Hong Lei scratched his head irritably, "Why are you crying again? Is that inhumane guy so important to you?"

"Because, because..." At the beginning of despair, Hinata completely closed her heart, but Hong Lei used a straw to lure her out. After that, although despair came again, his heart would not close immediately. Human beings, like humans, have an incredible adaptability to pain.

"Because you are family?"

"Yes." Hinata nodded sobbingly.

"So, what's family again?"

"Huh?" Hinata was asked, common sense things are the most difficult to express because no one will think deeply.

Hong Lei thought for a moment, then raised his finger in front of her, "There is a story that it is said that a long time ago, there was a couple who were pregnant and were about to give birth. The man was naturally very happy because this was his first child. However, when the child was born, the expressions of both of them froze. Do you know why?"

Hinata lowered her head, closed her mouth and said nothing.

Hong Lei didn't care. He continued, "Because, this child looks different from other people. The villagers in the same village all said that they gave birth to a monster that would only bring unknown information. The couple was very scared when they saw the child's weird appearance. So one day, they took the child to the deep mountains and then left him there. They hoped that the child could die in the mouth of the beast so that they would not bring disaster to them. And as they wished, a hungry beast found the child in a crying voice. So although this child was born to the couple, are they considered family members?"

Hinata pursed her lips, but she didn't answer this time, but she was already attracted by the story and did not notice that her crying sound gradually became smaller.

"We continue to tell this story. The beast looked for the sound and found the crying child, but strangely, it stared at the baby for a long time and did not eat it in the end. It turned out that this was a female beast. It lost the child it raised when it was out hunting. It was always in pain. It found a new goal that could be fought for, that is, to raise this creature that looks completely different from it. However, humans and wild animals are different, and humans eat a lot.

It is very big. The mother beast's milk cannot be supplied at all, so in order to feed this healthy creature, it had to take the risk to go out to hunt frequently, but even so it gradually became thinner. It was not easy to raise a baby, not to mention that it was a different species. The baby's cry finally attracted the predator. The mother beast fought desperately against the predator in order to protect him. In the end, it defeated the enemy, but it became covered in bruises and dying..."

Hong Lei did not continue to speak, but turned his head and asked Hinata, "So, although there is no blood relationship between the baby and the mother beast, and even they are different in species, can they be called family members?"

"They...of course..." Hinata's voice was still very small, but finally there was a response.

"Yes, the so-called family does not come from blood, but from the recognition of both parties. The couple does not think that the baby is their family, so they discard it at will. The mother beast treats him as his family, so they try hard to protect him. So, if one day the baby sees the couple who abandons him, do you think he will recognize that couple as his family? Of course not! If the other party does not treat you as a family, why do you still treat him as a family? If he is no longer your family, what reason do you have to cry about it?"

Hinata opened her mouth. She was now at the time when her relationship was most fragile and she could not think about many things carefully, so she was easily instilled with a lot of ideas.

Hong Lei handed over the dry marching food in his hand again, "Eat something, otherwise your body will not be able to hold on. Don't hurt yourself for the sake of those who don't care about you at all, as this will make those who care about you uncomfortable."

Hinata lowered her head, "Will anyone care about me?"

Hong Lei smiled and did not answer, but stuffed the dry food into her hands, then turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

"...What happened to them later?" Just as Hong Lei turned around, Hinata's voice came from behind. She was still curious about the end of the story.

"What do you think? Will they live happily together?"

"Yes, sure." Hinata's answer was very certain. Everyone likes a happy ending, right?

He smiled, "Yes, the mother beast's body gradually improved and the baby began to grow up. He could pick wild fruits or hunt. The mother beasts didn't have to take risks to go out again and again. When they were cold, they snuggled up to each other to keep warm. When they were hungry, they picked some wild fruits to fill their hunger. When they faced danger, they would start to protect each other, because they knew that each other was the most important part of each other's life. The two lived happily together, all the time."

"Okay, the story is over, hurry up and eat."

"That, that baby, is it you?" Hinata asked with courage, but her voice became smaller and smaller in the end.

"No, don't get me wrong, this is just a story, as for me." Hong Lei smiled contemptuously, "I was created by scientists in the village through technical means. The concept of parents did not exist from the beginning. What raised me was never sweet milk, but the hunger of someone snatching food from others and the pain of hitting my fists on my face. Family? Haha, I don't need that kind of useless thing."

After saying that, he stood directly at the entrance of the cave, as if a statue was motionless.

Bo Lei's words made Hinata, who had just raised a little courage, retract back into her protective shell again. She held the dry and hard marching food in her hand and pursed her lips again.

After a while, she looked up at the Thunder guarding the entrance of the cave. His huge figure completely covered the entrance of the cave, and only a few rays of sunlight could pass through the gap.

This made the entire tree hole look like a prison, and Hong Lei was the prison guarding her. After all, no one would care until the end...

"It seems that there is a sound. I'll leave for a while. Stay here and don't move." After saying that, Hong Lei immediately rushed out of the cave and ran towards the distance.

And just at this moment, just as the thunder left, a strong cold wind suddenly blew in from the hole blocked by him. The cold wind in the morning blew across Hinata's body, causing her to tremble constantly.

Hinata was a little stunned when she looked at the direction where the cold wind came in, maybe.

Perhaps this is not the prison that binds her.

Hong Lei was not the jailer who was guarding her.

But it is possible to protect her castle and the knights who protect her.
Chapter completed!