Xie Chiyuan cut to the chase: "You probably already know why I'm here. I'm here with my wife to find our child. Where is our child?"
Yu An sat next to Xie Chiyuan, her face tense, and said something similar to Xie Chiyuan's: "I heard from our fifth son that our boss is here."
"Mr. Zhai, could you please call our eldest son out?"
Yu An spoke politely, but Zhai Man was an expert at reading people. He looked at Yu An's expression and listened to his tone of voice, and he was almost 100% certain that 01 was going to mess up this time.
"Ling Yi is preparing a gift."
Zhai Man smiled and sat down opposite them, speaking on behalf of 01: "01 was overjoyed when he learned yesterday that you were coming. He said he hadn't seen his older brother for a long time, so he wanted to prepare some gifts for you."
Yu An: "Oh."
Yu An: "No need, I don't need a gift."
All he wants to do right now is see his rebellious son.
Seeing that Yu An was clearly not going to back down, Zhai Man's eyes flickered, preparing to change his approach.
But Yu An interrupted him: "Every minute the little one comes out later, the angrier I get. Mr. Zhai, how much longer do you think I'll stay angry?"
Zhai Man: "..."
01, Rest in peace.
He is truly beyond saving.
Zhai Man remained unfazed and sent someone else to urge them on.
A few minutes later, Zhai Man's ears twitched, as if he had heard something.
He smiled gently and looked at Xie Chiyuan: "Mr. Xie, I wonder if you have the habit of drinking tea? I got some new tea, why don't we go to the tea room and I'll brew some for you to try?"
Zhai Man intentionally sent Xie Chiyuan away, but Xie Chiyuan caught a glimpse of a figure outside the door out of the corner of his eye. He said indifferently, "Alright, let's go."
After everyone left the reception room, only Yu An remained.
Yu An stood up, hesitating whether to follow. Just then, a dark figure crawled over from the ground and then climbed onto him, trying to mount him.
Yu An: "?"
Yu An was almost suffocating from being poked and prodded. He narrowed his eyes, seeing right through her: "Big kid, stop acting cute. You're not the little kid you were when you were a child!"
The mature python, though it had tried to shrink its body, still couldn't get much smaller. A python as thick as the opening of a bucket heavily coiled around Yu An.
To outsiders, this scene would be nothing short of horrifying.
At the time, neither Da Mang nor the eldest brother involved felt any horror. After hearing the eldest brother's words, the python tilted its head expressionlessly.
The python tilted its head, which was not aesthetically pleasing at all.
Yu An was almost charmed by the snake's cuteness, but he seriously held the python's head and scolded, "I'm not buying your act now! I still have questions for you!"
Seeing that its elder brother remained serious, the python finally stopped coiling around him.
Outside the door.
Still worried, Zhai Man secretly returned. He saw Yu An coiled up by a python outside the door, and his face turned deathly pale.
His feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move at all.
Xie Chiyuan had followed us there at some point. He observed Zhai Man's reaction and said softly, "You're very afraid of pythons."
Despite his pale complexion, Zhai Manming insisted, "I'm not afraid."
Xie Chiyuan persisted in exposing his lie, and he simply said, "Didn't you say you were going to make tea? Perfect timing, I'm thirsty."
Zhai Man slowly calmed his breathing, then turned and followed Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan didn't talk to him about A01, but instead talked to him about serious business: "It seems that the cooperation between the West District and the Zombie King is very interested in humans."
"Don't you in the East District intend to try this approach to deal with your current situation?"
"A zombie king, and a bunch of mutants. In the end... which do you think is easier to control?" Xie Chiyuan was speaking to Zhai Man from the perspective of a human manager.
But Zhai Man's reaction was somewhat different from what he had expected.
Zhai Man answered the latter.
He said, "The Zombie King could never truly be on the side of humans. Their food is their own kind, and humans as well. Mr. Xie, your West District will suffer sooner or later for cooperating with the Zombie King."
Upon hearing this, Xie Chiyuan also brought up the mutants: "A mutant possesses superpowers. Is creating mutants on a large scale less dangerous than the Zombie King?"
Neither side could convince the other.
The West Side has partnered with the Zombie King and genuinely saved many lives; the West Side is not going to stop now.
The East District not only stabilized and secured its own base by using the newly created aberrations, but also made huge profits by selling them to other districts. The East District is unlikely to stop now.
With stakeholders involved, everyone has their own principles and convictions.
They continued talking in the tea room; even if they couldn't convince each other, they could at least try to have a chat.
Zhai Man chatted with him, and neither of them mentioned Ying Jian. Zhai Man wasn't stupid; he was cooperating with Ying Jian, so there was no need for him to kill people from the West District.
Xie Chiyuan is a vengeful person. Killing someone from the West District for no reason is tantamount to dancing on Xie Chiyuan's grave.
They didn't talk about Ying Jian, but Yu An insisted on doing so.
"Stop arranging them, just stand them upright!" Yu An closed the living room door in a few steps, then continued to look at his little python cub.
The baby python stood still, its head, which looked terrifying to others, was still quite adorable to Yu An.
He stood in front of the python cub, meticulously calculating the costs and benefits: "What did you do to Chiu Chiu before?"
"How long have you been in the East District?"
Why won't you come to see me?
"Ying Jian... what happened?"
One question after another silenced the python. After a pause, the python finally spoke: "Brother, ask slowly."
When the eldest brother brought up these things, the cold-blooded python didn't feel much about them at the time.
But now, facing interrogation, he showed a rare moment of nervousness.
Yu An was very patient. He looked at his little python cub with a calm and unhurried expression: "Go on, I want to listen carefully today."
Giant python: "..."
Do you really want to tell me?
With Yu Anmen closed, he's not afraid of being watched at all when he's educating his kids.
He pulled the chair forward a few steps and plopped down on it. The eldest brother and the youngest son faced each other, and in the end, the youngest son was no match for the eldest brother.
“I, I know what Chuchu has been through.”
“If you hadn’t personally taken Qiuqiu away, Qiuqiu wouldn’t have been able to walk at all.”
“I know you’re in the East District, but I haven’t finished my business yet, so I’d like to talk to you later.”
The eldest son recounted his story, one sentence at a time, and with each word, the atmosphere in the room grew increasingly heavy. Finally, the eldest son fell silent.
The gate remained tightly closed.
The python, not hearing its elder brother's voice, stiffly raised its head and looked at him.
His survival instinct kicked in tenaciously, relying on the fact that the door was closed and he wouldn't be seen. He tilted his head again, facing his older brother.
The python tilted its head; it was so damn cute.
Yu An closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down, but it was no use.
He stood up and rolled up his sleeves.
Their eldest son has grown strong and brave. No, wait, he's already cut out his own gallbladder.
Thinking of this, Yu An's breathing became heavy.
He slightly raised his chin and asked the python in front of him, "Do you still recognize me as your elder brother?"
The python nodded immediately.
Yu An nodded in agreement, rolled up his sleeves, and muttered, "Alright, as long as you still acknowledge me as your older brother."
Since they are still our own children, and they have done so many outrageous things, they should be disciplined by our own methods.
A muffled groan came from inside the door.
After an unknown amount of time, Da Mang looked at his older brother, who seemed to be beating him up. Clearly, his brother's state was more than just being impulsive.
A chill ran through him, and his vertical pupils widened slightly.
Oh no.
If the eldest brother continues in this state, he will definitely be sent back to the snake egg to be reincarnated!
Chapter 121
In the tea room.
Xie Chiyuan noticed that Zhai Man was becoming increasingly distracted while talking to him, so he glanced up at the clock on the wall. An hour had passed, and there was still no movement in the reception room.
“Mr. Xie, it seems you’ve been with Yu An for quite a while now.”
Zhai Man steered the conversation toward Yu An, and asked cautiously, "I think Yu An is a very good-tempered person. What does he do when he's unhappy?"
"They will hit people."
Xie Chiyuan slowly sipped his tea, explaining to Zhai Man, "Don't let our An'an's cute appearance fool you; when she gets into a fight, she doesn't hold back."
Zhai Man: "..."
Zhai Man was getting restless.
He looked outside and tried to get up several times.
But Xie Chiyuan seemed oblivious to the situation. Holding his teacup, he leisurely chatted with Zhai Man about tea: "My father likes wine, but I think this tea has a better flavor than wine."
Xie Chiyuan held the wine and tea.
Zhai Man wasn't in the mood to talk about that; he was still asking about Yu An: "Yu An doesn't seem to be a superhuman. He shouldn't be that ruthless when he fights, right?"