(Name: Li Ziyang) (Class C Mental Infector.) (Mysterious Power: 60) (Academic performance is average; enjoys drawing, but when his teacher first saw his paintings, they were terrified and notified the school administration and his parents.) (He is a fragile and sensitive child, full of curiosity about the unknown. Patiently answering his questions can increase the trust between you.) (Satisfy the child's every request as much as possible; if he is in a bad mood and eats you, he might not necessarily acknowledge you as his father!) (Remember, always keep a calm head to deal with his questions and tests.)
The Text Panel was not a quest description from the Weird World, but Li Ran's Golden Finger.
Whenever a doubt arose in his mind, or he sought an answer, the hints from the Golden Finger would manifest before him in the form of a Text Panel.
This was also the reason why he continued to slack off despite ranking last in every exam.
With a Golden Finger, exams were a breeze; things like Level 4 or Level 6 exams were as easy as flipping through an answer key. However, he didn't want to do that. What would be the point of such a life? Since he already had everything he needed, he might as well waste the rest of his days.
But the prompt appearing before him now was something Li Ran had never expected in his entire life.
He felt as if he could hear an "alarm" ringing in his brain.
This was no son; this was clearly an extremely dangerous monster!
My son was infected by a virus and turned into a monster? Li Ran was horrified.
Li Ziyang walked up to Li Ran with a heavy schoolbag on his back.
"Dad, the teacher kept me after school," Li Ziyang said.
"It's okay, s-son. Let's, let's go home."
Li Ran replied with some panic. Mostly, it was his son's appearance that made his skin crawl. He didn't want to know why the teacher kept his son after school at all; he just wanted to get his son home quickly to complete the task.
Li Ran fumbled in his pants pocket and pulled out a car key.
He pressed it casually, and the only Porsche parked by the roadside responded.
"Get in, son," Li Ran said.
His son nodded obediently, pulled open the back door, and sat quietly in the backseat.
Li Ran slipped into the driver's seat.
In his past life, he was a veteran driver with ten years of experience, but unfortunately, he died of overwork while still burdened with car and mortgage loans.
In this life, he really didn't want to live so exhaustingly.
But since he had arrived in the Weird World, he didn't want to die a pathetic death either.
After all, the rewards obtained in the instances held a great temptation for him.
The guidance of the Golden Finger appeared before Li Ran like a navigation system.
The atmosphere in the car was eerie and awkward. As a first-time father, Li Ran truly didn't know how to communicate with his son.
Just then, Li Ziyang suddenly pulled out a glass jar from his backpack, about eighty centimeters tall and thirty centimeters wide, filled with murky liquid.
"Dad, this is a nutritional supplement the teacher gave you. But it's so strange; I don't know what it is. Can Dad explain it to me?"
Li Ziyang was a proactive and studious child. His eyes were very clean, like pitch-black, flawless gemstones, without a trace of white.
Li Ran stared into the rearview mirror, desperately controlling the smile on his face so as not to reveal a hint of panic.
Only the spots on the steering wheel where his hands gripped were covered in sweat.
The glass jar his good son was holding contained a shriveled Weird Infant soaking inside!
Li Ran's scalp felt like it was about to explode.
"Dad, you don't know either?"
Li Ziyang's mood plummeted, and his fair little face slowly began to split open!
Li Ran maintained his fatherly smile while cursing a thousand times in his heart.
If I can't answer this, my son is going to swallow his old man!
But the problem was, What kind of nutritional supplement looks like this?
Forget-Child Health Wine?
Child Nutrient Solution?
His son's head split into two halves like a blood-red pomegranate, and from within his neck, two Ghost Hands with fingers tightly interlocked reached out...
(Hint: In his heart, Dad is an omnipotent superman. He believes everything Dad says.)
The Golden Finger hint appeared, and Li Ran was still half-confused after reading it.
What does it mean that he believes everything Dad says?
The two Ghost Hands slowly opened like a blood-red flower bud, lunging toward Li Ran's head to devour him.
Seeing his head about to be swallowed by the Ghost Hand, Li Ran decided to risk it all.
He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Da... Daddy knows, of course!"
Li Ran gripped the steering wheel tightly, puffed out his chest, and feigned composure:
"The throat valves of a few-month-old infant are quite unique. If an infant is submerged in water, the valves will seal the trachea, so they won't choke. We generally call such children Little Bastards."
"Little Bastards?"
The split head of his son in the backseat voiced its skepticism.
Li Ran didn't bat an eye as he said: "The liquid it was soaked in—drinking it grants miraculous power."
"Really?"
The son's head retracted rapidly like the petals of a sensitive plant, returning to its original form, yet it couldn't wait to open the lid of the glass jar.
"Son, that's for adults to drink!" Li Ran quickly intervened.
If his son opened that glass jar, heaven knows if the Weird Infant inside would become even more terrifying.
"Right, right, I can't drink it. This is a gift from Teacher to Daddy," Li Ziyang said with an innocent look as he put the glass jar back into his backpack.
"Why did Teacher give it to Daddy?"
"He said it was a gesture of mutual courtesy."
"..."
"Heh, the gift your teacher gave is... truly unique."
Watching his son return to normal, Li Ran let out a long sigh of relief.
Damn it, he had finally managed to talk his way out of it.
That nonsense he just spouted had almost convinced even himself.
A child is a child after all; he could get away with spouting any old rubbish.
But how was he supposed to face his wife once he got home?
If his son was this terrifying, wouldn't his wife be...
Li Ran didn't even dare to think about it; he just wanted to get his son home as quickly as possible.
Guided by the "Golden Finger," Li Ran made it home without a hitch.
Happiness Residential Complex, Building 1, 1802.
Staring at the keypad lock on the door, a thought struck Li Ran:
"Go ahead and open the door, son. Give the backpack to Dad."
Li Ziyang gave an obedient "Mm," stretched out his finger, and entered the code one digit at a time.
Li Ran silently memorized the entry code for "home."
As the door swung open, a gust of chilly wind rushed out to meet him.
Li Ran acted as if nothing were amiss and handed the backpack to Li Ziyang: "Son, Dad left something in the car. I'm going down to grab it."
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