Chaos City 12 (bug hunting)
Bang bang——
He knocked fiercely on the door of Asulin's bedroom.
"leader?"
He was a little worried.
After all, the leader is usually out handling official business at this time.
After a while, the palace door opened. A Sulin asked, "What's the matter?"
Ninglie breathed a sigh of relief immediately. When he looked up to report, he suddenly saw his leader's tearful eyes and swollen upper eyelids.
"!!!" He was so scared that he almost died.
A Sulin said coldly: "Talk about the matter."
Ning Lie quickly lowered his head: "The first and second elders are here."
"Why are the two elders here?" A Sulin's expression eased a little. "Where are they?"
Ninglie: "Just arrived, and settled in the old place."
A Sulin: "I'll go meet them."
After taking two steps, he pressed his chest, took a long breath, and asked with a frown, "Where's Jie Ling?"
Ninglie: "I'm busy with the Guangyu Banquet."
A Sulin: "I'll hand this over to you to take charge, with Jie Ling as your assistant. He's good at coaxing children, let him coax the young master."
Nenglie: “Ah??…Yes!”
Henlie followed with tears in his eyes.
In just two sentences, he had so much work to do! Why did he come knocking on the door himself?!
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Behind the palace is a low stone building called Old Stone. This has always been where the elders of the clan lived when they came to the royal city.
It was originally going to be renovated into the same style as the royal city, but the tenth generation chief preserved it to warn future generations that the City of Chaos was not built in one generation, and that their Mi tribe also started from nothing and has come to where they are today.
When Asulin arrived at Jiushi, the first and second elders of the clan were already waiting there.
The two elders are partners. Now Mi Lisai is 260 years old. He has served as the leader for three generations and is highly respected and admired by the people of the tribe.
Asulin lost his parents when he was young, and it was under the care of these two elders that he grew up healthily until he shed his tail for the first time at the age of five. Therefore, he has great respect for these two elders who raised him.
He nodded to the two old men, motioned them to sit down, and asked the servant to pour water.
"Why are you two here? There's still some time before the Guangyu Banquet."
The elder leaned on a cane. His youthful beauty and strength had been washed away by time, transforming him into a kind and gentle person. "The tribesmen said they saw the young master appear in the capital a few days ago. They were very worried and asked us to come and see him."
Ning Ren has been in the City of Chaos for several days. The news that the next young master is only three years old has spread a long time ago. A Sulin had no intention of hiding it, and now that the two elders came to ask, he told them the truth.
"He was just found by Jie Ling a while ago. He is in good health, but his soothing hormone is too low."
The second elder of the clan: "I heard it's your child?"
A Sulin: “Yes.”
The second elder looked worried upon hearing this and sighed while stroking his beard.
A Sulin: "What's wrong with you?"
The second elder said: "I'm worried about whether you can support yourself."
A Sulin was silent for two seconds, "You two elders don't have to worry so much."
The second elder said, "According to our tribe's rules, before a couple prepares to have their first cub, they must attend three months of cub-rearing classes and undergo health checks. They must master all the techniques for caring for newborns and pass the parenting exam before they can obtain a cub-rearing permit. And yet, you haven't taken any classes, and you don't have a partner, yet you've already got a child."
"Old man."
The elder of the clan scolded, "How can you speak to the chief?"
"Chief, don't take it to heart."
Asulin shook his head. "This is indeed my problem."
The old man from the second tribe raised his beard and glanced at his wife.
A Sulin: "You two should stay here for a while. I will bring A Ren over later."
"Aren?" The elder said, "What's the young master's name?"
"Um."
The elder of the second clan curled his lips: "You chose it? You are not good enough."
A Sulin: "That's what A Ren said himself."
The second elder of the clan suddenly smiled happily: "Oh? That sounds good. A blade is a sharp weapon. He will surely grow into a high-spirited and proud child of heaven!"
A Sulin: “…”
The second elder's character has never changed. He is extremely doting on the cubs of the same tribe, to the point of indulgence without any bottom line, giving them the stars if they want them and the moon if they want them.
When Asulin was young and was adopted by two elders, he also experienced the unlimited love of the two elders. However, as he grew up and became more and more mature, the two elders began to treat him as an adult Milisi.
A Sulin felt a headache when he thought that the old man and the child would meet soon.
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The servant took Ning Ren to Jie Ling's office.
At this time, Jie Ling didn't know that it was Ning Ren who came. When she heard the knock on the door, she didn't even look up and said, "Come in."
The servant helped Ning Ren open the door. Ning Ren made a hushing gesture to the servant, wanting to suddenly go in and scare Uncle Jie Ling, but what he saw were piles of documents, books and waste paper.
There are three piles of documents on the ground, on the left, middle and right. The ones on the left have been processed, and the ones on the right are waiting to be processed. They are about two meters high and neatly arranged.
The messy pile in the middle is full of garbage that is not formatted properly or is full of nonsense.
Ning Ren opened his eyes wide.
For a moment he didn't see where Uncle Jie Ling was.
He climbed up the mountain of documents in the middle with a grunt, then lay on the top of the mountain and looked forward, his eyes slightly widened and his mouth opened.
Xie Ling sat upright at his desk, with several empty pens on the table.
He was wearing a white high-necked singlet today. There was nothing unusual about the front, just normal clothes, but the back was completely hollowed out, revealing most of his back.
Six scarlet tentacles extended from both sides of his spine, and together with his two arms, they were writing comments on different documents.
There was a hint of irritability between Jie Ling's gentle brows.
"Just put the newly delivered documents on the floor." The table had long been full of space.
Since the Guangyu Banquet began to be planned, more and more documents have been sent here, and the trivial matters have increased exponentially. Fortunately, the leader has woken up, and various departments can help him share some of the burden, otherwise he would really die suddenly.
Jie Ling clearly heard the door open, but there was no response. She frowned and looked up, only to be met with a pair of curious gray-blue eyes.
The kid in the hoodie was lying on the pile of documents and smiled at him: "Uncle Jie Ling!"
"Young Master? Don't move!"
Jie Ling immediately stood up, stretched out a tentacle, circled Ning Ren, and moved him safely down from the mountain of documents.
After checking Ning Ren was alright, he looked at the attendant who had brought Ning Ren over, "Why is the young master here?"
The attendant said, "The chief said you should take care of the child. These documents should be handed over to Lord Ninglie."
After hearing this, the irritation between Jie Ling's brows quickly faded, and a sincere smile appeared on her face. She was extremely gentle, "I understand. Send the unprocessed documents to his office now, and quickly."
Servant: “…”
"yes."
Soon several helpers came in and used a cart to carry the documents from Jie Ling's office away. The space in the room suddenly became more spacious. Ning Ren could sense that his uncle Jie Ling was in a better mood.
He reached out and pinched the tip of Jie Ling's tentacle. The warm and soft touch was very comfortable. He was immediately curious: "Uncle Jie Ling is different from Ah Ren. Is this a tail? There are so many of them."
The smile on Jie Ling's face faded as she remembered her current form, and the tentacles on her back retracted.
Ning Ren ran behind him and took a look. Apart from a few red, almost healed whip marks, there was no trace of the tentacles. He couldn't help but reach out and touch them, exclaiming in surprise, "No more!"
Ning Ren flicked his tail, "A Ren's tail can't be retracted."
Jie Ling was silent for a while: "I am not a purebred Mi." He is a hybrid of the Mi and Lanhuadis, but he has mutated. He has neither the Mi's highly aggressive tail nor the Lanhuadis's sharp and gorgeous wings. He only has six ugly scarlet tentacles on his back.
The Lanhuadis are a royal family of the Eastern Region, and they value their own bloodline very much. He could not survive there because of his impure bloodline, so he wandered to the north and was adopted by the Mi tribe and grew up successfully.
"These tentacles are not good-looking. They don't scare you, do they?"
Ning Ren shook his head: "Very cool!"
Jie Ling was stunned for a moment, his heart softened. He touched Ning Ren's hat-covered head.
He had taken the young master out that day, causing him to be frightened and stressed. Although he received a lashing afterwards, he was almost recovered after a few days of rest. His only worry was the young master who had been missing for a long time. Now he finally saw him, and fortunately, the young master looked very healthy.
Ning Ren hugged his neck tightly and said, "I want to go see the little red bear."
Jie Ling: "The chief has found a place for Little Red Bear to live in peace, but he still needs training, so you won't be able to see him."
"oh."
Ning Ren was lost for a second, then became happy again. He rummaged through his pocket, took out a fiery red fruit, and stuffed it into Jie Ling's mouth.
"Uncle Jie Ling, you eat."
Jie Ling tasted it: "Glass berries?"
Ning Ren nodded: "These are the rations that Ah Ren saved up. They are very sweet."
Bad Dad said that this fruit is super precious and super rare. Although I am a little reluctant to give it to Uncle Jie Ling, he can still get a fresh one from Bad Dad tomorrow, so I will give this one to Uncle Jie Ling!
"Thank you, young master. It's delicious."
Jie Ling thought for a moment and smiled: "I'll take you to the warehouse in the royal city to have a look."
Ning Ren: "Where is that?"
Jie Ling: "The rare treasures and delicacies brought to the royal city are all there, as well as some exquisite ornaments. You can take whatever toys you like."
Ning Ren's eyes lit up as soon as he heard the word "toy".
"Okay!"
The sweet taste of berries still lingered in Jie Ling's mouth.
The young master seemed to like this kind of berries very much. The cub could eat uncontaminated berries in moderation. He remembered that several boxes of glass berries and other kinds of fruits were just shipped in yesterday. He could pick some as snacks for the young master.
He carried Ning Ren and walked towards the warehouse.
The young master is so well-behaved and cute, taking care of a child is much easier than handling official duties.
The right inspector, who came out from the mountain of documents, had a gentle look in his eyes. Thinking about the tragic situation that would happen to Henlie in the next few days, his steps were more relaxed and cheerful than usual.
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The other side.
The atmosphere in the conversation between Asulin and the two elders became more and more relaxed.
The second elder of the clan took out a book called "One Hundred Skills for Parents to Communicate with Children (Beginner's Edition)" and asked the servant to present it to him. Asulin flipped through it and was overwhelmed by the pages full of disgusting names such as "baby", "darling", and "good boy".
"……This is?"
The second elder said: "Chief, you haven't even taken the parent qualification exam, but the young master is your child. Raising a child well is not as easy as you think. You should read this book, read it carefully, and memorize it."
Reading and reciting these five words reminded Asulin of his early education in tribal studies. At that time, he was four years old and could not recognize all the characters. The history books of the Mi tribe were several thick volumes, and these five words were written at the end of each chapter. He recited them until he broke down and cried.
A Sulin felt a lump in his heart.
The eldest and second elders agreed, "Yes, we should wait and see, otherwise the child will rebel."
Asulin closed the book and frowned slightly.
"A Ren is a bit stubborn," he was not a talkative person, but when talking about Ning Ren he couldn't help but say a few more words. A Sulin briefly recounted what had happened in the past few days, including the scene when the father and son first met.
"...Since then, he never called me father or dad again. Instead, he became closer to Jie Lingduo."
The second elder raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and was about to burst out in anger, but the eldest elder pinched him and the old man immediately shut up.
The elder said kindly, "A youngster's mind is the most direct and pure, like a mirror. How you treat him is how he treats you. He is also a blank slate. The leader has the responsibility to teach him right from wrong. You can teach him, but make sure he understands the reason for your actions."
"Otherwise, the deception, concealment, and what you did to him will sooner or later bear fruit on you."
Just as Asulin was about to say something, a faint red light flashed in his heart, and the next second he was suddenly filled with a burst of grievance, sadness, and anger.
Asulin held his chest and his breathing became disordered for a moment.
The elder of the clan was surprised: "Blood source knot?"
She formed a seal with her hands, and a force gently fell in front of Asulin. Asulin did not resist, and the blood knot in his heart slowly appeared.
The seal was as red as a drop of blood, emitting a rich and strong scent of bondage.
"I've never seen a blood seal with such a dark color."
A Sulin had no intention of listening to the elder's words at the moment. His heart was filled with the cub's emotions: "He's crying..."
Why are you crying?
It was different from the morning when he made A Ren cry. At that time, he just thought that the child cried too much. Now that A Ren was not by his side, he didn't know the other party's specific situation, and a sense of tension that he had never felt before rose in his heart.
Asulin awakened the blood source knot, locked onto Ning Ren's position, and disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The eldest and second eldest elders of the clan were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
After a moment, the second elder sighed, "With such a deep blood bond, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the leader to endure when the withdrawal period comes..."
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Ning Ren stood in the warehouse, staring at the boxes of red fruits and other fragrant and sweet berries he didn't recognize, and confirmed them again with sobs.
"These, these are all?"
Jie Ling looked at the tears on Ning Ren's face helplessly, not quite understanding why he suddenly started crying. "Yes, these belong to the leader."
"As the young master, Ah Ren can eat fruit every day?"
"But this fruit is very precious, and there aren't many in the entire royal city. If you were the young master, one a day would be fine..."
"Okay! Don't lie to me."
"This is an agreement. If you go back on your word, I'll turn into a worm and eat the food in your stomach, leaving you hungry forever."
"No, no regrets."]
“Wow—”
Ning Ren felt extremely aggrieved: "He lied to A Ren, wuwuwu!!"
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