Starting from Zero: Grinding to Godhood
Chapter 21

My Dad Is Lin Hai

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Facing the ferocious Director Huang, the leather-clad woman he had called Thousand-Faced Fox laughed.

"Now that's more like the Lightning Flash Violent Ape I slept with. Can a tamed Lightning Flash Violent Ape still be called a Lightning Flash Violent Ape?"

"Who sent you?" Director Huang asked coldly.

"That's not important anymore. What matters is, if anything really happens to the person you're supposed to protect, what good ending can you expect when you go back? Why not come with me instead? The two of us can rekindle our old—"

Boom!!

Before Thousand-Faced Fox could finish, two beams shot through the spot where she had just been standing and straight into the depths of the alley behind her.

The place struck by the beams exploded instantly.

"Yellow, you're actually doing this for real?!" Thousand-Faced Fox cried in shock and fury.

"Don't think I won't kill you. If you dare obstruct me again, I will kill you!" Director Huang's face was filled with violence as he issued his final warning.

With that, he turned and left quickly.

Before long, he vanished from Thousand-Faced Fox's sight.

This time, Thousand-Faced Fox did not dare stop him again. The hand clutching her metal whip was still trembling slightly.

If her reaction had been even a little slower, she would have lost at least half her life.

She knew very well that the two beams fired from his eyes were not something her flesh-and-blood body could withstand.

"What a heartless man..."

Watching Director Huang's retreating back, Thousand-Faced Fox gritted her teeth.

"He already held back. Otherwise, do you think you'd still be standing there?" A mechanical voice came from behind Thousand-Faced Fox.

"And that counts as holding back? If I hadn't reacted quickly, I'd be lying on the ground already!" Thousand-Faced Fox said indignantly. "I told you long ago that he isn't the type to cherish old feelings, but you just had to make me take the risk."

"If he truly didn't care about old feelings, do you really think your little bit of reaction speed would have let you dodge an attack from the Lightning Flash Violent Ape?"

The mechanical voice first let out a mocking laugh, then its tone grew more solemn. "I thought his strength would have declined after being away from Old Soil for so long. I didn't expect him to detect my offspring even now... It seems the one behind him is more troublesome than we imagined. We'll have to reconsider the previous plan carefully."

"What do you mean? We're not capturing them anymore?" Thousand-Faced Fox asked in astonishment.

"We still have to capture them, but nothing can really happen to them. Otherwise, I'm afraid none of us will leave North Heaven alive..."

Elsewhere.

Teacher Hu drove Lin Xuan and Duo Duo away from Double Leaf Kindergarten.

At Teacher Hu's request, both children sat in the backseat and carefully fastened their seat belts.

Lin Xuan asked curiously, "Teacher Hu, what happened to Duo Duo's family? Why was she in such a hurry to go home? Didn't Auntie Li say?"

"Ah... she said a little, but she wasn't very specific, so I didn't ask too much," Teacher Hu replied casually.

"Oh, okay."

Lin Xuan nodded, seeming somewhat confused.

Just as Teacher Hu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Lin Xuan suddenly said, "Teacher Hu, my stomach hurts. I need to use the bathroom."

"Xuan Xuan Younger Brother, are you okay?" Duo Duo immediately turned to Lin Xuan in concern.

"Can you hold on a little longer, Lin Xuan? There'll be a bathroom when we get to Duo Duo's house," Teacher Hu asked, glancing at the rearview mirror.

Lin Xuan wore a pained expression. "Sorry, Teacher Hu, but my stomach really hurts. I might not be able to hold it that long..."

Seeing this, Duo Duo grew flustered as well. She hurriedly said to Teacher Hu, "Teacher Hu, how about we find a bathroom first and let Xuan Xuan Younger Brother use it?"

With her back to the two children, Teacher Hu's expression twisted with hesitation.

Just then, Lin Xuan continued, "I can't take it anymore. I really can't hold it!"

Only then did Teacher Hu make up her mind. "Hold on a little longer, Lin Xuan. There's a gas station up ahead, and it has a bathroom. We'll be there soon!"

As she spoke, Teacher Hu stepped on the gas and accelerated, quickly driving into the gas station.

Screech—!

After a sudden stop, Teacher Hu said to Lin Xuan, "Go quickly, Lin Xuan. The bathroom is on the left after you get out."

"Teacher Hu, my stomach hurts so much I can't walk. Can you take me there?" Lin Xuan's face had turned somewhat pale.

"Okay, I'll take you!"

Something was already off about Teacher Hu's tone.

But Duo Duo, worried about Lin Xuan's condition, naturally failed to notice. She was still telling him:

"Don't panic, Xuan Xuan Younger Brother. Take it slow—"

Click.

Teacher Hu got out of the car, went to the backseat, unfastened Lin Xuan's seat belt, and hoisted him onto her back.

Soon, the two of them reached the public restroom.

"Thank you, Teacher Hu. You're so nice..." Lin Xuan said weakly from Teacher Hu's back.

"It's what a teacher should do." Teacher Hu forced out a smile.

"Oh, right, Teacher Hu. Could you take me home first later? I might not have the strength to go play at Duo Duo's house... My house is over on North Garden Road, and you'll pass it on the way to Duo Duo's house anyway," Lin Xuan added.

"North Garden Road, right? Okay, I'll take you there first." Teacher Hu agreed without a second thought.

As they spoke, Teacher Hu carried Lin Xuan to the restroom entrance and set him down.

"Go on, Lin Xuan."

Lin Xuan hurried into the restroom. Before Teacher Hu could even catch her breath, Lin Xuan's startled cry and request came from inside:

"Ah! Teacher Hu, can you come in for a moment?"

Is this ever going to end?!

Teacher Hu's face had darkened so much it looked ready to drip water.

But things had come this far. To get rid of Lin Xuan, this nuisance, as quickly as possible, she could only enter the restroom and ask:

"What happened, Lin Xuan—"

Thud!

After the muffled impact, there was no further sound.

The next moment, Lin Xuan quickly walked out of the restroom and headed straight for where Teacher Hu had parked.

"Xuan Xuan Younger Brother, are you okay now?"

Duo Duo, who had been anxiously waiting in the backseat, asked in surprise when she saw Lin Xuan return alone.

"I'm fine." Lin Xuan shook his head.

"Where's Teacher Hu?" Duo Duo looked behind Lin Xuan but did not see Teacher Hu.

"Don't ask. Come with me."

Lin Xuan directly pulled Duo Duo out of the car, then ran toward the gas station's cashier booth and quickly reached the counter.

"Kids, what would you like to buy?"

The cashier was a chubby man. Seeing the two children run in, he assumed they were there to pay for their parents' gas and asked with a smile.

Parents sometimes had their children pay to train them.

"Uncle, please help us call the police. My dad is Lin Hai, an inspector with the Dragon River City Public Security Bureau. Someone is trying to kidnap me and my sister!"

Lin Xuan stated the key point as briefly as possible.

The cashier's expression changed drastically!

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