Alpha was wearing a thin windbreaker, with his long black hair casually tied behind his back. He glanced at Mr. Zhong with his silver-gray eyes, raised his head to take a sip of wine, and fell on the grass. "Long time no see, Professor Zhong."
His casual greeting easily made the old man's eyes redden. He panted violently for a few seconds before he managed to calm down and uttered two words with difficulty, "Xu Lin..."
Shi Xulin was the third lord of the Apsu Tower and the one with the shortest tenure.
He reigned for only thirteen years, and he didn't even have time to attend an imperial council. Almost no one remembered that there had ever been such a tower master in Apsu.
Shi Xulin chuckled and threw away the empty bottle. "It's rare that you still remember me."
Elder Zhong stumbled over and grabbed Shi Xulin's hand. A flicker of life appeared in his once desolate and lifeless eyes. "What about Ah Xi... and Xian Yun? Xian Yun is your biological child. Why didn't you bring her back?"
Shi Xulin remained silent. He raised his eyes and met Elder Zhong's gaze. He withdrew his hand, his eyes calm and collected. "Those who wanted to come back would have come back long ago. Those who didn't want to come back would have stayed away from here."
"Besides, that little girl hates me so much. If she really comes back, she might want to kill me again."
When Shi Xulin mentioned Shi Xianyun, his eyes were filled with fondness that even he didn't notice. However, facing Elder Zhong, his attitude became much colder. "Let's go."
Shi Xulin stood up, picked up the bottle of wine and turned away without hesitation.
Elder Zhong burst into tears and questioned Shi Xulin, "What about you? Why did you come back? You clearly hate me so much, why did you come back to see me?"
Shi Xulin could have avoided being discovered by Master Zhong just like he had hidden from Shi Nian, but he just sat where he used to be, waiting for Master Zhong to come find him.
Shi Xulin paused and said with emotion, "Maybe it's just because you are the only person in this world who remembers me, or maybe it's to atone for your sins."
Old Zhong watched his figure disappear little by little in the night, as if being swallowed by the darkness. His heart seemed to be grabbed. He wanted to chase him but was too timid to take a step.
"grandfather……"
The soft voice of the little Omega sounded from behind him. Old Zhong was startled. Before he could wipe the tears from his face, he turned around and saw Shi Nian timidly poking her little head out from behind a tree.
Shi Nian followed him out because she was worried about Mr. Zhong. After searching for a long time, she finally found him in the back garden.
When he saw Shi Xulin, Shi Nian was surprised and didn't understand why the head teacher was in his house.
Shi Xulin seemed to have noticed Shi Nian and glanced at him. His silver-gray eyes were like the vast universe, mysterious and awe-inspiring.
Shi Nian was frightened by his eyes and hid behind the tree trunk timidly like a frightened little animal. Shi Xulin did not expose him until he left.
When Mr. Zhong saw Shi Nian appear here, he was shocked and said, "My dear, you..."
He wanted to ask Shi Nian what she heard, but he stopped talking when he faced Shi Nian's clear black eyes. He thought, if Shi Nian asked him about the past today, he would tell him everything.
"Grandpa, do you know Teacher Xulin?" Shi Nian just asked a very common question, "That was Teacher Xulin just now, right? I didn't recognize her correctly?"
When Master Zhong heard Shi Nian accurately say Xu Lin's name, he was shocked and said, "My goodness, how do you know him?"
"He was my homeroom teacher and taught me for three years."
If he hadn't run into Mr. Zhong and Xu Lin talking this time, Shi Nian would never have connected the two together. Similarly, he also heard most of what they were saying.
Thin clouds.
Shi Nian knew this name. It was her grandmother's name, and also the name of the fourth master of the Apsu Pagoda. Since Teacher Xulin was the fourth master's father, he was his descendant in terms of seniority...
Shi Nian was confused. She didn't know what to call her grandmother's father. There were no old people around him who were that old... No, Teacher Xulin was not old at all.
Shi Nian opened her eyes wide, finally noticing something inconsistent. That was Teacher Xulin's age being too inconsistent with his appearance, as if he was not affected by time at all.
But can anyone really escape the influence of time? Shi Nian's thoughts were in a mess. She knew it was impossible, but Xu Lin's existence was a vivid example.
Shi Nian was puzzled and couldn't figure it out. The question was too profound and he couldn't understand it.
Mr. Zhong was surprised that Xulin knew the same teacher as him at that time, but considering Xulin's personality, this was not surprising.
Seeing Shi Nian's changing expression, Elder Zhong guessed that he knew Xu Lin's identity, "Did you hear everything?"
Shi Nian nodded and asked tentatively, "Is he the third tower master?"
"Yes."
"But he is very young."
"Because he doesn't belong here." Elder Zhong looked up at the vast sea of stars, "He comes from there."
Shi Nian followed him and looked up at the brilliant galaxy, tilting her head. "The universe? But there's no oxygen, no gravity, and very dangerous radiation. It's very difficult for people to survive there."
Mr. Zhong took Shi Nian to sit on the bench and put his arm around his shoulders. "My dear, have you ever been to the universe?"
"No." Shi Nian said dejectedly, "I haven't ridden an interstellar train, nor have I been out of Plant."
"You'll understand when you go there." Elder Zhong rubbed his little head. "A life born to belong to the universe shouldn't be detained on the ground. This was a mistake from the beginning."
Tonight, what Mr. Zhong said was too obscure for Shi Nian to understand. The little guy racked his brains but couldn't figure it out. When he lay in bed, his mind was still a mess and he couldn't sleep because he couldn't figure it out.
Shi Nian glanced at the time. It was already 1:30 in the morning, and the sound of firecrackers outside gradually subsided.
Shi Nian lifted the quilt, turned on the light, stepped barefoot on the soft carpet, sat at the table, opened the curtains, and gazed at the sky with her hands on her chin. Her sight seemed to pass through the thick atmosphere and see straight through the gorgeous galaxy.
"Niannian, it's time to go to bed." Kelaisi heard the noise and got up. He jumped onto the desk and took Shi Nian's hand. "Staying up late is bad for your health. Niannian, you must listen to Kelaisi."
"I can't sleep." Shi Nian's face was distressed. He held the kitten in his hands and tapped its ear with his finger. "But Lais, tell me, what kind of person can live in the universe and not grow old?"
Kelais puffed out his chest and wagged his tail confidently, "Me."
Shi Nian was stunned. In an instant, he connected all the clues and came to a conclusion, "...Teacher Xulin is also a bionic person?"
"No, no, his mental fluctuations are clearly normal."
Shi Nian quickly took out a piece of paper from the drawer and drew a series of curved lines while thinking.
"If it's a bionic human's mental fluctuations, like Colles, whose mental power is strong and stable, the semi-bionic human... Mr. Sharp, whose mental power is weaker, but stronger than an ordinary person, but not as stable as a true bionic human."
"Normal people..."
Shi Nian's hand paused, he closed his eyes and felt the fluctuation of mental power in his body, and drew another curve within the curves of Kelais and Sharp.
Shi Nian's hands couldn't stop shaking. Looking at the curve between the bionic man and the semi-bionic man, his mind went blank.
how so……
Shi Nian was in a state of confusion. His dependence on his elders made him subconsciously want to go out to find his father, but he quickly stopped.
It’s too late now. Dad and the others must have fallen asleep. We can’t disturb them.
Shi Nian sat back in the chair, hugged his legs, his eyes blank, and no matter how Kelais called him, he did not respond.
Kelais was extremely anxious and pulled Daniel, "Nian Nian is not talking or paying attention to me? What's wrong with him?"
Daniel pulled him aside to stop him from disturbing Shi Nian, "It's time for him to know some things and make his own plans."
"You're just a sarcastic person. I hate you the most!"
Kelais shook off Daniel's hand, sat down next to Shi Nian angrily, and looked at him worriedly, "Niannian..."
Shi Nian suddenly opened the smart brain and flipped through the contacts. He hesitated on Azel's name, and finally clicked on his name and sent him a message.
A few seconds later, Ezel's deep, sleepy voice sounded, "Little Rose, why aren't you asleep yet so late?"
When Shi Nian heard his voice, the suppressed fear and panic in her heart found an outlet. Tears welled up in her eyes and her voice was filled with tears, "Brother Azel..."
On the other side, Aizel was startled awake by Shi Nian's crying. He quickly turned over and sat up, asking with concern, "Little Rose? What happened? Don't cry, don't cry. Where are you now?"
Shi Nian sniffed and said, "I'm at home, Brother Aizel, can you do me a favor?"
Ezel didn't hesitate at all. "Okay, what do you want to do?"
Shi Nian: "Do you have a mental power tester at home? Please help me test your own mental power, and then give me the mental power diagram."
In order to further confirm the conclusion, Shi Nian decided to add another piece of data. Azel's mental fluctuations can definitely represent a normal person.
Ezel put on his clothes and coaxed him softly, "Wait a minute, little rose, don't worry. How about I send you the blueprint in ten minutes? Go to sleep first."
He knew that Shi Nian was anxious, but there was no tester at home, so he had to go out to buy one. In order to prevent Shi Nian from getting anxious, he asked him to catch up on some sleep.
Shi Nian and Aizel grew up together, so she guessed that Aizel probably didn't have a tester on hand. "Come to my house, I have a tester here."
Ezel picked up the key and walked out lightly. "Okay, I'll go to your house now. You're at the old house, right?"
Shi Nian's mood gradually calmed down while talking to Azel. He threw himself on the bed, buried his face in the pillow, and said in a sticky voice, "Well, I'll open the door for you when you come."
Ezel: "Okay."
Azel would come to the old house to pay New Year's greetings every year. He knew the route well. Ten minutes later, he arrived at the main gate of the old house and sent a message to Shi Nian.
Shi Nian put on a cloak, tiptoed past Shi Yiyu and Yu Luhan's door, left the yard, ran quickly towards the main gate, and opened the door for Aizer.
Azel came running, with a layer of snow on his body. His slender figure stood in the snowy night, and his violet eyes looked at Shi Nian with a tenderness that could melt the snow.
Shi Nian pursed her lips and ran towards him, "Brother Aizel."
Ezel opened his arms and hugged him. The Manta Rose pheromones that filled his nose were filled with grievance. He rubbed Shi Nian's little head and said, "Don't you want a wave curve chart? Go test it now. After that, it's time to go to bed."
He didn't ask why Shi Nian was in such a hurry to get it. It should be bedtime now. The most important thing for Shi Nian was to go to bed quickly, not to answer his question.
Shi Nian smelled the faint hyacinth pheromone on him, stayed in his arms for a while before slowly withdrawing and leading him to the room.
When Kelais saw Shi Nian coming with Aizel, he jumped up and down to attract Aizel's attention. "Hurry up and persuade Nian Nian. It's already two o'clock, and he's still not asleep."
Ezel smiled and tapped his head with his finger, saying to Shi Nian, "He'll go to bed soon."
Shi Nian couldn't wait to take out the tester and looked at Aizer with sparkling eyes. Aizer rolled up his sleeves and extended his arm to Shi Nian.
The tester touched Ezer's arm, making a "ding" sound, and a drawing rolled out from the side.
Shi Nian picked up the paper and took a look at it. He drew a curve on his own paper based on the data. The curve belonging to Azel was at the bottom, and there was a clear gap between it and the other three.
Shi Nian stared at the picture for a long time, then dropped her pen. She stood up and stepped back in shock, away from the paper. She breathed rapidly, a chill spreading from her feet upwards and quickly spreading throughout her body. "How could it be... How could I not be human..."
"Little Rose?"
There was worry between Azel's brows. He held Shi Nian with one hand and took the drawing with the other hand to look at it. The next second, his face changed. He had also studied mechanics and could understand the information represented by this drawing.
There were four curves, three of which he was familiar with, and the other one was located between the semi-bionic man and the bionic man. Thinking of what Shi Nian said, Azel instantly knew why Shi Nian collapsed.
"Little Rose, Little Rose, look at me." Aizel held Shi Nian's face, wiped away his tears, and told him, "Don't be afraid, Little Rose, this is not a big deal."
Shi Nian sobbed, her heart in turmoil. "But...but I'm not human. How can I be half-bionic? How can I be human?"
"Little Rose, listen to me." Ezel said in a steady voice, "Relax first. This is all your inference. It may not be correct in the first place. Even if it is true, it won't change anything. You don't need to worry."
Shi Nian's eyes were blurred with tears. "What do you mean by 'can't change anything'? Brother Aizel, I don't understand."
"Because existing things won't change because of it," Ezel patiently told him, assuring him word by word. "We like you only because you are Shi Nian, because of you as an individual, not because of any other attributes that come with it."
"No one who truly loves you cares what you are." Ezel smiled and rubbed his head. "Or is it that your lovely little bionic being is out of power? Needs to go to Kles and his friends' charging pad and stand there for a while?"
Kelais was completely bewildered the entire time, unable to understand how the baby he'd raised turned into a half-bionic human. His CPU was about to burn out, and when he was called out, he quickly raised his hand and said, "Yes! You can give Nian Nian my charging disk."
"I, I have electricity." Shi Nian answered dazedly, then waved her hands again and again after coming to her senses. "No, I don't need to charge."
Aizel smiled and asked, "Do you need to add oil to the meal?"
Shi Nian shook her head, "Not necessary?"
Thinking about it this way, Shi Nian was surprised to find that this identity had no impact on his daily life. He was still the same as before, so why was he so scared?
After Shi Nian figured it out, she no longer understood her previous emotions. The heavy stone pressing on her chest was removed by Azel's few light words. As she relaxed, she also felt sleepy.
Shi Nian yawned and let her long eyelashes droop wearily.
"We agreed to go to bed after the test."
Ezel pushed Shi Nian to the bed, half-knelt beside the bed to help him take off his cloak and shoes, stuffed the little Omega into the soft quilt, and took out a red envelope from his coat pocket and stuffed it under Shi Nian's pillow.
"Happy New Year, little rose."
Shi Nian was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes. She said in a low voice, "Brother Azel, Happy New Year."
After saying this, Shi Nian quickly fell asleep.
Azel gazed at Shi Nian's peaceful sleeping face and couldn't help but reach out to touch his soft cheek.
But a pink kitten squeezed in between them and stood in front of Shi Nian. Its pink little face showed solemnity and calmness, just like a majestic parent.
Ezel's slender fingers curled up, and he withdrew his hand awkwardly, looking at the two kittens. "Can you take me out?"
Daniel: “No.”
Kelais: “No.”
Azel was stunned. Worried about waking Shi Nian up, he stood up and walked away, lowering his voice and asking, "Then how do I get back?"
Annan and Garnett were unaware of his going out to look for Shi Nian, and he needed to go to the royal family to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor early tomorrow morning, so he had to be back before seven o'clock.
Kelais sighed and explained, "We originally had permission to enter and exit the main gate, but the owner thought we were unreliable and worried that we might secretly take Nian Nian out to play, so he took our permission back."
Daniel glanced at him and said, "You are unreliable. Don't take me with you."
Kelais snorted and retorted, "You're not that serious either!"
Ezel stopped their quarrel, "What should I do?"
Kelais suggested, "How about you go find the owner now? They're right next door to us."
Ezel: "...Forget it."
It was already strange for him to show up at someone else's house in the middle of the night, and it was even stranger to wake someone up to open the door because he couldn't get out. Azel sat down on the chair, closed his eyes and went to sleep, preparing to stay up all night before looking for Shi Yiyu and the others tomorrow morning.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Aizer opened his eyes and heard Yu Luhan's voice outside the door. He should be talking to Shi Yiyu.
Yu Luhan: "Shall we go wake up Little Rose now?"
Shi Yiyu: "Let him sleep a little longer. He is very sleepy at his age."
Yu Luhan sighed, "The child has grown up in the blink of an eye. Back then, he was just a little ball that couldn't even walk and could only nestle in my arms. Now he can walk and jump."
Shi Yiyu chuckled, "Yeah, when he grows up a little bit, maybe he'll bring Alpha back."
Yu Luhan was very unhappy with this topic. He stared at Shi Nian's door with his blue eyes icy cold. "Dear, whenever I think about an Alpha kid walking out of our Little Rose's room in the future, I really want to kill him."
Azel: “…”
The poor Alpha boy was so scared that he dared not breathe.
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