The Lin family's little boy returns to being eight years old, taking his family to new heights.

Lin Dayuan and Lin Guojun rushed into the house and saw the old lady sitting on the ground, while Liu Erli lay there motionless.

The two immediately burst into tears: "Erli... why... why did you think of doing this?!"

Grandma Lin rolled her eyes. "You're crying too soon. The person isn't dead, just unconscious. I just heard them snoring."

Lin Guojun immediately held back his tears.

"Where is Xiaoxi?"

Lin Dayuan scratched his head. "I heard that Erli hanged himself, so I rushed over and left Xiaoxi behind."

"Oh my, you're really something! Xiaoxi was terrified. She was the first one to come in. Liu Erli was still hanging from the window back then. It was so scary! I was shaking with fear."

Fortunately, he had difficulty walking and could only hang on the window. If he had been hung on the roof beam, he would definitely have died.

I don't know what happened. He was fine yesterday, so why did he hang himself today?

Lin Guojun: "When will he wake up?"

Lin Dayuan: "Wait for Xiaoxi to come over, then ask her."

Lin Guiying: "You really think your daughter is omnipotent."

Lin Dayuan, that's about it...

"Grandma... Oh my god! Dad, you left me behind... I... I didn't even finish my sentence." Lin Xi ran in breathlessly and plopped down on the ground as she spoke.

Lin Dayuan was worried that the child would be traumatized, so he comforted her, "Xiaoxi, don't be afraid. Anyway, your Uncle Liu is fine. Just think of it as... as an artistic performance."

“I’m not afraid anymore. It was just when I first came in that I thought he was dead… that he did that, and that’s when I got scared.”

Lin Dayuan: "When do you think he'll wake up?"

Xiao Yi: "Ten minutes, I guess."

Lin Xi: "There are still more than ten minutes left."

Lin Guiying: "Ha, it really is omnipotent."

Sure enough, ten minutes later, Liu Erli slowly opened his eyes. "Aunt Lin? Da Yuan? Xiao Xi? Uncle? You...you're all dead too?"

Lin Guiying slapped him across the face, startling everyone. Liu Erli was also stunned, "Even ghosts feel pain?"

Lin Guiying was so angry she laughed. "Look at this place!"

Liu Erli looked around. "My house? I'm not dead?"

"You're not dead? My granddaughter is terrified! Are you crazy? Why did you hang yourself? Is the sky going to fall or the earth going to crack? Don't you want your son anymore?"

When talking about his son, Liu Erli's eyes immediately reddened, and he clenched his fists as he recounted the whole story.

After saying that, the honest, unassuming man burst into tears like a child, crying, "I'm useless! Useless! I'm just a good-for-nothing... Waaah..."

The group was at a loss for words.

Lin Xi wanted to say something but then shut her mouth.

After Liu Erli finished crying, he sat there motionless, lost in thought.

Grandma Lin was afraid that he would be suicidal again if he was home alone, so she had her son carry him home. Before leaving, Lin Xi threw her cane into the car and left a note for Liu Yu.

Back home, several people took turns trying to persuade Liu Erli, but Liu Erli ignored what they said and remained silent.

Even Lin Xi couldn't do anything about it. He had a deep-seated resentment, believing himself to be a burden to his son. If he hadn't brought his son back, he would have hanged himself again.

Liu Yu was excitedly heading back, wanting to give his father a surprise.

He got paid today. He earned 900 yuan in the past two weeks. Although he was tired, he doesn't have to worry about his tuition for next semester.

When we arrived at the door, there was a piece of paper on it, written by my little sister Xiaoxi, saying that her father was at her house.

As he hurried toward the Lin family's house, he wondered why his father was going there during the Lunar New Year. He had said yesterday that he shouldn't trouble them.

He entered the brightly decorated courtyard, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw everyone sitting together with gloomy faces. His father was leaning against the headboard with a blank look in his eyes, and his mood was very bad.

Upon seeing his son, Liu Erli's eyes immediately reddened, and he murmured, "Son, you've suffered so much."

Liu Yu was puzzled. Could it be...?

Lin Dayuan said directly, "Your dad knows everything."

Liu Yu immediately realized that his father knew about his secret part-time job, so he quickly comforted him by saying that the job was easy and paid a lot of money. Then he stuffed nine red bills into his father's hand.

Liu Erli felt increasingly heartbroken as he listened, tears streaming down his face. Liu Yu stood there helplessly, saying, "Dad, don't cry. We have money now, it's a good thing. I won't do this anymore when school starts."

Liu Erli grabbed his son's hand and examined the wounds on his palm closely. New and old wounds were mixed together, and calluses had formed. There were also several frostbite spots on the back of his hand.

Was he blind before? He didn't see something so obvious.

Liu Yu awkwardly withdrew his hand. "Dad, it doesn't hurt. I don't feel anything. It'll be fine in a couple of days."

The Lin family members watching from the sidelines felt heartbroken. Lin Xi, who was easily moved to tears, saw the injury on her brother's hand and then looked at her own fair and tender little hands, and tears streamed down her face.

The group left the house, allowing the father and son to speak alone.

In the evening, Lin Guiying was preparing dinner when Liu Yu came out of the house. "Child, how is your father?"

Liu Yu didn't know about his father's hanging. He only said that everything was fine. His father told him to save the money for his schooling so that he could study hard and not have to do such tiring work in the future.

The Lin family members thought about what Liu Erli had said to his son and came to terms with it.

Everyone had a lively dinner that evening, stayed up all night to welcome the New Year, and set off firecrackers – it was quite a festive occasion.

Liu Erli had also been drinking, and he chatted with Da Yuan. He seemed very calm, which put everyone at ease.

It was past midnight before everyone went to bed, and Liu Erli and his son also slept there.

Exhausted from the day's work and having stayed up all night, the Lin family members quickly drifted off to sleep.

However, before dawn, everyone was awakened by Liu Yu's voice. He said in a panic, "My dad is missing! He's not in the house, and he's not in the yard!"

"Brother, don't worry, we'll go look for him together. You go home first and check around. We'll search around here. Don't worry, he won't have gone too far."

Liu Yu rushed home in a panic, and the Lin family members also hurriedly put on their clothes, grabbed flashlights, and searched and called out as they went.

A short while later, Liu Yu came running back, panting. The two met on the way. "My dad's not home, what should I do?"

His voice was trembling with tears, he was extremely anxious, where had his father gone?

“Brother, you’re familiar with Liujia Village. Let’s search around your house, focusing on dark and secluded places. I suspect your father is hiding there, like in a woodpile or a ditch. Let’s search around my house.”

Liu Yu was at a loss and did whatever Lin Xi said. After understanding, he ran away. Lin Dayuan was worried and followed him.

Lin Xi and the other two began searching around Lin Family Village.

But after searching around twice, I couldn't find a single person.

At this moment, the group was gathering at the village entrance.

"Little Xi, I've searched everywhere, even the neighbor's warehouse and cellar, but I still can't find it! What should I do?"

Liu Yu was so anxious that tears streamed down his face.

The Lin family members looked even worse. Now it wasn't just a matter of someone being missing; the main concern was whether they were still alive.

Lin Dayuan glanced at his daughter, "Xiaoxi, you..."

"I understand, Dad, wait a moment." He then closed his eyes.

A moment later, Lin Xi opened her eyes and gave her father and the others a wink. They immediately understood what was going on: Xiao Xi was about to cast a spell!

Lin Dayuan pulled Liu Yu away and comforted him for a few words. Lin Guiying and the other woman surrounded their granddaughter, only to see a cordyceps appear out of thin air in her hand. The two women stared in disbelief, as there had been nothing in her hand just moments before.

Lin Xi opened her mouth and ate it, then thought of Liu Erli's appearance and muttered something to herself.