Cheng Lang naturally fobbed them off with the same old excuse. Whether they believed it or not, they truly could not find a more reasonable explanation—they could hardly guess that Cheng Lang and Qin Mu had returned to the System Space.
"...No matter what, it's good that you're back." During dinner that evening, the Zhao couple spoke with mournful sighs. These past three months had been harder on them than any time before. Their biological son, whom they had only just found again, had suddenly disappeared. Any parent could understand that feeling of helplessness.
If Zhao Chenxu had not flown back from abroad to keep them company and help them through it, the Zhao couple felt they would not have been able to go on.
"Your father and I were terrified. We barely slept these past three months." Mrs. Zhao, her eyes webbed with bloodshot veins, choked out, "Thank goodness you're both all right. Thank goodness good people are blessed by heaven."
"You two must be well. If anything happened to you, how could your father and I go on living?"
Qin Mu and Cheng Lang exchanged glances. Cheng Lang suddenly felt inexplicably moved. The reason he had considered returning to this world had mostly been because of Qin Mu's relationships. But when he saw the Zhao couple weeping, he could not help falling silent.
He suddenly felt that staying behind was not so bad. At least it would put the Zhao couple more at ease. It could also be considered repayment for his use of Cheng Lang's body.
"When children wish to care for their parents, their parents may no longer be there..." As they parted from the Zhao couple, Qin Mu was clearly feeling emotional as well. But he had always been a man of few words. "Let's