Chapter 21: The Anxiety of the Ning Family

  At 6:00 am, there were still five roommates who hadn't returned home in the dormitory, all of whom were from out of town. The locals had all gone home for the weekend. At this moment, several people were still sleeping soundly. When Su Mo left her bed and departed, none of them woke up.

  Out of school and heading to a nearby park, the park is relatively early, few young people can be seen, but some elderly people can be seen running or playing Tai Chi in the park.

  Su Mo ran two laps along the riverbank, taking nearly half an hour. He habitually raised his wrist to check the time, only to see his bare wrist, and his eyes twitched as he suddenly remembered that things were different now than they were before.

  Thinking of the money in her pocket, Su Mo let out a sigh. It seemed that she had to buy herself a watch first; otherwise, it would be impossible for her to keep track of time during training.

  But while she was thinking about her own affairs, she didn't notice that in the crowded and noisy park, someone had already started paying attention to her.

  "You're saying that our Ningning is the girl standing by the river?" A surprised female voice rose softly, a pair of eyes seemed to have seen some treasure, staring fixedly at the figure in front, reluctant to move their gaze away.

  Looking at his wife's excited expression, he had not planned to bring her along today. If she hadn't discovered it when they were leaving the house, Ning Tianhua would never have let her follow him here. Today was just about getting a closer look at their daughter. After receiving information about this girl, he realized that wanting to acknowledge her as his daughter might be impossible for now. With such a temperament, he could only slowly polish himself, use emotions to persuade and reason with the girl, hoping to make up for 18 years of neglecting his parental duties, giving them a chance to gradually make amends.

  Holding his wife's hand tightly, he was afraid that she would excitedly rush to their daughter. "According to the information on the documents, she should be our daughter Ningning."

  Lian Hong Ya frowned slightly because they were quite far away, so she couldn't see the girl's face very clearly. "Why don't we go a bit closer? I can't see my daughter's face."

  "If I go any further, she'll discover me. Let's just take a look from here." Ning Tianhua also wanted to acknowledge his daughter, but he still couldn't gauge the situation. If he rashly went up to her and revealed himself, it would be like startling a snake in the grass, causing his daughter to disappear again. He couldn't bear such an outcome.

  Recently, Lian Hongya has also been wondering why her husband hasn't brought back any news about their daughter after all these years. It wasn't until today that she found out that her husband had known about their daughter's situation all along but had been keeping it from her. Their daughter had suffered so much on the outside, why didn't he immediately acknowledge her and let her return to her family? As a mother, Lian Hongya felt that she needed to make up for lost time and take responsibility for not being a good mother for the past 18 years. Just thinking about this made her angry, "Ning Tianhua, what are you trying to do? Our daughter is right in front of us, why can't we acknowledge her?"

  Realizing that he had misunderstood his wife, he hastily explained in a low voice: "Our daughter's personality is very proud, although the family that adopted her was not good, but she has been proud since childhood. Her adoptive mother treated her well, and her son also hated evil from an early age. Although we were forced to temporarily send her to live with a peasant family in the countryside at the time, in the end, we lost her. It's been eighteen years, if we want to recognize her again, we need to find the right time, and we must be fully prepared."

  The words slowly calmed down the excited Lian Hongya, who raised her slightly dazed eyes to look at her husband. Her lips moved, wanting to say something, but ultimately returned to calmness. She lowered her head and let her husband pull her away, only to glance back at the distant figure with a slender and tall silhouette once more.

  Sumo suddenly turned her head after thinking about her own affairs, she always felt that someone was staring at her, but when she went to look, there was nothing different around her. She furrowed her brow, thinking about how distracted she had been earlier. If this had happened in the past, she probably would have died without even knowing it. She let out a soft sigh, indeed, a good environment can make people lazy, and she too was gradually changing.

  Thinking of the boxing skills I learned before, it's been a long time since I've practiced them, so I'll just prepare to practice here.

  Su Mo's boxing attracted the attention of some elderly people practicing Tai Chi and jogging nearby. One old man, dressed in all-white sportswear with gray hair, walked up to her after she finished practicing, smiling and said, "Little girl, your kung fu looks pretty solid, how old are you?"

  As someone approached and spoke to him, Su Mo replied casually, "Eighteen years old."

  "Your kung fu skills are quite good, how about it? Are you interested in exchanging a few moves with me?" The old man looked eager to try, which made Su Mo Ruo feel a bit itchy, but his eyes also flashed with suspicion. He thought that the old man should be around seventy years old, and if he wasn't careful, he might end up hurting him while sparring.

  She's not an ordinary girl, if she gets excited later and fights with someone, her strength might get out of control. In her past life in the Dragon Group, when she was sparring with others, she would often get so excited that she'd end up injuring people, so now she's also being cautious.

  Somoroff's suspicious gaze made him extremely dissatisfied, and the old man glared at Somoroff with his hands on his hips, shouting: "How, looking down on this old man? Thinking that I'm old and not as capable as you young people?"

  Looking at the old man's appearance, Su Mo finally nodded helplessly. Anyway, looking at the old man was quite pleasing to the eye, so he went along with it, and if things got out of hand, he could just hold back a bit.

  As soon as Su Mo nodded, the old man became excited, rubbing his fists and palms, with a look of eagerness to try. His eyes sparkled like he had seen his long-awaited prey.

  "I'll be blunt, if you get hurt later on, it's not my problem." Su Mo Ruo stared straight into the eyes of the old man in front of her, speaking without any courtesy.

  The old man twitched his mouth at these words, "Girl, your words sound so cold-blooded and irresponsible..."

  Cutting off the other's incessant chatter, "Love it or leave it."

  In the end, he compromised. The old man stared tightly at Lu Qingcheng, put on a very majestic posture, and had a triumphant smile hanging from his mouth. He then let out a loud shout and charged towards Su Mo.

  He still revealed the true emotions at the bottom of his eyes, and this old man in front of him who looked very cute and innocent really made people want to spit water on his face. What's wrong with playing around? Who has the leisurely mood to play with him? It was clearly an unscrupulous attack and fighting method, and someone without any martial arts foundation actually tried to spar with her.

  Looking at him rushing to his own front, one hand directly attacking his face, the other hand attacking his abdomen, a pair of eyes full of pride, mouth corner fiercely puffed up, but still stretched out his hand and easily blocked his two hands, obviously she was also prepared to practice well, thinking that this old man had already made this request, at such an advanced age, with a few points of martial artist's momentum all over his body, she couldn't understand why he was just a rookie.

  The old man's hand was grasped by Sumo Rou, and he suddenly revealed an unbelievable gaze, staring tightly at Sumo Rou, "Let go."

  At this moment, Su Mo felt a black line straight up on his forehead, and he was also certain that this old man must be ill. Otherwise, why would he order himself to let go when he was caught by himself?

  "Old man, didn't you get it wrong? We're not playing, we're sparring." With a swing of his hand, he sent the other person stumbling backward several steps before regaining balance. Su Mo's expression was somewhat unpleasant as he looked at the person in front of him.