Always Ending Up as an Animal Cub

chapter 41 - The Second World (4)



The teddy bear suddenly moved, and the system was startled and shrunk back into space.
Yu Tong stared at the bear's eyes, afraid that it would hurt the villain.

But until Chen Xi successfully deceived Lily, the teddy bear still did not react, as if Yu Tong had just had an illusion.
Chen Xi's attention was all on Lily, and he did not see the bear move his eyes.
Seeing the little girl raised her little hand and swore a poisonous oath, promising that she would never let a third person know this secret, Chen Xi's expression eased a little.

He turned around and was about to return to his bed, Lily suddenly grabbed his hand and said to him innocently: "Brother, I want to see your warrior."
Chen Xi was obviously reluctant, but he still secretly lifted a corner of the quilt to reveal the chick hidden inside.
When she saw the fluffy chick, Lily's eyes lit up instantly, and she carefully reached out to touch the chick.

Yu Tong looked at the little girl who had a backer, and then at Chen Xi who was sulking. I think we should find a way to close the distance between the two.
At present, the Warrior Bear should protect Lily. Although I don't know how strong the teddy bear is, as long as they can pull Lily to Chenxi's side, they will have more help.
After making up his mind, Yu Tong looked at Lily with a gentle look.

He pecked Lily's fingertips with his little chicken mouth and rubbed his head against her palm intimately.
Lily is a very simple little girl. She was fooled by Chenxi's tricks and Yu Tong was coaxed.
She put the Warrior Bear aside and held the chick in both hands, "Brother, your warrior is so soft and cute, can you lend it to me for a day? I'll lend you the Warrior Bear."

I don't know if Lily bumped into it when she put it down, the head of the toy bear drooped down, looking a little aggrieved.
Chenxi's face turned black, and his mood was worse than the Warrior Bear.
He held Lily's hand, pried her fingers apart little by little, and snatched his chick back, "I won't lend it."

Lily immediately pursed her lips, her eyes reddened and she was ready to cry.
As long as she cried out, it would definitely attract the attention of other children, and Yu Tong would be exposed.
Lily just whimpered, and the young villain who was forced into a corner suddenly awakened a new skill.

While stuffing the chick into the quilt, he asked seriously: "Lily, are you willing to be sent away by your mother? When your mother sent Lily to the orphanage, were you very sad?"
The little girl nodded.
"Then if you give the little bear warrior to someone else, will it be happy? Will it also think that Lily likes the chick more than the teddy bear?"
Chen Xi grabbed the teddy bear on the bed and stuffed it into the girl's arms, "Look, the little bear is lowering its head. It must have thought that it was abandoned by Lily and is now sad."

Looking at the drooping little bear, Lily's face was full of guilt. She returned to her bed with the teddy bear in her arms, kissed its head, and began to tell stories to comfort the little bear warrior.
Chen Xi crawled back into the quilt, covering his head and was about to breathe a sigh of relief. A very low male voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
"Does your wound still hurt?"

Chen Xi subconsciously tensed his body and turned his head to look over vigilantly.
A small yellow chicken the size of a palm was lying next to his head and tilted its head to look at him.
The round eyes showed concern and worry.

Chen Xi was not used to this kind of look, he dodged back, "It's okay, just a little dizzy."
The chicken pecked at its wings casually, "I just let your wound heal roughly last night, it will take time to fully recover. I haven't recovered my strength yet, I have to wait a while before I can help you heal your wound."
Chen Xi's eyes were attracted by the action, and when he saw the frozen wings, the picture of the chicken protecting himself appeared in his mind again.

He pursed his lips, "Does healing people feel very tiring?"
"Not very tiring, just dizzy and not energetic."
"When Sister Ai beat me before, you ran outside and shouted, scaring her away?"

The little yellow chicken proudly puffed out his chest.
Chen Xi was silent for a while, and asked softly with his hand on his back: "Since you can understand human language and know that I want to sell you, why do you still help me?"
The little yellow chicken raised its wings and touched his hot forehead, "Because you are a child, I think I should protect you. And you are not a bad child, you should not be beaten to death or eaten by monsters."

Chen Xi's pair of golden eyes stared at him seriously, "You are lying, you didn't help Xiao Fangtang. You are obviously very powerful, why don't you run away, and stay in my bed, what do you want from me?"
The little yellow chicken was obviously stunned.
He tilted his head and thought for a long time, then hesitantly said: "Actually, I can't explain it clearly. The only person I saw after I was born was you. I didn't see any animals that looked like me, and I didn't know what the outside world looked like. I didn't know where to go."

Chen Xi quickly recalled what happened yesterday in his mind. After the egg was broken, the chick had been listless. It was only when it came to him that it raised its head and began to look at the world.
Chen Xi narrowed his narrow fox eyes, "I want to kill you, and you still follow me?"
The chick blinked its beady eyes and said nothing.

Even though they were different species, he saw a trace of confusion from the chick's actions.
Chen Xi said nothing more, covered the chick with both hands, and closed his eyes tiredly.
He still had a high fever and a severe headache.

Seeming to see that he was uncomfortable, the talking yellow chicken began to hum an unknown nursery rhyme in a low voice.
His voice was very low, but Chen Xi could hear it clearly. The noisy voices of the children seemed to be isolated outside the quilt.
In his world, only the gentle nursery rhyme of the man remained.

Chen Xi relaxed and gradually fell asleep.
In a daze, he remembered that when he first went to steal eggs, he heard several children chatting in front of the chicken coop while touching the eggs.
One of the children said that the chicks did not recognize their mothers. They would regard whoever they saw at first sight after they were born as their mothers.

Another child with glasses refuted him, saying that the chicks did not recognize the wrong mothers, but it was just a survival instinct. Animal cubs will follow moving objects, so that they will have a higher chance of survival.
The children argued for a long time, but they could not come to a conclusion. They discussed hatching the stolen eggs into chicks to see who was right.
Chen Xi still doesn't know which child is right. Not long after they took out the eggs that day, they forgot about it and made egg drop soup directly.

Chen Xi stroked the fluffy chick in his palm with his fingertips, and he thought of the chick's confused look again.
The chick probably regarded him as its mother.
But he wanted to eat him and use him. He was indeed a bad boy, otherwise he would not be thrown into the orphanage to be punished.

Chen Xi raised his hand in a daze, put the chick on his lips and kissed it gently.
The chick was good to him, and he wanted to raise the chick beautifully and sell it to a good family.
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Seeing the little villain fall asleep, Yu Tong's soul went into the system space.
The little light ball stood in front of the table in a daze, staring at the express delivery that Yu Tong had accidentally opened.
When he heard the footsteps, the system hurriedly put away the small medicine bottle, put his hands behind his back and pretended that nothing had happened.

Yu Tong raised his eyebrows.
Oh, it seems that the white pills in the bottle are really prepared for him.
The system is an honest ball, and all his worries are written on his face.

Yu Tong glanced at the Xianyu surveillance camera on the wall. Knowing that he couldn't get anything out of it, he simply pretended that he hadn't seen anything.
'Myna, where is the new prop you bought for me? There will be a tough battle tomorrow. I want to see if the prop can be used. '
[Oh, yes, props! ]

The system searched in the cabinet for a while and took out a small black mask and a crossbody canvas bag.
[I got this small mask from the Infinite Stream Mall. It is an exclusive prop for the Charming Beauty. ]
Yu Tong picked up the mask and looked at it carefully. It was an ordinary black half-face mask, and there was nothing special about it.

He said casually: 'But I'm not a Charming Beauty. '
[It doesn't matter. You are a great beauty. ]
The system flipped through the manual. [The full name of the prop is 'I have all the beauty you want! '. After putting on the mask, you can choose any beauty you have seen in this world and turn into his appearance. ]

'Chicken body and human face, beauty chicken? ’
[…No, it’s turning into a human. It’s equivalent to the transformation technique, but it can only turn into a beauty recognized by the current mainstream aesthetics of the world. Each transformation can last for 10 minutes, with a cooldown of 5 hours. ]
[The best thing about it is not that you can transform at will, but that after you become that person, you can inherit his abilities. For example, if you become a beauty wizard, you can instantly master all the wizard’s spells. Although it only takes ten minutes, it’s also awesome if you use it well! ]

The system took out the small notebook that came with the props and told him to remember to record the beauty when he saw the beauty, so that he could access the data at any time.
Yu Tong took the notebook and gestured to Chen Xi who was catching up on his sleep, and Chen Xi’s character portrait immediately appeared in the notebook.
He knew that in the eyes of people in this novel world, Chen Xi must be very good-looking.

Otherwise, Sister Ai would not stare at his face with greedy eyes every time before hitting him.
The props bought by the system are indeed useful, but they are not suitable for the orphanage.
The nuns here are all muscular and full of flesh.

Their female gender characteristics are particularly vague, and some nuns even look a little bit like normal humans.
Nuns are not recognized by the props, and orphans are too weak. For example, Chen Xi, even if she is a beauty, does not have much strength.
This prop cannot be used according to the system's teachings, and it needs to be used in a different way.

With the simple idea of ​​trying it out without losing, Yu Tong secretly scanned all the children in the dormitory.
When Lily was scanned, the book that had been silent finally reacted.
Yu Tong looked at the little girl who was dressing the bear. Lily had big eyes and a small face, and she was really likable with her white skin.

When he lowered his head to look at the book, Yu Tong suddenly found that the character picture included in the book was not the little girl Lily, but a strange adult woman.
The woman's dry black long hair was scattered in a mess, covering half of her face.
Her skin was pale, her cheeks were sunken, and there was a circle of black and blue under her eyes. Her tattered clothes could barely cover her skinny body.

Yu Tong had never seen this woman, but he had seen similar people.
People like this could always be seen on the main road near their hometown. They were men and women, like breathing skeletons, lying in groups on both sides of the road.
They used their bodies to exchange for food with passing drivers. If they couldn't get food, they would look for corpses to eat.

If there was really nothing to eat, they would starve to death quietly on the road and wait for others to come and eat.
Seeing that he had been silent, the system asked curiously what he was thinking.
Yu Tong casually told the little light ball about his hometown.

The system blinked blankly, [Your dead people, don't count them by piece? ]
'Yeah. '
[Famine? No way, isn't your technology very advanced? Holographic game cabins are being sold at a discount, how can there be famine? 】

'It's not a famine, food is abundant, but we are poor. '
'So although my parents are engaged in human trafficking, organ trafficking and forced prostitution, they always think that they are not bad people. They provide food and shelter to those people, and they only sell people to collect corresponding rewards. '
Yu Tong paused and sighed, 'But they think that the people picked up on the roadside are not good-looking and unhealthy, and they can't sell them for a good price. Occasionally, they will bring back some clean and beautiful ones, such as Brother Chen. Brother Chen said that he was originally a rich man. '

The system CPU burned again, and I was stunned for a long time without recovering.
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After Yu Tong compared it with reality and confirmed that the portrait included in the book was the little bear warrior in Lily's arms. The system finally came out of its confused state and began to introduce him to another prop.

The brown small shoulder bag is called "Hidden Black Chicken". From the outside, it looks only the size of a fingernail, and the internal size is about the same as a common schoolbag.
Nothing can be put in the bag, but when in danger, the chicken can hide itself in it.
The effectiveness of the small bag is 5 minutes, and the cooling time is short, only 1 hour.

Yu Tong asked what the relationship between the hidden black chicken and the charming beauty is, and the system said that this thing also has a gathering effect.
People around will be attracted by the small bag and keep walking around the small bag. Until the small bag is found, or the prop expires.
So many people are around him, everyone wants to find him and get him, isn't this considered a charming person?

Yu Tong:...
'I really don't know where you found these magical props, myna, you are really suffering. ’
The system didn’t hear his sarcasm, and its face turned red when it was praised, [No, no, no, no, no, we are all good brothers. ]

Yu Tong left the system space and returned to Chen Xi to put on all the equipment.
The little villain wanted to save his father. If Yu Tong guessed correctly, Chen Xi would ask him to help him save his father after dinner tonight at the latest.
Yu Tong didn’t think that taking the risk to save Chen Xi’s father would help complete the mission. This matter was too risky and there was no visible benefit.

However, in the shell of little Chen Xi, there was the soul of his brother Chen. In Yu Tong’s eyes, they were the same person.
As long as it was a request from Brother Chen, he would try his best to meet it.
Chen Xi’s version of Brother Chen didn’t have much affection for him, and he had to find a way to use this rescue operation to improve his position in Chen Xi’s heart.

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After sleeping for a long time in a daze, Chen Xi suddenly felt something biting his palm.
He wanted to throw the things away, but a man's slightly anxious voice rang in his ears, "It's five forty, Chenxi! Everyone has left, and you are the only one left in the dormitory!"

Chenxi opened his eyes suddenly.
The little yellow chicken jumped around next to his head, trying to get him up in various ways.
Chenxi lifted the quilt and saw that the dormitory was empty.

Even the little bear warrior on the bed next to him was taken away by Lily.
He subconsciously looked at the lower bunk.
Little Mushroom was not in the dormitory, and the textbooks and schoolbag on the desk were not there.

Chenxi was stunned and felt cold all over.
His best friend knew that he had a fever and knew that the consequences of being late were serious, but he didn't call him when he left.
The little yellow chicken held his pants in his mouth and dragged it to his hand, urging him indistinctly, "Hurry up, don't be dazed, it's already 43!"

The little villain seemed to be hit, and a layer of mist covered his golden eyes.
He bit his lower lip tightly and changed his clothes without saying a word.
The high fever had not subsided yet, and Chen Xi stepped on the ladder and got out of bed dizzy. Halfway down, his neck suddenly felt a little itchy.

He turned his head and saw the little yellow chicken grabbing his clothes with two claws, flapping its wings vigorously, as if it was grabbing him to fly.
Noticing his gaze, the little chicken comforted him seriously: "Don't be afraid, go downstairs with confidence. I'm holding you and won't let you fall."
"I'm too young now and don't have much strength. When I grow up, I will take you out of this orphanage!"

The child with a bad heart seemed to be confused by the fever. He stared at the little chicken stupidly for two seconds, and his eyes turned red.
He stuffed the books into his backpack with a stern face and ran out of the dormitory in a hurry.
At the same time, the system that was watching the excitement saw a message pop up in the background.

[Deviation value plus 2, the current deviation value of Chen Xi's personality is: 15/100. ]
The system blew out a smoke ring with mixed feelings, [Yun Mingchen in the previous world fought you on equal terms. Little Chen Xi in this world was fooled by you. The child was so moved that his eyes were red. It turns out that young people are easy to deceive. ]
[He never thought about why other children are packing up, so you don't call him in the chaos. You must wait until there are only a few minutes left before waking him up. 】

Yu Tong didn't say anything. The system was right. He did it on purpose.
If he called people up in advance, there would be enough time and there would be many people left in the dormitory. The little villain would not feel a sense of crisis or loneliness of being abandoned by everyone.
In that case, it would be a very common thing for the little chicken to wake him up, and he would not take it to heart.

Yu Tong only has nine days left, and he must seize every opportunity to change Chen Xi's attitude.
He wants a child who has been starving for a long time to give up 50 roast chickens, 250 eggs and 100 loaves of bread in order to keep him.
After more than 20 years together, the system also regards Yu Tong as one of its own.

It took out a psychology book, [Xiao Yu, I have been self-studying psychology recently. I think your biggest problem now is that your thoughts are too dark, and everyone looks like a bad person. ]
[Look at how innocent Chen Xi is, and he is your brother Chen. You don't have to keep calculating against him, you can try to exchange your sincerity with him. ]
Yu Tong didn't dare to exchange.

The orphanage was hungry and full, and Chen Xi often didn't have food. He knew that once people were extremely hungry, they would do anything.
Before the effect of the "Eagle Catches Chicken" prop disappeared, Yu Tong flew back to the bed.
The system gave him a trick, letting him use the prop to turn into a human. The prop lasted for ten minutes, enough for him to explore the dormitory roughly.

Yu Tong got into the gap between the wall and the bed and stuck himself firmly.
'Don't change first, wait a little longer. '
The system was stunned, [Waiting for what? ]

'Wait until after six o'clock to see if there will be any changes in the dormitory. '
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'Myna, have you ever read a rule-based weird novel? This orphanage gives me the feeling of a rule-based weird world. ’

The system thought for a while, and its eyes lit up, [I have seen it... Yes, it is indeed very similar! Everyone must stay in their own bed at night, not make any noise or get out of bed, and there must be no blood on the body, otherwise they will be eaten by the ice cone monster that appeared last night. ]
[Thieving eggs and eating candies will be beaten by the nuns, and lying will be sewn with thin wire. In addition, all members must gather in the morning for dormitory inspections, and must arrive at the specified location within the specified time. Looking at it this way, it does feel like a rule freak. ]
‘Yes, it may not be a rule freak, but the situation is similar. There are still 5 minutes to 6 o'clock, and the nun especially emphasized that everyone must arrive at the cafeteria on time at 6 o'clock and not be late. I want to know what will happen if I stay in the dormitory and don’t go to the cafeteria? ’

The children have all left, and the dormitory is very quiet, and everyone is waiting nervously.
Time goes to 6 o'clock little by little, and the dormitory is still dead silent.
The system can't bear such a depressing atmosphere, so it lets Xiao Yuyu chat with it.

Yu Tong told it that the rules it just said were wrong and incomplete.
Stealing eggs is not a fixed rule, but a new rule added yesterday. Moreover, most of the children in the orphanage, including Chen Xi and Xiao Mushroom, did not know that they were not allowed to steal eggs yesterday.
Otherwise, they would not have held the eggs in their hands after stealing them, and passers-by could see them.

It is not that the orphans cannot lie, but they cannot lie to the pendant on the necklace when the nun asks specific questions.
This can be seen from the fact that the nun always puts the pendant in front of the child before asking questions.
In addition, this pendant should have a special ability.

Once you promise something in front of the pendant, you can no longer regret it afterwards.
So no matter how Sister Ai beat him, Chen Xi would not perfunctorily fool around. Every time, he would stick his neck out and say clearly that he would not go.
However, the pendant also has obvious shortcomings.

Last night, the nun asked Chen Xi if he had stolen eggs.
The little villain reacted quickly. He didn’t say ‘I didn’t steal eggs’, but ‘I didn’t eat eggs secretly.’
In the nun’s subconscious, the child stole eggs just to eat them, and she didn’t think Chen Xi’s answer was wrong.

But when she questioned, she said ‘stealing eggs’, and the lies that the pendant wanted to detect were all about ‘stealing eggs’.
The little villain changed the subject to ‘stealing eggs’
He didn’t answer the nun’s question, nor did he steal eggs. He deceived both Sister Ai and the pendant.

The system’s eyes widened when it heard this, [I think IQ has nothing to do with age. If I were the one living in the orphanage, the grass on my grave would be three meters high.]
‘Don’t be afraid, don’t be nervous, we are good brothers, I won’t let you die.’
[Brother loves you for a reason!]

More than ten minutes later, the dormitory was still quiet.
Yu Tong was having fun teasing the system, and suddenly felt a line of sight falling on him.
He stuck his head out and looked outside warily. The dormitory door was closed and there was no one in the room.

Yu Tong vaguely caught something in his mind.
At this moment, the system suddenly hesitated and said: [Yu'er, why don't we hide somewhere else. There are too many sundries under the bed. I always feel that something is moving under the bed, and I feel uncomfortable. ]


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