Chapter Five Hundred Sixteen: Chen Nuo, Be Polite to My Dad!
Chen Nuo sighed.
At this mont, he had to admit that Seed might really have found the correct path.
This road could truly be the correct one!
Negative emotions and feelings are unavoidable.
They are things that will inevitably arise with an individual’s experiences.
Humans are not killed by negative emotions—or rather, they are not easily killed by negative emotions.
It is not because humans are stronger than the Mother, or because humans are immune to this "virus."
It is simply because humans have antidotes—antidotes to combat this virus.
The Mother doesn’t have antidotes, so she dies.
All along, the Seeds, including the Mother herself, might have been searching in one direction: how to beco immune to negative emotions.
How to evolve into a higher life form that doesn’t produce negative emotions.
But that direction has always been a dead end.
And Seed sought a new direction:
I don’t need immunity. I just need to understand how to find the antidote, that’s all.
This road... might be the right one.
Humans universally possess negative emotions and feelings.
When soone is heartbroken, it’s painful. That’s a negative emotion.
But after a heartbreak, spending ti with a good friend, having a drink, and pouring out one’s heart can make one feel a little better. At this ti, friendship, sharing, and companionship are the positive emotions and feelings that act as an antidote.
Life can be very painful for soone: stress is very high, they work late every day, and their workload is heavy.
But if this person thinks about having a whole day to rest on the weekend, playing a ga they really enjoy, or pursuing a hobby they love and have been anticipating, it can alleviate the stress and revive so energy to keep going.
Using hope to confront disappointnt.
Using companionship to confront loneliness.
Using love to confront evil thoughts.
That is humanity’s most effective weapon.
"So what’s your plan?" Chen Nuo asked Seed.
"I want to truly experience all human emotions, both positive and negative.
Of course, mainly the positive ones, because I need to find more antidotes. The more antidotes I have, the more they may benefit in the future.
Many positive human emotions co from relationships between people.
Like you, Chen Nuo. We are a Seed and a Chosen One, but we can establish a friendship.
Like Sofia, she is like my family, my mother.
Like Fox, she is like my family, my sister.
I want to seriously experience these human relationships, to generate enough positive emotions from them. These can all be stored up as ’antidotes’ for the future."
Chen Nuo nodded. It did seem like a viable path.
As Seed spoke, a thought suddenly struck Chen Nuo.
"Wait a minute! You’re not—You can’t be thinking..."
Seed nodded. "During this ti here, I’ll really think of Brother Lei as my father! I’m very serious about wanting to experience this emotion. So..."
Seed suddenly stopped smiling, his expression very serious as he faced Chen Xiaoguo. "Chen Nuo, from now on, be polite to my father!"
Chen Nuo thought, Damn it...
For Brother Lei, another surprise today ca at three in the afternoon when elentary school let out.
At the ti, Brother Lei was on the construction site discussing matters with the team, talking about when the next batch of sand would be delivered and when two large machines would be brought in.
Then, from afar, he saw Seed wearing a red neckerchief and carrying a school bag, bouncing and hopping happily toward him.
Seeing Brother Lei from a distance, Seed’s chubby face broke into a happy smile, and he called out loudly.
"Dad!"
Good lord!
Brother Lei almost collapsed!
Seed ca over and affectionately grabbed Brother Lei’s sleeve. "Dad, I’m out of school. Let’s go ho for dinner."
"...Okay, okay."
"I want to eat roast goose tonight, Dad."
"...Okay, okay."
"Dad, I want to drink cola."
"Okay, we’ll buy it. We’ll buy them all."
"Dad..."
Stop calling that! I’m not your dad! You’re my dad!! Brother Lei lanted internally.
The most terrifying thing wasn’t even this.
The most terrifying thing was that Seed actually turned around and nodded at the construction team’s boss standing next to Brother Lei.
"Hello, Uncle!"
Brother Lei almost fainted!
The contractor laughed heartily, revealing teeth yellowed from smoking. "Oh my! This chubby little fellow, so robust and adorable! He even greets people on his own initiative—what a sensible kid!"
With that, he reached out and ruffled Seed’s curly hair a few tis. Brother Lei was trembling the entire ti!
Then the contractor actually took out his wallet, pulled out a hundred-yuan bill, and tried to stuff it into Seed’s hand. "Here, a eting gift! From Uncle! Go buy yourself a new schoolbag!"
"No, no! No way!" Brother Lei panicked imdiately.
"Oh, co on, it’s for the kid, it’s for the kid!"
Brother Lei felt like crying. Is this money really for a schoolbag? Isn’t this bloody money?!
Back on the back hill, Chen Nuo saw Erya clacking away at the keyboard inside the house. Yun Yin was actually sitting there, holding an enal mug and dictating slowly.
After Yun Yin finished dictating one piece, she glanced at the sun and said slowly, "With you helping type today, I’m getting through it much faster. There are still about two hours until dinner, so you can play on the computer for a while."
Chen Nuo was stunned. !!!???
Erya asked in surprise, "Really?!"
Yun Yin shook her head, and her traditionally cold face even showed a trace of a smile. "Yes, a balance between work and rest is important. Don’t get too carried away playing, though; there’s still evening practice after dinner."
Erya readily agreed, imdiately saved the docunt, and then began to search the computer for gas.
There weren’t many gas installed, but for children of that era, even titles like Spider Solitaire and Minesweeper were enough to keep them happily entertained for a long ti.
In the end, Erya also gave Chen Nuo a fierce stare. You promised to buy a gaming computer, but you hogged it all night! I didn’t even get to touch it! This Chen Xiaoguo is so wicked!
Yun Yin, holding her mug, stepped out of the room. She glanced at Wu Daodao, who was outside looking at Erya with complex eyes, a mixture of envy and resentnt.
Wu Daodao quickly shrank back and turned his head away.
"You seem to be quite kind to this child," Chen Nuo sighed.
After a mont’s thought, Yun Yin said softly, "It’s nothing. She just reminds of myself. When my father died, I was probably about her age."
Chen Nuo sighed inwardly.
Seed was right. Emotions indeed develop after relationships between people are ford.
But looking at Yun Yin, he couldn’t help feeling sowhat lancholic. She... she’ll die in a few days. What goes through the mind and heart of a soul that is about to die?
Yun Yin asked indifferently, "What are you looking at? Curious about how a person on the brink of death can be so calm?"
Chen Nuo didn’t quite know how to respond.
Yun Yin quietly looked up at the sun.
Even though it was already three or four in the afternoon, the sumr sun was still fierce.
"Actually, I’ve lived quite a long ti. There’s not much left in life to hold onto. The enemies I once had are all dead, and old grudges have been settled. When you t in London, I was actually..." Yun Yin even cracked a smile as she spoke. "To be honest, my life was quite boring."
Chen Nuo gazed at her face—it was clearly Sun Keke’s face, Sun Keke’s smile, sothing he should have been very familiar with. But at that mont... Chen Nuo felt as if he saw the gaze of the Yun Yin he had t in London.
"After I die, be... be kinder to her."
Yun Yin suddenly spoke, "That night in Jinling, her consciousness was always trying to stop . Even when I threatened several tis to shatter her consciousness, to completely erase her, she did not hesitate. She even foolishly tried to fight for control of this body. I suppose this girl must have very deep feelings for you."
Chen Nuo remained silent for a while, then said slowly, "I failed her. I owe her a great deal."
Yun Yin also fell silent at his words.
After a mont, she suddenly said softly, "Actually, she doesn’t want to hear you say sorry."
Chen Nuo was taken aback.
But Yun Yin had already said quietly, "That’s what she said. She asked to tell you this, from her consciousness."
Having said that, Yun Yin turned and walked away, heading toward the ruins behind the old house.
Yun Yin slept at night.
Normally, soone with her level of power wouldn’t need sleep to recover spiritual energy.
But Yun Yin was different. The spiritual power of her soul was like water without a source: once used, it was lost and could not replenish itself.
Therefore, she avoided unnecessary energy expenditure as much as possible.
At night, since both Wu Daodao and Erya needed to sleep, Yun Yin also simply sat inside the house, leaning against a ruined wall to sleep in her clothes.
Beneath her was the mat the middle-aged woman had sent to the back hill. Nearby lay a blanket, a box of mosquito coils, and repellent for outdoor pests like mosquitoes, snakes, and ants.
Chen Nuo sat near Yun Yin that night. Once she had fallen asleep and her breathing was steady, he sighed and closed his eyes to sleep as well.
The night was peaceful; in these back hills, the occasional chirp of insects could be heard.
The dayti heat had dissipated. When the evening breeze swept through, the distant forest rustled.
Yun Yin, still leaning against the wall, soundlessly opened her eyes. Her gaze drifted around before settling on Chen Nuo.
She rose slowly, quietly walked over to Chen Nuo, and bent down, gazing at him for a long ti.
She sighed softly. "If you were just an ordinary person, how happy we could have been."
Her voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz. She shook her head, then turned and slipped out into the night, where she stood for a long ti.
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