Ba Zai was a little unhappy; he knew this meant they weren't cooperating with him.
Since they couldn't kill him, Bazai changed their approach: "Let's make him discover our existence. Look, now Qiuqiu is showing up openly!"
They're no different from Chou Qiu; the only difference is that they've fought with Xie Chiyuan.
Eight's new suggestion caused Six and Nine to exchange a glance. Their eyes met, and in a second, a tacit understanding was formed without a word.
They can show themselves now, but they need to send another cub to test the waters.
Ideally, they should send a brainless kid who, like them, has a grudge against Xie Chiyuan to test Xie Chiyuan's reaction.
“ChouChou is quite open about it now,” Liu Zai said calmly. “Once Big Brother and ChuuChou wake up tomorrow, we can pick a suitable opportunity and maybe we can do it openly too.”
The eldest brother is still asleep, and it's getting late, so neither Six or Nine told Little Eight to act at this time.
The cubs left their eldest brother's room. Before leaving, Little Eight was reluctant to part and even tried to stay hidden in the room.
Xiao Liu grabbed his little tentacles and dragged him away.
The babies went to sleep with Qiuqiu, while Yu'an was still sleeping on his own.
In the bathroom.
Xie Chiyuan washed himself clean and then washed and hung up the dirty clothes that he and Yu An had changed out of.
After finishing his work, he went back to bed.
"An'an?"
Xie Chiyuan lay down next to Yu An, pinched Yu An's cheek, and wanted to see if he showed any signs of waking up: "Still not sleeping well?"
Yu An's eyes were tightly closed on her small face.
All around was silent. In the silence, Xie Chiyuan stared intently at Yu An's face and muttered to himself softly, "I won't wake you up tonight, but you're not allowed to hide tomorrow. You have to wake up obediently."
Yu An didn't know if she heard it or not, but her breathing was even.
That night, the others fell asleep exhausted. Only the magician from the same city, who had made an agreement with Xie Chiyuan to be responsible for restraining the zombie king, struggled through the night to keep him occupied.
The zombie king hadn't made any moves at first, but suddenly, for some unknown reason, it gathered a large number of zombies and started moving in a certain direction.
The magician used spatial manipulation to block their path.
Once all the commotion in the city had subsided, the magician, exhausted, withdrew the reappearance space and randomly found a spot near the zombie king to continue his surveillance.
The next day.
After Xie Chiyuan woke up, he went to check on the clothes that were drying, and they were almost dry.
He brought the clothes in, returned to the bedside, and called Yu An to get up.
Fortunately, Yu An had truly collapsed from exhaustion yesterday. After a night's rest, he slowly opened his eyes when Xie Chiyuan called him.
Xie Chiyuan relaxed and was about to speak to him when Yu An glared at him.
Xie Chiyuan: "..."
Wait, Yu An's getting up seems quite heavy.
Half an hour later.
After venting her morning grumpiness, Yu An returned to her well-behaved and slightly troubled demeanor.
He raised his hand, pretending to soothe Xie Chiyuan by touching his large hand where he had bitten him, and asked nervously, "Xie Chiyuan, where is my chick?"
Now that things have come to this, Yu An no longer hides it; A10 is his Qiuqiu, and he wants his Qiuqiu now.
Xie Chiyuan said irritably, "It's next door."
Upon hearing this, Yu An felt a little more at ease. He cautiously observed Xie Chiyuan's expression and reaction.
"Xie Chiyuan, I'll keep a close eye on Qiuqiu from now on, can you please leave Qiuqiu alone?"
As Yu An spoke, she earnestly told him about Qiu Qiu's personality: "Qiu Qiu is very well-behaved. His biggest hobby is doing handicrafts. He can knit all sorts of little things and he can even knit clothes for me."
"Moreover, he's a homebody. If I'm with him, he can stay home for a whole month without going out."
His little chirp is just a little angel.
Xie Chiyuan listened to his description, these were things that had not been recorded in the file, another side of A10.
Yu An nervously spoke for a long time, even adding at the end, "I can write a guarantee, I can guarantee that Qiuqiu won't do anything bad, you can rest assured—"
"An'an".
Xie Chiyuan raised his hand and pinched Yu An's face. He said helplessly, "Do you think I'm that cruel? If I wanted to kill Qiuqiu, I should have done it yesterday while you were asleep and he was unconscious."
Yu An was taken aback.
Xie Chiyuan moved closer to him, their eyes met, and their breaths almost mingled together.
I don't know whose heartbeat is pounding so loudly.
Xie Chiyuan's kiss landed on Yu An's forehead, and he said softly, "Don't worry, I won't kill Qiuqiu. From now on, I'll raise Qiuqiu with you."
Yu An hadn't expected to hear Xie Chiyuan say these words. His heart ached, and his eyes were fixed on Xie Chiyuan.
"Big Head." Yu An sniffed, touched. "You're so kind."
Xie Chiyuan raised an eyebrow and then, taking advantage of the situation, kissed his forehead.
really.
The little guy, who was deeply moved at the moment, didn't resist at all.
Xie Chiyuan was very satisfied, so much so that his impression of Qiuqiu improved considerably: "An'an, from now on, the three of us will be a good family. I'll keep this Qiuqiu."
Yu An: "..."
Upon hearing the words "family of three," Yu An's emotion abruptly subsided.
He was eerily quiet for a few seconds, then spoke in a low voice: "Big Head, I mean, what if, what if it's not a family of three, but a family of many, would you, would you still support them?"
Chapter 73
When Yu An asked this question, Xie Chiyuan instantly became the one who had been silent.
The two stared at each other, their bodies extremely close, yet Xie Chiyuan's heart felt icy cold.
Yu An grew increasingly anxious amidst Xie Chiyuan's silence. He tugged at Xie Chiyuan's hand, afraid he wouldn't recover, and quickly added, "I was just saying!"
Yu An's attempt to cover up his mistake, to Xie Chiyuan, sounded like a blatant attempt to conceal something.
Time seemed to be deliberately stretched out at this moment.
After a long pause, Xie Chiyuan lowered his eyes, looked at Yu An's nervous little face, and sighed: "Tell me, how many babies does your family have?"
Yu An kept a straight face and refused to speak.
Xie Chiyuan was clearly frightened by his son, and saying it out loud would only increase Xie Chiyuan's psychological burden.
"I want to see Chuchu."
As Yu An spoke, he climbed out of bed and went straight to the next room without even changing out of his pajamas.
Seeing this, Xie Chiyuan followed closely behind.
In the next room, the three little ones who had been watching Chiu Chiu for most of the night sensed someone coming in while they were still half asleep. So they rolled over and rolled themselves off the bed before going back to sleep.
"Chirp chirp".
Yu An sat down by Qiu Qiu's bedside and touched Qiu Qiu's little face: "Wake up."
He called out several times, but Chiu Chiu still didn't wake up.
Yu An felt uneasy. He turned to Xie Chiyuan and asked, "Chiu Chiu hasn't woken up yet. Is there something wrong with her?"
Xie Chiyuan wasn't a doctor, so naturally he couldn't answer that question.
Fortunately, Yu An was quick-witted and immediately came up with a solution: "That's right, there's also Xia Tianwu. He must know a lot about Qiuqiu's situation."
Did you bring Xia Tianwu?
He ordered his children to deal with Xia Tianwu. Logically speaking, Xia Tianwu shouldn't be a match for his children. Only with Xia Tianwu in hand would they be able to figure out what was going on with Qiu Qiu.
After Yu An finished asking Xia Tianwu, the little ones under the bed looked at each other, especially the eighth one, whose little tentacles were trembling with guilt.
Didn't my brother mean to kill Xia Tianwu yesterday?
Sixth Brother looked at Eighth Brother with a complicated expression. He had tried to stop Eighth Brother from killing Xia Tianwu yesterday.
"Summer has not died."
Xie Chiyuan answered Yu An's question: "When I went upstairs, Xia Tianwu was already dead."
Yu An was shocked.
He didn't even need to guess; he knew it was Ba Zai who did it.
No one died in the summer, and now even less people are checking on Chiu Chiu's condition.
Xie Chiyuan looked at Qiuqiu, who was still unconscious, and made a decision: "Let's go back to the island. Let Tang Yi examine him."
Summer's methods are too ruthless; Qiuqiu's health is in danger.
Yu An had achieved his goal of finding Qiu Qiu. Holding Qiu Qiu's hand, he agreed to Xie Chiyuan's suggestion.
Dr. Tang Yi is a very skilled doctor. With his treatment of Qiuqiu, he might be able to cure her.
"Let's go back quickly."
Yu An didn't want to wait a minute longer; he was eager to take Qiu Qiu back to the island.
Before returning, Yu An hesitated, thinking about the people on the island: "Xie Chiyuan, Qiuqiu's identity... can he return to the island?"
Xie Chiyuan reassured him, "Don't worry, no one will say anything."
Yu An was still worried.
Chiu Chiu is different from the other insects that were previously placed on the island. Chiu Chiu is an A10, which is the type that most people fear and reject.
The people on the distorted island don't reject him, but will they, like Xia Tianwu, also want to study his chick?
Seeing that he was really uneasy, Xie Chiyuan thought for a moment and made a video call to Ruan Ke.