Ning Qiubai looked at the white hair on his grandfather's sideburns, and couldn't help but soften his voice: "Mom seldom tells me about her and my dad."

Grandpa supported the edge of the bed and looked up at the photos hanging on the wall.

It was a family portrait taken a long time ago. Ning Qiubai was still a small one at that time, and was held in Ning Yue's arms.

Ning Yuehe stood between the grandfather and a young man, smiling sweetly.

Grandpa didn't mention Sheng Ming, but continued to talk about Ning Qiubai's parents: "At that time, she brought a man who had no family, no job, and no education to go home and said she was going to get married. I almost died of anger."

Ning Qiubai's father came from the Ning family, and even changed his surname to Ning. Moreover, since Ning Qiubai's mother passed away, his grandfather was very reluctant to see Ning Qiubai's father. Good daughter's sake.

Ning Qiubai was silent for a while, and replied: "If Shui Shui brings such a person back, I also think it is unacceptable."

Grandpa shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's a pity that your mother is casual about small things, but very stubborn about big things. Whether it's marriage or career, she doesn't listen to me."

"Grandpa..."

Grandpa suddenly changed his tone: "But the most difficult thing for me to accept about your father is actually his attitude towards you."

Ning Qiubai was startled: "Me?"

"Do you know how your father died?"

"It's not a sudden cerebral hemorrhage..."

Ning Qiubai still remembered that when he came out of the college entrance examination room and received a call from home, he was so dazed that he felt like he was dreaming.

Grandpa shook his head: "He committed suicide."

Ning Qiubai seemed to be hit on the head by a stone, and his voice was a little empty: "Why?"

"For some ridiculous reasons—your mother is gone, and he doesn't want to live anymore." Grandpa showed unspeakable resentment and hidden bitterness on his face, "Although I don't like him, I admit that he treats your mother He is really infatuated, so infatuated that he doesn't even care about his own children."

Ning Qiubai listened blankly to his grandfather telling him that when his father suddenly came to visit his grandfather, he had already arranged everything, including property, work, etc., and entrusted Ning Qiubai, who was still in high school, to Ning Qiubai's grandfather.

It is naturally difficult for the elderly to understand this behavior of abandoning their children.He also suffered the pain of losing his daughter, and because of this, the old man loved Ning Qiubai very much, and felt even more angry: "Xiaobai is going to take the college entrance examination soon, are you crazy?"

——"It wasn't because of his third year in high school, I would have gone with Ah Yue long ago."

Grandpa's scolding did not change Ning Qiubai's father's determination. After sending Ning Qiubai to take the final round of the college entrance examination, Ning Qiubai's father took an overdose of sleeping pills at home.

"I haven't allowed you to mention him all these years, not because I don't like him being with Yueyue." Grandpa reached out and patted the back of Ning Qiubai's hand lightly, "He may be a competent husband, but he is definitely not A competent father. Fortunately, your temper is easy-going, you are naturally easy-going, and you don't dig into the horns, otherwise I wouldn't dare to tell you about it. "

Ning Qiubai looked down at Grandpa's old hand, held it back, and murmured, "I didn't feel very shocked."

"Of course, although I don't go to your house very often, I can guess that he definitely doesn't care much about you." Grandpa snorted coldly, obviously he still has a heart for Ning Qiubai's father.

Ning Qiubai was silent for a while, listening to the faint noise coming from the TV program that grandma was watching outside, and asked in a low voice: "So, what do you mean..."

Grandpa turned his head and looked at Ning Qiubai: "You are the child of the two of them, and I have been worried that you will follow their old path... That Sheng Ming, is he not in good health? If he dies early, our old couple will be dead. I can't bear the blow of losing my children and grandchildren again."

Only then did Ning Qiubai understand what Grandpa was worried about.

Despite their conservative personality and old age, the first thing the elderly think of is not sexual orientation or other issues, but the simplest and most core: whether the child can live a stable life.

After thinking this through, Ning Qiubai's sinuses were a little sore, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, Sheng Ming's illness will definitely get better gradually - even if he is really, really gone, I won't be like my dad .I still have many friends, as well as the career I pursue and the responsibilities I undertake, and I will live well with my thoughts on him.”

Grandpa stared at Ning Qiubai's eyes, and saw clear firmness and sincerity in these young eyes that resembled him quite a bit.

After a long time, grandpa sighed deeply: "Then... let's meet their family sometime."

Ning Qiubai suddenly became happy, and hugged the old man gently: "Thank you, grandpa."

……

Sheng Ming, who had showered and dried himself off a long time ago, stood on the balcony, looking up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, listening to all the heart-to-heart talks of the old and the young.

After a long time, he exhaled slowly, watching the breath turn into white mist and dissipate in the winter night, a reassuring smile slowly formed on the corner of his mouth.

……

The two old people passed the customs here, although the uncle was still not very happy, he didn't say anything after all, he just pulled Ning Qiubai and privately told him to be careful not to let Sheng Ming cheat the money.

Ning Qiubai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still thanked the elder for his kindness.

At the same time, Sheng Ming also had a phone call with Xiang Tongyan.

When Xiang Tongyan heard about this, the family members of Sheng Ming and Ning Qiubai decided to meet up, and then she and Sheng Huasong came directly.

The Ning family's New Year's Eve dinner was eaten by the whole family, including the two oldest old people, the uncle's family of four, and Ning Qiubai and Sheng Ming.

After the warm and lively New Year's Eve dinner, the two old people couldn't stay up all night and had gone to bed first. Ning Yan and Ning Bing were playing a game of grabbing, while uncle and aunt were leaning on the sofa, dozing off a little drunk.

Ning Qiubai walked to the balcony and saw Sheng Ming who was looking up at the sky: "What are you looking at?"

Sheng Ming turned his head: "It's nothing. Why aren't you in the house? Be careful of catching a cold."

Ning Qiu laughed: "This is what I want to tell you."

He took out a small box from his pocket, "A New Year's gift for you."

Sheng Ming raised his eyebrows, took it and said, "Don't be a ring...I still hope I will give it away first."

The box was opened, and inside was a small golden long-life lock. It was obviously old, and there were signs of wear and tear on the edges.

Sheng Ming looked up at Ning Qiubai.

"I wore this when I was a child." Ning Qiubai fiddled with the chain of the longevity lock, "It's a bit old, don't dislike it."

Sheng Ming caressed the longevity lock, resisting the urge to hold Ning Qiubai in his arms and kiss him.

Giving away one's own longevity lock means giving the blessings one carries to others.

Longevity.

Sheng Ming closed the box again and sighed softly: "Looking at it this way, my gift is really too mundane."

Ning Qiubai was curious: "What is it?"

Sheng Ming turned on the phone and showed Ning Qiubai a document with the official seal.

""Tears of the Mermaid: On Land" and "Like Mermaid: In the Sea" are scheduled...February [-]th?" Ning Qiubai's face showed obvious surprise, "Isn't the schedule already full? ?”

Sheng Ming smiled and said: "Using the power of banknotes, I only bought one day's gear... After that, I will get April."

It's not a small amount to buy a day's gear on Valentine's Day... What's more, in order to be less scolded, the movie tickets for the two movies are buy one get one free. .

Ning Qiubai put down the phone and sighed: "This gift is so expensive, I don't know if I can afford it if I sell it."

Sheng Ming reached out and rubbed his head.

The two watched the snow together for a while, and Sheng Ming suddenly asked, "Your points have reached 1000, right?"

Ning Qiubai nodded: "I just arrived today."

After Hei Long and Sai Ge left, his sources of points decreased a lot, but fortunately, the small potted plants have made up a lot of them now.

"After reaching 1000 points, the transaction between you and the system is considered complete. What are your plans next, to return to the identity of the player?"

Ning Qiubai said easily: "No, I decided to continue to be an administrator."

Sheng Ming was not surprised by this result, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"We have to take care of these problem children." Ning Qiubai analyzed seriously, "Bone Sanqiqi is almost the same, I think it just suppresses it deliberately and doesn't want to leave; after Sai Ge left, the book of choice has lost girlfriends Recently, it has become more serious recently. I guess it wants to meet the graduation requirements quickly so that it can go to Sege; I have no idea how to deal with its 'swallowing' ability; the 'swallowing' that the little potted plant needs—”

His voice suddenly stopped, and he raised his eyes to look at Sheng Ming.

Sheng Ming frowned: "According to the description of resentful souls, their 'swallowing' ability comes from players whose profession is 'swallower', and it is not the same as the 'swallowing' of Qiwumu's origin... But it is also maybe."

He touched the wristband on his hand, "The ability of 'hacker' to slightly tamper with the description and tasks of the system means that the description of the system is not absolutely correct."

"Does Nine-Tailed Fox have the ability to do this?"

"Nine-tailed fox's essential ability is a curse, and charm is also a curse." Sheng Ming replied, "As for whether the system will be immune to this charm, it is not clear for the time being."

But anyway, this is a breakthrough!

The hidden task of the trio of resentful souls is to solve the "swallowing" instinct that may erupt at any time, and that instinct once caused the destruction of a copy; Broken copy.

What if the two copies are the same copy?

Wei Qi stared at the Misty Wood that might have come from where the phoenix was, and caught it in a dungeon, killed the Misty Wood through battle, and obtained the hidden information in the Misty Wood;

Misty Wood's lost devouring ability—perhaps only part of it—was acquired by the resentful souls left in the dungeon, and began to devour other resentful souls uncontrollably, and finally became a trio of resentful souls that had to be sealed by the system. Came to Ning Qiubai;

The newborn primitive species that also lost most of its abilities, Qiwumu, hid its tracks until it was accepted by Ning Qiubai.

Thinking about it carefully, Ning Qiubai hasn't let the little potted plant and the trio of resentful souls meet yet!

Ning Qiubai looked at his mobile phone, and suddenly pursed his lips: "If this is really the case, it feels... a bit too coincidental."

It's a coincidence that it seems to be deliberately arranged.

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