Yun Cheng Evolved Once Again

For the whole night, Yun Che stayed in Space and Heiyu made fun of him. Not until 5 a.m. in the next morning did the Jade Spring ease down. Yun Che noticed and went to the shoreside to have a check almost immediately even though he only had a two-hour sleep. He gazed at the rippleless, crystal clear water with wide-open eyes.

"It should be over, right?"

Nothing happened after quite a while. Yun Che turned to Hieyu and asked because he was supposed to know better about all the stuff that happened in Space.

"Yes. You get into the water and take him…"

Splash!

"I haven't finished yet. Why are you so hasty?"

Because Yun Che didn't want to hear him rattle on.

Yun Che sank to the bottom of the spring where Yun Cheng stood for more than ten hours nakedly with red eyes open. When Yun Che got close to him, Yun Cheng slowly reached his hand out to him. Yun Che was stunned, he stiffly stopped halfway. But then, Yun Che murmured something.

"What did you say… Mmmmh…"

Yun Che forgot that he was still in the water. As he reflexively intended to ask what Yun Cheng said, the water suddenly filled up his nose and mouth. Yun Che instantly used air superfunction to create an air bubble around himself. Despite the uncomfortableness, Yun Che swam to Yun Cheng while controlling the air bubble and wrapped him into it.

"Cheng, you said something, right? Can you repeat what you said?"

God knows how exciting he was right now. His shaking hands were holding Yun Cheng's shoulders. It couldn't be wrong, he clearly saw Yun Cheng's mouth squirm.

"M-Master…"

Looking at Yun Che blankly with red eyes, Yun Cheng's equally-red lips squirmed, stuttering the word "master". As Yun Che caught the word, he burst into tears. He hugged him with emotion. "Great, Cheng, you can talk. It's just great."

Filled with thrills, Yun Che saw the silver lining behind the cloud. But soon, he let go of Yun Cheng. With two hands on his shoulders, Yun Che looked Yun Cheng in the eyes. "Not master, it's brother. Come on, Cheng, try again. B-r-o-t-h-e-r."

Yun Che said slowly, especially when he spelled the word brother for him. Although he was thrilled, he incisively found that Yun Che wasn't stuttering, he was just unfamiliar with words like a kid who was learning how to speak. He believed that Yun Cheng would be talking like a normal person if they taught them with patience.

"Br-Brother?"

With his head tilted, Yun Cheng stared at Yun Che for a long time before he called Yun Che with uncertainty. Yun Che, who was holding his breath waiting, beamed at Yun Cheng as soon as he heard him. "Yes, brother it is. Keep it in your mind, Cheng. You'll be calling me brother in the following days."

Yun Che was right. Cheng was like a piece of white paper at the moment. They got to decide the colors on the paper.

"Brother!"

This time, Yun Cheng was full of confidence. He even put on an innocent smile after he called Yun Che.

"Cheng…"

Watching Yun Cheng put on a different expression from that goofy look on his face that had lasted for more than a month, tears overflew Yun Che's eyes again. But when he touched his face, the skin was cold, a touch of disappointment flashed in his eyes. Still, Yun Cheng was a zombie that had no body temperature, no breaths and no heartbeats.

"It's OK, Cheng. I'm glad you're with me whether you're a zombie or human."

Yun Che lifted his spirits even though he wasn't sure whether it was himself or Cheng that he was trying to comfort. Holding Yun Cheng's hand, Yun Che controlled the air bubble to swim up. "Let's just get of the water first. Hold on to me tightly."

As the air bubble rose, Yun Cheng held Yun Che's arm as he was told. Yun Che turned to him, rewarding him with a smile. Soon, the air bubble broke through the surface of the water.

"Wow, master, this is cool. I want it, too! I want to be cool with you, too, master."

Watching the air bubble that contained the two of them rise into midair and land slowly on the other side of the spring, Heiyu, still in puppy form, shouted at Yun Che while rushing at him. Yun Che face-palmed when he felt someone pulling his trousers. He didn't even want to reply to Heiyu. Yun Cheng, however, found Heiyu novel. He crouched down to pick him up by the scruff.

"Shit, let me go! I taste awful, honestly! Please don't eat me… Master, help! Your brother is brutal, he's trying to eat me again… Master!"

The puppy in midair struggled like crazy, yelling nonstop as if he was going to cry. Yun Cheng panicked and turned to Yun Che. Yun Che took a glance at the drama king and nodded seriously. "Release him."

Thud!

"Oww!"

As soon as he said it, Yun Cheng let go of him. The puppy hit the ground. Maybe Heiyu was hurt or he was just faking it, he rolled on the ground whining.

"Get up. Stop whining. You've got a strong body, you won't die even if you fall from a building that's tens of meters tall."

Yun Cheng seemed disconcerted. Yun Che walked up to Heiyu and kicked the cheeky puppy. Yun Che wasn't a cruel master, it was just every time he tried to care more, Heiyu would make some malapert requests. It happened so many times that his love for him had worn off.

"Master, you don't love me anymore…"

Well, there he goes. The puppy hugged Yun Che's leg tightly with his four paws, pulling his trouser leg while looking up at him with his poor teary eyes.

"Nope. When did I ever love you?"

Yun Che rolled his eyes, bent down to throw him away forcefully.

"Woof! Flying! Master, look! I'm flying…"

The puppy drew a beautiful curve in midair. It was supposed to be a heartbreaking scene, but who would pity such a clamorous dog? Yun Che didn't want to respond to him anymore. He conjured a set of white leisurewear. First, he put the underpants on Yun Cheng, then a V-neck cotton T-shirt and a pair of white cotton trousers. In the end, he put a white sports jacket with black edging on him and tidied up his hair. And magically, a handsome young man stood there like a prince.

"Hmm, white suits you. It gets dirty easily, though. Remember, be a clean boy, Cheng!.

Crossing arms over chest, Yun Che took a good look at Yun Cheng after taking two steps back. He kept nodding with satisfaction. He found that he started to like dressing his brother up. Remind you, he was that kind of person who never cared about appearance, otherwise he wouldn't shave all of his hair.

"Yes."

After a long period of thinking, Yun Che nodded with a beaming face, in the meantime, he opened his arms to hug Yun Che, acting like a clingy little brother.

"It's over 6 o'clock. Wait here, Cheng, I need to go out to inform our sister. I'll be right back."

After taking a look at the watch, Yun Che tried to get out of Yun Cheng's hug. But Yun Cheng hugged him tighter with a frown as if he didn't want to be separated from him for one second. Heiyu jumped on Yun Che's shoulder out of the blue. "It seems he thinks you're his mother. It's common among beasts. The newborn cub sees the first creature as their mother as soon as they open their eyes. You're the first one that he sees after the purification of the spring water, so he now sees you as his mother."

Normally, Yun Che would think Heiyu was making fun of him but now, he actually agreed with Heiyu because he did have heard of this theory, although he wasn't OK with the word "mother", which was suggesting female.

"He called me master when he spoke. He should have learned it from you. Maybe you're right, he's a newborn baby."

Obviously, we can't look at the size of his.

"How about we just go out like this? I miss Chenchen. I wonder if he's got chubbier? We gotta watch his weight, a fat guy won't be able to find a girlfriend."

Heiyu acted like he was concerned about Chenchen, all Yun Che wanted to do is punch him to the sky. Chenchen wasn't fat! He was just bigger than average boys! If anything, it was baby fat, and he wouldn't have after he grew up.

In Yun Che's eyes, no matter how big Chenchen was, it was just baby fat. Although many people disagreed with him, Yun Che never swayed.

It was April. The sun came up around 6 a.m. in the southwest area. Yun Yao, Wang Suhua generally got up at 6 o'clock to prepare breakfast for the whole family. Others would get up around 6:30 for morning jogging and exercise. They ate around 7 o'clock and drove to Superfunction Association to get quests around 8. If the location was far, they'd come home for lunch at noon, but if it was too far away, they'd come home around 5 or 6 in the afternoon. Everybody followed the same routine every day.

"Sis, auntie. They aren't home yet?"

Around 7 a.m., Yun Che got downstairs after working very hard to put Yun Cheng to sleep and saw Yun Yao holding Chenchen who was being fed with breakfast by Wang Suhua. The kindergarten would open at 8 a.m., Wang Suhua generally took Chenchen to school around 7:50. Wang Suhua was living like a retired old lady. She would help Yun Yao clean the house and till the land in the morning, cook before noon, and visit their neighbors after an afternoon nap. She would take Chenchen home from kindergarten when school was over and then prepare dinner with Yun Yao. Her life was busier than it used to be before the doomsday.

"Uncle!"

Chenchen stopped eating and slipped off Yun Yao's arms as soon as he saw his uncle. Yun Che picked him up and kissed his chubby face. "Morning, Chenchen!"

"Morning, uncle!"

With two chubby arms wrapped around Yun Che's neck, Chenchen showed a mouthful of white teeth. He leaned in and put two exuberant kisses on Yun Che's face.

"They're surely very close. They are never bored with each other."

Wang Suhua turned to Yun Yao and smiled with the bowl in her hand. It was the first day they officially moved in and the scene was still heartwarming.

"I know, right? I'm getting a little bit jealous." Yun Yao said.

Both of them chuckled. Anyone would get jealous, wouldn't they?

Yun Che and Chenchen weren't embarrassed, instead, they became more intimate. Yun Che went to sit opposite Yun Yao on the tea table with Chenchen in his arms. As the smile on his face subsided, he broke the long silence in a low voice, "Sister. Cheng called me… brother."

"What?!"

Yun Yao's smile froze on her face as she gruffed. Wang Suhua felt someone flash into the room in a split second without knowing what was going on. When she saw the person clearly, it was Leng Yehan, who normally wore an indifferent look on the face all the time but now the aloof guy was holding Yun Che's arms tightly in a state of agitation. "What-what did you say? Tell me again what Cheng did!"

His hoarse voice even cracked when he asked Yun Che to repeat what he just said. Leng Yehan's tall, big body shook involuntarily. Lu Haixuan and Zhou Zeyu who followed him into the room also held their breath and waited. However, Ye Xingchen and Jiang Shang, who came in last, were the same confused as Wang Suhua was.