When Ning Qiubai yelled "Dad", everyone showed surprised expressions.

Among them, Sheng Ming's expression was wonderful, mixed with shock, bewilderment, embarrassment, and even a hint of guilt.

He made a rare confirmation, "Qiu Bai, did you recognize the wrong person?"

Ning Qiubai shook his head, "I will never mistake my father..."

He took a step forward and looked at the mayor's face carefully, making sure that it was indeed the face of his father who died young, and it was no different from the last face in his memory...

Uh, except for a light bruise around the eye, as if someone punched me.

Ning Qiu looked at Sheng Ming with happiness in his heart.

Sheng Ming looked away in embarrassment.

Ning Qiubai understood, so the two of you were fighting inside? !

For a moment, he didn't know which side he should stand on, let alone the reason for their fight, so he could only watch the two without speaking.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

Amidst the embarrassment, the mayor coughed slightly, "Let me clarify, strictly speaking, I am not your father."

Ning Qiubai was stunned for a moment, and Sheng Ming also turned his face.

"Have you heard Xiaohong and the others say about the origin of our phoenix's remnant feathers? Then you should have guessed the relationship between me and your father."

Ning Qiubai remembered what the man had explained to him just now, and blurted out, "Are you the phoenix personality possessed by my father?"

The mayor smiled and nodded, "Yes, although I habitually recognize myself as Ning Heng, I am not him after all. I have different cognitions and attitudes towards many things... If you want, you can treat me as Ning Heng." To be your father's twin brother."

Ning Qiubai hesitated for a moment, even though he had many doubts and questions, he knew it was not appropriate to ask here, so he just nodded.

The mayor turned his head and glanced at Sheng Ming, "You don't have to worry, we won't do Ning Qiubai any harm - even if you don't consider my relationship, strictly speaking you are our youngest brother, trust us more Bar."

Sheng Ming curled his lips, but did not refute.

Ning Qiubai touched his wrist, and a strange thought suddenly flashed into his head. The mayor said that he could treat him as an uncle, and that Sheng Ming was his youngest brother. This generation seems a bit out of order...

This is "you call me dad, I call you brother, let's talk about our own"?

Ning Qiubai couldn't help but look at the mayor again.

Even though he knew that the person in front of him was not his father, that familiar face still made Ning Qiubai a little dazed.

The mayor's popularity among these residents is obviously high enough, Xiaohong and the others looked at Ning Qiubai with a lot of kindness from their own people.

Xiaohong also shook her head and sighed, "That's why we try not to go out for a walk, otherwise it will easily cause disturbance to the people the host knows."

The mayor patted the table with a smile, "Okay, everything is done, what are you still doing here? Let's go away."

"Mayor, is this an old man who wants to enjoy family happiness?"

The mayor admitted generously, "Our family has some private conversations, what are you getting into, get out!"

……

After driving everyone else away, there were only the mayor, Sheng Ming, and Ning Qiubai. The mayor motioned them to sit down, and went to the kitchen to bring out a pot of tea. taste."

After Ning Qiubai thanked him, he exchanged a glance with Sheng Ming, and couldn't help asking, "Is Sheng Ming all right now?"

Before the mayor could answer, Sheng Ming said, "No problem, the Phoenix's power can be fully controlled."

"Different from them?"

While pouring tea for Ning Qiubai, the mayor explained, "We are personalities abandoned by the phoenix, but Sheng Ming is a new phoenix. Just use your power. Speaking of it, you were also tricked by that fox, and you don’t have to be troubled by the Phoenix’s heavy and complicated memory. As long as you let it go for a few years, you will naturally be able to master it, and you don’t have to go through this experience.”

Sheng Ming hummed, "I don't even think about whose fault it is."

"Who made the curse on that fox explode soon?" The mayor also poured a glass for Sheng Ming with a calm expression, "You won't die anyway, so sacrifice a little to prevent that fox from turning into a vicious bug. Among other things, if the system fails to deal with this bug in time, both us and you may be affected."

Sheng Ming also knew that Jiuweihu's indiscriminate and uncontrollable charm ability was too strong, so he didn't continue to argue, but only expressed his dissatisfaction with these guys who didn't need to discuss with him at all.

The mayor has a clear conscience about this, "We have thought of many ways to contact you, but when you hear something about the phoenix, you refuse directly, what can you do?"

Ning Qiubai knew that at that time Sheng Ming was wondering whether he had been taken away by a phoenix and was extremely afraid of himself, so he patted Sheng Ming's hand reassuringly.

Sheng Ming curled his lips again, but didn't say anything after all.

The mayor sat across from Ning Qiubai, looked at Ning Qiubai with a smile, "Xiaobai, you should have something to ask me?"

"Xiaobai" is basically the exclusive name for him in Ning Qiubai's family. Ning Qiubai was in a daze for a moment again, pursed his lips, thought for a while, and shook his head, "I wanted to ask some questions, but think about it or forget it." .”

The mayor raised his eyebrows, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Our mist perching trees are all cultivated with the best soil and our blood, and they taste very good."

Then he said, "I don't want to ask why I... Well, it should be that your father has always been unfamiliar with you, and even left you and committed suicide?"

Ning Qiubai smiled, "I struggled before, but I couldn't come up with any results, so I didn't think about it anymore... No matter what you say, he is my father, even if there are some bad reasons, it doesn't affect him. It’s the fact that I was raised with my mom.”

"It's a good thing that you can see clearly." The mayor praised, and then his expression became more serious, "But although he doesn't want to tell you these things, I think you have the right to know... Maybe this is the difference between me and him place."

Ning Qiubai raised his head, intuiting that he might have heard something extraordinary.

The mayor pondered for a while, then said, "When your father was young, he was the strongest 'prophet' in Unreal Games."

Ning Qiubai had already come into contact with the two top prophets, the Book of Choice and Du Zigui, and his impression of the prophets was that they liked to die, so it was difficult to connect with his father.

"Different from other 'prophets', Ning Heng's predictive ability can not only be used in illusory games, but also in the real world—he even foresaw the meeting and falling in love with your mother, and...your mother's early childhood. passed away."

Ning Qiubai was taken aback.

"At that time, he was still a boy in the second year of middle school, and he felt that he could change his fate against the sky." The mayor wondered if he remembered the glorious years when he was boarding on Ning Heng. He was in a trance for a while before continuing, "He thinks I am not suitable to be with short-lived ordinary girls. At the same time, with a little curiosity about your mother, I deliberately tampered with my real identity. As a poor boy with no education, no job, and no knowledge, at the time he predicted I got acquainted with your mother at that point, and then fell in love with your mother without any accidents.

"After falling in love, he began to look for something that could replace your mother's longevity in the illusory game—as a prophet, he had predicted his own death a long time ago, and prepared to use this to seize the NPC and live forever in the illusory game But your mother has nothing to do with unreal games, and he thought of a way to stay with your mother long-term, that is to find the feather of the legendary phoenix."

Ning Qiubai was taken aback again, guessing, "Then he found you?"

The mayor nodded, "His luck was good, he really found the feather; but his luck was not so good, after he found the feather, he was forced to suffer a fatal blow, and the feather was passively used, and since then I have been possessed Inside of him—of course, he is unconscious at this time."

"and after?"

"The rebirth of the discarded feather is not a full blood resurrection. He was seriously injured and lost the ability to continue to break through the level. After that, your mother gave birth to you, and your body decayed and gradually died."

Speaking of this, the mayor sighed softly, "He doesn't want the so-called eternal life anymore, he just wants to cure your mother, but the system needs a lot of points to save lives, he did everything before your mother was in danger. I couldn’t get it all together, and I could only watch your mother die—after your mother passed away, Ning Heng felt that it was all his responsibility, and blamed him for being too greedy. Lost the motivation to live."

Ning Qiubai was silent for a moment, feeling Sheng Ming's light and warm palm, and also sighed, "No wonder he chose to commit suicide not long after."

Unexpectedly, the mayor shook his head, "No, it's not all because of your mother, but more because of you."

Ning Qiubai raised his head again in surprise.

The mayor said, "As I said, he was the strongest prophet in the illusory game at that time. Even after being seriously injured, he could still display accurate prediction ability from time to time - when you were born, he saw your death. The first instance of the game was pushed into a grove of Mistwood.

"In your memory, he was estranged from you. Half of the reason is that he tried his best to earn points in exchange for the future of your mother and child, and he had no time to take on the responsibility of father. If you change it, then instead of seeing your death in the future and suffering, it is better not to cultivate any relationship with you, so that when you face parting in the future, neither you nor he will feel so uncomfortable."

Ning Qiubai was stunned for a while, and noticed one of the words "me or him?"

The mayor nodded, "After your mother died, he was in pain and focused on how to save your future. At that time, he had no points and no power, so the last way he came up with was to send him I gave you the preparations for taking over NPCs that I planned to use myself. Although this cannot change the future of your death, it can give you a chance to start over after you die. Of course, those preparations that bind him want to transfer The easiest way to add others is to die first."

Ning Qiubai felt as if an electric current had broken through his heart, making him feel helpless mixed with pain from his atrium.

The mayor paused and coughed, "It might be a bit embarrassing for me to say it myself, but it is difficult for Ning Heng to complete this task perfectly, and I have always shared his feelings with him, and I also have feelings for you and your mother, so I got some help before I could the current you."

Ning Qiubai pulled out many pictures from his memories, and finally fixed them on a black and white card, "You gave me that resurrection card?"

Thinking about it now, wasn't the phoenix drawn on that card back then?

"Your identity as an 'administrator' was also introduced to the system by me." The mayor rubbed his chin, "I'm not sure about this, but I didn't expect the system to recognize you. Anyway, I'm relieved."

Ning Qiubai stared at the mayor's face that was exactly like his father, something flashed in his eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you."

The mayor said clearly, "To be honest, I think your father is a bit negligent both as a husband and as a father - he was confused by powerful power and felt that he was omnipotent for too long. But this does not prevent him from once resisting, but In the end, I still love you and your mother willingly."

Ning Qiubai nodded, but did not speak.

Now he doesn't really want to cry, for he is afraid that if he does, he will lose his composure completely.

The mayor stood up considerately, "I've stayed with you for so long, I think you still have a lot of problems in the real world, you should go back and do your work, and come anytime you want."

……

Ning Qiubai and Sheng Ming walked to the pier side by side and activated the teleportation function.

As soon as the scenery of Phoenix Island disappeared, Ning Qiubai felt himself being embraced gently but firmly in his arms.

Sheng Ming rubbed Ning Qiubai's ear, and said in a low voice, "You told me that you wanted me to show my truest self in front of you, and now I want to say the same thing to you - Qiubai, in front of me, You can always show your truest self."

Ning Qiubai froze for a second, wrapped his arms around Sheng Ming's neck, raised the corners of his mouth, but tears fell down.

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