At this moment, the Xie family villa was filled with warm laughter.
Twelve-year-old Xie Shinian was sprawled on a soft bed, teasing his months-old brother with a toy. The baby giggled, his little hands and feet dancing joyfully in the air.
Xie's mother, Su Lingyi, sat by the bed, her gentle gaze moving between her two sons, a happy smile on her lips.
At this moment, Xie Yanxiu, neatly dressed, walked over to his wife. Su Lingyi stood up naturally, her slender fingers expertly adjusting her husband's bow tie.
"Will you be back for dinner tonight?"
Xie Yanxiu nodded gently: "I'll come back and eat with you."
However, this warm and cozy scene was suddenly broken. Without warning, a strange data stream flashed in the room, like broken digital fragments floating in the air.
When these abnormal phenomena disappeared, a figure appeared in front of them.
The law enforcer stood there expressionlessly, his cold eyes scanning everyone in the room. His voice was icy and emotionless: "RN mission enforcer, I need to act strictly according to the law."
The sudden change made the air in the room freeze instantly. The three of them felt a surge of panic and fear. Su Lingyi almost instinctively rushed to the bedside and hugged the baby tightly in her arms.
Her eyes were filled with pleading, and her voice trembled: "Sir, he is still so young...can you let him go?"
Xie Yanxiu stood in front of his wife and children, looked at the person opposite, and said calmly: "Sir, I know we were at fault first, but when we found him, he was already fully grown, and we couldn't bear to let a little life disappear."
However, the person opposite him showed no sympathy when he saw Su Lingyi crying. He just said calmly, "You all learned the rules of fast travel when you entered the fast travel game. Why don't you follow them?"
Xie Shinian also said at this moment: "Rules are dead, but people are alive."
"But that's against my rules."
Xie Shinian: "The rules can be changed. He's still so young, he shouldn't be deprived of his right to live."
"You think I'm harming him?"
Su Lingyi choked up and said, "Sir, we didn't mean that. We just wanted to take a gamble. Maybe he is lucky enough to survive."
"When you started betting, you already knew the outcome. I don't understand why you humans still have such a hopeless mentality. If you lose the bet, he will be thrown into the space-time rift and suffer untold pain."
Everyone was filled with conflict and pain after hearing this. They really couldn't bear to hurt this innocent life, but they also thought that if they lost the bet, it would be their own child who would suffer in the end.
Su Lingyi's heart was broken at this moment, tears of regret welling up in her eyes. She should never have returned to this plane in the first place. If she hadn't come back, this wouldn't have happened.
But they have signed a contract and they have to stay in this world for one lifetime before they can return to the quick-travel game.
It was precisely because they couldn't leave that they had to take the risk of giving birth to the child after discovering they were pregnant.
The man opposite, seeing everyone was silent, slowly raised his arm. An invisible force lifted the child from Su Lingyi's arms and dropped him steadily into his arms.
Su Lingyi was heartbroken and buried her face deeply in Xie Yanxiu's chest, not daring to look directly at what was going to happen next.
Surprisingly, the baby did not cry after being treated like this, but instead showed an innocent smile in his arms.
The child looks to be four or five months old. He has grown into a delicate and pretty girl, with his big clear eyes filled with innocent light.
He felt the soft touch in his arms, and his cold fingertips trembled slightly. This was his first time to be so close to a human baby, and the warmth of that little life made him feel dazed for a moment.
But soon, his eyes became cold again, and then he slowly stretched out his slender fingers, with a cold white light shining on his fingertips.
Just gently touch the baby's eyebrows with your finger, and this young life will disappear without any pain, without even leaving the soul, completely free from the threat of the space-time rift.
Just when his fingers were about to get close, the baby suddenly reached out and grabbed his fingers. He seemed unaware that the person in front of him was about to euthanize him, and he still smiled heartlessly.
At this moment, the system arrived at the scene in time. Seeing this scene, it immediately flew to the owner and suggested: "Master, this child is so cute. Perhaps we can consider using other methods to deal with this matter?"
When Xie Yanxiu heard the system's proposal, a glimmer of hope rekindled in his eyes. He pleaded again earnestly, "Sir, is there really no other choice? I am willing to sacrifice my life in exchange for my child's."
"There is no such thing as exchanging life for life."
When Su Lingyi heard the baby's laughter, her heart softened and she knelt on the ground, begging with a choked voice, "Sir, you are so powerful, please save this innocent child."
Seeing this, Xie Shinian also knelt down and said sincerely: "Sir, please help us. You will definitely be able to protect this child from being rejected by the heavens."
Facing the three people kneeling on the ground, he began to waver in his judgment for the first time.
He whispered to the system, "Xingxing, why would they rather cling to a result with a success rate of less than one percent?"
"Master, you yourself said there's a one percent chance, which means there's hope."
"Hope...what does it feel like?"
"Master, why don't we help them? Perhaps through this experience, we can truly understand human emotions."
After hearing this, he was silent for a long time. When he was talking to the Lord God, he didn't really want to understand human emotions.
But now, he didn't understand the persistence of the three people opposite him, nor did he understand why the little baby in his arms could smile so happily at his cold face.
Perhaps he should follow the Lord God's advice and interact more with humans.
He walked slowly towards Su Lingyi, handed the baby back to her, and said in a low voice: "Even if the hope is slim, do you still want to try?"
Su Lingyi took the child, a stubborn light flashing in her eyes: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope for him to survive, I don't want to give up."
"Such a cute child, it's a pity to die." His eyes fell on the baby's fair face, "I will stay here and help him celebrate his first birthday and not be rejected by the laws of nature."
Hearing these words, the Xie family members immediately showed joy on their faces. They knew that with this adult's protection, Xie Qi might really be able to survive the first birthday disaster safely.
In this way, the law enforcer settled down in the Xie family. Xie Yanxiu prepared a spacious guest room for him.
Although they lived under the same roof, the executor rarely talked or ate with the Xie family, and the Xie family tactfully did not disturb them.
He would stay by the baby's side every day, but never interfere with its daily care. Whenever the child cried or was hungry, he would return the child to the Xie family without hesitation.
Only at night, he would personally take the baby back to his room to sleep, to prevent the Heavenly Dao from doing anything to get rid of the child.
Xie's parents knew that this was a special protection for Xie Qi, so every night they would take the initiative to send the child to him.
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