Cui Di couldn't understand why Xiong Bufan would keep the dog.

"Mom, shall we chase him away?" Cui Di said, snuggling closer to Xiong Bufan. A child with a mother is a treasure, a child without a mother is just a weed.

Xiong Bufan patted Cui Di gently and said matter-of-factly, "This is the grandson your grandma and the others wanted. I finally managed to find him." Actually, he just wanted to find Cui Di because he was too young and Cui Daqiang and Liu Jianping were too useless.

Actually, keeping Gou'er wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision by Xiong Bufan. When he saw Gou'er helping to deal with human traffickers and eating less at the police station, Xiong Bufan knew that Gou'er was the chosen one to do the work.

Knowing that Xiong Bufan didn't want to tell him, Cui Di didn't ask any more questions.

These past few days have been so comfortable that Cui Di almost forgot about the hardships they had endured before.

The dog stayed at Xiong Bufan's house. At lunchtime, Liu Jianping didn't cook for the dog, or even provide it with a bowl or chopsticks, and put away the extras.

Xiong Bufan snatched Liu Jianping's bowl and chopsticks away, saying, "How could you mistreat your grandson?!" He then handed the bowl and chopsticks to Gou'er.

Liu Jianping was so angry that he said "You!" three times, but he didn't dare to point his finger at Xiong Bufan.

Xiong Bufan mimicked Liu Jianping's previous sarcastic manner, slamming his bowl and chopsticks down on the table. "What do you mean, 'you'? Eating with you is such a downer!"

Usually, after Liu Jianping finishes saying this, Cui Daqiang will attack An Qingnuan and force her to eat at the stove.

Cui Di shrank back closer to Xiong Bufan, "Mom, I'm scared!"

Xiong Bufan didn't make a move, but said to Liu Jianping, "Go to the stove and eat!"

Liu Jianping couldn't take it anymore and fainted. Xiong Bufan looked coldly at Cui Daqiang, who put down his chopsticks and carried Liu Jianping to the stove in the outer room.

When Cui Daqiang returned, he carefully observed Xiong Bufan's expression. "Qingnuan, should I go outside too?"

Xiong Bufan slowly ate his food, while Cui Daqiang carefully picked up his bowl and chopsticks and went to the stove in the outer room to eat, afraid that Xiong Bufan might suddenly attack him.

The dog picked up the bowl and chopsticks and shoveled rice into his mouth, almost burying his head in the bowl. He didn't want to eat at the stove; it was cold there and he couldn't eat well.

Xiong Bufan thought for a moment, then picked up a leaf of vegetable and gave the dog a piece of vegetable. Poor child, eat more vegetables. That leaf of vegetable was her greatest expression of sympathy for the dog.

Kongkong couldn't help but complain, "He was obviously scared by you, and couldn't you have given him a piece of meat?"

The dog shakily took the meat from the bowl and said, "Thank you, sister."

Cui Di gently pushed the bowl in front of Xiong Bufan, "Mom, I want one too!"

"You really think you're some kind of maid serving food?" Xiong Bufan said. "You're a big kid now, pick up your own food."

"Mom, I can help Grandma wash the dishes in a little while, and I can also feed the chickens."

Cui Di looked like she was about to cry. Xiong Bufan couldn't stand seeing children cry, so he just randomly put a piece of cabbage on her plate and said, "Eat it."

Raising young animals is a hassle; you have to be fair even with just a single leaf of vegetable.

After Cui Di got the vegetable leaf, he secretly compared it with the vegetable leaf in the dog's bowl. He found that his was bigger than the dog's. He grinned and looked at the dog triumphantly before eating the vegetable leaf in one bite.

The dog had been wandering with human traffickers for a long time. It was good enough that it had hot food to eat and didn't have to live in fear every day. It didn't have the mind to guess what Cui Di was up to.

After lunch, Gou'er volunteered to help clear the dishes. Xiong Bufan lay on the bed and suddenly remembered that he had brought back wild boar meat from Cui Dahai's house yesterday. He could go up the mountain to find food and have an endless supply of meat.

Kongkong also agreed with this. Back then, Xiong Bufan was invincible on the mountain. After gaining spiritual intelligence, he was robbed. Those who didn't gain spiritual intelligence were all put into Xiong Bufan's stomach. They couldn't beat him, and they couldn't run away. So when Xiong Bufan came out, everyone stayed far away. Now, they still miss the days on the mountain, carefree, where they could do nothing but cultivate and play together.

When Liu Jianping woke up, she saw her son standing beside her, surrounded by unwashed dishes and chopsticks. She couldn't help but cry again. Cui Daqiang took out a cornbread from his pocket and said, "Mom, eat."

That wretched nun and her two brats didn't leave you a single thing to eat; this is what I saved for you.

"Hey, son, are you full?"

"I'm full, Mom, you eat."

The two of them were showing their deep mother-son bond. Xiong Bufan took his two cubs and ran to the mountain behind the house. There were no big wild animals, but there would always be small ones.

Cui Di was a little scared. In her previous life, she had heard that some families would abandon their children in the deep mountains if they didn't want to raise them. The children would be left to fend for themselves and die. In the end, the children would not even be able to leave behind a complete corpse, and without a complete corpse, they could not be reincarnated.

The surrounding scenery became increasingly unfamiliar, and there wasn't a single footprint in sight. Cui Di hugged Xiong Bufan's neck tightly, "Mom~, what are we doing up the mountain?"

As Xiong Bufan sniffed the aroma, he said, "I came up the mountain to find some good food. Just keep quiet."

"it is good"

Gou'er wasn't worried about being abandoned in the deep mountains. After all, if Xiong Bufan hadn't wanted him in the first place, he wouldn't have allowed him to tell the police chief that he and Xiong Bufan were relatives, nor would he have allowed him to come home with him, or even provided him with food.

Xiong Bufan smelled the scent and was about to track it down. He put Cui Di and Gou'er down on the ground and said, "Wait here for me, I'll be right back."

With tears and snot streaming down his face, Cui Di tugged at Xiong Bufan's clothes, pleading, "Mom, I'll be good. I won't send my older brother away. Please don't abandon me, okay?"

Xiong Bufan looked completely bewildered. "Why would I not want you? You're my child. I wouldn't abandon you even if I didn't want anyone else."

I just spotted the scent of a wild boar, and it would be dangerous for you to follow, so I'm putting you down. How could I abandon you? I'm counting on you two little rascals to take care of me in my old age!

Only then did Cui realize he had been overthinking things. He wiped away his tears and said, "Mom, go ahead. We'll wait for you to come back." It was so embarrassing, so incredibly embarrassing. He had lived a whole life, so why did he cry so easily?

This is so embarrassing.

Dog: "Sister, you go ahead, I'll take good care of the baby."

I never knew Cui Di's real name; I could only call him "Zai'er" (Little Boy).

Seeing that the two had agreed, Xiong Bufan darted into the woods and began tracking the wild boar by scent.

Cui Di hid on the ground and drew circles with a stick, immersed in her own world. Gou'er looked around. This place was already far away from the village. She didn't know how Gou'er could move so fast.

After some time, it was still too cold here. The dog cleared a small patch of ground, and seeing that there was no wind and snow all around, it gathered some firewood and started a fire on the ground so that the two of them could warm up a bit.

Two small figures were warming themselves by the fire. Cui Di looked at the dog and asked, "Big brother, how old are you this year?"

"Six years old."

"Young man, do you remember where you're from?"

"I don't remember. I've been with them ever since I can remember. I've been to many places with them. Every time I ask them if I was also abducted by them."

They said I was a dirty child nobody wanted, and only they would take me in.

Having been a mother herself, Cui Di patted the dog's head and said, "It's alright, it's all over now."

The dog, like a little adult, said, "Yes, it's all in the past."

Cui Di felt guilty about what he had done, and now that his sad memories had been brought up again, he could only silently add some firewood to the fire.

There were rustling sounds all around. When Gou'er turned around, he saw the wild boar behind him. He quickly took a burning piece of firewood from the fire and shielded Cui Di with it, saying, "Little one, don't be afraid."

"I've been chasing you for ages, and here you are!" Xiong Bufan's voice rang out. Then, Xiong Bufan suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbing a large log and smashing it onto the wild boar.

The wild boar died on the spot, and Gou'er gained a clear understanding of Xiong Bufan's ferocity. Back then, when he dealt with the human traffickers, Xiong Bufan hadn't gone all out.

Xiong Bufan grabbed the wild boar by its hind legs and lifted it up. "It's a bit small, but it's enough for a meal."

Let's go home.

"it is good"

The dog removed all the firewood from the fire, extinguished it, sprinkled some snow on it, and stomped on it until there were no more embers before leaving. In this desolate wilderness, if the fire had started, even a life sentence wouldn't have made up for the loss.

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