Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 1071: Chapter 1071: Return

Tan Shaoting was right beside his wife. He knew she would undoubtedly be safe, but this was how he protected her.

Laughter from children filled the ice surface. Qi Yan helplessly watched his younger siblings and two little kids play wildly, unable to understand them. What’s the point?

"Big Brother, there are ice cars and ice monkeys at home. I’ll go get them." Shubao, a child who loved to play, eagerly suggested.

Qi Yan shook his head, "You guys play; I’ll go get them for you." He didn’t want to skate, anyway, so he might as well run errands.

"Big Brother, my grandpa knows where the ice cars and ice monkeys are."

Qi Yan nodded and went ashore. He went directly home—this small village wasn’t large for him. Of course, he knew where Shubao’s house was.

Su Liangliang had been dawdling on the road. Just then, he bumped into Qi Yan coming from the opposite direction. Seeing this handsome young man, he knew this was Su Yuanyuan’s son.

He truly was outstanding. Such a person would have great achievements in the future.

Qi Yan looked at the man staring at him. He really didn’t recognize Su Liangliang but just glanced at him and passed by.

Su Liangliang turned around to look at the young man, tall and straight like a pine. Well, he just wasn’t destined to have such luck; nothing to do with him.

Qi Yan encountered many people along the way, both elderly and children.

Everyone looked at him eagerly, making him strongly dislike this kind of attention. So he arrived home expressionless.

Found Yang Minggang and talked about the ice cars and ice monkeys; the old man smiled and helped him find them.

It was already a little past ten o’clock. Qi Yan still took these things to the ice surface. The whole family was there, but he wasn’t talkative and didn’t want to stay there.

He didn’t like getting too close to strangers. However, he was grateful to the Yang Family. They once helped Mom, but that didn’t mean they could become close. The reason he could be here at all was because of Mom.

In fact, this was Qi Yan’s personality. He really couldn’t be as easygoing as his younger siblings.

He took the ice cars and ice monkeys. Adults felt awkward following him, but children had fewer concerns, so a string of kids followed him.

The ice surface became lively. Su Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting stood on one side watching the kids on the ice.

"Yuanyuan, do you feel happy?"

"Pretty much, right now I feel quite relaxed."

"That’s good. It wasn’t a wasted trip. We should come back once a year; this year I’ll get someone to build a house here, treating it as a vacation home for relaxation."

"Haha, maybe in the future it would just be the two of us coming; the kids don’t really like it here."

"They can’t empathize; naturally they’re not accustomed as they’re unfamiliar.

I think they’re grateful here because of you."

Su Yuanyuan smiled, "I certainly know. Actually, if I had to stay here too long, I wouldn’t want it either.

It’s merely because I want to see people I’ve hidden from all these years."

More and more kids were now on the ice. Shubao grew up in the village, so all the children knew him. Hence, many surrounded him.

The older ones followed Qi Yan and the others from afar; they were older now and their thinking more complicated.

Qi Wen was quite happy this time—unlike her big brothers, she could quickly adapt to the environment. Here, she was without superpowers, without her inherent superiority, just an ordinary nine-year-old child.

Qi Yan envied his sister for this. For him, adapting to a new environment was genuinely difficult.

Some adults gathered by the shore. They didn’t go down—it was simply their resignation. The lure of work was still very strong.

"You say working at the cement factory can’t compare to being comfortable at home? Besides, the factory’s too dirty; over time, it’d affect health."

"It’s likely they aim for official employment; speaking it aloud wouldn’t sound bad either."

Su Yuanyuan understood but wouldn’t assist.

"Earlier, Su Liangliang came looking for me. I didn’t respond, but he genuinely changed a lot; he’s not the Su Liangliang he used to be."

"After such major upheavals, if he was still the same, it’d really be a life wasted."

"Shall we go up the mountain this afternoon? Back then, it was the Wild Boar that helped me."

"Sure, whatever you want to do, I’ll accompany you."

"Really. You won’t help the person I mentioned last time?"

Tan Shaoting laughed and shook his head, "There’s long been no connection."

Su Yuanyuan smiled at Tan Shaoting, "He relies on that face to have many confidants over there."

"He’s just that kind of personality; he was like this as a child."

Of course, Tan Shaoting remembered them. But when he left, he had already given everything to them, severing all ties. They probably wouldn’t remember him now.

If they did, they’d likely think he was dead. After all, when he left, he was young, his health poor.

"You say the two of us really have no kinship."

"Yuanyuan, having you and the children is enough for me; the same for you, having us father and sons is good enough.

Yuanyuan, have you given thought to whether we should have another child?"

Su Yuanyuan glanced at Tan Shaoting, "Is that something we can have just because we want? Let things happen naturally."

Tan Shaoting whispered in Yuanyuan’s ear, "That’s because I haven’t tried hard enough. Now that it’s up to fate, I shall try harder in the future."

Su Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at Tan Shaoting again. This guy might appear righteous, but he isn’t truly like that.

They had been playing outside for quite a while. Looking at the time, it was already past eleven.

"Let’s head back. I can see Qi Yan is already annoyed."

"That’s just his character. Honestly, before I met you, I was the same. If he meets his destined partner in the future, he’ll change."

Su Yuanyuan didn’t mind. Actually, it didn’t matter. Qi Yan being like this was fine.

Tan Shaoting called out, and Qi Yan immediately went to fetch Shubao and Xiao Fei. These two boys had played themselves silly, sweat streaming down their faces.

"Big Brother, are we going back already?"

"Shubao, aren’t you hungry?"

"Haha, Xiao Lin, I’m heading home to eat."

"Shubao, are you coming again this afternoon?"

"Don’t know yet; it depends on what Aunt and Uncle say. Anyway, wherever the big brothers go, Xiao Fei and I will follow."

The five left, and the children on the ice also followed, as it was mealtime.

Su Yuanyuan smiled at her young woman’s flushed face, "How was it? Did you have fun?"

"Mom, I can have fun anywhere. Are we going up the mountain this afternoon?"