Yama Reborn-Chapter 556 - 553: Corot

Chapter 553 [Corot]

Ou Xiuhua is indeed getting married.

She has been seeing Hou Changwei for quite some time. Hou Changwei had previously visited and had dinner with Chen Nuo’s family.

Chen Nuo has also evaluated Hou Changwei’s character, and everything seems quite good.

Originally, if Chen Nuo hadn’t been away for over half a year, the two would have likely been married long ago.

Now that Chen Nuo is back, it’s indeed time to settle this matter.

The next morning, Lu Xixi went out to meet Sun Keke to shop for new furniture for the apartment.

Chen Nuo then had a chat with Ou Xiuhua.

Ou Xiuhua was actually a bit embarrassed—after all, she was talking about marrying again with her own son.

But Chen Nuo was quite calm and expressed his support.

Only then did Ou Xiuhua cautiously express her thoughts.

She didn’t plan to have a wedding banquet.

Ou Xiuhua wasn’t in the mood for it.

First of all, she didn’t have many relatives or friends. Even those who were around before faded away after she spent two years in prison.

Secondly, Ou Xiuhua felt that being her third marriage and no longer being young, as a middle-aged person, there was no need for a wedding banquet. Just registering for a marriage license would be enough. Hou Changwei felt the same way, preferring a simple meal with family rather than a big fuss.

The third point was something Ou Xiuhua really wanted to discuss seriously with Chen Nuo.

Like Lu Xixi mentioned: after marriage, Ou Xiuhua would move to live in Hou Changwei’s house.

The thought process was roughly as Lu Xixi guessed.

Chen Nuo thought about it and didn’t oppose, expressing his support.

However, the house Hou Changwei owned wasn’t exactly new.

Hou Changwei was willing to renovate, but Ou Xiuhua felt it was too troublesome and didn’t want to go through the hassle.

So they discussed it and decided to buy some new furniture and appliances to furnish the place nicely.

Chen Nuo immediately offered to pay for the furniture and appliances.

And so, the matter was settled just like that.

Two weeks later, on an auspicious day from the lunar calendar, Hou Changwei and Ou Xiuhua went to the civil affairs bureau to get their marriage certificate.

In the evening, the whole family had dinner together.

The venue was chosen by Hou Changwei, not very high-end, but quite expensive for someone in his income bracket.

Hou Changwei didn’t have many relatives, but he invited the elderly couple left behind by his late wife. It was clear that the couple was genuinely fond of Hou Changwei, considering he took care of them for so many years after his wife passed, almost treating him like their own son.

The elderly couple sincerely and earnestly blessed Hou Changwei and Ou Xiuhua.

It was evident that their words were heartfelt and genuine.

Judging by the attitude of the elderly couple towards Hou Changwei, Chen Nuo felt confident he hadn’t misjudged him.

With the savings from her job these past days, Ou Xiuhua bought herself two sets of bedding, considering it her dowry.

Old Hou’s salary wasn’t low, and Ou Xiuhua also earned a salary. Although they couldn’t boast of wealth, they had enough for a comfortable life.

The main thing is that they had a house, so there was no need to buy one, which relieved a lot of financial pressure.

Xiao Yezi and Ou Xiuhua moved to Old Hou’s house, but the little girl felt a bit sad before leaving, not wanting to part from Chen Nuo and Lu Xixi.

Of course, she actually missed Little Candy the most.

The white-haired loli rolled her eyes, "Are you dumb? We see each other at school every day."

Only then did it ease Xiao Yezi’s gloom.

Ou Xiuhua and Xiao Yezi moved out from across the hall.

Leaving Little Candy to live on her own across the hall.

Little Candy was actually particularly happy, wasn’t she!

The day after Ou Xiuhua left, Little Candy went straight to Chen Nuo: "I want to drop out! I can’t stand being in school with a bunch of primary school kids anymore!!

Before I was pretending for Grandma Ou’s sake, but now there’s no need, right!"

Chen Nuo thought for a moment and decisively said, "Go to No. 8 Middle School, the International Division, it’s almost like our own headquarters there now."

Little Candy snorted dismissively, "Go pretend to be a little kid again? I’m not interested!"

Chen Nuo chuckled, "How about this, you go to No. 8 Middle School International Division, and if you manage to become the school’s boss, make everyone respect you, treat you like a big sister, I’ll allow you to drop out, then you can take on tasks in the Underground World with your own account."

"Really?" Little Candy was instantly excited.

"Really, I promise."

Little Candy proudly flicked her hair, "Three days! Maximum three days, and I’ll have everyone at the International Division calling me Sister Candy!"

As she confidently walked away, Chen Xiaoguo immediately called a rebellious girl named Fox.

"In the next couple of days, someone named Little Candy will transfer over, help me educate her thoroughly, make her understand what the real world is like.

Hmm, don’t go too far, have some restraint, her backing is very strong..."

Fox said calmly, "Is her backing stronger than mine?"

Chen Nuo: "......"

Forget it, compared to backing, who the hell could beat you!

You’re amazing, you’re the best!

In the whole world, who the heck has a stronger backing than you!

"...Alright, anyway, don’t be too harsh, take it easy, just let her know that No.8 Middle School International Division isn’t a place where she can just take the lead, that’s enough."

On the other end of the line, Fox seemed a bit displeased: "Didn’t you say you’d take me to watch a Controller duel on site?"

Oops!

Almost forgot about this.

But, recently the Empress hasn’t been domestic-violencing me, where am I supposed to let her watch Controllers fight?

No way... find an excuse to trick the Son of the Sun here for a beating?

Forget it, that would be too inhumane.

But... the old man said himself, just pay up, right?

"Haven’t fought recently, want me to give you some other benefits?"

"Just give me money, I like cash," Fox said bluntly.

"...How much?"

"A hundred thousand dollars."

Chen Nuo readily agreed: "Alright, I’ll transfer it to your Octopus Monster website account within a day."

After hanging up, Chen Nuo dialed another number for Kamisou Ichiro.

"I’m giving you an account, transfer a hundred thousand dollars into it."

Kamisou Ichiro sounded a bit helpless: "Mr. Chen, for such small matters in the future you can just look for Nolan directly, I’ve already told him, if it’s not something too overboard, you can directly let him handle it."

·

The result of this incident was.

On her first day attending No.8 Middle School International Division, Little Candy set out confidently in the morning.

By the evening, she came back with a black eye on the left.

Chen Nuo, somewhat worried, even called Fox: "Did you hit too hard?"

"Not at all, I didn’t use much force." Fox casually replied on the other end of the line: "This kid is brittle, tough on the outside but weak inside, looks really arrogant.

One punch, and she cries for a long time."

Alright then, the road for Little Candy to dominate No.8 Middle School International Division seems to be a long way off.

What’s Fox’s level?

Not to mention her having the toughest backing in the world.

She can easily pin down the seasoned destroyer Vanel and hammer him!

· 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Alright, the white-haired girl came home swearing revenge that night.

Even Lu Xixi was curious—did Little Candy actually suffer losses?

Is there really a student at No.8 Middle School International Division who can suppress Little Candy?

Then, Lu Xixi couldn’t help but look at Chen Nuo.

"I remember Xicheng Xun and the others have already left school." Lu Xixi frowned, feeling worried for her little apprentice: "And even among them, the strongest, Xicheng Xun, wouldn’t necessarily make Little Candy suffer so much."

Chen Nuo silently mouthed something to Lu Xixi, and she stopped speaking.

[Seed’s sister].

Lu Xixi gave Little Candy a helpless look.

Alright, looks like my apprentice still has some tough times ahead.

"It won’t be too much, right?" Lu Xixi looked at Chen Nuo.

"No, just to make sure she doesn’t be too naughty. That girl knows her limits."

Little Candy noticed her teacher and Chen Xiaoguo having a private conversation, she turned her head, asking, very displeased: "What are you two whispering about?"

"Saying you got beaten up too badly, your teacher is a bit heartbroken." Chen Nuo smiled.

"I won’t let that Latin girl be smug for long!" Little Candy’s eyes flashed with determination.

Chen Nuo thought for a moment: "No playing too hard, no destructive actions, no bringing dangerous weapons to school."

Little Candy snorted: "I have my pride! We agreed not to use any weapons! I won’t bully ordinary people!"

·

On the third night, Little Candy came back from school with a black eye on the right as well.

Perfectly symmetrical on both sides.

Chen Nuo sat on the couch at home holding back laughter, trying very hard not to laugh.

Little Candy puffed her cheeks, threw her backpack fiercely onto the couch, then turned to her room to get the self-healing serum, and gave herself an injection.

"You definitely got that person to No.8 Middle School!" Little Candy glared at Chen Nuo.

With the white-haired girl’s intelligence, she had already guessed as much, but she couldn’t hold it back anymore after another setback and accused Chen Nuo.

"Don’t think of asking your teacher to fight for you, that girl named Fox, she’s Seed’s person." Chen Nuo spread his hands: "You know, even with your teacher and me combined, we still can’t beat Seed."

Little Candy fell silent, then after a few seconds, her eyes flashed with fighting spirit: "Just because you can’t beat Seed, doesn’t mean I can’t beat Fox! I will definitely defeat her!"

Alright, Chen Nuo just let her be.

In the evening, it was just Chen Nuo and Little Candy having dinner at home—Lu Xixi had gone out, carrying her daughter, and had also arranged to meet Sun Keke to go shopping for furniture.

After dinner, Little Candy ran back to the residence across the door, presumably to work on some battle plan.

Chen Nuo thought about it, then felt a bit uneasy, so he opened the door and went out.

Over ten minutes later, Chen Nuo was already standing in the student dormitory area of No.8 Middle School International Division.

He was quite familiar with this place.

Coincidentally, the dormitory where Fox lived was the same one that Xicheng Xun had resided in before.

Chen Nuo stood at the door with an air of casual authority and knocked on the door.

Knock knock knock!

The door was quickly opened, and Fox stood inside, looking at Chen Nuo with an unhappy face.

"It’s so late, what do you want from me?"

The girl blocked the doorway, clearly not intending to invite Chen Nuo inside.

"Do you have something important to do? Did I disturb you?" Chen Nuo asked with a bit of concern: "You’re not going out at night to ’make some pocket money’ again, are you? I warned you, in Huaxia, you’re not allowed to fool around."

Fox rolled her eyes: "I keep my word. I’m just feeding the pet."

After some thought, the girl stepped aside and let Chen Nuo in.

Chen Nuo walked into the living room without hesitation, and then...

He saw a pig!

·

Clearly, this pig was well-fed and quite plump.

However, it was also evident that the pig’s mental state was not very good.

Its four hooves were tied, and it lay on the ground, positioned face down, with its butt up in the air.

In front of it was a stainless steel food bowl.

Chen Nuo glanced at the food in the bowl, then looked at the big packaging bag next to it, feeling speechless.

"Are you... feeding dog food to pigs?"

Fox replied with confidence: "Why can’t pigs eat dog food? Pigs are omnivores."

Uh... that statement seemed to make sense.

Yet Chen Nuo felt something was off.

It was probably because this pig was staring at him. Its pig eyes kept fixating on his face.

It seemed like a look of resentment, melancholy, yet with a faint hint of hope.

Chen Nuo’s first reaction was.

Does this pig know me?

Then he immediately dismissed the idea.

What a joke, how could a pig know me?

"Do you like keeping pigs as pets?" Chen Nuo looked at the Little Fox with her peculiar taste.

In the past life, she wasn’t into keeping pigs.

"This is a pet Seed gave me." Fox snorted.

Alright, Chen Nuo was actually a little bit jealous.

In the past life, she was obedient to him, regarded him as the most important person...

In this life, the Little Fox had already been swindled by that bastard Seed.

"It never wants to eat properly." Fox said helplessly: "Do you have any ideas?"

Chen Nuo pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Isn’t it possible that the pig just doesn’t like dog food?"

"Impossible, I checked, pigs are omnivores, and this dog food is very expensive."

Seeing the pig suddenly jump up, its body arched, trying to struggle free from the ropes.

Fox sternly scolded, "Don’t move around, do you want a beating, Corot!"

The moment the pig dared not move, Chen Nuo’s expression turned strange: "Wait a minute, what’s your pet pig’s name? Corot?"

"Yeah, Corot, Seed gave it that name."

Chen Nuo suddenly froze.

He walked over, squatted down next to the pig, and stared at it for a long while.

"You’re... not the Corot I know, right?"

The pig looked at Chen Nuo with tearful eyes.

Chen Nuo felt even more suspicious!

This pig was given to Fox by Seed!

Seed had been to Antarctica!

And that Antarctic experience... that old bastard called Corot got him into a lot of trouble!

So, counting it all, maybe...

"I think you shouldn’t feed it dog food," Chen Nuo stood up, looking seriously at Fox.

"Then what should I feed it?"

"Maybe pigs, these animals, can’t handle such luxurious dog food.

Over here, we generally use swill to feed pigs."

Upon hearing this, Corot widened his pig eyes, staring at this guy!

·

Then, Chen Nuo casually made up an excuse, asking Fox to let him take this pig out for a walk.

Although Fox found it a bit strange, he was quite happy overall.

"I guess you can, but... do you also like raising pigs?" Fox curiously looked at Chen Nuo.

"Yes, I especially like pigs. They smell great."

Fox rolled his eyes but still took out a dog collar and leash, tossing them to Chen Nuo.

"Just stay downstairs, don’t go too far."

Chen Nuo led Corot away from Fox’s dorm, heading downstairs into the campus.

Clearly, Corot was extremely frightened, and downstairs, under Chen Nuo’s firm tugging, he had no choice but to slowly move forward.

"Mr. Corot?" Chen Nuo stood under the streetlamp, looking at the pig beside him: "You’re Mr. Corot, right?"

Corot shook his head, then...

"You can choose not to admit it, and I’ll just slaughter you right now," Chen Nuo looked cheerfully at Corot. "Although the little girl will be a bit sad, in the end, you’re just a pig, aren’t you?"

A chill went through Corot’s heart, and he finally nodded.

"So, you’re Corot, from the Antarctic Red Circle, the one who betrayed me once. The honorable Controller, and... Ms. Bai Jing’s lover, old friend of the Son of the Sun, right?"

Corot: "Oink oink oink..."

Chen Nuo frowned.

Couldn’t understand.

In his current passive [Invincible] state, he couldn’t use any spiritual power, couldn’t detect the other’s consciousness, so...

Scenes like the time when he first caught the Gray Cat, with unobstructed communication between human and cat, couldn’t be recreated.

"Then I’ll ask, and you answer," Chen Nuo said quickly, "Were you captured by Seed from Antarctica and then turned into a pig?"

"Oink oink oink."

"Well, during that Antarctic trip, you betrayed me pretty badly. It wouldn’t be excessive to demand a bit of interest back now, would it?"

"Oink oink oink." Corot nodded candidly.

Chen Nuo simply sat on the steps by the roadside, looking at Corot, who had already turned into a pig.

"Actually, you’re quite pitiful. You went to Antarctica back then, encountered the Fourth Seed, and had your body seized by the Fourth Seed.

Did you know, after seizing your body, the Fourth Seed impersonated your identity and went back to find Bai Jing.

Bai Jing is your woman, right? And after the Fourth Seed seized your body and impersonated you, Bai Jing didn’t know at all and kept helping him wholeheartedly.

Even though the Fourth Seed managed to escape after seizing you, he was already severely injured, and your body couldn’t hold up, on the verge of death.

That woman really is a romance fool, treating the seized Fourth Seed as Corot, doing everything to help him.

To help him, she even went as far as to kill her adopted son—a human Controller named Electric General.

She killed the Electric General and then had the Fourth Seed seize the Electric General’s body.

Now, the Fourth Seed occupies a young, healthy Controller’s body, living energetically.

As for you, Corot, you’ve turned into a pig.

By the way, I have a piece of news for you. According to my judgment...

Your woman, that old lady named Bai Jing, has already been killed."

Corot lay on the ground snorting, his pig eyes full of malice.

Chen Nuo patted the pig’s head: "You no longer have a chance for revenge, Corot. Although I don’t know what method Seed used to turn you into a pig, I think in this world, aside from Seed, no one can turn you back.

So, how about we make a deal?"

Corot stared at Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo slowly spoke, "In a few days, I’ll likely go find the Fourth Seed to trouble him.

So, you might consider providing me with some valuable information.

How about it?"

Corot fell silent, then snorted a few times softly.

Although he couldn’t understand, it didn’t seem like a refusal.

"No rush." Chen Nuo sighed, "I can’t understand your words right now. And you can’t make human sounds, so... you can think about it first, seriously, carefully think about whether you have any ways that could help me, to deal with that guy, the Fourth Seed.

This would also be a way to help yourself get revenge, after all, he killed your woman, Bai Jing, didn’t he."

After speaking, Chen Nuo stood up: "In the coming days, I’ll find a way to bring someone who can communicate with you using spiritual power to help translate for me. I’ll give you some time, think carefully. I hope you can provide me with something valuable."

After saying this, Chen Nuo led Corot for a round downstairs, then took him back to Fox’s place.

Of course, before leaving, Chen Nuo didn’t forget to remind Fox: "Don’t be too harsh on that little white-haired girl. After all, she’s just a child."

Fox waved his hand, gave a hum as a sign of agreement, seemingly not even wanting to speak to Chen Nuo.