Chapter 22 Uncle After the girl ran away, the two men looked at each other in bewilderment, until the door of the cabin was slammed open and a man holding a double-barreled shotgun walked out menacingly, then they realized the seriousness of the consequences. "How dare this little thief touch my daughter?!" The man with a face full of flesh bared his teeth, the shotgun in his hand was already loaded with ammunition, as if he was going to smash the ignorant guy to pieces in the next second. "Sorry, we just got here by mistake." Su Jue quickly raised his hands before the other party made a move. While speaking, he also pulled Kiana next to him, telling her not to be impulsive. Kiana reacted and quickly raised her hands to show that she was harmless, but the ranch owner didn't think they could get away with it by just surrendering. "Tell me! Why did you come to my ranch? Why did you attack my daughter?" "No, no, no, we didn't do anything to your daughter. She was just too focused on the painting process and didn't notice us." Su Jue explained immediately. "You mean it's my daughter's fault?" The middle-aged man obviously couldn't stand hearing people talking about his daughter, so he pointed the gun directly at Su Jue. Seeing that things were about to get worse, the little head suddenly appeared from behind the tall man. The little blue-haired girl tugged at her father's clothes and shook her head at him. "I'm sorry, Dad. I was too serious and didn't see them." Hearing the little girl's voice, the fierce expression on the man's face finally eased a little. He held the gun in one hand and used the other hand to touch the little girl's head. "Don't be afraid, little Grayxiu. Dad knows you don't want to hurt others, but guys like this who have unknown origins must be questioned clearly." "Tell me quickly, how did you get in?"
"We are lost..." Su Jue was interrupted before he could finish his words. The man put the gun directly to his face and said, "Do you think I'm easy to fool? My ranch is surrounded by fences. It's ridiculous that someone got lost and was able to cross the fence." Su Jue was at a loss and could only show a helpless expression. Seeing that he looked like this, he would not believe him no matter what. “Dad!” Grace, who was hiding behind the man, came out and tugged at the man’s clothes. “I’m going to be angry if you keep doing this!” The man who had a fierce look on his face just now suddenly lost his temper. He glared at the two of them fiercely, and finally put away his shotgun. He squatted down and rubbed Grayshu's head. "Don't be angry, little Grayshu. Dad will let them go." Su Jue and Kiana looked at each other, breathing a sigh of relief, and slowly put down their hands. At this moment, both of them felt a growling sound in their stomachs at the same time. "Uh……" The man who was still coaxing Grace suddenly turned his head and glared at them again. What’s going on? Not only did you trespass into someone else’s ranch, but you also wanted to eat something before leaving? He didn't say this aloud, but Grayshuse heard the sounds of their hunger and took the initiative to invite them to stay. "Lost traveler, just rest here for a night." She spoke poetically, her paint-stained dress fluttering in the wind. The two of them were in a dilemma for a moment. Although they were a little hungry, it was not good to eat other people's food. Although they were a little hungry... "Thank you, little sister." In the end, Su Jue was thicker-skinned and agreed directly. This naturally aroused the man's strong dissatisfaction, but after figuring out who was the person with the highest status in the family, Su Jue had learned to selectively ignore his threats. "Wait, although little Grayshu agreed to let you stay here for one night, your identities still need to be confirmed. Take out your ID and let me see it." After seeing that there was no room for negotiation, the man finally relented and stretched out his hand to ask for their ID. This was of course a very natural thing to do. Su Jue did not refuse and took out his ID card. "Su...Su Jue, what a familiar name." The man muttered quietly, and after a while he seemed to remember where he had heard this name before, "Boy, is your father called Su Lin?" Su Jue was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly. "Turns out it's that guy's child, no wonder." After confirming Su Jue's identity, the man's expression immediately relaxed.
"Is your father doing well?" the man asked hesitantly. "May I ask you are?" "If we talk about seniority, I should be considered your uncle." …… Qiana was quite surprised that the ranch was actually owned by Su Jue's uncle. She had heard from Su Jue that Su Jue's father had cut off contact with his relatives because of Su Jue's mother. Especially now, he was in a state of depression due to excessive drinking. She thought that they really had no contact at all, but now it seemed that this was not the case. Thanks to this relationship, the two of them eating for free suddenly became much more reasonable. However, before she explained her identity, the other party seemed to treat her as Su Jue's girlfriend, which made her a little distressed. But she did not refute it. The two men at the table were talking about their family's past, while Kiana played with little Grayshu. She could see that Grayshu really liked painting, and even when eating, he held his own paintbrush. The ranch hostess did not show up, and Kiana tactfully did not ask. Looking at the carefree little Grayshu, she suddenly missed her father. Siegfried Kaslana gave her the name Kiana and taught her how to grow into an upright person. In Sirin's previous interference with her consciousness, she kept saying that her name was just a tool used by Siegfried to restrain the Herrscher of the Void, but now Kiana doesn't think so. Kindness, integrity, and the proof of being human are all due to the existence of these good qualities. Even if I am really just a substitute, just an experimental subject named K423, everything I have experienced and the people I have met are real. Thinking of this, she raised her head and secretly glanced at Su Jue's profile, the thin boy. It was he who gave her the strength to break free from the vortex of the Herrscher of the Void. He is real, and that is enough. Chapter 23 Photos The night was getting darker and darker, and before we knew it, the bright moon had climbed up into the night sky, shining through the mottled leaves, casting sparkling jade fragments all over the ground. This ranch is not very big. Rather than being a ranch, it is more like a paradise built specifically for little Gray. When everything is quiet, the insects hiding in the lawn begin to rustle and make music. The evening breeze blew across the wooden planks of the swing, making the branches rustle. Kiana held down the swing and sat on it gently. In the distance, Grayshu had put down her drawing board and picked up a more convenient sketchbook. She looked at the starry sky and drew on the rough manuscript paper with her pen tip. Seeing that the girl was not paying attention to her, Kiana quietly tiptoed, sat on the swing and swayed in the evening breeze, like a child who had not grown up yet, with a happy smile on her face. The swing swung faster and faster, and the smile on the girl's face became brighter and brighter, like a joyful bird about to spread its wings and fly high. Suddenly, her peripheral vision caught sight of the young man who was leaning against the wall with one hand on his chest. Her face turned red, and the swing slowly stopped. "I'm just curious. It's definitely not because I want to play!" Kiana was a little embarrassed when she was found playing with children's toys. She had just celebrated her 18th birthday not long ago and was already a complete adult in every aspect, but she was still playing the swing game like a child. With a faint smile on his face, Su Jue wrapped his bandaged hands around his neck and walked to the swing. The girl understood what he meant and moved aside. Then they both sat on the narrow swing together, swaying in the wind with the creaking sound. "By the way, this is for you." Suddenly remembering something, Kiana took out Su Jue's broken cell phone and handed it to him. However, Su Jue shook his head and did not answer it. "I'll leave this phone to you for now. You've been wandering for so long. Have you ever thought about calling your family?" "Family..." This word suddenly broke into Kiana's mind. She murmured it in a low voice, and then looked up at the night sky. "I almost forgot what my family was like. My dad left me alone when I was just 12 years old." "I don't know where he went, or why he was hiding from me. But from that time on, I kept telling myself, Kiana, you are no longer a child, it's time to live on your own." "As I grew older, I never heard from him again. Even now, I can't remember his appearance clearly." The girl smiled bitterly and fiddled with the orange and white star-shaped hair ornament on her hair. "During the time when I was living alone, I was lucky enough to meet many friends. At that time, I was like a bad kid, stupid and lazy. I hoped that one day my father would come back to find me after seeing how unpromising I was. But he didn't come back. Instead, they were willing to tolerate me and helped me get out of the dark shadow little by little."
“That time was the happiest time of my life.” Listening quietly to the girl's monologue, the two of them looked up into the distance, the same starry sky reflected in their two pairs of eyes. "But then, something unexpected happened, and I did something irreparable to them, committing an unforgivable sin." "I chose to escape. I couldn't even muster the courage to apologize to them in person. I didn't dare to look them in the eye, afraid to see the hatred in their eyes." "I ran away like a cowardly child. I thought I had grown up. I should have grown up..." The two of them snuggled on the narrow swing, and the girl's story hidden deep in her heart came out bit by bit. "What about your mother?" Su Jue asked softly. "I don't know... I don't know." Confusion, pain, sadness, and complex emotions constantly washed over Kiana's memory. When she was young, the stories told by her father Siegfried were the best way for her to understand the world. At that time, she did not understand the meaning of the word mother, but just listened to Siegfried describing over and over again the person he loved deeply - Cecilia Shaniat. The man patiently described every detail of his relationship with Cecilia, and with this, Kiana gradually pieced together a perfect image of a woman in her mind. She is the chief Valkyrie of destiny, she is the pride of the battlefield, she is the most perfect family, she is the mother of the girl named 'Kiana Kaslana'. But, Kiana Kaslana, does this name really belong to me? "My father told me that my mother has become a star in the sky. Whenever I miss her, I just need to look up at the stars, and she will also look at me." The sky is full of twinkling stars, which one belongs to you? Kiana quietly turned her head and looked at the boy, and found that he was looking at the starry sky very seriously. Maybe it’s because the night view is really beautiful today. …… I don't know when Grayshu had left, and there were only two people left on the grassland. Even the chirping of insects gradually faded away. Only the evening breeze tirelessly brushed through the tips of their hair, trying to carry their story to the distance. "Sometimes, I envy you. Although your father has become a little unreasonable, your mother is really a perfect mother." After telling her story, Kiana smiled. "The food she cooks is delicious. You may not notice it, but every time she looks at you, she shows a happy expression. I think this is the true pampering of a mother to her children." "Have you ever thought about reconciling with your father? As long as you are with your family, you can get through any difficulties." As long as your family is around, life won't get any worse. The girl held such a belief in her heart. "Well, I will." He smiled, as usual, and his warm smile like the sun seemed to infect the girl beside him. After pouring out his heart to the people around him, the emotions that had been pent up for a long time seemed to dissipate without a trace. Swinging on the swing with the boy next to me, the sky full of stars is almost within reach. …… "I don't have many rooms here, so you two can stay in one for the time being." After tidying up the empty room, the uncle handed two pillows to Su Jue. The girl's face flushed with embarrassment. Even though she was already accustomed to the wandering life and was not so picky about where to live, this was the first time she lived in the same room with a boy.
"Okay, thank you uncle." After thanking her, Su Jue consciously spread the extra quilt on the ground. He patted the bed and said to Qiana, "Please sleep on the bed tonight." "Well, actually it doesn't matter if we are together. On the contrary, you definitely can't beat me anyway." The girl seemed to have found a reason for what she said. She muttered softly, "You definitely won't do anything rude, right...?" Looking at the girl with a conflicted look on her face, Su Jue smiled and had no intention of forcing himself on her bed. "Okay, let's go to bed first. You must be very tired." Su Jue lay down on his own bed first and fell asleep quietly. His sleeping posture was very standard. When he lay flat on his back, he was as quiet as a corpse. "Okay." Seeing that Su Jue said so, Kiana naturally couldn't bring herself to let him sleep with her, so she turned off the bedside lamp and slept in her clothes, imitating him. …… Late at night, Kiana, who was sleeping soundly, vaguely heard a knock on the door. She frowned tightly. Is there something wrong with Su Jue's uncle's family? She did not move, but waited quietly, waiting for the malice to arrive in the darkness, until the rustling sound of Su Jue getting up was heard, he opened the door and walked out. I suddenly felt empty inside. If, if Su Jue was really just lying to me and wanted to do bad things to me, then how should I get along with him? Thinking of this, she also got up, quietly walked to the bedroom door, and quietly eavesdropped on the sounds in the living room. "Xiao Jue, is the girl who came with you really your girlfriend?" "Uh, why do you ask?" The boy's voice sounded a little nervous after being guessed to be a lie. "Look at this photo. Some people say that she is the culprit that plunged the world into chaos. This photo was taken in Sky City... She looks familiar." "……"silence. "Uncle, you are wrong, she is not... I will take her away tomorrow, you don't have to worry." The moment she heard about the photo, Kiana's heart trembled. Now the entire Destiny was searching for her. If her whereabouts were photographed, it would be very likely that they would soon encircle and attack her. There was no more noise in the living room, and Kiana returned to her bed, but her mind kept thinking about what she had heard. It happened that Su Jue's cell phone was still here. She turned on her phone and began to search for the latest gossip about Tianqiong City. She soon found the photo. Judging from the location of the photo, it seemed that when the two of them crossed the checkpoint during the day, most of her face was exposed, and Su Jue's identity seemed to have aroused groundless speculation among netizens. When she refreshed the page again, the photo seemed to have been deleted. Her heart sank. The news was blocked in such a short time. She was afraid that the photo had already been placed in front of Otto. Click. When the door opened, Kiana quickly closed her eyes. After Su Jue's breathing gradually calmed down, the girl had made up her mind. Chapter 24: Various parties surge The next day, before the sun shone on the ground of the Scheme Headquarters, this huge war machine, like its master, had already prepared to fight against the collapse. The plain white lace hair accessories, the exquisite short light brown hair, the well-cut black and white maid outfit, just abruptly walked into the science fiction-filled Tianming Center along with the slender legs wrapped in black stockings. If an outsider saw it, they would probably not think it was the heavily guarded Tianming Building, but a maid cafe full of peachy temptations. However, all the staff passing by did not dare to have the slightest romantic thoughts, because the huge sickle behind the woman was too recognizable and too intimidating. Everyone knew that the only one who could freely enter and leave Tianming and use the sickle as a weapon was Tianming's chief combat maid, the S-class Valkyrie - Rita Rossweisse. "Your Excellency the Bishop, what may I do for you?" Rita's voice was crisp and capable, in sharp contrast to her charming and seductive appearance.
Along with the ticking sound of the communicator, an elegant male voice came from the communicator. It was Bishop Otto of Heaven's Destiny. "Three days ago, Sky Dome City detected two Houkai energy fluctuations with very short intervals. Although the source of the Houkai energy explosion was not found, some people speculated that this was most likely a sign of the appearance of the Herrscher of the Void. And at midnight yesterday, someone uploaded a photo that seemed to have found traces of the Herrscher of the Void." "Your mission is to find her whereabouts." The photo was immediately transferred to Rita's device. After checking it for a few seconds, she confirmed that the figure was most likely K423 who had been missing for nearly three months. She immediately responded, "Yes, Your Excellency the Bishop..." "However, the angle of this photo is a bit strange. I'm afraid someone did it on purpose."