Yu An shook her head and told the truth: "No, it's not that I don't feel safe."
He buried his face in Xie Chiyuan's chest and said in a muffled voice, "I just think I can resist. I don't need to crave you. I can eat other things to fill my stomach."
He wanted to have a proper relationship with Xie Chiyuan, instead of treating Xie Chiyuan as a backup plan.
Xie Chiyuan listened to his reasons but didn't think that was the main reason he hadn't told him. Yu An didn't dare tell him; she was still afraid.
He was afraid that knowing these things would change his feelings for him.
He didn't want to feel like he was a little zombie.
"Baby."
Xie Chiyuan made his point clear: "I'm telling you again now, no matter what you are—a zombie, a mutant, an ability user, or an ordinary human—I will like you, and I will always like you."
"If you're hungry, I'll feed you."
"Whatever you want, as long as it doesn't harm innocent humans, I will give it to you."
Xie Chiyuan's words were not only clear, but also firm.
Yu An nodded slowly as he repeated his emphasis. His eyes were a little red, and his nose felt a little sore.
"Xie Chiyuan, how much do you like me?"
It seems that couples often ask each other questions like, "Do you love me? How much do you love me? Will you always love me?"
Yu An always found such questions cheesy, so he rarely asked them.
Anyway, even if he doesn't ask, Xie Chiyuan will tell him the answer through countless intimate moments.
Xie Chiyuan kissed his eyelids, and just as he had expected, replied softly, "I love you, I love you so much, and I only want to spend the rest of my life with you. No one else will do."
Sweet words are repeated over and over, but in reality, it's just a few phrases.
But Yu An still loved listening to it, no matter how many times Xie Chiyuan said it, he loved listening to it.
Xie Chiyuan demonstrated his acceptance of Yu An by personally feeding him. And this successfully put Yu An at ease.
The cut I just made is already slowly healing.
Yu An's saliva posed no danger whatsoever to Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan slowly and methodically buttoned up his shirt, one button at a time. Yu An stared at his buttons, and seeing that he hadn't buttoned them all up, she stood on tiptoe and helped him button them all the way to the top.
"That's how it looks."
Yu Anlue said guiltily that only by fastening the buttons tightly could he avoid being constantly reminded of what had just happened.
The two were snuggling together in the room, while the little ones outside were talking in a daze.
"Chirp chirp, who do you think Big Brother loves the most right now? Does he love us or Xie Chiyuan?" Ba Zai asked Chirp chirp while blowing bubbles out of boredom.
Chuchu rested her chin on her little hand and replied, "I love them both."
Surprisingly, Qiuqiu understood this very well. He said, "We are Big Brother's children, and Xie Chiyuan is Big Brother's wife. Children and wives can both be loved."
Ba Zai snorted coldly once.
He understood what Qiuqiu was saying; family and loved ones can coexist.
However, the eldest brother now has a lover, and the feeling is probably like a child living in a single-parent family suddenly having a stepmother; he will always feel awkward for a while.
The children waited at the door for a while until Yu An and Xie Chiyuan walked over together.
The tension between the two was noticeably less intense than before, and Ba Zai breathed a sigh of relief. Great, his older brother probably wouldn't beat him up again.
Yan Meng would come and call Yu An for meals three times a day.
Yu An brought her own food rations, as well as a new type of nutritional paste for the cubs. So they didn't need to eat with her.
But this time, Yan Meng said, "The doctor also has food for A10, you can take him with you to eat."
"And your food."
When Yan Meng said this, she seemed to emphasize those words: "It's food that the doctor made especially for you."
After leaving that place, Yu An needs food, specifically food prepared by the doctor.
Yan Meng felt her hints were obvious enough, but Yu An didn't react at all: "I have food, you don't need to go over there to eat."
"Even if you have food, A10 doesn't."
Yan Meng thought that Ruan Ke's new nutritional paste had already monopolized the market. She frowned, not having a good impression of this new nutritional paste: "The food A10 ate before was the most suitable for him."
The doctor has researched a new type of nutritional paste, which would be a catastrophic disaster for the mutant strain.
The reason why the mutants survive is to continuously become stronger and constantly pursue even greater power.
However, the new nutritional paste has an inhibitory effect on them!
Even if the new nutritional paste can repair their bodies and make them feel comfortable, the mutants never enjoy comfort.
They should be treated like killing machines.
Yan Meng's ideas also reflect many people's preconceived notions about aberrations.
Yu An finally understood what she meant, and he asked directly, "Uncle Ying has made the traditional nutritional paste?"
With Xie Chiyuan around, Yan Meng couldn't have many conversations that went too far.
Xie Chiyuan is from the same family as Ruan Ke. Ruan Ke's new nutritional paste and the doctor's traditional nutritional paste are also opposites.
She said calmly, "No. The Doctor has plenty of good stuff. If you take A10 back, the Doctor will naturally appreciate it as well."
Yu An hesitated for a moment.
He wanted to see if Ying Jian had actually succeeded in making the traditional nutritional paste.
Xie Chiyuan shared the same thought as him.
Their eyes met briefly, and the next second, Yu An spoke up: "Does Uncle Ying really have any food that Qiuqiu can eat? My Qiuqiu has been a bit picky about food lately."
Chuchu, who was mentioned, was speechless.
Chiu Chiu isn't picky about food!
Yu An forced Qiu Qiu to be picky about food and took Qiu Qiu to find Ying Jian.
Xie Chiyuan didn't receive the same treatment as Yu An. He could also eat, but it was just ordinary food: egg drop soup, stir-fried green peppers with pork, and a bowl of rice.
Ba Zai remained undiscovered. He could change size on his own, and Yu An intentionally kept him in his pocket, rarely showing his face.
Not long after.
Yu An carried Qiu Qiu to Ying Jian, who was also eating.
He pointed to the chair and said kindly, "An'an, sit down."
Yu An sat down and placed Qiu Qiu on the chair next to her.
The plates were already set out on the table. Ying Jian's portion looked quite simple. In contrast, Yu An's plate was overflowing, and Qiu Qiu's plate was piled high with nutritional paste—both were visibly much more abundant.
"Try it and see. If you like it, remember to come for dinner on time next time."
"oh."
Yu An wasn't hungry at all; he had already been fed quite a lot by Xie Chiyuan in the room.
Even when Qiuqiu was spacing out with Bazai at the door, she finished three tubes of spicy snack-flavored nutritional paste. On the way here, Yu An heard him burp.
The two, one big and one small, were just there to loaf around.
"An'an, I heard you were injured. Is it serious?" Ying Jian asked proactively. "I have a full set of equipment here. I'd like to give you a full check-up. Is that alright?"
Before Yu An could refuse, Ying Jian continued, "I will only feel at ease if you are healthy. Otherwise, I don't know how I will explain it to my teacher if I see him one day."
Yu An slowly bit into a piece of vegetable leaf and replied, "Uncle Ying, I know you mean well. But I had a medical check-up recently and there's nothing wrong with me."
As for his injuries, they are already healing, so there's no need to worry about them anymore.
Yu An felt uneasy about getting a medical check-up from Ying Jian. He would rather have it done at the base in the western district than here.
Ying Jian paused for a moment, then didn't press him: "Okay. If you feel unwell, remember to come see me."
Yu An nodded obediently.
Because Yu An and her son dawdled while eating, Ying Jian had already finished his meal, but the two of them still had more than half left.
Yu An said considerately, "We eat slowly, you don't need to wait for us."
Ying Jian: "..."
Ying Jian had to remind her, "An'an, we still have to leave here."
As he spoke, he added, "If you insist on bringing Xie Chiyuan along, it will be very inconvenient for us. It will also be detrimental to finding your father."
Yu An asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with me looking for my father?"
Ying Jian patiently explained, "Your father may not want to see Xie Chiyuan. If he sees you with Xie Chiyuan, he might get angry and refuse to see you."
Yu An: "?"
Yu An said firmly, "Impossible."
He said seriously, "My dad won't avoid seeing me because of Xie Chiyuan. He said that I can get married when I grow up."
Now that he's getting married, his dad must be overjoyed.
Ying Jian was silent for a few seconds, then said sincerely, "The wife your father wants you to marry is definitely not someone like Xie Chiyuan."
Yu An glanced at him: "My dad will definitely be satisfied with any wife I want to marry."
He surfs the internet frequently now, and after spending so much time online, he discovered something—
It's so hard for everyone to find a partner!
For example, Pei Si and the others around him are all living alone.
Especially Pei Si, Yu An felt he was desperate to find a partner. Xie Chiyuan secretly told him that Pei Si's symptoms were called being desperate to get married.
Eager to get married right away.
Yu An was able to successfully find a partner and even a beautiful and charming wife. He thought his father should be happy.
Yingjian couldn't explain it to him.
Anyway, the wife the teacher wants is definitely not a tall man two heads taller than Yu An.