Chapter 1 Family Issues in the New Life
"Ah..." An extremely sharp scream made the young man who was still in a hazy state roll down from the bed in an instant, and then fell heavily on the floor with a loud bang.
Anyone who is stimulating in his comfortable sleep will find it difficult to maintain a stable sleep. The boy Zhou Yi simply rolled up the sleeves of his pajamas and decided to give the guy who disturbed his rare holiday a good look.
"Ah..." The harsh scream continued. Zhou Yi had already pushed open the door of his bedroom, walked to another door with a teddy bear hanging on it, knocked fiercely, and said loudly.
"Xia Ruisi Ferguson, if you can't give me a good reason, believe me, I'll let God know how serious it is to disturb me to sleep."
"Don't come in, go away!" The girl's sobbing cries came from the room, and the crying immediately burned the fuse in Zhou Yi's mind.
"What the hell happened? Xia Ruisi, open the door quickly. I am your brother. I must know what's wrong with you!"
"No, no, go away quickly, I don't want you to see me." The crying inside the door immediately surged, and then became whimpering again. It was obvious that the girl had covered herself with a quilt.
Zhou Yi, who didn't know what was going on, became more and more anxious. Now the adults at home probably had gone to work long ago, and the only ones left were herself, who was her brother and Xia Ruisi, who was her sister. So no matter what, Zhou Yi felt that she had to see what was wrong with her sister.
In this anxious mentality, Zhou Yi didn't care about the principle of caring for personal things. He held the door handle and exerted force suddenly, and immediately pulled the locked door open.
Inside the door is a typical girl's bedroom, with dolls, dolls and toys everywhere, but at this moment, the owner who originally cared for these things threw them all over the floor in a mess. However, Xia Ruisi, who was the initiator, buried herself firmly in the quilt like a frightened little hamster.
"Dear, what happened, Xia Ruisi, tell me quickly." Zhou Yi strode to the bed and suddenly lifted his sister's quilt. Then he said in a daze. "Damn it, what's going on?"
The familiar sister in the quilt had completely changed into another appearance. Her brown hair turned completely into wine-red, her blue eyes turned into strange emerald green, and strange patterns appeared around her eyes. Zhou Yi was sure that this was not a man-made thing, but a naturally grown pattern.
And this is not the most terrifying thing. What surprised Zhou Yi the most was that Xia Ruisi's ears turned into sharp ears like elfs, and her half-sister was actually elf. God, you are definitely teasing me. At this moment, Zhou Yi could only comfort himself like this. But he knew very well that something big had happened.
"We need to believe that mutants, a species lurking among us humans, are a potential threat to all humans in the world. Their superpowers are not only destroying natural balance, but also potentially huge risks for our public security and social stability. We call on every American citizen to always be vigilant about mutants around them."
On TV, the spokesperson of the mutant threat theory from the military said passionately in the face of countless reporters. Zhou Yi, who originally had nothing to do with such remarks, now only feels that the spokesperson of the military is extremely disgusting.
How could a mutant or something be a threat? Zhou Yi comforted his sister who was trembling in his arms. He looked at his obviously panic-willed mother with a very firm look and said, "The current situation is that even if Xia Ruisi is a mutant, she is still our most important family. Just for her, I think we should also move to New York."
Zhou Yi's mother Zhou Lan is a Chinese-American who looks very young and beautiful. When she was young, she fell in love with a Chinese officer and then had Zhou Yi. Unfortunately, just like everyone who set up a FLAG, Zhou Yi's biological father said before a mission, "After completing this mission, he will go back to his hometown to get married" and never came back. So Zhou Yi and Zhou Lan combined into a single-parent family.
This state lasted for eight years. When Zhou Yi was eight years old, Zhou Lan fell in love with Anthony Ferguson, a banker from Los Angeles. Then the two got married quickly. In less than a year, they had the current Xia Ruisi Ferguson.
Unfortunately, Anthony Ferguson encountered misfortune in an airplane accident. This made Zhou Yi, who was once very uncomfortable with the surname Ferguson, change his original name back to his original name. Similarly, Zhou Yi, Zhou Lan, and Xia Ruisi, who was not yet one year old, form a single-parent family again.
However, compared with other single-parent families, because Zhou Lan himself is engaged in a fashionable and high-paying career, coupled with the generous inheritance left by Mr. Ferguson and the huge compensation from the insurance company, Zhou Yi and his family live a relatively wealthy life.
Especially after Zhou Yi received huge feedback on stock investment advice, Zhou Yi and his family basically no longer worried about money.
Since there is no problem with money, Zhou Lan doesn't care much about moving. She just looked at her son with some confusion and asked while comforting her unfortunate little daughter.
"I know that for Xia Ruisi's safety, moving is necessary, but why we have to go to New York, there are many options we can choose from."
"I know what you mean." Zhou Yi sighed. "If you go to the West, it might be safer, but we can't let Xia Ruisi stay in that kind of countryside for the rest of our lives. Relatively speaking, I hope Xia Ruisi can be accepted by normal people, so I hope to take her to Professor Charles' Xavier Genius Youth School, so that she can learn how to get along with normal people there."
Xavier Genius Youth School, the name Zhou Yi just told his mother. In his explanation, this school is specially set up for teenagers of various mutants, with the core of cultivating mutants who can integrate into society. For the current family, it is undoubtedly a clear direction of choice.
"Okay, as long as you think so, I agree to do this for you and Xia Ruisi." Zhou Lan spread her hands, picked up Xia Ruisi, and said with some pain. "Oh! My poor little baby, you must be scared, don't worry. Mom and brother will protect you, come! Let's go and have a nap, everything will be fine after getting up."
After saying that, Zhou Lan took Xia Ruisi into her bedroom. She believed that her son could handle the matter well. In fact, since she had Xia Ruisi, Zhou Yi has always played the role of brother and father. Although she was only eight years older than Xia Ruisi, in Zhou Lan's eyes, her son was not inferior to those successful adults at all, and even better.
To be honest, Zhou Yi, who is only sixteen years old, is not Zhou Lan, who is already a mother of two children. Zhou Yi has mature thoughts and meticulous thinking since childhood, which makes him play a more important role in this family. It not only helps Zhou Lan organize this single-parent family in an orderly manner, but also blocks many ups and downs for this family as the only man in the family.
Zhou Lan knew this very well, so she only had infinite pride and trust for her son.
Seeing Zhou Lan and Xia Ruisi close the door, Zhou Yi turned off the chattering images on the TV impatiently. With a grip in his hand, the TV's remote control turned into countless pieces of fragments and fell on the carpet. Zhou Yi didn't care about this, but just stared at the dark TV screen and muttered to himself slightly.
"Mutants, X-Men, and Brotherhood, it seems we have to contact you."
At this moment, there seemed to be a flame burning in his eyes. In this life, some things that were lost and regained were never allowed to be destroyed.
With the money arrangement, Zhou Yi quickly took off some of the industries he had, and then bought two pretty good apartments in the Upper East Side of New York through an familiar broker. Although these two high-end apartments near Central Park are amazingly expensive, Zhou Yi, who has lost a lot of IT stocks, is still within the scope of affordability.
Zhou Yi did not take it very important to the stocks in his hands, especially technology stocks. In addition to some of Stark's shares and some of the stocks in Osborne, he almost sold the technology stocks in his hands. Of course, this is also a good way to avoid risks.
After arranging the assets, Zhou Yi began to arrange the itinerary again. Although he wanted to take Xia Ruisi to Xavier Genius Youth School as soon as possible, Zhou Yi also knew that a mutant who showed his appearance would easily become the target of some people.
In my memory, there are many mutants who are imprisoned by the military and act as experimental subjects. Zhou Yi does not believe that all of them were brought out from prison.
Therefore, air travel becomes impossible. Without a private plane, strict security checks will completely expose Xia Ruisi's identity.
After thinking about it, Zhou Yi decided to buy a RV to solve this problem. Although it was a bit slow, it was safe and secret enough, and these two points were enough.
Once the most difficult problem is solved, the rest will not be any problem.
Xia Ruisi's current situation is not suitable for saying goodbye to her friends. Of course, Zhou Yi doesn't like her friends either. Zhou Lan is engaged in fashion and is a profession of making soy sauce. In addition, there are no friends who are so good, so naturally there is nothing that can't be left behind.
As for Zhou Yi, I can only say that with memories of his previous life, he is completely out of touch with his age. The circle of friends he has created now is not a pity for him even if he throws it away. Anyway, he has not invested in anything valuable.
Then, the only thing left is to set off. As soon as the sun comes out tomorrow, people here may be surprised to find that their neighbors who have been around for many years have disappeared.
Chapter completed!