His opponent, upon seeing this scene, burst out laughing.
Its short legs couldn't outrun an adult, and it was caught by its opponent after only a few steps.
The two men were of vastly different sizes, and the opponent was ruthless. After pulling the short-legged man back, he slammed him to the ground.
The little protagonist, his face covered in dirt, coughed up two mouthfuls of blood. After spitting it out, he wiped his mouth as if it were nothing, got up from the ground, and continued running.
"Xie Chiyuan."
Yu An sensed something was wrong, so he raised his finger and pointed to the audience below: "Look, isn't that...?"
The dirty little guy in the audience was so small that you couldn't even see his face. He was just running away and getting beaten up.
He was beaten so badly, yet he didn't even utter a cry.
If it really is Duoduo, Duoduo should have already cried.
For some reason, Yu An still felt that the little guy looked familiar. He only recognized him, but Xie Chiyuan slowly recognized him.
"It's Duoduo."
Xie Chiyuan's face turned cold, and he gave an affirmative answer.
Yu An was anxious. He looked at Duo Duo, who was being urged by the entire audience to stand up and devour her opponent, and felt extremely sorry for her.
Duoduo is a very well-behaved little deformed child, and she's much smaller than her baby.
Xie Chiyuan remained silent and prepared to jump.
Yu An, however, reacted quickly and grabbed him.
"I'm going down."
Yu An looked directly at Xie Chiyuan and said, "Even though you're wearing a mask, you can still be recognized."
Jumping down would be a recipe for disaster.
Yu An didn't want Xie Chiyuan to do it.
Xie Chiyuan was pulled behind Yu An, and then he watched helplessly as Yu An jumped down in his place.
"Duoduo!"
All afternoon, Yu An called out to the little guy who was about to run outside.
The little guy paused for a moment when he heard the sound, but didn't turn around.
Yu An took two steps forward and continued to call, "Duo Duo, come here."
When Yu An called out for the third time, the little guy who had his back to him finally slowly turned his head. Their eyes met, and Xiao Duoduo, who hadn't cried even when he was beaten to the point of vomiting blood, instantly had tears streaming down his face.
"Waaaaah."
Duo Duo stopped running towards the door and started running towards Yu An.
But instead of running to Yu An, Xie Chiyuan, who had jumped down after him, stood beside Yu An.
Upon seeing two adults, Duoduo cried even louder.
Xie Chiyuan's eyes were fixed on Duoduo running over, but he said to Yu An, "An'an, although the way you jumped down was very cool, I still can't really let you protect me."
Yu An didn't want to expose him.
Xie Chiyuan had always been the protector, so being protected by a young boy was a novel and delightful experience for him.
Having tasted the pleasure, he naturally had to get down and do what he needed to do.
Duoduo was probably too excited, because when she ran up to Yu An and Xie Chiyuan, she almost fell face-first to the ground.
Xie Chiyuan easily picked him up and handed him to Yu An.
Duo Duo wrapped his little arms around Yu An, buried his face in the crook of Yu An's neck, and sobbed.
Not far away.
Duo Duo's opponent looked at the two people who barged in with fear on his face: "Who are you? Are you here to cause trouble?"
Xie Chiyuan removed his mask and said coldly, "West District, Xie Chiyuan."
The moment he appeared, the crowd erupted in commotion.
Xie Chiyuan glanced at the little guy Yu An was holding, his tone devoid of any emotion: "This mutant was originally meant to be dealt with by me."
"Someone secretly took him away while I was away. Now that I've caught them, I'm taking him away again. Does anyone have any objections?"
Xie Chiyuan's words were crystal clear.
This little deformed creature originally belonged to Xie Chiyuan. And everyone knows that Xie Chiyuan of the West District is the natural enemy of deformed creatures; he has killed quite a few deformed creatures.
No one would openly defend a mutant.
Those backstage were also bewildered.
The host then asked for a solution: "What should we do now? Everyone knows that Xie Chiyuan is very hostile to mutants. It's basically impossible to get that mutant back from him."
The noisy scene became as quiet as if it had been paused.
The name Xie Chiyuan is incredibly intimidating.
No one dared to step forward.
Time passed by, second by second.
Xie Chiyuan waited a moment and then spoke again: "Since no one has any objections, I will take this mutant with me."
Snatching the mutant from Xie Chiyuan sounds like hell mode.
Therefore, even those who dared to invest money did not dare to challenge Xie Chiyuan.
"Yu An, let's go."
Xie Chiyuan slowly and methodically put the bone blade he had drawn back in. He took Duo Duo from him, raised an eyebrow, and said to everyone, "Thank you all for your cooperation."
Everyone: "..."
Damn it.
You've already pulled out the bone blade, who among us dares not cooperate?
There are people guarding the venue in the underground arena, but the other party also needs to weigh the pros and cons. Is it worth it to go head-to-head with Xie Chiyuan for a useless little deformity whose serial number is at the bottom?
Clearly, the final answer is that it's not worth it.
"Duoduo, don't hug me so tightly."
With so many people watching, and Xie Chiyuan using the pretext of dealing with the mutants, he naturally had to put on a show.
So he lowered his voice and ordered, "Act like you're afraid of me."
Duoduo, who was still sobbing, hugged him even tighter when she heard this.
Yu An, who had just been choked by Duo Duo, felt a sense of balance when he saw Xie Chiyuan being choked as well.
They took Duo Duo with them and didn't linger.
It was already late at night when we went out.
Duo Duo cried herself to sleep. A cold wind was blowing outside, and the temperature in the second half of the night was much colder than in the first half.
Yu An draped his coat over Duo Duo's shoulders.
Back at the hotel.
Yu An went to Xie Chiyuan's room. When she entered, Chongchong was fast asleep.
Yu An searched around and finally found the tip of the little butterfly's wings on the sofa.
"Xie Chiyuan, go and run some water so we can clean Duoduo up. He's injured, and I have medicine in my room; I'll go get it."
"Um."
Xie Chiyuan went to the bathroom to run the water, while Yu An took advantage of the moment he went in to pick up the little butterflies and mushrooms from the sofa and put them in her pocket.
Not long after.
The little butterfly and the little white mushroom both went back to bed.
"Big brother."
The two cubs woke up and looked at Yu An groggily, saying, "You're back so late."
Yu An patted each of the two cubs and whispered soothingly, "Big brother is out on business."
Tang Yi was worried about Little Butterfly coming out with Yu An this time, so he gave Yu An a lot of medicine before he left, all of which were his privately hidden good medicines.
"For the little butterfly."
Tang Yi, a man of few words, had a whole basketful of instructions before leaving: "I'm researching the diet of the Golden Birdwing Butterfly. By the time you come back, I estimate you'll have figured it out."
He was indirectly urging Yu An to go and come back as soon as possible.
If it weren't for still keeping an eye on Song Jun's condition, Yu An felt that Dr. Tang Yi would definitely have squeezed in for this trip.
"Sixth Brother, can I use your first-aid kit?"
Yu An said to the little butterfly, "Duo Duo is back. He has many injuries and needs medicine."
The little butterfly nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Use it as you like."
He and Xiao Jiu had both seen that Dodo mutant.
What a complete idiot.
Moreover, this little fool doesn't cling to Yu An, but clings to Xie Chiyuan.
They were still quite satisfied with this little idiot.
Yu An obtained Little Butterfly's permission before taking out the medicine box. The medicine box wasn't big, but it was full of good medicine.
The two babies went back to sleep.
Yu An carried the medicine box and knocked on Xie Chiyuan's door.
Xie Chiyuan opened the door carrying Duo Duo, who was completely naked. Duo Duo had been stripped naked, and his body was still wet. His little feet were kicking against Xie Chiyuan's equally wet abs.
Yes, abs.
Xie Chiyuan opened the door for Yu An with his upper body bare.