Chapter 128: Untying the Knot
"Young Master, I beg you. Reading stood up abruptly and knelt straight.
"Grandpa Reading, what are you doing here!" Miao quickly stepped forward to help Redding up.
"Young master, I'll leave after I'm done. Redding looked at Miu and pleaded.
"Well, Grandpa Redding, just this once, I don't want another time. Miao looked at Redding, couldn't bear to see the pleading gaze of the kind old man, turned his head away, and said.
"Okay, young master, I'll just say it once. Redding nodded reassuringly.
"Young master, do you remember the time you beat Nannett with a brick?" asked Redding with a look of recollection.
"Yes, Nannet always made excuses to trouble me, and that time I couldn't take it anymore, and when Nannet was not looking, I knocked him out with a brick from behind, and then beat him so hard that he was a pig's head. Then his father found me and beat me up. Miao also said with a look of nostalgia.
"Young master, but do you know? After the master knew that you were beaten by Nannett's father, he didn't say a word, so he went directly to Nannett's father, and the two of them fought fiercely, and finally your father was so badly injured that Nannett's father couldn't get out of bed for half a month. Since that time, Nannett hasn't bothered you again. ”
Miao frowned slightly, and thought to herself: "How could a person as strong as Nannett not trouble him because of that fight?
He came to the room that night to see it, and although it was very dark, when he put down the medicine, it seemed that he saw a long, fresh wound on his hand. But he was in such a hurry that I couldn't even see his face. I thought it was dazzling. Could it be a wound from a fight with Nannet's father?"
Vague details came to Miao's mind.
"Young master, you still remember when you were twelve years old. You accidentally fell into the hands of a group of traffickers, and in the end, it was the master himself who wore the stars and the moon and tracked him for three days and three nights before he caught up with the traffickers' convoy. After he killed these traffickers, he didn't even close his eyes, and brought you home overnight. ”
"Young Master, do you remember when you were thirteen years old, you awakened the realm, because you actually awakened two realms at once, so your body couldn't bear it, and finally passed out. The vitality is fading. In order to get you back to the past, the master visited the homes of all the alchemy masters in Bis City, and I don't know how many times I closed the door, and finally asked for a medicine master to prepare a pair of potions for you, and pulled you back from the abyss of hell!"
"Master, do you remember ......?"
Reading is like a gossip and a parent, and keeps telling stories that have been sealed in Miao's mind for a long time. Every time Miao heard a story from Redding's mouth, his heart sank a little, and the doubts in his heart were also solved.
"Young Master. Did you know? Miao's family receives some gold coins every month, and that's all given by the lord in your name. ”
"Young Master, do you know? If you didn't participate in the family's secret realm battle this time, the elders will be very disappointed in you. They think that you have betrayed the family and should be erased, and it is the master who is under great pressure. In the end, you and your wife had to be expelled from the family. And the lord was also stripped of the title of patriarch of the family by the Council of Elders. Reading kept talking, talking. Speaking of which, there were already two tears in my eyes. The voice began to whimper.
"But the master has never told the young master what he has done for you. Because the Presbyterian Church does not agree with your existence and has always thought that you are a false being, he cannot directly protect you, he cannot lose his power, otherwise he will no longer be able to protect you well. He can only protect you silently behind your back, and never thought of your return, because you are his favorite son!" Reading thought of the man's doing, and two lines of tears flowed down the old face.
At this time, Miao's heart was like pressing a thousand pounds of boulder, which made him a little breathless. He always thought that God was watching over him, allowing him to walk so smoothly on the way forward. What he didn't expect was that it was his 'disgusted father' who had been silently by his side, quietly helping him up when he fell, quietly clearing the fog ahead when he lost his way, and quietly helping him heal his wounds when he was injured. It turned out that it was not God who was caring for him, but his father protecting him.
......A tear slipped from the corner of Miao's eye and dripped into the glass of water he held in his hand, making a crisp sound.
"Grandpa Redding, thank you, thank you for telling me this!" Miao wiped his red eyes vigorously, he promised not to shed tears again, but he really couldn't hold back today.
"Young master, as long as you can understand the master, it's fine. The lord has nothing left now, and the only thing left for him is you and Madame! He can't lose you and Madame anymore. Reading looked at Miao, who had come to his senses, and said earnestly.
"Grandpa Redding, I see. Miao nodded a little reluctantly, these things had too much impact on him.
"Young master, then I'll go first, the master is home alone, he must be very lonely, so I'll go back to accompany him first. Reading stood up, bowed and said.
"Grandpa Redding, I'll send you!" Miao looked at Grandpa Redding's old figure, took his arm, and walked out.
"Young Master, let's go back and see the master when you have time!" Outside the gate of the Supreme Temple, Redding looked at Miao and said with relief.
"Yes, I will. Miao replied as he helped Reading into the carriage he had prepared.
"Young master, you can go back too. Reading waved his hand and got into the carriage.
Miao nodded and said to the coachman: "Send it to the Zeus family, slow down on the road!"
"Yes, Lord False!" replied the coachman respectfully.
Last night was a sleepless night for Miao, and after thinking all night, he looked a little haggard today.
Miao stood at the door of the half-hidden firewood room for a while, then took a deep breath and gently pushed the door open. What catches your eye is a small dining room, with an old round table with four round stools in the center of the dining room, and a cabinet against the wall that has been unpainted, so there are no other items.
The dining room was originally a separate firewood room, but now there is a door on the left and right walls of this room, and several suites are connected, which seem to have been opened by Apes after he moved over.
Miao suddenly heard Grandpa Redding's voice coming from the room on her left.
"Master, Young Master Miao has come to the family dinner today, and now he is probably having dinner at this point. But the Council of Elders wouldn't let the Master go to see the Master!" Redding said in a complaining tone, standing in front of his desk.
"Redding, did you go to see Miu yesterday?" asked Apace as he tapped his fingers lightly on the table, as if casually.
"I knew I couldn't hide it from my lord!" said Redding's face with a hint of relief.
"How is he?" asked Apes after a moment's hesitation.
"Young master, he is naturally auspicious, and he has his own natural appearance. Reading looked at the look of concern on the old man's face and replied quickly.
"That's right, he can come to the dinner, I guess it's no big problem. Apes said with a smile on his face.
"Young Master, his cultivation has also increased now, he has comprehended the primary realm, and he has been promoted to a white bishop!" Redding said proudly.
"I've heard this before, but I just hope he won't be blinded by power!" Apes nodded, the smile on his face fading into a look of concern.
"Master......" Redding said with a slight sigh.
Miao stood in place, only to feel a sour nose.
"This is my father, he loves me so much!"
Miao raised his feet, lifted the door curtain, looked at the two familiar figures that greeted him, and shouted, "Father, Grandpa Redding!"
"Young Master!" Redding called out, turning his head and exclaiming happily.
And Apes's expression was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of joy appeared in his eyes, which flashed for a moment, and then was very perfectly concealed by him, but he was still caught by the keen Miao.
"Thank you, Father...... Thank you for doing a lot for my mother and me over the years. Miao said slowly with a bright smile on his face.
"What are you talking about......" Apes said as he looked at Miao, a little incredulous.
"Father, Grandpa Reading has already sued me for everything, please forgive me for my ignorance. Miao's eyes were slightly red, and his father, who looked at the temples in his eyes, which had turned slightly white, felt his nose sour. My father, who is at the peak of middle age, has turned gray on his temples, what kind of pressure is this! How much did my father pay for him and his mother?
"You know it all!" said Apes, with a wry smile on his face.
"Yes, Father, Grandpa Reading has told me everything!"
Apes got up from his seat, walked up to Miao, put his arm on his shoulder, put a bright smile on his face, and said kindly, "I thought: I would lose you forever." ”
"No, Father!" said Miu with a determined expression.
"My son!" Apes embraced Miao into his arms.
"When was the last time you hugged him? It looks like you were born! It's a good feeling to hug him!"
Apes' mind thought. Ever since Miao's birth, the family elders have believed that Miu is an ominous omen. In order not to arouse the displeasure of the family elders, Apes deliberately distanced himself from Miu, which is a painful thing for a father: watching his son grow day by day but not being able to share happiness with him, watching his child mature day by day but not teaching him the truth of life. Now that his son has grown up, he no longer has to worry about the presbytery, and he can happily hug his son.
After half a ring, Apes reluctantly let Miao go from his embrace. (To be continued......)