lcionline Chapter 34 Family
Chapter 34 Family
The homeless man's voice was not loud.
However, it sounded particularly jarring in the relatively quiet square.
In an instant,
A slight commotion broke out in the queue; some frowned, some backed away in fear, and most just watched numbly.
At this time,
Two church staff members quickly stepped forward, smiling as they helped the homeless man up, gently reassuring him:
"Hideaki Takeuchi, you're hallucinating again. It's alright, we'll take you inside to rest and you'll be fine after taking some medicine."
The homeless man, known as Takeuchi Hideaki, was still struggling, muttering repeatedly:
"Monster... black blood..."
But they were quickly taken inside the building.
The commotion quickly subsided.
"Bai, what's wrong with him?"
Shiracha Chika looked up at the homeless man being led away not far away, her expression filled with doubt and worry.
Bai Yuze's gaze followed the direction Takeuchi Hideaki was led away, until the door closed, and he sighed softly.
"He probably saw the Abyss Beast near Qingyang Bridge and went crazy with fright. After all, most of the people who come to the church to collect supplies live near Qingyang Bridge."
"So, Bai, have you ever encountered an Abyssal Beast?"
"Of course I've encountered them, but I have the miasma-sensing bracelet that Professor Mu gave me." Bai Yuze pulled up his sleeve, revealing the azure blue bracelet inside. "Usually, when I encounter abyssal beasts, I run faster than anyone else."
"Have you ever seen what the Abyssal Beast looks like?"
"no."
Upon hearing what Bai Yuze said, a hint of disappointment appeared in Bai Chaqianxia's eyes.
See here,
Bai Yuze joked with a smile:
"Class monitor, you're not planning to be like those scientists in movies, getting happier seeing abyssal monsters than seeing your own children in order to complete your scientific research, are you?"
"Get lost!"
Bai Cha Qianxia glared angrily at Bai Yuze and said, "I don't want to be some kind of mad scientist. I'd much rather be the guardian of Earth—a magical girl—and protect all of humanity!"
"Magical girls are great! I love magical girls!" Bai Yuze nodded in deep agreement.
Upon hearing Bai Yuze say this,
Bai Cha Qianxia raised an eyebrow, then suddenly turned to look at Bai Yuze: "You, are you some kind of hardcore otaku/anime fanatic?"
"No, I'm not, that's impossible." Bai Yuze denied it three times in a row.
As if she had discovered the truth, Shiratsumi Chika scoffed, "If that's the case, then I can understand why you're not interested in me."
"Hiss~"
How did we end up talking about this again out of nowhere?
Bai Yuze had a headache.
Fortunately,
Chinatsu Shiracha didn't stay outside for long before returning to the church to continue distributing food and supplies.
Bai Yuze was responsible for the physical labor and running errands.
I occasionally take a look at White Tea Chitsu.
He discovered that although it was the other person's first time encountering these things, after a brief period of unfamiliarity, they quickly demonstrated amazing attention to detail and efficiency.
Whether it's distributing food or clothing, everything can be quickly categorized by type, size, and season.
The funds will not be distributed more to young people, nor will they be distributed less to the elderly, weak, sick, or disabled.
From time to time,
She would also offer her advice to the nuns beside her.
After an afternoon,
Chinatsu Shiracha quickly became familiar with the nun beside her and even got some candy and a bottle of vitamins.
She stuffed all these things into the sapling and the flower, and said with a smile:
"Children need a balanced diet to grow. I've looked at the ingredient list of this bottle of vitamin tablets; it's probably the most expensive and most effective one in the church."
"Tsk,"
Bai Yuze sighed softly, "As expected, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames."
"Hmph~"
Shirocha Chika, with her sharp ears, heard it. Far from being annoyed, she raised her chin with a hint of smugness.
"Being thrifty is a virtue; otherwise, how do you think the Bai family accumulated their wealth?"
"Thank you, Chinatsu-neechan!"
Xiao Shu gave Bai Yuze a meaningful look, carefully put away the vitamin pills, and then put the candy into her younger sister's hand.
"You're welcome."
at dusk,
The work has come to an end.
Father Raymond warmly thanked them for their help and invited them to visit often.
On the way back,
It was getting dark.
The black luxury sedan drove smoothly toward Yueju Apartment on Qinghe Road in Hanjiang District.
The carriage was very quiet.
Bai Yuze looked at the streetlights rushing past the window and suddenly spoke:
"Class monitor."
"Um?"
"Can I ask one more time?"
Bai Yuze turned his head and looked at Bai Chaqianxia, who was lying lazily in the chair beside him, her eyes still clear and bright.
"There are so many classmates, why did you choose me?"
Hakucha Chika did not answer immediately.
She tilted her head.
She seemed to be deep in thought, the warm yellow light of the streetlamp flickering across her face.
After a while,
She had just turned her head when
He gave Bai Yuzhe a mysterious and happy smile:
"you guess?"
Bai Yuzhe: "..."
"Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore. There's no special reason. It's just that being with Bai is carefree, and I'm happy doing anything."
The car slowly came to a stop.
We stopped at the somewhat old entrance of Yueju Apartment.
Bai Yuze opened the car door, and a cool night breeze blew in.
"Thank you, squad leader, for bringing me back."
"You're welcome."
Shiracha Chika waved with a smile, "See you Monday, Shiracha-kun. Remember to eat breakfast!"
He paused for a moment.
She added, "If Director Jiang causes you any trouble later, you can let me know."
The car door closed.
The black sedan silently glided into the night.
Bai Yuze stood at the apartment entrance, watching the direction the car had disappeared in. After a long while, he turned and walked into the dimly lit stairwell.
His Highness the class monitor is quite sincere.
The other party didn't say anything today, but it felt like they said everything.
The other party was clearly a rising star among the wealthy young ladies, not in the same social circle as the real elites of Maple Leaf District and Cloud Top District. This led to the people above her looking down on her and not wanting to associate with her, while the people below were all after her money, so she was very lonely.
And he was the playmate that Shiracha Chika found for herself.
Ugh,
Pity.
His Highness the class president is perfect in every way, except that he's not a magical girl, otherwise he would have given in long ago.
......
Push open the door,
Bai Yuzhe let out a very comfortable sigh of relief.
He originally thought today would be a simple shopping trip, but it turned into a chase, a confrontation with the class monitor, and volunteering at church, which suddenly made him feel very fulfilled.
Mingming's initial plan
He just stays at home with his grandma and is a shut-in.
As soon as I entered,
Before Bai Yuze could even change his shoes, a figure rushed into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest.
"Onii-chan—!"
Yeyue's voice was filled with undisguised joy. Her slender arms wrapped tightly around his waist, and she rubbed her face against his chest, greedily inhaling his scent.
But the next second...
Her movements stopped.
The girl's small, delicate nose twitched slightly, like a small animal that had smelled something suspicious.
She suddenly raised her head, her dark green eyes shining brightly under the light, staring straight into Bai Yuzhe's eyes.
"Onii-chan!"
Her voice was soft and sweet, yet carried a barely perceptible tension. "Why do you smell so strongly of female insects today?"
"Forehead......"
Bai Yuze ruffled Ye Yue's hair, explaining guiltily, "I went to the building materials market with the class monitor to buy supplies for the class today, so it's normal to pick up some of her scent. There were a lot of people at the market."
Ye Yue did not speak.
Instead, she quietly held him, pressed her nose against the side of his neck, and took a deeper sniff.
"No, that's not right. Little Sticky Rice Cake used to have a bug smell on her too, but it was very faint and would dissipate quickly. Today is different."
Ye Yue took a half step back, looked up at him, her eyes so serious it was heart-stopping.
"You smell really strong today, little sticky rice cake, and you've also secreted a lot of strange pheromones!"
Bai Yuze wanted to explain further.
The moon has cracked.
Ok,
Literally, it cracks...
There was no blood, no internal organs; inside the rift was a black hole teeming with tentacles.
Puff...
Bai Yuzhe was swallowed whole by the other party. There was no feeling of suffocation or pressure, only a feeling of being enveloped by a warm and viscous fluid.
The fluid gently washed over his body, seeped into his clothes, and brushed against his skin, as if performing a delicate and thorough cleansing.
For a long time.
The darkness that enveloped him slowly receded.
He was vomited up.
Ye Yue returned to normal, a satisfied and pure smile returning to her delicate face, her eyes curving into crescents.
"Now it's all right."
then,
She pounced on him again.
This time,
No longer the hesitant embrace from before, but instead, she clung to Bai Yuze like an octopus, using both hands and feet, rubbing her cheek against his neck, and breathing deeply his scent.
"The best Oniichan is the one without that awful bug taste!"
Bai Yuzhe was not surprised by Okasan's obsessive-compulsive disorder.
That is, now I'm giving you countless reminders and instructions.
If this were in the past,
The other party intends to find all the humans who have been tainted by his aura and then eat them all.
But after thinking about it, he still added a word of advice.
"Okasan, don't have any ideas about this female insect for now. Her family is very powerful, and we might be able to use them in the future."
Yeyue blinked her eyes innocently.
"Female insect? What female insect?"
Bai Yuze remained silent.
The other side just called out "Little Sticky Rice Cake" (a vulgar term for a clingy snack). If they lift it a few more times, the class monitor will be dead, if not dead.
"Is there anything you'd like to eat, Okasan?"
"How about some pudding?"
"Okay."
I'm not afraid of Okasan making demands, I'm afraid of Okasan not making demands.
Bai Yuze started boiling water in a pot.
on the other hand,
Bai Yuze started calling his roommate again. "Hey, Brother Lu, it's almost seven o'clock now. What time do you get off work? I'm getting ready to cook."
"Xiaoze, you're too kind. Please eat. We were supposed to get off work at 5:30 today, but some damn bastard reported to our new director that there might be a calamity at the Hanjiang District Rehabilitation Center, forcing us to patrol overtime tonight. I swear to God!"
Bai Yuze touched his nose somewhat guiltily and said, "How about this, Brother Lu, I'll save some food for you, so you can have something to eat even after you get off work."
"Holy crap, this is bro!"
"You're too kind, Brother Lu."
Bai Yuze hung up the phone and looked out the window, lost in thought.
He didn't expect that,
The fact that Director Jiang would take this so seriously...
if it is like this,
The Shadowclaw Beast at the Hanjiang District Rehabilitation Center, and the two fake humans hiding in the morgue, are most likely not going to survive.
But there's nothing we can do about it.
Who told them to come out at night to scare people?
Thinking of what they went through,
Bai Yuze couldn't help but think of himself and Ye Yue again. If he and Ye Yue accidentally revealed their true colors, would they be eliminated like these two imposters?
Okasan might be a little better.
He knew he would truly die without a burial place.
"What's wrong, little sticky rice cake? I can smell a hint of fear coming from you."
"It's nothing, I was just thinking about the past."
Bai Yuze turned off the heat, poured the heavy cream into the warm milk, and slowly stirred it along the side of the pot with a spatula.
The milky white liquid swirled and blended, gleaming with a soft sheen.
"Little sticky rice cake, don't be afraid~!"
"Okasan will devour anyone who tries to harm him, no matter who they are?"
Bai Yuzhe blinked, somewhat puzzled, seemingly surprised that the other party would utter such domineering words. But soon his eyes widened.
"Hey, did you play the game on my computer?!"
"Yes, I really like that sentence!"
Bai Yuze said with a smile:
"Do you know that in the game, this old man ended up eating his own child?"
Yeyue's smile froze instantly.
however,
At this moment, Bai Yuze smiled very gently, "If Okasan really intends to eat his own child in the future, please do so when he is sleeping in Okasan's arms."
The air in the kitchen suddenly became quiet for a moment.
Ye Yue froze on the spot, her eerie green eyes wide open, her whiskers taut, looking like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"The old man in that game is bad! I... I'm a good old man!"
Bai Yuzhe couldn't help but laugh when he saw her jumping up and down in a panic. He reached out and ruffled her fluffy head, the touch as soft and warm as ever.
"I know."
He spoke softly, his gaze falling on her face with the tenderness of someone looking at a rare treasure.
"My Okasan is the best Okasan in the world."
Ye Yue stared at him blankly for several seconds before she reacted, her face turning bright red.
"Um... I haven't finished that game yet. I'll go finish it first!"
He then started to run towards his room.
Bai Yuzhe reacted quickly and grabbed her.
"Okasan, we can play the game later, you should eat the dessert first."
Are you kidding me?
If we let the other person play this game for a while, it might awaken something bad in the end, which would be bad.
TMD,
He originally thought "Andrew and Renee's Coffin" was a light erotica.
That wasn't the case.
It almost awakened his hidden XP, but fortunately, the magical girl's XP eventually regained the upper hand.
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As Yeyue finished the last bite of pudding, the small silver spoon scraped across the bottom of the plate, making a soft sizzling sound.
She licked her lips contentedly.
The emerald green eyes looked especially gentle in the warm kitchen light, like a lazy cat after a good meal.
Bai Yuze got up, poured the leftovers he had packed yesterday into a small pot, and slowly warmed it up on the stove.
He then took out two small bok choy from the refrigerator, washed them, and crushed the garlic cloves with the back of a knife.
The greens were cut into neat sections, and the minced garlic was finely chopped like snow.
Heat the pan and add oil.
The minced garlic sizzles and releases a rich aroma the moment it hits the pan. Add the greens and stir-fry quickly; their vibrant green color shines even brighter under the heat. Finally, sprinkle with a little salt and a few drops of oyster sauce. A simple stir-fry.
Mushroom soup is even simpler.
Soak dried shiitake mushrooms and a few slices of Agaricus blazei in advance, then pour them into a small earthenware pot along with the soaking water. Add two slices of ginger and simmer over low heat. Before serving, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and chopped green onions. The clear broth is dotted with specks of oil and the distinctive brown fragments of mushrooms.
Two dishes and a soup, along with freshly steamed rice, are placed on a small folding table.
Very homey,
It could even be described as rudimentary.
Bai Yuze sat down opposite Ye Yue.
He picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of braised pork. The pork, with its alternating layers of fat and lean meat, was stewed until tender and melted in his mouth, the sweet and salty sauce coating his taste buds.
He scooped up another spoonful of mushroom soup, its clear, fresh, and warm flavor sliding down his esophagus into his stomach.
Tasty?
good to eat.
Is it nutritious?
For him, there was almost nothing.
Human food,
No matter how carefully it's cooked, to him it's like water flowing over a stone slab.
You can feel the moisture.
But that drop of clear water will never remain.
Compared to these cooked foods,
His stomach craved something more primal and natural, such as the flesh and blood of abyssal beasts, or crystal cores brimming with miasma...
But despite this,
He still cooks every day.
Eat it every day.
This is a ritual.
It's like an act of trying to integrate into human society, or like trying to prove that one's soul is still human.
Yeyue ate very quietly.
Although she didn't want to eat these things, she would accompany Bai Yuze to complete the ritual every time he made them.
When Bai Yuze picked up some food, she also reached for her chopsticks; when he chewed, she also made small nibbles.
She had seen it on her laptop; a family should eat together.
And she is Bai Yuze's family member.
Just like how Bai Yuze would always insist on going with her whenever she went hunting.