Chapter 063 Crazy Tentacles-2
Jiang Yan's parents died early, and he has been living alone for many years. Especially after joining the Monster Investigation Bureau, he has become more solitary and his personality has become more withdrawn.
This house is rented in an old neighborhood. Although it is a bit small and old, it is still cozy to live in. The main reason is that the rent is low.
“So small.”
Jiang Yan brought the three children in, and someone behind him said something. He didn't want to spoil these children, so he said coldly: "If you think they are too young, leave."
The green-haired kid tugged at Jiang Yan's clothes, tears welling up in his eyes, not sure if he was really sad or just pretending. "Brother, I actually like this little house."
"The house I lived in before was too big. I could only sit alone in the living room every day without seeing anyone. It's better now that it's small. I can see everyone as soon as I look up..."
"..." Jiang Yan opened his mouth, and finally swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth after trying to hold it back.
The boss said that the parents of these three children were eaten by monsters, so he should have sympathy.
It seems that these three children originally came from a well-off family and lived in a big villa. If it weren't for the accident of their parents, they might have continued to be rich young masters.
Jiang Yan pursed her lips, and soon heard another sentence in her ear, "Brother, why is there no TV?"
When I looked up, I saw Meng Xiaolan, who had been walking around the room, talking.
Jiang Yan said in a deep voice, walked over and lifted the cloth covering the TV, bent down and took out the remote control from the cabinet, turned around and handed it to Meng Xiaolan.
Meng Xiaolan took the remote control, her glass-like eyes glazed over, "It's so small..." She paused, as if she came to her senses and realized that she had chosen the wrong word, and added, "What a cute TV."
Jiang Yan didn't continue the topic. He left the three kids in the living room to watch TV and went back to his room.
The room was simply furnished. Jiang Yan took out a stack of information from his backpack, which contained the basic information of the three cubs.
[Name: Meng Xiaohei]
[Age: 9]
[Home address: XX villa area]
[Father: Meng Tang]
[Mother: Jiang Yan]
[……]
His eyes paused on a certain column, and Jiang Yan felt a little puzzled. He always felt that the names of the parents of these three cubs looked familiar.
"What are you looking at?"
Jiang Yan looked up and found that it was Meng Xiaohei. The other party was looking at the information in his hand. Then, he heard Meng Xiaohei say, "Are you looking at our information?"
Meng Xiaohei's voice was flat and his expression was dull, which didn't seem like a child of this age.
Meng Xiaohei's voice quickly attracted the other two children.
Meng Xiaolan was a lively and lovely girl. She held a pair of ginger and salt potato chips that she had found in the house in her mouth. She blinked her eyes and stared at the young man in the room cutely.
Meng Xiaolu was probably the most gentlemanly of the three. He said politely, "Brother, the information there is incomplete. If you want to know anything else, you can ask us directly."
"There's nothing I want to know." Jiang Yan inexplicably lied about this matter. The three children looked calm when they saw this.
"The other room is full of clutter, and we don't have time to clean it up today." Jiang Yan calmly put the documents back and said unhurriedly, "The three of you can squeeze into the bed."
"What about you?" Meng Xiaohei asked.
Jiang Yan said, "I'll sleep on the floor."
Meng Xiaohei shook his head and said, "Forget it. This is your home after all. The three of us can just sleep on the floor."
Jiang Yan was stunned. He thought Meng Xiaohei was a cold and cool guy, but it seems that he has a kind heart.
In that case, he felt relieved. At least from what he had seen so far, these three children did not seem to be as arrogant and difficult to discipline as the boss had said.
"It's okay. Brother is an adult and you are still children. You are in the stage of growing up."
Jiang Yan also smiled and raised his hand to ruffle Meng Xiaohei's hair, then turned around to tidy up the quilt, saying, "Go wash up first. There are new washing tools on the cabinet in the bathroom."
Meng Xiaolan left first. Meng Xiaolu saw Meng Xiaohei still standing there. He went up to him and tugged at his clothes, but unexpectedly found that his ears turned red.
"Xiao Hei, you..." Meng Xiaolu was hesitant to speak.
Xiao Hei stared at Meng Xiaolu and said coldly: "We are already over a hundred years old. We are not children anymore. It is normal for our hearts to be moved."
"But this is the person that big brother has his eyes on." Meng Xiaolu sighed slightly.
"Hmph, so what!" Meng Xiaohei was too lazy to pay attention to him. He walked into the bathroom and stared at the toothbrush and cup that were already in use on the cabinet.
Meng Xiaolu emphasized: "The role we need to play now is the future children of Jiang Yan, don't make a mistake."
As soon as he finished speaking, a flesh-pink object suddenly stuck to the ventilation window above the bathroom. Meng Xiaolan was the first to see it and called out in a daze, "Brother!"
Then, the flesh-pink tentacle stretched in through the ventilation window and rolled up the potato chips in Meng Xiaolan's hand. The potato chips were out of his hand for a few seconds before Meng Xiaolan reacted and shouted, "Brother! Those are the potato chips I found!"
"Huh, luckily I just came to get some potato chips." Meng Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief. He stared at Meng Xiaohei, and a sudden serious expression appeared on his young face. "Xiaohei, take your thoughts back. You know big brother's temper, even though you are his younger brother."
"I know, I know."
Meng Xiaohei squeezed out some toothpaste and brushed his mouth until it was full of foam. He looked up at the dressing mirror, in which his expressionless face was reflected.
"It's raining." Meng Xiaolan said suddenly.
On the other side, Jiang Yan had already made his bed on the floor. He was a little tired now, not because of today's mission, but because he felt his memory was really confused.
Jiang Yan leaned against the wall, with her head slightly tilted back. Her slightly protruding Adam's apple was exposed under the dazzling incandescent light. Her delicate facial features were softened by the light, making her look beautiful and charming.
“Hiss…”
Jiang Yan suddenly opened his eyes, and looked towards the door in confusion, "Have you finished washing?"
A voice came from the direction of the bathroom, "Wait a minute."
Jiang Yan rubbed his brows and asked again: "Did you hear a strange sound just now?"
"What?" Meng Xiaolu appeared at the door with a mouthful of toothpaste foam, and said incoherently, "Is it the sound of us brushing our teeth? Is it unpleasant?"
Jiang Yan shook his head. "Nothing. I must have heard it wrong."
An hour later.
When Jiang Yan returned to the room after taking a bath, the three little ones were lying motionless on the bed. They must have fallen asleep, even though it was only eleven o'clock.
He is accustomed to staying up late, usually going to bed at 12:00 and getting up at 7:00 in the morning to go to work.
“Ka——”
Jiang Yan turned off the lights in the room.
Soon the surroundings fell into darkness.
The moon tonight seemed a little red. Jiang Yan, lying on his side on the mattress, propped up his face and looked out the window. It was foggy outside, but he could still clearly see the scarlet outline of the moon.
“Hiss…”
The strange sound rang out again.
Jiang Yan wanted to listen carefully to see if it was his illusion, but in an instant he found that his eyelids became very heavy, as if he was hypnotized.
After a while, Jiang Yan fell into a deep sleep.
During this time, he vaguely felt something cold touching his skin, from his cheek along his neck all the way down...
Is it raining in?
Jiang Yan thought dazedly. Because the thing on his skin was cold and sticky, and it moved like a trace of liquid.
“Boom boom—”
Thunder roared, and the dark wall was illuminated by lightning. A huge, grotesque shadow was printed on it, like a ghost or some ancient monster, which was approaching the young man sleeping on the floor.
***
The next day, Jiang Yan got up.
He felt a pain in his body, as if he had been beaten by someone. He turned his head and looked at the three kids on the bed, who were still sleeping.
That’s normal. It’s not even seven o’clock yet.
Um... no, how old are they this year?
Nine years old? It's time to go to primary school.
So should we send them to school first?
Jiang Yan scratched his hair. He had never taken care of a child before, let alone three at once. It was really a headache.
[Boss, should I send these three children to school? ]
Jiang Yan edited the message and sent it to the boss.
After I finished washing up, my cell phone rang.
[Boss: Come to the company first. I have something to tell you.]
【good. 】
Before leaving, Jiang Yan left a small note and then went out to the company.
"What's up, boss?"
Jiang Yan pushed open the office door and saw the boss sitting upright. He pointed to the sofa beside him with a serious expression and said, "Sit down first."
Jiang Yan didn't understand why, but he did it anyway.
"Xiao Li has already told me what happened to you yesterday." The boss pushed up his glasses, "Your undercover identity is likely to have been exposed."
As undercover agents, they are different from other members in that they act anonymously and need to lurk around the target, and all tasks must be carried out in secret.
Once exposed, their undercover identities would be meaningless.
Hearing this, Jiang Yan's pupils tightened, "So I'm going to be fired?"
There are only two outcomes for being exposed: one is dismissal, and the other is transfer to another department.
But other departments are always fully staffed, only the undercover department is always short of staff.
"No, you were just suspected of being exposed. There's still a chance to save yourself." The boss continued, "Because you were alone at the time and your weapon fell during the chase, I think the monster that knocked you out would mistake you for an ordinary person."
Did he drop his weapon?
Their undercover agents are usually equipped with a gun filled with powerful anesthetics, which can be used for self-defense or to paralyze the enemy, and then handed over to other departments for disposal.
Jiang Yan touched the special clothes on his body, and found that there was nothing inside.
The boss opened the drawer, took out a gun and put it on the table. "This is your gun. Xiao Li found it on his way to find you."
Jiang Yan stepped forward and picked up the gun, which had his initials engraved on it.
It's his gun.
"Huh." Jiang Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
Don't worry about getting fired.
"But just in case, I need you to become more like a normal person," the boss said.
Jiang Yan was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"Go on a blind date," the boss said. "Now that you have a child, you can find a lover as well. First, it can create the impression that you are an ordinary person with a family. Second, you can take care of the three children."
"You are very capable. We in the Monster Management Bureau need you, so we won't fire you easily." The boss looked at him seriously, "Don't worry, I will let others protect your children and lover."
Wait, those three kids aren't his biological children, and he didn't agree to the blind date?!
Why does the boss speak so naturally?
Jiang Yan was slightly surprised, but since both his parents had passed away, his boss had treated him like a father and son during this period.
never mind.
"Then I'll think about it."
But it was true that Jiang Yan needed this job. First, he couldn't find any other job, and second, according to his relatives, his parents were eaten by monsters when he was very young, so he wanted revenge.
But when it comes to blind dates, he really has no tears left to cry.
I’m so old, I’ve never even touched a girl’s hand, let alone been in love.
The boss saw Jiang Yan's worry and took out another stack of information from the drawer. "This is the person Zhang Keke helped you choose. You can take a look."
"ah?"
Jiang Yan took the information, looked down, scanned it one by one, and frowned instantly.
"Is it inappropriate?" The boss took a sip of coffee and said lightly.
Before Jiang Yan could speak, the boss asked, "Didn't you ask me what to do with the three children?" He paused and continued, "You are very busy working outside, so find someone to take care of the children."
Jiang Yan: “…” I always feel like I’ve fallen into a trap.
"But I have a child, which girl would like me?" Jiang Yan held his forehead with his hand, looking a little embarrassed.
The boss continued to give him a rosy promise, "Try hard to find it, and you will find it. Believe in fate."
"I'll give you a day off today, go on a blind date."
Jiang Yan: "...Thank you, boss."
As soon as he left the office, Xiao Li came over to him and asked, "Brother, what does the boss want you to do? You look so grumpy."
Jiang Yanman's tone was full of helplessness, "My boss asked me to find a wife, where can I find one?"
"Wow, there is such a good thing." Xiao Li opened his eyes slightly.
Jiang Yan glanced at him and said, "Then I'll give it to you?"
Xiao Li shook his head fiercely, "No, I still have to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination. Dating will delay my important life event."
Jiang Yan made a "tsk" sound, and the next second the information in his hand was snatched away by Xiao Li.
"Not bad." Xiao Li looked at the photo on the profile with great interest. "This one is good, this one is good. She is 38 years old, divorced and has two children. She lives in a big villa in North City."
"Hey, this one is not bad either." Xiao Li looked up at Jiang Yan and asked with a smile, "Brother, which one do you think is better?"
"I don't want to delay them." Jiang Yan said sadly, "I don't know what the boss is thinking. He asked me to go on a blind date even though I have a dangerous job."
"This is just a show." Xiao Li said.
Jiang Yan shook his head. "That won't work either. The girl's youth is precious."
"Brother, you are such a nice person. If I didn't want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, I would pretend to be a couple with you." Xiao Li said quietly.
"If you pass the exam, quit this job." Jiang Yan said to Xiao Li, "It's too dangerous."
Xiao Li smiled but said nothing.
"Jiang Yan, there's a call for you."
Zhang Keke held the company's landline and waved to Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan looked at the landline in Zhang Keke's hand with a little confusion. This landline usually received calls from family members, but he had no parents and no friends, so no one had ever called him.
Xiao Li was also surprised and joked, "Brother, no wonder you resisted your boss's recommendation of a date. It turns out you already have a mistress."
Jiang Yan pursed her lips and walked over to answer the phone.
“Are you Jiang Yan?”
A gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone, which was very pleasant to hear. Jiang Yan hissed as if a feather was scratching his heart, and felt itchy in his heart.
"Yes." Jiang Yan's throat trembled, "Excuse me, who are you?"
"I've liked you for a long time."
The other party said.
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