Hospital.
Mrs. Quinn stayed in the car and practiced communicating with her own image in the rearview mirror. Zach is in the hospital and baby Adam has been given to Derek.
Derek changed hands and handed it over to a medical staff who looked very young...
"I'm here to find you." Zach watched as Derek handed Adam over to others.
"Physical examination is the job of interns..." Derek blinked.
He was actually not reacting to Zach's words, his answer was just instinctive. What Derek really needed to react was that he became an uncle.
Zach tried to remind the human brother, "But he is the child of your brother Benjamin Grande and Mokawi. Are you sure you want to hand it over to someone..." Zach rolled his eyes and held the baby next to him, neither staying nor leaving. Young doctor, "outsider." Zach used the neutral word. The intern's face looked better, but he was still embarrassed.
Derek's eyes were fixed, as if he had been reminded of something, and he said to the intern, "Go get checked!" Then without giving Zach time to react, he pulled Zach quickly toward the deserted stairwell.
Having just isolated the passers-by in the hospital, Derek glared at Zach, "When did it happen? Didn't you just get married? When did you get pregnant? When did you give birth? Why is this happening in Grande? I do not even know?!"
Zach was stunned for a moment, and Derek's expression was completely unconcealed anger.
Zach pouted, not wanting to care where Derek's boring anger came from. Now that there is no one around, Zach has the obligation to remind Derek again, "Adam is Alpha and a child of the Mokavi clan. Although we are all sure he is human now, the fact that a werewolf and a vampire can have a child is a breakthrough for all of us. It’s a matter of common sense! The reason why I bring my child through this procedure is naturally so that he can have a normal start in life as a human being, but can you pay attention to it? In case your intern finds something different about the child... "
"Don't tell me this now!" Derek interrupted Zach angrily. He stared at Zach with eyes full of anger, "I am your brother!! Why do I know everything that happens at home from newspapers, news, and other people's gossip?!!"
That look in Zach's eyes? It's incredible. Looking at Derek, "What's going on at home?"
"Yes! It's about the Grande family!" Derek started waving his arms, "My surname is Grande! Your surname is Grande! Benjamin's surname is Grande! We are Grande brothers! And that baby, Adam !" Derek may have been a little too excited, "Adam what??" He turned his head, put his hands next to his ears towards Zach, and made a listening sound, and then the moment Zach opened his mouth, "Yes! Yes! Adam Grand!!" Finally, he glared at Zach, "Grand! Grand! De!"
Zach's open mouth slowly closed. do not want to talk.
What can I say? Do we need to explain the truth behind this? ? Hey, does the human surname Grande have any significance in the matter of Alpha giving birth?
*! Obviously, in the heart of Derek, a true Grande son, it makes sense.
The two parties are in different places, so this communication cannot take place.
Zach didn't speak and gave up on finding a basis for communication. One reason is that according to Zach's current behavioral motivation model, Zach wants to transfer Derek's anger to others, doesn't he? Zach provokes conflicts in others to keep himself quiet.
But in this moment, think about what is the source of Derek’s anger? It's the old Grande who died a long time ago. What did Zach transfer? Lure Derek to Grande's grave
So Zach stopped talking.
This silence had no positive effect, and Derek's face became even more angry, "Benjamin didn't invite me to his wedding! Do you know who I heard about my brother getting married?! Hehe, I came to the hospital to find him. I heard about it from Nophele who was chosen by the descendants!!”
Novel who came to the hospital to find a candidate for his descendants? ? Uh... forget it, ignore it.
Zach glanced at Derek and prepared to leave the stairwell.
Benjamin's wedding is not a good memory for Zach, remember. Benjamin deliberately caused the wedding to be lightning-fast, and invited a bunch of aliens in Grandry to deliberately disgust Zach!
Zach didn't complain about anything, so why should Derek complain? !
"Come back!" Derek actually grabbed Zach's clothes. Of course, Zach was motionless. After Derek stumbled, he blocked the door with a wrinkled face and stopped Zach in place, " Alice has never mentioned to me such a big thing as going abroad to study!! Why don’t you tell me anything about your family?! Is my Grande surname fake?!”
Zach was a little unhappy. Looking at Derek, he spoke, "Your Grande surname is real, but our Grande surname is all fake. They are all fake. Do you understand? If you understand, get out of the way. "
You can clearly see that Derek's neck has swollen and turned red. There is literally something stuck in his throat!
But Derek was still blocking the door.
Zach became impatient and reached out to dial Derek.
Derek's body tilted and he fell to the ground like a log.
Zach frowned, looked away, opened the stairwell door and walked away...
Zach just took two steps.
He returned to the stairwell, wordlessly pulled Derek up from the ground, and sat down on the stairs. "Why are you crying? How old are you?"
Yes. Zach was really speechless, Derek was crying! The kind of middle-aged man crying that makes people unable to look straight at him! What? Don’t you know what it’s like for a middle-aged man to cry? Don't know for the best.
In any case, Zach came to Derek to do the necessary procedures for the start of his life. It couldn't end with Derek losing control of his emotions for no reason!
Zach took out the handkerchief and handed it to Derek, "Uh. Okay. Benjamin's wedding was originally just to make me angry. It was held suddenly, and the people invited were all of different races. It was completely a private dispute between Benjamin and me. , you don’t have to feel exclusive.” Comfort? It doesn't count. "As for Alice going abroad, the attributes of those high school students. You have lived in Barton for so long. As a human being, you should understand the significance of the West End in Barton better than we do. Those high school groups are You and I are just passers-by watching the news about the decision. Don’t worry about it.”
"But..." Twitch, "We are..." Twitch, "Family..."
Derek is serious? family? Don't forget that Derek is a middle-aged man who came to Barton to trace his origins after his own family broke up.
"I've told you countless times." Zach glanced at Derek, who was trying to control his emotions. "It's not good for you to have a relationship with us. Grande and you really have nothing to do with each other." Zach said. Ke began to shake his head, "Did you know that Hank became a Lesembra vampire some time ago?"
Seeing the way Derek lowered his head and said nothing, Zach knew that he had acquiesced, "In the past, when Hank was still a human, he would look for any opportunity to contact you and get in touch with Grande. You see, Hank has come to you once now." What?" Should the meaning of this still be spread out to the point of embarrassment
Now, it seems that it is necessary to comfort Derek seriously. No, Zach is still not comforting Derek, but: "Don't worry about these people or things that are not good for you. We can only live once, don't be fooled by those Don't be bound by messy things, live for yourself. Live for Derek, not Grande." Zach saw Derek looking up at him, "I have lived for more than four centuries, listen to me, that's right. "
Derek's expression after hearing this was a little hard to describe. But fortunately I didn’t cry anymore.
Speaking of which, Derek's emotional outburst was a bit unexpected. Why didn't you realize that this guy cared so much about the 'Grand' family before
No, we should have noticed it. When he learned that Grande was engaged in illegal occupation, Derek decided to stay in Barton. When he knew that the 'brothers' in Grande were not human beings, Derek could be summoned to Grande by just one call from Hank to worry about Grande's troubles...
If that doesn't prove how much this middle-aged man cares about the 'Grand' roots from which he originated. I don't know what to prove.
So after Zach summarized his four centuries of life experience and told this middle-aged man, Derek faced Zach with an unknown expression on his face, "You are wrong! Although you live a long life, But it’s only four centuries! You, a vampire, live forever, yes! But can you last as long as human civilization exists??”
Zach was stunned again, what is this guy talking about
Derek, you're saying "If a person's last name is so meaningless! Why hasn't this tradition been discarded throughout human civilization!! Why are people's names still called last name and first name?! Everyone knows that a name is just a A code name, but a surname?? Just a code name?!"
Derek became excited again and stared at Zach, "What is your Toledo? Is it just a last name?! Take away Toledo, what are you?! Zachary? Zachary is Zachary Toledo?!”
Zach opened his mouth again, just like before, but without speaking. This time, it’s not that I don’t want to say it, it’s that I can’t.
Instinctively, since Derek wants to drag vampires into this discussion on his own initiative, Zach can of course easily use the vampire surname as a representative of blood and a manifestation of vampire abilities. This kind of statement is absolutely incompatible with human family concepts. They are not the same thing and cannot be compared together.
But don’t surnames in human civilization represent lineage? The ancient human civilization was like this because it was ignorant. The same is true for today's human civilization because it is no longer ignorant! It has changed, but it has not changed at all! This is the definition of family!
It is a creature with "defective" ethics like a vampire that has "plagiarized" the inheritance method of human civilization!
Take away the last name. Vampire, what is it
It's just a living thing that lives forever!
Zach was speechless.
The malice in Derek's eyes began to overflow. This was when he suddenly stared at Zach, "Zachary Grande! Let me tell you! I know that for you Grande is just a phase of your identity! You don’t care! But be careful! Because I care! As long as you bear my last name for one day! I will keep an eye on you!!”
After saying that, Derek deliberately bumped Zach's shoulder.
Naturally, Zach didn't move at all. Derek staggered a few steps, then walked around Zach honestly and walked out of the stairs...
"Give me the handkerchief." Zach turned and looked at Derek's back.
Derek's body tensed up, and when he turned around, sweat was already dripping from his forehead. It seems that threatening a vampire who has lived for four centuries is not a good experience for this human being...
Zach waved his hand, "Forget it, just scrub your face off. Pay me back the next time you come to Grande to see Adam."
Derek's body relaxed and he breathed a sigh of relief. This guy was also self-conscious, and he said with fear, "Sorry, I just got excited for the moment..."
Zach interrupted, "Wash (the handkerchief) clean." He waved his hand, "The fact that Adam is the child of Alpha and the vampire clan will not change, your intern?" Zach glanced at Derek's eyes, reminding the original theme.
"I'll keep an eye on it!"
Why. Now it seems that Derek just needs a way to vent. Zach just happened to appear in this venting gap.
but…
Derek left, but Zach stayed in the stairwell.
What does this feel like...
Zach himself doesn't know. Zach needs help.
After standing in the stairwell for a while, Zach also came out. The baby's physical exam was uneventful, and Adam returned to Zach with a stack of medical test paperwork and bills. Derek was so cool that he used the employee's family members to give Zach a free payment.
Back in the car.
"I was thinking that I need an event to make my face reappear in front of Barton, no, the world's humans." Zach glanced at Mrs. Quinn who was speaking, but said nothing, "Then, I can use the ability of imaging , changing everyone's understanding of 'Mrs. Queen' at once. Then, I will be free~" There was a smile on Mrs. Queen's wrinkled face.
Zach still said nothing.
Mrs. Quinn was not waiting for Zach's approval, "Send me to my grandson's nursing home. If I, a dead person, want to show up in this world, I need the cooperation of the living."
Zach nodded. Started the car, turned the car around...
"No, when we return to the West District, I feel more at ease asking (Mrs.) Barton for this matter." Mrs. Quinn frowned.
"Where are you going?" Zach asked.
Quiet. After the silence, Mrs. Quinn patted Zach and said, "Who do you think I'm looking for? My former family, my grandson Poch. Or my future family, my former best friend, Mrs. Barton (Mrs. Quinn has always wanted Barton The lady became Toledo and lived with herself for eternity).”
Zach opened his mouth, "Can't we look for it together?"
"No." Mrs. Quinn shook her head. "I can only handle one housework at a time. I have to choose one of the housework in the past and the housework in the future."
Zach... "In the future."
"Then West District, let's go."