No Time Chapter 89: Babysitter's Relief

I had fought zombies, evaded mutant plants, and hunted down mutant beasts.

But never have I been more troubled than now.

The usual nightmares for people co with darkness, unknown creatures, terrifying events, and such.

I bet they don't involve fla-throwing babies.

But they'll appear in my dreams now.

The fire ball babies.

...Alright.

I know, Shui Yu is scary, but I had to stand up for my rights.

And the rights of my colleagues.

I'll even get on my knees, kowtow, and beg for a psychic ability user!

My colleagues and I couldn't stay in this situation without so help. We would definitely beco ntally unstable and get depression, I an, so of them already seem to be mildly depressed.

Guards arrived as soon as my ti was up for today.

I was ready to get out of this hellhole.

Looking mournfully at , my colleagues watched enviously as I got out earlier than them as parents would arrive later.

I mouthed 'Good luck!' to them and left with the guilt of not being able to help them out.

Through the hours of pain, all four of us had ford a close bond.

So, while they fended the fort, I would go et the boss and try my best to ask for so accommodations.

At this ti, there weren't many people out on the streets. Students would be in school, workers in offices, and the like.

In the center of the city existed the Chief's office.

It looked grand, but compared to other glamorous modern buildings, it looked older in terms of style.

We went up to Shui Yu's office and one of the guards knocked politely.

"Co in."

Shui Yu was currently on a call with sobody.

The guards left after Shui Yu nodded at them and I just stood there awkwardly.

The call seed to take forever and I eventually plopped onto the sofa since my feet began to hurt.

After an eon passed, Shui Yu ended the call coolly with an "Alright then, see you tomorrow."

"Sorry, that was Ge."

Shui Jing?! I should've listened closer! No, how could I have failed to recognize his voice! I'm an utter failure as his admirer and fan...

I cried my heart out in my head and Shui Yu looked at like I was pathetic.

I felt pretty pathetic right now, but his gaze made it worse.

"So, first day at work. Pleasant?"

"No, I couldn't have imagined children with abilities to be that... terrifying. Shui Yu, please, I don't care if I have to keep working there, but for the sake of my comrades who have broken limbs and ntal trauma, you've got to send a psychic ability user! Please!"

"Ah? It's that bad huh. No wonder volunteers never go back."

"Yea-"

"But when I went, all the kids played and ate quietly. They didn't make one ss and put all their toys back neatly after playing with them."

"That's because they know how strong you are. Their parents must've warned them severely too."

"Hm, I can consider sending a psychic ability user over."

"Really?!"

"But they are considerably rarer than other ability users."

I got the gist.

"What do you want to do?"

"There's a kid I usually play with. Used to be his bodyguard actually. But now that I'm busy, I don't have ti to play with him. Why don't you go in my stead? He's not like the children in the nursery, so rest assured, he won't behave badly."

I-I guess I could do that. As long as my colleagues and I were safe and wouldn't be hard, anything was worth it.

"Ok, I'll do it."

"Then, we should go right now. I'll drop you off. I've got sothing else soon."

I followed him to the first-floor lobby where everyone respectfully gave their greetings to Shui Yu.

So ladies were swooning and squealing at the sight of him. Wait, wrong, it wasn't only ladies, there were also n who were pretty smitten with him to it seems.

Many also looked at and gossiped. Of course, although I was quite out of it, I was an outstandingly handso individual. Only Shui Jing and Shui Yu could equal my status.

What I heard most from the gossipers was "I wish I qualified for that show!!!"

In the end, I got curious, so I asked Shui Yu, "Are you in so show?"

"A matchmaking show. I was asked by a family friend to participate."

"So what, you're being pursued by several people?"

"Yes. There are only a handful of contestants left. That's what I'm supposed to decide right after I drop you off."

I looked at his profile.

Clean cut jawline, high straight nose, long lashes. What a stud.

...Snap out of it! Although he looks good, his personality was awful! And you've got Shui Jing! What are you thinking about!

Of course, I didn't like him. It was obviously another one of the author's plots to boast about how handso her kid turned out to be.

At least I turned out to be taller than him. 189 cm was considerably taller than Shui Yu. I used to be as short as Shui Lai when I was a kid, but now, I was probably taller than any of them.

As a 20-year-old, almost full-grown man, I had toned muscles, a handso face, a great height, everything a man could want.

Yeah, I didn't have to put myself down. I was always chased after, had a lot of people asking out. I even had powerful abilities. I was great!

I was gr-

"We're here. Let's go in."

When I realized we arrived. I looked properly at the place and stood awestruck.

What a huge mansion! So decorative! So... grand! It even has a maze garden! A rose garden! A huge fountain! The naked cupid statues! What was this place?!

My vocabulary was limited and I could only keep my mouth shut and follow Shui Yu in.

"Zuan~!" a cheerful voice burst in.

Shui Yu explained, "My nickna. I gave him diamond earrings before."

Ah, so "Diamonds" aning "Zuan". Got it.

I looked at the kid.

Bright blinding smile. Cheeks with baby fat. Eager eyes.

I wasn't falling for it.

The babies at the nursery had the sa look.

Urgh, just thinking about them gave the shivers.

"Little Blue, how are you? I can't stay here, but I brought soone who could play with you."

"You aren't staying?"

"No, I'm sorry, we'll have to have our playdate another ti."

Pft. Playdate. What a childish word.

This "Little Blue" shot a look.

I knew it, all kids are scary.

"Zuan, are you going to a shoot for that reality show?"

"Yup, it only has a couple episodes left. I only need to go two more tis."

Oh, I got it now.

This kid liked Shui Yu too.

...What was with people falling for him left and right?!

"Zuan, lots of people want to date you. What are you going to do about it?"

"They'll have to beat first."

"..." Does that an I have no chance at all?

Poor little blue.

Poor Calix.

Poor .

Wish I was taller.

A/N: Author notes are cut short these days. Anyways, thank you readers for providing so many useful facts and suggestions! And I really want to delete the old chapters and start writing anew, but that's really... taxing, so I'll edit when this novel's over. Which is sothing I don't know when it will happen...

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