Chapter 470: Where Did This Monster Come From?

Dongzhu, what nonsense are you spouting? After all this time, how could Ping'an possibly be walking…

Zhang Guihua opened her mouth instinctively, but before she could finish speaking, she saw Wang Ping'an walking on the bed, and the words at the tip of her tongue swallowed back. With a trembling voice, she exclaimed:

"I—I—am I dreaming? Ping'an, our family's Ping'an, how could it be, how could it be walking now?"

She wasn't someone who had never been a mother; when she gave birth to that brute Wang Ruhai, she still vividly remembers how long it took that brute Wang Ruhai to start walking.

She never imagined that Ping'an of their family had been born only a short time ago; Ping'an had only just learned to crawl not long ago, and now has even learned to walk.

She didn't even know how much longer it would take for their family's Ping'an to be able to speak!

Time slipped by unnoticed; Liu Dongzhu and Zhang Guilian watched Wang Ping'an walking on the bed, and Zhang Guihua even forgot her own purpose for coming here.

Surrounded by Liu Dongzhu around Wang Ping'an, they teased him; seeing a smile on Liu Dongzhu's face that hadn't appeared for a long time, she unconsciously let a smile slip onto her own face.

Liu Dongzhu was not only her daughter‑in‑law but also the girl she had raised since childhood; in her mind, she was a daughter, and her status was by no means lighter than that of that brute Wang Ruhai.

That is why, when that brute Wang Ruhai just sent a letter back from the Capital City to rest, she hesitated not at all and stood on Liu Dongzhu's side.

During this period, what she saw most was the sorrow that Liu Dongzhu unintentionally showed; she witnessed it with her eyes and felt it in her heart, and Liu Dongzhu would only forget her pain each time she was with Wang Ping'an.

"Guihua, Guihua, Guihua, I told you to call Dongzhu, let's go to the Mountain God Temple; everyone is waiting for us outside. What are you doing?"

Wang Lin let out a dissatisfied hum, walked in from outside, and, seeing Zhang Guihua and Liu Dongzhu gathered at the bedside as if teasing Wang Ping'an, said angrily:

"Teasing our family's Ping'an, there's plenty of time to tease—wait, our Ping'an can actually walk?"

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin suddenly noticed Wang Ping'an walking on the bed and immediately widened his eyes.

When he returned home not long ago, seeing Wang Ping'an crawling on the bed had already exceeded his expectations.

In Hutou Gou, babies are born all year round, and many people, during the idle farming season, bring out their own children to chat and mingle.

During that time, talk of one's own children is inevitable; even if he pretended not to know, he couldn't avoid knowing many things about infants and toddlers.

Having lived so many years, he had seen countless infants, yet this was the first time he saw a child as young as their Ping'an not only crawling on the bed but also walking on it.

"No wonder it's the seed of the old Wang Family; our Ping'an is truly remarkable. In such a short time, not only did he learn to crawl, but now he can even walk, and look, our Ping'an walks on the bed without falling. There's an idiom—how does it go—like 'as if treading flat ground'…"

Wang Lin chuckled, staring intently at Wang Ping'an walking on the bed, his face full of an unmistakable look of pride.

Liu Dongzhu reminded, "Father, it's 'as if treading flat ground'!"

"Yes, yes, yes, exactly, 'as if treading flat ground'!"

Wang Lin hadn't finished speaking when he heard Zhang Chengyong's voice from outside, "Little Uncle, what's going on with you?"

"You see how muddled I am, I even forgot why I came here!"

Wang Lin instantly recovered, saw Zhang Chengyong walking in from outside, and apologetically said, "Chengyong, sorry for taking up your time!"

"Little Uncle, look at what you're saying—it's just that my father's statue has been completed and the Mountain God Temple has reopened its gates, what's there to delay!"

Zhang Chengyong replied casually, not worried that their entire clan plus all the Zhang Family Members going to the Mountain God Temple to attend his father's ceremony of becoming the Lion Ridge Mountain God might waste time, and since the auspicious hour is still far away, he asked curiously:

"Little Uncle, you and Little Aunt, one after the other, have stayed here so long—did something happen to my sister Dongzhu or to the child Ping'an?"

Zhang Guihua boasted exuberantly: "Chengyong, you don't know—our Ping'an has already learned to walk!" "Little Aunt, you really are joking; your Ping'an was born only recently, probably hasn't even learned to crawl yet, how could he have learned to walk…"

Zhang Chengyong hadn't finished speaking when his gaze suddenly caught Wang Ping'an walking on the bed; the words at the tip of his tongue were swallowed back, and he turned, about to leave.

Wang Lin, puzzled, asked, "Chengyong, why are you in such a hurry to go out?"

"Little Uncle, your Ping'an is truly impressive; in such a short time he's already walking. I must tell my mother this good news and have everyone come to see!"

Zhang Chengyong hadn't finished speaking when Wang Lin cut him off: "Chengyong, this is just an ordinary matter, not a big deal. Let's go to the Mountain God Temple first; be sure not to delay big brother's auspicious day!"

Although he said that, if one looked closely, Wang Lin's face and eyes still revealed a hint of pride.

Obviously.

He wasn't as nonchalant about their Ping'an being able to walk as he claimed.

Li Ping watched Zhang Chengyong lead the Wang Family Members out one after another and couldn't help asking, "Guihua, how is it, is everything okay?"

Not long ago.

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Everyone woke from deep sleep, dressed and washed, and prepared to go to the Mountain God Temple for the opportunity to attend her husband's deification ceremony; they hadn't even had breakfast, intending to eat at the Mountain God Temple. Liu Dongzhu and her child were nowhere to be seen, probably still sleeping, or perhaps Liu Dongzhu was attending to Wang Ping'an's meal, and Zhang Guihua volunteered to call her daughter‑in‑law.

Never imagined.

Went for a long time and didn't appear.

Later.

Wang Lin went to call people again, yet still saw no Wang Family Members come out.

She wasn't worried about delaying her husband's deification ceremony; what concerned her was whether the Wang Family had encountered trouble, which is why they hadn't come out for so long.

"Sister‑in‑law, it's fine, it's fine—no, it's a good thing!"

Zhang Guihua instinctively denied, but before she could finish speaking, her face was full of uncontainable excitement, and she boasted, "Sister‑in‑law, you don't know—our Ping'an has learned to walk!"

Wang Lin interjected, "The two of them, watching Ping'an walk on the bed, were so fascinated they forgot what they were supposed to do today, almost delaying big brother's deification ceremony!"

"As if you weren't also fascinated!"

Zhang Guihua complained.

"Really?"

Li Ping's eyes lit up instantly, exclaiming, "I recall your Ping'an was only a few months old; how did he learn to walk so quickly?"

Zhu Lancui, full of envy, said, "Mother, don't you see how extraordinary this child Ping'an is? He's coveted by one and another, even monsters want Ping'an as their son‑in‑law; we can't judge Ping'an by ordinary standards!"

(End of Chapter)