Chapter 4 Special Parents

Willie Shaw was anxious to demotivate the boy by appearing listless. But I couldn't do it because I was too motivated. No one can stop him. Not even the ancient taboos, the naughty kid, the insect pincers that accidentally stuck out from the cracks in the sand, or the authority that stood in front of him...

"It's over!" Asimov looked ahead and shouted.

The authority really stood in their way. At first, Razan appeared behind the slender pile of sand with his shoulders hunched over - the dull look on his face made it difficult for people to immediately think of what he had done. Then the fish pickers came out one after another. Surround them.

A tall shadow appeared behind the fish pickers - you had to raise your head to barely see the four slit-like nostrils of "Zhi". This was one of the reasons why Willy Shaw didn't like him that much.

"Hello, Old Man Zhi! Get out of the way!"

Willy Xiao planned to pass by "Zhi" as if he didn't see him.

It's a little late. The elder had made such an impression on him that he could not ignore him. Willy Xiao moved forward with those red eyes in the dark night, squeezing between the people. His shoulder was directly pressed firmly by a dry hand. The expressionless shirtless man suddenly appeared beside him and roughly pulled Asimov away from his neck.

"Well done, Razan. You are the most promising among the young people -" the man said to the boy. The young man nodded nervously. He looked thinner, his back more stooped, almost huddled.

"dad!"

The boy makes the sound of a wounded dolphin. His father's nimble surprise attack was too much for him to resist...well. The man had been standing there. It's just that Willy Xiao has been trying hard to ignore him. One small thing after another, it seems a bit too late to ignore anything at this moment.

Another hand pressed on his other shoulder. Willy Xiao kicked off two holes in place, and finally had to raise his head to look at "Zhi".

"Master Willi Xiao with yellow eyes." Zhi said. His voice was one of the reasons why Willy Shaw didn't like him - if you think about it, everything about him was actually annoying to him. But he is also his family after all - although he doesn't know how he got in, if he thinks about it carefully he might understand.

But since they are family members, Willy Xiao feels that there is no need to think carefully.

"You can't control me." He was in a happy mood and his movements were restricted. Although he hated the family in front of him, it was his family that he hated after all. So he just said confidently to those four nostrils: "No one can control me."

"We have no reason to stop you from doing anything. We just stop anyone from leaving the Fork, no matter who it is."

"I am special!" Willy Xiao thought for a moment. "Asimov is also special!"

"You are special. You always fail to find fish. You prefer rest to labor. You can stay energetic without drinking water from coconuts. Don't believe in the strange bird that eats the eyes. You don't believe in the singing conch. You don't believe Above the sky. You don't have to abide by tradition, and you won't go crazy. Also, you are the only one with yellow eyes here." Zhi let out a weird laugh-maybe it was laughter. "Before you came. We didn't even know we had red eyes."

"What are you talking about? If you want to explain something, you'd better be clear! Otherwise I really can't understand it... Well! I understand a little bit! You said it wrong! What are we and yours? What come? Come back. I It’s back here. I’m everyone’s family!”

Willie Shaw struck the pressure on his left shoulder with a fist. Only a series of hollow sounds came out. "Your memory is really bad! Old Man Zhi! Don't you recognize me?" He changed his strategy and picked up a single finger. Immediately, he used all his strength to form a stalemate with one finger. "I have always been here." His face turned red and he managed to squeeze out a voice through his teeth:

"When 'Yu' broke her neck, I was the one who connected her head to my knees! Do you remember? Anyway, I remembered! You'd better not forget this! You almost didn't have a granddaughter!"

He remembered something again. Release the finger - it snaps back into place. Willy Xiao ignored it and looked around. "Where's Sister Ya?"

"She went crazy. We fired her," Zhi said. There was no hesitation. "The clean goddesses in the clouds took her away. They will give her final purification."

"But there are no clouds in the sky! You don't really believe it, do you?" Asimov's shrill voice came from the crowd of fish collectors. The shirtless man had already led him back to his place, leaving only the hairy top of his head exposed to the boy - the top of his head was quickly turned to the opposite side, and the little boy was deprived of the right to speak.

"We can allow other things. Because you are indeed special. But this is not allowed." Zhi paused slowly. His majesty meant that no one dared to interrupt the pause. "Since you don't understand me, I'll tell you in words you can understand. Willy Shaw.

Like you said, we are family. Since we are family members, we still have to do things that family members should do. Like observing our highest taboos. You are also a parent. Right? "

"Hey. Your highest taboo is really weird..." Willy Shaw said. But he found himself hesitant. It's really rare. He actually felt that "Zhi"'s words seemed to make some sense.

Parents. What a beautiful word.

Old Man Zhi is not only good at saying unpleasant things...

He looked at those spark-like eyes in the dark night and scratched his head.

"Why do you want to go inland?" Zhi asked. Take your time.

"Because I want to meet other people!"

"No one was there."

"I said yes!" He became firm again. If "Zhi" dares to raise objections, he will walk away without mercy. Can they really stop the great Willy Shaw? He could even take Asimov with him, simply because they forbid it.

"Okay. If you must say so." Was it a hallucination? Willy Xiao felt that "Zhi"'s voice had become softer, more melodious, and more pleasant to the ear. "After all, you are our most special parent——"

"——Then can I ask, when you go to the inland villages, do you want to meet anyone special?" Zhi continued.

"Nothing special!" Willy Xiao said without thinking. "I just want to take a look! I'll be bored to death if I stay here all day!"

"Oh. It turns out there's no one in particular." Zhi smiled. He can actually laugh? What the elder said next shocked Willy Xiao even more. "I can understand your adventurous spirit. Willy Xiao. Our special parent. As a parent, sometimes you need to sacrifice a little adventurous time to spend more time with your family..."

"Hmph. You're right! But..."

"We all know what a sacrifice this is for you," Branch continued, continuing to laugh. "So in order to reward your sacrifice, you won't have to work anymore. You won't have to attend our reenergizing parties - it's all up to you. And we will also let go of what you and Asimov did today Everything. Never pursue him again. Whatever he wants to say in the future, or whether he wants to be lazy with you, it's up to him."

Willy Xiao stared at the four nostrils for a long time. The four nostrils were lowered. Red eyes met his. The pressure on my shoulders also disappeared.

"Hahahahaha!" Willy Xiao laughed.

"Okay!" he said. He immediately jumped up and waved to Asimov. "Come on! It's okay! Let's just stay here for now!! Kid!! I really can't refuse this offer!!"

"No! No!!!!" Unexpectedly, the boy screamed the loudest. Not sure how he did it, Asimov broke away from the shirtless man and ran out.

(End of chapter)