Chapter 168

Yan Ya was sure that the girl in front of her was her long-lost daughter.

According to her age, she should be ten years old this year, but she looked only five years old.

No matter what the reason was, this abnormal growth rate, one can imagine the suffering her daughter had suffered in these years.

She didn't know when the nursery began to change, but the director of the nursery in the capital star could not lie to her, so the environment here was indeed very bad before.

How many years has her poor daughter lived here? She would feel distressed if she saw her adopted daughter living in such an environment, let alone the apple of her eye that she cherished like a treasure!

Yan Ya covered her chest, feeling suffocated by the strong sense of self-blame and regret. She opened her mouth, but after trying several times, she couldn't say a complete sentence because of the sobs.

Seeing her in such pain, Xiao Lihua was a little puzzled, but she still took out a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped her eyes.

"Don't cry."

The tender little voice had the power to heal people's hearts, but when Yan Ya heard it, it made her feel warm and she couldn't help crying even harder.

Xiao Lihua was a little distressed.

She didn't understand why this aunt kept crying, and she even wanted to cry with her.

At this time, Xuewei next to her squatted down, patted Yan Ya on the back, and took over the words just now. She said: "Xiao Lihua, mom and dad are your family too."

"But... I don't have a dad and a mom." Xiao Lihua tilted her head and looked at her, "I only have a brother, and my brother is my family."

"Tiantian, I am your mother!" Yan Ya held Xiao Lihua's shoulders, "You can feel the blood connection between us, right?"

"I am a red-tailed lion, and so are you. My blood flows in your body, you can feel it, right?"

Maybe she was too excited and couldn't control the strength for a while.

Xiao Lihua broke away her hand, took a step back, frowned and said, "You hurt me! And..."

"I'm not Tiantian, I'm Xiao Lihua."

She looked at Yan Ya, then at Xuewei beside her, and finally ran directly to Su Ci, hugged his legs and hid behind him, then poked her head out and looked in Yan Ya's direction.

Su Ci was looking at the situation in the river, and when he saw Xiao Lihua running over and hugging him, he turned his head and looked in the direction of her line of sight.

Yan Ya stood there, looking at this side at a loss.

Su Ci ignored her, looked down at Xiao Lihua, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"She's so weird." Xiao Lihua said this, but her eyes still couldn't help looking in Yan Ya's direction.

The connection in the blood, Xiao Lihua can actually feel it. When she saw the lady, she felt very close to her, so she hugged her and cried at first, and she didn't push her away.

But when she saw Su Su, she also felt very close to her.

And when she heard what the lady said, she felt uneasy intuitively. She didn't forget that this lady came to take away Sister Weiwei.

If they were family, would she also be taken away?

She didn't want to leave!

For Xiao Lihua, who grew up in the nursery since she was a baby, the nursery was her home, her world, and now this world has become a little bigger, expanding to the river bank.

Now when she comes to the river bank, she is no longer as panicked as before, and she can play here freely.

But that's because she knows that she can go back to the brooding house at a certain time, go back with her friends, eat and play together, go back to her most familiar "home", and fall asleep with her brother.

She has never thought about leaving here.

Little Lihua looked at the iron-eating beast family in the distance, and couldn't help thinking in her heart that if she had a father and a mother, she would have to leave the brooding house, so she didn't want a father and a mother.

She only needs her brother, Langze and the others, and Su Su!

Of course, it would be best if Sister Xuewei could stay, but if not... then she would have to accept it.

"Don't you want to see her?" Su Ci asked.

Xiao Lihua raised her head and looked at Su Ci, thought for a moment and said, "Not for now."

She didn't dislike that lady to the point of not wanting to see her, but now... she really didn't want to face her, she had to go back and discuss it with her brother.

"Well, then I understand."

Su Ci turned his head to look at A Yan, and A Yan understood what he meant with just one look.

The young man smiled and nodded, then walked towards Yan Ya and Xue Wei and talked to them softly.

"Zhou the feeder..." Yan Ya hurriedly called out when she saw him coming.

Hearing this name for the first time, A Yan paused and said, "You can call me A Yan."

The young man was just smiling, his mouth was not opening or closing, but he made a sound. Yan Ya was startled, and looked at the communicator in the young man's hand with a flashing light. She suddenly realized and felt a little more sympathy in her heart.

She changed her words and said, "A Yan, Tiantian..."

"Madam, I understand your feelings."

A Yan's voice was clear and peaceful, as if it could calm people down quickly. He looked at Yan Ya and said softly, "But Xiao Lihua is just a child, she needs some time."

Yan Ya still had a handkerchief in her hand, which Xiao Lihua had just taken out to wipe her tears. The handkerchief was wet and a little cool.

Her enthusiastic mood gradually cooled down.

She said with some guilt: "You are right, I am too anxious, Tiantian..."

A Yan interrupted her, "Xiao Lihua already has a new name and her own life."

Yan Ya was slightly stunned. She raised her head and looked at the young man's platinum eyes, then looked at her little daughter hiding behind Su the breeder, and finally figured out something.

Tiantian has become Xiao Lihua.

If she wants her daughter to accept her faster, she should not let her Tiantian come back, but she should become Xiao Lihua's mother.

"I know, thank you, A Yan."

Yan Ya calmed down completely, and the expression on her face gradually became peaceful. She should be happy to find her daughter back. She should not cry all the time and scare her daughter away.

She wanted to be a mother with a stable mood, and she wanted her babies to accept her again.

After comforting Yan Ya, A Yan walked back and reached out to Xiao Lihua.

Xiao Lihua did not resist. She grabbed one of his fingers with her little hand and snuggled up to him and Su Ci. She couldn't help but look in the direction of Yan Ya.

"She doesn't seem to be crying anymore," she said.

"Yeah." A Yan looked at Su Ci, smiling, as if asking for credit.

Su Ci paused, nodded to show his praise, then reached out and rubbed Xiao Lihua's head, and asked, "Do you want to go see the grass?"

Xiao Lihua nodded without thinking, "Okay!"

After nodding, she asked, "What is the grass?"

Su Ci did not answer, but took her and A Yan and flashed to the top of the waterfall.

When they arrived here, a figure was faster than them. He had arrived here without knowing when. He was squatting on a big rock by the river bank, looking into the distance.

"Liuliu!" Xiao Lihua found him and shouted happily.

Hearing the sound, Lu Li turned around and jumped down from the rock.

When the other cubs were attracted by the family of iron-eating beasts, Lu Li did not join in the fun. After listening to some gossip, he ran to the waterfall by himself.

Maybe because he had been a monkey for too long, after he turned back into a human, he didn't like to talk much. He usually had a low presence in the nursery, but Lu Li was also happy.

"What are you looking at?" Xiao Lihua asked.

She was too short, and the splash of water from the waterfall was so big that she couldn't see what was in front of the waterfall.

The young boy smiled slightly, and his light golden hair shone with a little light under the reflection of the water.

"Looking at the hope of a better world." He said so.

Xiao Lihua looked at him. Although she didn't understand, she felt that he seemed very powerful.

"Oh!" She nodded very flatteringly.

Lu Li smiled and said, "Come and see it too."

"I can't climb up." Xiao Lihua looked at Su Ci.

Su Ci lowered his eyes and glanced at her, and Xiao Lihua felt that the scenery around her changed. When she looked closely, she couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow~".

Below the waterfall, there was an endless plain.

The land that was originally shrouded in red mist has shed its ferocious appearance and put on a new green coat, and its appearance has become clear and visible.

Lu Li, who is standing next to him, also has sparkling eyes.

Except for Su Su and Brother A Yan, no one knows the original appearance of this plain better than him. Every time he follows Su Su to the river bank, he will run here to see.

About half a month ago, after that big event, when he came here again, he found obvious changes in the wilderness.

In addition to the river winding into the distance, there is also a little bit of new green that continues to expand around. Almost every time he comes here, he can see some surprising changes.

Su Su told him that the change was brought about by the small wild grass they found in the riverbed that day.

At that time, the little wild grass was dying and would wither and die at any time, but he remembered that Su Su had told him that the little wild grass would become the hope to change the world.

Sure enough, the little wild grass really did it!

It grew from such a small plant to such a large plain! And it was still spreading far away.

Of course, this plain was not always green. After spreading to the entire plain and the concentration of the red mist decreased significantly, the little wild grass became sick.

Some plants withered and died, and large areas of dark brown land appeared on the green plain. When Lu Li first discovered it, he was very anxious.

But Su Su told him not to worry.

Lu Li waited for a few days in doubt, and then he found that new green shoots had emerged on the exposed yellow land, and they grew rapidly under the nourishment of spiritual energy.

For the first time, he intuitively felt what "wildfires can never end, and spring breezes will bring new life" meant. He

also had a deeper understanding of the meaning of his name.

Su Su told him that after the small wild grass mutated, it acquired the characteristic of absorbing red mist and releasing spiritual energy that can promote the growth of other plants.

When the concentration of red mist decreases or disappears, these spiritual grasses will wither and die, but before they die, they leave behind grass seeds.

These grass seeds do not inherit all the characteristics of spiritual grasses. They are just ordinary wild grasses, so they can grow normally in an environment with sufficient water and nutrients.

And under the stimulation of spiritual energy, they can grow very fast.

Now, the grasses growing luxuriantly on this grassland are basically ordinary weeds like this.

Although they are ordinary, they are very important components of the life system.

Under the nourishment of weeds, the insect eggs that have been dormant for countless thousands of years in the deep soil have also begun to wake up, and after hatching, they drill out of the soil.

Those smaller mutant insects that cannot compete for the Star Chain Fruit have slowly moved to this grassland and feed on weeds and small insects.

The succession of life is accelerating, and it will take time to witness what it will look like in the end.

Maybe in the near future, small animals may migrate here?

Little Lihua didn't know all this.

After marveling at the vastness of the grassland, she couldn't help but say, "There are no flowers!"

"Su Su, can we plant flowers on the grassland?" She looked at Su Ci.

"Of course."

Su Ci nodded. Under the purification of the spiritual grass, the land has completely recovered its vitality. In addition to herbaceous plants, some perennial trees can also be transplanted.

Bamboo is good, and some fruit trees can also be planted.

The two spiritual pears grow too slowly, and I don't know when I can eat pears. Maybe he should plant some ordinary pear trees.

"In the future, we can build a small house on the grassland." A Yan also said, "When the weather is good, we can have a picnic on the grass and release paper irises..."

With his efforts, the rules around the 24th Base have been sorted out.

In the past half month, extreme weather has not occurred again. In addition to the bright sunshine, there are gentle breezes and drizzles, which are very suitable for the growth and settlement of life.

Moreover, his and Su Ci's strength has also recovered a little.

Although it is still a small part of the entire planet, with the accumulation of time, there will always be a day when everything gets completely better.

Su Ci listened to A Yan's description and couldn't help but recall some scenes in the past. He slightly curled the corners of his mouth and showed a smile.

But soon he said, "Let's work first."

The effect of the spiritual herbs is so obvious that they must be transplanted to other places. The mountain range where the magic flower is located is a good choice.

When Su Ci and A Yan took the two children to transplant the spiritual herbs, the red flame tiger that was holding Rong Heng finally returned to the nursery with Li Sinian.