Chapter 116 Chapter 116 Aquaman Dad 5
Zhuozhuo's eyes sparkled as she gazed at Cheng Su, their anticipation threatening to overwhelm him. Her health had previously been poor, and she rarely participated in the games of her peers. Playing house, a more gentle form of entertainment, was one of the few times she could enjoy it. Unfortunately, because Zhuozhuo wasn't as tall or as old as her friends, she could only play the roles of a baby and a student.
Now, Zhuozhuo has the chance to become a mother!
The little guy was so excited that he wanted to dance and scream. He couldn't wait to raise his hands to help Cheng Su open his lips and call for mommy!
Cheng Su could sense Zhuo Zhuo's strong will. Her emotions were so obvious and contagious that it was difficult for anyone watching to refuse her. Furthermore, the scroll of the contract was waiting in the distance, threatening to destroy him if he broke the contract. Furthermore, Cheng Su calmly passed several knights and glanced at the temple entrance. Outside, there was a Saint of the Holy See whose depth was unknown...
If he refused, Cheng Su was not sure if he could appease this difficult little guy in a short time.
He couldn't start a fight with Zhuozhuo at this moment. Forced by the situation, Cheng Su made an excuse and said solemnly, "Zhuozhuo, we don't look like mother and son right now. If I call you that, people will be suspicious, which won't do us any good."
"It doesn't matter, Zhuozhuo doesn't want any benefits!"
Cheng Su said weakly, "But my mother is still alive. She's very fierce. If she knew I called someone else "Mom," she would beat me to death immediately."
"ah……"
Zhuozhuo's mind immediately flashed back to the time she witnessed a young mother pulling down her three-year-old son's pants and spanking him in public in the community garden. She was still terrified and looked at Cheng Su with sympathy, but she still refused to give up. She asked, "Will she really spank you? Will you cry?"
Noticing the little guy's attitude softening, Cheng Su's eyes were firm as he said firmly, "He'll cry! He'll faint from crying!"
Zhuozhuo felt even more sympathetic. How could Cheng Su's mother beat her so hard? Otherwise, she shouldn't let Cheng Su call her mother anymore?
[Baby, he's lying to you!] 9972, watching the fun, yelled in his head, "Cheng Su's mom isn't in this world, there's no way he could get here on his own. Cheng Su couldn't find a hundred moms here and he wouldn't get beaten! And he's the worst. Even if his butt got swollen higher than a bun, he wouldn't shed a tear!"
The burning gaze immediately turned into anger and dissatisfaction, "You lied again!"
She didn't even want such a bad child anymore.
Cheng Su's eyes flashed with sternness. He immediately guessed that his past had been exposed. He was sure that Zhuo Zhuo had a system. He lowered his eyelashes to hide his thoughts and said in a sincere and intimate tone: "I'm sorry, I won't do it again next time. Don't be angry..."
Unfortunately, Zhuo Zhuo didn't buy it. Before Cheng Su could even finish, she crossed her arms and said coldly, "There won't be a next time. Zhuo Zhuo doesn't want to talk to you anymore, and I don't want to go with you either. I hate you so much!"
She let go of the cat's head, "Everything gets bigger."
The cat's head suddenly grew bigger, picked up Zhuozhuo, and flew away from the statue.
The Knight of Light, who was trying to attack Cheng Su, saw this scene and thought that the child had escaped from the control of the bad guys, and quickly shouted: "Child, come here, the uncles will protect you!"
9972 did not object. Zhuozhuo was also very interested in the armor of the Knight of Light, so he slowly floated over.
Seeing this, Cheng Su's expression darkened for a moment. He reached into the air in front of him and pulled out a magnificent magic wand. He waved the wand, and a strong wind blew the cat's head in a different direction, and he and the others returned to the statue.
As soon as he landed steadily, Zhuozhuo threw three small balls of light at Cheng Su, "Bad guy, annoying!"
The Knights of Light exclaimed, "Such powerful light magic!"
Cheng Su knelt on one knee as if no one was around, grabbed Zhuozhuo's little hand, and tried to communicate, "Okay, Zhuozhuo, let's talk about this, okay?"
“Don’t talk to you!”
Unable to free her hand, Zhuozhuo tried to kick him, but because the statue was too slippery, she couldn't stand firmly and fell down with a plop. Cheng Su grabbed her hand and lifted her up again. The little guy didn't struggle, but bit Cheng Su's hand with a roar, and blood instantly came out.
"Pah, pah, pah!"
The smell of blood is already unpleasant, and Zhuozhuo, who has elf blood, hates meat and blood even more. She immediately raised her head and spat out the blood, and then tilted her little head to rub it on her arm to try to wipe it clean.
After all the trouble, Zhuozhuo successfully turned his face into a clown, and his big eyes were rubbed red and sparkling with water, making him look like he had been picked up and beaten by Cheng Su.
The knights who saw this scene were filled with righteous indignation, their fighting power doubled, and they roared at Cheng Su to release the child.
Cheng Su thought that it was time for him to have a child. He cast a magic barrier to block out the noise and compromised in a sad tone: "Zhuozhuo, I agree to your request."
"What?" He said vaguely, and Zhuozhuo didn't react for a moment, making Cheng Su mistakenly think that she was deliberately forcing him to repeat himself. At such a young age, she was so good at humiliating others. Humiliation and sinisterness flashed across Cheng Su's face.
"I'm willing to call you mom." Cheng Su quickly prepared himself mentally, and his expression returned to a gentle and calm one. He smiled and said, "Mom, after we leave the temple ruins, I will give you all my property."
Zhuozhuo smiled widely, forgetting the previous unpleasantness and the smell of blood on his face. He imitated a similar scene in his memory and said like a little adult, "Good son, call me mom again."
"Mother."
Cheng Su called out this without any burden, and he could even turn this name into a catchphrase in front of Zhuo Zhuo.
"Yeah! Zhuozhuo is my mother too~" Zhuozhuo spun around happily, holding Cheng Su's hand with her little hand, and said seriously: "Good son, mother will protect you, cook for you, dress you, and give you a bath..."
[Baby, Cheng Su is coaxing you. He used magic to block out the sound, so no one can hear him calling you mom.]
This time, Zhuozhuo was in a good mood. 9972's words didn't make her angry. She just asked in confusion, "Good son, why don't you let others hear us talking?"
“…”
Cheng Su said calmly, "If people knew about our relationship, they would laugh at me for looking old. Dear mother, you don't want your good son to be laughed at, do you?"
This directly hit Zhuo Zhuo's soft spot, and she immediately said, "I don't want to!"
"Then we have to hide our mother-son relationship."
Cheng Su looked at Zhuozhuo's face, which instantly fell, and said slowly, "However, I like good mothers and don't want to make you sad, so I decided to continue calling you mom in front of outsiders."
Zhuozhuo was confused by this and looked to Tongtong for help. 9972 also couldn't figure out what Cheng Su was trying to do, so he asked Zhuozhuo to ask directly and provided her with a template.
Zhuozhuo imitated him in every way and said seriously, "Good son, you can't be so mysterious as to fool your mother."
Cheng Su glanced at her little head, admitted his mistake with a smile, and explained his plan in detail, "There are two options. One is that when I introduce you to others, I say that your name 'Zhuozhuo' means mother in your hometown. The other is that I tell others that your name is 'mama'. In this way, not only will I call you mother, but more people will call you that too."
As he spoke, his brows relaxed and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was looking forward to more people falling into the trap.
Sure enough, the little girl couldn't resist the temptation of being called "Mom" by many people, and chose the second option without hesitation.
Seeing that Zhuozhuo was so happy after being coaxed, 9972 didn't know what to say and could only secretly scold Cheng Su for being cunning.
Cheng Su smiled sincerely, "Then you can't call me good son either. Many mothers call their children by their names. Can you call me by my name too?"
"All right."
"Do you know my name?"
"Cheng Su."
Cheng Su smiled gently, "That's a bit strange, you can call me Su Su."
9972, as if seeing a ghost, subconsciously scanned Cheng Su, confirming that he wasn't being penetrated or controlled. It was puzzled until it heard Zhuo Zhuo say with difficulty, "Su Shu... Shu Shu!"
uncle!
"Why."
Cheng Su's brows relaxed as he encouraged, "Call it a few more times until you become proficient."
“shu…”
[Baby, stop screaming!] 9972 yelled angrily, [Cheng Su is tricking you into calling him uncle! Ahhh, this bastard, tricking a child who can't even speak clearly into calling him uncle, how shameless!!!]
Zhuozhuo blinked, realizing Haodaer's treasonous behavior. He also became angry and accused her in a childish voice, "You can't do this! You are not serious!"
Cheng Su's little plan was exposed, but he felt better. He argued cunningly, "I was serious. Every time I called 'Mom', I meant it sincerely."
"Then you can't lie to me and call you uncle anymore, otherwise, I won't play with you." Zhuozhuo felt that Cheng Su was annoying. Why was there so much trouble in playing a game?
"good."
"You can't lie to me and call you anything else, like grandpa, grandma, auntie, or auntie..." Zhuozhuo gave examples slowly, but was interrupted before he finished.
"Don't worry, it won't happen." Cheng Su said sincerely.
"Hmph, I'll trust you for the last time..."
9972 quickly whispered in his head, "Baby, make Cheng Su swear that if he lies to you again, he'll turn into a seahorse and give birth to a baby."
Zhuo Zhuo was shocked: "Cheng Su can give birth to a child!"
Then he is not a son, but a daughter!
The daughter is very good, she likes her daughter, and the daughter can sleep with her holding hands.
[Poof… Cheng Su can't have children, but male seahorses can. Baby, don't ask yet. I'll show you how seahorses give birth when I get a chance. Now, let Cheng Su swear an oath. He won't dare break it.]
Zhuozhuo felt a little sorry that Cheng Su couldn't have children, because she just thought that if he could have children, she would not only be able to be a grandmother, but also have new children to play with. How wonderful that would be.
It's a pity that Cheng Su couldn't give birth.
Cheng Su is so useless.
But if Cheng Su breaks his oath, he'll turn into a seahorse and give birth to a child. Zhuo Zhuo's little brain raced. The harder the oath, the easier it would be for Cheng Su to break it. So, based on what 9972 had said, she said, "My dear son, you must swear not to lie to me again. If you do, you'll turn into a seahorse and give birth to a child!"
There is a huge difference between "Can't lie to her and call someone" and "Can't lie to her". Zhuozhuo grinned and felt that he was a genius.
Cheng Su looked at Zhuo Zhuo's smiling face in silence and said tentatively: "I don't want to..."
Zhuozhuo's expression changed in an instant, and he said unhappily, "No, nothing is allowed. You must swear and not ask any more questions!"
There was no room for maneuver, so Cheng Su had no choice but to give in temporarily. Before giving in, he negotiated, "I can turn into a seahorse, but not right away. I have to wait until we are alone."
Before Zhuozhuo could object, Cheng Su used his ultimate move and said dejectedly, "If others saw me breaking the contract and being punished, they would definitely laugh at me. Dear mother, you don't want me to be laughed at, right?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
After some twists and turns, the two sides reached a consensus. Cheng Su removed the magic barrier and took Zhuo Zhuo to the ground. Before the knights attacked, he asked, "Did you guys have any misunderstandings? Why are you attacking us for no reason?"
The knights couldn't defeat Cheng Su, so when they saw he wanted to talk, they stopped. One young and energetic knight shouted angrily, "Stop talking nonsense! Let that poor child go! Don't hurt her anymore!"
New mother Zhuozhuo caught the key information and immediately defended her child, "Cheng Su didn't hurt the child!"
The knight said with pity, "Silly child, your face is covered in blood. He's beating you and abusing you. It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You will go to live in the Vatican's orphanage. There will be nuns to take care of you and teach you how to protect yourself and defend your rights."
"I don't want to leave Cheng Su!"
Zhuozhuo immediately hugged Cheng Su's legs and climbed onto him, staring at the speaking knight vigilantly.
Cheng Su reached out and picked up Zhuozhuo. As he did so, his sleeves moved up, revealing a bleeding tooth mark on his wrist. Judging from the size, it should have been from a three-year-old child.
The knight, who was about to continue trying to persuade the poor lamb Zhuozhuo, paused and asked, "The teeth marks on your wrist..."
"I bit you." Zhuozhuo took the initiative to claim the responsibility and apologized to the victim, "I'm sorry, Cheng Su, I won't bite you next time."
When mothers discipline their children, they always use feather dusters, branches, or rulers. If they don’t have the right tools, they will twist their ears, spank their buttocks, or kick them. Biting them is really inappropriate and not dignified!
"It's okay, you didn't mean it." Cheng Su had no idea what terrible things were going on in the little guy's mind. He smiled faintly like a doting father.
The more Zhuozhuo looked at the tooth mark, the more she felt she had failed as a mother. She bent over and blew on it, "Blow it, it won't hurt anymore, don't cry, don't cry."
"...Okay, thank you."
Cheng Su's tone was full of indulgence and emotion, more like an old father who loved his children. The cavalryman who accused him blushed and stammered, "I'm sorry, I didn't understand the truth..."
At this moment, the knight's voice stopped abruptly, and the next second, the sound of uniform armor colliding suddenly rang out all around, and the air instantly became solemn.
Zhuozhuo looked up blankly and saw a beautiful girl in white slowly walking into the temple. The Knights of Light stood on either side of her, their voices filled with reverence and fanaticism, "Your Highness the Saint!"
Zhuozhuo looked at him curiously, and suddenly his gaze met the Saint's. She blinked, not at all shy, and said childishly, "You look so beautiful!"
The Saint was stunned for a moment, then a barely perceptible smile appeared on her cold and indifferent face. Her voice was gentle and ethereal, "Thank you for the compliment. You are very cute."
Zhuozhu's eyes lit up, "Your voice is so nice!"
The Saint pursed her lips, as if she was tired of dealing with such straightforward and sincere praise. She uncomfortably changed the subject, "My name is Caroline. What's your name?"
Cheng Su immediately regained consciousness from the sight of the Saint and answered for Zhuo Zhuo: "Her name is..."
"My name is Zhuo Zhuo!"
Zhuozhuo's baby voice was even faster. She didn't notice Cheng Su's dark face. She kicked her legs and slid down from his arms. She ran towards the Saint, hugged her legs enthusiastically, and said, "Beautiful sister, Sister Caroline, my name is Zhuozhuo!"
Caroline was at a loss for a moment, then she bent down and held Zhuozhuo's hand. With a kind and holy look on her face, she said gently, "Hello, Zhuozhuo."
Zhuozhuo nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice, and said proudly, "I have another name, it's Mom!"
Cheng Su suddenly had an ominous premonition, "Zhao Zhuo!"
"Wrong, call me mom." Zhuozhuo corrected himself and pointed at Cheng Su, smiling and introducing her to Caroline: "He likes to call me mom. Sister, which name do you like to call me?"
Cheng Su was a step slower again: "..."
Where is the crack in the ground? Let him crawl in quickly!!!
Caroline looked at Cheng Su in shock, then realized it was impolite and quickly looked away. She gritted her teeth and said to Zhuo Zhuo, "I, I like to call you Zhuo Zhuo."
Zhuozhuo was a little disappointed and asked, "Isn't mom nice?"
"...It sounds nice, but I don't have the habit of calling children mom."
Cheng Su: “…”
He didn't either!!!
Receiving strange looks from the Knights and Caroline, Cheng Su rubbed his forehead with a calm expression, feeling frantic. For the first time, he experienced the uncontrollable nature of children. Goodness, Zhuo Zhuo's babble had nearly driven him insane.
However, I was able to act successfully with the Saint at last, so nothing else matters.
Cheng Su glanced at Zhuozhuo, who was clinging to Caroline, completely oblivious to his older son. He mentally repeated to himself, "I'm as thick-skinned as a city wall," a hundred times. Then, a little awkwardly, he volunteered, "We got lost in the forest and walked into a terrifying swamp. We thought we were dead, but we didn't expect to end up here. Do you know where this is?"
"It's the Death Swamp, the ruins of the temple!"
Zhuozhuo raised her hand to answer, looking at Cheng Su worriedly, "We just talked about this, have you forgotten? Cheng Su, are you sick? I want to buy you some medicine and cure you!"
Bathed in strange gazes once again, Cheng Su smiled, "I'm a knight. I've heard of the legend of the ruins of a temple in the Death Swamp. I came here suddenly before, and my mother was very scared. I said this to comfort her. But the buildings here are magnificent and full of divinity, and you appear here again. It seems that my guess was right?"
Seeing some of the knights' expressions change, Cheng Su said again: "Please rest assured, everyone. I just want to take my mother away from here safely. I don't covet anything."
Everyone: “…”
He calls his mom so naturally, is he normal?
Although Cheng Su tried his best to show his innocence and harmlessness, he couldn't be careless when it came to the holy artifact. The Knight Commander said in a deep voice, "You can talk big, but how can we believe you?"
Cheng Su pointed at Zhuo Zhuo, who was lying in the Saint's arms, and said helplessly, "My daughter and my mother are in your hands. How dare I do anything unnecessary?"
Zhuozhuo didn't hear the undercurrent in the conversation, but she knew Cheng Su had a long criminal record, so she waved her little fist and said, "Cheng Su, don't do bad things. If you don't listen, I'll beat you until you cry."
Zhuozhuo's assist successfully made the knights believe in the deep love between father and daughter, but there are countless people who abandon their wives and children and betray their friends for the sake of profit. Only the dead are the safest.
If it were in the past, the Knight Commander would not hesitate and would try his best to resolve the uncertainty of Cheng Su, but who can take action now under the scorching and pure gaze?
The Knight Commander looked at the Saint silently, hoping that she could take Zhuozhuo away.
Caroline looked back in silence for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at Cheng Su. Then she hugged Zhuozhuo tightly and said softly, "God of Light, a contract allows strangers to trust each other and put their trust in each other."
9972's mouth chattered, and he spoke to Zhuozhuo in a warning tone: "The plot of this small world is so annoying. All the characters are like pre-set NPCs. The opposite sex wants to fall in love with Cheng Su as soon as they see him, and the same sex wants to start a business with him as soon as they see him. But these are all illusions, not real skills. If you leave this small world, you will be nothing."
"Ah..." Zhuozhuo blinked, and when she realized the cat head in her mind was looking at her, she knew she had to think. She tried for a while, and said seriously, "Zhuozhuo understands. Cheng Su will become useless if he leaves. Everything will become useless if he leaves!"
[ah? ]
9972's confusion was too obvious, so Zhuozhuo explained considerately: "Zhuozhuo didn't come from Mom and Dad. He came here and knows everything. Zhuozhuo doesn't know how to do the tasks. He knows everything. I will teach him everything."
Very aware.
9972 was at a loss for words. It wanted Zhuozhuo to understand that Cheng Su was just a figurehead, but it hadn't intended for Zhuozhuo to compare it to itself. Worried that the little guy might be losing confidence, 9972 quickly said, "Baby, you're amazing. In other host-system combinations, the system might contribute more, but between us, you've always been the boss. I'm just a tool to guide you through time and space and provide you with mission information."
To convince Zhuozhuo, 9972 simplified their previous mission experiences and told them to her as short stories. Afterwards, he asked her, "Baby, in your opinion, is the system the main force in these stories, or is the host?"
Zhuozhuo said childishly, "Both. Both the host and the system are useful. To complete the mission, both are indispensable."
9972, who always felt that she was useless and sometimes a drag following Zhuozhuo, burst into tears and almost jumped out to hug her and cry.
The two of them attended a warm and affectionate interactive class. Cheng Su heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the Saint's words and looked at her with a smile, "I am willing to sign the contract."
Zhuozhuo, who was in the saint's arms, found that her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. She looked up curiously, but didn't see any change in Caroline's expression. She put her ear to her chest and listened carefully. Her heartbeat was back to normal.
An ordinary passerby knight is naturally not qualified to sign a contract with the saint, so the knight leader came forward, took out a magic scroll, wrote the content forcefully, and asked Cheng Su to input the magic to record the fluctuations.
Zhuozhuo, who got Haodaer through the contract and is about to get Haodaer's property, is very interested in the contract scroll. He stretches his little head to look at it, and 9972 also looks at it.
"...Angus cannot take anything from this place. If you break the contract, you will be damned forever."
This contract was truly overbearing. Even if the Saint and her companions were determined to obtain the holy artifact, they couldn't deny others any benefits, could they? Furthermore, if someone accidentally took a leaf or dirt from their shoe sole, it would be considered a violation of the contract. That would be too much of a loss.
But Cheng Su acted as if he didn't notice or care, and signed without saying a word.
9972 was surprised. It knew what was in the temple ruins, and Cheng Su looked well prepared and certainly didn't want to return empty-handed, but how could he find an opportunity?
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