Electronic Nezha

Chapter 143 Milk Foam
Hao Hao said, "It was a very long dream. I dreamt that when I was a child, an illness made me as hard as a piece of wood. The doctor said that this was how I would live my life. The man who married my mother ran away the same day. There was an old woman—I should call her my maternal grandmother—who also asked my mother to 'get rid of' me as soon as possible. My mother hasn't spoken to her for several years because of this."

The shark said, "It was just a dream. Even if you were an idiot back then, no normal person would remember things from that young age."

The dolphin gestured to him not to interrupt Hao Hao.

Hao Hao said, "It's a dream, yet it's not a dream. These things feel like I saw and heard them with my own eyes. They're like goods sealed in a warehouse, and this dream is like opening the warehouse door. I saw everything—"

I nodded to myself. This was similar to the time I was hypnotized in the market. Many childhood details that I would never have remembered on my own were perfectly reproduced in that dream. This must be the Queen's ability, or rather, she can stimulate people's potential. Those things that we thought we could never remember may be scattered in some corner of our minds like old photos.

Hao Hao said, "Actually, it was okay when I was little. When I was two or three years old, I wasn't much worse than other children. I was like a wind-up toy, crawling around everywhere. I would cry if I bumped into a table. My mom would first look at me and laugh, and then hug me and cry. It wasn't until other children could call me 'Mom' that the difference between me and ordinary people became apparent."

"They could run, jump, act cute, and make adults angry, but I was still like a block of wood. At that time, my mother rarely took me out. It wasn't because she was afraid of losing face, but because she was afraid that I would be bullied by other children. They would always throw stones at me and call me stupid."

“My mom went to argue with their parents. Some of them just gave me a few perfunctory words, saying that the kids didn’t know any better. Others simply pushed my mom out the door. From then on, when my mom went out to work, she would lock me in the house. One day when she came home, she found me lying on the floor gagging, my face turned purple. Finally, she found something in my mouth. My mom pried open my mouth and pulled out an entire pillowcase. If she had come home two minutes later, I would have suffocated.”

The shark asked in confusion, "Was what the fool said a dream or did it actually happen?"

The dolphin said, "It should all be true, but it's being recreated in the form of a dream."

Ma Chaoran said, "This was... done by that alien queen?"

I said, "There's no one else but her."

At that moment, there was a commotion of footsteps at the door. Ma Chaoran said, "Sixth Master, what brings you here?"

Sixth Master arrived with Koi, Little Fatty, and Liu Zhenhua, and all the remaining staff came out.

Sixth Master asked, "Is the 'troublemaker' pretty?"

The shark said, "One group is alright..."

Ma Chaoran quietly filled in the plot details for the people who came later...

After listening, Sixth Master said, "Haohao, you can continue."

Hao Hao was still immersed in his sadness. He paused and said, "After the 'pillowcase eating' incident, my mom took me with her wherever she went. She worked several jobs and did all kinds of dirty and tiring work. There's a saying that everything will be alright, but that doesn't apply to my mom. As I grew up, everything got worse—I ate more and pooped more."

This blunt statement, which could be considered utterly simplistic anywhere, left people momentarily stunned.

Hao Hao said, "A fool grows up to be seventeen or eighteen years old, doesn't understand human affairs, and can't speak. People who haven't experienced it think he's just a piece of wood. But I'm even worse than a piece of wood. I can pee and poop in my pants all the time. My mom has to take me home to wash my clothes all the time so that I don't become a nuisance. Brother Feng, have you seen my mom's hands? She's so young, but none of her ten fingers can straighten!"

Everyone remained silent; even the phrase "enduring hardship" seemed insufficient to describe Aunt Xu's situation.

"As for how many scornful looks she suffered and how much she endured because of me, no one can even imagine. She raised me for 20 years, and not only did I not repay her for a single day, but I was also right there watching that beast Zhang Biao beat her. I deserve to die!" Hao Hao's eyes reddened again.

Ma Chaoran patted him on the shoulder a few times and said, "Don't say that. There was nothing you could do back then."

Hao Hao looked at me and said, "Brother Feng, I don't regret that punch."

I said, "I know."

That punch was a son's expression of guilt towards his mother. Hitting her wouldn't make up for any of her kindness, but not hitting her would lead to a lifetime of regret.

The shark said, "I think the blow was too light."

Jinli said, "Sixth Master, what if that brat Zhang Biao causes trouble?"

Sixth Master said sternly, "Have you forgotten that we are a classified unit?"

Everyone was stunned; no one knew what he meant.

Sixth Master said, "The meaning of a classified unit is that anyone who wants to make us no longer classified is endangering national security."

The chubby boy said, "I understand, he definitely won't cause any trouble!"

Sixth Master said to me, "Fengzi, do you know why we're here?" "Uh, isn't it to see the girls?"

"Watch your mouth, your son is here."

Liu Zhenhua said, "It's alright, Sixth Master. I'm used to it, and besides, my dad wasn't right—"

His next words were cut short by Jinli: "Sixth Master was just joking with you."

Sixth Master looked at me and said, "Something's up, something good, Hao Hao has made it up."

I exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"

"Background checks are simple."

Everyone in the room burst into laughter. After being a fool for 20 years, it was indeed simple.

I gave Hao Hao a push on the shoulder and said, "This is really a good thing. You'll get better treatment than your brother Feng from now on."

Hao Hao hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Can I refuse?"

I panicked and pulled him aside, saying, "Are you stupid? It's so hard to get a permanent position these days. Once you have one, someone will pay you a regular salary, and if you run into someone like Zhang Biao, you can easily deal with him!"

“I know, but…” Hao Hao turned to me and the others and said, “But I’ve been hypnotized by that queen. I understand what my dream was about. She’s our enemy. The Sixth Division is a secret unit. Do you still dare to take me?”

I didn't expect Hao Hao to think of this; the idiot is actually quite perceptive.

Sixth Master looked at me and said, "Fengzi, what do you think?"

I said, "Hypnosis doesn't prove anything. It's like bullets fired at us by the enemy. Does that mean that if someone on our side gets hit, they're no longer on our side?"

I know the Queen's hypnosis will definitely have some hidden agenda, but I still believe in Hao Hao. If we can't even trust someone who has been a fool for 20 years, who can we trust?
Sixth Master bluntly said, "Give me a straight answer: do you agree to let Hao Hao join the Sixth Division?"

"agree."

Sixth Master said, "Then it's settled—Dong Linhao officially becomes a member of the Sixth Division today, enjoying the rank and benefits of a second lieutenant."

I whispered, "How much is the salary? Is it over ten thousand?"

Sixth Master gave me a look that said, "A wild boar can't eat fine chaff," as if to say, "That's too much..."

Jinli walked up to Hao Hao carrying a military uniform and said, "This is my military uniform. I'm lending it to you temporarily. I've changed the rank for you."

I said, "Does it have to be this formal?"

Jinli said, "This is what the ancients called 'comrades-in-arms.' From now on, we'll all be comrades-in-arms."

Sixth Master said, "Take a photo of your ID while you're at it—"

With everyone's help, Hao Hao changed into a military uniform. Jin Li was about the same size as him. It was a winter uniform for an army lieutenant, and Hao Hao looked even more dashing and upright in it.

There were no mirrors in the coffee shop, so in the end, the chubby boy took a full-body photo of Hao Hao with his phone.

Looking at himself in the photo, Hao Hao suddenly said to me, "Brother Feng, I want to go see my mom and call her 'Mom' in person."

I said, "Haven't you been shouting all this time?"

Hao Hao said, "I called her 'Mom' before because you told me she was my mom, but I haven't considered myself her son yet."

I understand what he meant.

I picked up my coffee and drank it all in one gulp. I said to Hao Hao, "Let's go. Your mom's life is too hard. Let's go make her some milk foam."

(End of this chapter)