Chapter 76: Slowly rising is love
This doesn't seem to be the first time this has happened.
Zhuo Can meant that Mian Li was suddenly taken away/disappeared in front of him, and he stood there stupidly, unable to do anything.
Fortunately, he was not the only one left behind this time.
Zhuo Can felt much better when he thought that Xiao Mianli’s biological father had received the same treatment.
He secretly glanced at Jiang Xiao beside him, staring into the void with the same expression as before.
He didn't seem bothered by the fact that his son had just been kidnapped again.
It is hard to imagine that she looks so arrogant now, but just a few minutes ago she was a prisoner being brutally tortured.
The devil's exclusive captive.
Then, Zhuo Can naturally thought of another thing.
At that time, Jiang Xiao used a weak illusion to ask him if he wanted to know the secret of the "Mother Goddess".
Zhuo Can realized in panic that "He" did not really want to tell him, but was just using a trick to lure Zechariah out.
Not to mention this ship, even the entire Sea of Sin is Zechariah's territory.
Whatever he wanted to feel, listen to, peek at—no, examine—was readily available.
He heard their conversation.
He also wanted to know who God's "companion" was.
So he shows up again.
Zhuo Can had already had many assumptions, but because of the shocking nature of the matter and the person involved's reluctance to answer, he had not asked any further questions.
It is known that Mianli is Jiang Xiao's child.
I also learned that Jiang Xiao and Zechariah had a past relationship. (Even now, Zhuo Can still finds it terrifying.)
This is supported by the following evidence:
(1) Mianli and Zechariah have the same eye color;
→Conclusion: This is also the biggest difference between Mian Li’s facial features and Jiang Xiao’s.
(2) Mianli and Zechariah have identical tails, just different types. This tail has nothing to do with God and is a symbol of the devil.
→Conclusion: The question that has troubled Zhuo Can for half a year (why a little angel has a devil-shaped tail) has finally been explained.
(3) Jiang Xiao was not worried that Zechariah would harm Mian Li;
→ Conclusion: He was clear, or at least certain, of the connection between the Rite of the Savior and Zechariah.
(4) It turned out that Zechariah was unable to harm Mian Li.
→Conclusion: Jiang Xiao did not admit his mistake.
Okay, the rigorous science and engineering student Zhuo Can can already fully infer and determine what the relationship is between Jiang Xiao, Zechariah, and Mian Li.
Even if Jiang Xiao and Zechariah are both men, it’s okay.
It's not strange at all for men to give birth to children.
Right.
The amoral relationship between the devil and the god will continue to shock Zhuo Can's understanding of the origin and construction of the world for a long time to come.
After hearing God's voice that day, it was the first time Ariel saw God's face with her own eyes.
It was at this moment that she understood why her lord was so obsessed with him - literally.
If it weren't for Zechariah, the leopard would never have had the chance to meet the gods. This was almost a blessing.
She looked at Him, her eyes particularly bright, with some excitement that she tried hard to suppress.
After much thought, I decided to say: "My Lord, he actually treats you..."
"I know."
God whispered.
God has long been admired by the world, and He is not incapable of listening to straightforward expressions of love and then relaying them.
The deep fatigue didn't make this face any less charming. He sighed, this time with obvious helplessness.
Jiang Xiao said politely, just like Vice President Jiang did when he was showing his appreciation to employees: "Thank you for your hard work."
Compared to the Lord of Hell who didn't even say hello, the God of Gods at least said a less formal goodbye.
After saying this, he also disappeared.
It goes without saying that God must be following the direction the young God left.
It is difficult for a judge to settle family disputes, so let the three of them solve it themselves.
Zhuo Can rubbed his forehead.
After all, I am an outsider.
He remembered that when Lu Song was driving the car, he sat in the passenger seat. From time to time, he would look back at Mian Li who was sleeping in the child seat in the back seat, and then smile at his boyfriend.
At that time, he also seriously thought that they were a harmonious family of three.
Now that things have come to this, I feel a little lost.
If the little guy's two biological fathers reconcile, will Mianli return to his real family?
He was still agonizing over the awkward term "two fathers" when the girl scoffed, "Don't be so sentimental. I don't think the Master is the type to have a wife and children and a warm bed. Even if they can resolve the misunderstanding, they'll definitely still go their separate ways."
Zhuo Can: "Thank you for your comfort... That's not right, how do you know what I'm thinking!"
Ariel rolled her eyes without caring about her image.
She said that the master was not the type to have a wife and children and a warm bed. This was not only based on her long-term understanding of Zechariah's personality, but more importantly, she could not imagine the master holding a baby in his left hand and holding his wife in his right hand - no matter who the child and wife were - a long time ago, she tried to squeeze herself and Mia into this forced picture and almost scared herself.
If Mian Li and Jiang Xiao were restored into the puzzle, it would be even more bizarre.
Humans are helpless.
Why does everyone here have the ability to read minds and various superpowers - except myself?
He also wants to be a powerful superman.
Good news: God and demon, two extremely destabilizing factors, have left.
The bad news: once the gods left, the previous protective layer disappeared, and they fell back to the earth.
Zhuo Can stepped in the wine that had already reached his ankles and sighed.
Even if you are not a drinker, you can smell how fine the brewed wine is, but Zechariah actually crushed it with just a flick of his wrist.
What a waste.
Apparently, he wasn't the only one who thought so.
Another unexpected 'person' appeared without any warning.
Zhuo Can felt that his nerves had long been numb, and no matter what kind of monster he saw, he would no longer be surprised.
But he still couldn't figure it out.
This big, chewy, pink thing, as tall as a hill, burping and muttering over and over again, "Good wine, burp, good wine, I want to take it all away"... What on earth is this thing!
*
In the past, if you told Zhuo Can that a jelly could talk, he would definitely not believe it.
But the facts are irrefutable. This jelly that suddenly appeared, was four or five meters tall and smelled like strawberry. It could not only move flexibly, but also had facial features and could speak.
...and I love drinking.
Compared with its huge body, its eyes were so small that Zhuo Can was not sure whether it could see him clearly.
The little eyes glanced at them: "You, Hiccup, which one is Cancan?"
The only people in this world who would call him "Cancan" were his parents ten years ago, and the second was Mianli.
Zhuo Can felt a little relieved. It seemed that this new big shot (in every sense) was someone familiar to Mian Li and should be a friend.
However, he did not expose himself rashly and did not speak.
Ariel's eyes lit up beside her. "Are you... are you Master Xinzi?"
Zhuo Can could actually see Ariel's admiration for Zechariah, but even in front of Zechariah, she had never shown such "infatuation" - or to be more precise, it should be called worship.
It was obvious that Ariel recognized it.
Not only did I know him, I was also an avid fan. It was my first time seeing my idol and I was so excited that I couldn't speak.
The big jellyfish named Xinzi narrowed its small black eyes and looked down: "I think I have seen you before."
"Yes, Master Hinz."
In order to comply with its memory, Ariel returned to its leopard body, bent its front paws, and performed a kneeling gesture.
Human forms all look pretty much the same, but animal forms are easier to distinguish.
Hinds burped again, but seemed conscious. "You look like this, and it reminds me I've seen you before. Is there a smaller one?"
Ariel answered respectfully, "Yes, he's my brother, his name is Miya."
"Oh," said the big jelly, "are you still alive?"
“…alive.”
Next, as Ariel narrated with a slight tremor of excitement, Zhuo Can roughly understood that this big jelly named Xinzi was certainly not a real jelly, but some kind of ancient ferocious beast that was once strong enough to lift a tripod and could destroy the world at will.
Even though she described her idol's deeds vividly, Zhuo Can still couldn't accept that a jelly could be such a terrifying beast.
That's a jelly!
"You are Chan... Chan what?" Xinzi didn't care whether humans believed it or not, "Chan Zhuo?"
"...It's Zhuo Can." The human asked, "Do you know me?"
"I was too lazy to remember it." Xinzi yawned slowly, "but the little thing kept telling me what I was thinking. I remembered it even though I didn't remember it."
Zhuo Can didn't know when Mianli and Xinzi met or why they met. In comparison, what he had to do now was more important.
"Lord Xinzi," he looked at the strawberry-flavored jelly with respect, realizing sadly that he had become quite adept at servile and subservient to these monsters, "Why have you come?"
"A fish found me." It pouted, looking unhappy. "I was sleeping. But the fish said the situation was urgent."
It's obvious that it's the type of person who doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. If given a choice, it would definitely not meddle in other people's business.
But it still came.
At least it shows that the comfort of Mianli must be very important to it.
The beast asked Zhuo Can, "Do you know that fish? What's it called?"
Zhuo Can actually knew a fish that could talk and act. And he only knew one: "...Fei Fei?"
"Oh yeah, that sounds about right. That's what it is."
The noble Lord of the Right Rudder was a "little fish" in Zechariah's mouth, and became "this thing" in Xinzi's mouth.
Zhuo Can almost felt sympathy for Feifei, who had once kidnapped him.
Fortunately, he was not there, otherwise his self-esteem would have suffered another fatal blow.
Zhuo Can was soaked in wine and smelled of it, feeling uncomfortable all over.
He is a human being after all, and he will get drunk sooner or later in such a high-concentration alcohol environment.
The devil's brew certainly doesn't sound like something that can be metabolized easily.
Although Xinzi seems to be indifferent to most things, he is surprisingly sensitive to the abnormalities of humans.
Jelly (actually) reached out his hand, picked him up, and walked nimbly in the wine with his heavy body.
Zhuo Can was very grateful.
Hinz's palm was bigger than his bed, and it felt good to lie on it.
Zhuo Can looked down and found that the translucent body of this ferocious beast was filled with swaying liquid.
Zhuo Can: “…”
Is this the way to take away these good wines?
Zhuo Can asked, "Are you Mian Li's friend?"
"Mian Li?" Xin Zi was confused for a moment, then realized, "Oh, you mean the little one. Whether "He" counts as "He" or not, I can't say, but Ah Xiao is indeed an old friend of mine."
Ah, Ah Xiao? !
Zhuo Can was dumbfounded.
The only person they knew whose name contained the character "Xiao" or had a homophone of it was Jiang Xiao.
Is the god that it calls so familiarly the one who is above all others and looks down upon all living beings?
Xinzi was half asleep and half awake, talking more and more: "Hey, I watched this little thing grow up. He was so tiny when he was born... Although he is still a little bit big now. But he is very naughty. It's really hard for Xiao to take care of him."
Zhuo Can listened from the side and didn't dare to interrupt.
If Xinzi had said before today that it was hard for Jiang Xiao to raise Mian Li, he would have scoffed.
He ignored the child's needs and left the cub to be raised by his subordinates. The cub wasn't his own son to begin with, and raising a little god shouldn't cost any money, so where's the hardship in that?
However, after confirming the "other level" of relationship between Jiang Xiao and Mian Li, he had a completely different understanding.
Not to mention that hundreds of years ago, he condescended to become involved with the devil inexplicably. The devil left behind a lot of mess (including the chaos after the havoc in heaven, entering the sea of sin that had never been set foot on, some tangled feelings that had been lingering for hundreds of years, and a child that no one knew about), and then ran away.
The god returned to the temple alone without a word of complaint.
Even if a little life has been conceived, she still has to pretend nothing has happened and continue to rule the world.
Since the birth of the child, no one has been told about it.
Jiang Xiao is Jiang Xiao after all, how could he possibly complain?
The bitterness and pain involved are something that outsiders can never understand.
...But it's really a bloody drama.
They left the wine cellar and saw the little black panther waiting upstairs, looking as if he had done something wrong and lowering his head guiltily.
Ariel didn't blame him for anything. If the lord didn't want him to convey the message, what else could he do?
From another perspective, after the series of "betrayals", Mia is still alive and well, which is a great mercy from the master.
She didn't dare to ask for more.
Zhuo Can couldn't help but shudder when he saw Xinzi calmly strolling around the cruise ship, appreciating the analysis and chattering comments, while also shooing away swarms of Zachariah's shadowy servants who were trying to hinder him like mosquitoes.
In his mind, Feifei was already at a very powerful level. However, even such a Kun could only squeeze in half and become a mermaid.
But the person in front of him was not intercepted at all. Instead, he was leisurely and contented here, as if he was inspecting his own territory.
Even though it looks like a big, fragrant jelly, it is actually an ancient ferocious beast.
Zhuo Can thought of an important question: "So, you...are you here to help us? To help His Majesty the God fight back?"
"Ah? Of course not."
Xinzi was very busy now, more like an octopus than a jelly: one hand held him up, the other two grabbed the Black Panther siblings, many hands dealt with those vulnerable shadow servants, and he even used one hand... or to be more precise, a small branch, to scratch his ears.
It spoke of Zechariah with disdain: "Ah Xiao, can't you control that guy? You really look down on God."
It seems so.
So……
The ferocious beast didn't care at all that their eyes needed to adapt to the change in light after suddenly jumping from the cabin to the deck. Without accelerating, it took off vertically and rushed to the weakest point of the sky barrier to kill the shadow guard.
Zhuo Can watched helplessly as the sky, which was so seamless that even Miya couldn't tell where the exit was, was torn into a big hole by Xinzi's brute force.
He had a bad feeling.
"Let them deal with their own mess. Don't let anyone else get in the way of Ah Xiao." Xinzi grinned. "I'm here to take you home."
The three who were thrown out of the barrier unexpectedly: "?!?!!"
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When we are young, love is a very simple and pure thing.
For a three-year-old child, the world is either black or white, divided into two sides: like and dislike.
If you like it very much, that is love;
If you really dislike something, that means you hate it.
Mianli likes many things: caramel cookies, all kinds of delicious food, beautiful new clothes, the teddy bear dolls made by Huihui, and the building blocks from the nursery class.
Mianli’s “love” is also shared by many people, among whom Cancan, Father God and Jiajia occupy the most, in no particular order.
There are many things that the little fairy doesn't like: various vegetables, especially green vegetables, the touch of strangers, the sudden interruption of cartoons, and sharp noises.
He hated loneliness, hated being alone and waiting for a long time, hated the indifferent back of God the Father, and hated leaving Cancan.
Mianli's own feelings towards the world can be roughly divided into these four categories. The most changes and growth in children during their growth process come from imitating familiar adults. The ones who accompany him the most are the almost emotionless messenger of God Oriel and the simple-minded human Zhuo Can.
These two people's views on the world can roughly be applied to the "four-part rule" of the sleeping ritual.
So naturally, the little god believed that everyone in the world should do this.
He was much weaker than Zechariah and could not fully understand what the other person was thinking, so his mind reading ability was basically ineffective.
However, God has His own perception.
When reading other people's minds, Mianli needs to use his divine power. Even if it is weak, he always has to use his hands or brain.
But when perceiving the Father God’s emotions and state, there is no need for any deliberate effort; it is a natural induction from the heart.
This is the power of "bloodline" that the young god is unaware of.
So He also didn't know where the bond He felt when He faced Zechariah came from.
During the days He was with Zechariah, the devil's mood changes were almost a vivid and vivid picture to Him.
When eating caramel-flavored desserts, it is rising;
When punishing the Shadow Servant's mistakes, it is a drop;
There is a leisurely and peaceful feeling when watching the Black Panther siblings playing;
While trying to comfort the crying child, I first descended steeply and then climbed up slowly.
Generally speaking, these fluctuations were peaceful. Zechariah was a demon of emotional stability.
However, this stability was broken after the arrival of God the Father.
It suddenly surged to an unprecedented peak, and despite violent fluctuations in the later period, it continued to rise overall.
He saw all these sleeping rituals—or rather, they were imprinted in his heart.
He never told Zechariah or anyone else.
The gentle descent is not liked.
Vertical falls are annoying.
Rising slowly is like.
Love soars into the sky.
Therefore, Sasa loves God the Father.
This is a very simple conclusion that even a three-year-old child can come to.
Zechariah didn't know how He derived the final conclusion, but he thought it was absurd.
No one has ever questioned his feelings - how could he have "love"?
If it were someone else, daring to ask such an overstepping question, they would have been chopped into pieces and executed by the Lord of Hell with a smile.
But he had tried, he couldn't hurt Mian Li.
What's more, the young god's tail was still holding him softly like a small hand, and he couldn't even get angry.
It's so bizarre.
The feeling of being suppressed and unable to get angry made him feel uneasy.
Not being angry doesn’t mean you can calmly accept this “judgment”.
Zechariah's tail slowly extended forward, and without startling Mian Li, it wrapped around His waist again and pulled Him over.
The child is so light. As light as a leaf.
If it weren't for the natural protective mechanism whose principle he still didn't understand, why would he bother taking action? Just a little effort could turn such a small life into ashes.
Zechariah pulled Mianli in front of him and looked at the child carefully.
There was no longer any fear in the young god's eyes (which made the Lord of Hell feel indescribably frustrated), and instead, there was a strange trust and closeness.
That made Zechariah feel more bewildered than ever before.
How could anyone want to get close to themselves—these selves irrigated with sin, depravity, and evil desires?
He shook the child, baring his fangs like a wolf grandmother: "Aren't you afraid that I will eat you?"
The boy shook his head, very confident: "You won't."
This time Zechariah was genuinely surprised: "Why?"
"Because everyone loves Lili~!"
The young god's eyes were smiling, like a bright little crescent moon.
...Should we say that He is fearless like a newborn calf, or should we admire His extraordinary self-confidence?
Looking at the three-year-old in front of him, Zechariah tried to imagine whether Mianli was smaller and softer when he was still a baby than he is now.
How did Jiang Xiao feel when he became a father and held Him for the first time?
Is the Mother Goddess of the Sleeping Ceremony also there?
The family of three is having fun together, it's really...
He leaned closer and whispered, "You just said I 'love' your Father God, huh?"
Mian Li blinked.
"'Love'? Love—'Him'?" Zacharias straightened up and laughed until tears came out, as if he were a child telling a terrible joke.
His expression changed instantly, and he said coldly, "Don't joke around, kid. How could I possibly love someone? Never."
As soon as he finished speaking, a large area of golden and white lotus blossomed in the pure white deserted place.
The gods appeared on flowing light.
He spoke his grand words, and He heard them all.
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