Chapter 22
Kilotasha was very quick. Almost when Xi Fang got up in the morning and was about to take Fang Xingqiao to find Jiaojiao to cultivate their relationship, he received the news that he had to go back.
Someone reported him for dereliction of duty and leaving his post without permission, a ridiculous reason that no one would pay attention to under normal circumstances, but it happened to coincide with the upcoming alien attack on the city.
Every July, alien species launch large-scale attacks on human cities. Throughout this month, the military's nerves are always on edge.
Therefore, any small matter could potentially escalate into something larger, a fact with historical basis. Eight years ago, the Second Legion's general nearly resigned after his subordinates were reported for dereliction of duty, resulting in the failure to detect signs of the alien species in a timely manner, leading to the JT2245 train tragedy.
If this report had not been proven to be nonsense, the general of the Second Legion would have been replaced long ago, and the other legions might even have taken the opportunity to jointly suppress it.
In addition to Xi Fang leaving, Fang Xingqiao also had to return to the Fang family in the central city.
Because Fang Hengshan, Fang Xingqiao's father, spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to release him, and finally found the psychologist Luo Erkalin who had been retired for many years, and prepared to take Fang Xingqiao back from Sala Border Town for treatment.
He also implicitly accused the Ji family of taking Fang Xingqiao to the border town with a harsh environment, which was very detrimental to Fang Xingqiao's mental health recovery.
"Xingqiao was originally in this state because of an incident with an alien species. As we all know, Border Town is often attacked by alien species. We know they want Xingqiao to recover quickly, but they can't use such drastic measures. It might not work, but make the condition worse."
Mr. Fang's words sounded high-sounding, but upon closer inspection they were all hypocritical.
After Fang Xingqiao's mother Ji Xiayue got into trouble, he married his current wife Kirotasha within half a year, and soon after that, they had their first son Fang Yujie.
Fang's father had a grudge against Fang Xingqiao. He blamed him for killing his younger brother Fang Yuanxing, who could have helped their Fang family move to the next level.
So even though Fang's father couldn't find fault with Fang Xingqiao on the surface, that was only on the surface. He provided him with food, clothing, and water, and gave him regular checkups, but nothing else. Not to mention actively seeking out a psychological expert for him.
Even when Fang Xingqiao went to Sala Border Town this time, it was because Fang Yujie wanted to personally capture a majestic alien species for transportation and raise it from a young age, so he deliberately forced Fang Xingqiao to go with him.
Doesn’t Mr. Fang know?
He knew it, but he didn't care, and even allowed Fang Yujie to tease and play tricks on Fang Xingqiao.
After Fang Yujie brought Fang Xingqiao to the border town of Sala, he simply left Fang Xingqiao aside, deliberately ignoring him, hoping that this fool would suffer in the harsh environment and tough people of the border town. Unexpectedly, the Ji family quickly got the news and sent people to protect and take care of Fang Xingqiao the day after they arrived in Sala.
The Ji family was not one to be easily blamed for nothing, and they immediately fought back. The two sides quarreled with each other, making a big fuss for outsiders.
But these are all superficial. With Ji Zang's pressure, the Ji family will not fall out with the Fang family.
After all, Fang Hengshan is Fang Xingqiao's father. In the eyes of the outside world, as long as he has not committed an unforgivable crime, the Ji family has no reason to take Fang Xingqiao back and raise him themselves.
On the contrary, Fang Hengshan was able to take advantage of the falling out between the two families and refused to allow the Ji family to see his nephew Fang Xingqiao.
Ji Zang took this into consideration and naturally would not let the Ji family and the Fang family fall out and become mortal enemies who wished each other dead.
Moreover, not all members of the Ji family care about their nephew Fang Xingqiao. Some people in the Ji family are already disgusted by the fact that he has been branded as eager for quick success and instant benefits in front of the outside world.
If there is another quarrel with the Fang family over whether Fang Xingqiao will return to the central city, some people in the Ji family who are very concerned about their reputation will probably be dissatisfied.
For this reason, upon hearing the news, Ji Zang tacitly agreed to the Fang family's move to bring Fang Xingqiao back. First, the impending alien wave was indeed dangerous. Second, the Fang family had indeed found the wandering Lokarlin, and it would be helpful to have Fang Xingqiao return to show him around. Third, he didn't want to expose the two-year-old child to the Fang family, especially Kirotasha.
First of all, his morals did not allow him to do this, and secondly, he asked the psychological doctor who had been taking care of Fang Xingqiao.
The answer given by the psychologist was that since Fang Xingqiao would have a reaction when meeting the child, sometimes not seeing each other could also be a kind of stimulation.
As long as Fang Xingqiao is thinking about the child, this urgency and impulse to meet him will be beneficial to him.
For this reason, Ji Zang decided not to expose the child to the Fang family at all. For him, as long as he could keep track of the child at all times and use him when needed, it would be fine.
Xi Fang left. Before leaving, he erased all traces of himself in Sala City, warned and reprimanded some people who needed to be warned, and then left without even saying goodbye to Fang Xingqiao.
Fang Xingqiao himself has not left yet. He is waiting for someone from the Fang family to pick him up.
The Fang family was so determined to send their own people to pick up Fang Xingqiao, probably because they wanted to see what kind of person or things were in Sala City that could make Fang Xingqiao better.
However, neither Luo Andeli nor Ji Zang would let them find out, and the family forces in Sala City that had been attacked would not expose this.
Fence-sitters always die the fastest in Sala City. If they try to please the Ji family on one side and sell people on the other, isn't that courting death?
You must know that neither the Ji family far away in the central city nor the owner behind the black market nearby are easy to mess with, and there is even Yin Zheng, a ruthless and unscrupulous person.
The bright sunshine poured down from the sky. Jiaojiao was holding a small sprinkler and watering the flowers one by one. After walking around and watering all the flowers in the yard, he walked to the door of the living room and sat down, waiting obediently for his father to come back.
Today Jiaojiao is also a good child who is waiting for his father obediently!
Jiaojiao supported her chin with her hand, pursed her lips and shook her head happily.
In the endless sea, Yin Zheng was crouching silently on a big tree. His body, hidden by the branches, was stretched out to the maximum extent. His muscles rose and fell with his breathing, smooth and with indescribable explosive power, like a black panther waiting for its prey.
Because he was planning to leave Sala City, Yin Zheng had been entering the Endless Sea frequently recently in order to hunt more alien species and make more money by selling them.
Yin Zheng planned to take Jiaojiao to Wangcheng. Although it was also a border town, there were few areas adjacent to the Endless Sea and there were almost no alien invasions. It was considered the most prosperous city of all the border towns.
But there are naturally advantages and disadvantages. Because Wangcheng has only a small area bordering the Endless Sea, almost only bordering a corner of the Endless Sea, there are very few alien species, which makes it very competitive for hunters in Wangcheng to hunt alien species.
So before leaving, Yin Zheng wanted to save as much money as possible. His only ability to make money at the moment was hunting alien species, so before he found another skill or method to make money, he could not take Jiaojiao to a more prosperous and safer city that was not adjacent to the Endless Sea.
Moreover, he had his eyes on a house in the Tenglong District of Wangcheng. Although his savings were enough to buy the house, he had to make up for the lost money as soon as possible.
He said that he had to give Jiaojiao a rich life. He couldn't just live a stingy life by holding on to the remaining money just because he bought a house!
“Boom!”
A thunder exploded in the sky, startling Jiaojiao, who was sitting at the door waiting for his father. He raised his head and looked at the sky cautiously, and saw that the sky, which had been sunny just a moment ago, suddenly darkened.
It's going to rain!
Jiaojiao, who understood what was going on, stood up and ran into the house. He took out the little duck raincoat his father had bought him some time ago, tried hard to tell the front and back, and then began to put it on with great effort.
After putting on both sleeves, Jiaojiao lowered her head and began to zip up the raincoat. One little hand held the zipper head, and the other hand held the other side. She carefully tried several times before successfully closing both sides.
Jiaojiao raised her little chin and zipped up the hat all the way to the top. After zipping it up, she reached behind her neck with her little hands and took a lot of effort to reach the hat, pull it up and put it on her head.
After successfully putting on her raincoat, Jiaojiao ran to the sink and looked left and right. After confirming that everything was correct, she ran back to the living room door with her short legs, dragging a black umbrella, and sat down to wait for her father.
Jiaojiao, sitting at the door, trembled with every thunderclap, her face trembling. Terrified, she got up from the ground, grabbed the bottle from the coffee table, and put it in her mouth to calm herself down before returning to the doorway and sitting down again.
In Central City, Luo Andeli sat bored on the sofa listening to his brother mutter, "Brother, since you love scolding people so much, get married and have two nephews and nieces so you can scold them however you want."
Xilianbul frowned slightly, with a hint of doubt in his emerald eyes: "Why have you been urging me to get married all this time? Is there something wrong with you, and you want me to get married first so that you can get married later?"
"Tsk, what are you thinking?" Luo Andeli spread his hands: "I just want a cute nephew or niece."
Hillianbul didn't believe it. Judging from Luo Andeli's personality, he didn't seem like the kind of person who would like cute nephews and nieces.
Rather than cute nephews and nieces, he should prefer strong, passionate, wolf-like nephews or nieces, because raising them that way would be more fulfilling and exciting.
Hillian Bull leaned back slightly on the sofa, squinting his eyes and looking at his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
here we go again!
Luo Andeli rolled his eyes helplessly and lay lazily on the sofa, looking at his brother who was extremely suspicious and controlling.
The special terminal ring rang, and Luo Andeli's eyes lit up and he sat up from the sofa. He glanced at the name on the phone display, snorted twice in a proud manner, and then clicked to connect.
This heartless little thing finally realized that I missed him!
Hillian Bull, who was standing opposite him, saw his series of reactions and his eyes fell on his terminal with interest.
"Uncle Luo An." Jiaojiao's childish voice came through the terminal.
Luo Andeli listened to the voice and looked at the little face of the baby wearing a duck raincoat and holding a bottle of milk on the terminal. He was instantly overwhelmed by the cuteness and even the irritability in his heart of the past few days disappeared.
"Missed me?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Jiaojiao said vaguely while holding a pacifier in her mouth, and nodded affirmatively after that.
The word "I think so" brought a smile to Luo Andeli's eyes and eyebrows.
Seeing this, Hillianbul on the opposite side stood up quietly and walked behind Luo Andeli. Luo Andeli's terminal was not hidden from him, so he could see the picture on the virtual video of his terminal.
Hillian Bull's eyes fell on the fair and tender child in the virtual video, wearing a duck raincoat, holding a bottle of milk, with black grape-like eyes and saying something in a childish voice.
"Your illegitimate child?" he asked.
Otherwise, he couldn't understand why Luo Andeli was laughing and teasing such a child, and even asked the child if he missed him.
"No." Luo Andeli frowned and looked at Xilianbul, who had walked up behind him and peeked at him at some point. "Don't say these three words to him. It makes me feel itchy."
Hillian Bull nodded: "I understand."
Then he added: "Is this why you want me to get married?"
"Don't you think it would be fun to have a child like this?" Luo Andeli said.
Hillian Bull pondered for a moment and said, "If you really like children, you can take any of the children in the family you like and raise them. It's not impossible if you want to raise all of them."
"No." Luo Andeli refused decisively and turned back to continue teasing Jiaojiao.
When Jiaojiao asked who he was talking to, Luo Andeli replied directly: "A very long-winded uncle."
Hillian Bull, who was always criticized for being frugal with words, glanced at his brother who was making a long-winded comment about him, then looked at the child in the video and said, "You can call me uncle."
"Uncle?" Jiaojiao, who was sitting at the door of the living room, tilted her head with a bottle in her mouth.
“…………” Luo Andeli glanced at his serious elder brother.
"Since you like him so much, you can actually adopt him as your godson or goddaughter." Hillianbul, who was unable to identify the child's gender through the video, looked at Luo Andeli and suggested very seriously.
Luo Andeli took a deep breath and felt for the first time that his elder brother was so unreliable.
“Boom!”
Thunder exploded one after another in the sky, and heavy rain fell along with the thunder.
Seeing Jiaojiao shaking every time thunder roared in the video, Luo Andeli frowned. He knew that if Yin Zheng was not there in this situation, he might have gone to the Endless Sea. "If you are scared, go inside and don't wait for your father."
Another thunderclap sounded, and Jiaojiao subconsciously shuddered. Holding the bottle, she said softly, "Jiaojiao, don't be afraid. Jiaojiao is waiting for daddy."
As he spoke, he patted the black umbrella placed across his legs and said, "I want an umbrella for Dad."
Luo Andeli, who had tried to persuade Jiaojiao to come in for a long time but failed, became angry with Yin Zheng and spoke in a harsh tone.
The rain was so heavy that it poured into the eaves and soaked her shoes. Jiaojiao tucked in her feet, fiddled with her raincoat to cover her feet, and then curved her eyes at Luo Andeli: "Jiaojiao is wearing a raincoat, so she won't get wet. Uncle Luo An, don't worry."
This soft smile shattered the fire in Luo Andeli's heart. He could only helplessly accompany Jiaojiao through the video, teasing him to distract him.
"Why don't you call Yin Zheng? Why do you call me instead?" Luo Andeli suddenly asked.
"Dad is busy, don't disturb him."
Luo Andeli laughed angrily: "So I'm the only one who's not busy, so it's okay to disturb me, right?"
"Hello, Uncle Luo An." Jiaojiao said seriously.
Luo An, who was comforted, asked, "Who is better, Uncle Luo An or Yin Zheng?"
"Hello, Dad."
“…………” He is indeed a heartless person.
In the Endless Sea, Yin Zheng had a huge bag on his back and on both shoulders, and was holding two doves in his hands, rushing out all wet.
The bag covered his entire body, leaving only a gap in the middle through which he could see the road.
As early as the first thunder, Yin Zheng, worried that Jiaojiao would be scared at home alone, stopped hunting and prepared to go back. However, during the period approaching the month of attacking the city, the alien species in the Endless Sea were very agitated, and his journey back was not very peaceful. He was ambushed and hunted by the alien species several times, which delayed him for some time before the rain came.
After coming out of the Endless Sea, Yin Zheng sped up all the way back.
"dad!"
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Jiaojiao hurriedly rushed into the rain, dragging his umbrella. The rain curtain hit his small body and made him stumble. Even his soft voice became intermittent: "Dad, give me an umbrella."
Jiaojiao tried hard to lift the umbrella, but failed. She was so anxious that her baby voice broke.
Yin Zheng put the bundle in his right hand to his mouth, bent over and picked up Jiaojiao, and at the same time took the umbrella, opened it and covered his head tightly.
Jiaojiao, who sat in her father's arms, used her little hands to help her father hold the bag in his mouth, trying to reduce the weight for Yin Zheng.
Yin Zheng carried him into the house. As soon as he entered, he threw the bag and Jiujiu in his hands on the ground, then put Jiaojiao on the ground and carefully checked to see if he was wet.
After discovering that his shoes were wet, he immediately took off Jiaojiao's shoes, then rubbed his hands to warm them up and held his cold little feet with his big hands. His rough hands made his little feet itchy, and Jiaojiao couldn't help curling up her toes and smiling with pursed lips.
Yin Zheng picked him up and strode into the bathroom to run hot water for a bath.
The rain was pouring down outside, and the hot steam in the bathroom was rising into the air and turned into mist. Jiaojiao, with a head of white foam, sat obediently in the bathtub, with a smile on his face, letting his father rub his hair.
"Jiaojiao will also wash Daddy's hair later."
Yin Zheng glanced at the bathtub, which could only accommodate two Jiaojiao at most, and remained silent.
Squatting on the ground, he gently bathed Jiaojiao. The wet clothes stuck to his broad back, with a hint of light red spreading through them.
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