Chapter 77

Wen Xin and the boy looked at each other, as if they were seeing a nervous rabbit.

If there is any slight movement around, he will immediately get angry and run back more than ten meters.

"Long time no see?" He was both angry and amused. "You are standing so far away, what can you see?"

Wen Xin extended his hand to the boy, lowered his voice, and slightly curved his eyebrows: "Come here quickly, let me see if our Ah Jiu has changed a lot."

The voice was the same as always, not a bit distant from the months of separation.

A hand seemed to appear behind Canary, gently pushing him forward despite his uneasiness.

As he walked, he was lost in thoughts of his separation from the young man.

Even though they were only a few steps away, there was already a hint of longing in his eyes that couldn't be suppressed, like tiny glimmers of light.

Wen Xin's heart softened completely.

He placed his hand on the boy's shoulder, transformed himself into a patriarch who had finally waited for his son to return, and carefully checked whether he was in good health.

The canary obediently let him play with her, with two shy blushes on her cheeks.

S-class mutants can conceal their own aura and reduce it to a certain range.

But pandas are gifted in recognizing scents.

When the canary was at the door, it didn't feel anything.

As the boy got closer, he felt a sense of oppression as if the abyss was approaching, and the barbecue in his mouth suddenly lost its fragrance.

The little panda looked at the canary blankly.

Canary was originally just an unknown C-class mutant, but there were countless C-class mutants in the base.

The little panda had never deliberately memorized the scent of the canary, so he had never thought that the young man Ajiu that Wen Xin and the others were looking for was the Lord of Rose City whom he had met just a dozen minutes ago.

But why didn't you recognize me just now, and why did you come back in a different appearance?

Perhaps the panda's surprise was too obvious, and the next second the canary glanced over as if casually.

There was no trace of shyness on that face; the sharp eyes were like a knife tempered with ice, staring at it warningly.

The little panda's hair stood up and the barbecue in his hand almost fell to the ground. He turned his back and started to eat it tremblingly.

The same goes for No. 7 and this "boy" Ajiu. Why do they all like to scare it? Wow.

Wen Xin noticed Grape Tuanzi who was shutting himself off from the corner of his eye, and looked towards Canary's face as if he had realized something.

The boy fluttered his eyelashes twice and looked back at him in confusion.

...there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

Wen Xin patted the boy's shoulder and said with emotion: "It's still the same as before, but the hair seems to have grown a little longer?"

When the boy left, his scattered golden hair was only on the back of his neck.

Now the hair is shoulder-length and can be tied into a small ponytail.

Canary pinched her hair, as if she had just realized something, and revealed a look of sudden realization: "It seems to have grown a little longer."

He grew his hair long on purpose.

After all, after being away for several months, it is impossible that there are no changes at all.

But upon closer inspection, there was actually not much difference. Wen Xin could quickly notice that his hair had grown longer, proving that the other person was really looking at him carefully just now.

Canary felt warm in his heart. Suddenly the young man touched his head again: "Ajiu."

The boy responded subconsciously: "Yes."

"You've suffered a lot during this time, haven't you?"

The problem came without warning.

He stared at Wen Xin in a daze. For a moment, something bitter seemed to rush up his throat like a flood. He quickly looked away: "How could that be? Look, I am no different from before."

Before he could turn his head away, Wen Xin held his chin and gently turned it back.

Wen Xin stared at him and sighed with pity: "Your eyes are red."

Just these one sentence almost made the seemingly calm Canary lose her temper.

Young people are always so sensitive that it seems as if one can detect all the darkness and fragility in a young person at a glance.

The canary was defeated and said hoarsely, "Hmm."

The boy's eyes were red, and he asked for some time to lean on the young man.

Wen Xin patted the grape dumpling on the ground and said, "A-Lu has been out for so long and hasn't come back yet. I'm a little worried about him. Can you go to the door and help me see when he'll come back?"

The little panda looked at the canary, then at Wen Xin, and immediately understood. He walked out of the door tactfully and even closed the door for the two of them.

When the room became quiet again, Wen Xin sat back on the bed and patted his thigh.

The boy went to bed.

With a relaxed and loving look, she rested her head on the young man's thigh and slowly closed her eyes.

The strong and thin fingers immersed in the soft golden hair, caressing it gently again and again.

Wen Xin was both comforting him and re-examining him.

From a young boy to the position of Lord of Rose City, one can imagine that the journey must not be smooth, and may even be full of swords and sabers.

The mutant's healing ability is very strong. As long as Canary wants, there will be no scars on his body.

But when Wen Xin's hands touched the back of the boy's head or certain places on his back, Canary would reflexively tense his muscles.

Then Wen Xin understood that those might be the places where the canary had been seriously injured.

The intense pain was engraved into my bones, and I couldn't help but flinch every time it was touched.

I don't know how much time passed.

The boy on my lap, who was as quiet as a sheep, suddenly said, "Actually, that's not that hard."

Even if it is hard, it is what he asked for.

The canary longs to stand high, so high that countless people must look up to him and no one dares to step on him.

He made up his mind to swallow the blood even if his teeth were broken. He held up his bloodstained arms and climbed up desperately.

The two heads on the Skeleton Throne are the two mutants that originally occupied this land.

As soon as the canary set foot in this area, it aroused their covetousness.

Tender, beautiful, and a controllable toy.

Little did they know that when they were commenting on the boy with a smirk on their faces, the boy also raised the corners of his mouth high.

Only the strong can survive.

Every silent and lonely night, the new king of Rose City would sit on the Skull Throne, caressing the two heads that once threatened to bring him to death, while admonishing himself—

Weakness means death.

Wen Xin looked down at him and saw that the boy was in a stable mood. He poked his forehead and said, "If life wasn't hard, why did you feel so wronged?"

Canary closed her eyes awkwardly, and her voice was so soft that it seemed like she was mumbling, "Who made you come so suddenly?"

He turned over, looked up at the other person, then took the young man's hand and placed it around his neck, his eyes burning.

"Wen Xin, if I told you that if you killed me, you would have the power to control most of the western region, would you choose to stop me?"

Wen Xin was stunned.

Then, his expression suddenly darkened, and the corners of his mouth gradually tightened into a cold straight line.

“…”

The canary's fingers trembled, realizing that she might have said something wrong, and she quickly stood up.

The cold face was full of panic: "I was just joking, don't, Wen Xin, calm down, don't be angry, I was wrong... Ugh!!"

There is floor heating in the palace, and the little panda is happily relaxing in the corridor with the remaining half plate of barbecue.

Suddenly, it heard a scream coming from the room behind it and was startled.

The little panda thought that the two people had started fighting because of a disagreement, so he didn't even bother to take the barbecue and rushed to the door in a hurry.

But after listening carefully, the owner who faintly cried out in pain was not Wen Xin.

The little panda was dumbfounded.

Wen Xin should be a human...right?

How, how could it be that horrible S-class city lord who is begging for mercy?

The little panda was daydreaming and for a moment he didn't know whether he should go in or not.

Those big shots are very concerned about their own dignity. If they walk in and see the canary wolf being beaten, will they be silenced?

After struggling for a while, the little panda finally froze and quietly slipped back to hug his barbecue.

"I didn't hear anything, um, nothing."

About half an hour later, the scale viper returned.

As promised, it brought back a mutated giant mountain wolf, a three-eyed elk with fangs, and enough grape dumplings to fill the little panda's stomach.

The little panda just finished eating barbecue and is a little full.

But the elk exuded an attractive scent that immediately attracted its attention.

There seemed to be a voice in the panda's mind telling it that if it ate them, it would be more satisfied than eating dozens of mutant ants.

Suddenly, the little panda started drooling and jumped over with a cry.

The scale viper grabbed its neck and said, "Ask the chef to cut it for you. Don't hold it here and chew it. It will make a mess."

It wiped the blood off its paw pads, stared at the red eye on the deer's head, and frowned again: "I always feel that the mutants here look weird."

There are also deformed animals in the base whose genes have failed, and some have extra heads or legs.

But those extra limbs usually look withered and lifeless.

Hunting scale vipers generally requires speed, accuracy and ruthlessness, and the first thing you see is the kill.

I didn't even have time to notice whether the elk's eyes blinked twice before it died.

It ate one beforehand to make sure it was non-toxic and tasted good before bringing it back to the panda cub.

The Scaled Viper turned around and saw that the room was closed. Without thinking too much, he carelessly opened the door and said, "Why did you close the door...hiss."

Looking at the red left side of the canary's face, Green Group took a breath of cool air: "Were you bitten by a bee?"

Hearing this, the young man glanced at Wen Xin cautiously.

After hearing the story of how the incident happened, the Scaled Tree Viper said unhappily, "You deserve it for playing such a joke on Wen Xin."

Canary was not joking, his tone was very serious when he asked that question.

At that time he was waiting for Wen Xin's answer. No matter what expression the young man showed, even if it was a bad one, he could accept it.

It was like a homeless person who was frozen in the cold night and suddenly saw a bonfire.

Even though he knew he would get burned, he couldn't help but stretch his frozen blue hands toward the flames, trying his best and greedily to absorb the warmth.

But seeing Wen Xin so angry, Canary couldn't help but feel regretful.

He licked his dry lips and silently sent a sound wave to the scale viper: Help me coax him.

The scale viper rolled his eyes: You're so angry that you want me to comfort you? You wish.

Canary: There are several manicurists in the base who are very good at taking care of scales. I can send them all to you.

Canary emphasized again: Those manicurists are the best and most senior manicurists in the world. I guarantee that after a while your scales will be beautiful and glowing, and Wen Xin will definitely like it even more.

The scaled viper was immediately intrigued, and the tip of its tail twitched: Okay, this is good!

While the two of them were communicating, Wen Xin stood by without saying a word, seemingly unaware of the two groups' private conversation.

The scale viper cleared his throat and said, "Wen Xin, you see, Jiu has realized his mistake..."

The young man folded his arms and leaned against the wall.

Hearing this, he glanced over expressionlessly, his eyes as clear as pond water filled with lingering anger, and he uttered a word neither lightly nor heavily: "Hmm?"

Instantly, the canary tensed its back, and the scaled viper changed sides on the spot, turned around, and pointed at it righteously: "It's not okay to know you're wrong. How can you make a joke about it!"

Canary: “…”

He didn't expect the green ball to betray him so quickly, and he was choked up and speechless.

In another breath, the scale viper had already jumped onto Wen Xin's shoulder.

Tuanzi lowered her head and stared at the young man's red fingertips with distress: "He is so shameless. Did he hurt you? Let me see."

Canary: “…………” Where is your future?

Wen Xin looked at the speechless boy at this moment and said indifferently: "Yeah, how can this be a joke?"

He spoke slowly and clearly, "After all, Jiu is not the Rose City Lord who actually controls most of the western region. What if someone hears you and reports you for wanting to rebel?"

Canary froze for a moment, then immediately apologized with a guilty conscience: "I'm sorry."

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Wen Xin was so angry that he couldn't even eat a few bites of food that night.

But during this period, food has become an extremely precious commodity.

Wen Xin passed by many refugee camps. Everywhere he looked, he saw yellow and numb faces. They would kneel down and beg for a bite of biscuit or a sip of soup. Even selling their bodies became the norm.

So Wen Xin didn't have much of an appetite anymore, but he forced himself to eat a little. When he was about 50% full, he got up and left.

He walked slowly back to his room and almost digested his food. He took off his tactical vest and started doing frog jumps on the spot.

Finally, Wen Xin took a breath and came to the corridor outside.

Grabbing the eaves with his hands, using it as a horizontal bar, he started doing pull-ups again.

Eighty, eighty-five, ninety…one hundred!

One hundred pull-ups need to be divided into several sets to be completed successfully.

Wen Xin let go and landed steadily on the ground. When he stood up again, he was a little shaky and was sweating profusely.

He had killed many mutant ants in the morning and was now doing intensive training. He felt extremely weak and his arms were aching.

After relaxing for a while, Wen Xin walked into the room while massaging his arms vigorously to relieve his sore muscles.

This scene made Canary, who had followed the young man back with a guilty conscience, stop where she was.

The Scaled Tree Viper said behind him, "I told you a long time ago that Wen Xin was also working hard to grow while we were away."

Canary had excellent eyesight and saw many faint scars on Wen Xin's body, and fell silent.

The green group said calmly, "I've heard about how chaotic the western region is. Apart from the lack of those researchers' malicious experiments, this place is no different from the base."

"You may feel that you have experienced a lot and have seen through the dangers of the world, so you can't help but try Wen Xin. But little bird, don't you know how many times Wen Xin has been murdered?"

When the Scaled Viper thought of the time when he reunited with Wen Xin, the young man was in a mess, he felt a pang of pain in his heart.

"That little panda was timid and cowardly. Wen Xin probably couldn't rely on it during the time he was wandering and losing his memory. Afterwards, I took him to weigh himself, and he was less than 100 kilograms. I randomly pulled a man of his age on the street in the central city, and he was heavier than him."

Green Group looked at Canary and said coldly: "He has been through a lot, it's not that he can't feel it. Don't always treat him as if he knows nothing, it will hurt his heart."

"If you make Wen Xin angry again, even if you are Ah Jiu, my fangs will not let you go."

At night, Wen Xin was getting ready to go to sleep.

But he saw a head sticking out of the window, and the boy was looking at him eagerly.

——I know I was wrong, please don’t be angry, Wenxin.

There is no palace outside the window, there is no floor heating, the weather is freezing cold, and the trees are covered with white frost.

Wen Xin wanted to ignore it, but after waiting for more than ten minutes, he looked up and saw that the boy was still huddled by the windowsill.

The glass was frosted, making his face a little blurry, as if he was so cold that he was curled up into a ball.

Wen Xin knew that Canary was pretending.

They are S-class mutants. Several hundred degrees of high temperature cannot burn their bodies, and liquid nitrogen at minus 200 degrees cannot freeze their claws, let alone these fine flying snows.

The boy continued to knock on the window, each time weaker and weaker, full of pleading.

In the end, after knocking more than ten times, the person in the house still ignored him.

The canary withdrew her hand sadly, thinking that she could stand in the snow and wind for a night before trying to knock on the window again.

Click.

The window opened at this moment, revealing a handsome face.

Wen Xin stared at him expressionlessly, and finally sighed helplessly, tapping his forehead with a finger: "There won't be a next time."

The boy smiled instantly.

The floor heating is warm inside the house, and it is snowing heavily outside.

The warm yellow heat poured out through the open window, flowing along the young man's jade-white fingertips, melting the frost on his brows.

Canary held the hand that Wen Xin extended to him, placed it between his brows and closed his eyes, feeling the peace that made him covetous amidst his endless regret.

He raised his head, his eyes sparkling: "Wen Xin, do you still remember what I said to you before I left?"

【Author’s words】

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