It’s been raining continuously. This small northern city has continuous drizzle in winter.

Because it is near the sea, the air is damp and cold, and the wind is strong, which feels like a sharp knife on your face.

But at the noisy intersection, the man just wore a black windbreaker as if he didn’t feel the cold at all.

He is not a special person, and no one will notice him if he disappears into the crowd.

He stood there for a long time, watching the cars coming and going, without moving.

From time to time, someone would look back at him, then ignore him, but he didn’t care at all.

He stretched out his hand, and the wind stopped in an instant, as if it was held in his hand.

Then he loosened his hand again, and the wind started flowing again, with more warmth.

A faint smile slowly formed on that face.

He said, “I’m back.”

……

……

“November 12.”

“It’s been half a year since I traveled through time. It was still midsummer, and the air was hot and humid.”

In the corner of the alley, Zhuang Ning looked around at the girls.

Logically speaking, they should all be quite eye-catching, but for Zhuang Ning now, only some tiny hints are needed to influence the people around him.

Therefore, they kept a low profile along the way.

“I set the time for passing through the star gate, but there are always deviations, so it is half a year late. This is expected.”

“But it doesn’t matter!” Zhuang Ning took a deep breath, looked at the girls, and nodded heavily, “Now, go home!”

……

……

It wasn’t a particularly large neighborhood, and on rainy days, not many people were walking around.

Zhuang Ning walked very slowly. He suddenly felt very strange, even though he had lived here for a long time.

New Year’s Day is coming soon. It’s a new year. Although this is accidental, it can be regarded as God’s will, right? Zhuang Ning thought.

The trees were already bare, and the rain was hitting the umbrella with an especially crisp sound, and each of his steps seemed especially heavy.

Soon, the winter sky darkened and Zhuang Ning stopped in front of the door.

He raised his hand with trembling hands and knocked gently on the door. A sound came from behind the door, a tone that he hadn’t heard in a long time.

At this moment, Zhuang Ning’s restless heart inexplicably calmed down.

The door was pushed open, and there was a woman’s face, full of wrinkles, and the wind and frost left traces on her face.

What should I say at a time like this?

Zhuang Ning originally had a manuscript, and one must not underestimate his eloquence, as that was his livelihood. Even on the way, he had already thought of countless excuses for himself!

But when the words reached my lips, they were stuck again, as if there was a thorn stuck in my throat.

He felt that he was really contradictory. He was clearly very anxious, but his pace was so slow along the way.

At this point, there was only a very low voice:

“mom.”

“You…” The woman raised her hand and pointed at Zhuang Ning with trembling hands.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she opened her mouth. The people watching nearby nodded secretly. What would follow was surely a touching reunion scene like in TV dramas.

“——Are you a human or a ghost?”

Zhuang Ning was stunned.

Not only him, but several girls nearby were stunned. The style of the painting was different from what they had imagined.

A bad premonition arose and Zhuang Ning frowned.

Then I saw the woman laughing, laughing so hard that her chest and back were sticking to each other.

“It’s just a joke. Who told you not to get any news for half a year? I know it’s because of work, but I still want to think you’re dead.”

The corner of Zhuang Ning’s mouth twitched, and he looked like he was laughing: “What’s going on?”

“Half a year ago, you sent us a message saying that you needed to go to a very remote place for work and we would not be able to contact you for a while.” The woman did not feel any burden at all. “But didn’t you call me once before and just said you would be back soon?”

Zhuang Ning was silent.

He was not stupid and he quickly figured out the whole story. The system had already made arrangements for the aftermath before he traveled through time.

Damn it, I thought so much about it… He was a little angry for some reason, but the smile on his face became sincere.

At least his parents weren’t too worried.

“Come in.” The woman waved. “You’re standing outside like an idiot. Don’t you feel cold? Well, no, you’re wearing too little!”

He stepped lightly into the room, the heating was on…it was like spring here.

“Okay, tell me where you went. Did you teach? But there’s signal everywhere now, and you just sent a text message.” The woman complained, “I called you, but couldn’t get through. If I hadn’t checked in regularly, I would have thought you were dead out there.”

Zhuang Ning didn’t explain and just smiled and let the woman complain.

As she spoke, the woman caught a glimpse of someone outside the door and waved happily, “Xiaoning’s friend, come in, come in.”

She even poked Zhuang Ning with her hand: “Are you getting it now? Do you want to find a girlfriend?”

Amiya was the first to walk in, feeling a little nervous.

She was struggling with a very realistic problem: she couldn’t speak the language. After all, she was still young and didn’t have time to learn it.

Zhuang Ning wanted to explain the matter of Amiya’s rabbit ears and tail, but his mother was shocked and her first reaction was:

“Foreigner?”

Then he shook his head, looked at the beast with a look, and whispered: “Where did you cheat this? It’s too small, isn’t it?”

She wasn’t surprised by the rabbit ears and looked nonchalant… She probably thought of this as cosplay.

Zhuang Ning remained calm: “It’s not what you think.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Sui walked in. She was very domineering and immediately intimidated the whole audience.

“I’m years old, and I’m Zhuang Ning’s…” She was a little confused and didn’t know how to express it.

“Colleague.” Zhuang Ning coughed.

“Colleague.” Sui repeated expressionlessly.

The woman immediately grabbed Zhuang Ning and said, “Why is there another one? When did you become a scumbag?!”

She looked distressed and glanced at her, expressing her concern: “Looking at her like this, you are not a gigolo, are you…”

“I am too weak in your heart!” Zhuang Ning pulled the corner of his mouth again.

Yes, no wonder I was scared. I guess I had a headache from the beginning!

The last footstep came.

Precious smiled and said, “This is our first meeting. I guess Zhuang Ning didn’t mention me, right, Mom?”

The woman was stunned. Given her nature, she should have said that there was another expert out there.

But she was still conquered for a moment by the word “Mom”.

But besides being moved, he looked at Zhuang Ning with deep sorrow.

“I think there must be a misunderstanding.” Zhuang Ning sighed, and suddenly heard the phone beeping, “Mom, who are you calling?”

“You thief, turn yourself in.” The woman said with an expression that said, “I don’t have a son like you.” “Bigamy is illegal!”

Zhuang Ning held his forehead with his hand: “I’ve already told you, it’s not what you think.”

“What’s that like?”

how?

Zhuang Ning was stunned for a moment and looked at the faces of several people.

Looking at her son’s expression, the woman said, “Police station, let me ask, turning myself in should result in a reduced sentence, right? It’s not me, it’s my son, I’ll bring him in to turn himself in…”

……

……

In the end, although he didn’t want to use the devil’s damn brainwashing ability, Zhuang Ning still used it shamelessly.

Explain? He is a demon king, what else can he explain? Isn’t this the time to use psychic abilities? If you are dissatisfied, you can write to him.

Because Zhuang Ning came back in a hurry, there was no time to prepare a big meal, so the family ended up eating out.

The first meal after returning home is not the one cooked by myself, but eaten out. It’s really… realistic.

But Zhuang Ning hasn’t felt so satisfied for a long time.

Sure enough, most of the time, eating is not about what you eat, but who you eat with…

At the dinner table, except for Amiya who suffered from language problems, Sui and Precious were answering his mother’s questions.

Although the woman was beating around the bush, the core of the issue was what did my Zhuang Ning do in the past six months and how did he abduct you here.

And after eating and drinking, there is a serious question.

stay.

In the end, due to the shortage of rooms, Zhuang Ning was unsurprisingly forced to sit on the sofa in the living room.

On the first day back home, there was no joy of reunion, but bullying everywhere…

In the darkness, he was completely unaware that the corners of his mouth were always raised.

A chill came over me.

He felt something, his eyes turned cold, and he saw darkness lingering.

“Don’t be so standoffish.”