However, the current aberrations have completely changed their attitude towards aberrations.
His lover, Yu An, was accompanied by several mutants. Everyone knew this, and everyone also knew that Xie Chiyuan's change in attitude towards the mutants stemmed from this.
But in fact, what initially made Xie Chiyuan waver was not Yu An, nor Yu An's child.
Yu An and the kids were wearing their vests obediently at the time, and he had no idea what was underneath.
He first met Duo Duo, a little cub whose ambition was to go to kindergarten.
"I trust aberrations that are beneficial to humanity."
Xie Chiyuan cleverly answered the question: "I also despise humans who commit many evils."
Although most mutants are inherently cold-blooded and cruel, many of them, after integrating into human society for a long time, gradually develop humanity.
"Sir, you are very compassionate towards the mutants."
"Is that so?"
Xie Chiyuan raised his eyelids slightly, too lazy to argue with him about the mutants anymore. His eldest son had already legalized mutants in the East District; asking him about his feelings about mutants now was just asking the obvious.
"Is there anything else you want to report?"
Xie Chiyuan impatiently interrupted the person in front of him, his tone indifferent: "If there's nothing else, go back first."
He can work overtime, but he doesn't want to do meaningless overtime. Talking about mutants with the person in front of him is a pointless endeavor.
The man in front of her stiffened for a moment, then obediently replied "Okay" and turned to leave.
After the man left, Xie Chiyuan's gaze returned to the video.
Yu An was still resting his chin on his hand. He looked at Xie Chiyuan and said, "If you hadn't interrupted him just now, he probably would have accused the kids of being bad mutants."
Xie Chiyuan rubbed his temples, also annoyed by this: "A large portion of the government officials have strong opinions about the mutants."
Previously, the entire West District adhered to the concept of "eliminating" deformities.
However, thanks to his and Yin Tan's leadership in making changes, some people changed their views slightly and their hostility towards the mutants was no longer so strong.
"Baby, you don't need to worry about this."
Xie Chiyuan stopped after saying only one sentence, not wanting to put pressure on Yu An: "You and the kids don't need to worry about anything. As long as I'm here, you can do whatever you want."
He works hard to earn money now, and a big part of his motivation is for his wife and children.
Yu An nodded.
He really didn't intend to get involved.
Time passed slowly, and Xie Chiyuan continued to handle his affairs while the video call continued.
He made no attempt to conceal the fact that Yu An was watching him, and appeared to completely trust Yu An.
Day 1.
They just looked at each other, killing time.
By the second day, Yu An wasn't so attached to the car anymore. He would often get out of the car to take a look, especially when passing through woods and bamboo groves.
Jiu Zai analyzed, "Big Brother wants to find Third Zai!"
Recently, my older brother has been dreaming about Sanzai several times in a row. He dreams about Sanzai at night, and naturally thinks about Sanzai during the day.
After thinking about the three sons, the eldest brother even showed affection to all of them. Now, let's think about the second and fourth sons.
He thought of all the younger ones, but deliberately avoided the eldest. The reason was simple: the eldest deserved to be disciplined again. Not only did the eldest not call back when Yu An made the video call, but the message he sent was also dismissive.
Yu An asked him about the past, and Da Zai replied, "We used to live together, but nothing particularly memorable happened."
Yu An then asked him how he fed the cubs.
The older child replied, "They feed them to keep them alive."
Yu An pressed further: "What kind of food?"
Big cub: "Food that helps you grow."
The older brother and the younger brother chatted for half an hour, and in the end, the older brother was so angry that he almost fainted.
Sitting on her older brother's arm, Xiao Jiu saw their chat history and choked up.
"That brat is utterly rebellious!"
Xiao Jiu puffed out her cheeks and said seriously, "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't talk to my older brother like that!"
With Xiao Jiu sitting nearby, it was easy to imagine that Yu An would only get angrier at Da Zai. In the end, it was Jiu Jiu who came over and took Xiao Cha Mogu to play, which temporarily calmed Yu An down.
He looked down and typed rapidly: "I already know."
“You need me to feed you with my flesh and blood.”
"I haven't fed you in so long. When I come back this time, I'll be passing through the East District. You'll have to eat then too, or you won't be my cubs."
If the cubs don't get fed by him for a long time, they'll end up like Sixth Cub...
Yu An couldn't just stand by and watch her children suffer.
After he sent his last message, Da Zai fell silent again for a while.
Xie Chiyuan wanted to continue contacting Yu An, but he had many things to do, and dealing with them was even more tiring than when he went out on missions before.
"There are quite a lot of woods in this area."
Looking at the scenery outside, Qi Zai said to his older brother, "Big brother, do you want to go into every forest and take a look?"
Yu An hummed in agreement.
He always felt that his dreams weren't random; they were definitely hints to him, suggesting that Sanzai might be nearby.
With this in mind, Yu An patiently went into the woods to check.
The trip was somewhat delayed.
But Yu An heard Ruan Ke say that those who had entered the secret shield were now cautiously retreating to the doorway and slowly studying the things they had brought out of the secret shield.
Once he's gone, they'll go back in.
Time passed by unnoticed, and Yu An sometimes felt uneasy when falling asleep at night. He longed to be held by Xie Chiyuan while sleeping, and when the longing became unbearable, he would softly call out Xie Chiyuan's name in the dead of night.
Xie Chiyuan, who was still on voice call, seemed to be lacking sleep. Each time Yu An called out, he would reply softly, "Baby, I'm here."
Yu An was wearing headphones at night, and he didn't dare to wake the kids, so he could only carefully lower his voice and ask, "Aren't you asleep yet?"
I'm thinking of you.
Xie Chiyuan was genuinely thinking about Yu An. He paused for a moment before continuing, "An'an, I'm not used to sleeping alone now."
It's strange, really. Before he met Yu An, he had always slept alone for so many years.
But after meeting Yu An, he couldn't sleep well at all when he was alone anymore.
Yu An is alright.
To be blunt, Xie Chiyuan used to sleep alone, but Yu An did not.
He can casually hold a cub in his arms and sleep.
Even though he's separated from Xie Chiyuan now, his bed isn't lonely at all.
The baby octopus's tentacles were currently wrapped around his leg.
Chiu Chiu was also clutching a strap of his pajamas.
Xiao Liu was in the box by the bedside, while Jiu Zai lay sprawled out, quite close to Ba Zai.
Qi Zai originally wanted to join, but Tan Zhan dragged him away.
Tan Zhan's reason was perfectly legitimate: "Your older brother can't sleep here anymore. If you squeeze him in like this, he won't be able to sleep well."
Seven seemed unconvinced and muttered, "I can also turn back into my original form like Eight!"
If everyone were to revert to their original form and shrink a little further, they could easily fit into a sleeping space.
Tan Zhan disagreed and forcibly dragged him away: "No way."
Why not?
"It just won't work."
The two had barely exchanged a few words when Qi Zai started to lose his temper.
The fence-sitter who used to live in the research institute is now living a carefree and assertive life.
Yu An was already numb to their way of getting along. As long as his son didn't suffer any losses, he would just turn a blind eye.
The parking spot was outside a grove of trees.
Yu An was wearing headphones and could faintly hear the chirping of insects.
"Baby."
Xie Chiyuan's voice flowed gently through the earphones as he coaxed Yu An, "I'll tell you a story. Close your eyes and go to sleep."
Yu An hummed in agreement and whispered, "Tiger Cub tells Qiu Qiu stories every night, and I've been listening in."
Xie Chiyuan chuckled: "Tiger cubs tell the story to Qiuqiu, and I'll tell it to our baby."
Yu An: "..."
Yu An's face flushed.
With Xie Chiyuan's company and comforting words, Yu An's insomnia turned into deep sleep.
Once the eldest brother fell asleep, the little ones, who were almost awake, also turned over and continued sleeping.
The car remained quietly parked in place.
Deep in the forest not far from here, groups of small animals were still moving about in unison, as if they were doing drills.
Their goals and objectives are unclear.
Judging from their posture, they seemed ready to charge into battle at any moment.
Early the next morning.
When Yu An woke up, she looked at her phone, but the screen was already dark.
He didn't charge his phone before bed and then spent most of the night on voice calls, so there was no way the battery would last until morning.