Chapter 157 Meow Meow Meow
Although this is a hot spring, unlike most hot springs, the water in the pool here is quite deep.
Taotie struggled violently underwater.
Jian Yunlan: "..."
To be honest, can a taotie really drown? It seems like this doesn't make sense, whether from the perspective of the laws of physics or other laws?
But having said that, as a kind-hearted boss, Jian Yunlan certainly couldn't just watch an excellent employee drown in front of him.
So, Jian Yunlan hugged Taotie's waist with both hands and began to struggle towards the edge of the hot spring pool.
Because Taotie's entire body is larger than Jian Yunlan, although Jian Yunlan was pulling Taotie upstream, the overall feeling seemed a bit strange, as if Taotie was holding Jian Yunlan in his arms.
After coming out of the hot spring, both of them were finally able to breathe.
Taotie's silver hair was wet by the water and spread on the ground, revealing his smooth forehead. His chest heaved violently.
Jian Yunlan muttered a few words casually: "Master Taotie, I see you are still breathing heavily...which means you are still alive...which means you don't need artificial respiration, that's great."
The next second, the rise and fall of Taotie's chest disappeared instantly.
Jian Yunlan: “?”
Jian Yunlan thought it was her illusion at first, but after looking carefully, she found that Taotie really had not breathed.
Even the nose was not breathing in or out, and the chest was flat.
Jian Yunlan: "..."
Swallowed, breathed its last?
Jian Yunlan reached out and felt his pulse doubtfully, then lowered her head and laid on his chest to listen to his heartbeat.
Deathly quiet.
Jian Yunlan was startled and muttered to himself:
"Oh no, Master Taotie is dead!... It looks like he's been dead for a while, what should I do... Since he's dead, artificial respiration is useless. Should I just call the cremation center?"
Taotie: “…”
Taotie: “…………”
Taotie's chest began to rise and fall again.
Jian Yunlan threw flowers happily: "It's a medical miracle!"
Taotie suddenly opened his eyes, angrily grabbed Jian Yunlan's waist, pulled him close, stared at Jian Yunlan and gritted his teeth: "Human, how dare you play tricks on me! You——"
Suddenly, both of them stopped talking.
Kind of... close.
A little too close.
I didn't feel it just now when I was underwater, but now, the feeling of being too close seems too obvious.
Jian Yunlan's long wet eyelashes, the silver hair ends dripping with water, and her lips.
The lips that belong to Jian Yunlan, and the lips that belong to Taotie. Those who are born with a smile, and those who are sharp and indifferent.
Two people who usually talk a lot, once they become quiet, their lips slightly open to exchange breaths, always seem like there are unspoken words lingering on their lips.
Maybe it's a teasing, a sarcasm, a joke to ease the tense atmosphere, or even a sincere word.
But in the end, they just looked at each other without saying anything.
Then, the meaning of those slightly opened lips changed again.
Like waiting for a kiss.
In the distance, snow fell from the dead branches, making rustling sounds, and the moonlight was hazy.
The orange wick of the lantern burned quietly.
Jian Yunlan closed her eyes, tilted her head slightly, and suddenly——
"Bang!!!"
Suddenly, there was a loud earth-shaking noise coming from the side.
It was as if someone had fallen to the ground.
Jian Yunlan and Taotie: “???”
They both turned their heads to look at the same time.
The burly Bullhead was wearing a simple T-shirt and shorts, with a towel draped over his shoulders. He slipped while walking on the road and unfortunately fell face first on the ground, with a big bump appearing on his forehead.
Niutou held his head with tears in his eyes, "I'm sorry, Mr. Jian, Master Taotie, I, Old Niu, came at an untimely time."
Jian Yunlan's eyes wandered: "It's really a bit unfortunate..."
Taotie's face turned pale and he looked extremely angry: "Damn it!"
At the same time, from behind the grove not far away, there were also a lot of frustrated cries: "Damn it!"
“???” Jian Yunlan and Taotie looked at each other.
The two of them put on their bathrobes at the speed of light, walked quickly to the side of the grove, parted the branches, and looked inside -
The housekeeper in camouflage uniform holding branches to disguise as potted plants, the driver Xiao Li, Aunt Wang... all the servants either covered their eyes, whistled at the sky, or pretended to mop the floor, all of them pretending to be just passing by but with very poor acting skills.
Finally, the housekeeper couldn't act anymore and wiped his tears with joy and said, "Master, you've grown up. We didn't do this on purpose, but we really want to see you happy! As housekeepers and servants, what's wrong with supporting each other?"
Jian Yunlan: "..."
Taotie: “…………”
After a while, there was a plop.
The bird on the branch screamed, flapped its wings and flew away, making a sound: "Ga-ga-ga-ga-"
Along with the birdsong, there was a deafening roar:
"Everything!! Deduct wages!!!"
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After a period of chaos, Jian Yunlan decided to drive out all the onlookers, including Taotie and Niutou, so that he could finally take a comfortable hot spring bath.
An hour later, Jian Yunlan, who had finished soaking in the hot spring and changed into a bathrobe, walked out feeling refreshed.
...As for what just happened, he just needs to pretend to have lost his memory. Anyway, he is not embarrassed, but others are embarrassed.
Jian Yunlan walked into the restaurant and found that the housekeeper had already asked someone to arrange a midnight snack. The table was filled with a variety of delicious food, including barbecue, hot pot, seafood, and various desserts.
The big bull head huddled cautiously in the corner of the dining table, like a child who had done something wrong, occasionally stealing a glance at Jian Yunlan, while holding a plate of salad corn cobs and chewing them carefully;
Taotie sat in the middle with a gloomy face, his arms folded across his chest, and made his own comments: "What the hell are these dishes? They are too low-class! I won't eat them! I want to drink Mixue Bingcheng and eat Guochao Pinhao rice!" The butler was trying to explain something feebly beside him;
On the other side of the dining table, Jian Yunlan also saw an unexpected figure——
Hu Danggui.
Hu Danggui was wearing a pair of cartoon bunny pajamas. His originally fair and pretty face was now dirty, as if he had fled. His once smooth black hair had turned into a big afro.
Jian Yunlan was slightly startled. Shouldn't Hu Danggui be in the nursery at the Oriental Base?
But if you think about it carefully, when Taotie mentioned the Jian family villa, he said, "He and Hu Danggui would occasionally return to the villa," which means that Hu Danggui also knew how to return to the villa. Well, it’s not surprising that she’s here…right?
At this time, Hu Danggui was sitting opposite the dining table, wolfing down her food with her mouth wide open, as if she hadn't eaten for several days. She finished a whole chicken leg in just two or three bites and was still sucking her fingers. Aunt Wang was sitting behind her with a look of pity, combing her messy afro.
There was a mountain of empty bowls and plates piled up around Hu Danggui.
Hu Danggui was so excited to see Jian Yunlan coming that tears welled up in his big eyes as he looked at him.
The little girl's cheeks were still bulging with food. She raised her head and said incoherently:
"Master, wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu!!!@!@@#￥*()..." After pounding her chest and swallowing the food, she ran over and hugged Jian Yunlan's thighs, crying loudly:
"Life in the nursery is really not a life for a fox! Master, no, boss, please let me go back to work at the snack stand. I don't want to go back to that horrible nursery!!!"
Jian Yunlan quickly handed her a glass of water: "Tell me slowly. What happened in the nursery?"
Hu Danggui gulped down several gulps of water before sitting down and began to recount her experiences over the past few days:
The nursery at the Oriental Base, although it belongs to the Oriental Base, is not actually located inside the Oriental Base. Instead, it is a separate facility on another high ground outside the base.
The nursery is basically full of children who are about the same age as Hu Danggui. The youngest is three or four years old, and the oldest is only nine or ten years old. Children over the age of ten can return to the base and start doing some simple logistical work, or even begin training to become mercenaries.
There’s nothing we can do about it. It’s the end of the world and children tend to mature early.
Hearing this, Jian Yunlan became confused - he vaguely remembered that when he first entered the base, someone mentioned that most people in the apocalypse had lost their fertility, so where did so many children come from?
Hu Danggui didn't seem to have the same doubts.
Her complaints against the Oriental Base Nursery were mainly about the living conditions in the nursery.
"The teachers in the nursery are all very mean. They have stern faces every day and often punish us by making us stand in the corner or slap our palms. It's like being in prison!"
"Also, the conditions in the nursery are terrible. Every day we eat thin porridge with only a few grains of rice," Hu Danggui said while crying and eating.
"Everyone is hungry. We are all growing up. Drinking rice soup won't fill us up. Many hungry kids just hug their classmates and eat them!"
Jian Yunlan nodded sympathetically: "Xiao Hu, you've suffered so much, it's really not easy - wait, what did you say, hug your classmate and chew on him???!!!"
Jian Yunlan's eyes widened, thinking that he had misheard.
But Hu Danggui nodded as a matter of course:
"Yes, some students have big mouths filled with all kinds of vines. Once they open their mouths, they swallow their classmates. Other students have seven pairs of rotten wings behind them. They will hold their classmates and fly high up in the air, then drop them and eat them..."
Taotie and Niutou: “?”
Jian Yunlan: “???”
What cult kindergarten? !
"Too barbaric." Taotie commented objectively and disdainfully, "I never associate with such inferior creatures. The food I eat must at least be cooked by a chef..."
Then Taotie expressed his objective views on various foods, which was a bit like the Shan Hai Jing version of Dianping.com.
Jian Yunlan's brain was buzzing as he listened to Taotie's various words that kept coming back and forth, and his mind was a little confused.
After a long while, he finally grasped the point and held Hu Danggui's shoulders and shook him: "Xiao Hu! Something is wrong with your nursery! You must never go back--"
However, before he could finish.
Hu Danggui suddenly pricked up his ears, as if he heard some noise. Then her face changed: "Oh no, lights out, the dormitory manager is coming to check the dormitory! If I am found not in the dormitory, they will definitely peel off my nine thousand year old fox skin..."
The next second, Hu Danggui's figure flashed and disappeared.
Jian Yunlan: "..."
Taotie: “…”
After a long silence, Niu Tou carefully raised his phone and said, "Mr. Jian, do you need me to send you a BOSS direct recruitment message... to recruit new employees?"
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