Strange Cards

Chapter 448 I'll Always Be There

On the other side...

Sitting at the dining table, Gu Nian looked at the bowls filled with food by his mother and sister and said with a wry smile.

"Mom! Sister!"

"How am I supposed to eat if I can't even see the food?"

"I already..."

Before Gu Nian could finish speaking, Gu Yue glanced at him and said...

"Eat your food and stop talking nonsense."

"Don't tell me you're over forty and I, as your older sister, wouldn't dare to hit you."

"Even if you live to be a hundred, if I, as your older sister, am still alive and want to beat you up, you'll have to take the beating obediently."

"There are rules for eating, so eat properly!"

Qi Nannan looked at her mother and found that her usually gentle mother was much fiercer today.

Of course, he wasn't being mean to anyone; he was only being mean to Gu Nian.

Gu Nian looked at Qi Nannan and said with a wry smile.

"Nannan, help your uncle..."

Before Gu Nian could finish speaking, Qi Nannan placed her already full bowl in front of him.

"Uncle, I want to help you too."

"But when Grandpa heard that I had gone to practice martial arts with you, he had already filled my bowl to the brim."

"I'm so desperate that I can barely save myself."

"Take your time eating, Grandma won't rush you to eat slowly anyway."

Just as Gu Nian was about to secretly put some in Qi Nannan's bowl, Gu Yue's cold voice rang out.

"Don't blame me for using a thin bamboo stick to whip you if you waste food."

Hearing Gu Yue's words, Gu Nian instantly recalled how he was beaten by Gu Yue when he was a child for wasting food.

So Gu Nian obediently ate her meal, not because she was afraid of her sister.

Gu Nian was eating timidly, holding his bowl, without any of the imposing manner of a leader from another world.

It's important to know that Gu Nian dared to go looking for trouble with Joker alone even before he paid homage to the tears. Even with a broken arm, Gu Nian is still a top-tier powerhouse in this world.

The terrifying display of Gu Nian's ability to kill the extreme cold calamity Pang Pu with a single sword stroke with one arm truly proves that Gu Nian's strength does not rely entirely on that Joker card.

Although Gu Nian didn't lose his way and become a giant like Shi Yu and Joker, he only lacked the giant form; in other aspects, he was exactly the same.

Yet, among the few truly powerful individuals in the world, Gu Nian is one who is terrified of his older sister.

If Liu An were still alive, Shi Yu would probably be the second Gu Nian.

The two people are similar in many ways, but they are not entirely the same.

After finishing her meal, Gu Yue looked at her younger brother, who was patting his belly, and kicked Gu Nian in an annoyed tone.

"Don't just lie there after you've eaten. Go for a walk and take your niece to digest your food."

"There are quite a few fruits in the yard now. I'll pick some to make jam."

"Okay~"

Gu Nian said, taking Qi Nannan's hand. After grabbing a basket from the doorway, he led Qi Nannan into the orchard.

Qi Nannan watched Gu Nian skillfully picking fruit in the orchard, and patted her full belly.

"uncle."

"Haven't you been away for ten years? Many of the fruit trees in this orchard have been moved."

How do you know which one is which?

Gu Nian looked at Qi Nannan beside him, casually picked a section of lychee from the lychee tree, peeled it, removed the pit, and put it into Qi Nannan's mouth.

"I've been back to the farm quite a bit over the past ten years."

"But I just took a look from afar to make sure your grandparents and your mother were doing well."

"If things are going well, I'll leave; if not, I'll help out before I go."

"My uncle has a very special status, so he can't go home."

"This is because my uncle's mission is almost over, so he took some time to come home to visit my maternal grandparents and your mother."

"My uncle will be leaving again at the end of the month, and I don't know when he'll be back next time."

As Gu Nian spoke, he continued picking lychees from the lychee tree, putting the bright red lychees into the basket he was holding, and then casually sticking the lychee branches into the open space next to him.

Seeing that Gu Nian could reach the apple with his bare hand, Qi Nannan tugged at Gu Nian's sleeve.

"Then, Uncle."

"Are you one of those characters in novels who went off to become a great hero?"

"My mother said that there are many, many great heroes who can't go home and are always on the move all year round."

"My uncle hasn't been home for a long time either. Is he one of these great heroes?"

"Me?"

Gu Nian casually washed the apple in a clear stream in the orchard, took a bite, and said.

"I probably can't be considered a hero, can I?"

"I am just someone who inherited someone else's position and continued their spirit."

"The one who initiated the great cause of saving the world is the true hero, while I am merely his inheritor and executor of his spirit."

"Seriously speaking, I can only be considered an anonymous hero at best."

"A grand undertaking to save the world?"

Qi Nannan looked up at Gu Nian, who then stuffed another washed apple into her mouth.

"Don't ask so many questions, little one. Just grow up happily."

"We adults stand in front of you to shield you children from the storms and prevent you from experiencing those cruel realities."

"All you need to know is this."

"If you have any problems, just call your uncle. He's always there for you."

Qi Nannan nodded, then tugged at Gu Nian's sleeve and hummed softly.

"My uncle is a hero!"

"Great Hero~"

With Gu Nian's hearing, he naturally heard what Qi Nannan was humming softly. However, Gu Nian didn't say anything, but the slight upturn of his lips completely revealed his inner thoughts.

"I never thought I'd live to see this day."

"How could I, a sinner, be called a hero?"

"After people outside learned my name and identity, they wanted nothing more than to nail me to the pillar of shame and tear me apart, but I really didn't expect that."

"I was actually respected as a hero by a child from the bottom of his heart."

Gu Nian looked up at the sky as he spoke, his voice so clear that only he could hear it.

"Big brother."

"This is the first time in so many years that I feel proud and honored to have inherited the position of the one who carries on the torch."

Did you see that?

"Your sister's daughter, our niece."

"They call us heroes!"

Qi Nannan looked up at Gu Nian, who was gazing at the sky, and gently tugged at his sleeve.

"Uncle, what are you looking at?"

Gu Nian was stunned for a while before responding, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, a result of being recognized by her elder brother.

Because just now, in the wind, Gu Nian heard his older brother's voice again after so many years.

"Well done, kid."

"What we do doesn't need the whole world's approval, it just needs to be known by some people."

"You brat."

"Truly worthy of being a son of the Gu family."