The ti in Lijing, China was more or less the sa as in Whalegarden, so it was currently night in Lijing as well.
"Wenyu, are you awake?" Gu Qiye's voice called out, followed by a light knock on the door.
Hearing the commotion, Ji Minghuan controlled his Host Body One, Gu Wenyu, to open his eyes. He sat up from the bed and groggily glanced at the ti on the wall: "21:25".
Pulling on his pants, he quickly got out of bed, turned the doorknob, and opened the door.
Looking up, Gu Qiye's face ca into view, the bright white lights of the hallway illuminating his clear eyes.
"What is up, Big Brother?" he asked.
Gu Qiye rubbed his forehead, hesitating to speak for a mont. "Uh... Little Sister sent a ssage on WeChat saying she has sothing to tell us tonight."
Pausing there, he crossed his arms, looked up, and smiled. "Since you are awake, want to head downstairs and chat?"
"Oh, sure," Ji Minghuan agreed. "Let
wash my face first."
"Alright, I will wait for you downstairs." With that, Gu Qiye turned and headed down the stairs.
Ji Minghuan watched his receding back and reached up to scratch his ssy chicken's nest hair. Feeling sowhat baffled, he walked into the washroom, thinking to himself, 'What crazy fit is Little Sister throwing this ti?'
Stopping in front of the sink, he looked up at his lethargic reflection in the mirror and slowly began to recall:
Su Zimai was heading to London in a couple of days with Ke Qirui to capture the Mad Exorcist, "Red Traffic Light."
Actually, from Ke Qirui's perspective, they were not overestimating their strength this ti. After all, with the capabilities of the Ghost Train Gang, dealing with a re Red Traffic Light would be quite simple. No matter how infamous Red Traffic Light was, he was still just a Tier 2 Exorcist. Most of his kills against other Exorcists were achieved through successful ambushes.
However, what they did not know was that the Salvation Society would also be involved in this incident.
Taking a ten thousand steps back, even if they did know, they probably had not yet figured out exactly what kind of entity the Salvation Society was.
That was the most dangerous part of it all...
"I will just take it one step at a ti," Ji Minghuan sighed.
After washing his face, he smoothed out his hair and quickly went downstairs.
The living room lights were all on. An upright fan was pointed directly at the sofa, its blades spinning lazily to blow a cool breeze. From outside the window ca the chirping of cicadas, mingling with the laughter of children chasing each other with glow sticks.
Under the warm orange lights, Su Zimai sat on the sofa in her pajamas, watching the television. Gu Qiye leaned against the living room wall with one hand shoved in his pocket, quietly staring out the window in a daze.
Ji Minghuan thought to himself, 'Dad is not here. You guys really know how to pick the ti. I guess you still do not consider Dad's opinion to be worth anything... though to be fair, he does not have much say around here anyway.'
"What is going on?"
Ji Minghuan asked as he walked over and found a spot to sit on the sofa.
"I have to leave ho in a couple of days, and I probably will not be back for a while," Su Zimai announced.
Gu Qiye paused, startled. "You are leaving again?"
"Yes... I have so business to attend to," Su Zimai murmured.
Since the back of the sofa faced Gu Qiye, he could not see her expression.
"What kind of business?" Gu Qiye kept his head down and asked softly. "You have barely been ho for two days, and you are already in a rush to leave again... Do you really hate staying at ho that much?"
"It is my own business, it is not convenient to talk about... I am just letting you know so you don't worry about
again," Su Zimai replied nonchalantly.
A brief silence settled over the three of them as the television broadcasted the latest news.
Reading from a script, the host reported, "Last night, suspected mbers of the White Raven Brigade appeared in Lijing, China, taking part in a bank robbery. The Ability User Fugitive known as 'Black Cocoon' also appeared at the scene. Here are photos from the incident..."
Ji Minghuan glanced at the television, tossed a peanut into his mouth, and then remarked in a sarcastic tone:
"I do not think this is a good idea. Last ti, Little Sister even managed to sneak off to Japan behind our backs. Who knows what she might pull this ti."
Su Zimai looked up and turned to glare at him fiercely, her eyes practically screaming, "And here I thought you would take my side."
Ji Minghuan remained silent, rely returning her gaze with a cold look that seed to say, "Who are you again?"
Su Zimai said nothing. She had no desire to speak anyway.
Whenever she recalled how Gu Wenyu had lost his temper at her near his bedroom door a couple of days ago, she felt a bit lost for words. She could not even muster up any anger; instead, she felt a warm sensation in her heart.
'He really cares about ,' she thought.
The upright fan whirred softly against the side of her face, causing her ponytail to rise and fall with the breeze.
The evening wind, laden with sumr heat, poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows and gently brushed against Gu Qiye's forearms.
Gazing at the night scenery outside, he remained quiet for a mont before finally speaking. "Xiaomai, this 'business' you ntioned... it is about the Exorcists, isn't it?"
Su Zimai froze for a second before furrowing her brows. "No, it is not! Didn't I explain this to you already? That 'Exorcist' thing is just so title in a ga. You guys are always getting easily startled over nothing. Can you just drop..."
Amidst the gradually swelling sound of the cicadas, Gu Qiye suddenly cut her off.
"You do not have to hide it from . I know what an Exorcist is."
Ji Minghuan paused, nibbling on a sunflower seed while looking around.
He checked Gu Qiye's expression, then looked at Su Zimai's, and promptly decided to strategically retreat from the battlefield. Breaking the silence, he played dumb and asked,
"What the heck is an Exorcist?"
Seeing his younger brother's reaction, Gu Qiye secretly let out a sigh of relief. 'Just as I thought,' he mused. 'Xiaomai hasn't co clean about the Exorcist stuff to the rest of the family yet.'
He had originally assud that since Gu Wenyu and Su Zimai had gotten so close recently, she might have already told him about the Exorcists.
But now it seed things were not as he had imagined.
Gu Wenyu was still completely in the dark.
'But is it really good for Wenyu to know about these things right now?' he pondered. 'He still needs to focus on high school... Knowing his personality, he will definitely start asking endless questions. Xiaomai wouldn't be happy about that either.'
'I had better talk to her alone first, see where she stands, and then consider whether to discuss this with Wenyu.'
Having made up his mind, Gu Qiye suddenly spoke up. "Wenyu, I want to have a private chat with Little Sister."
"What is it? Is it sothing you cannot say in front of ?" Ji Minghuan tilted his head.
"I am just afraid of making her mad," Gu Qiye chuckled. "You understand, right?"
"Fine, fine, fine... The two of you have such deep sibling affection, and I am just an outsider. I will leave, then."
Ji Minghuan snorted coldly, speaking with utmost indifference. Before leaving, he grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and brazenly pulled out the can of cola that Su Zimai had just recently put in the fridge to chill.
Munching on seeds, he made his way upstairs.
Unsurprisingly, with her thoughts running wild, Su Zimai completely failed to notice her Second Brother walking off with her drink.
The mont he stepped onto the second floor, Ji Minghuan halted and leaned his back against the wall. A restraining band slithered out from his cuff and popped the tab of the cola can with a crisp snap, releasing faint wisps of cold vapor.
Imdiately after, the black restraining band released the tab, slithered downward, and pressed itself firmly against the floorboards.
Utilizing his Restraining Band Senses extending downwards, Ji Minghuan sipped his cola and quietly eavesdropped on their conversation.
Su Zimai asked suspiciously, "You said you know about the 'Exorcists'?"
"Yes," Gu Qiye smiled. "What is your Celestial Drive? I am actually quite curious to know what kind of supernatural ability my own sister possesses."
Su Zimai froze in her tracks. "No way. How do you even know about that?"
"Of course I know," Gu Qiye replied mildly. "Ke Qirui, that teacher of yours, she belongs to the Exorcist Association, right?" He pondered for a mont. "Her Celestial Drive is the One-Way Mirror, her ability involves controlling Demons, and the Demons she has contracted are the Train Demon and the Film Demon..."
Su Zimai was left dumbfounded, completely at a loss for words.
At that mont, her brain practically shut down.
To put it into perspective, it was as if she had painstakingly pieced her brain together block by block with Legos, only for Gu Qiye to act like a mischievous neighborhood kid who ran over screaming and ruthlessly kicked her freshly built brain to pieces. Now, her mind was reduced to scattered, shattered bricks, clattering loudly against the floor.
A mont later, a thought hit her mind like a great commotion of terrifying waves.
"Big Brother, do not tell
you are..." Her brows twitched as she gasped in sheer astonishnt.
Hearing this, Gu Qiye lowered his head, his expression complex. The corners of his lips quirked up slightly, and after a mont, a relieved, carefree smile spread across his face.
"You managed to guess it, huh?" he murmured softly. "Yes, I am Blue..."
Su Zimai interrupted him. "You are... Black Cocoon?!"
Gu Qiye faltered, slowly lifting his head.
Their eyes t in silence.
A brief silence blanketed the space between them. Suddenly, a violent Pfft! echoed from the hallway upstairs as Ji Minghuan sprayed the mouthful of cola he had just drank everywhere.
He sprawled on the floor, thumping his fist against the ground in silent laughter, while using a restraining band to frantically wipe up the sticky puddle.
Coughing several tis, Ji Minghuan thought to himself, 'Little Sister, you truly are a once-in-a-century genius... even if it is a genius of cody.'
To avoid making the two of them suspicious, Ji Minghuan started talking to himself, shouting loudly at his mobile phone:
"Co on, Li Qingping, can you land a single skill?! I could scatter rice on my mobile phone screen and a chicken could play better than you! Could you please stop stealing the AD position next ti?! Just play a support cat and attach yourself to !"
Hearing the grumbles and curses wafting down from upstairs, Gu Qiye and Su Zimai fell silent for another mont.
Both of them thought, 'Since when did Gu Wenyu get addicted to mobile gas again? That Li Qingping guy is his best buddy, right? Playing online gas together really ruins friendships.'
Shortly after, Gu Qiye seed to connect so dots, so he probed cautiously,
"Um... Xiaomai, why would you think I am Black Cocoon? Care to explain your reasoning? Did Black Cocoon say sothing to you?"
Su Zimai's eye twitched slightly as she clutched her head, feeling as though it might explode. She had completely given up on rational thought. A ssy web of clues tangled together in her mind, all inevitably pointing toward the indisputable fact that Gu Qiye was Black Cocoon.
She ducked her head in flustered panic before snapping it back up, her eyes already brimming with red.
Ultimately, she cried out in a mix of utter embarrassnt and fury, "You really are Black Cocoon, aren't you?! You massive jerk of an older brother! You have been playing
this whole ti... Was it fun leading
around in circles?!"
"No, I am not—"
Before he could explain, an explosive barrage of accusations from Su Zimai swept over him. "I was wondering why Black Cocoon knew so much about our family! Why he felt so familiar, and why he would go out of his way to save ! It was you all along! Why did you hide it from ? If you knew I was an Exorcist a long ti ago, why didn't you just co clean and tell ?!"
"I am seriously not Black—"
"You are not?! You still dare to say you are not?!"
Su Zimai shot up from the sofa and stomped over to Gu Qiye with righteous indignation, glaring fiercely into his eyes.
When she got angry, she resembled a penguin—charging forward clumsily, only to give you a vicious peck.
Gu Qiye did not really mind; he actually thought his sister was quite adorable when she acted like this.
Nevertheless, he was left entirely speechless by the sheer speed of her verbal assault.
Dead silence fell over the living room.
Finally recovering his wits, he raised a hand and gently ruffled Su Zimai's hair. He spoke in a mild, soothing tone. "Xiaomai, calm down for a second and just listen to my explanation, okay?"
Su Zimai abruptly raised her right hand, freezing it in mid-air as if she wanted to slap him across the face, her eyes shimring with emotion.
After a mont of hesitation, as if feeling a twinge of heartache, she lowered her hand with reddened eyes. Instead, she lightly thumped her fist against his chest.
"You had better give
a satisfactory explanation," she whispered, keeping her eyes cast downward. "Otherwise, I will never forgive you. Never..."
Gu Qiye frowned, wondering just what exactly Black Cocoon had done to trigger such an intense reaction from Su Zimai.
The next ti Black Cocoon appeared, he was definitely going to track him down and demand so answers. If he dared to bully his little sister, he would make that black bug pay a price, one way or another.
"I understand," Gu Qiye assured her. "I will explain everything properly."
"I feel so humiliated," Su Zimai muttered softly. "I just told you that I was capable of handling things on my own... but in the end, you still had to co save
at the Auction."
Gu Qiye paused. 'True, I was the one who asked Black Cocoon to look out for Su Zimai back then. Judging by her words, Black Cocoon really did save her in the end?'
'But if that black bug really saved my sister, why didn't he co to claim credit the next day? That does not seem like his style.' Gu Qiye pondered, 'Could I have misunderstood him?'
At that very mont, Ji Minghuan, who was eavesdropping on the second floor, felt his heart skip a beat. 'Oh crap! How did I forget to claim the credit from Big Brother after saving Little Sister that day? What a catastrophic blunder!'
'If I had just made it clear to Blue Arc that I saved his family, his favorable impression of
would have absolutely skyrocketed! That would have been so beneficial for our long-term cooperation.'
'After all, we still have to team up with Dad—Ghost Bell—and smash Rainbow Wing into tiny pieces. How can we do that without establishing a solid partnership in advance?'
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan casually brought the can to his lips and gulped down a large mouthful of cola. 'Actually, this might not be so bad,' he mused. 'Having Gu Qiye find out about this through Su Zimai's own mouth might make him trust
even more.'
'I totally stumbled into boosting Big Brother's approval rating.'
Down in the living room, Gu Qiye said, "You just said that I am Black Cocoon, right?"
Su Zimai was unrelenting. "Are you going to claim you aren't? Who else could it possibly be?!"
"At first, I suspected that Dad might be Black Cocoon," Gu Qiye joked.
"Huh?"
Su Zimai's brain short-circuited once again. Drooping her head, she began ticking off the points on her fingers as she thought about it.
When Black Cocoon first appeared in Lijing, Dad had just co ho. When Black Cocoon was active in Lijing, Dad happened to be out. When Dad traveled to Japan, Black Cocoon also showed up in Japan. Black Cocoon was intimately familiar with their family's situation, and naturally, Dad knew everything about their family as well.
It was a perfect match!
Slowly, her mouth gaped open, and her eyes widened to an absurd degree as she stared blankly at Gu Qiye.
"Black Cocoon is... Dad?!"
In that split second, Su Zimai's entire worldview shattered into a million pieces. Just imagining their usually stern, unsmiling father—a man as rigid as a stone statue—donning a trench coat, wearing a mask, and instantly transforming into a dancing, singing lunatic who spouted endless nonsense...
The contrast... it was terrifying!
She chewed on her fingers, her face draining of color. She stood entirely petrified on the spot, as if she had just t the gaze of dusa.
After a long while, she spoke up. "Do not stop . I am running away from ho... and I am never coming back for the rest of my life."
Gu Qiye looked at her expression with amusent, then shook his head in comfort. "Don't panic just yet. I am actually not sure either."
"Wait a minute! Big Brother, you are not just trying to distract , are you?" Su Zimai suddenly grew alert, furrowing her brows. "Which one of you is Black Cocoon?!"
"Since you are already suspecting us, why couldn't it be Wenyu?"
"My leader and I already verified that! It is absolutely impossible for it to be him!"
"That makes sense, seeing how close you two have been lately," Gu Qiye shrugged. "Never mind... no more jokes. Let's be serious for a mont."
"So who are you exactly?" Su Zimai asked, looking as if she were about to cry. "I feel like I am losing my mind here. Can you just give it to
straight?"
Gu Qiye suddenly fell silent. He slowly raised his hand and switched off the living room lights. The room plunged into pitch darkness, so black that one could not even see their own fingers in front of them, leaving only the relentless chirping of cicadas ringing in their ears.
Su Zimai blanked, unsure of what her brother was doing.
The next second, a deep blue electric arc slowly rose from the darkness, illuminating both of their faces. It felt as warm as candlelight flickering at a birthday party.
"This is..."
Su Zimai was stunned for a long, long ti. Following the source of the light, she saw thin, dancing electric arcs crackling over the five fingers of Gu Qiye's right hand.
"I am... Blue Arc."
Amidst the dead silence, Gu Qiye spoke, his voice completely calm.
Chapter 168: Sibling Match, Diapers Got MVPThe only chandelier in the living room was dark, the surroundings pitch black.Imdiately afterward, Gu Qiye's voice slowly rose from the darkness."I am... Blue Arc."Su Zimai froze.The mont the words fell, a deep blue arc of lightning abruptly ignited. The faces of Su Zimai and Gu Qiye were simultaneously illuminated by the dancing electricity.She stood there in a daze, head bowed for a long mont, as if imrsed in the re four words Gu Qiye had spoken.His tone was calm and gentle, as if stating the most ordinary of matters, yet these words struck Su Zimai like a bolt from the blue.Like the first ray of dawn spilling over the gray sea, piercing the lightless depths of the dead sea.Su Zimai was like a kite with its string cut, or a robot losing its signal, unresponsive for a long while.After a good half-minute, she slowly looked up from under her bangs toward Gu Qiye.He was bowed his head, gazing at the fingers of his right hand. The arcs of lightning dancing at his fingertips converged into a sphere of electricity.Gu Qiye's face was expressionless, his clear eyes reflecting the deep blue arcs.Su Zimai looked at him, lowered her gaze then looked up again, finally just staring motionlessly at his eyes, her gaze never moving away.A long, long ti later, she suddenly wrinkled her nose, tears slowly welling up from the depths of her eyes.So that's how it was...All those tis Big Brother ca ho so late, was it because he was fighting criminals every single day?I didn't know a thing about any of it... So he took care of us, cooked for us, helped with our howork, and at night still went out to do all those dangerous things?This guy, is he made of iron?Why hasn't he ever complained even once... Why could he do so much and never say a word? If it were , I'd brag about it every day, making myself seem so great, right?But precisely because he's this silly, he's my brother.I was so self-righteous. I'd only been an Exorcist for less than half a year, yet I thought I was amazing. I thought I was secretly working so hard to investigate Mom's truth for this family, making so many sacrifices in secret, already a mature adult, already capable of standing on my own...But Big Brother had done so much more than , and he never said a single word about it.He must also be working so hard because he wants to get to the bottom of Mom's matter.Thinking of this, Su Zimai suddenly recalled when she was still in middle school. Once in the middle of the night, she suddenly needed to go to the bathroom. She groggily got out of bed, opened the door, and suddenly saw the bathroom light was on.She blinked her eyes and saw Gu Qiye's reflection in the glass door.Back then, Gu Qiye was only sixteen, his body just beginning to develop, his height barely over 170 cm. He was shirtless, both hands propped on the wash basin, head bowed, gasping heavily as he stared at his reflection in the mirror.The mirror reflected his slender fra, chest and shoulders covered in bloody gashes.Seeing those horrific wounds, Su Zimai stared in shock for a long ti. Then she slamd the door open and walked out, step by step approaching the bathroom.Her eyes were locked on the shadow in the glass door, her voice trembling with fear and worry as she asked hoarsely:"Big Brother... what happened to you?"Upon hearing Su Zimai's voice, Gu Qiye, who had been resting with eyes closed, suddenly jolted. A look of clear panic flashed across his face. He opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Su Zimai standing frozen outside the door, then hurriedly put on so clothes and walked out of the bathroom."The wounds on you... how did they happen?" she asked.He said softly: "I couldn't sleep earlier, wanted to go downstairs to the supermarket for a drink. On the way, I accidentally got hit by an electric scooter... just a fall, it'll heal soon.""Don't lie to ..." Su Zimai paused, "I'm not as gullible as you think.""Why would I lie to you?" Gu Qiye said, making a shushing gesture, "Alright, go back to sleep, okay? Don't wake Wenyu.""Then promise ..." Su Zimai's voice was hoarse, she whispered, "that you won't work so late anymore."At that mont, she suddenly hoped... really hoped she could have a complete family.Because if Mom were still here, she would definitely give Big Brother a good scolding right now, right?If Mom were still here, Big Brother wouldn't dare to co ho so late.If Dad hadn't given up on himself, he would have kept Big Brother in check too.But the house was empty, with only her, a worthless little sister, left. All she could do was utter so dry, hollow words... Actually, she knew too, even if she said it, Gu Qiye probably wouldn't listen.Because she was just a useless younger sister, she couldn't change anything, could only be protected all the ti...Thinking of this, the Su Zimai from a few years ago suddenly felt her eyes grow hot.She wrinkled her nose, trying hard not to cry, but tears still stread endlessly from the corners of her eyes. Her expression was one of frustration, like she was angry—not angry at Gu Qiye, but angry at herself for being so useless?Gu Qiye was stunned. After a mont of silence, he raised his hand and ruffled the top of her head: "I promise you..."He lowered his eyelids, the corners of his mouth curving into a soft smile, "Tomorrow is your birthday, go to sleep early.""Mm, you sleep early too, Big Brother."The entire next day, Su Zimai was preoccupied. She couldn't concentrate in class. After school, she slung her schoolbag over her shoulder and went straight ho without a backward glance.When she got ho, the living room light was off, the surroundings dark and dim. Only on the floor by the curtains did patches of afterglow flicker—a small patch of light that couldn't illuminate the surroundings.So she fumbled for the circuit board in the dark. After a mont, she raised her hand, about to turn on the light, when suddenly with a click, the living room lit up with the flickering glow of candlelight.Gu Qiye peeked out from behind the sofa, holding a birthday cake. His clear eyes stared at her, a smile on his lips.Gu Wenyu was hiding by the refrigerator. With one hand in his pocket, he shuffled sideways like a crab, moving reluctantly. He coughed twice, then placed a freshly made paper flower crown on her head."Happy Birthday, Little Sister, another year older.""Happy Birthday, Xiao Mai."They celebrated in unison.Su Zimai was dazed for a mont, then set down her schoolbag, slowly looking up. Her gaze fixed on the flickering candlelight in the darkness and the gentle, handso smile on Gu Qiye's face.The corners of her mouth turned up, her gloomy spirits completely swept away.The burning candles on that birthday cake back then, just like the flickering arc of electricity in the darkness now, warmly illuminated their faces.Right now, Su Zimai's eyes were made bright by the dancing arcs, yet her gaze was empty and unfocused.After a long pause, tears squeezed out one by one from the corners of her eyes, sliding down her pure white cheeks, pitter-patter falling onto the living room floor.In the darkness, it was so silent, even the sound of tears hitting the floor was clear.Gu Qiye was startled, seemingly not expecting such a strong reaction: "Why are you crying?""Big Brother... you're so silly," she said softly, burying her face in Gu Qiye's chest, "Why are you so silly, really foolish, foolish, foolish..."She repeated the sa phrase, each word squeezed from her throat growing more choked with sobs.Tears stread endlessly down her beautiful face, soaking a large patch of Gu Qiye's T-shirt.Gu Qiye gave a helpless dry chuckle. After a mont, he raised his hand and patted her head."Alright... don't make
sound like a broken record," he said softly. "I'm not silly. Aren't we the sa?... These are all our own choices, right? Since we chose, we have to pay the price.""If I hadn't beco an Exorcist, were you planning to keep it from
forever?" she asked."No. Once I join Rainbow Wing, get to the bottom of Mom's matter, then I'll tell you... Of course, now it's co earlier.""Are you trying to persuade
to stop being an Exorcist?""No, I'm not that unreasonable. I know Xiao Mai is working hard too, Xiao Mai is very serious. Wouldn't
doing this be negating your efforts?"Gu Qiye paused, then lowered his voice, "I just wanted to tell you, no matter when, your brother is always here... As long as you need , I'll co help.""After all, it's totally normal for an electric rat to run fast..." Su Zimai remained silent for a long ti, then muttered lowly.Gu Qiye chuckled, said self-deprecatingly: "Even my sister calls
by my black nickna. I really fail as a Transgressor..."anwhile, on the second-floor hallway.Ji Minghuan, who was standing against the wall as punishnt, clicked his tongue. At this mont, his mood was more or less puzzled.He supported his forehead with a light sigh, muttering in utter bafflent:"Dammit... Why do you start bawling like a broken faucet just hearing your brother is Blue Arc, but the mont you hear he's Black Cocoon you start cursing and punching? We're all from the sa family, how can you treat us so differently? What happened to 'one loving family'?"Just now, through the restraining band senses, he had seen everything downstairs. That scene... it felt as moving as a Super-Giant Refrigerator Demon and a Blue Electric Rat Demon finally recognizing each other as siblings after being lost for years, hugging and crying.And Ji Minghuan... absolutely hated this kind of warm atmosphere. So he decided to be a good person, slightly embellish the story, and at this critical mont, deliver the birthday gift he had prepared for her ahead of schedule. Icing on the cake, it would surely give her an unforgettable warm night.Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan humphed twice, silently raising his right hand. A piece of restraining band peeled off from his sleeve.The restraining band splashed onto the floor like black liquid, crackling and clattering. Then it gradually piled up, assembling into a crooked humanoid shape.The restraining band avatar slowly straightened up, stepped into Ji Minghuan's room, and from under the bed retrieved an exquisitely packaged parcel addressed to Su Zimai.Then it leaped up, nimbly slipping out the French window. Using a restraining band to lasso a streetlamp, it swung once, the avatar landing precisely on the first-floor living room windowsill.Hearing the commotion, Su Zimai and Gu Qiye turned their heads simultaneously. By the moonlight, they made out the uninvited guest's silhouette."Black Cocoon.""Big Fluttering Moth!"They read the black figure's title in unison.Black Cocoon extended a restraining band, waving at the siblings: "Oh, hello, howdy... sorry to interrupt your tear-jerking sibling reunion. Honestly, I'm not incapable of reading the room. Clearly, I didn't an to interrupt."He paused, raising a finger: "But due to work requirents, I must trouble you a mont.""Work requirents?" Su Zimai wiped her tears, frowning suspiciously.Gu Qiye also raised an eyebrow slightly, wondering what weird trick this loon was pulling now."Right, work requirents." As he spoke, Black Cocoon looked down at the parcel in his hand, "Er... may I ask if this is Miss Ke Zinan? To be honest, being a gray figure can't even support myself anymore, so I recently took a part-ti job. Currently working as a courier.""Ke Zinan, the pseudonym Xiao Mai used during that operation?" Gu Qiye realized."What do you want with us?" Su Zimai asked."Why, work-related business. I already explained, didn't I?" Saying this, Black Cocoon used a restraining band to open the delivery while extending it toward Su Zimai.Then he said with a grave expression: "Miss Ke Zinan, this is an item you ordered at 0:10 on July 21st. Apologies for the long delay in delivery, but I figured you'd eventually find a use for it..."Su Zimai's brow was tightly furrowed. While wondering what鬼点子 ( mischievous trick ) this guy was up to now, she looked up at the parcel. Just then, the delivery was opened by the restraining band.Inside lay, unmistakably...A single pack of Baby Bus-brand baby diapers.Staring at the diapers Black Cocoon offered with his restraining band, Su Zimai and Gu Qiye both froze.The two were stunned like wooden chickens, unable to react for a long mont.After a brief silence, Gu Qiye finally lifted his gaze from the diapers. He turned to look at Su Zimai, asking in confusion:"Er... diapers?"But Su Zimai seed not to have the intention to answer. Her face was hidden by her lowered bangs. Gu Qiye could see her fists clenching slightly.It was hardening.Her fists were hardening.At that mont, a deathly silence enveloped the living room.Black Cocoon and Su Zimai had a silent mutual understanding about the purpose of these diapers. Only Gu Qiye was kept in the dark.He felt utterly confused, thinking: "Diapers? Why would Black Cocoon deliver baby diapers to us? Is this so kind of code? Is Black Coccoon hinting at sothing? Could it be..."Thinking of this, Gu Qiye's heart jolted. Two Chinese characters struck him like a thunderbolt, suddenly appearing in his mind:— "Early, pregnancy?"Without a doubt, besides "early pregnancy," he could imagine nothing that could explain the diapers before him.These two words undoubtedly stirred up a terrifying wave in his heart, his emotions unable to calm for a long ti.No, even if that were a possibility... who could the other party even be?Ke Qirui? It could only be her... but she's a woman. Could it be man-in-woman's disguise?For a mont, rage surged within Gu Qiye. He took a deep breath, shaking his head to clear his chaotic thoughts. With a complex expression, he raised his head. Seeing his sister remained silent, he shifted his gaze from her face to Black Cocoon."Just which beast laid a hand on my sister?" his eyes seed to demand.Black Cocoon's expression was solemn, silent.He just slowly, slowly raised his hand and firmly made a saluting gesture, his deanor clearly that of one who does good anonymously.Requesting monthly tickets, another update to follow later.
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