Chaos City 16 (bug hunting)
When Asulin said this, Ning Ren's expression suddenly became conflicted.
Unlike the straightforward exchange of "toys," the child now seemed a bit shy. Even though he didn't understand what tsundere was, he already had a hint of his father's demeanor.
He used to communicate directly with Asulin. Asulin seldom called him A Ren. He would just look at Ning Ren and say "come here", or he would omit the two words and simply wave his hand.
Ning Ren, apart from occasionally saying "bad dad", had never seriously called his father "dad".
Ning Ren hummed, his voice smaller than a mosquito: "...Dad." He was reluctant, not at all straightforward when he called grandpa, grandma, or uncle.
Asulin: "What?"
"dad."
The sound was a little louder.
A Sulin slowly moved closer and said, "My ears aren't very good, I didn't hear clearly."
Ning Ren: "Dad!"
Very loud.
"Um."
A smile flashed across Asulin's lips, and he nodded to show that he heard it. "Just call me like this from now on. You can go play with your friends often."
Ning Ren was happy and suspicious.
I really can't blame him. After all, the bad dad just lied to him today, so he always doesn't believe it.
A Sulin: "I can give you an extra red fruit, and you can give it to your friend when the time comes."
Wow!
"That's great! Ren is happy!"
Ning Ren suddenly hugged Asulin's calf, tilted his head back, and was so happy that he could even see a few sparse baby teeth. Suddenly, he felt that the bad dad was not so bad after all.
There was a warm and soft ball stuck to Asulin's leg, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
He looked at the cub's eyes, which were so bright that they looked like stars, and after thinking for a moment, he felt that he seemed to have vaguely figured out the right way for father and son to get along.
A Sulin coughed lightly: "Have you prepared a gift for your friend?"
Ning Ren nodded heavily, "A Ren has thought about it a long time ago."
Asulin didn't ask him what gifts he had prepared. This was a matter between children, and as a father, it would be inappropriate for him to ask too much... right?
Ning Ren solved the biggest problem for him at the moment, and he felt hunger in his stomach belatedly.
He pointed to the bottle on the wooden table and said, "Daddy, I'm hungry and want to drink milk."
A Sulin's grip on the book's spine tightened slightly, and he felt a slight scratch in his heart. He couldn't explain the feeling. It was just that there was an additional prefix to the name he used to call him when feeding him, but it seemed different from before. Weird, very weird, very weird.
"Well, come here."
He closed the book and put it on the table, letting Ning Ren pull the hem of his pajamas.
The moment the book was placed on the table, the title was revealed——
"Cub Breeding Permit Examination Series: How to Be a Good Father".
The live broadcast room instantly went crazy with laughter.
[? ? ? ?]
[Hahahahahahahahaha no way what the hell]
[I thought my dad was looking at something fancy, but it turns out he was preparing for the make-up exam for his qualification certificate, hahahahahaha]
[The one in front, our dad? Who has the same dad as you?]
[This historic moment is worth remembering! The cub finally called him daddy! Honestly, this is the worst dad I've ever seen in any cub-raising livestream...]
[Some people may appear indifferent, but they are actually very happy when their children call them daddy.]
[I even tricked my son into shouting a few more times. I don’t believe he can’t hear me with his strong strength. (]
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The same night.
Nianlie sat among a pile of documents and calmly tore up a useless report. He clenched his fists repeatedly and told himself that this was only temporary.
As the night progressed, the pile of documents became visibly smaller.
Nianlie breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go to rest when there was a knock on the office door.
An administrative officer under Jie Ling politely opened the door and came in with two fresh stacks of documents, placing them in front of Ninglie.
The administrator smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Inspector Zuo. Please bear with me for a while. These are urgently needed."
Ninglie’s eyes went dark.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Where's Jie Ling? The leader transferred him to look after the young master, and he won't do any work at all?!"
The administrator pondered, "The Right Inspector is selecting the guards who will accompany the young master on his trip tomorrow."
"That's it, that's all?!"
The administrator smiled and nodded, then took out a small bottle of ointment. "The right inspector said that if you feel tired, smell this to refresh your mind."
After the administrator left, Ning Lie opened the ointment, and immediately a sour, pungent smell rushed into his nose. "Cough, cough, cough!" He forced back the tears with red eyes and growled angrily, "Jie Ling!!!"
This bastard!
It was definitely revenge for the last time he whipped her!
He only uses those petty tricks that are not worthy of being shown in public. I can't stand the fact that he has the ability to fight openly!
Damn guy.
He must find a way to transfer this job back to that bastard's eight hands.
He was filled with anger and sat down to work seriously.
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The next afternoon.
Ning Ren planned to play with the little red bear for a while longer, so in order to keep up his energy, he slept for almost the entire morning. After waking up, he hurriedly prepared two baskets of things before setting off on his journey.
He had three glass berries for today, and Ning Ren put them all in a small cloth bag and tied it around his waist.
The day after tomorrow is the day when the Guangyu Banquet will officially begin. Fifty to sixty percent of the invited foreigners have already arrived and are gathered in the temporary resting place specially designated for these foreigners in the Central Royal City.
Jie Ling avoided these foreigners, and twenty elite guards hid in the dark to ensure Ning Ren's safety.
The last time they went out, they went out from the main gate. There was a vast space between the central royal city and the central area, surrounded by ten huge watchtowers and two forging towers in the east and west.
There are also watchtowers between the middle and outer cities. Although there are more of them, they are not as tall as the ones here.
The City of Chaos has exclusive access to mithril mines, which contain natural coldness and can withstand high-temperature forging. After being mixed with other metals, it can be used to create a variety of extremely powerful weapons.
A forging tower was established in the City of Chaos, responsible for manufacturing and researching weapons and selling them to the outside world.
Generally speaking, looking up, the twelve towers were all silver-black, solemn and majestic. However, Ning Ren couldn't see that high when he looked up, and there were always other legs blocking his view.
The Ironwork Department is one of the subordinate departments of the Forge Tower in the City of Chaos. There are abundant iron ores and they are easy to forge, so the Ironwork Department is not very important. It is far away from the heavily guarded Forge Tower and is a tiring and marginal department.
All you have to do is forge iron every day and then transport it to the forging tower.
Little Red Bear can't do the blacksmith work now, so he can only help out here, sweeping the floor, and moving things. He gets tired occasionally, but he has food and shelter, and gets corresponding copper coins every day according to how much work he does.
Its task today is to clean up the iron filings and dust on the road outside the blacksmith department.
This place is quite remote. Everyone works in the department, and it is the only one outside.
Little Red Bear has already swept half the bucket.
It wiped the sweat from its head and thought with satisfaction, I should be able to get three copper coins today!
"Little Red Bear—!"
Ning Ren saw his little friend at a glance.
The little red bear looked up blankly, then said in surprise: "A Ren!"
It dropped the broom, and the two cubs ran towards each other quickly, bumping into each other hard, and uttering meaningless cheers.
Jie Ling carried two baskets in one hand, smiling and looking at them quietly.
Ning Ren was worried about his friend: "Boss Spider is gone, Little Red Bear, does it hurt?"
The little red bear shook his head hurriedly.
It loves its little friend very much. It saved it and gave it delicious food when it was hungry. It wants to be the best friend in the world with A Ren for the rest of its life!
"Smart," said the little red bear, "I have a name now. The minister gave it to me. She hopes I'll be smarter."
The little red bear is a one and a half year old male bear. When the red bears reach the age of two, they will enter a period of rapid growth, leaving behind their cub form and becoming tall and mighty. They reach their peak at the age of five and become completely mature.
Congcong is now about the same height as Ning Ren, and he still has another six months to go before he reaches puberty.
"Congcong, sounds nice."
Ning Ren said sincerely.
He didn't forget the main reason why he came to find Little Red Bear, and quickly pointed to the two baskets of things in Jie Ling's hands, "These are gifts from A Ren to Cong Cong."
Jie Ling placed it next to them.
Congcong looked at Jie Ling curiously. He seemed a little embarrassed, as if he couldn't let go in front of Jie Ling. Jie Ling noticed this and moved to another place to watch. Congcong then asked in a low and expectant voice, "What gift?"
Ning Ren happily lifted the cloth covering the two baskets, revealing a pile of things. "We are mourning."
"Brother Congcong and sister Congcong are dead. Spider Boss is a bad guy. A Ren has a way to bring them back to life!" He remembered that when they met hastily that day, Congcong told him that his brother was beaten to death by Spider Boss and his sister was skinned and died.
The child explained seriously, "Dad died too. Ah Ren cried for his father, and he came back to life."
Congcong widened his eyes: "Really?"
Ning Ren: “Yeah!”
He really wanted to bring all the little red bears who had been in a basket back to life. He didn't care about the sweat on his forehead and took out all the things he had prepared and arranged them in order.
The smile on Jie Ling's lips had disappeared.
He felt the cub's innocent and simple nature colliding with the cold and cruel reality.
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