At the Flower Temple, when the Holy Maiden said that Ning Su’s sacred flower was a demonic anomaly, and everyone in Furen County cursed him, kicked his sacred flower, and wanted to drive him away.
When the sacred flower reached his feet, the young man looked up at him, and when he kicked away the young man’s sacred flower, that look in his eyes hurt him more and more each time he thought about it.
At that time, Ning Su already knew he was his father.
He met his father for the first time at such an age, only for his father to join others in hurting him.
At that moment, he must have been hoping that when everyone else bullied him, his father could help him.
This was one of Ning Changfeng’s most regretful moments, second only to the pain of cutting open his son’s chest. Let’s not dwell on that.
Ning Changfeng wished that in every subsequent instance, he could follow and protect him, making up for his years of shortcomings.
Ning Changfeng: [Anyway, I’ll follow along. Just think of me as your servant.]
Ning Su: [......]
Ning Changfeng: [Oh, I just realized, you rushed into an instance, and Ling Xiao happened to enter the same one. Did you two get along okay in there?]
It wasn’t until Ning Changfeng contacted Ning Su that he learned Ning Su had entered another instance.
He bought information at the news stand, found out which instance Ning Su had gone to, and roughly knew who was there.
Unexpectedly, he saw Ling Xiao at the exit.
Wasn’t it a bit too coincidental?
Under his arrangement, the two of them met for the first time and entered the instance together?
Ning Su: [Just... like that.]
Ning Changfeng: [Like what?]
Ning Su inexplicably thought of a scene where, amid the wailing on the ship, his hand was pressing against Ling Xiao’s hand, feeling the beating of their hearts together.
Furthermore, in the ship’s storage room, he witnessed the person Fang Qi had finally found turning into a human pupa. Unable to help it, he grabbed hold of the clothes of the person beside him, only to have the other grab his hand back in return.
Ning Su’s heart skipped a beat.
He hurriedly covered his chest and glanced in the direction of the game hall.
Ning Su: [Just like that.]
Ning Su: [I roasted sweet potatoes for him to eat, and I invited him to go fishing together.]
Ning Changfeng: [It’s something the younger generation does for their uncle. My son is amazing.]
Ning Su: [......]
Ning Su found himself at a loss for words.
He didn’t have the right experience of interacting with elders, unsure if climbing onto the bed was something a junior should do to their uncle.
Ning Su hurriedly ended the conversation and took the two children to the Mutual Aid Guild.
Manman: “Mom, where are we going?”
Ning Su: “Go to the Mutual Aid Guild and borrow a tricycle, let’s go shopping!”
Gui Sheng: “Shopping!”
Ning Su said: “Now we have a lot of points, we can relax for a while, no need to rush into dungeons. Let’s continue decorating our home by buying things, then we can lie at home and watch individual matches and guild matches.”
Both children were very happy.
For players in the base, the period of individual matches and guild matches was like the Spring Festival holiday on the base.
Without needing to enter dungeons, this was the most relaxed and lively time in the base. Along the way, there was indeed a festive atmosphere.
Ning Su rode the tricycle with the feeling of taking the two children to buy New Year goods.
Ning Su asked, “What do you want? You can buy anything today.”
Gui Sheng: “Sunflowers, little yellow flowers!”
Ning Su: “...”
The last two times they bought flowers, they entered dungeons right after buying them, and when they returned from the dungeon, the flowers were almost withered.
It was a bit wasteful.
This time, if they decided to stay on the base for a while longer, buying some flowers would be fine.
Ning Su took the two children to buy flowers from the same seller again.
The other looked around. “President Shi didn’t come this time?”
“No.” Ning Su handed two sunflowers to Gui Sheng. “Boss, can you make it 10 points cheaper?”
The boss: “...”
Only Gui Sheng wanted flowers, Manman didn’t want any.
Ning Su said, “Then let’s buy some clothes for Ah Fei? And buy two sets for Gui Sheng too.”
Gui Sheng held onto his oversized white t-shirt. “Gui Sheng has one!”
In Huaiyang Village, Ning Su had Gui Sheng’s white t-shirt altered, and later had another one altered for him. The child would switch between the two oversized white t-shirts.
At that time, Ning Su thought he would grow up, so he made them a bit big for him.
But Gui Sheng’s growth was slow, and after so long, except for his skin becoming slightly normal, nothing else had changed at all.
The clothes were indeed a bit big for him.
But Gui Sheng seems to like big things because he could put things in them.
Manman also said, “Mom, I have clothes, no need to buy.”
Ning Su said, “Let’s still buy.”
Gui Sheng said, “Buy for my sister.”
He straightforwardly said, “Girls should wear lots and lots of pretty little dresses.”
Ning Su: “...”
Have you understood too much about girls?
Girls cannot be with princes.
Girls cannot be with scumbags.
Girls need to wear lots of pretty little dresses.
Gui - the first girl expert from Huaiyang Village - Sheng.
They still went to buy.
Manman previously lived a life akin to that of a little princess, materialistically speaking.
Surely, she couldn’t just follow him and live a life like a beggar.
Previously, it was because of no money and no way out. After accumulating points, Ning Su didn’t want his daughter to suffer.
Moreover, many of these points were earned by Manman herself.
The total points spent on clothes were 40,800 points. Manman spent 40,000, and he and Gui Sheng spent 800, with each getting four sets.
White t-shirts were the cheapest.
After buying clothes, they went on to purchase furniture they hadn’t been able to afford last time, as well as some flower, herb, and vegetable seeds.
They bought a lot of seeds, and the shopkeeper gave them a bag of unidentified, peculiar-looking seeds for free. “I know what these seeds are. No one in the base grows these things of unknown origin. If you want them, take them.”
Of course, they wanted them.
They returned home with their arms full.
On the way back, with the wind blowing from the river of the base, Ning Su turned around to see two ghost children hugging clothes and seeds, their faces full of happiness. His heart felt cheerful and peaceful.
For many people, this base was a hell they dream of escaping from, but for Ning Su, it was a promised land in some sense.
As Ning Su went back to plant those seeds, he remembered the Dark Swamp flower he had received as a reward in the <Flower Servant> instance.
The system permitted independent exploration, but due to the rush in the previous instance, Ning Su hadn’t had the opportunity to study it yet.
Ning Su took out the Dark Swamp flower from the system. This flower was somewhat similar to the one Ning Su had found for the first time in the Dark Swamp, a black seedling.
Ning Su tried planting it in the yard and fed it a bit of his own black energy.
Unexpectedly, it immediately started to grow rapidly.
Gui Sheng: “Hmm?”
Gui Sheng, who was digging a hole, saw this familiar flower and came over with a small hoe.
Manman also ran over. She had just been watering without a hoe in her hand, but a creepy skeletal hand had grown out.
The two children stared solemnly at the flower that was growing rapidly.
Pang Yang came with people to find Ning Su.
Yun Xiangning specially brought her daughter to thank Ning Su for saving her life.
She didn’t know where Ning Su was, only that Pang Yang was from the Yinhua Guild, so she went to the Yinhua Guild first to find Pang Yang, and Pang Yang asked the chief steward and bought things to find Ning Su together.
Yun Xiangning was a little nervous, especially when she saw this villa with its own yard.
Pang Yang comforted her: “Don’t be nervous, they’re all very kind.”
“Ning Su, you know, he’s just a lazy little fish, and the other two children just look at how obedient they are to the old man on the ship.”
He said, “It’s okay, let’s go in.”
Yun Xiangning nodded, comforted a bit by him.
A human head flew out from the courtyard and fell at their feet.
“...”
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Pang Yang: “Uh, maybe it’s some accident.”
Another head rolled over.
“...”
Inside the door, in the small courtyard, grew a strange black plant, and from each red flower bud on the plant grew a horrifying head.
The two obedient and well-behaved children, one holding a hoe, the other holding up a skeletal arm, each movement resulting in another head appearing.
Pang Yang: “...”
Sorry for the interruption.
Because I'm not surprised 😩
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