Chapter 83: The Child’s Tenacious Vitality p1
After finishing the call with Yan Wantang, Xue Yu looked at the three colorful children.
They were circling the incubator, talking to the child inside.
This baby’s learning ability was astounding. This morning, she could only pronounce one word at a time.
Now, after being influenced by the chattering of Xue Xiaohai and the other two, she had even started to speak in short sentences, even better than Xue Xiaohai had been.
“Little baby eats biscuits.”
Xue Xiaohai held biscuits in both hands, stuffing one into her mouth and placing the other next to the box.
The child in the box spoke clearly, “Little baby eats biscuits.”
Xue Xiaobei lay on the side of the box and said, “You should say that the little baby doesn’t eat biscuits, because you’re still in the box. You can’t eat.”
The child in the box: “Little baby doesn’t eat biscuits.”
This biscuit was made by Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou. Flour and formula were mixed together, and some trace elements needed for a baby’s growth were added. The biscuits were made into different cartoon-shaped models, and the three children ate them as snacks every day.
“Uncle Meng Wu also eats biscuits. Mommy said you’ve worked hard,” Xue Xiaonan put a piece of biscuit in Meng Wu’s hand.
Meng Wu had never tasted this kind of biscuit before. He tried a bite.
It had a strong milky fragrance. To him, it was a little too sweet.
He didn’t like it very much, but he still finished the little bear biscuit that Xue Xiaonan had given him.
He could feel the spiritual link between him and the child. She was calm, and he was calm with her. Her tenacious will to live could also be felt by him.
Meng Wu sat quietly on the sofa, and for a moment, he could not hear the voices of Xue Xiaohai and the others.
His mind was only filled with the emotions conveyed by the child in the incubator: live on, must live on…
“Xue Yu, I can feel some of the baby’s emotions,” he said to Xue Yu, who was on the phone not far away.
Xue Yu put away her Cloud Sound Box and walked over to him. “What emotions?”
“She wants to live. She wants to live tenaciously.”
He looked at Xue Yu, his other hand still on the support tube of the incubator, transmitting spiritual power to the child. “So, I should also live on. No matter what, I have to live on.”
Xue Yu was so excited she could barely contain herself. Meng Wu’s depression was severe. He had always been world-weary and had always wanted to commit suicide.
Now, hearing him say “no matter what, I have to live on,” she was incredulous and overjoyed.
She held his other hand and said, “That’s right! No matter what, you have to live on. Look at me. I was dumped, and then I went to mine after graduation. I was even given nicknames every day, called the number one good-for-nothing in the White Tower, the number one executioner in the White Tower, and even slandered for having a spiritual affair at my wedding.”
She patted the criminal insignia on her shoulder:
“This label, and the more than thirty years of prison time, I’ve never wanted to give up, never thought of dying! My child is the same. She was grazed by a shrapnel as a fetus and can only rely on others’ spiritual power to survive.”
“My child and I are so tenacious. you should be like us.”
Meng Wu smiled. “You’re right. I should learn from you and the child.”
Xue Yu’s mouth was dry from talking. She took a sip of water on the side and remembered Yan Wantang’s call from just now.
She went to the children. “Are you full from the biscuits?”
Xue Xiaohai: “I’m not full, but Daddy said I can only eat five, otherwise I won’t be able to eat my meal.”
Xue Yu sat down, her eyes full of worry. “If you’re full, Mommy will take you three to find a job. It’s not good to be idle at home all day.”
Meng Wu turned his head to look at her. “What are you talking about?”
Xue Yu was worried. “Yan Wantang just called me and said that the higher-ups have agreed to let the children stay for now. But there can’t be any unemployed vagrants in the White Tower. She asked me to hurry up and find a job for the three of them.”
“They’re still in diapers. What kind of job can they find?” Meng Wu also couldn’t understand the train of thought of these leaders in the White Tower.
Xue Xiaohai raised her hand and said, “I don’t have to wear diapers during the day anymore. I only wear them at night.”
Xue Xiaobei: “My sister and I too!”
Meng Wu asked again, “Did they not tell you what specific job it is?”
Xue Yu held the three children, kneading their soft, tender cheeks, and said, “They didn’t. They just asked me to prepare a resume for the children and submit it on the job system myself. Isn’t that ridiculous?”
Meng Wu: “Let’s call Zhou Siyan and the others over to discuss it.”
“Okay.”
While waiting for Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou to come over, Xue Yu used Meng Wu’s tablet to try to make a simple resume for the three children.
She slapped her forehead. It had been so long, and she still hadn’t given Xiaobei and Xiaonan a proper name.
Xue Yu held the two children on her lap. “Babies, what names do you want?”
Xue Xiaohai leaned against Xue Yu and actively gave her ideas. “Xiaobei’s proper name is Dabao, and Xiaonan’s proper name is Xiaobao.”
Xue Yu rubbed her bowl cut. “Then what’s your treasure?”
Xue Xiaohai: “I’m Fanbao. I like to eat the most.”
Xue Yu: “I think you’re like a rice cooker.”
As for Xiaobei and Xiaonan’s proper names, Xue Yu had also considered a few before.
She took out the two best ones from her list. “Xiaobei, you’ll be called Xue Wangchuan. Xiaonan, you’ll be called Xue Zhengliao. Is that okay?”
Xue Xiaobei’s little head rested on Xue Yu’s shoulder. “Why are my and my sister’s names different?”
Xue Xiaonan: “That’s right. The two of us can’t be separated.”
Xue Yu smiled and said, “If your names are the same, how can Mommy tell you apart in the future? Xiaobei is called Wangchuan, and her sister is called Zhengliao. They are both mountains and rivers. Mountains and rivers are always together.”
“Oh, alright then.”
Meng Wu said on the side, “You like nature very much.”
Xue Yu: “Nature is so good. What’s the point of being in the White Tower all day? You can’t even see a single green tree.”
With that decided, Xue Yu took the opportunity to write a resume for the three children, her fingers constantly tapping and swiping on the tablet.
She took a picture of Xue Xiaohai, put it in the resume template, and filled in the relevant information:
Name: Xue Lanshan (nickname Xue Xiaohai)
Age: 9 months.
Gender: Female.
Education: Illiterate.
Combat Points: -10,000.
Spirit Body: A hybrid of a seahorse and a black panther, initially identified as a mutated small seahorse.
Work Experience: None.
Next was Xue Xiaobei’s resume.
Name: Xue Wangchuan (nickname Xue Xiaobei)
Age: 10 months.
Gender: Female.
Education: Illiterate.
Combat Points: -10,000.
Spirit Body: A hybrid of a seahorse and an arctic fox, initially identified as a mutated small jellyfish.
Work Experience: None.
Xue Xiaonan’s resume was the same as her sister’s. She was too lazy to change the age. Anyway, the two of them looked exactly the same now, so she just changed the name.
After Xue Yu had filled out the three resumes, she directly posted them on the White Tower’s job forum.
She stared at the forum. In less than ten minutes, the three children’s resumes had been viewed more than 2,000 times, but there were no job invitations.
“It’s over. I can’t find a job,” Xue Yu sighed.
Xue Xiaohai asked, “What’s a job?”
Xue Yu: “A job is to earn money. Only with money and a job can you buy biscuits to eat.”
Xue Xiaohai took Xiaobei and Xiaonan’s hands. “Then let’s go and find a biscuit-finding job. This way, we can eat biscuits while we work.”
Xue Xiaonan: “We can also go and find an apple-finding job. Then we’ll have apples to eat!”
Xue Xiaobei: “I want to do a mommy-finding job. If I find Mommy, I can be with her all the time.”
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Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou finally arrived, but they also had no clue.
“A bunch of sick people! This is child labor! What kind of pervert came up with this idea?” Feng Qizhou was so angry he was spinning in circles, holding the two children in his arms.
Zhou Siyan squatted down and fiddled with Xue Xiaohai’s lotus-leaf sleeves, asking Xue Yu, “Do we have to find a job?”
Xue Yu took out the lawyer’s letter from the court. “Anyway, that’s what the court said. The White Tower does not allow for unemployed vagrants. They are urging us to find a job for the children quickly.”
The three adults looked at the job vacancies in the White Tower online.
The only positions that did not have restrictions on education and combat points were miners, security guards, and so on.
Xue Yu and the others also didn’t understand what the higher-ups of the White Tower meant. They decided to just take the children for an interview and see.
“Let’s take the children to eat first and change their clothes before we go for the interview,” Xue Yu said.
The few of them ate at Meng Wu’s apartment. Feng Qizhou held his two children and went home to change their clothes. A small white shirt with a brown plaid suit-like jacket, and black pants. The fabric was very good. He had specially asked someone to buy it from another safe zone.
He led Xiaobei and Xiaonan to Zhou Siyan’s apartment and saw Xue Yu still sitting in the living room, waiting.
“Where’s the big fatty? Hasn’t she changed her clothes yet?” Feng Qizhou asked.
Xue Yu made a funny face and said in a low voice, “She’s changed several sets. I don’t know how he’s going to dress the child. I’m so worried.”
“An aesthetic disability, that person.”