The drowsy child sat up and looked around, then showed a surprised expression:

"The dean has fainted!"

When Zhou Jinze watched his son try to do sit-ups and squeeze a little chubby fold out of his belly, he was completely charmed by Qian Yuan.

So he calmly said, "It's alright, the dean is old, it's normal for him to fall asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow."

"Yeah?"

The baby got up, and the little fish tail swung around in the air several times as if trying to help him, but it was actually not as effective as Zhou Jinze supporting his belly from the side.

The two little people surrounded the dean.

"Dean? Dean? Dean..."

The little guy gets flustered when he's worried, and he's making a racket like a little kitten, meowing and whining so loudly that even the headmaster can't help but feel dizzy.

The dean realized that this adorable little one wasn't so easy to handle after all. He slowly got up from the ground and asked Qianyuan:

Which of your fathers should I contact?

The cub remained silent for a while, then curled up its tail, whether out of confusion or shyness, it was hard to tell.

It's also possible that they're afraid of being punished by their parents.

After all, one spank from each dad would be enough to make the little one cry.

The cub's tiny head couldn't hold such complicated questions, so under the director's urgent questioning, he slowly closed his eyes.

The dean sighed and facepalmed, "Kid, you can't just pretend to be dead."

So the cub crawled back into the water tank, covered itself, and kept muttering, "The cub is not here, the cub is not here."

Let's postpone his arrival as much as possible!

The dean sighed: "Little one, if you want to stay here, I won't kick you out. This will always be your home."

The cub stopped talking and buried its head in the director's arms, its soft body pressed tightly against him, melting the director's heart.

"Okay, sweetie..."

The headmaster rubbed his face against the cub's, then couldn't help but ask him curiously:

"Baby, how many fathers do you have?"

Upon hearing this, the cub fell into a reverie.

He muttered to himself, "I have a general dad! A villain dad, a dragon dad, an emperor dad, a zombie dad, a mermaid dad..."

The little guy was muttering to himself while counting on his fingers.

It was obvious that the child's father couldn't fit the child in one hand and had to count on two fingers. Luckily, Zhou Jinze generously lent him one hand, otherwise the child would never have been able to count.

Despite this, he remembered each father, their characteristics and personalities, and their most similar trait: they all loved their young.

But as he talked about it, Zai Zai couldn't help but think of his first family.

Everything began because of this, and his happiness was born from their love. Although they were clumsy and terrifying at first, they cherished him and raised him to adulthood as if he were a light feather.

"I'm starting to miss my monster dad..."

The cub murmured sadly.

He hasn't heard from his monster father in a long time.

But perhaps the calling and remembrance were a code; the main system also heard the cub's prayers. It suddenly appeared out of nowhere and uttered:

"If we miss each other, we will meet again."

In an instant, the entire space outside the welfare home began to tremble with unease. The director hurriedly reached out to protect the children and tried to pull Qianyuan and Zhou Jinze into his arms.

However, before he could even touch Qianyuan's hand, he noticed that his surroundings seemed different.

Hmm, was there a building like this in front of the welfare home before?

A glamorous yet eerie little villa, and next to it, a hospital exuding an aura of resentment.

Did these things just suddenly appear here...? No, wrong, don't think about it! Don't think about it! Don't think about it!

■■It will cause pollution!

Just before the dean was on the verge of a mental breakdown, Zai covered the dean's eyes.

"It's okay, it's okay, just ruffle your fur..."

The little one slowly and earnestly finished saying the sentence, and the dean, listening to the little one's comforting words, finally calmed down.

He seemed to have completely forgotten what had just happened, as if he had a memory lapse and then regained it, casually looking at the mansion outside the door:

"That family has been here for so long, why haven't we seen any children?"

"Oh," the dean looked down at Qianyuan, a human cub whose appearance had changed to black hair and black eyes, and reached out to pull him. "Why did you come here to play? Hurry up and go home, or your father and brother will come looking for you."

As he spoke, he took Xiao Qianyuan's hand in one hand and Xiao Zhou Jinze's hand in the other, and escorted them to the door of the mansion.

In the garden on the ground floor of the villa, a tall gentleman, so imposing that one had to look up to him, was watering the flowers. The vibrant blossoms seemed to have drunk their fill of blood, and there appeared to be fragments of flesh and bone hidden in their stamens.

A whiff of blood and meat wafted over...

Moreover, the gentleman was very patient; he didn't use any tools, but simply and quietly, carefully, held up the little elephant sprayer in his hand and sprinkled water.

The small children's spray bottle in his hand looked as cute and dainty as a tiny teacup.

It's obvious that he has a child at home who is very much loved by him, which is why they have so many things for children in their home.

Upon hearing the doorbell rang by the dean, the man immediately turned around. As if he couldn't wait, he quickly took two steps with a new arm extending from behind him at a speed that no one could detect, and arrived at the door.

The little one clung to the dean's lap, and perhaps sensing the expectation and tension of the person inside, it solemnly knocked on the door.

The door opened.

The father opened his long, narrow, and beautiful almond-shaped eyes slightly, and reached out his pale hand to cup the child's face, carefully checking the child's condition as every mother who has watched her child grow up and leave home does.

“Baby. My baby, we’re home.”

Like a thicket of trees, countless arms descended from the sky. The monster father, who had maintained his human form, could only hold on for a second before he couldn't help but extend his thousand hands and eyes, enveloping his returning baby in a cocoon and placing it in front of his abdomen.

"Baby……"

The father stroked the cub through his pale arm, revealing a loving and gratified expression like that of a loving mother.

Then, they asked the dean and Zhou Jinze, who were standing there dumbfounded, to leave.

The dean standing at the door: ...

Zhou Jinze looked at the dean's empty eyes and could only comfort him:

"It's okay. From now on, even if something is really scary, you won't be frightened anymore. Your baby has given you a blessing, and your mental state is stable at the critical point of collapse."

The director trembled, as if he were an old man whose bones were about to fall apart at any moment: "I'm going back to the orphanage... Are you going back too?"

Before Zhou Jinze could answer, an arm suddenly appeared behind him and pulled him inside.

"Alright." The director, trembling, listened to the cracking of his bones as he returned to the orphanage and locked the door of his room.