After midnight

Two days later, just as Yin said, the information was sent over. After Lin Xuanfeng read it carefully, he decided that he couldn't just wait for Yin to make a move. He was going to go out and try it in his own way, that is, to test the places where they often appeared. If they were not guilty, there was no reason for them to avoid him. He and Yin would find out something, one openly and one secretly.

Two days later, Lu Li also arrived in Jiudu. When he returned to the Lu Mansion in Jiudu, he was a little surprised to see Lin Nuan waiting for him at the door. He hurried forward and asked, "Why are you here?"

"What's so strange? Didn't you wait for me at my door last time? Let's not talk about this anymore. How is your uncle?"

"It's okay. I'm injured, but nothing serious. Do you want to go in?"

"Okay, go in and visit your uncle."

The gate of the Lu Mansion was already open, and Lu Li stood outside the door waiting for Lin Nuan to go in first.

"Have you contacted An Yan recently?"

"No, what's wrong?"

Lin Nuan stepped in and Lu Li closed the door.

"nothing."

The two people met and exchanged pleasantries like old friends, neither of them mentioned the upcoming marriage. It was just that one of them ignored it on purpose, while the other kept it to himself.

In the Song Mansion, Zhang Dong was led to Song Hongtian's study. This was his first time to set foot in this place, and he was inevitably nervous, but nothing could be seen from his stern face.

"The man whose power is fire is called Su Ziling. He is the 'guardian' of the 'Son of God'. Yin is not with them and should have parted ways with them long ago."

Song Hongtian paused while correcting documents, looking a little surprised. "What did you say? 'Guardian'? What's his name?"

"Su Zi Ling."

Hearing the name clearly again, Song Hongtian's expression changed unpredictably. He was silent for a while and then suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I should have thought of it earlier."

Realizing that Zhang Dong was still in the room, Song Hongtian immediately restrained his expression and said to him, "You go out first."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Zhang Dong didn't move, and Song Hongtian asked impatiently.

Zhang Dong nodded quickly. "It's like this, Shangguan Can got the news, but he has other things to do and hasn't come back yet."

Song Hongtian's expression eased. "I only know that you brought this news back. From now on, you will work for the Song Mansion."

"Yes, thank you for your appreciation." Zhang Dong did not expect Song Hongtian to say this, so he could only answer like this. He raised his head, bowed again, and walked out.

"Wait a minute, you can write to me if you have anything later."

"Yes."

On his way out of the Song Mansion, Zhang Dong met Zhao Yunqi who was just coming. The two men passed each other tacitly and neither of them paid any attention to the other.

On May 5, there were only two days left before they could go home, and Su Ziling was quite happy. He thought that this time they could finally go back safely, and he touched his pocket, and the spirit stone that could take him back and the key to his home were all safely placed there.

This time, after they left the pavilion, they had no clear direction, and they just walked wherever they wanted. It was just a little hot in the middle of the day. Su Ziling wiped the sweat from his forehead, surprised that Xiao Su didn't cry, make a fuss, or ask questions.

"Xiao Su, are you tired?"

"Not tired." Xiao Su shook his head.

Su Ziling admired her very much, a little girl of only seven or eight years old. In Xiao Su, he could always see Ajiu, who was also only a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, but why? He always felt that they were different from other children. A person's experience made him unique.

Amid Su Ziling's anxiety, the last two days passed peacefully.

In the last few hours, he pulled Xiao Su over and explained to her incoherently where they were going. Xiao Su seemed to understand, but not quite, which made Su Ziling a little frustrated. He didn't know where this frustration came from, he just felt that the last time was too long, making him restless.

In the last few minutes, Su Ziling looked around again. It was almost midnight in the desert, cold and lonely. He could not see the deep sky or the small stones on the ground. Would he see such a scene again when he came back here?

In the last half minute, An Yan, Su Ziling and Xiao Su stood face to face, close to each other. Their hands were clasped together, and without exception, they all touched the stone in the middle.

The power was released, and the light was flowing. Su Ziling didn't even have time to appreciate its beauty before the world changed. The street lights, tall buildings, and everything familiar not far ahead made Su Ziling absolutely sure that this was Shanghai. He couldn't suppress the excitement and joy in his heart, raised a big smile, took a deep breath, and felt refreshed.

"An Yan, Xiao Su, here."

They walked together to a wider road. Su Ziling looked at the road sign and saw that this place was not far from his home. He waved his hand and hailed a taxi to go home.

In the taxi, Xiao Su snuggled in An Yan's arms, not knowing what he was thinking. Su Ziling also stared out the window in a trance, letting the interlaced light and shadows pass over his face. An Yan quietly looked at Su Ziling's blurry profile at night. In this small car, no one spoke. For some reason, An Yan felt an unprecedented tranquility, as beautiful as the years that had settled after thousands of years.

It is said that people are homesick when they are close to home, and Su Ziling is no exception. He has long been unable to care about An Yan and Xiao Su. He looks at the scenery passing by outside the car window in confusion, not knowing what he feels. Are my parents asleep?

After getting off the car, An Yan took Xiao Su's hand and followed Su Zi Ling silently. It was past midnight and the breeze in the neighborhood was very quiet. Su Zi Ling did not speak after getting off the car, but occasionally looked back to see if An Yan and Xiao Su had caught up.

After walking up the last step, Su Ziling stood at the door of his house, trying to calm himself down. The moment he took out the key and opened the door, he unexpectedly found that he hadn't thought about anything.

Su Ziling pushed open the door. Uncle Su and Aunt Su were sitting in the living room watching TV. No one knew what was playing on TV. They didn't go to watch it, because the moment the door lock was opened, they stood up and faced the door together.

"You're back." Aunt Su excitedly walked to the door to pick up Su Ziling. Uncle Su was equally excited, but he just opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

"Dad, Mom." Su Ziling walked in and put his backpack aside, and asked An Yan and Xiao Su who were following behind him to walk in as well.

"Oh, there are guests."

"Mom~" Su Ziling called them, "This is An Yan, the 'Son of God'. And this one, she is An Xiaosu."

After three seconds of silence in the air, Aunt Su spoke up: "You know everything."

Mom's happy smile disappeared, and Su Ziling suddenly regretted saying those three words so decisively and bluntly.

"Your mother and I have actually guessed that it will be like this sooner or later. Just come back. Okay, it's too late. We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything." Uncle Su stepped forward to smooth things over. "An Yan and Xiao Su, right? Go clean up your room."

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away."

"Hello uncle, hello aunt, sorry to bother you." An Yan nodded and greeted them.

Xiao Su also greeted like Anyan, "Hello uncle, hello aunt."

"Hey, you're so good. Come with auntie." Xiao Su went over obediently.

Su Ziling returned to his room. The moment the light came on, the familiar layout of the room returned to his eyes. It's been a long time since we last met. Su Ziling sighed and fell into a deep sleep. That night, he was a child who had returned home.

The next morning, Su Ziling woke up to a hot breakfast on the table. Xiao Su had tied her hair up and was eating a bun with chopsticks. He felt warm in his heart because these were the little things that he usually tended to ignore.

"Mom, where is my dad?"

"I went for morning exercise."

"Oh, I forgot."

"When you get up, wash your face and come to eat."

"Okay. Xiao Su, where's Anyan?"

"Dad went out and said he would be back in the evening."

Su Ziling nodded calmly to show that he understood, and was about to go to the toilet. But his mother suddenly started to make a fuss again. "Dad?"

"Mom, it's like this..."

"Auntie, I want Brother An Yan to be my father."

"Is that so? Auntie knows. Come, Xiao Su, eat more."

Su Ziling looked at the two people being so close, smiled and pouted, then went into the bathroom.

After breakfast, Su Ziling went back to his room. Outside the room, Xiao Su was watching TV with great interest, while his mother was packing his things and letting the washing machine run. It was so boring, he was so bored, Su Ziling rolled over on the bed, and once again picked up his phone feebly. The WeChat on his phone was full of messages asking him why he didn't go to class, but he was too lazy to reply.

"Mom, what do you think about what happened at school?" Su Ziling put down his phone and went to find his mother.

"I'm sick and I'm taking a leave. By the way, are you going back to class?"

"If you don't go back, you may not be able to stay for long."

Seeing that his mother reluctantly put down her work after hearing this, Su Ziling hurriedly changed the subject. "It's okay, Mom, don't worry. By the way, give me some money, I want to take Xiao Su out to see the world."

"It's in my bag, go get it."

"Thank you, Mom."

"Xiao Su, come on, I'll take you out." Su Ziling happily opened the door and ran straight to the amusement park with Xiao Su.

At night, after An Yan came back, Su Ziling asked him: "An Yan, what did you do today?"

"I got Xiao Su an identity certificate... Also, I went home to get some things." Seeing that An Yan's words were vague, Su Ziling didn't intend to ask any more questions.

"Okay, everyone is here, let's eat." Uncle Su gave the order and Su Ziling turned to the kitchen. God knows how much he missed the smell of home-cooked food.

"Mom, tell me about what happened back then." When they were almost done eating, Su Ziling began to act like a spoiled child to his mother, wanting to know what he cared about the most. Sometimes, when everyone is present, the dinner table is the best place to talk.

"There's nothing much to say." Aunt Su's face was the same as usual. "Your father came here when he was working for the government. After he returned, he always wanted to come here. Later, we tried for a long time, until someone handed you over to us, and we finally got our wish to come here with you. After coming here, we originally planned to hide our identities, but after thinking about it, we just changed our own names. Fortunately, we have been living in peace for so many years."

Uncle Su was eating quietly at the side, and An Yan heard the word "government".

"Do you know who the person who handed me over to you is?"

"I don't know." Uncle Su suddenly took over the conversation and said, "Everything was very rushed at the time. The less we knew, the better. After that, we lost all contact with that world."

"That's good. We won't try to find out your identity. We will just treat you as our own child and raise you like a normal child."

"Mom~" Su Ziling put his arm around his mother's shoulders.

"Dad, Mom. Thank you so much for all these years." Su Ziling was sincere and moved.

"Okay, let's eat, let's eat."

After dinner, Su Ziling sat alone in his room, thinking about his parents, Yin, Anyan, and himself. He thought about everything he had experienced during this period of time.

"Come in~" He was thinking when someone knocked on the door and Su Ziling shouted.

The person who came in was An Yan. An Yan came over and sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Su Ziling. He just didn't seem to speak as usual. Su Ziling was quite uncomfortable with the hesitation in An Yan's eyes, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Su Ziling, have you ever thought that we can't stay in Shanghai for longer? Do you remember what happened at Xiao Su's house? When Shangguan Can and Zhang Dong were there?"

Su Ziling certainly knew that they had returned and killed Grandpa, and not only had he exposed himself, but people also knew that he was the 'Guardian'.

"Have you ever thought about why you have been living in peace for so many years here? Maybe it's because they didn't expect you to be sent to a new world. After all, Yin has been wandering in that world under an assumed name."

"What do you mean?"

"Su Ziling, I don't know if the people who killed our parents are the same, but they must be accomplices, and they are closely related to Song Hongtian."

"What did you say?" Su Ziling jumped up from his chair.

An Yan nodded and looked at Su Ziling. Su Ziling's mind raced, trying to string together An Yan's seemingly incoherent words. Suddenly, Su Ziling was struck by something and understood everything.

When he was a child, something happened to his family after something happened to An Yan's family. This couldn't be a coincidence. Therefore, he had already been exposed when he was chasing An Yan to prevent him from being taken away, so he was traced back to his home and ended up harming his entire family. Now, Zhang Dong and Shangguan Can know his identity and will definitely tell Song Hongtian. Similarly, Song Hongtian may be able to trace him back to his current home!

Su Ziling looked at An Yan in horror, "Let's go, let's go now, I can't let anything happen to my parents again."

"Su Ziling, calm down. Trust me, nothing will happen to your uncle and aunt again." An Yan stood up and held him back. "But we do need to leave as soon as possible."

"Go back?"

"No, there's no point going back now. Is there anywhere you want to go?"

Su Ziling looked at An Yan. An Yan looked at him with such calmness and determination that Su Ziling magically believed everything he said. It seemed that as long as An Yan was there, Su Ziling didn't have to worry about anything.

Su Ziling was silent for a while and then said, "I've always wanted to go to a place to play."

"where?"

“Qingdao.”

"That's where we'll go."

"An Yan, are my parents really okay?"

"Tell your uncle and aunt everything tomorrow. You can let them go out and play for a while, preferably abroad. Don't worry, everything will be fine in a short time."

Yes, everything will be fine. The next morning, Su Ziling got up very early, but Anyan and Xiaosu got up even earlier. When Su Ziling got up, Anyan had already taken Xiaosu for a walk in the garden downstairs.

"Mom and Dad, I have something to tell you."

After Su Ziling finished speaking, the two of them remained silent for a long time. Just when Su Ziling was silent and didn't know what to do, Aunt Su sighed. This sigh scared Su Ziling so much that he breathed carefully and slowly.

"The night you came back, your dad and I couldn't sleep. We were both happy and sad. We were happy that you came back safely and recognized us as your parents. We were sad because, who else but the 'Guardian' could appear with the 'Son of God' at this time and have such a good relationship with him? Your parents have always felt that your identity was not simple and that you must have encountered difficulties, but we never expected..." Aunt Su began to cry as she spoke.

"Mom, don't cry..." Su Ziling felt sad and his eyes began to turn red.

"Don't cry, Mom won't cry. We'll listen to you, Ziling. Mom and dad will listen to you." Aunt Su wiped away her tears and forced a smile, but she couldn't help sniffing her nose.

"Mom and Dad, don't worry, I will come back safely. When everything is over, I will bring my brother to meet you."

"Okay, okay." Uncle Su said.

"Mom, please pack my luggage for me. I'm going to Qingdao for a while. Mom, you know I've always wanted to go there to play."

Aunt Su wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, stood up and went into the house without looking at anyone.

The next morning, Su Ziling was on the high-speed train from Shanghai to Qingdao. At this time, Uncle Su and Aunt Su were about to board a flight to the United States, and it was another farewell.

The high-speed train was moving fast and tirelessly, but Su Ziling couldn't rest and sleep. After he recovered his memory, Yin didn't tell him much. He only knew that Song Hongtian was the current leader of the Song family and that he was the one who sent the people to arrest An Yan. But An Yan said it clearly and understandably at that time that Song Hongtian was the mortal enemy who killed their parents. So, An Yan must know something.

Could it be that An Yan has been under Song Hongtian's control for so many years? Su Ziling looked at An Yan's face suddenly.

"What's wrong?" An Yan asked.

Su Ziling shook his head and said, "An Yan, is it okay for us to take the high-speed train so blatantly?"

"Don't worry, they won't be able to track it down with their methods."

"Okay, I'll take a nap then. Call me when you get there."

"Well, go to sleep."