"Have you taken leave?" Yang Mei asked.
Zhao Gang put away his satellite phone and nodded expressionlessly.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you," Yang Mei said politely.
Zhao Gang: "It is indeed troublesome."
"...Haha." Yang Mei could only laugh awkwardly, and the atmosphere gradually froze.
Fortunately, she wasn't afraid of awkward situations. Zhao Gang didn't say anything, and she focused her attention on the green wall in front of her, observing it carefully.
"Sister Monkey, come here!" Zhao Xiaoxiu called out from the pond.
A brownish-yellow, nearly adult-sized evolved macaque immediately leaped from the second-floor balcony, landing steadily on the green wall. With another leap, it landed on all fours and quickly ran to the edge of the pond.
Yang Mei's breath hitched, and she instinctively took a few steps forward in a tense manner. Only when she saw that the monkey sister in Zhao Xiaoxiu's mouth had no intention of harming her son did she slowly exhale.
She knew that most evolved animals did not have the initiative to attack humans, but this macaque was, after all, a large animal. Even if it did not have the initiative to attack, in the monkey world, there was a habit of treating weak human infants or small animals as toys.
However, the evolved macaque in Zhao Gang's home seems to have higher intelligence than ordinary evolved animals.
Most importantly, in His presence, the macaques should not dare to act recklessly.
The facts seem to be similar to Yang Mei's prediction. Not only is Sister Monkey good at taking care of children, but she is also very gentle. She doesn't exactly obey Zhao Xiaoxiu's every word, but she can still do whatever she's told.
This was the first time Youyou had seen the monkey sister Zhao Xiaoxiu had mentioned. The little boy stood in front of it upright and felt as if he were facing a bear, feeling extremely oppressed.
He huddled close to Zhao Xiaoxiu, a little scared, and whispered in her ear, "Is it really Sister Monkey, not Brother Monkey? It looks so fierce, and its teeth are so sharp."
Zhao Xiaoxiu smiled and looked at her friend, explaining, "Sister Monkey can be fierce too, and her teeth can be sharp. She's incredibly powerful; she can slap a White Walker's head off with one slap."
Youyou was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at the evolved macaque in front of her with curiosity. Her gaze fell on its thick and long limbs and tail, and then she looked down at her own and Zhao Xiaoxiu's thin arms and legs. She said weakly, "Zhao Xiaoxiu, I'm still a little scared."
"Don't be afraid!" Zhao Xiaoxiu pulled him out from behind her and walked towards Sister Monkey: "Don't worry, I will protect you."
"Then you must protect me well," Youyou said worriedly.
Zhao Xiaoxiu raised her eyebrows, indicating that he could rest assured.
When Sister Monkey saw that the cub had brought over another unfamiliar cub, she curiously circled around the two of them. Seeing that the new cub looked trembling and was not as brave as Liu Miaomiao, she opened her mouth with both hands and gave it a mocking look.
Youyou's hair stood on end, and she gripped Zhao Xiaoxiu even tighter, asking worriedly, "Does it want to eat me?"
Monkey Sister immediately spat a few times to express her disgust for him.
Was it that the tomatoes weren't tasty, or that the baby's father's cooking was bad? What kind of crazy thing would it have to do to eat this little thing?
"Xiaoxiu, does it...do it dislike me?" Youyou asked in disbelief.
Zhao Xiaoxiu laughed and nodded emphatically: "I told you Sister Monkey doesn't eat children, now you can rest assured."
The thought that a monkey would look down on him left Youyou speechless for a moment, and he could only awkwardly chuckle.
"Come on." Zhao Xiaoxiu patted the hoverboard, gesturing for Youyou to sit with her, then handed the leash to Sister Monkey, asking it to take her and her friend to the poplar forest.
Kids are carefree. Once the hoverboard started moving, Youyou was only focused on having fun and didn't think about how scary the monkey sister was anymore.
The territory was spacious enough for the monkey and her two babies to run around freely. The monkey sister was also a playful monkey. When Zhao Xiaoxiu said she wanted to go to the poplar forest, the monkey sister insisted on taking the two babies to the back mountain for a stroll first.
Sister Monkey dug many holes on the mountain. Some of these holes were left by mutated animals from the past, and Sister Monkey expanded them.
Some of the holes were dug by Sister Monkey herself. They didn't mean anything by it; she just thought it was fun and got addicted to digging holes.
There was no time to show off before, but this time the opportunity came. Sister Monkey took Zhao Xiaoxiu and Youyou to check all the holes she had dug. Unexpectedly, they had an unexpected gain: they caught a nest of mutated weasels that made the holes their home.
The mutation level was C. When Monkey Sister saw it, she slapped two of them to death with one slap, leaving only a baby mouse the size of a hamster. She excitedly threw it onto the hoverboard and let Zhao Xiaoxiu play with it.
The little weasel was covered in light gray fur, and its bushy tail looked like a flower. It darted frantically between Zhao Xiaoxiu and Youyou, which made Youyou scream in fright.
"Alright, alright, let it go." Zhao Xiaoxiu swiftly grabbed the fleeing weasel and released it.
It's so tiny, it's not even big enough to fill a tooth gap when eating meat.
Completely unaware of her friend's inner thoughts, Youyou glanced gratefully at Zhao Xiaoxiu, then looked with some reluctance at the weasel's retreating figure as it fled at high speed. "Actually, it's very cute."
"Being cute can't put food on the table." Zhao Xiaoxiu shrugged regretfully. If he were any fatter, she definitely wouldn't have been willing to let him go.
The two little ones had a nonsensical conversation that made Sister Monkey laugh. After showing off her masterpiece, she finally decided to take the two little ones to the poplar grove.
Zhao Xiaoxiu sometimes suspected that Youyou was a dog released from a closed cage, because he would bark twice whenever he saw anything outside.
He insisted on walking across the suspension bridge himself, almost falling into the river. Luckily, Sister Monkey reacted quickly, scooped him up by the back of his collar and threw him onto the suspension board, baring her teeth in a fierce warning.
"Hehe~" Youyou smiled at it guiltily, trying to please it.
As soon as the weather warms up, many mutated birds fly into the forest.
They nest and breed in poplar groves, then are discovered by humans who take the whole nest away and make them into a delicious tomato and bird egg soup.
Thinking of this delicious food, Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick the corner of her mouth, her mouth watering.
Youyou can't climb trees, so he can only stand on the suspension board, looking up and waiting for Zhao Xiaoxiu to climb the tree to get bird eggs for him.
Meng Er had already scouted out these hideouts, and Zhao Xiaoxiu and Sister Hou found them every time.
Monkey Sister was in charge of driving away the mutated birds, and Zhao Xiaoxiu took the opportunity to reach into the nest and grab the bird eggs.
For the sake of sustainable development, they won't wipe them out all at once now. Zhao Xiaoxiu will grab as many as she can, and once she's caught them, she'll immediately get off the ground, grab the suspension board, and run away.
The monkey sister didn't linger in the fight; after threatening death, she quickly caught up with the cub.
The whole process was thrilling and exciting. Youyou was both scared and excited. As soon as the group reached the safe area on the other side of the river, she immediately whispered in Zhao Xiaoxiu's ear:
"Next time I'll sneak out Mom's laser gun to protect you and help you collect more bird eggs."
Zhao Xiaoxiu's lips twitched, thinking to herself, "You little rascal, you want to eat Director Yang's bamboo shoot stir-fried pork."
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