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Zhan Yan cheered and ran to the kitchen to help his dad.

Zhan Yunkai tidied up for a bit, then suddenly received a loving message from his wife: “I saw it [heart emoji]” accompanied by a photo of the flower bouquet he had bought.

Looking back towards the kitchen, the bouquet he bought had already been unwrapped and arranged in a vase. Zhan Suiru was holding her phone, smiling and waving.

Xingxing slept in short naps. It had just woken up and ran out from the second-floor bedroom to look for Zhan Yan.

The kitten was too small and hadn’t gone down the stairs by itself before. It lay at the top of the stairs, looking down, its fur standing on end with nervousness.

But there was no one around at the moment. It crouched for a while, then tentatively reached out a paw and began to go down one step at a time.

After a few steps, Xingxing found its rhythm and became excited, boldly and wildly hopping down.

On the last five steps, it misjudged a jump and started to tumble down.

Zhan Yunkai, who was passing by with a dish, lifted a leg and rested it on the fourth step. The tumbling furball happened to roll right onto the top of Zhan Yunkai’s foot. It lifted its head dazedly and looked at Zhan Yunkai: “Meow.”

Zhan Yunkai stared at the cat without speaking. After being tormented by Wan Yan for so long, he was now a bit stressed by the sight of cats.

Zhan Yan floated by with a dish: “Xingxing’s awake? Hey, Dad, Xingxing likes you!”

Xingxing was trying to climb up Zhan Yunkai’s long leg.

“I gave it to Yan Yan~ The little tabby is brave, it’s not afraid of Yan Yan!” Zhan Suiru took the two plates from Zhan Yunkai’s hands.

Zhan Yunkai was able to retract his long leg and scooped up the cat steadily.

Upon closer inspection, this was indeed an ordinary cat. It wouldn’t cry all day looking for Linyuan, wouldn’t try to pounce on his tail, wouldn’t cast shedding curses everywhere…

Xingxing meowed delicately and lowered its head, nudging Zhan Yunkai.

Ah! Compared to Wan Yan, what an adorable cat this was!

Zhan Yunkai put Xingxing down: “Has it eaten? I’ll make it some cat food!”

After several months, Zhan Yan once again tasted his father’s cooking and was deeply moved.

After eating and drinking his fill, Zhan Yan lay on the sofa holding Xingxing, who was also sprawled out in a heap: “Ah! Life, so blissful!”

Zhan Yunkai revealed a kind smile: “Yan Yan, ah, how has your morning exercise been recently? I see you haven’t checked in for a while.”

If a child has a problematic sense of aesthetics, it’s probably because they’re too idle. Eat more, exercise more, grow strong, and they won’t have the energy to think about random things. This was the experience His Majesty the Demon King had learned from the demon race’s child-rearing practices!

Zhan Yan: “I used to check in every day! I stopped because sometimes I had to film in the morning when I was on set!”

Zhan Yan rolled up his sleeve to show his small arm, flexing it: “Look! I’ve even grown muscles!”

Zhan Yunkai didn’t have a standard for comparison and wasn’t quite sure, hesitating.

Zhan Yan, afraid his dad would put him on a fitness meal plan again, pulled Zhan Suiru over for an arm-wrestling match. He was very confident: “I can definitely win!”

His sister was a girl and didn’t usually like to work out. He had been training for a whole semester! He had even added weight to his barbell twice!

“That’s not necessary…” Zhan Suiru tried to refuse.

She also wasn’t sure what level of strength to use as a standard to test her brother!

But Zhan Yunkai thought it was a good idea: “Great, great, come let Dad see!”

Zhan Jinli brought chairs for the two. After they sat down and clasped hands, Zhan Yunkai began to count down, “Three, two, one.”

Zhan Yan used all his strength!

His sister didn’t budge an inch.

Zhan Yan’s eyes widened in disbelief, and he continued to exert more force!

Did I use too much strength? Zhan Suiru thought with hesitation, and began to release her force, slowly letting her arm fall outwards along with Zhan Yan’s force.

Her acting was too poor; Zhan Yunkai saw through it.

He sighed: “Yan Yan, ah… keep working hard!”

Zhan Yan: QAQ

Sis, how are you so strong!

Zhan Suiru: Guilty…

Zhan Yan was forced to do extra training for several days. His dad had his own reasoning: before, Zhan Yan had to go to school, so just morning exercises were enough. Now that he was on vacation and had adapted for a period of time, he could add more training.

On a cold day, running a lap in the morning and a lap in the evening, Zhan Yan ran until he felt life was meaningless.

It gets dark early in winter. By six in the afternoon, the sky was already dark. The night wind rustled the leaves, and among them were rhythmic collision sounds. Under the dim yellow streetlights, a circle of figures could be vaguely seen in the community’s fitness plaza. They held their arms straight out in front of them, all wearing white gloves, and hopped forward in a circle, like zombies.

Zhan Yan’s hair stood on end right then!

[You were startled by the middle-aged and elderly people doing square dancing in the fitness plaza.]

Zhan Yan: …

What kind of square dance was this?!

In just a moment, the people in the plaza had changed into a square formation and began to twist their waists, swing their arms, and lift their legs. Now it finally looked like they were square dancing.

But why were you square dancing without music? It was so creepy at night!

Zhan Yan’s curiosity was piqued, and he ran over to watch. Not long after, everyone finished dancing and prepared for a mid-session break before the next dance.

A neighbor, Auntie Bai, was among them. Seeing Zhan Yan, she came over enthusiastically to greet him.

“Xiao Yan, ah, you’re also out exercising at night?”

“Yes, yes, Auntie Bai. Are you guys square dancing? Why is there no music?”

Bai Linghui turned her head to show him, pointing to her ear: “We’re wearing Bluetooth headphones. Wouldn’t playing it out loud disturb the neighbors?”

“Oh, oh!” Zhan Yan had a sudden realization.

Bai Linghui joked with him: “How’s your training? How about joining us?”

Zhan Yan thought for a moment: “Okay!”

Square dancing together, isn’t that more fun than running laps at night?

Bai Linghui hadn’t expected him to agree. She was surprised for a moment, then also smiled: “Alright! Come, come, I’ll teach you first!”

The aunties and uncles who were square dancing had never seen a young person come to do this, and they all gathered around to marvel at the novelty.

Zhan Yan was intensely watched:

“Whose child is this? So handsome!”

“Aiya, what a nice young man! How old are you? Are you in university yet?”

“Looking this good, he must have a promising future!”

Bai Linghui introduced him as proudly as if she were introducing her own son, rattling off a series of praises. After she was done, she began to protect the child:

“Alright, alright! Don’t delay the child from learning square dancing. Ask next time! Ask next time!”

An auntie very enthusiastically lent her Bluetooth headphones to Zhan Yan. Bai Linghui began to teach him the next dance routine.

Square dances were not difficult, and Zhan Yan was a good learner. He learned about seventy to eighty percent of it during the break. When everyone started dancing, he followed along at the back.

After two or three days of this, Zhan Yan had successfully learned the three most commonly danced routines and had successfully become the group favorite among the uncles and aunties. Everyone who saw him would happily greet him with “Xiao Yan is here.”

A few more days passed, and he had already become the lead dancer with his outstanding dance moves and popularity.

Not two days later, when Zhan Yunkai was out buying groceries, he noticed many middle-aged and elderly people secretly following him.

“Hey, isn’t that Xiao Yan’s dad?”

“Not sure, Bai Linghui just said his dad is very handsome.”

“Go ask!”

For the first time, Zhan Yunkai experienced the feeling of being famous in the community because of his son. The middle-aged and elderly friends didn’t pay much attention to entertainment news and hadn’t realized he was an actor who had been popular for a while. They very enthusiastically invited him to buy groceries with them every day and even exchanged experiences on picking vegetables and comparing prices!

This experience was so novel! Zhan Yunkai had previously avoided socializing with ordinary people, fearing his face would affect his life. His social status with the community was almost non-existent.

Now there was a group of people who not only wanted to drag him along to buy groceries but also wanted to pull him along to go square dancing!

Zhan Yunkai didn’t plan to go square dancing, but he wanted to see how his youngest son danced!

Thus, on an ordinary evening, Zhan Yunkai quietly went out and came to the small plaza. He saw his son standing in front of a group of people, leading the dance with vibrant energy.

Zhan Yunkai: …Ahem! Must not laugh!

[The Chongming Demon King saw his youngest son become the lead square dancer, was very gratified, and struggled to hold back his laughter.]

Zhan Yan, caught off guard by this tidbit, stumbled and his eyes widened.

[Zhan Suiru secretly followed behind Zhan Yunkai to the small plaza, saw her younger brother square dancing, and took out her phone to start secretly filming.]

[Zhan Jinli was dragged out by Zhan Suiru to follow them to the small plaza, saw his younger brother square dancing, and was filled with interest.]

Zhan Yan: …

It just so happened to be a turning move in the dance. Through the crowd of square dancers, his gaze met with the three people under the streetlight.

Ah! What kind of people were these!

Zhan Yan’s mind worked extremely fast. He pretended nothing had happened and properly finished the last part of the dance. During the break, he led the uncles and aunties over, enthusiastically made introductions for both sides, and instigated everyone to pull his dad, his brother, and his sister into the square dancing team!

Bai Linghui was tired from making pastries today, so she sat on the side to rest during the second session. Zhan Yan quietly pulled her to sit aside: “Auntie Bai, I want to record this to send to my mom later. Can you help me film it with my phone?”

As long as everyone has embarrassing history, it’s as if no one has embarrassing history.

But he had overlooked that Auntie Bai truly knew his mom, and they had a very good relationship.

Not only did Bai Linghui record it with Zhan Yan’s phone, she also recorded it with her own phone and sent it directly to Ji Yueming after filming.

Bai Linghui: “[Video]”

“The one leading the dance in the front is Xiao Yan. He dances exceptionally well! [Thumbs Up][Thumbs Up][Thumbs Up]”

“The one in the middle of the first row is Old Zhan. To his left is Jinli, and to his right is Suiru.”

This was everyone taking care of the three newcomers, letting them follow behind the lead dancer where they could see most clearly.

Bai Linghui: “They all came to square dance! When you have time to come back, do you want to try it too?”

Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau.

Because the transfer of the infinite fragments was about to take place, the members of the bureau’s action team and information support team were all extremely busy. Route planning, advance reconnaissance, patrol deployment, and so on all needed to be arranged by the person in charge of this operation, the Tianshi.

Ji Yueming was so busy she was about to die. It wasn’t until night that she had a moment to rest.

“Go to the training room and run through the plan again. Simulate all kinds of situations. I will not allow any mistakes on the road, understand?”

“Understood!”

“Shi Qin, come here. Your training volume has exceeded the limit. Come with me to the rest area. The rest of you, also pay attention to your training volume. Don’t exhaust yourselves when I need you.”

After Ji Yueming had arranged everything, she went into the rest area and lay down in a massage pod.

The massage pods at the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau were specially made. In addition to the ordinary massage function, they also had a certain ability to channel energy and relax the mind. The cost was sky-high.

However, these were of little use to Ji Yueming. She didn’t need the first two functions, and for the last one, she needed it but the massage pod’s effect was too low. She was lying in this thing simply because it was comfortable to sit in.

“Don’t mind me, you all do what you need to do,” Ji Yueming said as she took out her phone.

The mental relaxation of the massage pod was less effective for her than scrolling through the family group chat. A good mood naturally leads to a good spirit.

The others all nodded and were about to rest when they suddenly saw the Tianshi’s eyes widen at her phone.

What did the Tianshi boss see? Did something else happen?!

The square dancing video sent by Bai Linghui was playing on the phone screen. Even in the dark with no music, one could see the vibrant energy of the one leading the three.

Ji Yueming: ???

What in the world happened while I was away?

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