Chapter 38

In the master bedroom, Wen Xun sat on the bed and became angrier and angrier. He was so angry that he called Ruoyi. After the call was connected, Ruoyi didn't hear his voice for a long time, but she didn't find it strange.

"Who made you angry? I'll help you kill him." Ruoyi smiled, her tone expectant, "Is it Lin Huaichen?"

Wen Xun lay on the bed, casually pulling Lin Huaichen's pillow, holding it in his hand to vent his anger, and roughly told Ruoyi what had happened, "...He is so annoying, I don't even want to respect the elder anymore."

"Then don't respect him," Ruoyi suggested enthusiastically. "Next time you see him, just slap him. That old guy is old and useless, he can't beat you."

Wen Xun: “…Forget it.”

Wen Xun really couldn't bring himself to hit someone, especially an old man who was half buried in the ground.

The direct confrontation method didn't work, so Ruoyi started thinking of other ways. "If all else fails, I'll take control of the base in Country A. Then, at the joint meeting, I'll put pressure on you. Don't force those old guys to give up their power."

Country A absolutely prioritizes money, and money can solve all problems. Ruoyi's family just happens to be the richest one. If she wants to fight for power, no one can be her opponent.

Wen Xun thought for a moment. These old guys boasted of their rich experience and were reluctant to leave the front line. It was time to rely on external forces to force them.

Wen Xun readily agreed, "Okay."

After solving the problem, Wen Xun was in a good mood. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow flashing outside the window. When he opened the window, there was nothing unusual.

Claude went to the Fu family overnight and worked all night, returning at dawn. Solander's body was too weak for Claude, and he felt sleepy after killing just a few alien species.

He yawned, snuggled up on Yu An's soft pillow, curled up each of his little tentacles like a gray ball, closed his eyes and began to sleep.

Monday was sleeping soundly on the carpet, with Little White sleeping on its furry belly. No one noticed that Claude had sneaked out.

At seven o'clock, the alarm rang on time. Yu An got up in a daze, turned off the alarm, and with messy hair and dull eyes, he turned on the phone with difficulty.

Apart from him, Claude and Monday were sleeping soundly. Only Xiaobai came out of hibernation mode and flew to Yu An's shoulder with flapping wings, full of energy. "Good morning, little master. Today's maximum temperature is 31°C and the minimum is 25°C. You are about to go out, so you can put on a coat to avoid catching a cold."

"Okay, thank you Xiaobai~"

Xiaobai saluted with one wing in a gentlemanly manner, his tone cheerful, "It is Xiaobai's honor to serve the young master."

Yu An changed out of his pajamas, made all the preparations, and went downstairs to have breakfast. Lin Huaichen and Wen Xun were already sitting in the dining room. Yu An hugged them one by one and said good morning.

Wen Xun was in a very good mood this morning. He poured Yu An a cup of hot milk and said, "We'll take you to school after dinner."

Yu An nodded while eating. Looking at the obvious smile on Wen Xun's face, he asked curiously, "Is Dad very happy today?"

"Yes, I'm very happy." Wen Xun smiled. "All the alien species raised by the old man of the Fu family died. Even the A-level judges he trained died inexplicably. But it is definitely a relief."

Lin Huaichen smiled helplessly, "My dear, don't be so obvious about gloating. People will suspect that you were the one who did it."

Wen Xun was startled when he heard this. He took out his phone and called Chuchu. As soon as the call was connected, he immediately asked, "Did you do this to the Fu family? You're really quick."

Ruoyi choked, "Uh... I was still playing games."

Wen Xun: "...It seems to be two o'clock in the morning over there."

"You knew that and still called me?! You're disturbing me, okay?"

"Oh."

Ruoyi decisively admitted defeat, "...Don't tell Mom, I'll do it for you tomorrow."

Yu An was eating a steamed dumpling when his chubby cheek was suddenly poked. He looked at Wen Xun blankly, swallowed the food in his mouth with great effort, and then slowly said, "Dad?"

Wen Xun hung up the phone and glanced at Ling Xingcheng who was eating heartily. "Let's stay at the villa this week. You won't live in the dormitory. You can live with your brother Xingcheng."

Yu An was reluctant, "I want to live in the dormitory with Brother Yun Shu."

"You don't want to live with me?" Ling Xingcheng's confident expression changed, as if struck by lightning, his eyes widened, "I'm good at cooking and housework. You don't even have to wash clothes if you live with me. You're no better than that Fu Yunshu. What are you thinking in your little head?!"

Ling Xingcheng tapped Yu An's little head twice, looking very disappointed with him for leaving behind this valuable tool in his life and going to live a hard life in the dormitory.

Yu An looked dazed, "...But, but there is an aunt in the villa to take care of me."

Ling Xingcheng was stunned. In front of the professional aunt, he seemed to have no chance of winning. After thinking about it, Ling Xingcheng found another advantage, "I can protect you."

Yu An thought that Solande and Xiaobai could also protect him.

But because Ling Xingcheng's expression was so ugly, like a big red-haired puppy that no one wanted, he couldn't bear to say it out loud.

Lin Huaichen watched Ling Xingcheng's joke for a while, then said cheerfully, "An An, just stay with your brother for a few days. Your brother looks like he's about to cry, hahahaha..."

Ling Xingcheng glared at her, "I'm not crying!"

What he got in return was Lin Huaichen's ruthless ridicule, but in order to be able to follow Yu An and seek revenge on Qiao Xiuer, Ling Xingcheng could only swallow his anger.

Before Yu An finished eating and prepared to go to school, he went upstairs to bring down Claude and Zhou Yi who were still sleeping, put them in his schoolbag, carried them on his back, and got in the car and sat next to Ling Xingcheng.

Lin Huaichen first sent Ling Xingcheng to the villa and gave him a key, then sent Yu An to school and asked a few questions about Qiao Xiuer on the way.

When talking about Qiao Xiuer, Wen Xun's eyes dimmed a lot, "An An, is he... coming to take you home?"

Yu An is a little alien, but he also has a father and a mother. In fact, Wen Xun and Lin Huaichen had thought about it a long time ago: what should they do if Yu An’s relatives come looking for him?

But every time they thought about it, they felt a strong reluctance in their hearts. Yu An was the little baby they brought back from the tin hut, and they raised him up little by little. They loved Yu An as if he were their own child.

But if Yu An's relatives come to look for him, Wen Xun and Lin Huaichen cannot stop them no matter how reluctant they are, because Yu An is more than just their child.

Yu An looked at the sadness in Wen Xun's eyes, his heart ached, he threw himself into his arms, and shook his head, "No, my home is at my father's house, and brother Qiao Xiuer didn't want to take me away..."

"Brother Qiao Xiuer and Brother Solander are from my tribe. They said that I don't have a father or a mother, so they will come to pick me up and take care of me..."

"Solande? The octopus that eats and drinks for free and sleeps all day?" Lin Huaichen was incredulous. "Are you really from the same species?"

So Yu An is also a small alien species that looks like both an octopus and a jellyfish?

Yu An took Claude out of his pocket, and Monday swung his tail and bit one of Claude's tentacles, wanting him to play with him.

Unfortunately, Kroll only opened his eyes slightly and glanced at it, then ruthlessly pulled back his tentacles and hit the puppy hard.

Monday ran back into Yu An's pocket in a wronged manner and stopped making trouble for himself.

Facing the fathers' questioning gazes, Yu An didn't know how to explain. He wrapped his fingertips around the tentacles and whispered uncertainly, "It seems so..."

These are all the information that Yu An got from listening to his tribesmen chatting on a daily basis.

Yu An simply told his fathers everything he knew, pointing to the blue sky outside the car window. "My brothers also said that we came from there, but this world is too fragile. They couldn't come to pick me up together, so they wanted me to grow up a little bit before taking me back."

"Wait..." Lin Huaichen thought of another thing, "Are those unknown creatures surrounding the Earth now your people, An An?"

The base had long ago detected this group of unknown powerful life forms and was originally worried that they would come to attack, but as a result, all these years have passed in peace, and the outer space has continued to repair and strengthen.

After a while, the base no longer cared about them.

Yu An was also confused, "My brothers said so, I didn't know."

Lin Huaichen frowned slightly. Since the alien species Yu An had been living in outer space, why did this little guy Yu An appear on Earth? And according to their understanding, the grandmother who took care of Yu An was just an ordinary human.

All the mysteries are entangled together like a messy ball of wool. It is difficult to find where the original thread is, and Yu An's origins become more and more confusing.

Little Yu An had no idea what the adults were worried about. The only thing he cared about was what to eat in the school cafeteria today. After getting off the bus, Yu An said goodbye to his fathers and walked into the school gate happily.

Looking at his small figure, Wen Xun and Lin Huaichen did not take their eyes off him for a long time.

"It will be fine." Lin Huaichen put his arm around Wen Xun's shoulders and said to him as well as to himself, "We will protect An An."

After returning to school from vacation, the students became particularly excited and agitated. Before Yu An even walked into the classroom, he heard several familiar voices shouting.

He lowered his head and warned Monday, who was in the classroom for the first time, "Don't shout during class, or the teacher will take you away."

Monday poked his little head out, [Mm-hmm! Monday definitely doesn't scream!]

Yu An patted its head as a reward, walked into the classroom with light steps, sat down quickly in his seat, and his slightly beating heart slowly calmed down. He was still not used to lively occasions.

Contrary to his usual behavior, Wan Cen, who was usually chattering, lay on the table and was extremely quiet. The same was true of Li Wang in front of him, who looked like he had stayed up all night and was exhausted.

Seeing Yu An staring at them, a classmate explained to Yu An, "I heard from my mom that they didn't know what bad things they did yesterday and ended up in the police station. I guess they got scolded by their parents, so they couldn't sleep well, hahahaha."

In the eyes of children, being scolded by their parents is the worst thing. That classmate even told Yu An seriously, "My mom said that all the people who go to the police station are bad kids. If Wan Cen bullies you, you can tell me, and I..."

He paused and scratched the back of his head embarrassedly. "I can help you tell the teacher that I don't know how to fight. I'm a good kid."

Yu An knew that Wan Cen and Li Wang were feeling sleepy because they had eaten the [Reversal Fruit].

Because when he first started eating, he would usually take a nap in the hammock in the botanical garden after eating, and when he woke up, it was time for his father to get off work.

"They are good kids too." Yu An spoke slowly, explaining for Wan Cen and Li Wang, "They only went to the police for help because they were lost, not because they had done anything bad."

After erasing the survivors' memories, the base will hand them over to the cooperating police station, which will then notify their families to pick them up. Yu An has experienced this process, so he knows it clearly.

The classmate realized that he had wrongly accused someone and lowered his head in shame, "...I'm sorry, I misunderstood."

Yu An smiled at him awkwardly without saying anything more. After his classmates left, he breathed a sigh of relief and took out Claude again to squeeze it. The gummy feel was very relaxing.

The bell rang for class, and all the students returned to their seats and sat quietly. Wan Cen also raised his head and looked around sleepily. When he saw Yu An, he suddenly stopped and stared at him.

Yu An's heart tightened. Could it be that he still remembered what happened last night?

"W-What happened?"

Wan Cen shook his head slowly, looking at Yu An's delicate face, "...I always feel like I forgot something very important, and it's related to you."

When he said passing by, he was referring to the person who grabbed Yu An's hand and asked to be his disciple. That did have something to do with him.

Yu An pretended to be calm, "It shouldn't be very important, otherwise you wouldn't have forgotten it."

After thinking about it, Wan Cen felt that what Yu An said made sense and stopped worrying about it.

Soon the math teacher came in with a book. Mornings are a time when people tend to feel sleepy, and the teacher's drawn-out tone and boring math formulas made people drowsy.

Yu An started to doze off because he had gone to bed late last night. He rested his chin on his arm and tried to keep his eyes open to listen to the class. When the teacher wasn't paying attention, he stuffed a candy into his mouth, and his sleepiness gradually dissipated in the sweetness.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure passing by the window, followed by several boys. It was class time, why were there students running around outside?

Yu An wanted to lean over to see more clearly, but a piece of chalk fell from the sky and hit him on the forehead.

Yu An covered his head and looked directly at the teacher on the podium. The teacher deliberately raised his voice and said, "Listen carefully in class. Pay attention! Don't look around and do nothing. Look at the blackboard!"

Yu An listened to the class obediently this time, his back straight, looking at the blackboard intently. However, the person who ran over really made him curious, and he felt tormented and looked forward to the end of the get out of class.

Monday jumped out and rubbed Yu An's little hand. The considerate little dog always stood up when his master needed him. [Don't worry, little master, I'll help you!]

As it said that, it climbed up the window and jumped out, running after the students.

Finally, the get out of class was over. Yu An waited for the teacher to leave and ran out without stopping. He turned downstairs according to Monday's location, but ran into a tall man at the corner.

Yu An felt dizzy from the collision and saw stars in front of his eyes. The next second, a pair of hands were placed under his armpits and lifted him up.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Which class are you in, little classmate?"

Yu An paused for a few seconds and opened his eyes, only to see a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses looking at him with a smile in his eyes. He had a scholarly temperament, but not a sense of alienation. When he smiled, it was as if he was an old friend who had not seen each other for a long time, showing his closeness.

"I'm from Class 1, Grade 2." Yu An felt his feet were empty and he struggled a few times uncomfortably. He glanced at the man with his round eyes and pleaded in a low voice, "Uncle, can you put me down?"

"Ahem."

Teacher Yao behind the man faked a cough, attracting Yu An's attention. He introduced, "This is our school's principal, Principal Xu. This is a new student in our class, so please forgive me for not recognizing you."

Principal Xu smiled softly, having a good first impression of Yu An. "It's okay, you're a very cute little guy. Just don't run so fast next time. You might hurt yourself if you fall."

No one responded. Yu An was stunned for a moment before realizing that the second half of his sentence was directed at him. He nodded quickly, his soft voice carrying a hint of panic, "Okay, Principal. I understand, Principal."

Principal Xu couldn't help but patted his little head and said, "Don't be nervous. Come on, go play."

Yu An passed by Principal Xu and sensed the magnetic field fluctuations on his body. He stopped and looked back. This principal was also a psychic, and his level seemed to be very high.

"It's him..." Xiaobai stood on Yu An's shoulder and looked at Principal Xu's back. "The heir of the Xu family actually returned to China and became the principal of the school."

Yu An was curious, "Do you know our principal?"

Xiaobai looked through the database and said briefly, "I know him. He's a bootlicker."

Yu An: “…Ah?”