Xie Chiyuan caught his little head, his eyelids twitching: "There's no need for that."
Kowtowing to him so early in the morning is simply going too far with respect.
Chongchong explained excitedly yet shyly, "When I watch TV, this is how you thank people. They even burn incense on TV. Uncle, when I grow up, I'll burn incense for you."
Xie Chiyuan's expression instantly became incredibly complicated.
He interrogated Chongchong: "What TV series are you watching?"
Why are you teaching children bad things?
Chongchong thought for a moment and stated, "That's how it's portrayed on TV: saving someone, dying, then kowtowing, burning incense, and crying."
But Chongchong was too happy to cry.
Xie Chiyuan rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on: "Don't use my tablet to watch TV dramas randomly next time. I'll download cartoons for you to watch."
The worm nodded obediently.
Xie Chiyuan dressed Chongchong. Luckily, he brought two extra clothes for Chongchong, which could be shared with Duoduo.
Otherwise, Xie Chiyuan would have to go out to buy it again.
In the next room.
Because Yu An went to bed late, he was asleep while Xie Chiyuan took a cold shower early in the morning. Even after Xie Chiyuan finished his cold shower and dressed Chongchong, Yu An was still asleep.
After everything was tidied up, Xie Chiyuan knocked on Yu An's door a little after eight o'clock.
As expected.
Yu An didn't open the door for him.
Xie Chiyuan knocked twice and called out twice, but no one answered the door. He then turned around and went directly to the hall to meet Bai Xia.
Bai Xia was taken aback when she saw that he was alone.
Where is Yu An?
"He's not coming today."
Yu An, who was left in the room, didn't fully wake up until noon. As soon as he woke up, Little Butterfly and Little White Mushroom came to rub against him: "Good morning, big brother!"
Yu An patted them, not taking out her morning grumpiness on the baby at all.
After cuddling in bed for a while, someone knocked on the door.
It was Chongchong and Duoduo who came together.
Yesterday, Chongchong met the little butterfly and the little mushroom, and under the "tutelage" of the two elders, she vowed not to speak carelessly.
"elder brother."
Chongchong, holding Duoduo's hand, came to deliver a message to Yu An: "Uncle has gone out. He said you don't need to go out today and can get some sleep."
Yu An brought both children in.
The room was full of little ones. Insect and Duoduo sat obediently on the sofa. Little Butterfly and Little Mushroom lazily clung to their older brother.
After Yu An finished washing up and changing her clothes, she came over.
Duoduo timidly opened her palm and offered him a feather.
The feathers were grayish and unremarkable, nothing special.
But Yu An, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Jiu were all stunned when they saw the feather.
The feathers that look dull are chirping.
Yu An stared intently at the feather without blinking. After a long while, he finally took the feather with trembling hands.
"Duoduo".
Yu An held the feather and looked at Duo Duo: "Where did you get this feather from? Why are you giving it to me?"
Duoduo is too timid; when asked a question, she instinctively looks at the insects.
Chongchong held his hand and encouraged him, "Go ahead and say it, you can."
Duo Duo nodded and slowly began to speak: "When I was brought back, they said they brought the wrong person. They wanted the bugs, because the bugs are useful, but I'm useless to them."
"Then, when I woke up, I was taken away again. I was beaten, but I couldn't beat them."
"My arm is broken, it hurts so much."
"Finally... when I was about to die, my senior gave me a feather. My senior was very beautiful, with white eyelashes and curly hair, so beautiful."
"His wings were red and bleeding. I saw him when I was sneaking away, and he gave me a feather. I didn't die."
Listening to Duo Duo's description, Yu An was almost certain that this was his Qiu Qiu.
The wings are bleeding again.
His penis is bleeding again.
Perhaps it was because she wanted to kiss him too much, or perhaps the scenario she imagined was too realistic. Yu An felt pain in her shoulder blades.
He thought he might have been too engrossed in his thoughts.
He could still vaguely feel the pain of his wing being cut off. For the first few seconds after it was cut off, it didn't hurt; it was just numb.
That's because the pain receptors haven't yet transmitted the pain sensation to the brain.
A few seconds later, intense pain will begin, and a lot of blood will flow from the wings. Usually, the blood will not flow to the ground but will be collected.
"Big brother?"
"Big brother!"
The little butterfly noticed that her older brother was not in a good state, so she immediately went over alert and woke him up.
It took Yu An a moment to come to her senses.
He looked down and met the worried eyes of the children. He moved his lips and spoke the scene he had just imagined.
"Sixth Brother, Ninth Brother, do you think Chuchu is in pain just like I thought?"
His face was pale, and his voice trembled as he spoke: "It must be like this, it must be like this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of such a detailed scene."
Neither Liu Zai nor Jiu Zai responded.
At that moment, they were even glad that they had used mimicry. Because the mimicry could conceal their murderous expressions.
"Big brother."
After calming down, Little Butterfly comforted Yu An, saying, "The mutants have a self-defense mechanism. If the injury is too severe or the pain is too intense, they will go into hibernation."
"Once he begins to hibernate, he will no longer feel pain."
Seeing that Yu An's expression was still not good, even the usually hostile children learned to speak well of the other children: "Big brother, don't worry, Qiuqiu will definitely come back."
"Xiao Jiu and I will find him."
The little white mushroom wasn't as good at adjusting its emotions as the little butterfly. It simply crawled onto Yu An's shoulder and seemed to give Yu An a kiss below the shoulder.
"Big brother, why do you like us?"
Xiao Jiu suddenly asked out of the blue, "We are clearly a burden to you."
Almost every child asks this question from time to time.
Yu An was getting numb from being asked this question so many times.
However, when the children ask questions, Yu An always answers very seriously: "You are not a burden to me, but my hope."
“When I lived there before, my wish was always to go out and see the world, and to take you all with me to see the world.”
Yu An had no great ambitions or ideals.
His wish is to live outside with his beloved children, instead of staying in the research institute. They can build a house, farm, grow vegetables, and do odd jobs to earn some money.
Perhaps this kind of life would be a bit tiring, but he really wanted to live this kind of life.
ordinary.
It has a lively, homey feel.
After Yu An finished answering, the little mushroom stopped talking.
Duo Duo and Chong Chong are still young and don't quite understand what Yu An and the two seniors are saying. Chong Chong is smart, and he doesn't want to understand too much.
Yu An asked a few more questions about the owner of the feather.
Unfortunately, Duoduo didn't have much contact with the other party and couldn't say much.
Seeing that the clues had run dry again, Xiao Liu offered a new suggestion: "Big brother, if you want to find Qiuqiu, you can find someone first."
"who?"
“Ba Zai, he’s the one who brought Qiu Qiu out.”
Xiao Liu sold Xiao Ba without any psychological pressure. Not only did he sell, he also added insult to injury: "The little bastard has a bunch of tentacles, but no brains."
"He's been getting tricked ever since he came out. If it weren't for his tough luck and the fact that he has so many tentacles that he can't be killed, he would have been dead long ago."
Yu An: "..."
Yu An had no rebuttal.
Xiao Ba became the bully among the kids purely through force. But he didn't consider whether the other kids were truly no match for him.
And why is it that every time he beats up other kids, his older brother always "coincidentally" sees it?
A silly kid, an overly naive kid...
The two of them got together not to save their older brother, but to accompany him through his own downfall.
Yu An pursed her lips and firmly agreed to the decision to open Zaizai Kindergarten.
Not going to school really does lower your IQ.
In a human life, at least one or two decades are spent in school. Children without culture and knowledge are really easy prey for humans.
Yu An stayed in the room for a whole day.
Outside.
Bai Xia activated the search engine. Once activated, the search engine would take action if any aberrations were detected.