he came to his senses, he said in panic: "Ah, sorry, I didn't mean to. I didn't know that the wooden house would collapse so easily..."
The kidnapper's companion came to his senses at this moment, his face turned pale, and he screamed "Monster" and turned to run away.
The sharp sound frightened the monster uncle again. He swung his hand, and an invisible object directly knocked his companion away. He fell heavily to the ground and knocked him unconscious!
Uncle Monster was startled again, wanting to cry but unable to. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you so hard... Hey, what's wrong with me today? I can't control my strength, and my horns are showing. Is it really because I haven't slept for a few days and am too tired from traveling?"
As he muttered, he touched the sheep horns on his head, and the horns shrank back with a "whoosh", back into... his hair.
Yuan Que tilted his head, opened his eyes wide, and watched all this.
After the monster uncle finished muttering, he met his gaze.
There was an awkward expression on his face.
After all, it was seen by a child.
But the child is innocent, we can't knock him out too.
So the monster uncle bent down with a guilty look on his face, carefully checked the condition of Yuanque, and used some unknown method to break the ropes tied to Yuanque's feet and hands.
He carefully picked up Yuan Que and gently tore off the tape on his mouth.
The movements are very gentle.
Uncle Monster whispered, "Kidnapping?"
Yuan Que stared at him and nodded.
The uncle monster looked at his face again, frowned, and reached out to gently cover his right cheek.
After a while, the pain on Yuanque's right cheek was gone.
His heart started beating "thump, thump".
He didn't know if he was dreaming.
Does the brain produce this kind of hallucination before death?
Yuan Que's way of confirming whether everything in front of him was real was very simple. He stretched out his little hand and put it on the monster uncle's face.
It's warm and seems real.
Yuan Que was stunned. When he came to his senses, he said pitifully, "Uncle, my whole right side hurts."
The soft words instantly made the monster uncle show a distressed expression.
The uncle monster said gently, "Let me see," and checked his body again. Then he gently pressed on his right shoulder and his left shoulder once. Soon, Yuan Que no longer felt any pain all over his body.
The pain that Yuan Que had endured for dozens of hours with great willpower, the stinging pain from the kidnapper's slap, and the exhaustion, nausea, and collapse caused by lack of water, food, and tension, all disappeared.
Uncle Monster touched his head. That large, dry and warm palm was the warmest thing Yuan Que had ever felt throughout the day and night.
The uncle clumsily coaxed her, "It doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't hurt anymore. The pain has gone away. Don't be afraid, I'll take you down the mountain and send you to the police officer."
Yuan Que was a little dazed and a little unbelievable.
The moon and stars are sparse.
The mountains lurking silently in the night like a giant monster are terrifying.
That dirty wooden house, which had been uninhabited for years, was terrible.
The rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other is scary, and the chirping of insects is scary.
People are scary too.
——Yuan Que knew from a very young age that humans are very complex and scary creatures, and greed will turn them into monsters. Therefore, Yuan Que always maintains a very strong sense of vigilance towards strangers.
However, this uncle in front of me, who really looks like a monster, is so gentle and cautious.
Yuan Que couldn't help but stare at the monster uncle's face, trying to find some clues.
He even wondered if this uncle monster was actually a bad guy, just pretending to be a harmless good guy, waiting to be taken to a more remote place, and then reveal his true face.
Facing his gaze, the monster uncle just smiled, a silly smile, just like the Samoyed in his family that always had a grin on its face.
Beautiful, simple, and silly.
Yuan Que: "..."
He stopped looking and just put his arms around the monster uncle's neck and rested his head on his uncle's shoulder.
Uncle Monster: "Take you to the police. They should be able to help you find your parents, right?"
Yuan Que: "Yeah, my parents must have called the police."
Uncle Monster: "That's good, but I don't want to make things too complicated, so when we get to the police station, I'll drop you off and you can go in by yourself, okay?"
Yuan Que: "Why? Uncle, don't you want to meet my parents? To thank you, my parents will definitely give you a big check, at least 500,000!"
Uncle Monster stumbled.
Yuan Que looked up and saw his uncle's expression was a little dazed and fascinated, but in the blink of an eye, he gritted his teeth and said with tears in his eyes: "No, uncle doesn't want to be so high-profile!"
Yuan Que tilted his head and said, "I won't tell anyone that my uncle is a monster."
The monster uncle paused.
Yuan Que stared at the monster uncle, and suddenly a subtle thought came to his mind. He said, "Uncle is an ordinary person. He just happened to pass by that wooden house and saved me. My parents are very rich. If I say a few good words for uncle, maybe my parents will give him a million dollars directly."
The words spoken by children in their innocent and childish voices even sound like the temptation of the devil.
The man holding Yuan Que hesitated for a moment before sighing and laughing, "No need. Saving you is just what I should do. As for this kind of thank-you money, I can't afford it. One million, my hands would tremble if I took it."
Yuan Que was stunned and wanted to say something, but the monster uncle seemed to have completely ended the topic. He suddenly stopped and said, "This place is too far from the city. It will take a long time to walk. If you are not afraid, I will transform into a monster and carry you out. How about it?"
Yuan Que didn't react, and nodded subconsciously and said, "Oh, okay..."
…
Yuan Que, 27, still often has the nightmare he had when he was 7 years old.
However, the end of the nightmare became extremely wonderful and romantic.
The monster had a human face and a pair of goat horns on its head.
The body is that of a beast, with a pair of copper bell-like eyes under the armpits.
Four thick beast legs and a long horse-like tail.
After the monster turned back into its original form, it looked at him cautiously and asked him if he was afraid.
Yuan Que just touched the monster's face as if fascinated, and reached out to touch the monster's horns.
The monster was stunned for a moment, then gently lowered his head and placed the sheep horn next to his hand.
Yuan Que dreamed that he was riding on the back of a monster.
They galloped through the mountains and forests at night.
The monster ran very fast on four legs, through the weeds, through the piles of rocks, through the woods -
The moonlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, falling in front of them bit by bit.
And they kept on rushing forward, accompanied by the bumps, the evening breeze, and the world that suddenly became colorful in Yuanque's wide-open eyes.
They broke out of the mountains and forests and came out into the night sky with a bright moon and sparse stars.
Yuan Que raised his head and looked at the bright full moon. At this moment, he could also clearly see the countless stars twinkling in the night sky under the moonlight.
…
Yuan Que said slowly, "That night, not long after we ran away, we encountered several police cars. My parents were also in them. After he put me down, he smiled at me and turned and disappeared into the woods. I didn't have time to ask his name."
Su Xuan and Zong Ning seemed to have not expected to hear such a story and were a little stunned.
Yuan Que leaned back, his hands resting on the ground behind him. He looked up at the sky and muttered, "I replaced the 'monster' in the incident with 'an ordinary passerby,' but of course the police and my parents couldn't just let it go. After all, the kidnapper was beaten like that, and he was still talking nonsense about monsters... So they tried to find him, but they couldn't find him. Eventually, they gave up."
"But I've always remembered that night," Yuan Que stared up at the sky. "For twenty years, I've remembered the faces of the two kidnappers, the knife, the monster, and the forest where he took me on a shortcut... But I can't find him."
"I went abroad when I was in junior high school and didn't come back until a while ago. That cocktail party over a month ago was the first time I appeared in public as my father's successor - and then I saw Uncle Lu."
Having said that, Yuan Que laughed.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, a glint in them. "He was hiding in a little corner, wearing a formal suit, his head drooping, looking listless. He was completely out of place. He seemed to want to eat at the buffet, but couldn't bear to eat because of the other people's gazes. So he could only watch and watch... It was very pitiful."
Yuan Que whispered, "And he is exactly the same as he was twenty years ago."
"There's been no change, no aging at all. He's still the same monster uncle who looks to be in his thirties."
"...So you really knew that Dad was a monster the first time you met him." Su Xuan came to this conclusion.
"Well," Yuan Que said, changing the subject and smiling, "I even know he's a Taotie because when I was seven years old, I was rescued by Uncle Lu. After returning home to recover from my injuries, I went online to look up a complete collection of domestic monsters, and Uncle Lu looked exactly like the Taotie described in the book."
Su Xuan and Zong Ning: “…………”
Well, you are really smart.
"At the second cocktail party, I finally found a chance to talk to Uncle Lu, but he didn't seem to recognize me," Yuan Que said. "But that's normal. After all, he hasn't changed, while I've actually grown twenty years older, from a child to an adult. I originally thought that after we got to know each other better, I would find a chance to bring up what happened back then, but I didn't expect—"
Yuan Que said calmly, "Uncle Lu is so lecherous."
Su Xuan: "There's a child here who's grown crooked! Come and have a look!"
Yuan Que lowered his eyes: "I couldn't control myself. I thought I was just impulsive, and when I really did it, I had a moment of regret, but-"
But the man held him.
Maybe it was the effect of alcohol, or maybe it was the confusion/emotion/infatuation.
The man subconsciously hugged him tightly and touched his head.
At that moment, Yuan Que froze, and all the memories of the year when he was seven years old flooded into his mind again like a tide.
Twenty years later, these hands are still so warm.
In fact, although the kidnapping incident was bad and terrifying, it did not affect Yuan Que's growth trajectory.
He is still the outstanding young master of the Yuan family, and still maintains his usual vigilance and indifference towards strangers.
Only family members are the safest and warmest existence for him.
But it is still the same as it was twenty years ago.
Uncle Lu simply placed his hand on the back of his head and stroked it gently.
The original bird seemed to be hit by a warm wave and wrapped tightly in an instant.
He thought that when he tried to get close to Uncle Lu, he definitely had no ill intentions.
He doesn't have any Oedipus complex. He has never liked any girls or boys since he was a child.
But maybe I have really grown up, and when facing the same thing, I have different moods.
The seven-year-old Yuan Que has a strong curiosity, a strange sense of trust, and an inexplicable dependence on the monster uncle.
The 27-year-old Yuan Que had a sudden and subtle feeling for the monster uncle.
He likes Uncle Lu's gentleness.
I like his simplicity and honesty.
I like the look of helplessness on his face when he is worried about something.
I also like his hands and his arms.
Yuan Que is a person who is very clear about his inner thoughts.
If you don’t want it, you don’t want it. If you want it, you want it.
And that night, he was sure that he really wanted Uncle Lu.
Hearing this, Su Xuan felt relieved to some extent.
He could tell from Yuan Que's gentle expression that he was sincere towards his father, and that was good.
But he was also confused.
"If this happened only twenty years ago, what's wrong with talking about it?"
Yuan Que laughed: "Uncle Lu is very timid, right? If I tell him that I am the child from twenty years ago, what do you think he will think?"
Su Xuan and Zong Ning both tried to imagine it, and then maintained a very subtle silence.
Yuan Que closed his eyes and said helplessly, "Uncle Lu will definitely think that my feelings for him are not love, but just a result of that night twenty years ago... He might also think that I don't really love him, but am curious about the world of monsters, so I'm taking this opportunity to get close to him... He might even think that although I have grown up, I am still the same child to him twenty years ago. Being with a child would be like committing a crime."
The corner of Su Xuan's mouth twitched.
Don't say it, Dad might really think about these things.
Yuan Que opened his eyes and said slowly, "So I want him to love me to death and be inseparable from me before he even knows it."
But in the end, he couldn't help it and messed up the rhythm.
Yuan Que was called the number one devil in the Yuan family in decades by his cousin. No matter what he wanted to do or what he wanted to get, he would definitely use any means to achieve his goal without any mistakes.
He has great patience and strong self-confidence. He can keep his eyes on his goal and wait for everything to proceed step by step according to his plan.
But when facing Uncle Lu, all his self-control, calmness and confidence disappeared.
He could see Uncle Lu's hesitation and he could see Uncle Lu's hesitation.
He didn't know what Uncle Lu was worried about, and he felt anxious and impatient because of it.
So he thought, let's be honest tonight.
Perhaps on the surface, he is still the strong Yuan Que who seems to have everything under control.
But only he himself knew that when he held Uncle Lu's hand tightly, he was actually very afraid that the other party would break free.
He wanted to tell Uncle Lu everything he had hidden tonight, and he hoped that Uncle Lu would hug him and say to him gently, I like you too.
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