A cute, timid mushroom mistakenly takes the zombie king for her boyfriend and sticks close to him.

"Teacher, we're too late. Miss Meng has already been snatched up by someone else."

In the most secluded laboratory of the research institute, neatly arranged glassware and experimental instruments were placed in the center. On the experimental table lay a zombie that had just been dissected; its flesh and organs were intact, but because the crystal core inside its head had not been removed, it was growling menacingly at the old man.

The old man calmly took off his gloves. "Have you found out who it is?"

On both sides of the wall, zombies were soaking in light yellow liquid in glass containers of different sizes.

The old man is Academician Rong, who is the project leader in the post-apocalyptic world who specializes in researching zombies and wants to extract samples from zombies to develop vaccines to solve the problem of human zombie transformation.

He was also Lu Beichuan's teacher.

Lu Beichuan said, "It happened rather suddenly. It seems to be someone from one of the three great families. As it stands, Meng Xiaoyou is the daughter of the Su family. The Mu family and the Su family have recently fallen out, so it's very likely that the Mu family was behind it."

"Teacher, should we go to rescue them?"

Academician Rong smiled, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes deepening, giving him a kind and gentle appearance. "No need. If he really is the person you described, I'd like to see what kind of feelings he has towards humanity..."

“I’m pretty sure it’s him, but he doesn’t even recognize me.” Lu Beichuan frowned. “If he goes to rescue people, he will definitely expose his true colors, and then the base will probably panic.”

“It’s alright. Zhongyu Base has been established for so long and has so many high-level ability users. We can take him down even with a series of attacks. But before that, I need to test his emotions to see how far he has progressed.”

"Keep a close eye on the three major families. If there are any unusual movements, protect Miss Meng Xiaoyou's life first and bring her to see me."

"Ok."

At the same time, Mushroom sneezed again and rubbed her nose.

It's never good for a mushroom to sneeze; it's probably because someone's been talking about her. She doesn't know many people, so it must be Pei Sinian talking badly about her in his heart.

snort!

She whimpered, her eyes bulging like fried eggshells, "Where are you taking me?! Just give me a straight answer!"

Because Meng Xiaoyou disagreed with the pink burlap sack and rebelliously used her bubbles to defend herself, the "kidnappers" simply carried her away along with her bubbles.

After getting out of the car, she entered an exquisite villa. The snow on the bluestone path had been swept clean, while the sides were neatly covered with a layer of snow, creating a unique atmosphere. She didn't even have to walk; she was carried into the villa.

Two rows of servants stood at the door, nodding to the "kidnappers" with a sense of ceremony before opening the door.

The villa was very large and had a complicated internal structure. Meng Xiaoyou was so dizzy from all the walking around and going upstairs that even if she were let go now, she wouldn't remember the way she came.

Finally, they arrived at a door, and the lead kidnapper knocked lightly. "Sir, the young lady has arrived."

"Come in."

Hearing the authoritative voice, Meng Xiaoyou immediately perked up her ears. Why did that voice sound so familiar?

She felt like she'd heard that somewhere before, and soon her idea was confirmed.

Seeing that square, rigid face, she finally felt numb all over.

I recognized him by his eyes; it was her disobedient father.

She knew that if it was her living father, then her life would be saved.

She snobbishly withdrew her tears, crossed her arms, and defiantly transformed into a little pufferfish in the bubble.

When the man saw her being carried in, sitting so undignifiedly, he frowned and scolded, "You still know to come back? Is this how you behave?"

Timid Mushroom: "???"

"Huh? Me?" She pointed to herself incredulously, gesturing wildly in her defense, "Do you think I did it voluntarily?"

What do you mean she still knows how to come back? She clearly doesn't know how to come back! You dug her out of her little nest with Pei Sinian just to scold her?

Meng Xiaoyou frowned, looking displeased. "Let them send me back, that way you won't have to see me and be bothered."

No good father would treat seeing his daughter like a robbery. Don't think she won't mind just because he uses a pink burlap sack.

She was bothered by it, and her sour face successfully angered Su Ji. "How dare you talk to your father like that? I'm your dad, not your enemy. Every time we meet, you're like this. How did I give birth to such a rebellious daughter?"

His voice was loud, unconsciously carrying a bit of spiritual power, making Mushroom's head buzz. She had some difficulty breathing, silently lowered her head, and grumbled, "You talk as if you gave birth to her. Did you have 108 babies in one litter? Weren't they all born from my own mother's belly?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? How dare you talk back?"

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the father and daughter, the people carrying her, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire, quickly put Bubble on the ground and retreated, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.

For a moment, Meng Xiaoyou felt like a little lamb being subjected to domestic violence behind closed doors—weak, pitiful, and helpless, yet unwilling to suffer any injustice, she whispered back.

She felt that Su Ji was unreasonable, using extreme methods to kidnap her, and speaking ill of her instead of kind words. She wasn't going to tolerate him.

Go ahead and hit her if you dare!

If you hit her, she'll lie on the board.

"Alright... you can say less... cough cough."

A weak voice came from the bed, like a dog leash, with immediate and noticeable effect.

Su Ji remained silent.

Meng Xiaoyou was stunned for a moment before realizing that there was another person in the room. If she hadn't spoken, Meng Xiaoyou wouldn't have noticed. And this person... she lowered her eyes and saw that it was the person the original owner had once longed for, yet also hated.

"Come here, let Mom see you."

She sniffed, tilted her head to the side, and ignored everyone.

"You child..." Before Su Ji could finish speaking, Su Yue interrupted, "Don't make a fuss."

"..."

“It’s good that you’re alive. From now on, stay at home and don’t always run around… cough cough…” She spoke intermittently: “When you didn’t come back, I wondered if I had committed some sin in my past life… that God would treat my own daughter like this.”

Everyone thought that Meng Xiaoyou, who was alone outside, was going to die in the mouths of zombies. Su Yue even tried to stop Su Lanyue from going to find someone.

She was afraid that if her biological daughter wasn't found, her adopted daughter would also be implicated.

A person's heart is so small; she treated her adopted daughter, with whom she had lived for eighteen years, far better than her biological daughter, whom she had only met for a few months.

For countless days and nights, she condemned herself, wondering if Meng Xiaoyou would not have left if she had communicated properly with her back then.

Her health was deteriorating, and she thought that was the end of her life, but unexpectedly she came back.

Su Yue felt that this was a chance given by God for her and her daughter to reconcile.

"You must have suffered a lot these days."

She sat up in bed and saw Meng Xiaoyou's puffed-up little face with a hint of happy plumpness. It was like a cat that she thought had been abandoned outside and would be hungry and cold, but who knew that it had been adopted and was well-fed and healthy, much more pampered than when it was at home...

Su Yue: "..." What's going on?