Chapter 186
Xingnuo caressed the little roses in the garden, smelled the fragrance of the flowers, and childhood memories came to her mind.
He stood up with a smile, walked up the stairs, and entered the castle he hadn't returned to for a long time.
Xingnuo walked through a corridor and came to the hollow living room. When he looked up, he saw his father.
Chen Wen likes to wear his classical robe in the castle. It has a red background with gold edges and a pure black lining. The hem is layered but not bulky at all, just like a luxurious and beautiful rose.
The golden hair gave him a dazzling glow, and just by sitting there, one could feel the noble temperament of Chen Wen.
Chen Wen looked at Xing Nuo. At this moment, he didn't know why, even though he was sitting in the main seat, he felt very stuffy in his chest.
Panic overwhelmed him, making Chen Wen's throat dry. He wanted to speak, but was afraid of seeing Xingnuo's disgusted expression in the next second.
Chen Wen was afraid that Xing Nuo would question whether he was a human being.
Why did they raise a monster in an ancient castle? Why did they fear it in this terrifying world? And why did they pretend to be human and raise it...
There were too many questions, and Shen Wen couldn't explain them clearly, let alone how to answer them.
In Shen Wen's imagination, there is a barrier between the horror world and the real world.
Xingnuo grows up happily and healthily. He may find that his family members are a little strange, but everything in the real world is so real and beautiful. Xingnuo will be confused, but not too scared.
But now, the real world is about to be invaded by monsters and turned into a sieve. The two worlds are about to merge gradually, and Chen Wen can no longer hide it.
There was no need for Chen Wen to tell Xingnuo. Xingnuo was so perceptive that as long as he found something wrong, he could find out the truth by carefully analyzing the details.
When Shen Wen was about to speak, Xingnuo came over first and hugged his father's neck.
Like when they were little, Xingnuo rubbed his father's shoulders and chest and said coquettishly:
"Dad, I want to eat some sweet cookies."
Shen Wen lowered his eyes and gently stroked the head of the child in his arms with a gentle expression.
"Okay, let the pastry chef make it for you, okay?"
Xingnuo responded, raised her head, and met Shen Wen's gentle eyes, which were like a galaxy that embraced the vastness of the universe, filled with love for Xingnuo.
Xingnuo smiled and felt really lucky.
"I am so lucky. My father loves me very much."
Deep down in his heart, Xingnuo desperately desires the love of his family. Although he is always optimistic and smiling like a little sun, he is actually the one who lacks love the most.
The two fathers and two brothers gave Xingnuo endless love.
Xingnuo enjoys these things. To him, it doesn’t matter whether his father and brother are monsters or not.
Love is like a flower, growing freely, brilliant and romantic.
That's enough.
Xingnuo lingered with his father for a while, gently stroking his father's soft long hair with his fingers, a slight envy still revealed in his eyes.
"Dad, when I was little I thought when I grew up I would have long, smooth hair like you."
But Xingnuo had to cut his hair short because he had to go to school. Even as a teenager, he still had soft and fluffy curly hair.
She looks childish and not as handsome as her dad.
Xingnuo continued: "I remember when I was a child, I had a very special comb. I liked to comb my hair with it, and my hair would become very smooth."
Chen Wen thought that children's memories would be forgotten little by little over time, but he didn't expect Xing Nuo to even remember that little comb.
"Yes, you used to treasure that comb, but then you started to go to school and couldn't get up in the morning, so you gradually stopped using it."
Neither of them is a noisy person and their voices are very soft, especially Xingnuo. Due to his childhood habit, he always likes to curl the tail of his voice upwards, making it sound sticky.
But he still likes to act like a spoiled child, hugging his father's waist and saying with a smile:
"No matter how old I am, I will always be my dad's child."
Chen Wen raised the corners of his lips, and looking at Xing Nuo's dependence on him, the fear and uneasiness in his heart gradually dissipated.
When Xingnuo came down from the train copy, his highly tense nerves suddenly relaxed, his eyelids half drooped, and he was somewhat reluctant to partake of this gentle moment.
He has liked to rely on his father since he was a child. The two of them would lean on each other and chat about everything without doing anything else.
Xingnuo told everyone about what happened in school during this period. No matter how complicated the matter was, it seemed full of hope and sweet like honey in his mouth.
"My eldest brother likes to make soup for me. After drinking the soup at night, I always have to run to the toilet when I am doing my homework. My second brother sleeps very soundly and many times he forgets to go home at night. My eldest brother and I have to run to the school and drag him back."
"Also, the school will have monthly exams soon. I find high school is really a headache. There are always various exams."
Shen Wen listened to Xing Nuo's soft complaints, rubbing the little guy's head, with a smile in his tone.
"But Xingnuo is still very well behaved, studies hard, and gets along well with his two brothers."
Chen Wen looked at the cookies brought by the pastry chef, nodded, sat up, and said to Xing Nuo:
"Let's eat first, and then have a good sleep after dinner."
Xingnuo smiled and nodded, turned a corner and followed his father to the dining table, where he served himself a bowl of soup.
"The cooking of Auntie Cook is still so delicious."
After Xingnuo praised someone, he would immediately praise another person:
"The little cookies made by the pastry chef are also very sweet, just to my taste."
Chen Wen smiled, looked at the water-carrying master Xing Nuo, and passed him a piece of meat:
"Eat quickly, I can't stop you from eating."
Xingnuo smiled and ate the piece of meat obediently.
He was too tired. He had spent quite a while on the train dungeon. He ran upstairs immediately after eating. After washing up, he could not even open his eyes and fell down exhausted on his old bed.
Chen Wen brought him a long nightgown, and seeing that Xingnuo was too tired, he tucked him in and patted his back.
"Go to sleep, everything will be fine when you wake up."
Xingnuo opened his eyes with difficulty, yawned, and a tear oozed from the corner of his eye.
"Dad, I don't want to forget these things when I wake up."
Chen Wen paused as he was about to touch Xingnuo's hair, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
Xingnuo spoke first:
"When I was a kid, I always felt like I was stupid because I couldn't remember certain things for no apparent reason. I would forget the friends I met in a dungeon the next time I met them."
"Later I realized it wasn't because I was stupid, it was because my father and brothers wanted to protect me and deliberately made me forget some bad things."
"But Dad, I'm grown up now. I can stand in front of you and protect you."
As Chen Wen listened to Xingnuo's words, he felt as if a warm spring flowed through his chest. His limbs softened and he couldn't help but want to hug Xingnuo.
Chen Wen thought so, and so he did, hugging Xingnuo gently, rubbing his head, his eyes full of emotion.
"Xingnuo has really grown up."
Xingnuo likes people saying that he has grown up, because this makes him feel fulfilled as if he is the one who supports the whole family.
Xingnuo smiled with his eyebrows curved and patted his father's shoulder.
Chen Wen looked at Xing Nuo's dark and bright eyes and asked:
"When did Xingnuo know that his father and brother were not human beings?"
All the words that Chen Wen had hidden in his heart, the panic and uneasiness, were asked out at this moment.
He was also really curious about how Xingnuo discovered it.
Xingnuo leaned against the pillow, smiled slyly, and his eyes were curved and sparkling.
"Dad, you can guess."
Shen Wen thought for a moment, frowned and said, “Were you on the train just now?”
Xingnuo shook his head: "No, it will be earlier."
Chen Wen: "When you were twelve, you pointed at a painting and asked if it was a monster. Was that the time?"
Xingnuo: "Not really, it should be a little earlier."
Chen Wen: "That was when you were ten years old, and you did poorly on your first test, and you doubted whether you were his biological child."
Xingnuo smiled and said, "That's not true. At that time, I thought my dad was very smart, and I did poorly on the test, so I was a little discouraged."
Chen Wen: "Nine years old? Wen Xingxue insisted on taking you to the amusement park. He wanted to experience parent-child time. Did you feel that your father was not an ordinary person at that time?"
Xingnuo laughed loudly, with a layer of bright starlight floating in his eyes:
"Not really. It was when I was in primary school that I couldn't even get on an electric bike."
At that time, Xingnuo was very short and small, and his body was weak, with all the fat on his cheeks. He thought that everything in the outside world was as beautiful as a fairy tale.
Shen Wen didn't expect it to be so early. He was stunned for a long time, silent and didn't know what to say.
"At that time, you knew that dad and brother were not human beings?"
Xingnuo nodded, he hugged his father's arm and said slowly:
"During that time, I always entered the dungeon for unknown reasons, and would forget about them when I came out. My father and brother were extremely powerful monsters in the dungeon, which made me wonder why I was not one of them."
"I still feel a little bit self-loathing, thinking that I am the only one in the family who is not like that. Why?"
"I wanted my whole family to be together and I also wanted to be powerful. My second brother just gave me a small crown at that time."
"My second brother said it was a birthday present for me. I held the crown and made a wish."
“I hope that all the things I don’t remember will fall into my dreams at night along with the stars.”
The little crown had been well kept in the small treasure chest that Xingnuo had made himself, but the energy crystal polished from it was becoming weaker and weaker.
Xingnuo had many dreams in the end. He was very young at that time, and he would write down the things he couldn't remember in his diary.
When he grew up, Xingnuo realized that it was not just his dream, but also a part of his lost memory.
Chen Wen just rubbed Xingnuo's head and remained silent for a long time.
"Is Xingnuo scared?"
Now that Xingnuo has grown up, he can tell that monsters are not good things. In the human world, everyone is afraid of them and is terrified of them.
"Will you blame Dad for being a monster? He is different from you and humans."
Xingnuo shook his head, the sleepiness in his eyes remained, but there was a little more determination.
"Of course not. When I was a kid, I wanted to become a monster like my dad, but later I realized there was no way, so I had to give up."
"Dad is good, brother is good too, the bad ones are the other monsters!"
Xingnuo thought of the copy in the real world and turned to comfort him:
"Don't worry, Dad. I will become very strong. Even if I am a human, I will try my best to catch up with you."
The one who was more panicked was actually Xingnuo. He really lacked love, and for a while he was always immersed in self-loathing because he was different from his father.
Later, when he became much more sensible, he found that even though they were different, his father and brother still loved him as much.
Crossing the space barrier and leaving the world they have lived in for a long time, they all want to accompany Xingnuo to the reality and let him grow up healthily.
Xingnuo felt that his love was too weak, like a small candle flame, far less warm than that of his father and brother.
Xingnuo hugged his father and couldn't help but say:
"I'm so lucky!"
I actually have such a good family!
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