hsntnovel Chapter 62 Pets?
Chapter 62 Pets?
Just as Qin Yuan and Xie Yuchen had finished observing the bizarre scene of the human-snake confrontation, before they could even speak, Qin Jiu, with his sharp eyes, spotted Qin Yuan.
The little guy's eyes lit up instantly. He grabbed Wu Xie's belt, turned halfway around, and excitedly shouted, "Dad!"
He probably intended to pounce, but forgot that he was only able to float on the water because of Wu Xie. His hands loosened, and with a whoosh, he sank to the bottom, leaving only a few strands of white hair floating on the surface. Then, visibly, that tuft of white hair rapidly approached Qin Yuan.
"Qin Jiu!" Qin Yuan's heart tightened. Although he knew he would be alright, he still waded through the water and rushed over, bending down and reaching out to pull the figure running wildly in the water out of the water.
Qin Jiu was pulled out of the water, completely soaked. He didn't care and hugged Qin Yuan's neck, burying his face in Qin Yuan's shoulder and rubbing against him.
He patted Qin Jiu's soaked back and smirked, "You're quite something, running all this way by yourself?"
On the other side, Xie Yuchen also quickly went over and helped Wu Xie, who was obviously exhausted and carrying the fat man on his back, by supporting the unconscious fat man on his body.
Wu Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Qin Yuan to explain, "Qin, Qin Yuan... Thank goodness, we finally found you... When Fatty and Little Brother came to Devil City to find me, you had already left with Xiao Hua and the others. Qin Jiu came with Fatty; he insisted on coming to find you, and we couldn't stop him..." He gasped for breath, pointed at Fatty, "Fatty fell into a snake pit and is poisoned and unconscious. Pan Zi was injured and went back first, Little Brother is missing again, and A Ning too..."
He nodded to indicate that he understood. Qin Jiu was no ordinary child; in fact, he was older than his brother. Besides, this was not the time to discuss things in detail.
"Come with me first, Third Master and the others are resting up ahead." He held Qin Jiu, who was still dripping wet, and gestured for Xie Yuchen to help support the fat man. Xie Yuchen didn't say anything, and together with Wu Xie, they supported the fat man with one arm on each side.
The group quickly returned to their previous resting place. Wu Sansheng, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened them upon hearing the noise and saw Qin Yuan and Xie Yuchen returning with the fat man and a soaking wet and disheveled Wu Xie. His eyes flickered.
When Wu Xie saw his third uncle, he was about to call out when Wu Sansheng suddenly stood up, strode over, and smacked him on the back of the head!
"Snap!" A crisp and loud sound, a good start.
"You disobedient little brat! I told you not to come! But you insisted on coming! Do you think you can just barge into this place?! You..." Wu Sansheng launched into a tirade of abuse.
However, before he could finish his curse, Wu Xie, who had been slapped on the back of the head, rolled his eyes, swayed, and then fell straight backward!
"Innocence!"
Xie Yuchen, who was standing nearby, exclaimed in surprise.
Wu Sansheng: "...?"
His hand, raised in mid-air, froze. The anger on his face instantly turned to astonishment, then to bewilderment. He looked down at his hand, then at his unconscious nephew on the ground, and fell into deep self-doubt: "I don't think I used much force, did I?"
Qin Yuan stood to the side, holding Qin Jiu, his lips twitching. Well, this time Wu Xie wasn't knocked unconscious by the baby snake parasitizing the pheasant's neck because Qin Jiu was by his side, but he didn't expect to be knocked out by his dear third uncle's slap. It's hard to say whether Wu Sansheng was ruthless or Wu Xie was just too fragile.
Hei Xiazi had already squatted down to check on Wu Xie's condition. He rolled his eyes, checked his pulse and breathing: "He's fine, just exhausted and overly frightened. Third Master, your slap was the last straw that broke the camel's back, forcing his body to shut down and rest."
Wu Sansheng's expression improved slightly. As for the fat man, Xie Yuchen had already put him down and examined him. "The poisoning isn't severe. He was probably poisoned with mild snake venom in the snake pit. Wu Xie has already treated him and given him antivenom. It's not a big problem."
Qin Jiu had already struggled to get off Qin Yuan and ran to a corner to change, carrying the clothes Qin Yuan had given him. However, because it was inconvenient to expose the space, he took adult clothes. The clothes were loose, and the sleeves and pant legs were rolled up in several places.
Not long after, Wu Xie slowly woke up. He blinked blankly, touched the back of his head which was still a little sore, saw the crowd of onlookers, remembered what had happened before, blushed, and sat up awkwardly.
"Third Uncle... I'm fine, just too tired," Wu Xie quickly explained, afraid that his third uncle would hit him again. "Fatty got separated from us while chasing Chen Wenjin and accidentally fell into a pit full of crested snakes. Panzi was bitten on the shoulder by a snake while trying to save us, and he was badly injured, so I told him to retreat first. Little Brother... he followed Chen Wenjin's shadow into another side road and disappeared in the blink of an eye."
He quickly recounted the situation, then secretly glanced at Wu Sansheng.
Wu Sansheng snorted and didn't make another move, but his expression remained unpleasant. He called Wu Xie aside, seemingly preparing to continue digging the pit.
Qin Yuan was too lazy to listen; it was nothing more than those vague, half-true, half-false guidance and concealment, leaving Wu Xie to continue wandering in the fog and uncovering more secrets.
In the past, he might have been curious and wanted to change things, but now, his goal was clear: obtain the core of the Western Queen Mother's database and shut down the ultimate system. Once this was done, the Bronze Gate guards, the Wang family's entanglements, and the Longevity Bureau would all lose their foundation. All the pits that Wu Sansheng had dug now would probably be completely destroyed, a complete waste of effort.
Let him play guessing games with his nephew now.
Qin Yuan shook his head and turned to check on the fat man. But when he turned around, he saw Hei Xiazi squatting down next to Qin Jiu, a human trafficker's smile on his face, talking to Qin Jiu.
Then Qin Yuan heard Hei Xiazi's deliberately lowered voice: "Xiao Jiu, tell Uncle Hei, is your father's real name Xu? Is Bai Suzhen your grandmother? Your skills, and your father's colored contact lenses and manicures, tsk tsk, a family tradition!"
Qin Yuan: "..." Black Bear, that's enough!
He walked over with a dark face, intending to pull his son away from this guy who was spouting nonsense. What kind of skill was he talking about? Didn't this blind man not go out with them just now?
He took a few steps closer and then he understood why Hei Xiazi had said that. His eyes behind his sunglasses were fixed on a clump of excrement at Qin Jiu's feet.
That thing, curled up in a ball and occasionally nodding unconsciously... wasn't it the pheasant neck that had been frantically kowtowing just now?
It was somehow brought back by Qin Jiu, and now it was curled up at Qin Jiu's feet, as obedient as a well-trained pet.
No wonder Mop and his gang were all huddled in a corner at the other end of the rest area, looking at this place with fear and refusing to come any closer.
Qin Jiu seemed to notice Qin Yuan's gaze, looked down at the new toy at her feet, gave Qin Yuan a pure and innocent smile, and even reached out her little hand to touch the fleshy crest on the snake's head.
The venomous snake that terrified countless people, when Qin Jiu touched it, not only didn't attack, but instead... it tapped him even more enthusiastically? Although the amplitude was much smaller, the frequency... made one worry that it might break its neck.
Qin Yuan rubbed his forehead, feeling a throbbing pain in his temples.
He took a deep breath, squatted down, and asked in as gentle a tone as possible, "Jiujiu, where... did this come from?"
Qin Jiu blinked and pointed back the way he came: "I picked it up from the water. It wasn't moving, so I took it with me." He said it as if it were a beautiful stone, not a poisonous snake.
Black Bear grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and gave Qin Yuan a thumbs up: "Master Qin, your son... is quite like his father! No, he's surpassed his father! Even his pet is so unique!"
Qin Yuan ignored him, seeing that his son really liked it, "If you like it, then take it with you, but don't let it run around and bite people, and don't... let it nod anymore, it makes my eyes dizzy."
Qin Jiu obediently nodded, then stuffed the unusually docile pheasant's neck into his pocket. The snake cooperated, wriggling and crawling inside, only its head peeking out of the pocket, and even subconsciously tapping its head again.
Qin Yuan silently looked away.
He felt that this trip to the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West, besides dealing with the mad scientist's legacy, might also require him to keep an eye on his precious son who would pick up anything...