Chapter 7: Son, ask his family for compensation!
Cheng Qian'an had no guard against the child in front of him.
He possessed decades of mature experience as an adult, and the stars posed no threat to him. After all, the real goal of his trip was to more cruelly kill another child, a stumbling block in his life.
Therefore, Cheng Qian'an never considered the possibility that the child would lie to him and deliberately lure him to the toilet and lock him up.
How is this possible? It's not like he was reborn.
"You, you know me?!" All kinds of ridiculous thoughts flashed through his mind. Cheng Qian'an's pupils constricted, and he looked in panic and fear at Xingxing who was standing at the door, blocking the exit.
However, up to this point, Cheng Qian'an's arrogance as an adult did not make him feel any sense of crisis about his current situation. What he thought about most was what he would do if Xingxing came back to the Cheng family.
In the second when he lost all vision and was plunged into darkness, he hated the injustice of fate for his perfect life that might be cut short.
Xingxing squatted beside Cheng Qian'an, who had fallen into a coma due to the control of supernatural powers, and stretched out her slender, white fingers to curiously poke his cheek.
Soft, warm, but not as good to poke as the babies that Star had actually touched before.
Xingxing, whose soul is that of a little zombie, stared at the human cub at his feet. Under Qiuqiu's nervous gaze, he slowly used his special powers.
Telepathic transmission and mental control.
Uncle Hu said that if he encountered children bullying Xingxing, he would beat them until they cried, and if he encountered adults bullying Xingxing, he would use his supernatural powers to fight them.
The thing on the ground at his feet seemed to be both a child and an adult, so the insightful little Xingxing decided to take two approaches at the same time.
First use your supernatural powers to control this adult, and when he wakes up, use your fists to beat him until he cries!
The children are very serious about implementing their ideas.
He gave the human cub only one order:
"Forget the memories before rebirth."
It was called an order, but in fact it was more like using supernatural powers to forcibly clear and erase all memories of Cheng Qian'an's past life.
Without these memories, Cheng Qian'an would only be the 3-year-old Cheng Qian'an.
He doesn’t have the thinking of an adult, the cruelty of an adult, or the hatred and paranoia of an entire long life.
"...Xingxing, how did you come up with this idea?" Qiuqiu was a little curious.
It was not sure what benefits this method would bring to Xingxing, but it was very sure that Xingxing's order was actually a form of protection for Cheng Qian'an.
Cheng Qian, who is only 3 years old, is protected in this body so that he will not be affected by his past self and can grow up like a normal child.
It also protects the other person's not yet fully developed brain, so that it will not be turned into a fool by decades of long and complicated memories.
Cheng Qian'an might feel that he is lucky to have the memories of his past life, but his body does not think so.
The body of a 3-year-old cub, especially the mysterious brain area, is at its most tender and fragile. A slight headache, fever or other problems can turn him into a mentally deaf fool on the spot because of a mild concussion.
Qiuqiu is very sure that Xingxing does not know this knowledge, and Xingxing is definitely not a kind and good-hearted person, but Xingxing's behavior just happened to make this happen, making Cheng Qian'an "safe".
So it's curious, what makes the stars make such a decision?
"Fair." The child clenched his fingers into a small, non-intimidating fist, and while answering Qiuqiu's question, the moment Cheng Qian'an opened his eyes, he pursed his lips and punched him in the stomach very hard.
Cheng Qian'an, whose brain was still in a daze, was suddenly hit by a punch. The pain made his body subconsciously curl up for defense, but he could not stop more and more punches from falling on him.
The star's powers followed his soul into the world, but his power was left in the tiny body he once was.
So his punch did not cause much harm to Cheng Qian'an, who was also 3 years old, but it did hurt him and made him cry.
The shrill cry of the child echoed and spread in the small, dirty and smelly toilet, but it did not attract the attention of other people in this shabby building. They would only think that it was another parent beating their child, and would frown and mutter a few noisy words in secret.
But Qiuqiu had no time to care about those things. The entire ball's program data was used to analyze the two words that Xingxing said.
fair?
What is fair?
They are all 3-year-old children, is that fair?
But Cheng Qian'an personally killed Zhou Chenxing, and Cheng Qian'an's actions indirectly killed Zhou Xiangyang, causing the old man of the Cheng family to suffer for half his life and not have a good end...
Is this fair?
Qiuqiu did not question Xingxing immediately because he was very sure that his cub was definitely not such a silly person. When Xingxing was free, he would explain it to him in detail.
So Qiuqiu started watching the stars fight.
This scene reminded Qiuqiu of the memory of the apocalyptic world when he had just guided the blind stars to stumble out of the garbage dump and met a group of children.
At that time, it and the star did not trust each other, and neither had any ability to resist, so it could only drag the star into a temporary space to hide.
But Xingxing was still hit with stones by those children, called a little monster by them, and ridiculed, driven away and hurt by them.
At that time, Xingxing knew nothing and had never even seen that world with his own eyes. He could only stand there blankly and be hit, scolded, and pushed.
But now, when a person with an adult soul comes with murderous intent, Xingxing can calmly handle the crisis in front of her and even fight back calmly.
It is like an invisible seed called growth, which, after being watered by the whole world, finally sprouts and blooms from the stars in the new world, on the healthy and peaceful soil.
If Hu Xingzhe could see this scene, he would definitely feel happy and proud of Xingxing, right?
He embraced the growing children with love, and when they arrived in the new world, they were still able to protect themselves well without his protection.
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Xingxing finally stopped.
He was a little tired. Looking at Cheng Qian'an's confused and frightened tearful eyes, he pursed his lips, stood up, and opened the toilet door which was just closed.
The fresh air outside rushed in all of a sudden, and the mottled dust and scorching sunlight also rushed in, as if they wanted to be the first spectator of the fight between the cubs, and to watch the final curtain call of the fight.
The stars are walking in front.
Cheng Qian'an had no idea where this place was or why he was here. He sobbed and wiped his tears, while following Xingxing like a little tail, afraid that the child who had beaten him to tears would disappear from his sight.
Even though he was hurting so badly from the beating, in the unfamiliar environment, he only recognized the stars.
He was well protected by his family. He didn't know how to ask for help, nor did he have the ability to face difficulties alone. He followed Xingxing closely, feeling wronged and scared.
Xingxing took out the key, moved the small stool to the door, stepped on it and opened the door.
Cheng Qian'an sobbed and looked at him with tears in his eyes.
Everything that happened here was unknown to him. Only the stars in front of him were vivid. Although they would hit him, but... but they didn't kill him.
Three-year-old Cheng Qian'an pouted in grievance. When the door opened and Xingxing looked over, he bit his lips tightly to stop himself from crying out loud.
I just stared at the stars, hoping to get permission to enter the cabin.
Xingxing took a small step back and said in a very talkative manner, "Come in."
Cheng Qian'an's eyes lit up and he quickly followed in.
Xingxing closed the door.
For some reason, the moment he saw the door closing, Cheng Qian'an's body shook subconsciously, and he felt so panicked that he wanted to cry.
Xingxing sat down on the small stool.
Cheng Qian'an stood for a while as punishment, but couldn't stand any longer, so he secretly moved to one of the small benches and lingered there.
Both of them are children who just turned 3 years old. At this time, they are both sitting obediently on small stools. If you don’t know, you might think this is a private tutoring class in a kindergarten.
Time seemed to stop quietly as the two children sat facing each other in silence.
Seeing that none of them wanted to break the silence and speak first, Qiuqiu secretly asked Xingxing in his mind about his opinion on the word "fairness".
"Kid, why do you think it's fair? He killed two lives." According to the data running by Qiuqiu, such a guy is worthy of being sentenced to death.
In peacetime, it is not worth forgiving.
Of course, at the end of the world, the number of lives taken by it and the stars will not be small.
Hearing this, Xingxing changed her sitting posture, supporting her knees with her elbows, holding her face with her two little hands, looking at the air where little Zhou Chenxing had stood this morning, her eyes somewhat empty.
This is his little habit when thinking.
Soon, Qiuqiu got an answer from a very star-level perspective.
"Because he wasn't in the kid's wish, and he didn't ask me to kill him."
"If I can't kill him, he can live, but there's an adult inside him who wants to kill me."
"I will kill that adult."
"He wanted to kill me, so I killed him. It's fair."
Qiuqiu: “…”
There is some truth to that, but not much.
But the star continued:
"The child made a wish to love Sunflower Dad and New Grandma more. The child gave merits as a trade, but didn't give more to let me help kill the bad guys. I don't want to kill them, it will be very troublesome."
When the child talked about this, he secretly puffed up his cheeks and said unhappily: "Stars are expensive, and love is not cheap either. We can't suffer a loss, and the transaction must be fair."
Qiuqiu: “Yeah!”
That’s right, stars are expensive, and the love of stars is even more expensive. It’s just some merits that can be exchanged for points. You can’t make a more disadvantageous deal!
At this point, Qiuqiu, the star head, nodded frantically in agreement.
Finally, Star kid ended with his usual serious and concise ending: "Just like everyone except Star did not become a zombie, the savior who replaced Star would have no mission target."
Xingxing does not have the thinking of an adult. He just tries to match these identities with his previous perspective.
So the little boy Zhou Chenxing who made a wish turned into a little zombie star, an experimental subject in the doomsday.
Cheng Qian'an is the one on the laboratory side who makes everything happen.
Zhou Xiangyang and all other people affected by the twist of fate are humans who have been turned into zombies or died by the doomsday.
The savior is Xingxing who replaces Zhou Chenxing.
The current situation is that nothing has happened except that Xingxing has turned into little zombies.
Xingxing has also completely eliminated any possible zombie experiments, the world is at peace, and no one has died.
The only one who paid the price was little Zhou Chenxing, but Zhou Chenxing has already gained a lot with this price.
In exchange for more love for Sunflower Dad, in exchange for the plot never happening, in exchange for the lives of Sunflower Dad and the new grandmother...
There are too many of them, and many of them are even gifts from the stars at a loss. If the transaction is really to be measured by merit, little Zhou Chenxing might have to directly sell his own soul.
"I hate trouble." The little boy wrinkled his face and said the same words in the doomsday world.
Cheng Qian, who has adult memories, is a huge trouble in Xingxing's eyes.
He couldn't kill him, and his head was full of dangerous adult thoughts, such as framing, murder, and calculation... Xingxing was trapped in the gap between these cubs and adults, and the survival instinct in his soul made him decisively choose to kill the adult.
Xingxing felt that killing the reborn Cheng Qian'an was both fair and safe.
Qiuqiu: "...But, kid, have you ever thought about how we should send this 3-year-old Cheng Qi'an home?"
The stars were stunned and dazed. They looked at the stupid child who was sitting beside them wiping his tears.
"Call the police?" The first thing that came to Xingxing's mind was his uncle's instructions.
If you get lost, find the police. If you encounter difficulties, find the police. Anyway, as long as there is a problem, no matter big or small, you can try to find the police.
The experience in the doomsday world and the impact on the military and police have also deepened Xingxing's way of thinking, and he agrees with this method.
However, his proposal was met with an even weirder question from Qiuqiu: "But... Xingxing, you just hit him. What if he cries and complains to the police? And what if his parents find him through the police and then discover you? Don't you want to go back?"
Star:"……"
Little Xingxing, who had been fighting fiercely just now, was completely confused.
Even if he could erase Cheng Qian'an's memory of himself, but...but what if the Cheng family discovered him through him?
Xingxing really hates the Cheng parents in the plot, and really doesn't want to leave Sunflower's father.
Soon, Cheng Qian'an, who was sitting on a small stool wiping his tears, finally heard the second sentence said by the child who hit him.
"Can you be smart and go home on your own?"
Cheng Qi’an: “…”
His mouth pursed and tears began to fall again.
Not only did the kid call him stupid, he also wanted to throw him away!!
Cheng Qian'an couldn't stop crying, his little body was shaking, but he still had to squeeze out a little rationality from his panic, and pitifully tried to please the stars that hit him.
“Brother, brother… please don’t abandon me, wuwuwu…”
The corner of the child's clothes was tightly grasped, and his crying voice was weak and thin. He was so sad that he was about to collapse, but he didn't dare to cry too loudly. He was completely different from the Cheng Qian'an who was confident in his plan to harm Zhou Chenxing, the roadblock.
But it’s true, that adult was killed by Xingxing.
Now this person is a fool who can’t even remember his parents’ phone numbers and can only cry.
Xingxing began to stare blankly again, holding her little face with her hands.
Ignoring the idiot Cheng Qian'an's grabbing of her clothes, Xingxing was trying hard to think of a way to remedy her momentary impulse.
Actually, it’s not particularly difficult.
Children are always good at using linear thinking to solve problems, and Xingxing is the best among them. His thinking ability and intuitive acuity are far beyond those of ordinary humans, so after a brief thought, he found the best solution.
He would personally send this stupid human cub home.
"…but we don't have money to take the bus." Qiuqiu reminded weakly.
Xingxing made a stern face and corrected him seriously: "We can pay on delivery!"
Qiuqiu: “…”
Son, do you think taking a taxi is like sending a package?
But I have to say, it really works!
The children do what they are told to do without any delay.
Of course, it is more likely that it is because it is already late and it will be time for Sunflower's father to get home from get off work soon.
Xingxing didn't waste any more time and pulled up Cheng Qian'an, whose eyes were red from crying, and skillfully locked the door, put the key away, then led him out.
The step that Xingxing failed to take this morning to see the world was finally achieved at noon, with the burden of a stupid cub.
He stretched out his hand and stopped a car with the word "Taxi" on the roadside. After standing on tiptoe on the flower bed and leaning outside the car window to communicate with the driver inside, the newly arrived little Xingxing successfully got on the car that went directly to Cheng's house by himself.
As for the address?
The stupid kid just kept crying and grabbing his clothes, stammering and knowing nothing, so Xingxing could only ask Qiuqiu to look up the address from the plot.
It should be correct.
Little Xingxing, who had been saying that Cheng Qian'an was a little bit stupid, wasn't actually that sure, so the little kid in the taxi didn't seem as calm as he looked.
Of course, he wasn't that panicked, he was just a little uneasy as he had just arrived in a new environment.
Just like a kitten that has been brought home, during the time when the human opens the airline box, the kitten will tentatively look out, but when it really takes a step outside, it will definitely be with its ears erect and full of alertness and caution.
Xingxing is not a helpless kitten, nor does he have airplane ears, so he just sits there obediently, relying on imagining Sunflower Dad and Uncle Hu to give himself a little courage.
The courage to face a new world and strange people.
The child does not understand the plot and the horror of fate. He just thinks that everything will be fine if he can send the troubles around him back home.
As long as Cheng Qian'an is sent home and his family pays the fare, Xingxing can go back and live with his father Sunflower and grow up together.
Without the stars guarding Sunflower Papa at night, he would most likely be stolen by bad guys.
"Brother..." Cheng Qianan moved closer to him and asked tearfully, "Are you really going to take me home?"
He was a little bit unable to believe it, or perhaps he still didn't understand what was happening in this huge and terrifying world.
Why did I end up in a strange place? Why couldn’t I remember more memories? Why did even the memories of my family become so shaky and unreal?
The memories of the reborn completely overwhelm the immature experiences of the cubs. In addition, the reborn person is always thinking about how to live a better life, full of calculations and research, and even the interactions with his family have become distorted and strange.
Now that all the memories related to rebirth have been erased, the memories that are left are like tender green leaves that have just sprouted, but have been gnawed by insects, leaving only thin and incomplete leaf veins. Those remaining veins and a little bit of tender green cannot form a complete leaf at all.
Cheng Qian'an was subconsciously uneasy, subconsciously afraid of meeting his family, and even more subconsciously relied on Xing Xing who would not hurt him again and would send him home.
The fragility and anxiety in his eyes were as clear and obvious as the tears in his eyes.
Xingxing quietly moved her butt a little further away and raised her guard.
This expression, this action... gave Xingxing a bad feeling. He trusted his intuition, so he chose to keep his distance.
But how far can one travel in such a small car?
This journey is so long that it seems like it will take forever.
Until Cheng Qian'an was tired of crying and fell asleep on him with his body tilted and drooling, Xingxing was so disgusted that his brows were furrowed like an old man but he couldn't avoid it. This section of the road to Cheng's house finally reached the end.
Xingxing shook the drooling child awake with a stern face.
Holding back her disgust at having her clothes soaked with saliva, Xingxing sat in the car and asked Cheng Qian to go down and call someone to pay.
The puppies are delivered to the home by express mail, and the guardian needs to sign for them and pay for them.
Looking at Cheng Qian'an's small figure walking towards the door, Xingxing puffed up her face and sulked at herself unhappily.
I just said it was fair, but now I feel like I've suffered a great loss.
It’s better to keep the memory of that adult.
At least his clothes won't be stained with dirty saliva, and Sunflower's father will have to wash them when he gets home. Xingxing and Sunflower's father are very poor, and they don't have many clothes that can be worn decently. Now another one is dirty. He really wants the drooling Cheng Qian'an to pay for it!
"I don't even drool when I sleep." The child said sullenly.
Qiuqiu felt so distressed that she kept coaxing him: "It's okay, Xingxing, the clothes are just dirty, wash them..."
Forget it, it’s a bit hard to comfort her. In the doomsday, the stars never wore clothes that had to be washed repeatedly.
Hu Xingzhe really took good care of Xingxing. Even though his sleeves were only stained by saliva, Qiuqiu felt that his child had suffered a great injustice.
"Son, ask his family to pay you back!" Qiuqiu felt distressed and changed his attitude. He said forcefully and unreasonably, "They must pay you back. Logically, they should not only pay for the car fare and clothes, but also child support for you and Sunflower's father and other expenses!"
Unfortunately, the two little ones knew very well that this was just a momentary angry remark. Xingxing didn't want to have anything to do with the Cheng family, so it was impossible for her to really ask the Cheng family to pay compensation.
Well, if you calculate it this way, it’s another losing deal.
The ball flew around the star weakly, then squatted on the child's head and sighed.
"It's all Cheng Qi'an's fault."
It talks about Cheng Qian who was killed by a star.
But they are gone now, and all the obsession and resentment attached to them have completely disappeared from Cheng Qian'an's head and from this world along with his memories. Now, even if it wants to curse someone, it can't find a target.
Even more angry.
At the same time, the 3-year-old fool Cheng Qian'an had already come out of the door with his people.
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