You Chumu came over and sat down beside the dining table.
“Then what does brother’s hand usually taste like?”
Xu Chi handed him the chopsticks. “No taste.”
“Oh.”
Xu Chi used his own chopsticks to take a bite of the beef, noodles, greens, and egg from You Chumu’s bowl, one by one, before pushing it over to him.
“Eat.”
Instead, You Chumu blinked his peach blossom eyes at him and asked with utter innocence,
“Brother, why did you eat my noodles?”
“…” Xu Chi was dumbfounded.
You Chumu smiled beautifully. “Does brother like my noodles? Then let brother have this bowl.”
“…”
Sure enough, you should never try to predict a pervert, because a pervert’s behavior follows no pattern.
“This bowl is for you. I can’t eat that much.”
“But brother likes it. If brother likes it, then brother has to eat it.”
The tone was clearly forceful, and Xu Chi felt as if he could see You Chumu holding a knife to his throat, forcing him to eat.
Xu Chi didn’t understand, but he didn’t need to. He swapped their bowls and started eating with his head down.
Such a big bowl… he couldn’t finish it at all. And his original portion wouldn’t be enough for You Chumu either.
But right now, he didn’t want to ask You Chumu if he was full. He was resentful and didn’t want to pay him any attention.
He just wanted to finish eating quickly and take You Chumu to the management office.
Get away from this person.
He was full after eating half, and You Chumu had also finished.
Propping his face in his hands, he stared straight at Xu Chi. With his pretty face and soft hair, if he weren’t a pervert, he really would have looked like a puppy.
He put down his chopsticks, and You Chumu spoke.
“Brother, aren’t you eating anymore?”
“Mm, I’m full.”
You Chumu looked puzzled. “No, brother, you have to finish it. How can you leave leftovers?”
“…I’ll eat it at noon.”
“No, brother. The prepared food must be finished. You can’t stop until it’s all gone.”
“…”
So why was You Chumu imposing the forced treatment he received in the lab on the person who had saved him?
Forget it. You can’t reason with a madman.
Bear with it. You’ll send him away soon.
He usually only ate until seventy percent full and never stuffed himself. After that bowl, his stomach was bulging.
After eating, he washed the dishes.
And no matter what he did, You Chumu followed him, watching him work or looking around at other things.
To him, the house seemed very novel.
After drying his hands, he put on his jacket and tried to sound as gentle as possible.
“Let’s go. I’ll take you to the management office. Your parents must be very worried after you’ve been gone all night.”
He felt his timing was perfect, and he didn’t seem anxious at all.
But You Chumu suddenly stopped, staring at him with bright eyes that seemed to see right through him. It made Xu Chi so nervous he almost changed his words.
But You Chumu said nothing. His peach blossom eyes curved in a smile, and he said obediently, “Okay, thank you, brother.”
You Chumu had no shoes, so Xu Chi found a pair of the original owner’s shoes for him.
You Chumu also had no clothes. The clothes and jacket he wore were all Xu Chi’s.
They left the house and went down the stairs.
After a night of rain, the concrete stairwell was cold and very quiet. Xu Chi couldn’t tell if the soundproofing was good or if no one lived there.
When they stepped out of the stairwell, a chill hit them instantly, and Xu Chi pulled his coat tighter.
The trash cans that had been overflowing with garbage last night had been emptied. Rain-soaked newspapers were still stuck to the ground.
Xu Chi had transmigrated into the original owner’s body and also inherited his memories.
Relying on those memories, he led the person out of the alley, crossed the road, and found the management office.
Next to it was a vertical sign in red: “Yancheng Central Management Office.”
But those words had been defaced by several mischievous scribbles, making them a mess and utterly lacking in authority.
This was this city. The system did not suppress crime.
Crime provoked the city at every moment.
The city was teetering on the brink.
The reason the city was like this was because it was located on the war border between two nations. The city had been nearly abandoned, allowing countless violent criminals to flood in, giving birth to this city of sin.
Many countries even brought their unspeakable research to this city. The human experiments on You Chumu were one such example.
The management office was quite large. What came into view was an information desk, with two benches beside it that could seat about six people.
Approaching the management office, the information desk had a male officer drinking soy milk.
He looked up at Xu Chi, his eyes asking what the matter was.
“Hello, this child is lost. Can you help find him and contact his parents?”
Perhaps because the young man’s tone was very polite, the officer’s attitude improved a little.
He looked at You Chumu behind Xu Chi, and seeing such a handsome young man, his eyes widened a little.
He took out a form, placed it on the counter, and said to You Chumu, “Fill out this form.”
Xu Chi glanced at the form. “He forgot his own name and doesn’t remember where he lives. He doesn’t remember anything.”
Male officer: “Amnesia?”
Xu Chi nodded.
The officer chuckled. “Pretty dramatic.”
He looked at You Chumu, who was half-hidden behind Xu Chi, and leaned forward a bit to ask, “You really don’t remember anything? Is there anything you do remember?”
You Chumu didn’t respond. Instead, he stood there with his head down, staring at Xu Chi’s hand at his side.
The officer had seen many kids like this, so he didn’t press further. He swapped the form and handed it to Xu Chi. “Then you write down when you found him, where you found him, and what condition he was in when you found him.”
“Okay.”
Xu Chi took the form, grabbed a pen from the side, and started writing quickly.
But as he was writing, he felt his clothes being tugged. He looked down and saw You Chumu’s hand gripping him, holding only a tiny bit of fabric, looking a little cautious.
He tilted his head, leaning close to him, still wearing that obedient, bright smile, and asked with utter simplicity:
“Brother, what do you think my mom and dad are like?”
Xu Chi’s hand stopped.
You Chumu continued asking:
“Will my mom and dad cook noodles for me?”
“Will they give me clothes to wear?”
“Will they give me shoes to wear?”
The officer laughed out loud at this. “Kid, what are you thinking? Of course they will cook noodles for you… not just noodles, but rice and bread too. They’ll also give you clothes and shoes. Otherwise, how do you think you grew up?”
Everyone thought that way. Of course, a child was raised by their parents.
But only Xu Chi knew how You Chumu had grown up.
He didn’t know what would happen if he left You Chumu at the management office, because in the original story, there was no plot where You Chumu lost his memory and went home with him, a cannon fodder character.
…Strange. Why did You Chumu want to kill him, a cannon fodder?
This question suddenly occurred to him. Was it just because You Chumu was a lunatic who struck out because he didn’t like the look of him?
Setting that aside for now, if he left You Chumu here… You Chumu had no parents, so the management office naturally wouldn’t be able to find You Chumu’s family. If they couldn’t find them, they would send You Chumu to an orphanage…
And no matter where they sent him, once You Chumu’s memory returned, he would probably go down the same path as in the original story…
He would remember the memory of being cruelly treated as an experimental subject, then darkness would sprout in his heart, and he would take brutal revenge on society…
By then, only the male lead would be able to control him.