Caught in the middle, Chiyuki finally realized that something was off about the atmosphere.

He certainly couldn't let his father treat Ilya the way he treated those people earlier.

So he immediately cupped his father's face and said, "Dad, Ilya is our ally, he's a very good person."

Shi Qianxi: ?

What's so good about it? They even touched his kid inappropriately! Does Ilya think he's some kind of kindergarten kid who wants to hold hands with Chiyuki to go to the toilet?

etc.

Shi Qianxi lowered her head, looked at Qian Yuan's sincere gaze, and then at Ilya beside her, who was not watching them and pretending not to see or hear anything.

Shi Qianxi and Qianyuan know each other so well, of course they know how slow-witted their child is.

Back in school, love letters were practically handed to her face, but Qianyuan could only remain clueless.

Clearly, Ilya's overt gesture of goodwill was merely a confirmation of the other party's goodwill to Zai.

It's best to mature later, wait until you're thirty, no, forty...

Fine, it's okay if he never gets it; that way, he'll be the only family member for his child.

Who could be better to His offspring than Him?

Shi Qianxi dared to assert that no one could do it.

Overwhelmed by his possessiveness, Shi Qianxi reached out and firmly held Qianyuan in his arms.

Qian Yuan was shorter than the average height of these guys who were all male models, but not by much. But now, when Qian Xi held her in her arms in her gigantic form, she looked like a beautiful BJD doll.

"Does your baby still love Daddy the most?"

"certainly!"

As soon as Shi Qianxi asked this question, Qianyuan knew what Shi Qianxi meant.

Although he didn't understand why his male ghost father would sometimes get jealous even over a passing plastic bag, it didn't stop him from giving his father's cheek a loud kiss several times.

In fact, Qian Yuan had thought that he was already so grown up and didn't need his father's constant protection. He was a big kid who could stand on his own and sometimes even protect his father. But the moment he showed any sign of independence, Shi Qianxi would immediately go berserk.

Therefore, Qianyuan can only continue to act as the cub in Shi Qianxi's heart that needs to be protected at all times.

No matter how old Qianyuan is, in Shi Qianxi's eyes, Qianyuan will always be that cub who needs his father's love and care. This is his obsession, and this is why he exists, so Shi Qianxi can only accept this state.

Qian Yuan cares about what others think, but he cares even more about Shi Qianxi. So if Shi Qianxi needs him, he will never refuse her.

Qian Yuan sat in Shi Qianxi's arms. He was the imprisoned treasure, but also the mastermind who truly controlled a world-destroying monster.

Despite his fragile nature, he possesses the ability to hook onto Shi Qianxi's chains, and the power of life and death over others rests in his hands.

He is the most terrifying and horrible human being.

A natural disaster that devastated the entire world.

Even so, it seems that nothing can extinguish Ilya's desire to get closer to Chiyori.

Ilya also tames monsters, but his monsters are developed within the realm of normal human understanding, gradually gaining the trust of the other party. They are winged tigers that like to charge and sharpen their claws.

That big cat—no, that tiger—was even more timid than Ilya. When it encountered something it couldn't beat, it would cower behind Ilya, relying entirely on its master to carry it.

This inevitably led to Ilya being injured.

Qianyuan's heart clenched as she watched the other person cover one eye.

He leaned closer, but Ilya turned his face away, preventing him from looking.

"Your eye is injured and needs to be treated!"

It would be such a shame if such beautiful eyes got injured.

Qianyuan didn't realize that he had such thoughts. He was so anxious that he wanted to help Ilya treat his wounds, but Ilya suddenly moved away from him when he was injured and wouldn't let him touch him.

Qianyuan felt a little disappointed as she watched Ilya surrounded by her companions.

Even though Ilya had been so enthusiastic towards him before, he still thought...

As a result, when Ilya was injured, he was still closer to his companions and seemed to distrust Chien at all.

Qianyuan thought she had made a friend.

The little guy turned his face away, pouting, his cheeks puffed out in anger; he was clearly upset.

Even though Qianyuan knew that her good friend would have other friends, she felt a little jealous when she saw Ilya soften his attitude towards others.

He felt strange, wondering how he had become as stingy as his father.

Qianyuan became even angrier.

Everyone could see that Qianyuan angrily pulled out a healing item and shoved it at Ilya, then stormed off, while others stood at a distance angrily searching for clues and angrily following the plot.

They're just too cute!

If you provoke Qianyuan, she will become fluffy, making you want to bully her even more.

Ilya stood up abruptly, the weakness on his face vanishing instantly.

His companion: "No, you're all better now? Weren't you in a lot of pain just now?"

Ilya: "To be precise, it hurts for a while and then it doesn't hurt anymore, and now it doesn't hurt anymore. So I have to go and comfort someone; someone is being affectionate with me."

His companions found it sour and their interest completely vanished: "Tch—"

It was only then that Ilya walked up behind Chiyuki and looked at her hairy, round head.

As Qianyuan muttered to himself while following the plot, his drooping eyelashes cast small fan-shaped shadows on his eyelids in the light.

Just looking at Chiyori, Ilya would think to himself that Chiyori was a truly perfect creation.

Beautiful, innocent, and blessed with natural advantages.

It seemed like he was playing hard to get, but in reality, his heart was firmly held by Qian Yuan, and moved by Qian Yuan's every emotion.

Ilya pulled out some candy from his pocket, which was even blueberry flavored, a favorite of Chiyori.

He explained to Qianyuan, "I didn't want you to see such a bloody and messy scene just now."

Qianyuan thought to herself: This guy is just making excuses. Don't think he doesn't know that friends are willing to expose their vulnerability in front of people they trust! Ilya didn't trust him.

Ilya lied to him.

Qianyuan, who considered himself exceptionally intelligent, thought he had seen through the truth. He looked at Ilya and suddenly said:

"Bad guy."

Ilya: "?"

Qianyuan: "You lied to me, you're a bad person."

"You don't want to be friends with me. You're nice to me, but you push me away. Do you enjoy seeing my heart ache for you?"

In his moment of anger, Qian Yuan only showed a fleeting rage, and his tone finally revealed clear dissatisfaction with Ilya:

"I don't want to talk to you anymore."

Ilya was caught off guard by Chiyuki's straight shot. He hadn't expected that Chiyuki, who seemed slow-witted, actually had a wise side and immediately followed the cue:

"Yes, I don't want to be friends with you, I want to pursue you first..."

Suddenly, Shi Qianxi appeared, her tall figure forcefully positioned between the two, and Ilya could no longer see Qianyuan's face.