So Sage swallowed his words back down.
Qing hurriedly let go, and sure enough, flames shot out from Saji's body. The high temperature caused the whole room to be filled with smoke, making it look like a peach banquet was being held in the Heavenly Palace.
Qing silently retreated to a corner and secretly slipped back to his containment room.
Sage was still obliviously complaining to the air.
"Guys, does anyone understand? This guy is really too obsessed..."
Zhou Jinze immediately pulled Lin Jue over.
Lin Jue felt he would soon be promoted to a full-fledged pediatrician. He first examined the cub to make sure there were no obvious injuries before letting it open its mouth:
"Do it with me, ah—"
Qianyuan: "Ah—"
Lin Jue reached out and pressed the tooth socket of the little guy's missing tooth.
"Hmm, it feels like there are still teeth down there, the baby hasn't lost any baby teeth yet... Hmm, why are other teeth loose too? Could it be that they're about to fall out?"
Lin Jue took the cub to get a CT scan.
He tapped the film and said to Zhou Jinze, "The kid wasn't hit, he's just losing his baby teeth."
Zhou Jinze, who knew absolutely nothing about children's knowledge, simply replied, "Hmm."
Lin Jue suddenly went berserk: "Shouldn't you be asking me why the cub is starting to lose its baby teeth now? Normal children don't lose their baby teeth until they're six or seven years old, you don't know that?!"
Zhou Jinze's expression gradually turned serious from his initial blank look; it was clear he was trying to understand the gravity of the situation.
Lin Jue adopted a serious expression and said to Zhou Jinze, "My deduction is based on the fact that the growth time of cubs is very different from that of humans. A few days ago, we even saw a cub grow into a fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager, so it is possible that its growth rate is also faster than ours. Perhaps in just a short period of time, it can rapidly enter adulthood from infancy."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jinze's lips curled down by a single pixel.
Lin Jue: "...Is this the time you feel regret? What if the cub's lifespan is even shorter than ours? Have you ever thought that he is so frail and sickly, he might pass away before us humans?"
Zhou Jinze fell silent.
But his expression was more sorrowful than ever before.
He has always been determined and strong-willed, but for the first time at this moment, he seemed a little lost.
"I...I don't know..."
He hadn't even considered that his life and the monster's life were inherently different. Even if the cub could live for a very long time, it would probably only see him grow old and frail, and leave him.
He takes care of the cubs, watches them grow, and then one day, the cubs will leave him.
Everyone eventually goes their separate ways.
Zhou Jinze wouldn't have felt so much emotion or been so sentimental before. In the end, it was Qian Yuan's arrival that changed him, turning him from a nearly ruthless fighting machine into the person he is now.
Their meeting has already begun to change things.
Zhou Jinze looked at the cub clinging to him, a little anxious from their brief separation, and whispered:
"I want to see him grow up."
At the very least, I want to be there for him as he grows up.
Lin Jue patted Qian Yuan's head: "Then I'll just wish that my little one can stay healthy and not get sick."
Qianyuan: "Ah!"
When Qian Yuan was triggered by the keyword, he heard Lin Jue's blessing to him and was deeply moved. He wanted to hug Lin Jue, but when he turned around, he kissed Lin Jue on the cheek.
Lin Jue: !
Zhou Jinze: !
Lin Jue covered her face and decisively retreated, as if protecting some precious treasure:
"I know you, you dull guy, are secretly jealous of me, but I absolutely won't let you see my handsome face when my little one kissed it!!!"
Zhou Jinze, unable to bear it any longer, shouted: "Get out!"
Lin Jue ran away.
Qianyuan met Zhou Jinze's gaze and blinked innocently at him.
"Lin Jue said you have indigestion again and can't eat today."
Qianyuan's eyes suddenly filled with tears again.
Seeing the little guy cry, Zhou Jinze didn't feel any better either. This wasn't the cub's fault, but he was still a little bothered that the cub's most affectionate gesture wasn't directed at him.
The system noticed Zhou Jinze's awkwardness and suggested to Qian Yuan, "Why don't you try kissing him too?"
Qianyuan patted his mouth with his hand. He still remembered that kissing was something only very intimate people could do.
However, the young boy now feels that Zhou Jinze is the most important and most relied-upon person to him.
He didn't want to break up with Zhou Jinze again.
So the little guy hugged Zhou Jinze's neck and kissed Zhou Jinze's cheek.
"ah!"
Zhou Jinze blushed!
His guardian's expression changed!
The cub was surprised by this reaction and eager to try something so interesting, so when Qianyuan encountered Bo Yuchuan at the door, she didn't hesitate:
"Mwah."
The cub randomly charmed a passerby.
Bo Yuchuan looked calm and even pushed up his glasses normally, but the next second, he bumped into the door frame.
"Professor Bo?! Are you alright?"
Bo Yuchuan chuckled: "It was just a little accident. How could a little bit of temptation possibly change my yearning for deep space?"
But when Bo Yuchuan came back, he was holding a camera.
"Since I was passing by, I'm just making a note of the situation on C-036."
After saying that, Bo Yuchuan began to frantically press the camera button on the cub.
Lin Jue commented: "Professor Bo, can you even take a good picture of this? You've taken so many pictures in a row, you'll have to pick them out one by one later."
Bo Yuchuan replied calmly, "No need to choose, they're all quite beautiful."
Lin Jue: ...
It seems that Bo Yuchuan's current fanatical attitude towards the cubs surpasses that of everyone else.
Some people even saw that Bo Yuchuan had printed out photos of the cubs and hung them in his office.
If monsters now have portrait rights, Zhou Jinze should at least sue Qianyuan on her behalf.
Zhou Jinze wished he could hide the cub in his arms: "Don't take so many pictures."
"Why can't I take pictures? This thing won't hurt him, and I turned off the flash."
Zhou Jinze gritted his teeth: "There's radiation, which is bad for the cubs."
Bo Yuchuan: "..."
Really? Zhou Jinze believes those old-fashioned rumors?
Wake up, Zhou Jinze! Look at the nonsense you're spouting all for the sake of the cubs!
Even the erudite Bo Yuchuan was speechless at Zhou Jinze's words.
Seeing this, Zhou Jinze naturally confiscated Bo Yuchuan's camera.
But as Qianyuan touched his loose teeth, he heard the sound of a camera shutter again.
He saw Zhou Jinze holding a long-range camera and taking pictures of him in a very professional manner.
Qian Yuan inexplicably enjoyed superstar treatment.
However, the cub wasn't very interested in these things and went off to play by itself after a while. Then the system suddenly spoke up: "How come I didn't notice before that the characters in this world also have perverted tendencies..."
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