Demon's Self-cultivation

From the remote C13 star to the central star, the whole voyage takes more than three days.During these three days, Qiao Qiao pestered Xu Zhengjie to talk about the universe all the time, and thanks to Xu Zhengjie's almost half of his life spent in this starry sky, otherwise, he might have fallen into the embarrassing situation of having nothing to say.

In short, before Xu Zhengjie's "story cells" were almost emptied, the interstellar express train finally landed slowly on the central star.When they arrived at the central star, the station of the interstellar train was just on the shady side of the planet. Jojo looked at the whole city lit up in the night from the porthole, and felt another kind of beauty that was completely different from the universe.

The central star is worthy of being the capital star of the entire Huameng. It is many times more prosperous than the remote planet where Qiao Qiao lives.Row upon row of skyscrapers soaring into the sky, neon lights, advertising screens, street lights, and car lights dye the night with colorful colors. The endless stream of suspended cars is like blood bubbling in blood vessels, making the whole city look like a living giant. beast.

This kind of beauty is different from the cold, deep, distant and mysterious universe. It is full of vitality and makes people excited.

"Do you like it here?" Xu Zhengjie looked at the lights of Wanjia reflected in Qiaoqiao's black pupils, and asked with a chuckle.

Qiao Qiao nodded, but quickly changed the topic, without giving the other party any chance to persuade him: "However, I still like C13 star more!"

——Although he has already determined to conquer the stars and the sea, before that, Little Demon is still very loyal to his current host.

Xu Zhengjie scratched his hair helplessly, shrugged his shoulders lightly, and the look in his eyes became more and more tender and doting.After more than three days of getting along day and night, the relationship between Xu Zhengjie and Qiao Qiao can be said to have made a qualitative leap.He no longer regards Qiao Qiao as a substitute for his beloved son, but puts all his fatherly heart on the "real" Qiao Qiao.

Feeling this change, Qiao Qiao finally stopped deliberately imitating the shadow in Xu Zhengjie's heart and revealed her "true" emotions and habits little by little.

So far, this pair of "false father and son" can be regarded as really getting better.

After the interstellar express train came to a complete stop, Xu Zhengjie helped Qiao Qiao unfasten his seat belt, then stood up and extended his hand to him: "Let's go, there are many people in the station, I'll take you by the hand."

Qiao Qiao blinked, put his little hand into Xu Zhengjie's palm, and blended into the crowded crowd under his protection.

Xu Zhengjie's hands were big, rough and fiery.He held Jojo with one hand, put the other arm around Jojo's shoulder, and half hugged him, guarding the little guy tightly in his arms, like an eagle spreading its wings to protect its cub.

Qiao Qiao leaned against Xu Zhengjie's side, feeling extremely uncomfortable. He wanted to stay away from this loving and gentle protection, but he felt a little reluctant—no, he didn't. He didn't leave Xu Zhengjie's embrace, but It's just because the other party's grasping him is too tight.

Along the way, Jojo was a little too quiet.Xu Zhengjie led him through the security checkpoint and got into a taxi, then he touched his head worriedly: "Are you tired?"

"...A little bit." Qiao Qiao avoided Xu Zhengjie's sight and responded in a low voice.This is the first time I personally feel this kind of deep, generous, and warm feelings. Little Beagle is not very good. When facing Xu Zhengjie, he didn't have the relaxed and freehand feeling when he always played with people's hearts. Instead, he brought a little bit of At a loss.

"You should be tired after staying on the spaceship for three days." Xu Zhengjie didn't doubt it at all, and he took Qiao Qiao into his arms again, "If you are sleepy, go to sleep first, and we can wash up when we get home later." Take a bath and rest well."

Little Beast responded lightly, and closed his eyes——since it feels awkward, then... pretend to be asleep!

Leaning on Xu Zhengjie's chest, listening to his steady heartbeat, Qiao Qiao didn't feel sleepy, but her thoughts were messy and unclear.Fortunately, Xu Zhengjie's residence in Central Star was not too far from the station. Half an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of a three-story villa.

After all, he is a senior officer of the military department, and Xu Zhengjie enjoys extremely high benefits.Being able to own such a villa in Central Star, where land is expensive and most residents live in hundreds of floors of high-rise apartments, one can imagine Xu Zhengjie's high status.

It's a pity that, as an "outsider", Xiaomo is ignorant of this point, and when he is in a state of confusion, he has no time to think about these details.

Leading Qiao Qiao to the gate of the villa, Xu Zhengjie stood still at the gate of the villa.After a full-body scan, the door of the villa opened automatically, and in an instant, the originally dark villa "lived".

The lights came on one by one, the stereo played melodious music, the home robot in the kitchen started to work, and the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

"Welcome back, Admiral Xu Zhengjie." A young man appeared at the door silently, with the same serious and indifferent expression and tone as Xu Zhengjie.

Qiao Qiao had never sensed his presence before, so he was taken aback suddenly, and his pupils shrank suddenly—even though he tried his best to pretend to be calm, the trembling at that moment still did not escape the hand pressing down on him. Xu Zhengjie's perception on his shoulders.

"Don't be afraid, this is QWSD-37910, my smart butler, responsible for managing all the affairs of this villa. It has no entity, it is just a three-dimensional projection of it, so it is also everywhere. No matter what troubles you encounter , you can call it by its name, it will help you.” Xu Zhengjie patted Jojo on the shoulder reassuringly, introduced him, and then turned to the young man, “QWSD-37910, this is Jojo, my little Guest. You...you can treat him as a little master."

"I understand." QWSD-37910 bowed to Qiao Qiao, "Master Qiao Qiao, very happy to meet you, QWSD-37910 is always at your service."

"Hello." Qiao Qiao looked at QWSD-37910 in amazement.He had never seen such a smart butler, not even in the memories of "father" and Yuan Bo. "Father"'s family can only be considered well-off, at best he uses some household robots with extremely low intelligence, while the original family is more inclined to hire human servants - they seem to think that this can better reflect their detachment aristocratic status.

Blinking his eyes, Qiao Qiao looked curious: "Why are you called QWSD-37910? The name is so long, don't you think it's a bit of a mouthful?"

"QWSD-37910 is not my name, it's just my factory identification number." QWSD-37910 showed a slightly resentful expression, and glanced at Xu Zhengjie, "My master didn't name me."

Xu Zhengjie coughed lightly in embarrassment: "Okay, QWSD-37910, you have been complaining like this for several years."

"But I still don't have a name." QWSD-37910 looked indifferent.

Xu Zhengjie twitched the corner of his mouth: "I really don't have the talent for naming, maybe you can think of a name for yourself."

"Sorry, artificial intelligence doesn't have such authority, our names can only be decided by our masters." QWSD-37910 shrugged.

"You are really embarrassing me." Xu Zhengjie sighed, he suddenly turned his head to look at Qiao Qiao, his eyes lit up, "Otherwise, Qiao Qiao, come and help QWSD-37910 find a name."

The same is named Fei, and as a heart demon, he has no concept of a name at all: "...I feel a little hungry, and I want to take a bath first."

QWSD-37910 with resentful eyes: "…………………"

Although very disappointed that he still does not have a name, QWSD-37910 still dutifully takes care of the master and the young master who rushed back home.

The little devil took a comfortable bath in the automatic jacuzzi, and then ate a supper that far exceeded the standard of the orphanage's meals. The whole devil exuded warmth and comfort from the inside out.

"Your guest room has been tidied up. I still have some things to take care of. You can go to bed first." Xu Zhengjie looked at the little guy who looked red, fragrant, white and tender with satisfaction, "Have a good night's rest, we will go to bed tomorrow morning Checked out."

"Okay, good night, Uncle Xu~" Qiao Qiao was kind.After all, now that he was relaxed and comfortable all over his body, he was indeed starting to feel sleepy.

——Being a human being is such a hassle, eating, drinking, and sleeping, you can’t miss one of them,

After saying goodnight to Xu Zhengjie, Qiao Qiao walked to the guest room on the second floor under the guidance of QWSD-37910.And at the corner of the stairs, he saw a family portrait that took up most of the wall: a pale, weak but gentle and beautiful woman was embraced by a tall and handsome man, and between them was a soft and soft man with big almond eyes. Curly-haired, pretty and cute boy.

"The other two people in the photo are Mistress Chuxi and Young Mistress Xu Chu." QWSD-37910 noticed Qiao Qiao's gaze and stopped to introduce.

Qiao Qiao nodded slightly, his eyes passed over the women and men, and focused on the boy - after all, this is the object he imitated for a long time, although it was the first time they met, there seemed to be no strangeness feel.

Raising his hand, he touched his eyes, Xiaoxiaomo was surprised to find that he and this Xu Chu really looked alike, at least six to seven points similar, especially the outline of the eyes, they were exactly the same.It's just that Xu Chu's eyes were calm and melancholy, while Qiao Qiao's eyes were... agility concealed indifference.

No wonder Xu Zhengjie showed such surprise and even lost his composure when he saw him for the first time—it could probably be called some kind of "fate" to be able to resemble him to such an extent.

Instead of continuing to ask questions about the woman and the child, Qiao Qiao looked away from the photo, continued to walk to her guest room, and then quickly fell asleep to the soothing lullaby that is most popular with children according to QWSD-37910, and stayed until again When I opened my eyes, the sky was already bright.

After grooming, he changed into the comfortable and cute children's clothes that QWSD-37910 bought overnight, and then had a delicious breakfast. The little boy who had been corrupted by QWSD-37910's thoughtfulness reluctantly bid farewell to QWSD-37910, drilled Into the suspension car.

Xu Zhengjie's suspension car uses a military license plate, and has the right to enter the track dedicated to military vehicles. Even during the rush hour, it can still increase the speed to the maximum speed limit, and it is fast and fast all the way.

Not long after, the suspension vehicle stopped at the entrance of Huameng Research Institute.

The Research Institute is a semi-circular tall building, full of subtle and weird "sense of cutting-edge technology" that ordinary people cannot appreciate.Xu Zhengjie parked the car at the gate of the scientific research institute, conducted a rigorous and detailed security check that lasted 10 minutes, and then announced the name "Chen Chuan".

After getting in touch with Chen Chuan and confirming that Xu Zhengjie and Qiao Qiao were indeed the visitors invited by the other party, the fully armed security robot at the entrance of the scientific research institute gave way to allow Xu Zhengjie's hover car to pass.

"When I was inspected just now, I always felt a little hairy." Qiaoqiao turned his head to look at the mechanical guard who was gradually moving away from him, shook his body a little, and sighed softly - under the eyes of those pairs of electronics, everything seemed to be nothing. Hide away.Such a feeling of being "seeed through" really made the secretive little devil extremely uncomfortable.

"No way, who made every research carried out in every laboratory here be an important topic related to the entire Huameng?" Xu Zhengjie was not surprised by this, "The most cutting-edge research is done here. Weapons, mechs, and interstellar warships are also carrying out various genetic modification and virus research... There are more secrets hidden in this scientific research institute than the military headquarters, so it naturally needs the strictest guards." After a pause, Xu Zhengjie He raised his eyebrows, "How? Are you—"

"No, I'm not very interested." Qiao Qiao interrupted decisively.

Xu Zhengjie: "……………………"

——This kid is really stubborn.