Chapter 204

"... Yes, it's all my fault."

Xi couldn't help but glare at Chen Ran with her small eyes, but when Chen Ran looked at her, Chen Ran quickly pushed him back.

After chuckling for a while, Chen Ran finally said, "Does this Year Beast in the normal Worldline have self-awareness...? Three possibilities."

"Three...?" Xi secretly touched the corner of her lips, which were almost swollen from being kissed, and asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't there only be two possibilities?"

It's either there or it's not.

"If it has no self-awareness, or if it does, then is this Year Beast your mother or father, Little Watermelon?"

"According to the description of your eldest brother's second module, when the Year Beast was on the verge of death and asleep, it split off most of its soul and consciousness, and the entity that was split off is your eldest brother, Shuo."

"Your eldest brother, Shuo, inherited most of the memories, powers, and personality of the Year Beast; he can almost be called a second 'Sui'—"

"I was going to say, Little Watermelon, if you still don't understand,"

"Just think of the relationship between the year and the new moon as analogous to that between the Soviet Union and Russia,"

"But I think Little Watermelon I say it this way, you'll probably understand even less, so let's just forget about it."

"In short, when your eldest brother was preparing to inherit Sui's legacy and become the second 'Sui,' he discovered that at the same time his consciousness was born, eleven other nascent consciousnesses were also born."

"Yes, those eleven bewildered consciousnesses are you, Little Watermelon."

"Your eldest brother could have directly devoured and obliterated all eleven of your consciousnesses, making him a complete entity and turning him into a second 'Sui'."

"But you know your eldest brother's personality, Little Watermelon. To put it nicely, he is upright and incorruptible, strict with himself and lenient with others. But to put it bluntly, he is a talkative and noisy old man."

"So your eldest brother couldn't bear it. He felt that you were his younger brothers and sisters, so as if he had severed his own limbs, he not only brought you into being, but also gave you a portion of his power and authority."

"And that's how the story of your twelve siblings living together in harmony came about."

Chen Ran grabbed the Year Beast's tail, watching as the Year Beast circled around, trying to bite his finger.

On the one hand, it simply explained the origin story of the twelve brothers and sisters of the Sui family.

"Although this Year Beast doesn't seem very smart... it's probably completely devoid of reason, driven only by instinct."

"But if this Year Beast really has self-awareness, then Little Watermelon, would you rather see a strict father or a loving mother?"

Shouldn't he be a loving father? After all, given their eldest brother's personality...

Xi muttered this to herself in a low voice.

Chapter 320 Oh, you don't want me to eat this Little Watermelon, do you?

Is the Year Beast a strict father or a loving mother?

Let's set that aside for now; after all, important matters need to be addressed.

However, even something as important as reviving Jie is actually quite easy to handle.

The simplest way is simply to make the Year Beast spit out the Jie it has eaten.

Ah, of course, "spitting out" here doesn't mean giving this Year Beast a belly-pounding or deep-vomiting induction.

Instead, like Little Watermelon's older brother, he split Jie out of her body again.

So Chen Ran reached out, grabbed the Year Beast by the tail, and lifted it up, saying, "Little guy, do you still remember your fifth daughter?"

Among the twelve brothers and sisters in the Sui family, Jie was the fifth, so this title was not inappropriate.

But the Year Beast remained silent, only twisting its body, trying to bite Chen Ran's fingertips in return.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ran thought for a moment, then stretched out his other hand and used the wave of faith points he had harvested from the previous appearance of the god to add points to the Year Beast in his hand.

With its IQ instantly soaring to 50, a glint of shrewdness finally flashed in the eyes of the Year Beast.

The Year Beast stopped causing trouble and instead began to look around and survey its surroundings.

"Can you understand me now?" Chen Ran tugged at the little one's tail and gently shook it. "Little guy, you still haven't answered me. Do you remember your fifth daughter?"

Upon hearing this, the Year Beast turned its head.

At first, they showed astonishment upon seeing such a towering figure as Chen Ran.

But upon hearing the keywords, the Year Beast suddenly became wary again.

"Is it because you're not smart enough to speak, or are you just overprotective of your daughter and don't trust me?"

"I feel that it would be too troublesome to start from the beginning, explain everything to you, gain your trust, and then finally get back to the topic of resurrecting Jie."

Chen Ran muttered a few words, then turned his head and said, "Little Watermelon."

"Why are you calling me again, you lecherous scoundrel?"

Xi Ben was standing next to Chen Ran, and when she heard this lecherous man call her, she naturally responded.

Although this also attracted the attention and curiosity of the Year Beast,

Especially when seeing Xi and feeling that blood connection,

The Year Beast began to struggle and twist its body again, seemingly wanting to get a closer look at her... youngest daughter?

But Chen Ran didn't give her that chance.

Chen Ran simply grabbed Xi's tail with one hand and picked up Xi's body, which was about 18cm long, with the other hand, saying, "Little Watermelon, transfer your consciousness to this little figurine."

"That's possible..."

Xi walked back to the sofa first, and after the life-size figure lay down,

Her body, which was only 18cm long, also woke up from Chen Ran's palm at the same time. "But what kind of bad idea are you up to now?"

"How can you call this a bad idea?" Chen Ran proved himself. "Oh right, Little Watermelon, you can take off your shoes too."

Evening. "?"

You lecherous scoundrel!

And you're still saying you weren't plotting anything?!

"Oh dear, Little Watermelon, believe me, this is a crucial step in saving your sister Jie."

"Really?"

"It couldn't be more real."

"... Well, I'll trust you one more time, you lecherous scoundrel..."

Although Xi always felt that Chen Ran had ill intentions, she still took off her shoes and put them aside with some skepticism.

"And then?" Xi seemed a little shy, curling her little feet up as she asked.

"And then—"

Chen Ran coughed lightly, turned back, and looked at Sui again. "Madam, you don't want your youngest daughter to be eaten by me, do you?"

Evening. "?"

Age. "?"

After speaking, Chen Ran was still worried that the Year Beast wouldn't understand.

So he tilted his head back, opened his mouth, and slowly put the evening in his hand into his mouth.

Evening. "???"

Xi was completely stunned.

She tried to struggle, but by the time she realized what was happening, half of her body was already in Chen Ran's mouth.

There's even a tendency for it to slide downwards.

Fortunately, it seemed like she had stepped onto a platform, giving her a foothold, which relieved Xi of the feeling of being suspended in mid-air.

But Xi soon discovered that the place where her feet landed gave her a sensation similar to the tip of her tongue licking her thigh.

Xi, who instantly understood what Chen Ran was doing, blushed bright red.

"What the hell are you doing, you lecherous scoundrel?!"

"Just trying to scare your mom..."

"Wait, wait... don't say anything..."

Xi wanted an explanation.

Before Chen Ran could even speak, the sensation of his tongue licking across her face made Xi blush so deeply it seemed like her cheeks were about to burst with color.

This scene, however, led the Year Beast to misunderstand something.

To an uninformed person, Chen Ran's actions seemed to suggest that he wanted to devour Na Xi whole.

So the Year Beast immediately became anxious and let out a 'roar'.

"So... if I ignore you this time... you lecherous scoundrel, are you really going to eat me up?"

Xi, who was only about 18cm tall, sat on a napkin box and used whatever was available to wipe her thighs and toes, which were covered in saliva.

"No, not at all." Chen Ran said, "The starting move, 'Madam, you don't want to...' is just the simplest method. If it doesn't work, I have a few other methods."

For example, the most effective but also the most time-consuming method is to increase the favorability of this Year Beast, continue to increase her intelligence, and then reason with her and appeal to her emotions.

For example, let Xi or their eldest brother Shuo become the second 'Sui', and let Jie be split off again.

For example, you could reverse the planet model, turn back time to the moment before Jie died, pull Jie out of the planet model, and then fast forward the time in the planet model again.

"But since the first method worked, there's no need to rack our brains to think of other methods."

By this time, the Year Beast had already broken free from Chen Ran's grasp and ran behind Xi, its tail wrapped around her and its claws pressing down on her, protecting her well, while occasionally baring its teeth and claws at Chen Ran.

"But when she pressed her hand on my head... it actually hurt quite a bit..."

Although Xi complained slightly, she didn't say much.

After wiping her thighs and feet clean, Xi reached out and held a... um... egg in her arms.

"Although this egg did indeed come from the mouth of the Year Beast..."

"But you're saying this egg is my sister Jie?"

Xi held the egg in her arms and stared at it for a long time, feeling that it was somewhat unreliable no matter how she thought about it.

"What's there to worry about? Once you hatch this egg, Little Watermelon, you'll know if it's your Jiejie, right?"

"Wait, why am I the one incubating it?"

"What else can I do? I can incubate them, but I remember that all birds that hatch from eggs seem to have a special bond with their chicks, right? Well—"

Chapter 321 The Doctor Wakes Up

That naturally couldn't be handed over to Chen Ran to incubate.

Otherwise, just thinking about how her little sister Jie's first words after hatching from the egg would be calling Chen Ran"Dad"...

Xi always felt uneasy.

However, if Xi were to incubate this egg... then Xi's title of 'mother' would probably be confirmed.

Xi became even more uncomfortable.

Chen Ran knew what Little Watermelon was struggling with, but he didn't care because he was just watching the show from the sidelines.

Until--

Out of the corner of his eye, Chen Ran caught a glimpse of a Kal'tsit emerging from the miniature model of the 'Seaside Resort Town' on the table.

"Huh?" Chen Ran turned his head and said, "Why did you come out? Aren't you going to take care of the Doctor? Oh wait, which cat are you again? Lost Cat or a normal cat?"

"I am Lost Cat."

Kal'tsit didn't care about such trivial matters as addressing him; she simply stepped forward and said, "The Doctor is awake."

"You're awake? You've finally woken up after sleeping for so long."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ran instinctively looked up and gazed in that direction.