By the time Yu An finished washing up, Gu Ainan had already moved from the bedroom to the living room.
The bedroom window was open for ventilation. The lid of the trash can next to the bed had been put down, though no one knew who it was.
"dad."
Yu An leaned closer and started picking out photos: "Let me see which photo to use."
Gu Ainan took more photos of Erzai than most of the children.
He pointed to one of them: "This one, the tail is chubby, it's cuter."
Yu An looked at the picture he pointed to and nodded in satisfaction.
However, he pointed to another picture and expressed his own opinion.
"I think this one is quite cute too."
Erzai's body is somewhat special. All of them are abandoned little useless children, each with their own defects, and Erzai's defect is considered special among the children.
He was a mutated mermaid. Mermaids in modern fairy tales are beautiful, but they would never exist in real life.
In fact, in very ancient times, humans have salvaged real mermaids.
Real mermaids are not as idyllic as depicted in fairy tales; they are fierce, terrifying, and cold-blooded.
Such mermaids could not have been raised to this day, so what is in the laboratory is not a mermaid, but rather the preserved mermaid genes.
They used the genes on the second child, but the result was a failure.
The second child didn't fully evolve into the shape of an ancient mermaid; he only grew a fat tail that was soft and tender. If you poked it, it would make the child cry.
Hearing the cries of the useless little fish, the experimenter's face turned green.
Then, he tried to train the good-for-nothing kid to become stronger.
By the end of the training, the useless little fish was barely clinging to life.
He was thrown away as trash and met Yu An, who was collecting trash.
Yu An took him back, and he became A02, a powerful A02, in the Secret Shield Research Institute.
However, A02 has a flaw, its flaw is—
He is a fish, he can't swim.
If he could swim, the top dog in the sea would probably have to be replaced.
"Send out all these photos."
Yu An pointed to a few of the photos, and the more he looked at them, the cuter they seemed.
Just like some mothers on social media can't help but post pictures of their children, Yu An also often feels the urge to show off her baby.
Since we're going to print out photos to find the baby anyway, we might as well just find the best-looking ones.
"These few will also work."
Gu Ainan sent him the photo and asked him to print it.
Looking at the photos exported from his phone, Yu An couldn't resist asking him to export the photos of the other children as well.
Carrying the photos of the children, Yu An went to Xie Chiyuan and had them reprinted.
Xie Chiyuan looked at the boy in the photo, especially his lower body.
He stared for a few seconds, then asked in confusion, "An'an, is that Erzai's tail... or a chicken leg?"
Yu An: "???"
Yu An also looked at the boy in the photo. His face tightened, and he stared at Xie Chiyuan with a warning look: "Who are you calling chicken leg?"
The photo his dad took was of Erzai when he was quite small. Back then, Erzai's tail was a bit chubby, but not as chubby as a chicken leg!
Xie Chiyuan received Yu An's look and his survival instincts instantly kicked in.
He sat up straight without making a sound and began to examine the photo again.
"I looked at it again, and this is a tail, isn't it? It's actually quite cute."
They're so chubby, they're practically chicken legs! How could they not be cute?
Yu An's "baby filter" was too strong, and Xie Chiyuan, knowing this, stopped making any more insinuations about the second child.
He asked, "Now that Erzai is probably all grown up, if you post photos of him as a child, will no one recognize him?"
"Won't."
Yu An was quite certain about this, saying, "The cubs really like their cub state, so they often turn into cubs."
Perhaps because being taken in and carefully cared for by their older brother during their cub stage is their most cherished memory, the cubs are particularly fond of their cub appearance.
Erzai will definitely miss him if he can't see him outside.
Whenever Erzai misses him, he will conjure up his chubby tail and hug it while thinking of him.
"If you think this is enough to make it recognizable, I'll have Pei Si print it out."
The main base is too busy, so Pei Si and the others have been transferred here as well.
After all the photos that needed to be reprinted were finalized, Yu An personally oversaw the process, watching the new photos leave the base along with the vehicles transporting the vaccines. He felt a little more at ease.
Pei Si jumped off a car. He had just finished loading the car and wouldn't be leaving with it.
"An'an".
Pei Si greeted Yu An. The two hadn't seen each other for a while, but they were still quite familiar with each other.
He then took two more pieces of candy out of his pocket and tossed them to Yu An.
Yu An took the candy and started chatting with him while standing still.
"I saw the photo on the car, is it A02?"
"right."
Yu An smiled and was about to tell Pei Si how cute the photos were when Pei Si spoke up before she could say anything.
"Tsk, why is A02's tail so fat it looks like a chicken leg?"
Yu An: "..."
oh.
Yu An's face fell instantly, and even the candy she had just put in her mouth didn't taste sweet anymore.
Pei Si was still oblivious. He smiled and asked Yu An, "An'an, is it because this kid isn't coming back that you're unhappy?"
Yu An: "?"
Yu An chewed the candy and swallowed it, then asked in confusion, "Why would you say that?"
Their second son hasn't done anything to him yet.
Pei Si's smile deepened. He nudged Yu An's shoulder, looking like someone who'd been there for a long time: "I have a younger brother too, I understand you."
"When my brother makes me angry, I feel like I want to teach him a lesson."
"You're posting A02's embarrassing photos all over the world, are you trying to get back at him? You know what, that's a pretty clever move."
As is well known, aberrations of the A sequence are the most concerned about appearances.
When Yu An posted the high-definition, uncensored photos of the baby fish, A02 would probably faint on the spot.
After Pei Si finished speaking, he noticed that Yu An remained silent for a while.
He was a little puzzled: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Yu An pursed her lips and remained silent.
Pei Si noticed that his expression was a bit off and seriously reflected on what she had just said.
But after reflecting on it, he didn't think he had said anything wrong.
"Hey, An'an, why did you leave?"
Pei Si had only exchanged a few words with Yu An when he turned and left, and she chased after him for a couple of steps, quite puzzled.
Yu An remembered his words, her face fell, and she went to find the children.
The kids have already seen the second kid's picture.
Yu An asked directly, "Little ones, do you think the photo I printed of Erzai is a 'black history' photo?"
The kids looked at each other, and each saw a hint of mischief in the other's eyes.
Jiu Zai spoke softly, "The photos Big Brother chose are so cute, how could they possibly be embarrassing photos from his past?"
"Second son will be very happy to see the photo. If it were me, I would be very happy to see my brother print my photo, no matter which one it is."
As Jiu Zai spoke, he even took the initiative to lift up his eldest brother and rubbed him with the umbrella.
Yu An was calmed down by Jiu Zai's words. He touched Jiu Zai's umbrella and snorted.
"Some people say that the photos I posted of my second son are embarrassing photos from my past."
"He's talking nonsense!"
The other kids rarely agreed on the same thing; they all thought the photos their eldest brother had chosen were exceptionally good.
Yu An naturally felt the same way. Looking at the obedient and sensible children in front of him, he felt a warm glow in his heart.
The kids were still showering him with compliments, especially Xiao Jiu, who sweetly said that if he were the second kid, he would be overjoyed.
"Do you all think our eldest brother has good taste?" Yu An asked them.
The children all nodded in unison.
Seeing this, Yu An picked up his phone and fiddled with it for a while.
Liu Zai, who was originally just watching the drama unfold, suddenly had a bad feeling.
He instinctively looked at his older brother, and then instinctively asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Yu An put her phone away and looked at them.
He smiled again, his eyes crinkling with laughter, "I just remembered that I still have photos of you on my phone."
"So, I just sent out your photos as well."