I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1529 - 1524 Deliberate Display of Enthusiasm

Chapter 1529: Chapter 1524 Deliberate Display of Enthusiasm

Bick followed his wife into the bedroom, and Ariana closed the door behind them. It seemed they were discussing a private matter. Before long, the sound of their conversation could be heard from inside. Tang Ye could listen to them, and he heard their voices clearly, but both of them were speaking the local language, which he couldn’t understand at all!

At first, the conversation between the two was quite calm, but gradually, it seemed Bick and his wife began to argue, their voices growing louder and Ariana becoming increasingly agitated. However, whatever Bick said last, it calmed Ariana down abruptly.

Tang Ye frowned, his mind uncertain what to make of this scene, which had never occurred during his previous two visits. What had happened to Bick’s family during those visits?

He glanced at the door of Bick’s three children’s room, from where steady snores could be heard, suggesting someone was napping inside. Yet, intermittent soft sounds of rustling suggested that not everyone inside was asleep.

The bedroom quieted down after a while, and soon Bick and his wife came out. Ariana’s expression was unchanged from before she entered the bedroom, giving the impression that the argument with Bick had never happened. She went to the children’s bedroom, cracked open the door, and called her eldest daughter’s name.

"Gina."

"What’s up?"

Gina’s response came from inside, and shortly thereafter, she emerged from the room. Ariana, without saying a word, took Gina into the bedroom she shared with Bick, apparently to prepare something.

At that moment, Bick sat next to Tang Ye, wearing a mysterious smile. The meaning of that smile was something Tang Ye understood even without thinking.

Indeed, it wasn’t long before he heard Bick say, "I just mentioned I have a surprise for you. Do you know what kind of surprise it is?"

"What surprise?" Tang Ye feigned ignorance.

"You’ll know soon enough; it won’t disappoint you," Bick replied, his smile growing wider.

"By the way, how old are you?"

Glancing at Bick, Tang Ye thought the man’s tone was like a matchmaker checking on a potential bride or groom. He wanted to be honest about his actual age, but claiming to be nearly forty with his youthful appearance was not only unbelievable but might make the other person think he was playing a trick on them.

After some thought, Tang Ye replied, "Twenty-three or twenty-four, I guess... I never made a point of remembering my exact age."

"Oh my goodness, I thought you were a college student who hadn’t graduated yet! You look so young!"

"Maybe I just age slowly," Tang Ye shrugged, looking again at Bick, whose interest didn’t seem to have lessened after their conversation. It wasn’t long before his wife Ariana came out with Gina. Now dressed in new clothes and carefully attended to by Ariana, Gina looked dazzling, inspiring lovely fantasies as if a fairy from a tale, and her appearance closely matched the Chinese aesthetic of Lan Ou people. She bore a close resemblance to Chloe Moretz, a celebrity from the Lan Ou Continent before the Apocalypse.

The plot took a twist. Although Bick had tried to push his daughter onto him during the previous visits, the major difference this time was Gina being groomed and adorned first, giving the impression of Bick’s more earnest intentions.

However, fortunately, with the experience from the previous two instances, Tang Ye had tactful language to refuse Bick, and only heard him asking, "How old is your daughter Gina this year?"

"Ten... sixteen!" After some hesitation, Bick finally answered.

Tang Ye knew that Bick was lying, setting aside Gina’s actual age. Her current appearance even suggesting fifteen could be false, let alone sixteen being outright impossible.

However, what was most interesting was that Bick actually lied to him? It was worth noting that in the previous two instances, he had not concealed Gina’s name from him, what this signified, Tang Ye was also not very clear.

Regarding Bick’s lie, Tang Ye did not fixate on it, and only continued to say, "I can only apologize for your kindness. Right now, I do not believe I have the capability to take care of others. In China, children of your daughter’s age are still enjoying their freedom. They have the right to choose their own paths in the future, rather than living under the orders or coercion of their parents."

Tang Ye said all this in one breath, but it seemed like Bick did not really listen. His smile gradually disappeared from his face, and he actually asked, "Do you find her unattractive? Does she not meet Chinese beauty standards?"

"Hmm? ...That’s not what I meant..." Tang Ye began, his voice dropping a little, how could Bick, as a father, say such a thing? Totally disregarding his daughter’s feelings.

Before Tang Ye could continue, Bick said again, "You don’t mean that? Then what do you mean? You..."

Bick’s voice stopped abruptly, he seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and hastily said to Tang Ye, "Sorry, I should not decide some things for you, please forgive me."

This sudden change made Tang Ye raise his eyebrows slightly, but he said nothing and replied, "It’s okay, perhaps you do not have ill intentions towards me."

Although he said this out loud, Tang Ye chuckled coldly to himself, and at the same time, he wondered why Bick was behaving so strangely.

At Bick’s gesture, Ariana walked into the room with her eldest daughter, Gina, and from this moment, the atmosphere in the living room became odd. Bick sat next to Tang Ye, without saying a word, and so did Tang Ye. Occasionally, when their gazes intersected, they both would show an extremely awkward smile, but then they would fall into silence again.

After a while, Bick seemed unable to endure the atmosphere and took the initiative to speak to Tang Ye, "You sit for a while, I’m going to talk to my wife about some matters."

Just as Tang Ye was about to nod, Ariana happened to come out, and Bick stood in front of her, somewhat at a loss. And as Bick reached out to pull Ariana into the room, Dairya’s voice came from the children’s room.

"Mom."

Although she spoke the local language, Tang Ye understood, and immediately, the door to the room was opened, revealing Dairya’s head, and the atmosphere in the living room became even more bizarre.

"Dairya!"

"Who is he?"

"She is not a bad person, we don’t need to worry."

All of a sudden, Bick and his wife’s faces showed enthusiastic smiles, which appeared so forced in Tang Ye’s eyes!