"Xie Chiyuan, if there are any results from the interrogation, could you please tell me?" Yu An suddenly called out to Xie Chiyuan as he was about to leave.
Xie Chiyuan was silent for a few seconds, then hummed in agreement.
The door closed.
Yu An climbed into bed without even changing his clothes. He buried his face in the blankets, his tears soaking the sheets.
Outside, Xie Chiyuan leaned against the wall, smoking several cigarettes he hadn't smoked in a long time before picking up the cigarette butts and getting up to leave.
As I stepped out of the building, I bumped into Yin Feng.
Yin Feng also came to find him.
As soon as the two met, Yin Feng apologized: "Instructor, I'm sorry. I didn't complete this mission well."
Xie Chiyuan was unaware that Duoduo was missing. He said calmly, "The decisions you made during this mission were all correct. There's no need to apologize."
Yin Feng's face was tense, and he clenched his fists.
"There's one more thing... Duoduo, Duoduo went missing in Yumi Town. Before the battle, we left him with a family in Yumi Town, but when we went to pick him up, Duoduo was already gone."
As soon as Yin Feng finished speaking, Xie Chiyuan's already bad complexion visibly worsened.
"Where is the interrogation room?" he said coldly. "Take me there."
"yes."
Inside the interrogation room, Xie Chiyuan walked in and chose a chair to sit down.
Upon seeing Xie Chiyuan, who was completely unharmed, the opposing team realized their defeat.
Li Zhen stared intently at Xie Chiyuan, and blurted out, "You're still alive! No, your injuries have long since healed!"
It is incorrect information.
Li Zhen suddenly realized that the intelligence from above was false. Even if A10 were to come in person, they might not be able to kill Xie Chiyuan, who was not injured.
Xie Chiyuan ignored Li Zhen, as he was going through the confession he had extracted from Li Zhen before he arrived.
The statement said they were sent by the North District to carry out a mission.
Mission objective: Escort the ship to Sunken Fish Island.
"No summer."
Xie Chiyuan murmured the name: "Was it him who assigned the mission to you?"
Li Zhen didn't say anything, only stared at him resentfully.
As the son of the boss of the West District, Xie Chiyuan had some knowledge of the heads of each district and the officials holding important positions.
But he had no recollection of that summer.
Xie Chiyuan raised his eyes and looked at Ruan Ke.
Ruan Ke handed him a document at the opportune moment. The document contained information about Xia Tianwu. Xia Tianwu had entered the military and political ranks of the Northern District last year and was a low-key and cautious person.
His current position is neither high nor low; he is not a core subordinate of the North District boss.
Xie Chiyuan looked at it for a moment and then understood what it meant.
The things I did this summer might not be recognized by people in the North District.
But whether they admit it or not, the North District has detained Li Zhen and his group here, and they have to give an explanation.
"Where are the many mutants?" Xie Chiyuan put down the documents in his hand and asked Li Zhen.
Li Zhen was taken aback.
He asked, puzzled, "What do you mean, 'more'?"
Xie Chiyuan tapped his long, handsome fingers lightly on the table. After a long while, he said, "Still pretending? Your North District just asked me for the Worm Aberration and the Many Aberration, and then the Many Aberration disappeared."
"Tell me, should I suspect you?"
Li Zhen: "..."
Li Zhen looked completely bewildered.
Xie Chiyuan continued, "Besides ourselves, only the North District knows that the worm and Duoduo are here."
Li Zhen choked.
According to Xie Chiyuan, this Duoduo mutant should have been taken away by them.
However, Li Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "I have never seen the Duoduo mutant before! My mission this time is only to escort ships, I don't know anything else."
Besides, he had also heard of the Duoduo mutant, the useless little trash they raised in the North District.
If it weren't for the fact that he had a more capable friend protecting him, this piece of trash would have been thrown away by them long ago.
Li Zhen refused to reveal Duo Duo's whereabouts no matter what.
Xie Chiyuan remained indifferent and ordered them to continue the "interrogation".
Time passed little by little.
A half-moon peeked out from the clouds outside, bathing the island in a bright moonlight, making it look like a fairyland.
Yu An is still awake.
Xiao Jiu and Xiao Liu sat next to him, silently keeping him company.
After a long while, Yu An suddenly said, "Sixth Brother, Ninth Brother, do you think Big Brother doesn't act like a big brother at all?"
Upon hearing this question, both Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu felt a pang of anxiety.
Xiao Jiu transformed into a baby and hugged Yu An. The little butterfly flew to Yu An's shoulder and nuzzled his cheek.
"Big brother, you are the best big brother in the world."
Xiao Jiu's childlike voice was full of determination. He looked up, his bright and beautiful eyes filled with love for his older brother.
Little Butterfly wasn't good at expressing his feelings, but this time, he said softly, "Big Brother. With you as our big brother, all of us kids are very happy."
The two cubs took turns coaxing him, and Yu An sniffed and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
"I need to be even stronger."
Yu An rubbed the corner of his eye until it hurt a little, but he didn't care. He just muttered, "Only if I become stronger can I protect you."
Why doesn't he dare tell Xie Chiyuan that today's Qiuqiu, Xiaoliu, Xiaojiu, and even Xiaoba, who was cut into seafood by Xie Chiyuan, are all his children?
Because he is not strong enough.
If he were to reveal everything now, he could only beg for the kindness of others, beg humanity to spare his offspring.
He has no means to protect his child.
"alright."
Yu An wasn't a pessimist; he was optimistic most of the time. So, after venting his emotions, he composed himself: "I'm fine now."
Yu An patted Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu one by one, then kissed Xiao Jiu's head and Xiao Liu's wings.
"Don't worry about me, I'll go get you some nutritional supplements."
Yu An felt a little embarrassed that her son was so worried.
As the two cubs ate their nutritional paste, the atmosphere in the room gradually eased.
Another half hour passed.
Yu An took out the cardboard box, and after seeing that both children were asleep, went out to find Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan is negotiating with the North District.
The video conference included his father and Xin Yao, the person in charge of the North District. Even before the outbreak of the infected, the relationship between the Northwest and Northwest Districts was one of mutual hostility and dislike.
Only after the outbreak of infection did the four regions of the east, west, south and north temporarily reach a verbal agreement.
The agreement stipulates that the four regions must put aside past grievances, face the great crisis of human life and death together, unite with each other, and strive together for the future of mankind.
"Knock knock knock—"
A knock came at the door.
Xie Chiyuan hesitated for a second as he looked at the little head peeking in from behind the door. Then, he beckoned him in.
"Shhh."
Xie Chiyuan turned off the camera and made a shushing gesture.
Yu An hurriedly covered her mouth.
Xie Chiyuan then pointed to the seat next to him, inviting him to sit down and listen together.
A video conference was running on the computer, and Xie Chiyuan was just listening in, occasionally saying a few words.
Xin Yao and Yin Qin have known each other for many years. Yin Qin laid out everything that happened tonight, saying, "At this critical juncture, to scheme against our West District, does Chief Xin think our West District is too kind?"
Xin Yao chuckled and denied what happened tonight: "Not at all, if you in the West District are considered good-tempered, then we in the other districts are the most mild-mannered of all."
"Chief Yin, it's not that I'm trying to shirk responsibility, but I genuinely didn't know about this."
Xin Yao wore a bitter expression and said helplessly, "We in the North District did consider researching the mutants. But as you can see, the only products we bought were worms and juvenile mutants like Duoduo."
"As you said, we don't have any mutants in the North District that can attack Xie Chiyuan."
Yin Qin was not easily fooled. He said calmly, "Want to get rid of tonight's incident? Fine, I can grant your wish. But the A-sequence aberration variant—you can't just say it's gone."
Xin Yao remained firm in his stance: "We really didn't."
"Um."
Yin Qin pinched the bridge of her nose, her tone casual yet authoritative: "Since you haven't hidden any A-sequence variants, you shouldn't be afraid of the Alliance's search?"
"I will apply for a search warrant."
"Next, let's wait for the joint organization's notification."
The Joint Organization was established after the outbreak of the infected. Although the organization is not yet perfect, what the North District did this time is enough for the Joint Organization to investigate itself.
After Yin Qin finished speaking, Xin Yao, who had just been denying and shifting blame, instantly changed his expression.
He said with a forced smile, "Chief Yin, the United Organization has never set foot in any district before. Your search of my Northern District is a huge embarrassment to my Northern District."
Yin Qin raised an eyebrow.