Liu Huanian saw a person who looked exactly like the portrait of her mother, standing on the street, not knowing what he was waiting for.
She wasn't sure if it was her mother, so she pulled her brother aside to ask.
Ning Shaoqing was about to smile and say that she was seeing things, but when he looked in the direction her finger pointed, he saw Ye Qingwan standing on the street, smiling and looking somewhere.
And on the ground, a slender figure, holding a string of candied haws, walked towards her.
Ning Shaoqing froze in place, looking at them silently, his breathing becoming rapid.
Liu Huanian looked up at him, not daring to disturb him. It was the first time she saw her brother like this.
Ye Qingwan on the street took a candied haws, took a bite, and seemed to have noticed them. She looked up and met Ning Shaoqing's gaze.
Their eyes met, and no one moved, just looking at each other silently.
After a while, Ye Qingwan raised the corners of her mouth and gave him a brilliant smile.
Ning Shaoqing stood there for a long time without any expression, and finally took a step forward, walked over step by step, stood in front of her, and reached out to hug her silently: "You are finally back."
Ye Qingwan smiled and reached out to hug him: "Well, I'm back."
"Then will you still leave?"
Ye Qingwan didn't want to lie to him: "I'm leaving."
It was only after she had a tantrum with the system that he had no choice but to agree to let her come back and make a guest appearance for two days.
And she couldn't let anyone know that she was back.
After all, it is quite magical when a person who is supposed to be dead reappears.
Ning Shaoqing said nothing more, let go of her, and said with a smile: "Just go, it's better to go, so you don't have to come back. I will return the daughter I raised to you."
"I'm so disappointed to have such a big girl."
Ye Qingwan handed him the candied haws with a smile. Ning Shaoqing took several bites without hesitation and said, "I've worked so hard, it's not too much for me to eat a few more of your candied haws."
Liu Sheng watched them and laughed the whole time. Ning Shaoqing rolled his eyes at him, walked back angrily, pulled the wild horse over, and stuffed it into Liu Sheng's hand: "Here, you lead the horse."
That angry look made her look like a young wife who had been wronged.
Liu Sheng agreed with him and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll lead the horses. From now on, let me lead all the horses."
At this time, Liu Huanian was blinking his big eyes and looking at them.
Ye Qingwan walked over and squatted beside her: "Huanian."
"Are you my mother?" Liu Huanian looked at her. Although it was the first time he met her, he really wanted to get close to her.
Ye Qingwan touched her head: "Yes, I am your mother."
Then he turned around and pointed at Liu Sheng who was standing in the sunset, leading a horse: "She is your father."
Liu Huanian smiled immediately, rushed over and hugged her: "Mom."
Ye Qingwan held her in his arms, feeling an indescribable sense of wonder.
She felt like she was still a child, but she had a ten-year-old daughter. Moreover, she had not been around since the child was born, but when she saw her, she couldn't help but want to kiss and hug her.
Liu Huanian clung to her and wanted to hold her. After walking for a while, he felt a little tired, so Liu Sheng took over: "Daddy, hold me."
Liu Huanian wanted to refuse, she wanted her mother to hold her. But when she looked up at him, his eyes were so gentle, so gentle that she let go of her mother, hugged his neck, and called him dad.
"Hey." Liu Sheng responded with a gentle smile on his face.
The setting sun fell on their shoulders. Liu Huanian lay on Liu Sheng's shoulder. Ye Qingwan and Ning Shaoqing watched them from the side with smiles in their eyes. They were as beautiful as a painting.
Nangong Xingyu stood silently behind them, watching them and smiling. He thought that his Hua Nian must be very happy now.
She has a father, a mother, and a brother who has been with her since she was a child.
Nangong Xingyu returned to the palace. Before leaving, Liu Sheng made a gentleman's agreement with him, asking him not to tell anyone what happened today.
He looked at Liu Huanian and nodded silently.
After returning to the Ye Mansion, Ye Qingwan went to look for her parents, and Liu Sheng prepared delicious food for Liu Huanian and Ning Shaoqing.
Liu Huanian and Ning Shaoqing were like two children who had never seen the world. They looked left at the food in the bowl that they had never seen before, then right at Liu Sheng who prepared the food for them, and kept asking questions.
"What's this?"
"What is this?"
Liu Sheng was very patient and explained to them with a smile.
“This is double skin milk.”
"This is octopus balls."
“This is…”
They were all things they had never seen or eaten before. Liu Huanian took a bite and nodded to her brother: "Brother, it's delicious."
Ning Shaoqing also took a bite and instantly turned into a moving "hmmmm" as well: "Delicious, delicious."
The two began to eat voraciously, feeding Liu Sheng from time to time.
"I don't want to eat..." Before he could finish his words, Ning Shaoqing stuffed a mouthful of spicy strips into his mouth. He could only look at the two of them and smile helplessly.
After eating and drinking, Liu Huanian felt sleepy again, but she held on and refused to fall asleep.
Liu Sheng picked her up and said, "Go to sleep."
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Liu Huanian shook his head: "I'm not sleepy."
I said I wasn’t sleepy, but my eyelids were drooping.
Liu Sheng couldn't help laughing: "Go to sleep, Dad and Mom won't leave."
"Really?" Liu Huanian looked at him.
Liu Sheng smiled: "Really."
"You promise."
"Dad promises."
Only then did Liu Huanian lean on him and fall asleep.
Seeing that she was fast asleep, Liu Sheng wanted to carry her back to her room, but he didn't know how to put her to bed without waking her up.
Ning Shaoqing reached out to take it: "Let me do it."
Seeing him flustered, he said, "It's my first time, Dad. It's like this. You'll get the hang of it slowly."
Liu Sheng smiled and handed the child over: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's good that you know how hard I work. Don't bully me anymore in the future."
Ning Shaoqing said this, but he took the child swiftly.
In fact, he didn't feel it was hard. Over the past ten years, it was not so much that he was accompanying Liu Huanian, but rather that Liu Huanian was accompanying him.
Without Liu Huanian making a fuss in front of him, he didn't know how he would have managed.
Liu Sheng looked at his skilled and meticulous movements and couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect our Young Master Ning to be so good at taking care of people."
Ning Shaoqing rolled his eyes at him and said, "Stop talking bad about me. It's you two who left me your parents, your grandmother, and you even left me a daughter to take care of."
"This old man can take care of you, and that old man can also take care of you. Even if you leave a daughter with you, I can also take care of her. But please remember, I am a martial arts hero, not here to take care of others."
Liu Sheng listened and almost died of laughter: "Then hug one."
Ning Shaoqing pushed him away and said, "Hold your grandmother's legs and don't get close to me."
But Liu Sheng didn't care about his disgusted expression at all, gave him a big hug, and said sincerely: "Qingqing, thank you."
Ning Shaoqing originally wanted to kick him, but when he heard his serious words, the hair that had stood on end suddenly deflated.
"No need to thank me. I'll take care of your daughter for you, and you can take care of Ye Qingwan for me over there."
After Liu Sheng left, Liu Huanian suddenly opened his eyes and tugged at the corner of Ning Shaoqing's clothes: "Brother, why did mother and father have to leave?"
Ning Shaoqing sat beside the bed and explained to her: "Because if your mother stays here, she will die, so she has to leave."
"And she would be lonely if she went alone, so your father went to accompany her."
"Huanian, don't blame your mother. She has no other choice."
Liu Huanian shook his head: "I don't blame mother or father. I was worried about mother leaving alone, so I asked father to go and accompany her. Huanian will stay here to accompany brother."
Ning Shaoqing touched her head and said, "Huanian is so good."