Chapter 115 Chapter 115 Aquaman Dad 4

Cheng Su's sudden self-explosion left 9972 confused. It carefully considered the purpose of Cheng Su's words and analyzed them for Zhuo Zhuo, but found that Zhuo Zhuo's little face was completely unmoved.

Thinking the little girl didn't understand, 9972 wasn't disappointed. As long as she wasn't moved by Cheng Su's sincerity, it would be fine. The most important thing now was to leave the temple ruins and reunite with Wu Jingqiu...

"This is not your secret!"

A clear, babyish voice interrupted Cheng Su's endless stream of self-explanation. Zhuozhuo, hunched over the pillar and glared at Cheng Su, said to 9972 in his mind, "Stop talking! If you talk, the bad guys will talk too. It's too noisy! There are a hundred bees in Zhuozhuo's head, buzzing! Buzz buzz buzz!"

[Okay, I won’t say any more.]

9972 also glared at Cheng Su, blaming him for talking so much that caused Zhuozhu to complain about it. She had never complained about his noise before!

Cheng Su remained calm and smiled as he said, "This is my secret. If anyone else knew, I would be burned to death as a wizard or a monster. Zhuozhuo, are you saying this on purpose because you don't want to share secrets with me?"

Zhuozhuo didn't fall for his provocation and spoke clearly and clearly, "Secrets can't be told casually. If they are told, they're not important and they're not secrets!"

9972 suddenly realized that Zhuozhuo's words were a bit far-fetched, but on second thought, they made some sense. If Cheng Su already had a way to deal with his identity being exposed, then his book-traveling secret wouldn't be a very important secret. How could it be used to exchange for Zhuozhuo's important secrets? Wasn't that fraud?

"You're being too subjective." Cheng Su took two steps forward and saw Zhuozhuo about to rub the little ball of light. He stopped and half-knelt down to look her in the eye. "If you think my secret is unimportant, you can also tell me an unimportant secret of yours. I won't pick on you, okay?"

Seeing Zhuozhuo's hesitation, Cheng Su jokingly said, "Or is it that you know everything about me, so you are not interested in my secrets and think this exchange is too bad?"

The voltage of 9972 jumped, and he stared at Cheng Su in horror, almost jumping out to ask him if the world consciousness had told him about the mission.

Zhuozhuo was very calm and said childishly: "I don't know anything about you, I just don't want to trade with you, I don't like you, huh."

"Why don't you like me?"

Although Zhuozhuo listened to 9972's story in the system space and was very disgusted with Cheng Su's Neptune behavior and even hated him as a person, because 9972 blocked her memory before entering the small world this time, she temporarily had no memory of Cheng Su.

Zhuo Zhuo's dislike for Cheng Su was entirely due to his lies, the fact that he had invited the Vatican to kidnap her, and so his innocent questioning of why was infuriating. Zhuo Zhuo couldn't help but throw a small ball of light at his face, cursing, "Bad guy, why are you so mean?"

Cheng Su did not dodge, and the small ball of light exploded on his face. At such a close distance, his face was swollen, and his handsomeness was -1. 9972 and Zhuo Zhuo were both alert and prepared to fight with him, but Cheng Su laughed softly.

"...Tongtong, has he lost his mind?"

[It shouldn’t be that serious. Let’s wait and see.]

Cheng Su laughed for a moment, then stopped laughing under Zhuo Zhuo's fierce gaze. He said sincerely, "Zhuo Zhuo, let me first say sorry."

[……]

It’s over. Are you really stupid?

9972 subconsciously looked up at the sky. The small ball of light didn't even break Cheng Su's face. He was stunned. It was his own brain problem, and he couldn't blame Zhuozhuo.

Zhuozhuo felt that Cheng Su should have said it, and she was a little reluctant to listen, but the politeness she had inherited from her modern education made her raise her chin and say in a condescending manner, "Go ahead."

[……]

This baby has changed so much in this world!

Cheng Su accepted it well and said seriously, "I'm sorry."

After a moment of staring at each other in silence, Zhuozhuo took the initiative to ask, "Anything else?"

Shouldn't "I'm sorry" be followed by "I shouldn't have said that"? Why is this person only saying half the words?

In the plot, although Cheng Su follows a certain upgrading style, constantly improving his martial arts through adventures along the way, and then relying on martial arts to crush his subordinates and pretend to be cool to win the beauty, he also understands the ways of the world to some extent. At this time, he understands the meaning of the words clearly written on Zhuo Zhuo's face.

He raised an eyebrow and said, "Zhuozhuo, when I realized you were related to my hometown, I shouldn't have just thought about plotting against you and playing tricks on you. There's no conflict between us, and we're all good people. When we meet old friends in a foreign land, I should be friends with you out of goodwill."

Seeing Zhuozhuo's face vividly filled with surprise, satisfaction, and joy, Cheng Su was a bit surprised. This little guy had previously acted like an overly clever and powerful brat, but now he was so easy to coax. He continued, "Although there were some unpleasant things between us, fortunately, you and your family were not harmed, and you personally punished me."

He pointed to his swollen face and asked sincerely, "Can I still be friends with you?"

An adult speaking so seriously to a three-year-old, treating her as an equal, independent, and complete individual like themselves, would be hard for a child to resist, the allure of "becoming an adult" and involuntarily developing a fondness for this adult. 9972 cursed Cheng Su for being despicable and was about to persuade Zhuo Zhuo to refuse when she said, "No."

"Why?"

This time Cheng Su was really confused. His gaze fell on Zhuozhuo's head, as if asking what was inside.

Although he quickly averted his gaze and waited for Zhuozhuo's answer with a gentle and respectful attitude, 9972, which was on full alert for him, still noticed this brief glance and screamed silently.

Could it be that Cheng Su knew Zhuozhuo was the one carrying the system? What on earth was the World Consciousness going to do? Could it be that it had gone mad after failing to save itself too many times and was determined to drag everyone down with it?

Zhuozhuo also noticed Cheng Su's distraction, but she didn't think too much about it and said bluntly: "You said 'sorry', I don't want to say 'it's okay', and I don't want to be friends with you, you are a scheming dog."

[……]

Good rebuttal.

Cheng Su's eyes flickered, and he sighed in disappointment, but soon revealed a bright smile. "It's true that making a mistake requires many times more energy to make amends. It doesn't matter if we can't be friends for now, Zhuozhuo. The most important thing now is that we need to survive here."

This was too serious for Zhuozhuo to react to, and he said softly, "Oh."

"Do you know where this is?"

Zhuozhuo said what he had heard from 9972, "The ruins of the temple."

After she finished speaking, she noticed Cheng Su glanced at her little head again. She scratched her head and stumbled to express her meaning to 9972, "Tongtong, the bad guys saw you."

This remark sounded like a ghost story, and 9972 shuddered. He carefully recalled Cheng Su's gaze, confirming that it didn't seem to be focused on a specific target. He forced a smile and said, "Don't be afraid, baby. He didn't see it."

9972 brainwashed herself into believing that as long as the world consciousness didn't betray them, even if Cheng Su suspected this small world contained book-traversers and systems, he would be more inclined to favor Wu Jingqiu and Zhuozhuo's other elders and relatives. He looked at Zhuozhuo's little head and thought, "They're right in front of me, so let's just cheat." So, 9972, stay calm, don't be afraid, and be a little ambitious!!!

"Zhuozhuo isn't afraid." Zhuozhuo tilted his head, feeling that his dear Tongdian's mechanical voice was about to shake out wavy lines, and said caringly: "Don't be afraid, Tongdian, Zhuozhuo is very strong, Zhuozhuo will protect you!"

[Thank you, baby.]

The cat was so moved that it almost cried.

Cheng Su looked at Zhuo Zhuo's lively expression, realizing she was talking to the "creature" in her mind. He secretly guessed the content of their conversation. When her eyebrows flew up, he suddenly said, "It is said that there is a holy artifact in the temple ruins. Everyone who appears here is here to fight for the holy artifact. The two of us, one injured and the other young, are soft persimmons in the eyes of others. Anyone who sees us will want to get rid of us two weaklings first to prevent us from taking advantage of the situation."

Zhuozhuo didn't care about the holy artifact, but she agreed with his subsequent words. So far, as far as she knew, everyone who saw her after leaving the Elf Forest wanted to bully her.

The little fellow was filled with worry and said childishly, "This world is broken. There are so many bad people—"

She opened her arms and made the biggest circle she could.

Cheng Su smiled maturely and steadily, raised his arm, and wanted to touch Zhuozhuo's little head with his broad, reassuring palm. Then he said something like, "Although I'm injured, I will definitely not let children encounter danger. Future good friend, I will protect you.", so that the little guy can rely on and trust him. Then he heard Zhuozhuo say smugly, "It's okay to have a lot of bad guys. Zhuozhuo is powerful. Zhuozhuo will beat the bad guys."

She glanced at Cheng Su, hesitated for a moment, and said reluctantly, "When you are about to die, I will protect you for a while, just for a while."

"...Thank you Zhuozhuo for protecting me. I'm so touched." Cheng Su was a little amused and helpless because his plans had failed many times. But when he met Zhuozhuo's clear and pure eyes, his heart, which had been anxious and turbulent since he regained consciousness, seemed to be injected with a stream of clear spring. His cruelty and destructive desire were washed away, and he gradually calmed down.

The little guy is kind of cute.

"Don't be too touched," Zhuozhuo said in a baby voice, applying what he had learned from TV dramas and cartoons. "Zhuozhuo won't protect you for free. You have to repay Zhuozhuo."

"……good."

He was so straightforward that Zhuozhuo became curious and asked with his little head tilted, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Do I look like I'm just messing around with you?"

"Who knows you?" Zhuozhuo snorted for a second, then his eyes sparkled and he asked expectantly, "How are you going to repay me?"

Cheng Su teased her, "You haven't even protected me yet, and you're asking for an advance on your reward? Tsk tsk, a loan of kindness."

Zhuozhuo didn't quite understand what she was saying, but she had a lot of crooked ideas. She said childishly and matter-of-factly, "If Zhuozhuo likes your return, I'll protect you a little more."

She held up two chubby fingers and said, "One more, and it's two. You'll win big."

"Little clever boy, don't release the eagle until you see the rabbit."

Cheng Su smiled, then said with an expression as if he had made a decision after a fierce inner struggle: "I can never repay you for saving my life. If you save me in the future, I will give you all my property."

Zhuozhuo asked, "What is all your property?"

9972 shouted anxiously in his mind, "Baby, please promise him not to let him regret it. Quick, quick, quick!"

This was the first time that 9972 had interfered with her decision in such a strong manner. Zhuozhuo agreed indulgently. She also adopted 9972's suggestion and let Cheng Su sign a magic contract to prevent him from regretting it in the future.

Cheng Su smiled and agreed, then took the initiative to provide an expensive magic contract scroll and personally drafted the content of the contract: Cheng Su and Zhuo Zhuo signed a contract, agreeing with each other that if Zhuo Zhuo saved Cheng Su's life in the temple ruins, Cheng Su would donate all his property to Zhuo Zhuo in a reasonable manner in the future.

"Is this okay?"

The contract scroll was unfolded in front of Zhuozhuo, and Cheng Su asked for her opinion in a friendly manner.

Zhuozhuo couldn't even recognize all the characters. He leaned over the table with wide eyes, pointing at each word carefully. 9972 also read word by word, sneered three times after finishing. First, he asked Zhuozhuo to pretend that she couldn't understand simplified Chinese characters and requested that they not be written in that language, but in the magical language of the Western Fantasy Continent. Then he asked her to mutter, "Cheng Su's name is weird. It doesn't sound like someone from the Western Fantasy Continent."

Cheng Su understood the meaning of the song and played dumb. "Actually, my real name is Angus. 'Cheng Su' is just my nickname. I still need to use my full name when signing the contract. It's more formal."

Then he changed it neatly.

This level of coordination surprised 9972. He carefully reviewed the new contract again and noticed the text had been changed to magical language, with the address "Cheng Su" becoming the more accurate "Angus, also known as Cheng Su." The rest of the text remained unchanged, with no loopholes. He was stunned for three seconds. Was Cheng Su going to trade his sincerity for Zhuo Zhuo's life-saving gesture? And "in a reasonable and logical manner"—it hadn't expected such rigor.

Shocked as he was, he couldn't let go of the advantage he had taken. 9972 urged Zhuozhuo, "Baby, sign quickly."

Both parties input magic power into the contract scroll to record each person's unique magic fluctuations. After the contract was signed, the scroll turned into two rays of light and sank into the eyebrows of the two people.

“Snap—”

9972, having been well prepared, trapped the intruding light ball in a specially made cage and said happily, "Baby, the contract's constraints on you are gone. You don't have to abide by the terms of the contract to save Cheng Su, but he still has to give you property!" Go and praise me for being awesome!!!

"Huh?" Zhuozhuo's eyes widened in disbelief, "Are you all teaching Zhuozhuo to lie?"

9972 was dumbfounded and quickly explained: "No, no, it's because Cheng Su is so mean that I did this. This is a special case. I definitely wouldn't do this to anyone else!"

However, Zhuozhuo didn't agree with 9972's explanation. She pondered it for a moment, confused, and said seriously, "If I lied to Cheng Su, I'd be a bad person too. No way, no way. I can't lie to anyone."

9972 suddenly felt ashamed. It understood the truth. As a system, it actually let its personal likes and dislikes control its rationality and did such an emotional thing. It was really wrong.

Moreover, recalling everything that happened after entering the Western fantasy world, 9972 found that not only did his emotions fluctuate greatly, but he also often interfered with Zhuozhuo's decisions and actions, and always made Zhuozhu suffer. He was very useless and annoying, as if he had become a different system.

Could it be a virus?

9972 quickly checked itself and found nothing abnormal, but it had already guessed who had tampered with it - it must be the world consciousness!

So cunning and shameless!

9972 snorted angrily, reporting bad things about the Western Fantasy World to the main system, while at the same time apologizing obediently to Zhuozhuo, deeply reflecting on his wrong thoughts, and praising Zhuozhuo for his kindness and principles.

Zhuozhuo thought about it and said mischievously, "Everything he said is true. If I hate Cheng Su any more in the future, I will lie to him!"

The cat head almost jumped out of its chest in anxiety, repeatedly saying, "Baby, no! If Cheng Su offends you again, you can hit him, but you can't deliberately break your promise. People who break their promise will be despised wherever they go!"

Zhuozhuo covered his mouth and chuckled, but when he noticed 9972's doubts, he quickly suppressed them and said slowly, "I don't want to listen to Tuanbian anymore. Tuanbian makes mistakes too."

[Huh? Ok, alright...]

9972 was devastated. Although this day would come sooner or later, the fact that Zhuozhuo was showing independent and rebellious thoughts so early was mainly because he was useless and made Zhuozhuo's life difficult. He was a useless ruler...

"Will you all listen to Zhuo Zhuo from now on?"

9972 sniffed, [Hmm...]

Although Zhuo Zhuo had hardly ever heard of it in the previous small world, her eagerness to take charge now made 9972's sense of frustration infinitely magnified.

Zhuozhuo cheered, eager to exercise his new rights. He opened his arms and said excitedly, "Everyone come out and let Zhuozhuo hug you!"

9972, who is feeling sorry for himself: […?]

"Hurry up, why are you all so disobedient?" Zhuozhuo pouted unhappily and raised her little hands higher.

9972 still hadn't reacted, but had already turned into a cat and landed in Zhuozhuo's arms. She held him tightly, resting her cheek against his. 9972 asked dazedly, "Baby, is there anything else you want me to do?"

Zhuozhuo said without hesitation: "No."

After a moment of silence, Mao Mao's head gleamed with tears, and he asked cautiously: […Zhuo Zhuo asked me to be obedient, is it just because he wants to hug me?]

"Yes, no one likes to go out."

Zhuozhuo kissed the cat's head, reluctantly let go, and said eagerly, "Qingqing, go back. Zhuozhuo will hold you well, but next time, you have to be obedient and come out."

The cat was so moved that sparks were about to burst out of his chest. He said hurriedly: "I'm not going back. I'll just stay outside with the baby! And it's not that I don't like going out. I really like being out with the baby. It's just that sometimes I'm afraid of causing trouble for the baby, so I go back."

"Really?"

[real! ]

"That's great!" Zhuozhuo jumped up with joy, holding the cat's head and dancing with joy. "I thought all of them had to stay outside just to take care of me, but it turns out they just like me. Zhuozhuo is so happy~"

[I'm so happy too!]

9972 secretly wiped away tears of excitement. It almost thought it was going to be an empty-nest family, but thankfully its worries were for nothing. This mixture of joy and sorrow was truly thrilling. It also felt like it had forgotten something important, but couldn't recall it at the moment.

"Zhuozhuo, is this your pet? It's very special."

A falsely gentle voice sounded, and 9972 shuddered, remembering that it was now the irrefutable evidence that Zhuozhuo was the "elf who could perform light magic". The reason why it returned to Zhuozhuo's mind was to hide her identity. Now that it took the initiative to jump out, what was the difference between that and self-exposure?

Or expose yourself in front of Cheng Su.

Moreover, Cheng Su saw its interaction with Zhuo Zhuo just now. This guy was a little suspicious of Zhuo Zhuo to begin with, and now that he saw the system itself, wasn't it confirmed?

[Zhuozhuo, I'm sorry, I...]

Zhuozhuo protected the panicked cat's head behind him, looked at Cheng Su, and said fiercely: "Never mind, you are not allowed to look!"

[……]

Cheng Su smiled and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he pointed to an entrance in front of the temple and explained why he suddenly called her, "I heard footsteps. Someone is coming."

Zhuozhuo subconsciously became alert, holding the cat's head with one hand, and a ball of light unconsciously appeared in the palm of the other hand, ready to strike.

The two men stared at the entrance. A few breaths later, a heavily armed heavy knight entered with heavy steps. He must have known there were two people in the temple before entering. Without a word, he brandished his sword and cast the Light Cage. At the same time, several Knights of Light rushed in and coordinated their casting of the Imprisonment Magic.

It's so fierce. The people behind them have no intention of talking or cooperating at all.

Seeing that the newcomers were not friendly, Zhuozhuo immediately started throwing small light balls to fight. He also took the time to pull Cheng Su and said anxiously: "Run, they are going to catch us!"

Cheng Su raised an eyebrow in surprise, then ran two steps before suddenly bending down and picking her up, explaining, "I run fast."

Zhuozhuo took back the small ball of light that almost hit him and said unconvincedly: "I have everything, and everything floats faster than you!"

"Okay, I get it. Next time, I'll let you sit still and float for a while." Cheng Su dodged the knights' attacks with ease and said indifferently, "What a terrifying Knight of Light! He almost killed me!"

Noticing Zhuozhuo's strange and worried look, Cheng Su smiled and said, "If Zhuozhuo hadn't pulled me just now, I wouldn't have reacted at all and would have been caught, tortured to death. Zhuozhuo, you just saved my life."

shining:"……"

Even without 9972's yelling, Zhuozhuo realized that saving this life was too easy. However, she was quickly overwhelmed by the joy and sense of accomplishment of "saving someone's life". She was unable to make a correct judgment and only excitedly began to ask for a reward, "Give me all your property!"

9972 also felt that there was a trick, but she couldn't think of any way they could be disadvantaged by this contract, so she said modestly: "Don't worry, baby, we'll talk about it after we're out of danger."

"Okay."

Zhuozhuo leaned over to Cheng Su's ear and said loudly, "Kill them quickly. Once they're all dead, we'll be safe and you can pay me."

[……]

Baby, you are a cruel baby.

Upon hearing this, the knights were amazed at what kind of horrible things a three-year-old must have encountered to utter such cruel words. Seeing Zhuozhuo's soft, cute, delicate, and beautiful face and clear, kind eyes, the knights glared at Cheng Su and attacked him even harder—he must have corrupted this angelic child!

Cheng Su remained calm and composed, smiling and saying to Zhuo Zhuo, "Don't worry about them. Now I can take the first step in giving you the property."

9972 was suspicious. [The first step? How many steps in total? Are they going through all this trouble just to try and dodge the debt?]

Zhuozhuo's idea was much simpler, and he asked curiously, "What's the first step?"

A smile flashed in Cheng Su's eyes. He leaped onto the top of the statue and said, "My dear daughter, call me daddy."

"No." Zhuozhuo subconsciously refused, but then, amidst 9972's fury, he remembered to get angry and asked fiercely in his baby voice, "Why are you calling me daddy all of a sudden?"

At 9972's reminder, she cursed fiercely, "Bad guy!"

Cheng Su raised his eyebrows indifferently and snapped his fingers. The shadow of the contract scroll appeared in front of the two of them.

Pointing at the words above, he said with a smile, "'Give all your property to Zhuozhuo in a reasonable and legitimate manner.' Do you see those words? Does Zhuozhuo understand the laws and social order and morals of the Western Fantasy Continent? If a man gives all his property to a person of the opposite sex, their relationship must be very close. Does Zhuozhuo know what kind of relationship is acceptable?"

"Oh, what's the connection?"

"Husband and wife, lovers who shared a son, father and daughter."

9972's fur instantly exploded, and the entire cat's head was in a state of shock and shutdown. It looked at Zhuozhuo, then at Cheng Su, and then at the image of Wu Jingqiu. For a moment, it didn't know whether Cheng Su was "using Zhuozhuo as a breakthrough point to conquer Wu Jingqiu" or he "broke the bottom line and targeted Zhuozhuo to train him, and was about to be imprisoned". It couldn't be that this shameless Aquaman really wanted to be a father, right?

9972 was speechless from the explosion of speculation. Without any guidance, Zhuozhuo let loose. She tried to understand these three relationships, but found she didn't want any of them. She frowned and said, "No, no, you didn't tell me everything."

Cheng Su kicked the Knight of Light who tried to approach him away and asked with a smile, "So what new relationship did Zhuo Zhuo come up with?"

Zhuozhuo tilted his head to look at Cheng Su, then suddenly smiled and said in a baby voice, "Son, call me mom."

[……? ]

“……!”

Cheng Su almost slipped and fell. He looked down at the little guy sitting on his arm with a sly smile. He was silent for a moment and then hesitantly said, "Zhuozhuo, say it again?"

Zhuozhuo sat up straight and said in a clear voice, "I want to be a mother. You are my son. As a son, you must give all your money to your mother!"

After he finished speaking, the two of them had a flicker in their brows, indicating that the contract scroll approved of Zhuozhuo's statement.

Cheng Su: “…”

I got a taste of what I sowed.

The cat rolled around in Zhuozhuo's arms, laughing. His baby was clever, witty, and naturally black. Few people could fool her. Cheng Su had found a mother for himself. Now he felt relieved, right?