Childhood Sweethearts

As he grew older, Lin Zichen gradually came to understand his family background.

He lived in a place called Shanhai City.

They lived in a standalone house in an urban village.

It was a simple family of three, with no other relatives.

Both of his parents wrote web novels. They had little social interaction and usually stayed home, typing away at their keyboards.

Their only socializing came from occasionally having meals with the family of a baby girl who had recently moved in next door.

After enough of these gatherings, Lin Zichen became familiar with the baby girl's family.

He learned that the baby girl was named Shen Qinghan. Both her parents were teachers: her mother was Xu Meng, and her father was Shen Jianye.

Beyond that, he did not know much else.

This day.

Lin Zichen celebrated his second birthday.

Once the celebration was over, the first thing he did was find a storage box, fill it with nearly 20 kilograms of miscellaneous items, and try lifting it with one hand.

As a result, he raised it with ease.

"Alright, now I'm a prodigy capable of causing a nationwide sensation too."

Lin Zichen smiled.

Just then, Zhang Wanxin called from the living room, "Chenchen, little sister Hanhan is here to play with you!"

Hearing that, Lin Zichen set down the storage box and unhurriedly headed toward the living room.

When he entered, he saw a beautiful young woman and an exquisite little girl who looked like a porcelain doll.

They were Shen Qinghan and her mother from next door.

The baby girl who could not even crawl back then had now grown into an adorable little girl with twin ponytails.

"Chenchen, Aunt Meng made these egg tarts. They're really delicious."

Xu Meng handed Lin Zichen a box of egg tarts, smiling warmly.

Lin Zichen accepted the egg tarts and politely thanked her. "Thank you, Aunt Meng."

That thank-you made Xu Meng feel bitter inside.

At the same age, Lin Zichen could already converse fluently with adults, while her daughter Shen Qinghan often could not even fully express what she wanted to say.

She was far too slow-witted and looked rather foolish.

There really was no harm without comparison.

After staying in the living room for a while and trying a few egg tarts.

With nothing else to do, Lin Zichen soon returned to his room, shut the door, and began intensely training his body.

Shen Qinghan loved staying with him, so she followed him into the room and sat nearby, curiously watching him wildly rise and fall on the floor.

"E-Eat egg tart."

As she watched, Shen Qinghan held an egg tart in her hand and brought it to Lin Zichen's mouth.

Her voice was sweet and childish, and her pronunciation was still a little unclear. She pronounced "eat" incorrectly.

"No need. You eat it yourself."

"E-Eat it. It's yummy."

Shen Qinghan insisted that Lin Zichen eat it.

Egg tarts were her favorite food, and she had to share one with Lin Zichen.

Left with no choice, Lin Zichen stopped and ate the egg tart she offered him.

After finishing it, he continued doing push-ups.

After doing them for quite a while, he felt the intensity was not enough and that his body was not improving noticeably.

As his body grew stronger and stronger, simple fitness exercises could no longer meet his evolutionary needs.

He stopped and looked around the room. In the end, his gaze landed on Shen Qinghan beside him, and he asked her to sit on his back as a weighted accessory.

Shen Qinghan was more than willing. Like a sloth, she sprawled across his back and hugged him.

While doing weighted push-ups, the strange sensation from his back made Lin Zichen realize that Shen Qinghan was wearing a thick diaper beneath her dress.

She was already two years old and still wore diapers. That was obviously rather unusual.

Lin Zichen had heard Xu Meng complain to Zhang Wanxin about this. Apparently, Shen Qinghan still liked wetting her pants, so they often had no choice but to put diapers on her.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, another year had passed.

Lin Zichen turned three years old.

By then, his physical fitness had become so absurd that he could lift a 40-kilogram rice box with one hand.

He did not know what level that was.

He only knew that the Kyoto Prodigy he had seen on television last year was now far inferior to him.

He had continued following news about that prodigy.

That prodigy was now four and a half years old and was still challenging himself to lift a 30-kilogram dumbbell with one hand.

The gap in strength had already become enormous.

Lin Zichen was puzzled by this.

That Kyoto Prodigy could lift a 20-kilogram dumbbell one-handed at age two, so how could he be unable to lift a 30-kilogram dumbbell one-handed at four and a half?

Such a strength growth curve completely defied common sense.

Lin Zichen only thought about it briefly and did not dwell on it. Soon, with a thought, he opened the Character Panel to check his data.

[Name: Lin Zichen]

[Age: 3]

[Biological Rank: Ordinary (Tier 1)]

[Biological Attribute: Use-Disuse Evolution]

Lin Zichen's gaze fell on his Biological Rank, where the words "Ordinary Tier 1" remained unchanged.

He could already lift a 40-kilogram object with one hand, yet his Biological Rank was still only Ordinary Tier 1?

Then what level was Ordinary Tier 2?

Beyond the limits of humanity?

As he was thinking, Zhang Wanxin came over from somewhere and said, "Chenchen, Mom is going shopping with Aunt Meng later. Do you want to come shopping with Mom, or stay home with Dad?"

"I'll go shopping with Mom."

Lin Zichen answered without hesitation.

He trained at home every day, and life had become a little stifling. He needed to go out and relax now and then.

When mother and son changed their shoes and went outside, Shen Qinghan and her mother were already waiting for them.

Three-year-old Shen Qinghan wore a frilly little dress and a pink butterfly hair clip. Her big, watery eyes made her look exceptionally lively and adorable.

"Chenchen, have a cookie."

Shen Qinghan broke the cookie in her hand into two halves and gave the larger half to Lin Zichen.

Her voice was no longer so babyish, and she no longer mispronounced her words. She sounded much more fluent now.

"Thank you."

Lin Zichen accepted the cookie and swallowed it in one bite.

Shen Qinghan beamed at the sight. She still loved smiling as much as before, and she still loved peeing as much as before. Beneath her dress, she still wore a thick diaper.

[You are walking. Blood Qi +1, body coordination +1, walking proficiency +1...]

Once they reached the street.

Lin Zichen trained his body by walking while observing his surroundings along the way.

Traffic bustled through the streets, and tall buildings stood everywhere. It looked more or less the same as his previous life.

At most, the buildings and transportation looked somewhat more High-Tech.

One obvious difference was that Beastmen and robots could occasionally be seen among the crowds.

So-called Beastmen were martial artists who had fused with Exotic Beast genes, causing their bodies to develop certain Exotic Beast characteristics.

Some had animal ears growing from their heads.

Some had wings growing from their backs.

Others were covered in scales, like lizards walking among the crowd.

As for robots, they were Mechanical Cyborgs. Multiple parts of their bodies had been metalized, making them look like Genos from the anime One-Punch Man, brimming with cyberpunk technological style.

Whether Gene Fusionists or Mechanical Cyborgs, neither group was numerous. One had to walk a long way before occasionally spotting one.

It was simply that their appearances were especially conspicuous, so they were usually noticed the moment they appeared.

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