Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH112

Chapter 112

Tang Rong had always remembered that his birthday was at the end of summer. His family had told him that later on, because back on Garbage Star, he had never celebrated a birthday before.

But a little cub only a bit over four years old was never very sensitive to dates in the first place. And after returning to Garbage Star during this period, his heart had been so full of other things that he had even less room to pay attention to when his birthday was.

Besides, in his subconscious, a birthday was something the people around the birthday child celebrated for them. Someone else would remember it for the birthday child, and the birthday child only needed to wait for the surprise.

And so, the surprise appeared outside the door of his room.

Warm, gentle light swayed softly in the little cub’s beautiful pale green eyes, and along with that light came many tender smiling faces.

A fluffy little thing rubbed itself against his leg, its tail curling around him too.

“Miu wu miu wu meow meow, miu wu miu wu meow meow.”

It was the melody of a snow-leopard version of “Happy Birthday,” sung in meows and little chirps.

Because Xiao Rong liked snow leopards, on his birthday, Shen Muhan wanted to stay in snow leopard form and spend the entire day with him.

His mother placed a cute little birthday hat on his head.

The air was filled with a sweet scent, and Tang Rong’s heart felt as if honey had been mixed into it too. He himself seemed to turn into a little sweet cub.

“Little treasure, make a wish,” came his mother’s gentle voice.

Tang Rong immediately shut his eyes obediently and made a wish before the cake with all sincerity.

“I hope I can always be happy.”

Happiness meant his family staying by his side, safe and healthy forever. Happiness meant always getting along well with his friends and never fighting. Happiness meant always having enough to eat and warm clothes to wear…

His wish was a little greedy, but at the time, he did not know that.

And the only one who could eavesdrop—the system—did not remind him either.

Because it would come true.

God favored lovable children.

The spaceship had not actually taken off. It was still parked at the starport on Garbage Star, and the familiar scenery could still be seen outside the window. They had planned it long ago—they were going to celebrate his birthday on Garbage Star.

This was the first birthday Tang Rong had ever spent.

He had family, friends, the hometown of his past, and a brand-new journey ahead.

…

Because they had not yet left Garbage Star, Tang Rong specially cut a slice of cake and brought it over to Uncle Li’s family.

Seeing that Sister Xiao An liked it very much, Tang Rong also pulled out the candies he had specially stuffed in his pocket and gave them all to her. That way, when she drank those bitter medicines, she could eat a piece of candy and everything would taste sweet again.

After doing all that, just as they were about to get into the hover car and truly leave, Tang Rong suddenly saw a light brown figure approaching him.

The little snow leopard clinging to his leg instantly became alert.

It was a light brown dog, roughly full-grown judging by its size. Its tail wagged quickly, though even as it came closer, it did not press in too tightly.

Tang Rong was very popular with small animals, and dogs were usually warm and friendly by nature, so he did not think much of it.

But in the very next second, he suddenly heard the system cry out inside his head:

[Host! This is the very same puppy I told you to pet when I first bound to you!]

Tang Rong froze for a moment, and then tried hard to recall the scene from back then.

So it was that little dog?

That had been the first animal to give him 1 point, so to him, it was quite special.

But in his memory, it had still been a tiny puppy then, even smaller than the little snow leopard, with an especially soft whimpering cry, skinny and weak.

Who would have thought it had grown this big all at once?

The system explained with a smile:

[Dogs are basically fully grown at around one year old. They grow much faster, and this is already the biggest size it can reach.]

Grown up…

Before Tang Rong could react, a woman’s voice suddenly rang out.

“Dou Dou, come back. Where did this dog run off to again?”

Hearing the voice, the dog turned to look in that direction, then looked back at Tang Rong. Its round black eyes were especially bright. It wagged its tail at Tang Rong for a little while, then turned and ran off toward where the voice had come from.

It, too, was now a dog with a home.

Tang Rong felt especially happy.

After returning to the spaceship, finishing the rest of the cake, and opening all his gifts, the little snow leopard took the initiative to turn into a big snow leopard, then curled its tail around the little cub and brought him onto its body to play.

Tang Rong climbed all over the big snow leopard, but his mind still had not forgotten the dog he had just seen.

The little dog had grown up, and the little cub had grown up too.

Both had warm homes now.

Starting from today, he was no longer a little four-year-old cub, but a big five-year-old cub.

And in just two more years, he would be able to start elementary school!

…

Tang Rong had always looked forward to growing up, because in his subconscious, growing up meant becoming stronger, and then he would be able to protect his family.

Unlike Tang Rong, Shen Muhan did not want to grow up so quickly, because his parents had long since told him that he could only stay at Xiao Rong’s home until kindergarten graduation.

Once kindergarten was over and they reached elementary school age, he would be taken back home.

Even though during the day he would still be able to attend school with Xiao Rong and meet him in person, at night he would no longer be able to sleep together with Xiao Rong.

Every day, the little snow leopard gnawed on its tail and counted the days on the calendar.

First came Tang Rong’s sixth birthday the following year. They were about to move up from middle class to senior class and spend their final year of kindergarten.

Then before his seventh birthday in the third year, kindergarten welcomed its graduation ceremony.

All the children wore their matching kindergarten uniforms and little hats, sat in rows inside the classroom, and took a graduation photo together.

In that graduation photo, Shen Muhan secretly reached out and held Tang Rong’s little hand.

Later, Tang Rong had the graduation photo printed out, framed it, and placed it by his bedside.

The graduation ceremony had also invited the children’s parents to come and attend the farewell party together.

Tang Rong’s whole family came.

Knowing that there were two little girls in his younger brother’s class who were his fans, Tang Hu had spent a long time adjusting his virtual image, determined to appear in his most perfect form.

Two years had passed, and eighteen-year-old Tang Hu was already preparing for his concert. He had more and more fans, and he had created more and more songs too.

Every time he created a new song, he would record it into the little fox plush he had originally given his younger brother.

Seeing their idol so suddenly, Luo Xing and Luo Yue were overjoyed. They asked him for autographs, took photos with him, and even received two VIP tickets to his concert.

Tang Hu was a little overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the two girls. After logging out of the virtual pod, he let out a huge sigh of relief and nearly cried as he hugged his little brother.

“I can never tell which one is the older sister and which one is the younger.”

Because of the identical kindergarten uniforms, Luo Xing and Luo Yue looked almost exactly the same today.

But Tang Rong, who had spent three years with them, could tell them apart easily, so he immediately explained to his brother:

“When they got the autographs, the one on the left was the older sister and the one on the right was the younger sister. When they took photos, the one on the left was the younger sister and the one on the right was the older sister. When they got the concert tickets, the one on the left was the older sister and the one on the right was the younger sister…”

“Stop stop stop stop.” Tang Hu was getting totally dizzy and quickly covered his younger brother’s mouth.

Tang Rong could not help laughing. He wriggled out of his brother’s arms and went off to play with Xiao Han-brother.

Shen Muhan had been feeling a little down lately.

Tang Rong thought it was because he felt sad about graduating from kindergarten, so he comforted him for a long while.

He himself was also sad that after this they would no longer be able to go to school together every day. But they had each other’s contact info on their wrist-computers, so they could still keep in touch and meet often. They would all have brand-new elementary school lives, make more new friends, and experience many more interesting things.

But Shen Muhan’s gloom was not because of kindergarten graduation. It was because in not too long, he would be taken back by the imperial family.

Afraid that too much emotion would show on his face in human form, Shen Muhan turned back into the little snow leopard and acted spoiled in Tang Rong’s arms for a good long while.

In the end, biting on his tail, he rested his head on Tang Rong’s arm and let him comb through his fur while he thought deeply about leopard life.

He was the Empire’s crown prince, the future heir to the throne. He was already seven years old. He was a big snow leopard now. He had to be strong.

And while he brainwashed himself like this day after day, the hover car sent to pick up Shen Muhan arrived at the Tang family villa completely without warning.

Tang Rong had already known for a long time that Shen Muhan would be leaving.

He was very reluctant to part with Xiao Han-brother too, but he knew Xiao Han-brother also had his own family, and his family needed his company as well. He could not live forever at Tang Rong’s house. Besides, once elementary school started, they would be able to meet again at the physical school anyway.

On the day Shen Muhan left, because of his family’s request, he had to take all of his belongings with him.

Shen Muhan sorted everything very carefully and filled several boxes.

There was the little baby bottle Xiao Rong had used to feed the little snow leopard milk.

There was the special little comb Xiao Rong often used to brush the little snow leopard’s fur.

There was the catnip Xiao Rong had given him. It had spread and grown all over the yard, so he had used a little shovel to transplant some of it back.

There were the many little outfits for the little snow leopard that had been collected over all these years.

There was his special snow leopard bowl, his special nest, his special yarn balls…

…

After everything had been packed up, the house suddenly felt much emptier.

And both little cubs felt emptier inside too.

Before getting into the hover car, Tang Rong hugged Shen Muhan tightly, rested his chin on his shoulder, and said in a muffled voice,

“Xiao Han-brother, see you when school starts.”

Shen Muhan felt so miserable he could hardly bear it. He hugged him back just as tightly and gave a soft mm, afraid that if he said even one word more, he would start crying.

At last, the hover car door closed, the vehicle started, and it drove away from the Tang family villa.

Shen Muhan immediately turned back into the little snow leopard, threw himself into his mother’s arms, bit on his tail, and big tears began falling pattering down.

On the other side, Tang Rong, when left alone to face the suddenly much emptier house, finally could not hold it in any longer either and burst out crying with a loud wail.

Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally