Monster Tea Party

Chapter 6046 Ya Ya's Mother

"Hey."

……

what.

It was an unfamiliar voice.

Xu Zizhen regretted answering the phone.

He even considered hanging up the phone immediately.

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"I am Ya Ya's mother."

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These words made Xu Zizhen's finger, which was about to hang up the phone, pause.

Ya Ya's mother?
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"Big brother."

The familiar, soft voice of a child came through the air.

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Xu Zizhen withdrew her finger.

"Ya Ya."

He called out the child's name.

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"Ah."

The child nodded obediently.

"it's me."

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"This is……"

Xu Zizhen was puzzled as to why the child's mother had called him.

However, Xu Zizhen quickly guessed the reason.

"You told Mom about our agreement, didn't you?"

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The child was fiddling with his fingers.

I subconsciously felt a little guilty and uneasy.

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"It was the child we asked."

The child's mother spoke up to help the child out of the predicament.

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The child is too young.

She has always been an obedient and well-behaved child.

They can't keep anything to themselves.

It's all showing on their faces.

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The child's parents initially thought that the child was overthinking things because of Chen Jing or his own hallucinations.

They felt sorry that their child was being exposed to these complex issues too early.

Some people found the little child's behavior both cute and pitiful, and also a bit funny.

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The child's parents originally wanted the child to figure things out and let go on their own.

But it's been a week...

The child's "symptoms" are getting worse.

The child's parents decided to intervene.

They wanted to have a good talk with their child.

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I never expected this...

This conversation...

They learned something completely unexpected.

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They guessed wrong.

The child's worry wasn't entirely about Chen Jing's hallucinations.

But it was for a...

A promise I made with an older brother.

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The older brother said he knew people just like her.

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To be honest, when the child's parents first heard him say that, they felt a chill in their hearts.

They thought another Chen Jing had arrived.

One Chen Jing wasn't enough; they haven't even dealt with this Chen Jing yet...

Another one has arrived...

At that moment, they truly felt utterly exhausted and drained.

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The child probably sensed that something was wrong with their emotions and immediately became somewhat flustered and confused.

“I, I didn’t…”

The child's eyes reddened.

"I do not have……"

The child cannot speak in complete sentences.

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The woman immediately felt sorry for him.

She knelt down and hugged the child.

"fine."

"Speak slowly."

"Mom and Dad aren't angry with Ya Ya."

"Mom and Dad are just too worried about Ya Ya."

This kid...

Why do I keep encountering so many inexplicable things?
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The child's tears fell in a patter.

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The child cried for a while.

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Seeing that the child had almost stopped crying, the man handed the child a mug.

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The child reached out and took it.

Just discovered……

"cocoa."

The child's voice was a little hoarse from crying.

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The man winked at the child.

"Like it?"

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like.

The billowing steam blurred the child's vision.

She loves drinking cocoa.

sweet.

tastes good.

But her parents usually don't let her drink too much.

Tell her to drink more water.

She doesn't like to drink water.

It has no flavor. What can compare to sweet cocoa?

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"Gulu~"

Delicious cocoa soothed the child's mind and body.

The child felt a warm and comfortable sensation all over their body, as if they were soaking in hot water.

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"All right."

The woman patted the child's head and said, "Ya Ya, slowly tell your mom and dad."

"what happened?"

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The child nodded obediently.

She slowly recounted the story of how she last met her older brother.

Because some time has passed, the child's account is fragmented and piecemeal, a patchwork of different parts.

Go back and add to it every now and then.

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"He said……"

The woman pursed her lips, her expression unreadable. "His uncle also experienced hallucinations?"

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The child tilted his head.

Then nodded.

Ok.

That's what my older brother seems to have said.

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"His uncle is no longer seeing hallucinations..."

The woman murmured.

If a man's own family member has had a similar experience, then his concern for the child is understandable.

but……

"He wants you to meet another person who is hallucinating?"

After calming down, the woman even found it somewhat amusing.

how?

Is it to help children find a sense of belonging?

Are you kidding me?
A madman goes looking for another madman...

Do you want to make yourself even crazier?!
The woman took a deep breath.

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The child was taciturn.

Some people don't know how to answer their mothers' questions.

Mom seems very angry.

The child is very anxious.

I feel very helpless.

She didn't know what to do.
I knew earlier...

If it makes Mom this angry...

She decided not to tell her mother about it.

Anyway, she kept hesitating about whether or not to contact her older brother...

Perhaps in the end she still didn't contact her older brother.

Let's just pretend this never happened.

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The child regrets it.

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"and many more."

The man spoke.

The woman looked at the man.

The man frowned.

"Don't you think..."

"Is it weird?"

The boy twitched the corner of his mouth.

"If you were in that situation, would you let a sick person visit another sick person?"

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"of course not."

The woman blurted it out.

Only a fool would do that.
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The woman was stunned.

She seemed to understand what the man was trying to say.

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"right?"

The man nodded slightly.

“Normally healthy people wouldn’t take a sick person to see another sick person…”

"We won't let people who are hallucinating stay together."

"Wouldn't that worsen the condition?"

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The woman nodded.

That's right.

We've met that boy a few times.

The man recalled their previous meetings.

It looks like...

"He has no problems..."

Neither his appearance nor his demeanor suggested he was a person with ill intentions.

"He also helped the children."

On one occasion, the boy helped the child by tying up Chen Jing.

The child was able to leave safely.

They remembered the boy.

I remember this boy hearing their story about the child, and I remember this boy helping the child avoid being harassed by Chen Jing...

Thinking about it this way...

The man was slightly taken aback.

Regarding the identity of a stranger...

Is that boy appearing around the child a little too frequently...?

Too high?
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Coincidence?
Or was it intentional?

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But regardless of the other party's purpose -
Let's assume the other party has a specific purpose.

Introduce the child to another person who is hallucinating...

All very strange.

Especially when the boy mentioned his uncle.

If you're trying to gain a child's trust...

It seems like it's not necessary at all.

The child had no sense of wariness towards the boy.

Boys don't need to go to this lengths to gain a child's trust.

If it wasn't a deception with ulterior motives...

That is……

Really...

The boy's uncle was once like this child...

(End of this chapter)