"Xie Chiyuan, what should we do now?"
Sun Mo didn't come out, so their searching was useless.
Xie Chiyuan glanced at his expression and then turned away.
"Let's go back first."
Xie Chiyuan drove the car back; his driving skills were much better than An's.
At least, Chiu Chiu didn't throw up even once while sitting in the car.
After driving for two or three hours, the car arrived at its destination.
Yu An held Qiu Qiu in her arms; both of them, big and small, had their eyes closed and were snoring softly.
Lu Chao saw Xie Chiyuan's car and rushed over.
Xie Chiyuan instructed, "Pick up Qiuqiu."
Lu Chao saw Chirp's little wings but didn't say anything. He simply covered them gently with a blanket from the car.
When Chiu Chiu is awake, he is shy around strangers, but when he is asleep, he acts just like his older brother, showing some piglet-like traits.
Lu Chao carefully picked him up, and he, unaware of it, continued to sleep against Lu Chao's chest.
Holding such a soft and adorable little guy in his arms, Lu Chao was overflowing with fatherly love. He almost held his breath as he said to Xie Chiyuan, "Holy crap, this little rascal is so cute even when he's sleeping."
Xie Chiyuan glanced at him and said generously, "It's yours."
Once he sends away this clingy little one, he and Yu An will have their own world.
Lu Chao hugged the little baby tightly and said solemnly, "I will raise him well!"
Lu Chao held Qiuqiu in his arms, while Xie Chiyuan gently picked up Yu An.
Yu An recognized Xie Chiyuan's aura. He buried his face in Xie Chiyuan's chest and unconsciously nuzzled against him.
The base has been reorganized, and the empty rooms have been cleaned up.
Xie Chiyuan carried Yu An to his room, while Qiuqiu slept alone in the next room.
After putting Yu An down, Xie Chiyuan didn't stay with him to sleep, but instead went out with Lu Chao.
With Pei Si absent, many tasks at the base were handed over to Lu Chao.
Xie Chiyuan followed Lu Chao to re-inspect the base, then mobilized ability users from nearby bases, and led them out.
He was out for a day and a night.
Yu An woke up in his room and immediately heard Qiu Qiu crying. It was Qiu Qiu looking for her older brother.
"Chirp chirp, don't cry."
Yu An ran next door, picked up Qiu Qiu, and gently patted and coaxed her.
After appeasing Qiuqiu, Datou disappeared.
"Father Xie has gone to take care of things." Lu Chao strolled over to check on Yu An. Afraid that Yu An would be bored, he even took Yu An with him to handle matters at the base.
Only scattered zombies remained near the base. Lu Chao led him out, paying no attention to the scattered zombies, as one shot was enough to blow one's head off.
"The interior of the base is almost fully rebuilt; let's clean up the outside."
“Things have been rather unsettled lately, and occasionally survivors from outside come to seek refuge.”
Yu An noticed that temporary checkpoints and quarantine sites had been set up outside.
If anyone comes to join us, they can officially enter the base after inspection and quarantine.
Although each large-scale zombie attack causes unpredictable losses to human bases, humanity has never given up.
They will only restore the base's operations and everyone's lives in an increasingly faster pace.
"Lu Chao, if all humans were like you, that would be wonderful."
If all humans were such good people, then perhaps there would be a new way out for beings like Sun Mo.
Lu Chao smiled, patted Yu An on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "The human population is too large, so good people and bad people will naturally coexist. But you must believe that the vast majority of people in this world are still upholding justice."
"We humans have come this far by relying on the shining points of humanity."
Their shining qualities as human beings are perseverance, persistence, and never giving up.
The world is in a bad state right now, but it's okay, they will fix it one day.
Order will be restored, and light will shine forever.
Yu An followed Lu Chao for more than a day.
By the evening of the following day, Yu An finally met Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan's clothes were covered in blood. He returned with Xiaoxiao, another superhuman who had been trapped at the bottom of the cliff.
Besides Xiaoxiao, there were also a few ordinary survivors they picked up on the road.
Xie Chiyuan was exhausted. When he returned, he hurriedly told Yu An to wait for him for a while before going back to his room.
Yu An knew that he was in a hurry to take a shower.
Xiaoxiao was unconscious and didn't know what she had gone through while she was trapped.
Sun Mo left in a hurry yesterday and didn't take Xiaoxiao with him.
They couldn't find anyone at the time, but Xie Chiyuan had already decided to clean up the place, so he wasn't in a hurry.
After bringing Yu An back, Xie Chiyuan turned around and went back.
"Xie Chiyuan, are you done washing up?"
Seeing that Xie Chiyuan had been showering in the bathroom for half an hour, Yu An was a little worried that he would faint from the steam.
Taking a bath for too long is also bad; it can make you dizzy.
As Yu An asked, the bathroom door opened.
Xie Chiyuan was only wearing pajama bottoms, and his hair was still dripping wet.
He walked along drying his hair with a towel, and after it was half-dry, he casually tossed the towel aside.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Do you want to shower with me?"
Xie Chiyuan has a habit of teasing, but he only does it with Yu An.
Yu An sat down and shook his head vigorously: "No!"
He doesn't like to shower with others, not even the kids.
"I just came to ask if you found any valuable clues during your trip out?"
"have."
Xie Chiyuan leaned closer to him, and water droplets from his hair fell onto the muscles of his chest.
Yu An's eyes involuntarily followed the water droplets, and after a long while, he swallowed hard.
Xie Chiyuan raised an eyebrow, a smile flashing in his eyes as he looked at him.
"You little rascal." Xie Chiyuan stamped his name.
Yu An retorted unwillingly, "I didn't act like a pervert, you did! You didn't even put on clothes after taking a shower, that's indecent!"
A decent person wouldn't do that.
Xie Chiyuan leaned over and bit his puffed-out cheek.
"This isn't being indecent, An'an, I'm just giving you a perk."
Yu An, who genuinely enjoyed looking at abs, fell silent.
After a while, Yu An took the pajamas from the side and personally helped Xie Chiyuan put them on.
Not only did he put it on, he also buttoned the top button of his pajamas perfectly.
Xie Chiyuan was nearly strangled to death.
With the abs no longer interfering with his vision, Yu An's attention finally returned.
He began his interrogation: "What clue did you find? Was it my tiger cub? Or Pei Si?"
The tiger cub carrying Pei Si away remains Yu An's biggest unsolved mystery to this day.
As far as he knew, tiger cubs never had the habit of biting people!
He used to live in the research institute and never even nibbled on any other cubs.
"Both."
Xie Chiyuan gave him a general summary: "A05 didn't go far, and it's not a coincidence that he contacted Sun Mo."
"Although it is unclear what his motive was for taking Pei Si away, it is highly unlikely that he actually ate Pei Si."
Xie Chiyuan went out and obtained so many clues.
Yu An's eyes lit up, but at the same time he was a little annoyed.
"I shouldn't have gone to sleep. I wish I had gone out with you."
It's all his fault, he's useless and loves to sleep all day long.
Xie Chiyuan left things unsaid, stopping abruptly at that point.
Yu An waited for a long time but nothing came, and she started to get anxious: "Why aren't you saying anything? Why is my little tiger cub looking for Sun Mo? Where is he now?"
Tiger Cub has a very calm personality, and under normal circumstances, he won't do anything impulsive.
Yu An wanted to know where he was and what he was doing. Perhaps this is a common problem for parents; they can never stop worrying about their kids.
Even though he knew that his tiger cub should have already reached maturity.
The baby has reached maturity and is now a big baby.
Faced with Yu An's anxiety, Xie Chiyuan said calmly, "An'an, you haven't even paid back my interest yet, and now you're urging me to ask questions."
"Do you think I'm being used as a tool?"
Yu An: "..."
Yu An used to treat Xie Chiyuan as a tool to find Zaizai, but after Xie Chiyuan's confession, he never thought that way again.