Chapter 228 Fatty Saves Father
Chirp on tiptoe, raises her little hands, and wiggles around—it's hilarious!
Yun Shuyue, who was following behind her, was sobbing from trying not to laugh that her face and back ached. "Do we really have to use this position to get across?"
Chiu Chiu didn't know either, so she tentatively straightened up and said, "No, no danger."
Yun Shuyue stood up straight after Qiuqiu, and just as she breathed a sigh of relief, Shisan pounced on her from behind and knocked her down. "Watch out!"
Yun Shuyue was tackled to the ground, and the moment she looked up again, the trees in front of her began to move strangely. In a short while, they were surrounded.
"Oh no! Where's Chiu Chiu?"
Yun Shuyue and the others were trapped, and Qiuqiu was nowhere to be found. She slammed her fist on a nearby tree trunk, furious: "This is an improved peach blossom barrier!"
Xiao Liu asked her, "You also know about the Peach Blossom Barrier?"
Yun Shuyue nodded and replied, "I've seen it in military books. The last person to use this formation was an unnamed woman who used it to trap countless enemies at the border. Unfortunately, no one has seen this formation since she got married. But how could it appear here?"
The Peach Blossom Barrier uses trees as camouflage; once inside, one is trapped and dies. However, the trees in the Peach Blossom Barrier are fake; the plants here are all alive.
How can a tree move?
Xiao Liu scoffed, "Of course the trees won't move. The plants here have hallucinogenic effects, making us mistakenly believe the trees are moving. In reality, it's a combination of two methods that have trapped us."
The two brothers were pulled back by Thirteen and the others before they could even enter the formation. Now they are not so lucky; they are trapped inside and will die.
"One of them is the array's core; finding it will allow us to escape. We need to hurry, as Chiu Chiu is still outside!"
Everyone's eyes started to glaze over as they stared at the trees that kept shifting in position. "How are we supposed to find them?"
Thirteen: "If Chiu Chiu gets lost, we're all doomed! Find her!"
Chiu Chiu walked quickly, and when she turned around, she found that all her little brothers were gone.
"Huh? A person?"
She blinked, looking completely bewildered. Wasn't he just following behind her a moment ago?
"slow."
Even the loss of her slow-moving underlings couldn't stop her relentless search for her family. [Chirp believes they'll find them on their own.]
The little tabby rubbed against her leg: "Meow?" Should we wait for them?
Without hesitation, Chiu Chiu pointed ahead, her goal clear: "Find Daddy!"
Both kittens were strays born in the neighborhood. They came in looking for food and never left, and Naduohe didn't care whether the two cats stayed or left. So they followed Naduohe all day and became familiar with the route in and out.
However, they are not very good at expressing themselves, and actually, there's a certain art to the way they walk. For example, the way the Naduo River walks is rather uncouth.
Unexpectedly, those humans couldn't understand the cat's deeper meaning. Standing up straight would activate the formation and trap them inside.
As for Qiuqiu, because she was too short, the formation didn't detect her presence at all, so she escaped unscathed.
Don't tell the kitten that the black cat is licking its fur; that would hurt its self-esteem.
Black Cat led the way, taking Chiu Chiu to find Su Junyao and the others.
The most dangerous part of this house was the ubiquitous arrays, all sorts of strange and unusual ones. But the two cats, having followed Na Duohe in and out all day, had long since learned how to navigate them safely. After many twists and turns, they successfully led Qiuqiu to the water dungeon.
Chirp looked left and right, [Wow, I'm the first one here! Amazing, kitty!]
How do we open this big iron gate?
Su Junyao, nearly exhausted in the water dungeon, raised his head with a smile: "Did you hear that? Qiuqiu is here to rescue us."
Su Junyao's wound was infected, and he had been burning up for a day. Although the water here was the culprit for the infection, it also helped to lower his temperature, preventing him from being burned into a stupor.
His chapped lips bled again from the strain of smiling. Su Jinze, sitting opposite him, wasn't in much better shape. He gave a wry smile: "Dad, you'd better stop smiling. You look really ugly when you smile now, it'll scare Qiuqiu."
Su Junyao retorted, "You brat, you think you're any better than me! You're not as good-looking as the second brother to begin with, so Qiuqiu will probably dump you right away!"
The father and son argued back and forth, neither willing to give in, but it was through this constant bickering that they felt alive and held onto a sliver of hope.
It has to be said that Naduohe is a master at destroying people's spirits. Naduohe hasn't appeared since his last drug withdrawal episode. Darkness, silence... each of these elements can easily destroy a person's will.
Fortunately, they held on until Chiu Chiu arrived.
There was no sound from outside for a while, and Su Junyao became nervous: "Could Qiuqiu have left again?"
Su Jinze frowned, listening intently, but he really couldn't hear anything. Hope was so close; he couldn't let it be dashed!
He licked his equally parched throat, swallowed to moisten it, cleared his throat, and shouted outside, "Chirp! We're here! Chirp!"
Su Junyao also started shouting, "Chirp! Chirp, Daddy's here! Daddy's here!"
Chirping with joy upon hearing her father and brother's voices, but the joy did not cloud her judgment. She cautiously turned around to look, afraid that someone might suddenly appear.
"Shh!" She stamped her foot, intending to tell them to be quiet, but then realized they couldn't hear her. Her sweet, childlike voice was no match for their rough, loud voices.
This made Chiu Chiu extremely anxious. [How could Chiu Chiu have such a stupid dad and brother!]
The two people waiting for Chiu Chiu in the water dungeon: Huh? Why are they resorting to personal attacks?
Chiu Chiu simply plopped down on the ground, leaned to one side, propped her chin up, and stared quietly at the gate that resembled a beast's mouth.
【What if their noise attracts someone?】Holding her chubby little hands outstretched, she quietly pondered when she could have Lingling's strength. 【But Chuchu can't beat bad guys.】
Su Junyao's heart sank. Surely nothing unexpected had happened outside, otherwise Shu Yue wouldn't have let Qiuqiu run around alone.
unless……
Su Jinze promptly interrupted his father's wild thoughts, "Yun Shuyue is so clever, nothing will happen to her. Judging from the time... His Highness the Crown Prince has already sent people over."
Su Junyao stared at Su Jinze for a long time, then burst out laughing, "I misspoke. Although you don't look like your mother, your cunning nature is just like hers..."
"Dad, if you keep talking, you'll be kneeling on a washboard when you get back. I call this being resourceful!"
"Hahaha! You're absolutely right!"
【So annoying!】Chirp patted its little paws, scrambled up, and patted the door twice. 【Why are they still so loud!】
Nobody remembers an idiot who gets arrested unless they're locked up and celebrating! What's so funny? It's driving me crazy!
Su Jinze immediately withdrew his bared teeth. "Cough cough cough, Qiuqiu is right, it's too early to laugh now, let's wait a bit longer."
"Yes, yes, I believe that with Qiuqiu's intelligence, she will definitely be able to get in!"
Chirp was outside, sticking her butt out and fiddling around, while the two cats behind her kept watch. She poked and prodded here and there, finally fixing her gaze on a dark hole in the lower left corner.
Chirp: [I have a bold idea...]
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