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Li Wang’s micro-bomb was stuck to the golden dragon’s body.
About to witness his brother blow up his uncle, Feng Yuan couldn’t hold back any longer and burst into tears out of fear.
“Don’t blow him up. Don’t blow it up!”
Feng Yuan didn’t want to see his brother do such a thing.
The scene underwater was terrifying.
Meanwhile, the adults on the shore finally noticed the children’s commotion.
“Si Si, Xiao Xun, why is it just the two of you?”
“Where are Xiao Wang and Yuan Yuan?!”
Li Ting, who had chosen to admire the night view with Su Miao instead of sleeping at such a late hour, spotted Li Si and Qin Xun, who were also still awake.
But he didn’t see Li Wang or Yuan Yuan.
At first, Li Si didn’t say anything.
Seeing her reluctance to speak, Li Ting’s expression darkened. He warned her, “You won’t tell me? Fine, I’ll go tell your grandfather and let him ask you!”
Mentioning their grandfather made Li Si frown. She finally relented.
“He went into the sea.”
“Yuan Yuan went, too.”
The last part was added by Qin Xun.
Hearing that both children had gone into the sea, Li Ting immediately guessed that Li Wang, unable to swallow his anger from earlier in the day, had gone to settle scores with the golden dragon.
A vein on his forehead throbbed in frustration.
“This is sheer recklessness!”
Li Ting thought back to the golden dragon he had seen during the day and then to his nephew’s small frame.
The disparity in their sizes was simply not on the same scale.
He couldn’t understand how his clever nephew could fail to see the reality of the situation!
How could he possibly take on such a massive dragon?!
With the children already in the water, Li Ting didn’t hesitate any longer and roused the others.
The group of dragons watching TV hadn’t been on Li Ting’s list to wake, but they were still awake and had sharp hearing.
So, they gathered around on their own.
“What’s going on?”
“What happened to you all?”
“Is there anything we can help with?”
The dragons were quite polite. Since coming ashore, they had either been mediating disputes or staying quietly out of the way.
In short, even those who had initially disliked the dragons found no reason to lash out at them.
Wu Jin also emerged.
He had already coaxed Yu Yi to sleep, so he hadn’t woken up yet.
Upon learning that Li Wang and Feng Yuan had gone into the water, the dragons volunteered to retrieve them.
However, before they could dive in, they saw waves suddenly churning violently on the sea’s surface.
The red dragon leaned in for a closer look and said, “There’s been an explosion underwater!”
At the word “explosion”, the expressions of all the Li family adults turned grim.
“It’s Xiao Wang.”
The adults knew their children best. Everyone present instantly understood what their child had done.
With the explosion already happening, the adults’ biggest concern now was the children’s safety, whether they had been caught in the blast.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Wu Jin transformed into a dragon and swam into the water.
The other dragons also rushed into the sea one after another.
But before they could reach the seabed, the golden dragon had already surfaced.
Scorch marks from the explosion were visible on the golden dragon’s scales.
Fortunately, he hadn’t been killed.
In his claw, he held Li Wang, bound by seaweed and unable to move.
Perched on his head was Feng Yuan, tears streaming down his face.
The adults: “…”
Seeing this, the adults immediately demanded that the golden dragon release their children.
The golden dragon tossed both the one in his claw and the one on his head down.
Feng Qi stood up and caught his son
Li Wang was also taken by the Li family.
Li Wang’s mouth was also tangled with seaweed. His face was full of humiliation, and his eyes were blazing with anger.
Li Heng removed all the seaweed from his grandson’s body and mouth.
His expression was equally grim.
“Roar.”
Keep an eye on him. Don’t let me see him in the sea again.
The golden dragon roared in the sky.
After roaring, it turned to leave. But the chubby little guy in his dad’s arms quickly pointed at him.
“Don’t let him go!”
Seeing the look in his grandson’s eyes, Li Heng knew his grudge with the golden dragon was far from over.
If this grudge remained unresolved, he feared it would lead to more trouble down the line.
So, he raised his voice and called out, “Please stay.”
The golden dragon had no intention of staying.
Feng Yuan wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and, without giving anyone a chance to react, immediately started tattling.
“The golden dragon is Uncle.”
“He’s Brother’s dad.”
“Waaah, don’t let Brother and Uncle fight.”
The violent confrontation between father and son underwater had terrified Feng Yuan.
As he tattled, he ended up crying the hardest himself.
Feng Qing gently patted his back and rocked him in his arms.
“Don’t be scared. Our Yuan Yuan isn’t scared.”
Feng Qing wasn’t part of the Li family, but his Yuan Yuan was.
So, since this concerned Yuan Yuan’s uncle, he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
He walked over to Li Heng and quietly shared his suspicions.
Qin Xun also took the opportunity to add the information he had gathered.
However, neither of them spoke with absolute certainty.
After all, they couldn’t be entirely sure.
As Li Heng listened to them, his gaze toward the golden dragon in the sky grew increasingly somber.
“Li Sheng, have everyone go back and rest.”
With so many people present, Li Heng didn’t want to verify the matter in front of such a crowd.
The dragons who had gathered to watch were ushered back to continue watching TV.
The children were also sent back.
Li Wei and Li Ting had wanted to stay, but Li Heng sent them off to rest as well.
Soon, only Li Heng, Frida, and Feng Qing remained at the scene.
Even Li Sheng was no longer there.
Feng Qing was kept because he was part of the family and could understand the golden dragon’s roars.
With no outsiders left, Li Heng fixed his gaze directly on the golden dragon still hovering in the sky.
He wasted no time on pleasantries.
He cut straight to the point and asked, “Are you Li Xing?”
The golden dragon did not answer.
His silence was an unspoken reply.
“Ah Xing.”
Seeing the golden dragon remain silent, Frida could no longer hold back her tears. They streamed down her face. “It really is you, Ah Xing. My Ah Xing.”
One of the main reasons Frida had grown disillusioned and lived alone in the mountain villa was the disappearance of her eldest son.
With her eldest son’s fate unknown, the entire family had already prepared for the worst.
Frida had bottled up too much sorrow.
In the end, she simply couldn’t bear it any longer.
Her weeping finally prompted a soft roar from the golden dragon.
Feng Qing acted as the translator.
“He says, don’t cry.”
Hearing Feng Qing’s translation, Frida’s tears flowed even more freely.
“Ah Xing, how did you end up like this?”
“Why didn’t you come home?”
“Do you know how much Mom missed you?”
Li Xing was Frida’s first child.
When he was born, she and Li Heng had placed so many hopes in him.
They named him Xing, the character for happiness.
They hoped their eldest son would attain happiness.
Yet among all the children, it was the eldest who ended up having the hardest life.
Feng Qi looked at Frida, who was still crying.
He lifted his head and asked the golden dragon, “Can you not change back?”
Feng Qi had been wondering: if the golden dragon was Li Xing, why hadn’t he returned home?
After much thought, he could only come up with one answer—
Li Xing couldn’t return.
The reason he couldn’t return could only be that he was unable to transform back.
“Roar.”
The golden dragon let out a low roar, finally admitting the truth at this moment.
Several years ago, he had accidentally fallen into this sea.
At that time, he was already on the brink of death. A great white shark had caught the scent of his blood, excitedly charging toward him.
He thought he was doomed.
But he had attachments in his heart. He refused to die like that. Even more so, he refused to be devoured by a shark.
His resentment and fierce will to survive erupted.
When he regained consciousness, the shark was gone.
And he had changed.
He had become a strange creature he had never seen before.
Later, he encountered others who looked like him and gradually realized he had transformed into a dragon.
Dragons, whether in history or in the hearts of many, are sacred beings.
Throughout the ages, dragons and phoenixes have been revered as auspicious creatures.
But Li Xing despised it.
He despised his dragonic form.
And his disgust reached its peak when he discovered he could no longer transform back into a human.
If he couldn’t become human again, it meant he could never return home.
His dragon form destined him to be unable to live with his family.
“You saw yesterday. I’m not human either, and Yuan Yuan isn’t truly a human child. But we still live together.”
Feng Qi used himself and Feng Yuan as examples to persuade Li Xing.
But Li Xing shook his head.
“Roar.”
It’s different.
Although Feng Qi and the others weren’t human, they could take human form.
Living together like this posed no obstacles for them.
But for him, it was different.
“Big brother.”
Following Li Sheng’s lead, Feng Qi addressed Li Xing as big brother.
After saying it, Feng Qi smiled. “We’re not so different.”
“I can help you regain your human form.”
With Feng Qi’s words, the previously calm golden dragon suddenly surged forward.
“Roar?”
You have a way?
Feng Qi nodded, his tone gentle yet firm. “Big brother, I have a way.”
While Feng Qi was outside communicating with the golden dragon, Li Sheng was inside with the children.
He had taken all the children back.
“Xiao Wang, are you hurt anywhere?”
Li Sheng asked Li Wang, “Did he hit you again?”
Before Li Wang could deny it, Feng Yuan nodded his little head first.
“Uncle hit brother again!”
“On the butt.”
Those who frequently get spanked know how painful it is.
Feng Yuan deeply empathized with his brother’s suffering.
He rummaged through his little dinosaur backpack and pulled out a soothing cream for sore bottoms.
“Brother, put this on after a spanking. It won’t hurt!”
Feng Yuan generously shared his bottom cream with his brother.
Seeing the cream, Li Wang clenched his jaw tightly.
“I don’t need it.”
“It didn’t even hurt.”
Li Wang gritted his teeth as he spoke. “Besides, he’s not my father.”
Seeing that Li Wang was losing face, Li Sheng covered his son’s mouth to stop him from saying anything more.
“Mm, I know you weren’t hurt by the beating.”
Li Sheng followed his nephew’s lead, giving him a way to save face.
“It’s getting late. You should all get some rest.”
“Yuan Yuan and Xiao Xun will sleep in my room.”
Li Sheng took Feng Yuan and Qin Xun away, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.
With the door shut, only the twins remained in the room.
Li Si frowned and asked Li Wang, “Was it really Dad who hit you?”
“No.”
Li Wang replied coldly, “Our father doesn’t look like that.”
Li Si fell silent.
Though Li Si didn’t have deep feelings for her biological father, if this dragon truly was her real father, she was eager to study him.
For instance, she could take a blood sample for analysis or examine those shimmering golden scales. They seemed quite valuable for research.
Lost in thoughts of experiments, Li Si drifted into a daze.
Time passed slowly.
Outside, the night deepened. In just a few more hours, dawn would arrive.
Out in the open, the dragon and the three others had reached an agreement: Feng Qi would help him transform back. After that, Feng Qi returned first.
Li Heng and Frida wanted to spend some time alone with their eldest son.
Though Feng Qi was curious to witness their reunion, he felt it was inappropriate to stay.
When he hurried back, Li Sheng was still playing with Feng Yuan.
“Why hasn’t Yuan Yuan gone to sleep yet?”
“He insists he isn’t tired.”
Seeing Feng Qi return, Li Sheng instinctively reached for his hand to check if it was cold.
Feng Qi withdrew his hand after the touch.
“Yuan Yuan.”
Feng Qi sat beside his son, leaning down to kiss his little cheek.
Taking over from Li Sheng, he coaxed, “Shall we go to sleep now?”
Feng Yuan hadn’t slept because he was preoccupied with what was happening outside.
“Dad, what about Uncle?”
“Yes, it’s your uncle. He can’t turn back into human form for now, so he hasn’t come home.”
“Your grandpa and grandma are with him, probably catching up.”
The scene Feng Qi described sounded heartwarming.
A smile spread across Feng Yuan’s little face.
He was genuinely happy that Uncle Golden Dragon had turned out to be his uncle.
He loved nothing more than having the whole family together.
“Grandpa and Grandma must be happy!”
“Yes, I’m sure they are.”
As father and son chatted, Li Sheng, lying nearby, let out a soft snort.
The picture of familial harmony that Feng Qi and Feng Yuan imagined was not unfolding outside.
At that moment, his elder brother’s situation might not be so pleasant.
After all, his brother had beaten Xiao Wang so badly. The old couple doted on their grandson.
While their son’s return was a joyous occasion, the fact that he had driven his son to the brink of madness was a score that still needed settling.
Li Sheng didn’t reveal the truth to the pair.
He lay down and lifted his son to sit on his chest.
“Yuan Yuan, do you believe Big Dad can hypnotize you?”
“No!”
“Then watch Big Dad’s finger, and try not to blink.”
“Okay!”
Li Sheng wiggled a finger back and forth in front of his son’s face.
He kept wiggling it until, after who knows how long, Feng Yuan, who had been staring intently, suddenly slumped onto him.
Feng Qi: “…”
Feng Qi’s lips twitched. “You just love teasing him.”
What kind of hypnosis was this? It was clearly just rocking the little guy until he got drowsy.
Qin Xun didn’t need any coaxing from the adults. After Feng Yuan fell asleep, he lay down beside him, held Feng Yuan’s little hand, and drifted off as well.
Everyone was peacefully asleep.
Li Si had also fallen asleep.
The only one awake, Li Wang, stared at the diaper rash cream Feng Yuan had left behind and eventually made his way to the bathroom.
With a face full of humiliation, he pulled down his pants.
On his buttocks, several still-red claw marks were clearly visible.
Just as Li Wang was shamefully applying the ointment, the golden dragon was also getting a solid scolding from his own father outside.
“Xiao Wang is your own son! How could you hit him so hard?!”
“Go see how Li Sheng coaxes Yuan Yuan.”
“Let me tell you. For the next three days, you’d better make it up to Xiao Wang!”
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152