"Hey, baby tail?"
Huo Xianfeng didn't think it was ironic. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his lips.
"So you like it so much."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tip of his tail rubbed the palm of the major general's hand excitedly.
Jiang Ci: “…”
He didn't expect that Huo Xianfeng could accept this kind of sarcasm so naturally and narcissistically.
But it felt so strange that there was a living creature in his hand that was excitedly drilling into his palm. In addition, Jiang Ci's palms were a little sensitive to begin with, and his whole arm felt like it was electrocuted. He reflexively loosened his hand, then quickly grabbed the area just below the tip and mercilessly pulled the tail that was wrapped around his waist off.
The major general said in a grim tone: "Turn on the light."
Snapped-
Nora at the door obediently turned on the light.
The whole world became bright, and all the ambiguous and sticky atmosphere disappeared.
Huo Xianfeng: “…”
He hadn't expected this development.
as well as-
Huo Xianfeng stared at the purple-haired girl at the door, not understanding why Jiang Ci brought her back. But when Nora saw Wang looking at her, she immediately ran over excitedly and said proudly: "Woof~"
Jiang Ci had been trying hard to keep a cool face, but this time she couldn't help it and turned her head away, her shoulders shaking slightly.
Huo Xianfeng felt a headache: "... Let's speak insect language."
Nora scratched her head in confusion but nodded obediently.
[Okay, Wang.]
After the little farce was over, Jiang Ci still didn't forget the most important thing of the evening.
Ten minutes later, the man and the two bugs sat on the carpet, waiting for Xiao X to restart.
Huo Xianfeng didn't ask Jiang Ci why she didn't restart in the temple's repair room. He could probably guess the reason, because Jiang Ci didn't want others to see the image of his mother projected by Xiao X.
"drop-"
The silver ring floated in the air, slowly spinning in circles.
"Restarting the program..."
"Restarting the program..."
"Restart successful!"
“Wow!!!”
A familiar electronic sound came out.
"Aci, ci, ci!!!"
Little X was like a puppy that had been cooped up at home for months and was finally let out for a walk. It quickly circled Jiangci several times.
"My dear Aci! I miss you so much. Xiao X misses you so much~~~~"
At this moment, the silver ring braked halfway and fell on Nora's head, rubbing it madly, rubbing her beautiful and smooth hair into a mess.
"Oh oh oh oh, and my baby Nora, 夤夤夤 Xiao X misses you too~~~~"
"Ah! Little... Little X."
This is Nora's voice.
She looks like a little girl of fifteen or sixteen, but maybe it’s because she has just started learning human language, her pronunciation and voice are very similar to that of a seven or eight year old child, which is particularly cute.
"Ahh, my baby Nora can talk now."
Little X was so excited that it finally found a sense of accomplishment as a parenting system.
Then, it excitedly turned to the third target,
"Feng Feng Bao..."
"Um?"
Huo Xianfeng glanced at him casually, and Xiao X got stuck. After a few seconds, he finally said the second half.
"Hmm... well, your new clothes look really nice."
Hearing this, Wang nodded slightly and glanced at his wife intentionally or unintentionally.
But Jiang Ci didn't notice. He watched Xiao X successfully restart and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't even express his dislike for the name "Aci baby". He reached out and rubbed the silver ring and Nora's head together.
"Let's check the program first to see if there are any problems."
"good!"
A silver ring rose from Nora's messy hair, with dense streams of data flowing rapidly on its surface, and then suddenly paused.
"Huh?"
Xiao X's voice suddenly hesitated.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Ci's expression quickly became serious.
"What's the problem?"
"There's a... there's a hidden compressed data packet."
It was strange that Xiao X hadn't noticed it before, and it was very sure that it was a data packet in its own program and not transmitted by mistake through the Forbidden Abyss.
"Aci, wait a moment. Xiao X will unzip it and see what it is."
"Um."
Jiang Ci subconsciously clenched her fingers.
“Sizzle…”
The silver ring projected the picture.
Jiang Ci kept thinking about what Xiao X had projected about his mother, and thought that the first person to appear in the projected image should also be his mother, but he did not expect that it was someone he had never expected.
Jiang Ci was stunned and recognized him at the first sight.
The one in the picture is the woman who was lying in ambush at the energy reactor and slashing him with a scythe.
This time it is not a 3D projection that is extremely close to reality, but a very ordinary 2D picture.
Cecilia's face was magnified in the picture, as if she was holding the camera in front of her face. At this time, she showed an expression of trying to control but still showing disgust.
"Your Highness, Jiang Jinsheng might be lying to you. This is not the top childcare system of the new century. It's just an ordinary stupid AI."
The next second, another colder and gentler female voice was heard.
"Oh Leah you don't understand."
Snapped-
The camera shook, and a beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes entered the frame.
Jiang Ci was suddenly stunned.
He suddenly understood why the woman touched his face and called for mercy.
Because if you look at each of his facial features, he and Bai Min are indeed 60% similar. It's just that the proportions and contours are different. Jiang Ci's contours are more masculine, and his eyebrows are more sharp. This subtle difference makes them easy to distinguish.
She zoomed the camera out a little bit, and now she was finally able to capture the background and the two people's full bodies.
Unexpectedly, the background was not the holy white tower, but a simple but clean small house. And they were not wearing the church's white robes, but ordinary simple dresses.
At this time, Huo Xianfeng noticed that Bai Min's hand was on her slightly bulging belly, and she looked like she was about four months pregnant.
But she looked too thin, her face was very pale, and she seemed very weak.
But in the picture, Bai Min looked very happy, with an unconcealable smile in his eyes.
"He said that this little guy is stupid at first, but he will become smart after learning from me. In the future, this little guy will grow up with my baby Aci."
She turned to look at Cecilia,
"Well, let's pick a name for the little guy. What do you think, Leah?"
"… As long as Your Highness is happy."
Cecilia had a grim expression, her cheekbones trembling slightly, as if she was grinding her molars. The left side of her face read "unhappy", and the right side of her face read "stinky man, get out of the earth".
Bai Min seemed to have gotten used to it. She looked at the camera with a smile and made the final decision.
"Well, then let's call him Xiao X."
Jiang Ci was stunned. He had always thought that this parenting system was made casually by his father because he was too busy and didn’t want him to disturb him. Even the naming was perfunctory.
But I didn't expect that this name was actually given by my mother.
“What a strange name.”
Cecilia asked the question that Jiang Ci had always been puzzled about.
"Why did Minmin take this?"
"Because X means an undefined future and... infinite possibilities."
The freedom she finally gained from the cage and the new life she was about to give birth to made Bai Min feel extremely happy at this moment. Even though her face didn't look rosy and healthy, she still exuded a maternal tenderness and happiness from the bottom of her heart.
But this happy look didn't last for a few seconds, and her face showed obvious fatigue and sleepiness. It is normal for omegas to be very sleepy during pregnancy.
Cecilia was silent for a few seconds, then she reached out to hold her waist, hugged her beloved Saint into her arms, and gently stroked her soft and beautiful golden hair.
"Mianmin, you should rest."
·
[Mercy, you should take a rest.]
The same scene also appeared in Cecilia's dream at this moment.
She embraced her beloved compassion, as if to melt her into the depths of her softest and most fragile heart.
But people’s dreams are usually more distorted and fragmented than reality, and may even contain many of the dreamer’s subjective fantasies, desires, or unknown darkness.
[Leah, you will stay with me, right?]
[You will always stay with me, right?]
In the dream, Bai Min did not fall asleep peacefully. Instead, he suddenly grabbed Cecilia's arm and asked her,
[But why, why did you betray me! ]
Her Highness the Saint was crying, her eyes as gentle as the sea were full of bloodshot. She was resentful and in pain, and she screamed hysterically, her beautiful face twisted.
[Why, Cecilia! Why did you betray me!!!]
[Don’t you like me? Don’t you love me the most? ! ! ! ]
Cecilia's body was stiff, her lips were trembling, and her eyes showed extreme fear and pain.
[No, not this kind of mercy...]
She trembled all over and closed her eyes tightly, not daring to look at Bai Min's expression.
[Leah is not... ]
But before she could finish her words, the woman's hysterical scream suddenly stopped. Cecilia was stunned, and when she opened her eyes again, everything in front of her had changed.
In the cold, white laboratory, Cecilia saw corpses and blood everywhere, all of them were cultists.
She looked down blankly and saw that she was still holding a human head in her hand.
[Leah…Leah…]
—It was the saint crying and calling her.
Cecilia seemed to have a switch turned on. She dropped the things in her hands and ran madly towards the direction of the sound.
The running in the dream was completely inconsistent with real physics. She seemed to have been running endlessly for a long, long time, but could not find that person.
Until the next second, Cecilia suddenly felt her wrist bone being tightly grasped. She looked down and saw her beloved Mercy's face full of pain and tears. The saint was finally no longer beautiful at this moment. Her profile was crisscrossed with terrible stigmata, so that her whole face was distorted.
But the most terrifying thing was not this, because the stigmata had spread to her bulging abdomen, and seemed ready to pierce into it at any time.
[Leah... please... ]
Bai Min held Cecilia's wrist tightly, her nails digging into her flesh, even piercing and bleeding. It was like she was grabbing the last straw and she could only desperately hold on to it.
[Please, Leah... save my Ah Ci, save my child...]
[I can’t have children. I can’t have children anymore…]
At that time, Bai Min was less than eight months pregnant, and she had no way of giving birth naturally. So at that moment, she could only desperately push the dagger into Cecilia's hand and beg her over and over again.
[Dig him out... Quick, Leah, dig him out...]
[Quick... dig him out... ]
No!
no!!!
Cecilia was going crazy.
She can't do it!
Even though she was not a professional doctor, Cecilia could clearly realize that in this situation, if the child was forcibly dug out, Bai Min would most likely die.
Her beloved Mercy would die.
How is this possible? !
How is this possible? !!!
Cecilia deeply loves Bai Min, not the kind of love that comes from romance, but the kind of love that makes the whole world belong to her.
—As if believers are looking up to God.
Bai Min has always wanted to be friends with Cecilia, but she didn't know that the latter has always regarded her as a saint, and Apostle Cecilia lives for the saint.
[No, mercy... You can't...]
So at that moment, Cecilia collapsed, but she still tried to comfort her beloved saint.
[It’s okay, it’s okay, mercy, there must be another way...]
But the fact is—
There is no other way.
There is really no other way.
Because in the end, it was Bai Min who grabbed Cecilia's hand tightly and cut open his own stomach.
The mother's life seemed to be given entirely to her child at this moment.
Because when Cecilia heard the baby crying, she watched Bai Min lose his breath at the same moment.
Her beloved Mercy had waited so long for this child.
But in the end, she didn't even have time to look at her beloved Ah Ci.
Wow!
Cecilia woke up suddenly. She sat up in bed in an instant, as if she had just emerged from the water. Her silk nightgown was completely wet.
"…Lady Cecilia?"
—It was He Zhun’s hesitant voice.
But the woman ignored him and suddenly got out of bed, falling down in her panic. She rushed into the bathroom and washed her hands over and over again, frantically.
"Blood... lots of blood..."
Amid the sound of splashing water, her sharp nails left dense bloody marks on her skin.
But Cecilia seemed to feel no pain. She was trembling all over, her pupils constantly dilating and shrinking, and her nails were scratching frantically. The seeping blood mixed with the water, diluting the bright color and mixing into a beautiful pink.
"Why... why can't I clean it..."
"Why can't I wash it clean..."
"Pity... I can't wash it clean..."
despair-
A hand flipped off the switch for the water.
Cecilia was stunned. She glanced to the side, and the handsome face of the young man was reflected in her moist pupils.
"Lady Cecilia,"
He Zhun gently wiped the water off her hands.
"I'll help you clean it."
"… "
This is clearly an attack on the heart.
Because the little guy knew that he could get more useful information from her than from Leinster. So from that time on, He Zhun tried every means to see her almost every day.
Cecilia was very clear about this, but she didn't say anything and let He Zhun take her out and apply medicine.
Because she really needed to calm down.
He Zhun was also wearing pajamas, and they did sleep in the same bed, but they did nothing. It was just a trick of the little devil, making everyone think that Archbishop Cecilia liked him, so as to gain some invisible protection.
Cecilia is extremely disgusted with "sex".
What happened in the past made her not only extremely disgusted and afraid of alphas, but also unable to have physical desire for anyone.
And after the gland was removed, she no longer needed it.
Cecilia quietly watched the young man in front of her. He was gradually able to control the stigmata, so there were no longer any hideous golden lines on his handsome face. At this moment, under the warm yellow light, his profile looked particularly gentle.
He Zhun finally took off his glasses. His eyebrows and eyes were not as delicate as those of an omega. His short hair was a little curly. His eyes were amber, not bright, but with a special warmth.
At this time, he applied the medicine skillfully and gently, occasionally blowing gently on Cecilia's wound, and his whole body exuded the ultimate sense of being a husband.
In fact, at first, Leinster had troubled Cecilia several times for this, but she didn't know what the kid did, and that guy never showed up again. Cecilia felt that there was a reason why He Zhun could control Leinster with his beta gender.
It's not just about the body and sex, but also about the invasion in daily interactions without leaving any trace.
After all, all strategies, as long as they are aimed at people, are best aimed at attacking their hearts.
Because even if Cecilia saw the other party's purpose, she would be more tolerant of this kid in some things that did not touch her bottom line.
—He Zhun grasped this point deeply.
Being the same age, Cecilia felt that she could not compare to him.
"I'm curious,"
Cecilia stared at He Zhun without hiding her feelings.
"You and Jiang Ci grew up together, in the same environment, but you seem a little different."
It's not just different, the two people are completely different.
Jiang Ci is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He Zhun is warm on the outside but cold on the inside. He may smile gently to anyone on the surface, but he is extremely ruthless and cold on the inside.
Even Cecilia couldn't help but sigh, lamenting that Yu He Zhun could use everything, at all costs, to achieve his goals.
"Lady Leah,"
He Zhun raised his eyes to look at her. This increasingly intimate address meant that he had begun to further test Cecilia's tolerance.
“Even if the seeds of a rose and a weed are planted in the same pot and watered with the same fertilizer, they will grow in different shapes.”
Cecilia raised the corners of her lips and said casually,
"As for weeds, I think the ones planted with roses should be poppies."
He Zhun paused and smiled sweetly.
"Lady Leah, do you like poppy?"
"Well enough."
“Compared to weeds.”
"Well, Poppy is better looking."
He Zhun blew on her wound and said softly,
"Then I'll be Poppy."
Cecilia raised her eyebrows, glanced at him, and chuckled.
"You cunning little fox, you are obviously one, but you insist on using me as an excuse."
He Zhun smiled and didn't answer. He quietly watched every expression on Cecilia's face, knowing that now was a good time.
"Lady Leah..."
"Sh ...
Cecilia touched his lips.
"I've already answered it last time. Leah is not interested in answering the same question a second time."
He Zhun pursed his lips.
—He guessed wrong last time.
It’s neither Huo Xianfeng nor Jiang Ci.
Whose would that be
He Zhun couldn't find a clue for the first time, which made him a little anxious. But now after being warned by Cecilia, He Zhun quickly adjusted his state.
"You worry too much, Lady Leah."
He held the woman's hand and kissed the back of her hand lightly.
"I just want to ask if you want to sleep a little longer."
“—No.”
Cecilia pulled her hand out, and at that moment, golden stigmata appeared on her arm, and the wound healed instantly.
"Xiaozhun's care is too expensive. Leah should come by herself next time."
After saying that, she chuckled, turned around and walked away seductively.
He Zhun lowered his eyes, glanced coldly at the medicine box beside him, and pursed his lips in silence.
Sure enough, Cecilia is much more difficult to deal with than Leinsert.
but-
The young man blinked slowly, as if he had discovered some other secrets about this woman.
For example, perhaps Cecilia did not intentionally dig Jiang Ci out of Her Highness the Saint's belly.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have behaved like that just now.
So what circumstances forced her to make this decision
He Zhun tapped the table slowly, bit by bit, unraveling the mystery, looking for new clues.
But now one thing is very clear, that is, the Saint holds a very important position in Cecilia.
She called her to have mercy.
That is to say, Cecilia will also be very special to Jiang Ci.
He Zhun found a new breakthrough.
But there is a paradox here. When Cecilia was in Mingcheng, she rushed there without stopping as soon as she heard about Jiang Ci. But thirteen years ago, when Jiang Ci was kidnapped, she did not show up.
unreasonable.
Why
What delayed you
He Zhun thought of the child who was protected by everyone. He whispered his name softly, unable to describe his emotion.
"Aci..."
·
"Aci baby."
Bai Min's voice rang out in the warship's lounge. Jiang Ci stared at her deceased mother in a daze.
"… Or not,"
Bai Min turned around and nervously combed her hair, her face looked a little aggrieved and lost. At this time, her abdomen had already had a very obvious bulge. She looked very tired, as if... she was on the run.
"My voice is a little hoarse, so the recording doesn't sound good."
"It's okay, don't worry, this parenting system is still in the testing phase."
As he spoke, Jiang Jinsheng walked over, but because of the camera angle, his face was not in the frame.
"I'll adjust the radio settings tomorrow and it will sound good."
"… Um."
Bai Min was still uneasy, and she held Jiang Jinsheng's hand tightly.
"Liya seems to be unhappy lately... It would be nice if... she was still alive."
She didn't say it explicitly, but Huo Xianfeng understood the vacancy in Bai Min's heart. She was saying that Huo Chao was dead and no one could protect them anymore.
The video ends here.
The videos in Xiao X's secret compressed package are all in segments.
—This is the last paragraph.
So, there is nothing left.
That's all there is to know about my mother.
Jiang Ci thought that little X might be hiding some secrets, but in fact, all he saw was the mother's expectations and love.
When Jiang Ci was a child, he never understood why his father set up such a parenting system for him. But he didn't expect that Xiao X's character was set by Bai Min.
She expressed almost 1,000% of her maternal love in front of the AI that was still learning, so Xiao X was overwhelmed with maternal love.
She always called Aci baby in front of the parenting system, so Xiao X also kept calling her that.
Little X was not a tool to hide in the forbidden abyss, but was prepared long before the beginning. It was a gift that his parents prepared for him with all their heart even during the most difficult times of their escape.
"… "
The room fell into silence.
Jiang Ci couldn't describe what she felt at that moment. Probably, she felt that she was indeed a child deeply loved by her mother.
But when he finally realized this, it had already been completely lost.
—At the moment of birth.
(End of this chapter)