Rules Strange Talk: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities

Xingping brought back local specialties and handed them to Hu Lai.

"Take it. Let me tell you, I'm very unhappy."

"Un…happy?"

Hu Lai raised his slingshot, aiming it between his legs.

Xingping quickly closed his legs. "You dare! Your mom will definitely beat you."

Hu Lai's calm eyes widened slightly.

"Oh."

He couldn't make his mother unhappy.

He put away the slingshot. "Let's go."

Xingping stared at him suspiciously.

He gave up so easily? There's a trick!

Xingping moved sideways two steps forward. Hu Lai raised his slingshot again and hit his leg. "You're slacking."

Xingping felt pain in his foot. He looked down.

Phew~ Luckily, it hit his foot.

It seemed this little brat still had some sense of propriety.

Xingping turned around and led the way with peace of mind, while submitting this time's spoils to Mu Chang.

«Look, the Thousand Mile Sect's gift. They also said they didn't want to be enemies with the Space-Time Administration and wanted to cooperate. Speaking of which, does this helper you sent have a problem with his brain? Can you change to a more normal clone?»

Mu Chang: «The gift has been received. The boss is very satisfied. He said you and Hu Lai cooperated very well.»

Actually, the boss's original words were: Relying on that old thing alone is not enough. Doing things is like he's retired. Hu Lai's whipping him into action makes him much more efficient.

Xingping looked at the message Mu Chang sent, not believing it no matter how he looked at it.

"That kid would say that? Don't lie to me."

Mu Chang: «That's indeed what the boss meant. Hu Lai is just childish and loves to play. As a father, you shouldn't be bothered by a child, right?»

Xingping turned his head to look at Hu Lai. Hu Lai raised his slingshot and fired it at his butt. 'Thwack!' Xingping felt a sharp pain in his butt.

"You little…"

'Thwack!' Another gust of air hit Xingping's forehead.

Hu Lai pulled back the slingshot. "You're slacking."

Xingping endured it again and again, turned around, and disappeared in a flash. "Watch me ditch you."

'Thwack!' Xingping's butt hurt. He looked back and saw that Hu Lai had actually followed him.

Xingping roared, "Why did you hit me again?"

Hu Lai held up the slingshot and said with calm eyes, "It's fun."

"…"

You rebellious son, you'll get a beating sooner or later.

…

The Extinction Sect.

Xingping's main body followed Jiang Shuzhu to observe the terrain here.

From a long distance away, Jiang Xing sensed their aura and called Gu Lan to greet them at the boundary of the main domain.

Because the boundary walls here had been modified by the Space-Time Administration, and the people in the surrounding areas had been cleared out, it would be difficult for them to come in and find people without someone to lead the way.

As soon as Xingping and Jiang Shuzhu approached the main domain, they saw two children, one big and one small.

Xingping retreated behind Jiang Shuzhu, afraid that Jiang Xing would do something.

Jiang Shuzhu carefully sized up Gu Lan.

She had seen Gu Lan sleeping from Jiang Xing's perspective before, and at that time, she felt that this girl was too exquisite, not like a living thing at all, but like a sleeping work of art.

Now that Gu Lan was standing here alive, her temperament was cold and detached, but she didn't have the etherealness of the immortal cultivation sect. There weren't many emotions in her eyes, but she wasn't as indifferent or compassionate as the gods and Buddhas.

It was a very different feeling, a unique beauty.

Gu Lan noticed the scrutinizing gaze on herself. She was inexplicably nervous and tightened her grip on Jiang Xing's hand.

Jiang Xing raised his little head to look at Gu Lan, turned his head to look at Jiang Shuzhu, and raised his arm to wave.

"Mommy~"

Jiang Shuzhu came back to her senses, quickly walked to Jiang Xing, and picked him up. "Xingxing! The little ones are more lively. Does the affection fade when they grow up?"

"No, Mommy. Adults need to be mature. Children don't need to be."

"So that's how it is. It seems Mommy misunderstood Xingxing."

Jiang Shuzhu said, looking at Gu Lan, "Sister, do you want a hug?"

Gu Lan's eyes looked elsewhere. "Only children want hugs…"

Jiang Shuzhu reached out and put her arm around her shoulders, hugging her. "Aiya, don't be shy. Even if sister becomes an adult, she can still want hugs."

Gu Lan's pupils trembled. In an instant, many scenes flashed through her mind.

But in all the scenes, no one had ever hugged her, whether when she was young or after she grew up.

It wasn't until she entered the closed universe by chance that she finally realized that children need protection and hugs.

She had never had these things.

From the moment Jiang Xing's little hand grabbed her finger, she hoped that Jiang Xing would not be like her.

She wanted to give Jiang Xing everything she had never received, but people who had never been loved don't know how to love.

So while she was giving Jiang Xing a lot of love, she was actually receiving love as well.

It was Mommy's gentleness and tolerance that gave her patience.

It was Mommy's embrace that let her know what warmth was.

It was Jiang Xing's dependence that made her understand what it felt like to want to protect someone.

She wanted to make Jiang Xing independent, but she couldn't bear to see him cry, always wanting to be with him a little longer, a little longer.

She always thought that she would let go when Jiang Xing grew up a little more, but Jiang Xing was raised by her like most children, soft and unable to withstand wind and rain, so she couldn't let go at all.

When she had to leave, she regretted not being cruel to him sooner. After regretting, she thought, fortunately, Jiang Xing had already experienced love. Even if he experienced wind and rain later, at least he had been loved. He knew what love was. His heart wouldn't be barren.

After leaving the universe, she always paid attention to news about the universe, knowing that there were still many extra-territorial disciples left in the universe.

She was worried and unable to eat or sleep, always thinking about how to get in again.

She still had many things to explain and many things to arrange.

But when she went in again, Jiang Xing had grown up and no longer depended on her. He had learned to take on everything himself.

She should let go and let him do what he wanted to do. She couldn't interfere with all his decisions anymore.

He had grown into a towering tree. She couldn't make him soft again. She could only accompany him to bear all the risks.

From the moment she saw a pair of mothers and sons and sneaked into the universe, she gradually changed from a cold humanoid weapon into a living person with flesh and blood, who could miss, worry, know what warmth was, experience family affection, and have many emotions.

What Jiang Xing said before was right. Her heart was cold. She didn't care how many people died in the Extinction Sect or why they died, but she cared about Jiang Xing and Mommy.

Gu Lan raised her hand and hugged Jiang Shuzhu back, softly murmuring, "Mommy, I miss you so much."

Xingping stood behind Jiang Shuzhu, staring at Jiang Xing, big eyes to small eyes.

He raised his hand. "Son, Mommy is not available. Do you want Daddy to hug you?"

Jiang Xing rolled his eyes at him, turned his head to look at Gu Lan, and even raised his little hand to touch Gu Lan's hair.

Completely ignoring Xingping.