Chapter 392: Blink of an Eye (1/2)

Alex was helping his father with hauling the ingredients into the truck. Neither he nor his Uncle was strong enough to do what his father was doing.

Alex's father was basically grabbing two packages at once and lifting them without any struggle. Alex sighed as he saw that. His father really was very strong.

”God, your father scares me sometimes,” his Uncle said with a chuckle.

”Scares?” Alex asked with a hint of confusion.

”Haha, when your aunt was studying at the university and we got together, she brought me back to her house to meet with her brother and your late grandparents. At that time, when I saw a hunky bodybuilder who threatened to beat me if I ever hurt his sister, I was really scared.”

”I sometimes wonder if I would've really ended up with your aunt had your father not threatened me,” his Uncle said while laughing to himself.

”How many times are you going to say you are afraid of me, rob?” Alex's father asked.

”Well, you are scary, brother-in-law,” his Uncle laughed out loud this time.

Alex's father shook his head and laughed as well. The three continued packing all the things up. Then, Alex's father got into the truck and drove away.

”Urgh,” his uncle said as he flexed himself. ”That was kind of tiring. I'm not used to manual labor,” he said.

”Me neither. Father rarely let me help him,” Alex said.

”Haha, I don't think he ever needs help,” the Uncle said. He then turned around to look at the large, infinite forest behind him.

”That thing still scares me quite a bit. Don't beasts come here from time to time?” the uncle said.

”No, there aren't any animals in there. I think all the animals have already fallen through the void by now,” Alex said. Ever since he was conscious, he had never seen any animal here at all.

”Maybe they are. That would be great. It's not very good to live in constant fear from animals around here. Anyway, let's go back,” the uncle said and walked back.

Alex followed behind him.

Once Alex's father returned, they all had their dinner. Helen and Liz kept on talking hour after hour while Alex's father took rob to the patio to drink some beer with him.

Rob being a businessman was used to drinking a lot, and Alex's father just didn't get drunk enough to the level of it being a problem. So, the two brothers by law drank as much as they could.

Alex sat down and took out his laptop to check what was going on. At this point, he was slightly regretting now buying another helmet, but what he said earlier was true as well. The internet speed in his house was absolutely horrendous.

He looked at different stuff online while conversing with his mother and aunt on whatever they talked about.

”You wanna tell your parents about Emily?” Hannah came up to him and softly whispered.

”Should I?” he asked. Emily and Alex had been going out for nearly two weeks now and we're pretty sure that they wanted to get together with the other person.