Chapter 74: Director Zhou, You Got Knocked Up. What Do You Have to Say About That?
Everyone went ashore. Youke’en ran over to greet them.
He snatched Xue Xiaohai from Zhou Siyan’s arms, lifted her above his head, and spun her around. “Xiaohai, I missed you so much.”
Xue Xiaohai grabbed his silver-white hair and said loudly, “Grandpa, I’m here!”
The few of them were stunned. Zhou Siyan took his daughter back. “Xiaohai, why are you calling people randomly?”
Xue Xiaohai said, “His name is Grandpa.”
Youke’en showed a hint of embarrassment. It was indeed he who had taught Xue Xiaohai to call him that. After he had shot himself, his mental state had returned to normal.
He had wanted to sincerely adopt Xue Xiaohai as his daughter and had even discussed it with Zhou Siyan in a nice way. But Zhou Siyan was a stubborn mule and would not agree.
In a fit of anger, Youke’en had told Xue Xiaohai that his name was “Grandpa.” Xue Xiaohai had really started calling him that, and the more she said it, the more natural it became.
He avoided Zhou Siyan’s judgmental gaze, moved over to help Xue Yu with her luggage, and winked at her, complaining:
“See? Not having a child makes you a second-class citizen. Zhou Siyan is so harsh with me, and I don’t dare to say a word. If I had a child, I would definitely stand up straight and fight him.”
Xue Yu patted his shoulder. “We have to focus on eugenics. There are so many children now. My head is about to explode.”
“You don’t have to raise them. After you’ve had your fun, you just have to pull up your pants and you’re done. I’ll raise the child myself.”
Xue Yu shook her head. “How can that be? A child is not a rock. They also need a mother’s love and a father’s affection. I can’t just ignore them.”
“Then when Xue Xiaohai and the others grow up and your burden is lightened, you can let me have one, okay?”
Youke’en was still holding out hope. He himself had severe reproductive anxiety. The last time he had a training match with Xue Yu, he had had a phantom pregnancy on the spot.
Now, seeing Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou each with a baby, he was even more envious.
Xue Yu said, “We’ll see.”
Youke’en moved a little closer to her. “After you left, I was so worried that my hair turned white overnight. If I had a child by my side, I wouldn’t be so worried.”
Xue Yu looked at his silver-white hair. “Your hair was already white.”
To Xue Yu, this island was a new home, a secret base she had found in this world after she had transmigrated.
Bringing the men and children over was like bringing them to her new home. How could she let them work?
She had Zhou Siyan and the others stay on the beach with the children, enjoying a rare moment of relaxation.
She herself was busy with Youke’en, moving supplies from the ship, carrying hundred-jin boxes of compressed rations on her shoulders, and getting more and more energetic as she worked.
When she was tired, she would look at the handsome men and the good babies, and her legs would become even more nimble.
The few men watched Xue Yu carry things back and forth and were all ready to help.
Zhou Siyan patted the sand off Xue Xiaohai’s pant legs, his “main wife” aura very stable. He arranged in an orderly manner, “Mo Li and Meng Wu will watch the children here. Feng Qizhou, you and I will go and help Xue Yu.”
The reason was simple. Mo Li’s belly was not small, so he had to be careful.
Meng Wu had been fractured by Xue Yu, his body under his clothes was covered in scars, and his spiritual landscape had been ravaged by Xue Yu. He needed to rest well.
Feng Qizhou put hats on his two babies and brought his face close to theirs. “Come on, babies, kiss Daddy. Daddy is going to work.”
The two babies kissed him on the face. “Go, Daddy.”
“I want to work too! I’m the strongest!” Xue Xiaohai raised her fist.
Zhou Siyan rubbed her bowl cut. “Xiaohai doesn’t have to work. Xiaohai just needs to eat and play. Daddy will take care of you for the rest of your life.”
Xue Xiaohai: “Okay, then I’ll just eat and play all the time!”
Feng Qizhou sneered. “So doting. It’ll be fun when she pulls out your oxygen tube in the future.”
Zhou Siyan gave him a cold glare. “Mind your own business.”
The two of them boarded the ship one after another, rolled up their sleeves, and asked Xue Yu, “Do we have to move all of this in the lower hold?”
Xue Yu came over and pushed them. “You’ve finally come. Go and play with the children. Youke’en and I can just move this little bit of stuff.”
Zhou Siyan started to move a large box himself.
Feng Qizhou was very close to Xue Yu and bumped her. “You big pervert. Are you looking for so many men to collect them, treating us as different styles of ducks?”
“How could I? I respect you all very much!” Xue Yu defended herself.
She was definitely not that kind of person. Although they were all stunningly handsome, with seductive figures, a variety of styles, and all kinds of charm… she had no intention of being a player and cheating on their feelings. She was sincerely going to raise the children in a down-to-earth manner.
Feng Qizhou’s thumb brushed over her round lips. “Since you’re not treating us as ducks, then let us do what we should do. We’re here to live with you, not to be your pretty boys.”
Xue Yu’s heart warmed at these words. She hooked Feng Qizhou’s hand. “Thank you for understanding me.”
Zhou Siyan said, “Stop talking. Move the things.”
Xue Yu had bought a lot of things. Besides the basic necessities for the workers, there were also all kinds of electrical appliances, and even various disassembled parts of motorcycles, tricycles, and small trucks. She was planning on assembling them herself after they were transported to the island.
The workers heard that Xue Yu had brought new supplies and all came to look.
Xue Yu smoothly started her big talk, pushed Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou in front of everyone, and lied without a draft.
“Everyone, this is the Director of the White Tower’s Security Division, Zhou Siyan. He’s here to inspect our work.”
“And this is the Deputy Director of the White Tower Central Hospital, Feng Qizhou. He’s here to give everyone a physical examination. If you have any health problems, just say so. Dr. Feng will treat everyone for free!”
She led the applause. “Let’s give a warm welcome to Director Zhou and Deputy Director Feng for coming to our Shanhai Safe Zone to guide our work!”
Xue Xiaohai was the first to jump out and support her mother, jumping and shouting, “Welcome, welcome! A warm welcome!”
The workers also applauded, and everyone’s attention was on the three children.
This was the first time in over twenty years that they had seen a young child so realistically.
Everyone kept looking at the children. Wenying asked, “Xue Yu, where did the children come from? How can there be children here?”
Xue Yu picked up Xue Xiaohai and said, “I found them on the road. Our Shanhai Safe Zone has received an order to build an orphanage here. We can have children in the future.”
Knowing that Xue Yu was just saying this to deal with everyone, Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou still felt uncomfortable.
Zhou Siyan took Xue Xiaohai over, kissed her soft, round face, and said softly, “Xiaohai is not an orphan. Xiaohai has a mommy and a daddy.”
Xue Xiaohai touched her father’s ear and said, “And a grandpa.”
Every time he heard Xue Xiaohai say “grandpa,” Zhou Siyan would unconsciously grit his teeth and become even more annoyed with Youke’en.
Xue Xiaohai added, “And friends. Xiaobei and Xiaonan are my good friends, and there are also many uncles.”
She turned her head and thought, “Daddy, why are my and Xiaobei and Xiaonan’s daddies different? Our mommy is the same.”
Zhou Siyan couldn’t answer for a moment.
Feng Qizhou, who was listening on the side, laughed and said, “Because your daddy is not good enough.”
Xue Xiaohai anxiously pinched her father’s face. “Daddy, you have to be good enough! I want Xiaobei and Xiaonan to have the same daddy as me!”
Feng Qizhou fanned the flames and teased her, “Sure. Xiaohai can treat Uncle Qizhou as her daddy. Uncle Qizhou will treat you as his own and treat you as his daughter. This way, you, Xiaobei, and Xiaonan will all have the same daddy. It will be me.”
When he said this, he emphasized the four words “treat you as his own” particularly heavily, still holding a grudge.
Zhou Siyan shifted Xue Xiaohai to his other arm and held her. “Alright, Xiaohai, don’t talk so much. You’ll get tired.”
Xue Xiaohai: “Then I want to sing. I want to sing ‘Jasmine Flower’.”
Zhou Siyan bent down and fumbled in the backpack at his feet, taking out a bottle of water for her. “Xiaohai, drink some water first. Don’t talk or sing anymore. Rest for a while.”
“Oh.”
The island was rich in timber resources. During this time, the workers had already built rows of small wooden houses according to the plan Xue Yu had made before she left. They were all single rooms, with no furniture inside, but they were definitely enough to shelter from the wind and rain.
Xue Yu arranged for Zhou Siyan and the others to stay in the small wooden houses.
The wooden houses were small, like small dormitories. There was not much room after putting in an inflatable mattress, so only one person could live in one.
Zhou Siyan lived in one with Xue Xiaohai, Feng Qizhou lived in one with Xiaobei and Xiaonan, and Mo Li and Meng Wu each had one.
After arranging everything properly, Xue Yu found that, hey, there were no empty rooms. The remaining workers had all moved in.
She walked back and forth on the small dirt road outside. The few men’s houses were all next to each other, their wooden doors open, and they were all tidying up their rooms inside.
Which room should she go into?
Xue Yu was in a dilemma.
Until after she had eaten with the workers and had chatted for a long time, Xue Yu still had no idea.
These few men seemed to be maintaining some kind of “decency” in unison. No one had asked her to come in. They just left their doors open and let her choose freely.
The workers had all gone back to their rooms to rest. Xue Yu was still wandering outside, and the few men’s doors were still wide open.
She secretly glanced here and there.
Zhou Siyan was in his room, tidying up Xiao Xiaohai’s toys. He doted on his child very much. He had even brought a box of toys for her from so far away.
Feng Qizhou was preparing the clothes for the two babies to wear tomorrow.
Mo Li was modifying his sniper rifle.
Meng Wu was reading a parenting handbook.
When it came to feelings, Xue Yu was a person who needed a push, and also a person who would only move when tempted. If no one seduced her, she wouldn’t dare to move at all.
Finally, Xue Xiaohai shouted, “Mommy, why aren’t you coming in to sleep yet!”
Xue Yu finally had a legitimate reason and entered Zhou Siyan’s room. “Mommy is here. Does Xiaohai want to sleep with Mommy?”
“I do!” Xue Xiaohai said firmly.
Zhou Siyan handed her a towel. “You should go and take a shower first.”
“Alright.”
Xue Yu went to a simple wooden shower room on the side and took a shower. When she came out, Xiaobei and Xiaonan came over and pulled her. “Mommy, sleep! Let’s sleep together!”
Xue Yu was in a dilemma.
She didn’t want to disappoint the children. She took Xue Xiaohai to Feng Qizhou’s room and lay down with them. After the three babies had fallen asleep, she picked up Xue Xiaohai, planning to send her back to Zhou Siyan.
Feng Qizhou gave her a look and said in a very low voice, “Want to have a field battle? Let’s go out and play.”
Xue Yu almost wanted to nod but restrained herself. If the workers saw, what would happen?
“You should go to sleep. Stop thinking about such things.”
She took Xue Xiaohai back to Zhou Siyan. Zhou Siyan had already prepared a pillow and was waiting for her to come back.
Xue Yu lay down beside him, with Xue Xiaohai sleeping in the middle.
Neither of them could be intimate with the child around. That would be too inhuman.
At night, Xue Yu started to fluctuate again. She had figured out the pattern. This suppressant made her calm as still water during the day, but at night, she would have intermittent bestial outbursts.
She quietly got up and left, going to Mo Li’s door. “Mo Li, are you asleep yet?”
Mo Li quickly came out and opened the door. “No. What’s wrong?”
Xue Yu squeezed in. “I can’t sleep. I came to chat with you.”
“Okay.”
Mo Li didn’t realize Xue Yu’s true request. He led Xue Yu to the bed as usual and chatted with her under the covers.
He took Xue Yu’s hand and placed it on his own abdomen. “My belly seems to have gotten a little bigger lately, but it’s not very uncomfortable. You don’t have to worry.”
Xue Yu stroked his protruding belly. Her palm uncontrollably moved downwards. “Yes, it is a little bigger. Speaking of big, you’re also quite big…”
“What?”
Xue Yu’s face turned red. “Nothing. I was just saying that the child is growing bigger and bigger, and we are also getting older. Time flies.”
Mo Li: “It’s alright. I don’t feel old.”
Xue Yu turned onto her side and held his arm. “I’m so envious of you. Your mentality is so young. It’s great to be young. Harder than a diamond, right?”
Mo Li touched her face in the dark and said sincerely, “Xue Yu, I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“No, I was just chatting. You don’t have to be too serious,” she continued to touch Mo Li’s belly. “Can you do it with a big belly? I’m so curious.”
“I think so. As long as you’re on top,” he asked seriously, “Do you want to?”
Xue Yu was too embarrassed to reply.
Mo Li wrapped his arm around her waist, pulled her onto him, and arched his back to kiss her. Xue Yu held his neck tightly and kissed him back fiercely.
In less than a minute, before they had even taken off their clothes, the surge in Xue Yu’s body came to an abrupt halt.
Xue Yu’s spirit was like a deflated balloon. She lay on Mo Li. “Uh, I don’t think I can do it anymore.”
Mo Li gently stroked her back. “Is it because of the suppressant? Will it harm your body?”
“It shouldn’t. Besides this, I don’t feel any discomfort.”
Xue Yu got off him. This time, it was really just chatting under the covers. “Alright, let’s go to sleep.”
This time, it was Mo Li who couldn’t sleep. He whispered in her ear, “Do you like it big?”
Xue Yu was calm and desireless. “Are you talking about the belly? Actually, it’s not very good. It should be moderate. If it’s too big, it’s easy to have a difficult birth.”
Mo Li: “Is it better if it’s harder?”
Xue Yu: “Are you talking about diamonds? It’s indeed better if they’re hard. The ones that are not hard enough are fakes.”
Mo Li held her. “Alright, I understand. Let’s go to sleep.”
The next day, when Xue Yu came out of Mo Li’s room, Feng Qizhou saw her at first glance and clicked his tongue with a sarcastic look.
Xue Yu still had to transport steel to the Chicheng Safe Zone. According to the plan, she could only stay on the island with the children for two days.
Her plan was that after staying with the children for two days, she would transport the steel to the Chicheng Safe Zone by herself, then come back to pick up the men and children, and then go back to the White Tower together.
Mo Li said that he would follow Xue Yu all the way.
The other few men also said they would follow her.
Xue Yu said, “The children have finally come to the island to play. They should be allowed to play here more.”
Zhou Siyan: “The children want to be with you more.”
Xue Yu looked at Xiaobei and Xiaonan, who were hugging her two legs. “Okay, then you can all follow me.”
After going out with Blueberry to find meteorite crystals and supplementing for a period of time, Xue Yu’s spiritual power had been greatly improved.
This had indeed played a very big role. The workers were no longer anxious and no longer clamored to go back to the White Tower. Their emotions were much more stable.
At the same time, Xue Yu found that the reproduction tree in her spiritual landscape had grown a lot, especially the roots. The roots were getting thicker and longer.
She squatted on the sea and slowly figured out a phenomenon.
The reproduction tree had no leaves before, but now it had dozens of leaves.
Realizing something, Xue Yu ran to do a questionnaire with the workers, asking them if they wanted to stay on the island.
Coincidentally, the number of workers who were willing to stay on the island was the same as the number of leaves on the reproduction tree.
She remembered the few roots that had played with Blueberry when she was in prison.
She made a bold guess. Maybe Ms. Bai Long’s spirit body was a tree, or the entire White Tower was a tree, and this tree supported the sense of belonging of the people of the White Tower.
Then her reproduction tree might also be able to play such a role, making everyone have a sense of belonging and be willing to rely on her.
It seemed that she had to continue to look for meteorite crystals to supplement her spiritual power and make this reproduction tree grow bigger.
The three children ran around on the beach all day. Their spirits were much better than in the metal room in the White Tower. Both their bodies and their language organization skills had improved rapidly.
Xue Yu used the ship’s fixed-line phone again to contact Lu Sen. She called several times but couldn’t get through. It always showed that the line was being repaired and to try again later.
She realized that the White Tower might really be in chaos.
After waiting for a long time, Lu Sen called her back himself. His voice was very painful, and he asked her hoarsely, “When are you coming back?”
Xue Yu: “I’ll have to wait for half a month. What’s wrong?”
Lu Sen sounded like he was crying. “I can’t take it anymore.”
Xue Yu: “Can’t take what anymore?”
Lu Sen: “I feel like I can’t control my desires anymore, Xue Yu. I’ve become a beast like those people.”
Xue Yu quickly said, “You have to maintain your virginity. You can’t ruin your future. Think about your [Pure and Innocent] medal, think about your [Highly Ascetic] medal!”
Lu Sen’s voice became even hoarser. “I will leave my body for you. I will try my best to hold on. Please come back quickly.”
Xue Yu asked again, “What on earth happened in the White Tower?”
Lu Sen: “It’s hard to say. The conservatives and the open-minded faction have been arguing. Our conservatives are about to be besieged by the open-minded faction. They are messing around everywhere, sleeping everywhere. The prisons can’t even hold so many people.”
The line was cut again. Xue Yu wanted to ask more, but there was no signal at all.
She told Zhou Siyan and the others about this.
Zhou Siyan said, “Let’s just follow the original plan. Don’t be in a hurry to go back. It’s too messy. If we go back, we’ll just get into trouble.”
After staying on the island for two days, Xue Yu took everyone and set sail again, turning in the direction of the Chicheng Safe Zone.
The Chicheng Safe Zone was an inland safe zone. They also did not like to be near the sea. They had only built a simple port for trade.
Xue Yu spent ten days transporting the steel to the designated port in Chicheng.
The port here was connected to the railway leading to the Chicheng Safe Zone. A freight train was waiting to be loaded.
After the workers had transported all the steel from the ship to the train and the train had left for the Chicheng Safe Zone, Xue Yu finally got the receipt.
She set sail again, this time heading straight for the White Tower.
Now, the children had a new way to play. The three children were all water-type spirit bodies and could naturally breathe underwater.
By the time the few adults found out, Blueberry had already taken the three children for a few swims in the sea.
After confirming that the children could adapt to life in the water, Xue Yu personally led the team and took them to play.
Mo Li could also go with them to accompany the children.
Zhou Siyan’s and Feng Qizhou’s spirit bodies were both land-type. To go into the water, they had to rely on holding their breath, and they couldn’t go into the deep water area.
Every time Xue Yu and Mo Li took the children into the water, the two of them would wait anxiously on the deck. Only when the children came out did they breathe a sigh of relief.
“It’s fun! I want to play with Mommy forever!” the three children kept circling around Xue Yu.
Xue Yu no longer worried about the matters of the White Tower and did her best to be a good mother, taking the children to play hide-and-seek underwater all day.
Ten days later, the group returned to the White Tower.
When they arrived, it was daytime, and it was exceptionally quiet. The usually busy workers were all gone.
After a brief inquiry, they found out that all the soldiers and workers of the White Tower were on strike.
A strike. This was an unprecedented event.
When they entered the city, there were craters everywhere. The walls on the street were all covered in bullet marks, and a large number of bullet casings were scattered on the ground.
Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou each put their children in a box and first took them home to hide.
They hurriedly inquired about the situation.
It turned out that while their family was out these past few days, there had been two large-scale battles between the open-minded and the conservatives in the White Tower. They had really started fighting.
The reason was that the management of the White Tower was basically all conservatives.
The conservatives had always claimed that they had given up their sex lives and entertainment to devote themselves to work. They were more rational, smarter, and more suitable to lead the White Tower to a bright future.
But this month, since the new S-class libido suppressant was launched, many conservatives had suddenly started to have sex. The church where they held their meetings had become a dating spot.
The open-minded faction was completely unconvinced. The conservatives were also having promiscuous sex. Why should they be the management? Why should they have better benefits?
Thus, a battle broke out between the open-minded and the conservatives in the safe zone.
Both factions wanted to occupy the top and become the leadership.
The war lasted for a month and had just ended two days before Xue Yu and the others returned.
The current situation was that the conservatives had won, and the conservatives were also clearing out a large number of people who had broken the rules.
They were going to imprison and sentence all these “promiscuous” people to serve as a warning.
Xue Yu came to find Zhou Siyan at night, feeling uneasy. “Should we leave? I’m so worried it will endanger the children.”
Zhou Siyan said, “Let’s wait for two days. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll leave.”
Suddenly, Yan Wantang kicked open the door to Zhou Siyan’s office with a gun. Several soldiers followed behind her. She threw a stack of documents. “Director Zhou, you got knocked up. You have to give an explanation for this.”