Zongman: Hong Kong's black ceiling but autistic, what should I do?

"Hello, I'm Z9999."

A yellow-haired child who was not even as tall as an adult's knees stretched out his right hand to the other party, smiled sweetly, and said:

"Come with me, Z."

Z9999's words caused a protest from the other party. The orange-haired child looked unhappy:

"My name is not Z, my name is Chuuya, Nakahara Chuuya!"

"Ok?"

Z9999 tilted his head, not understanding what the orange-haired child meant, and looked confused.

"Is this the code name the researchers gave you?"

"Code name?"

The three-year-old Nakahara Chuuya didn't know what "code name" meant, but he knew -

"Nakahara Chuuya is my name!" Nakahara Chuuya looked proud.

[Nakahara Chuuya] is a name that his parents took a long time to choose, and it is full of their love for him. So for the three-year-old Nakahara Chuuya, his own name is one of the most precious things in the world, and it cannot be replaced by something like Z, a random combination of letters and numbers!

Z9999 knew what "name" meant, but——

"Here, we don't have names, only code names. Your code name is Z."

"Huh? Why? Where exactly is this place? Am I not leading the way for the lost uncle? Why am I here after waking up?!"

Nakahara Chuuya sat on the ground and looked around vigilantly.

Nakahara Chuuya felt that the place he was in now was just like the "prison" where the bubblegum hero was locked up after being captured by the villain in the "Brave Bubble Adventure" that was broadcast every night during the prime time. It was surrounded by tall and hard iron railings, and there was only a large wooden board in the room.

Nakahara Chuuya immediately got up from the ground and quickly ran to the corner farthest from Z9999. He crossed his hands in front of his chest and asked menacingly:

"Are you the villain Green Pepper? I, the Bubble Gum Hero, will never yield to you. No matter how you torture me, I will never reveal the secret of the Coffee Kingdom!"

“?” Z9999 tilted his head, looking confused.

Z9999 has not watched "Brave Bubble Adventure" by Nakahara Chuuya, so naturally he cannot understand why Nakahara Chuuya is just reciting the lines of the protagonist in "Brave Bubble Adventure".

However, Z9999 understood one thing, that Nakahara Chuuya seemed to have some misunderstandings here.

"Z..."

"It's Chuuya!"

"Okay, Chuuya. I'm not a villain, Green Pepper, I'm Z9999, I'm the same as you."

"Same? What do you mean?"

"This is Experimental Base A. You and I are both experimental subjects here, and we both belong to Project Z. I'm not here to torture you. I was just asked by the researcher to come and help you get familiar with this place."

"Experimental base? Experimental subject? Project Z? Researcher? What are you talking about? Are you speaking Liben's language? Why can't I understand a single word?"

It can be seen that Zhongyuan Chuuya, who is only three years old, has not received any systematic education, so he is very unfamiliar with these technical terms.

However, this was not the first time Z9999 had done this, so he patiently explained in words that Zhongyuan Zhong could understand:

"That is to say, you will live here with us in the future, and you will need to complete the homework assigned by those uncles and aunts in white coats every day."

Nakahara Chuuya understood what Z9999 said, but at the same time he suddenly realized something.

"What do you mean? I want to live here? I don't want to! I want to go home! I want to find my parents! I want to go home!"

Nakahara Chuuya ran to the railing noisily and pulled it hard, trying to force a hole in the railing that would allow him to pass through.

Z9999 calmly watched Nakahara Chuuya pulling and biting the railing until Nakahara Chuuya had exhausted all his strength and sat on the ground gasping for breath, then he slowly spoke.

"You can't get out."

"What do you mean!"

Nakahara Chuuya's emotions have not yet calmed down. When he heard Z9999's words, there was a hint of tears in his tone.

Z9999 looked at Nakahara Chuuya calmly, with a hint of numbness in his eyes.

"I have been here for more than four years, almost five years, since I can remember, and I have never seen anyone leave here."

“Really…” Nakahara Chuuya seemed to be hit by Z9999’s words and became distraught.

"real."

After hearing Z9999's reply, Nakahara Chuuya finally couldn't help it. His emotions gradually collapsed. The physical exhaustion and the inner pain of being separated from his family made Nakahara Chuuya cry uncontrollably.

Z9999 just watched quietly, just like she had done for the past four years, just watched.

After all, children have limited energy, and Nakahara Chuuya gradually fell asleep while crying.

Z9999 sat on the ground with a normal expression, took out half a white steamed bun from his clothes, took a few careful bites, and then quickly put the bun away. Then he walked to the corner, fumbled on the ground, and after sensing an inconspicuous bulge, Z9999 pressed down on the floor tile.

The floor tiles in the center of the room slowly sank, and after the sound of a machine running ended, two small bowls appeared on the floor tiles in the center of the room.

One of the bowls contained thin porridge with some rice grains floating on the surface, while the other bowl seemed to be just plain water.

Z9999 picked up the small bowl of water and drank it all.

A few hours later, Nakahara Chuuya slowly woke up.

When Nakahara Chuuya opened his eyes, he saw Z9999 sitting next to him at some point, so he turned away angrily.

"Humph--"

Z9999 didn't care about Nakahara Chuuya's childish behavior, and just put the remaining bowl of porridge in front of Nakahara Chuuya.

"This is your dinner tonight, eat it quickly."

"I'm not hungry! Gulp—"

Nakahara Chuuya covered his stomach with his hands with his hands with a red face. He originally wanted to protest by going on a hunger strike, but his stomach was not cooperating.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, Nakahara Chuuya is still in the process of growing up, and he has just consumed so much physical energy, so he is bound to be hungry.

Z9999 put the porridge closer to Nakahara Chuuya and said softly, "Eat quickly."

Nakahara Chuuya blushed and glanced at Z9999, then quickly picked up the bowl and drank up all the porridge in the bowl in just a few mouthfuls.

"Anything else?"

Nakahara Chuuya touched his belly and his ears turned red.

Z9999 glanced at Nakahara Chuuya, sighed, then took out the half-remaining white steamed bun hidden in his clothes and handed it to Nakahara Chuuya.

"Eat quickly. I didn't expect you to have such a big appetite despite your young age."

"Well - my mother said that being able to eat is a blessing!"

Although the steamed buns were dry and tasteless, Nakahara Chuuya, who was extremely hungry, still ate them with relish.

Z9999 stared at the steamed bun in Nakahara Chuuya's hand, swallowed his saliva, and then said:

"Then work hard tomorrow. As long as you rank high, you will get more food. If you reach 100th place, you can have broth! Although there won't be much meat in the broth~"

"What?" Zhongyuan Zhong, who was concentrating on the white steamed buns, didn't quite hear what Z9999 said.

Z9999 turned his gaze away from Bai Mantou and said the words he had said hundreds of times.

"Every day we are ranked according to our performance. The higher the ranking, the better treatment we will receive. For example, you can only sleep here now, but people with high rankings not only have delicious meals and sufficient medicine, but also soft big beds and many rare things that we have never seen before. This morning, Z0006 brought a dancing and talking sunflower for everyone to see. That sunflower is so fun!"

"Really? Then what is my rank now?"

Nakahara Chuuya was completely fascinated by the wonderful treatment that Z9999 mentioned. A sunflower that can dance and talk is even more amazing than a dog that can do backflips.

"Our codenames are our daily rankings. Your current codename is Z, which means you are currently ranked number one."

"How many people are there here?"

"people."

"Then I am the last one!"

Zhong Yuanzhong, who has always been a good baby and a good boy in the eyes of his parents, cannot accept that he is the last one.

"In theory, yes." Z9999 nodded.

"Come to think of it, you said you were Z9999, so you are number 9999?" Nakahara Chuuya discovered the blind spot.

Z9999 nodded calmly.

"Yes."

Nakahara Chuuya touched his chin and said, "The food for 9999th place is dry and tasteless steamed buns, and the food for first place is porridge without a few grains of rice? This difference is a bit too big, shouldn't there be some other transition in between? For example, if the ranking is increased by one, a few more grains of rice will be given?"

"The porridge you eat is actually my dinner."

"what?"

"Your dinner is just a bowl of water, but I saw that you were too tired just now, so I gave you my dinner. The rest is indeed as you said, the food of No. 9998 is indeed porridge with a few more grains of rice than the porridge just now."

"Oh, I see. Thank you. Oh no, what about the steamed buns?"

"The steamed bun is a reward for helping you get familiar with this place. Originally, helping the new experimental subjects get familiar with the environment is what the researcher uncle should do, but I have been here for a long time, so the researcher uncle asked me to take charge of this job, and correspondingly, he will give me a steamed bun as a reward."

"Is it so miserable?"

Nakahara Chuuya felt that the living conditions here were too harsh and his life was over.

"Wow - Mom and Dad, I want to go home! Wow - I want Mom and Dad!"

Z9999 saw Nakahara Chuuya suddenly burst into tears again, and remembered the previous experience, so he immediately stopped him and said:

"Chuuya, stop crying. It will be hard to deal with you if you get dehydrated."

"Wow—I want my mom!"

“Chuuya, stop crying. Someone cried so much that they became dehydrated when they first arrived. That’s why they didn’t get a good ranking in the assessment on the second day because they were weak.”

"Wow—I want daddy!"

Nakahara Chuuya didn't take Z9999's reminder seriously at all, he just wanted to vent his grievances.

Z9999 saw that Nakahara Chuuya's eyes were swollen from crying, and thinking of his friends who didn't get a good ranking before, he said anxiously:

"Stop crying, how about I be your daddy!"

After hearing what Z9999 said, Nakahara Chuuya’s brain short-circuited and he forgot to continue crying for a moment.

Seeing that this method was effective, Z9999 hurriedly said:

"I'll put up with it for a bit, but I won't take advantage of you. From now on, we'll just talk about our own affairs. You call me dad, and I'll call you Chuuya. How about that?"

This was the first time that he encountered such a thing. It took a while for Nakahara Chuuya's brain to react, and then he started to curse:

"If you don't take advantage of me, who wants you to be my dad?"

"Don't you want a daddy? You're not happy with me being your daddy..."

Z9999 felt a little aggrieved.

"With one more identity comes one more responsibility. My willingness to be your father means I am willing to take care of you like a father, and you still despise me, oooo..."

Z9999 was just a child under five years old, and when Nakahara Chuuya yelled at her, all the grievances she had been feeling burst out. However, Z9999 knew to conserve her energy, so she didn't yell, but just sobbed quietly.

"Hey you..."

Nakahara Chuuya saw Z9999 crying and became anxious. He wanted to comfort Z9999 but couldn't find a way, so he said:

"Then why don't you change your identity, as long as it's not your father, or...how about being your brother? You will be my brother?"

"No."

Z9999 rejected it outright.

"I don't know why, but my instinct tells me that if I randomly make friends with someone out there, I won't end up well. I can't be the older brother, nor the younger brother."

"Well...then what do you say we should do?"

"Well--"

Z9999 suddenly had an idea.

"Got it! How about I be your husband?"

"husband?"

Nakahara Chuuya only knew that his mother often called his father "husband", but he was not clear about the real meaning of "husband".

"Ok!"

Z9999 nodded.

"I heard from a researcher that a good husband needs to protect and take care of his wife, and a good wife also needs to protect and take care of her husband. This is a two-way relationship, and I think it fits our current situation just fine."

Nakahara Chuuya thought about it, and although he couldn't think of anything, Z9999 was older than him and knew more, so Z9999 couldn't be wrong. So he nodded and agreed.

"Okay, from now on you are my husband and I am your wife!"