CHAPTER 555: CHAPTER 521: DRAINED BODY

Weird Research Institute...

Emergency team...

That night, Jiang Xiao could feel those two phrases echoing in his ears as he slept.

As a result, the next morning he got up with panda eyes and disheveled hair.

Yikes!

Sun Wei, who had just opened her eyes, got startled.

"What’s wrong with you?!"

"I, I don’t know, my head feels heavy, as if I dreamed..."

Jiang Xiao shook his head, reasoning that, with his physical condition, even if he went without sleep for three days and nights, he should not have shown such a listless spirit.

"What did you dream about?"

"I forgot everything..."

Saying this, Jiang Xiao was about to get dressed and get out of bed, but Sun Wei held onto him tightly.

"No way! You can’t go outside today!!"

Looking at Sun Wei’s flushed face, Jiang Xiao was completely puzzled.

You think you can control whether I go out or not?

"I need to brush my teeth, wash my face, eat, and drink; how can I possibly stay in the room all the time without going out?"

"What if someone sees you looking like this?!"

"What about it?"

Sun Wei, looking at Jiang Xiao’s clueless expression, couldn’t help but bite her lower lip.

"If people don’t know, they might think I’ve drained all your yang energy! Just look at how wilted you are now, the spitting image of a kidney-deficient wimp!"

Me?

Kidney-deficient?!

Jiang Xiao grabbed the mirror from the bedside stand and his eyes widened instantly.

"Holy shit?!"

Definitely not Sun Wei!

After all, it wasn’t the first or second time, so how come this time he was left so drained?

"Uh, do you want me to go on Meituan and order you some Huiyuan Kidney Treasure pills?"

"No, don’t, that stuff is utterly useless!"

"Why? Have you used it?"

"Not really, but mainly because they haven’t paid me any advertising fees, so naturally, I have to badmouth them."

Jiang Xiao spoke with illogical reasoning but in an imposing manner.

Sun Wei: .....

But with this ghostly appearance, it really wasn’t suitable to go out and meet people.

Because Jiang Xiao’s talents would be weakened on Blue Planet, Sun Wei took matters into her own hands, trying to use her power to wash away the color of lethargy from Jiang Xiao’s face.

But in the end, she found it to be in vain.

"Hiss? What exactly is going on? Did a sleep ruin someone? What are you feeling now?"

What feeling?

Jiang Xiao clenched his fists, feeling somewhat weak...

"It’s hard to describe, let’s put it this way, it feels like a middle-aged man’s sense of powerlessness?"

Sun Wei: ....

There’s really no need to be so vivid in describing it.

In the end, Jiang Xiao still didn’t have the shame to go outside.

What could have gone wrong?

Jiang Xiao racked his brains but couldn’t figure out what the problem was.

Just then, a knocking at the door interrupted Jiang Xiao’s contemplation.

Sun Wei walked over to open the door and saw Shi Shi standing at the door, looking eagerly into the room.

However, as soon as she saw Jiang Xiao’s despondent look, she froze like a wooden chicken.

"Daddy, what’s wrong with you?"

Shi Shi’s eyes were filled with worry, clearly frightened by Jiang Xiao’s current disheveled appearance.

Jiang Xiao awkwardly chuckled, attempting to tidy his messy hair with his hand, but such a small gesture obviously couldn’t conceal his current state of disarray.

"It’s nothing, maybe I just didn’t sleep well last night."

He tried to make his voice sound more relaxed.

Shi Shi gave Sun Wei and Jiang Xiao a strange look, making Sun Wei’s face turn red with embarrassment.

"Tsk! What are you thinking? It’s not because I drained him, it’s himself... Ah, we still haven’t figured out what the problem is."

Shi Shi withdrew her curious gaze, but her whole demeanor was very determined, as if she had come with a certain purpose.

She walked into the room and looked directly into Jiang Xiao’s eyes.

"Daddy, I want to join you for the next Kaidan."

Jiang Xiao and Sun Wei exchanged glances, frowning at the same time. Why did every child want to go have a blast inside?

"This..."

Jiang Xiao hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he should bring Shi Shi along.

Shi Shi seemed to sense their hesitation and hastily added.

"Bai Yi and Mu Xitang have both gone with Daddy before, I want to go too, I can help, I want to be part of the family, to face dangers together."

Sun Wei sighed softly. She knew that children at Shi Shi’s age always longed to prove themselves.

And indeed, Shi Shi possessed extraordinary talents and abilities.

"But... the Kaidan have been getting weirder and weirder, haven’t they?"

Then, Jiang Xiao listed the recent strange stories.

From the white snake in Liu Town that could crush Yan Chixia, to Pennywise, who seemed almost unsolvable except for him.

Including the recently departed Xiao Qi, if left to develop, could even become the spokesperson for the world of the weird.

"So, nobody knows what kind of weird things we might encounter next time."

"Favoritism! They’ve both been with you, why can’t I?"

Shi Shi got angry.

Because two small beast ears suddenly sprouted on the top of her head.

This was a characteristic that only appeared when she lost her temper.

"Oh?"

Seeing this, Sun Wei immediately put her hands on her hips and vigorously rubbed Shi Shi’s soft and cute little beast ears.

"Getting sassy, huh? Who are you baring your teeth at? Put them away!"

"Hmph!"

Shi Shi stamped her little foot, reluctantly retracting her ears but didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving the room.

"I, I want to go too. Besides, what I mainly want to investigate is how to put an end to this endless game; I want to go in and take a closer look."

Jiang Xiao sighed.

What could a five-year-old kid possibly find out?

But at the same time, he also knew that Shi Shi would eventually get involved in these matters.

And to be fair, Shi Shi wasn’t weak at all. Maybe it was better to take the opportunity now to bring her along to see the world...

"All right, you can come with me for the next Kaidan."

Jiang Xiao finally spoke, and Shi Shi’s face immediately lit up with an excited smile.

"But," Jiang Xiao added seriously, "you must obey my rules, follow my commands, and not act rashly, understand?"

Shi Shi nodded repeatedly, answering with a serious look on her face.

"I understand; I’ll be careful. Thank you, Daddy."

Watching Shi Shi skip away, Sun Wei gently patted Jiang Xiao on the shoulder.

"You look like this now, are you sure you can take care of Shi Shi?"

Jiang Xiao smiled wryly and nodded. He knew his condition was far from ideal.

"Don’t worry, it could just be the real world that’s affecting me; I can still dominate in the Kaidan. Besides, I’ve just thought about it; Shi Shi isn’t a burden, she’s quite strong."

After all, she was the girl who could ride the Vampire Count’s only son and beat him up.

To call her a helpless little darling, who would believe that?

Oh, right, looking at their ages, that little Earl was even a few years older than Shi Shi.

If nothing else, Shi Shi should be the strongest among the three little ones.

In the "Daddy, Where Are You Dead" Kaidan, Shi Shi’s position among those children was also firmly in the C position.