Deviant: No Longer Human

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Eveline rendered momentarily silent, pondering her own inaction.

Why hadn\'t she caught him?

Hey, if she could, she certainly would have.

"If I had gone to catch him, what if someone had sneaked up behind you to attack? It could be all a set-up..." She retorted, her eyes reflecting a stoic resolve.

Did her good intentions always have to be questioned?

Wasn\'t it enough that she stayed by his side, albeit forcefully, ensuring his safety?

Wang Xiao, realizing the logic in her words, nodded.

He was still in the dark about who Morpheus was or why he was targeting him, but one thing was clear: this woman, Eveline, proved herself useful at times.

His thoughts were abruptly interrupted as he felt a twitch in his legs, a reminder that it was daytime and he was still sitting naked on the bed.

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Confusion painted Eveline\'s face as she tried to decipher his gaze, only to be suddenly pulled off-balance.

In a surprising turn of events, she felt someone grasp her shoulders and toss her onto the bed.

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7:00 PM, January 1st!

"Hehe..."

Anran gazed at the piece of art she had created, mesmerized by its complexity.

She continued to stare, captivated, while Rebecca busied herself with rearranging the room, attempting to tune out the surrounding commotion.

\'Ugh... When can I leave?\' Rebecca silently lamented, her frustration growing as she questioned whether she would ever manage to escape.

Click!

Just then, the door swung open, revealing Wang Xiao stepping into the room.

Rebecca quickly seized this chance, slipping out the door and releasing a deep, relieved sigh into the chilly evening air.

Rebecca, once a dedicated doctor, had seemingly been transformed into a full-time nanny— and for very compelling reasons...

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Wang Xiao discovered Anran propped up against the bed on her elbows, her gaze intently focused downward at their two daughters, each securely swaddled and nestled side by side.

"What is she looking at?" Driven by curiosity, Wang Xiao edged closer, only for Anran to swiftly turn around, seize his hand, and position him to see exactly what she was observing.

"Hehe... See this! Now, no confusion!"

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Wang Xiao momentarily ignored Anran\'s gleaming smile and turned his attention to what she had actually done.

He had harbored a vague sense of foreboding about it, but upon closer inspection, things weren\'t as dire as he had imagined.

Anran had cleverly wrapped one daughter in a white swaddle and the other in yellow, a simple strategy for easy identification.

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He didn\'t grasp the necessity of her actions until a sudden realization made his eyes widen, "Which one is... Who?"

Frustration creased Wang Xiao\'s forehead as he confronted the surprising reality that he couldn\'t distinguish his own daughters!

What kind of confusion was this?!

"Hehe..." Anran couldn\'t help but giggle with a gleam of satisfaction, enjoying in the rare moment where she felt genuinely useful.

"This one is Yue, and this one is Wanxi!" She announced, her finger gracefully pointing at each baby in turn.

"...oh." Wang Xiao observed the twins carefully: the one swaddled in white was Wang Xueyue, and the one in yellow was Wang Xixi.

Naturally, their longer names had already been affectionately shortened to Yue and Wanxi.

"Yue," meaning moon, reflected a subtle grace and calmness, while "Wanxi," joyfully resonating as \'joyous sunset,\' hinted at warmth and delight.

These names, derived from Anran\'s full name, Yuexei Anran, and Wang Xiao, were carefully chosen to symbolize aspects of their own.

Wang Xiao, much like a benevolent dictator in his household, had decided on these names without much external consultation, dismissively waving off other opinions as one might disregard unwelcome advice in his home country.

Though the names and their corresponding colors were now set, it wouldn\'t be long before a fierce rivalry took shape between Yue and Wanxi.

In just a few years, the tides of their battles would shift the colors: Wanxi would assertively claim the white, and Yue would embrace the yellow.

That inevitable sibling rivalry was anticipated by all who knew them.

"Here! Grab them!" Just as Wang Xiao extended his hands, going for a gentle touch, Anran, with an urgency, pushed the bundled infants into his arms.

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He could only glance up briefly before Anran pulled out a camera, a faint smile hovering over his face as an impromptu studio sprang to life right in the room.

Naturally, things didn\'t go smoothly.

The peaceful slumber of the babies was abruptly interrupted by the bursts of camera flashes, leading to a whole new set of acrobatics until they amassed a gallery full of pictures.

Surprisingly, Wang Xiao was quite cooperative, a stark contrast to what Anran had expected—his usual aversion to cameras seemed to fade away.

At one point, he even ended up holding the kids upside down, one in each hand, nearly giving Anran a mini-heart attack.

But according to him, his children should be strong enough to tolerate minor upheavals!

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That comment made Wang Xiao pause, realizing the words had slipped out on their own, and perhaps these adorable creatures should be allowed some time before he tested their resilience.

Ignoring his odd train of thought, the fact that he now considered them adorable marked a significant shift from his initial repulsive reaction back in the hospital.

Though he wasn\'t thrilled about their chubbiness, the internet had done enough to convince him that it was just normal baby fat!

The Amulet of Protection, in fact, was left alone with Anran to play with, as Wang Xiao felt she tended to die pretty quickly.

However, he regretted it almost immediately, as Anran spent the entire day hopping around him, and by the next day, she was boasting about having received something, rather than discussing its actual function with everyone.

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Josephine and Aisha were planning to visit the States in September and had already started planning to hop around and check out places in Europe, starting with the neighborhood volcanoes in Icevale.

Wang Xiao felt that Josephine was avoiding confrontation with him, but he himself was planning his own journey.

Before setting out, he checked the status with Ericka, the queen of Norhaven, and her annoyed daughter, only to find out that Ericka had, in fact, already left for Atlantia.

As for Freya, she had been loitering around aimlessly, apparently finding her lifelong purpose in defeating a hacker known as the Geko.

After ensuring that things were in order, Wang Xiao merely waited for Luna to come back before he could leave for his own trip to—