"Ouch."
Cheng Dahua said to Xigua: Zhang Mingyu is my mom.
Lizard: ...Zhang Mingyu is my father.
Cheng Dahua: Why do I call him Mommy and you call him Daddy? Aren't we family?
Lizard:...
Cheng Dahua: Never mind, anyway, you're my brother.
Lizard: Why can't I be your brother?
Cheng Dahua: Because I'm older than you!
Lizard: Then I can grow bigger and smaller...
Cheng Dahua: Okay then, I look older than you.
Lizard: ...If you say that, I can't say anything.
Thus, Cheng Dahua quickly established her status as the older brother.
...
Oh! My baby!
A man whose extravagance was still evident even in casual clothes walked over, first hugged Zhang Mingyu, then stroked the lizard, and then looked at Cheng Anlang: "You're Xiao Lang?"
Xiao Lang is... Cheng Anlang nodded in the other person's delighted eyes, then hesitated whether to extend his hand: "...Auntie, hello, I'm Cheng Anlang."
"Oh!" exclaimed Mrs. Zhang, stretching out...
He hugged Cheng Anlang tightly, "My baby!"
Cheng Anlang was stunned, standing upright in place like a dried-out wooden stake.
Mother Zhang let go and looked at Cheng Dahua again: "Are you Huahua?"
"Aww!"
Cheng Dahua stretched out two leaves, her long stem leaning forward, and asked doubtfully, "Should I hug you first?"
"Oh! Such a good boy!"
Mother Zhang bent down and hugged Cheng Dahua, rubbing her face against its big head. She stood up and said, "Wait a moment, I have prepared a gift for you."
They sat down on the large sofa, and Zhang's mother took out a basket of small snacks, and then took out a large box.
Cheng Anlang: Wait... Shouldn't I prepare a gift too?! Holy crap! Why didn't anyone tell me?!
Mother Zhang opened the box, inside were four hand-knitted red, green and brown reindeer hats, and another one whose contents were unclear.
Cheng Anlang: What are you going to do with this...?
Mother Zhang took out the reindeer hat: "I finished knitting this a long time ago, just waiting for you to come."
Aside from staying in the research institute, this was Zhang's mother's only hobby in her life: knitting clothes for her children when she had nothing to do. Her biggest wish was to knit clothes for mutated beasts, but unfortunately, her youngest son didn't have a mutated beast yet. The lizard could grow bigger and smaller and generate electricity at will, so he couldn't wear it. The duck next door was also a creature that was on fire all over, and the radish pink one crawled on the ground all day, so he couldn't wear it either.
Until one day, her son told her that he had his eye on someone who also had a plant-mutant beast. This was exactly what she wanted. She looked at their 3D images and quickly knitted four reindeer hats in her spare time. She also knitted a woolen coat for the flowerpot, just waiting for them to come and wear them.
Mother Zhang handed out the reindeer hats to them: "Try them on quickly and see if they fit."
She then took out another black one: "This is a flowerpot cover I made for Huahua, put it on too."
Cheng Anlang, holding the hat: This... was this hand-knitted...?
Cheng Dahua's eyes lit up as she looked at the hat: "What a beautiful hat! Especially those two big horns. I'll definitely be the most dazzling person in the crowd!"
Zhang Mingyu put the lizard into the hat and said helplessly, "Mom, how am I supposed to wear this style..."
Zhang's mother said matter-of-factly, "Why can't he wear it? Look at Xiao Lang, he's wearing it just fine!"
Cheng Anlang was wearing a reindeer hat and holding one up for Cheng Dahua to put on her head. Hearing this, he smiled shyly.
Zhang's mother rolled her eyes at Zhang Mingyu, saying, "Look at him, and then look at you."
Cheng Anlang put a reindeer hat on Cheng Dahua and also put a flowerpot cover on her. Zhang's mother couldn't help but exclaim that her knitted things finally had a use!
Zhang Mingyu looked at Cheng Dahua: Why does she look so much like a wolf in sheep's clothing with antlers...?
Chapter 53, Fish in the Pool
After learning that Cheng Dahua had come to Zhang Mingyu's house, Ya Ya and Luo Sifen also came from their own homes, and the Zhang family's security guards let them in.
So a group of mutated beasts flocked to the Zhang family's game room.
Mother Zhang kept asking Cheng Anlang a lot of questions, leaving Cheng Anlang's mind blank. Finally, just as she finished asking Cheng Anlang whether he wanted sweet or savory bean curd, the research institute came to urge him to come.
As she tidied up, Mrs. Zhang said, "It's alright, you can eat whatever you like, the chef at home can cook it!"
Cheng Anlang: "...Anything is fine."
After Zhang's mother left, Zhang Mingyu took him to the arcade room to watch the mutated beasts.
Cheng Dahua was happily bowling with Ya Ya when Cheng Anlang, watching with great interest, was about to join in when Zhang Mingyu suddenly stopped him.
Cheng Anlang: "?"