Travel through the city of orcs

"Claude?" When Cheng Chi saw the majestic black panther standing in his backyard, he couldn't help but whispered, and then quickly reached out to cover his mouth, but it was too late.

The black panther with smooth fur stopped after hearing Cheng Chi's voice, turned its head and looked directly at Cheng Chi's position, and then walked gracefully towards Cheng Chi, Cheng Chi's heart pounded There was a bang, and seeing the black panther getting closer, he subconsciously took two steps back, and the lifted curtains returned to their original positions.

As if sensing Cheng Chi's fear, the panther stopped, then turned around and jumped out of Cheng Chi's sight.

Through the tulle curtain, Cheng Chi, who vaguely saw the black panther leaving, leaned against the wall and let out a sigh of relief. He patted his chest lightly, and his reason returned to his brain. Countless questions flooded into Cheng Chi's mind. Is that Claude?Why did he appear in his backyard in the shape of a beast late at night?What is the sound of fighting beasts?

Before Cheng Chi could figure it out, the knock on the front door made his whole heart lift up again.

Cheng Chi swallowed dryly, clenched the knife again, and walked softly and slowly through the living room to the front door. The unhurried knocking on the door still continued, and it was very clear in the silent night. The sound of the door echoed in the living room, which made Cheng Chi's hand holding the knife tremble slightly. He knew the disparity between his own power and the power of the orcs in this world, so he didn't dare to ask who it was, and he didn't dare to open the door. Just standing in front of the door like this, hoping that the people outside the door will leave without getting a response.

But things didn't go as Cheng Chi wished, the knocking on the door continued, but the low but familiar voice suddenly let Cheng Chi's heart relax, "Mr. Cheng Chi, it's me, Claude, please open the door .”

Although the fear dissipated a bit, the scene he saw just now made Cheng Chi a little vigilant. He didn't open the door but leaned against the door and asked, "Excuse me, what's the matter so late?"

Because of Cheng Chi's voice, the knock on the door paused, and then Claude's voice sounded again, "I need to tell you something, please open the door, please?" After speaking, Claude added "I won't hurt you, please trust me."

After a period of silence, Cheng Chi gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand to open the door, looking at Claude who was still standing calmly at the door.

Seeing Cheng Chi standing in the door with only his coat on, Claude said, "Hello, Mr. Cheng Chi."

On such a night that Cheng Chi thought was the most thrilling in his life, he suddenly heard such a greeting that was completely out of touch with the current atmosphere, Cheng Chi wanted to growl for no reason, 'I'm not good at all'!But in the end, he just said "Come in" and ignored Claude and went straight to the living room. Using the moonlight, he found a kindling to light the candlestick on the table. The fear dissipated a bit.

He breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Claude who followed him through the door, "So, Mr. Claude, before you tell me what happened, can you explain what happened to the fighting sound from my backyard earlier?" ? And why did you show up at my house so late?"

Claude looked at Cheng Chi, who looked a little hazy under the candlelight, and pursed his lips, "I found out that there are orcs watching you a while ago."

"Spy on me?" Cheng Chi was stunned when he got this answer, "How is this possible? I didn't have any enmity with anyone, how could someone—" At this point Cheng Chi stopped, and he raised his eyes to look straight at Looking at Claude, "They're actually monitoring 'Lance', aren't they?" Although he was asking Claude, Cheng Chi's words must have confirmed this fact.

"It should be." Claude did not give a definite answer.

"It should be him!" Cheng Chi scratched his hair a little anxiously, with some anger in his tone, "If it wasn't for Lance, who would come to watch me? I have only been in Topa Town for a long time, and I haven't Have conflicts with anyone in this world, for no reason, who would come to watch me when they are full and have nothing to do - Cheng Chi instead of that Lance?!"

Listening to Cheng Chi's questioning, Claude fell silent, watching Cheng Chi walking around the table.

Cheng Chi, who was irritated by such an innocent disaster, suddenly remembered something, his expression changed, and he strode up to Claude, "Where's Ian? You left Ian alone at home like this?"

Hearing the undisguised anxiety and concern in Cheng Chi's tone, Claude's eyes softened a little, "Today Al left Ian at his and Rupert's house."

Cheng Chi, who was satisfied with the answer, just wanted to nod, but felt something was wrong, and frowned again, "Stay at Al's house today, what about before? You left him alone at home before? You just said that you found out a while ago Someone is watching me, so you must have guarded this area before, otherwise, how could you just meet the orc who watched me when you came here today? You left Ian alone at home when you came ? Do you have any brains? What self-protection ability does a child have? What if something happens? Also, why didn't you tell me that someone is watching me? I should be the one who should know about it? What do you want to do with the fact that you have been hiding it from me? Kill the orc who watched me or arrest him and torture him..."

The more he thought about it, the more angry Cheng Chi pushed Claude, "You are so self-righteous!"

It's a pity that Cheng Chi's strength is not enough in Claude's eyes. Claude still stands there steadily, but he can feel Cheng Chi's anger, "I'm sorry."

"Huh? I'm sorry?" Cheng Chi laughed back angrily, "Why do you need the police if I'm sorry if it's useful!"

Claude, who didn't understand what the police were, decided to ignore the question and explained what happened to Ian, "When I was not at home, Ian slept at Rupert and Al's or Uncle Sam's. of."

Cheng Chi, who finally felt that Claude had done the right thing, was a little less angry, "Why didn't Ian tell me?"

It was Claude's silence that answered Cheng Chi.

Cheng Chi waved his hand, "Forget it, now is not the time to pursue this issue, do you know the origin of the orc who watched me?"

Claude, who had always maintained a facial paralysis image, had a rare expression fluctuation on his face, "Maybe, but I can't be sure."

Cheng Chi was too lazy to play specious word games with him, "Just tell me what you guessed."

"It seems to be the guards of the noble family in Ludan City." This time Claude answered crisply.

"A guard in a noble family?" Cheng Chi paused after repeating this sentence. He remembered the rumor that Al told him about someone seeing Lance with a noble youth in Rodan City. Cheng Chi was silent.

Seeing Cheng Chi who seemed to have realized something, Claude knew that he had probably heard the rumors about Lance, and his heart suddenly became a little complicated.

Cheng Chi, who was silent for a long time, went to the chair and sat down, raised his head and asked the burly Claude who was standing not far from him, "Then... what will happen in the future? I mean, are they just watching me? Or are they just watching me? What else will you do next?"

Claude hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Cheng Chi kept looking at Claude's face, and the struggle in his eyes was absorbed into Cheng Chi's eyes. Cheng Chi stared at Claude's eyes and said, "Don't lie to me, I have the right to know everything."

Claude's eyes returned to calm again, "No, I didn't lie to you."

Cheng Chi, who didn't get the answer he wanted, felt a little funny and a little powerless. He propped up the table and stood up, "It's too late, I'm going to rest, you can do whatever you want." He turned around without looking at Claude again Head upstairs.

Claude looked at Cheng Chi, who couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes, leaving his sight. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then turned around and left Cheng Chi's house, closed the door for him, and turned into a leopard again and crouched on the roof of Cheng Chi's house Went into a doze.

The next day, Ian was sent to Cheng Chi by Claude as usual. Cheng Chi greeted Claude lightly and took Ian back to the house.

Ian looked at Cheng Chi whose eyes were bloodshot, and asked cautiously, "Daddy, didn't you sleep yesterday?"

Cheng Chi lowered his head and touched Ian's little head, "Why do you ask that?"

Ian pointed to his small round eyes, "Daddy's eyes have become the same as the fat Mr. Bonny who kept nibbling hard things we saw last time in Mr. Bonny's store, Ai Uncle Er said that if you don’t sleep, your eyes will turn red.”

Cheng Chi, who hadn't slept all night because of something on his mind, was stunned for a while before realizing that Ian was talking about Bonnie's father, and he pinched Ian's soft ears, dumbfounded, "Daddy didn't sleep, probably because he didn't sleep well last night." Enough."

Ian nodded, stretched out his small hand to hold one of Cheng Chi's fingers, "Then Ian will take a longer nap with Daddy later, okay?"

Looking at Ian who looked at him with hopeful eyes, Cheng Chi smiled and nodded.

But gradually, Cheng Chi felt that something was wrong, because today's Ian is a little too well-behaved, not relying on himself to act like a baby, nor making trouble for him to take him out to play, but also rushing to help him with things, and, from time to time, secretly looked at himself.

Cheng Chi looked suspiciously at Ian who was sweeping the floor with a broom that was longer than his height, trying to see something.

And Ian, who was sweeping the floor, wanted to look at Cheng Chi's expression again, but he met Cheng Chi's eyes, and Ian was startled, and quickly pretended that nothing happened and continued to sweep the floor.

Before scanning twice, a pair of slippers appeared in Ian's sight, and then he was picked up, "Little Ian, tell Daddy why you seem a little strange today?"

"Strange? It's strange that Ian didn't." Ian denied, but he just didn't look into Cheng Chi's eyes.

Cheng Chi pretended to be angry and said, "Daddy, a lying kid, won't like it."

Ian secretly looked at the tiger-faced Cheng Chi, and said in a low voice, "Father said that Daddy was unhappy today, and asked Ian to be obedient and not make Daddy angry."

Cheng Chi's expression softened a little after hearing this, and he asked again, "Did Dad tell you why Daddy is unhappy?"

Ian shook his head, "No."

Cheng Chi said to Ian very seriously, "Because Daddy doesn't like others to help Daddy make decisions presumptuously, and also doesn't like others to hide things from Daddy."

Ian nodded half understanding.

When Claude came to pick up Ian in the evening, Cheng Chi left Ian behind and said to Claude, "What's the matter with your own child staying in someone else's house all the time?"

Claude looked at the re-closed door with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Just now Ian secretly told himself what Cheng Chi said, and Claude also understood that Cheng Chi was very dissatisfied with his concealment, but he felt that telling Cheng Chi would not help except increase Cheng Chi's fear and worry. None, could it be that I am so wrong?