Chapter 25
At most they had been away for a week, but the expansion of the safe city was progressing extremely rapidly. When they entered the magic circle, they happened to meet Gao Yun. Qin Zunyue lowered the car window and called him.
"You're back." Gao Yun bent down, nodded to Liu Huaizhao in the co-pilot seat, and greeted him, "Mr. Liu."
Liu Huaizhao replied, "Mr. Gao."
"Oh, I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it." Gao Yun scratched his head.
Seeing that he was holding a pig in his hand, Qin Zunyue asked, "What is this?"
"We're planning to raise them in a pen." Gao Yun smiled. "Thanks to Master Liu, we have more space now, and we're not worried about those monsters following the scent of blood. We can finally raise some animals. The headquarters recently held a training course on how to raise these animals, and then let us catch and raise them ourselves. Once we're well-raised, we won't have to hunt every day."
After chatting for a while, Gao Yun was going to find his brother. The two said goodbye and Qin Zunyue restarted the car.
Sitting in the back row was the boy they brought back from Tiancen City. He had woken up and was staring blankly at the front without saying a word.
Although she had gotten used to him like this, Tong Le still felt a little distressed when she thought of the scene in his home, and she introduced the surrounding scenery to him in a soft voice.
After entering the city, they drove directly to the headquarters office building, where Yan Ming and his men were already waiting for them.
When the trunk was opened, the men in black were so weak that they could not move. They could not turn into black mist and could only maintain their human form, being tortured by the bumpy ride.
There was no one else behind the office building. Everyone present was aware of the incident, so no one sympathized with them. They just watched coldly as several guards came forward, took them out of the trunk and threw them to the ground.
Those people no longer had the strength to resist. The dry leaf ropes carrying fresh air suppressed the foul air in their bodies along the way, leaving them no chance to escape by turning into mist.
"Find a place to lock them up separately." Yan Ming ordered.
"Yes!" Two guards took them away.
Yan Ming patted the boy's head, who still had no expression on his face, and said, "I've found a psychologist for him. He'll be at the shelter at 2 pm."
Qin Zunyue nodded, left Liu Huaizhao and Yan Ming to explain some things about the men in black, and then took them home.
"Ah!" Tong Le screamed and fell onto the sofa, then rolled over and stood up again.
The familiar environment made the depressed mood of several people better. Zheng Shu rubbed the boy's head and said, "Xiao Lang, go get the things from the car and have something to eat at noon."
Qiao Lang agreed and dragged Wei Zhirong out.
"I'll take him to the shelter in the afternoon," said Qin Zunyue.
Liu Huaizhao, who had just come in from the door, heard this and immediately said, "I'll go with you."
Soon, Qiao Lang and Wei Zhirong brought back the dry food from the car.
They didn't take much with them, as they could hunt on the road, so they basically only took some coarse grain bread that would not spoil. The remaining meat and vegetables at home were all sent to the shelter.
"How many days will we stay at home?" Tong Le asked while chewing on a piece of bread.
Liu Huaizhao shook his head and said to them, "Commander Yan and I have agreed that they will relax their guard on those men in black and let them find a chance to escape. We will then follow them."
“Can these people be fooled?”
"If we let them go on purpose, they certainly wouldn't be fooled," Liu Huaizhao said slowly. "But if they managed to escape with great effort, they would definitely return to their base quickly."
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In the afternoon, they split into two groups. Qin Zunyue and Liu Huaizhao took the silent little boy to the shelter to see a psychologist, while the others went out of the city to hunt. After all, they still had to stay in the safe city for a while and couldn't just rely on dry food.
The psychologist has arrived. She is a woman in her forties named Shen, with a very kind face.
After she greeted the two adults, she squatted down, looked at the boy, and said with a smile, "Hello."
The boy still ignored her, but she didn't mind. She took Qin Zunyue's place and held the boy's hand. "It shouldn't be too long today. Please wait a moment."
"Okay." Qin Zunyue nodded with a smile, "Thank you for your help, Doctor Shen."
Dr. Shen waved his hand and led the boy into an empty classroom.
Wang Haitong also came out, looked at the two of them carefully, and said, "How come you've both lost so much weight?"
"..." Qin Zunyue was a little helpless, "We were only away for a week, how much weight can we lose?"
Wang Haitong snorted coldly and asked them to go in and sit down.
The shelter is divided into two parts, the front part is smaller and is where children are taught to learn. The back part is the living area, where children without relatives and elderly people who cannot take care of themselves live.
They chatted for a while, and then the shelter's life teacher came over.
She came specifically to thank Liu Huaizhao. She was previously controlled by turbid air, and Liu Huaizhao expelled the turbid air for her. However, she was unconscious for a long time afterwards and had not been able to thank Liu Huaizhao in person. So when she heard that Liu Huaizhao came here this time, she rushed over immediately.
Liu Huaizhao naturally didn't take this matter to heart. He checked her body again and confirmed that the turbid air had not appeared in her body during this period. Then he carefully asked her about her feelings at that time.
The life teacher tried hard to recall and said, "At that time, I felt dizzy, and then my body was out of my control. I wanted to speak but couldn't say anything... No, it can't be said that it was completely out of my control. It was more like something was fighting for control of my body."
"Do you remember that your body turned into black mist?" Liu Huaizhao asked.
"I remember." The life teacher nodded, "But it wasn't my own will. I can't control it!"
Liu Huaizhao nodded and comforted her with a few words.
Qin Zunyue listened carefully while they were talking, and when he heard the life teacher say that something was fighting for control of her body, his fingers curled up.
After the life teacher left, Wang Haitong saw that the two of them had something to say, so he also found an excuse to leave.
"Huai Zhao." Qin Zunyue said with difficulty, "Do you think those men in black were deprived of control of their bodies by the foul air..."
"No." Liu Huaizhao answered affirmatively, then looked him in the eyes and said, "What you did at that time was not wrong. If you didn't kill him, then he might hurt you."
In fact, Qin Zunyue understood this truth in his heart. He exhaled, smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm too indecisive."
Liu Huaizhao shook his head and said seriously: "You think this way because you are a very kind person."
Unexpectedly, Liu Huaizhao would answer like this. Qin Zunyue coughed lightly and said as if to cover up: "Let's go wait at the door. They should be finishing their conversation soon."
The two of them didn't stand at the classroom door for long before Dr. Shen led the boy out.
Dr. Shen still had a kind smile on his face, but the boy's eyes were red and it was obvious that he had been crying.
The two could not hide their shock. After all, even crying was a reaction to the outside world.
"Ozawa, go to your brother."
The boy walked towards them obediently and grabbed Liu Huaizhao's sleeve. Liu Huaizhao moved slightly, held the boy's hand, and asked, "Is your name Xiaoze?"
Xiaoze nodded, his voice still a little hoarse, "My name is Jinze."
While Liu Huaizhao and Jin Ze were chatting, Qin Zunyue and Dr. Shen went to a slightly farther place.
"Professional doctors are really different." Qin Zunyue praised: "We talked with him all the way, and he didn't react at all."
Doctor Shen smiled and said, "Xiao Ze is a very well-behaved child, but you'd better not ask him about the news of Tiancen City for now, as it will irritate him."
Qin Zunyue said he understood and they themselves did not expect to learn anything about the situation through this child.
It was still early, and they took Jinze to the small park to play on the slide. Just as they reached the slide, Liu Huaizhao felt the white jade in his arms getting hot. After he took out the white jade, a flash of light appeared, and Ajin stood in front of them.
Fortunately, there were not many people in the park at this time and no one paid attention to them, but Jinze was startled by Ajin's sudden appearance. He grabbed Liu Huaizhao's robe and stared at Ajin with tears in his eyes.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Qin Zunyue bent down, picked up Jin Ze, and rubbed his head. "Do you want to go play with her?"
A Jin had already climbed up the slide. Liu Huaizhao walked up to her and told her not to appear suddenly like this again.
A Jin listened to him, nodded expressionlessly, then slid down the slide, walked back to Qin Zunyue, and looked up at Jin Ze.
Jin Ze became even more frightened and hugged Qin Zunyue's neck tightly.
"I'm sorry." A Jin spoke, and then returned to the slide. Liu Huaizhao rubbed her head.
"Do you want to go out and play?" Qin Zunyue asked again.
Jin Ze finally nodded this time. Qin Zunyue took two steps forward and put him directly on the slide.
The two children didn't talk to each other and took turns sliding down the slide in silence. There was a strange harmony between them.
Qin Zunyue stood by and watched. Suddenly he hissed and said, "Has Ajin grown a little taller?"
Liu Huaizhao said: "Yes, after she returns to her original form, her spiritual power will recover quickly and her appearance will also change."
"It's amazing." Qin Zunyue exclaimed.
After dark, the hunters came back. After a week, the dining table became lively again. Qin Zunyue served Jin Ze some rice and some more dishes. Seeing that he ate more than before, he smiled with satisfaction.
Tong Le whispered to Yan Liao, "Why does it feel like Brother Qin is being someone else's father again?"
Qin Zunyue pretended not to hear and picked up another piece of food for Liu Huaizhao with his chopsticks.
A Jin had returned to Yuli a long time ago. Liu Huaizhao said that she had been separated from her original body for too long, and she would be very dependent on her original body during this period and would not leave her original body easily.
After listening to this, Qin Zunyue smiled and said, "It seems that playing on the slide is very important."
Everyone at the table laughed. Although Jin Ze didn't understand what was said, he also curled the corners of his mouth, which was caught by Tong Le on the opposite side.
She didn't say anything, but her smile became even wider.
They spent a week in this relaxed manner, and then news came from Yan Ming that the men in black had escaped.
The three men in black thought they had found the most lax defense and wanted to kill the guards guarding them. The guards pretended to have fallen into their trap, but in fact they had already swallowed the golden elixir and were not hurt at all by the men in black. After the men in black left, they immediately notified Yan Ming.
So Liu Huaizhao sent Jinze to the shelter, left the safe city again, and followed the men in black all the way, following the weak spiritual power that Liu Huaizhao left in their bodies.
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