Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH24

Chapter 24

System: [?!]

Even the system was too shocked to speak.

It was a newly appointed system, and Tang Rong was its very first host, so it did not have much experience.

As for how points were judged when petting fluffy creatures, the main system had never given it any clear rules. It had only said that the rarer and more unusual the fluffy creature being petted was, the more points one would gain. It had never explained in detail how different petting methods or different body parts were scored.

Who would have thought that poking the little snow leopard’s tiny bells once would directly earn 10 points…!

A four-year-old cub already had a sense of gender, and so did a four-year-old little leopard.

Other than itself and its parents, no one had ever touched that area before.

The little snow leopard was mortified and furious. Both little ears flattened back, its body temperature shot up, more than half the fur on its body puffed up, and all the fur on its tail stood on end.

But when it met the little cub’s innocent, clear eyes, the fur slowly softened again bit by bit.

Little Rong had not done it on purpose…

He had only treated it like an ordinary little animal…

The butler, who was the closest and had witnessed the whole thing, reacted first. He gave a light cough to ease the awkwardness and decided to take this opportunity to teach the little cub a little about privacy. “Rongrong, you can’t casually touch places like that, alright?”

Tang Rong blinked, looked at the half-puffed-up little snow leopard that had bounced onto the sofa to keep some distance from him, then looked at the butler. He still had not quite processed what had happened.

Back on the garbage planet, the uncles and aunties at the market used to tell the sex of little animals this way. Tang Rong had seen it so many times that he had learned too. It was just that because he was allergic to fluffy creatures, he had never had the chance to try it on a little animal himself.

Just now, it was because he had suddenly realized he still did not know the little snow leopard’s sex, so he followed the method from memory and checked.

There had been two fluffy little round balls there—proof that it was a boy.

The butler continued educating him. “That’s a private area. It’s the most important place on the body and can’t be touched casually by other people. That’s true for both the little snow leopard and Rongrong. See? The little snow leopard is a bit unhappy now.”

Sex education was also an important part of raising a young child.

Although Tang Rong was being well protected now and was not in contact with any filth for the time being, once he grew older, he would definitely step out of the greenhouse his family had built around him. He would meet all kinds of different people and see the full face of the world.

Sometimes, a completely “sterile” environment was not actually a good thing.

After hearing the butler’s words, Tang Rong’s gaze fell once more on the little snow leopard, whose fur was still half puffed up, and he obediently apologized, “I’m sorry, baby.”

The little snow leopard’s expression softened, and its fur smoothed down a little more.

Seeing this, Tang Rong cautiously reached out, wanting to pull it back into his arms.

The little snow leopard did not dodge, nor did it struggle.

“I’m sorry. I won’t touch there again in the future.” Tang Rong continued apologizing while smoothing its fur.

Very soon, all the puffed-up fur on the little snow leopard had been stroked flat again. Only its long tail remained drooped and curled around, protectively shielding its important bits.

At the side, the butler let out a sigh of relief.

He wondered what the two people watching this scene through the surveillance feed were feeling right now…

Han Zhi was laughing so hard in her husband Shen Chuanqiong’s arms that she was shaking like a flower in the wind.

Shen Chuanqiong had also lost his usual steady and restrained demeanor. His face wore exactly the same smile as his wife’s.

“Oh dear, how can little Rong be this cute…”

“To be honest, little bells really are very nice to touch. Springy and bouncy.”

“It puffed up just from that? So shy. It won’t scare little Rong, will it?”

After all, they had a son. In animal form, being innocently touched there by another boy he was close with was not really a big deal.

Some little childhood sweethearts even bathed and peed together when they were small.

If not for the accident four years ago, perhaps the two little ones really might have grown up with that kind of relationship.

…

Quite a lot had happened tonight, and it was getting late. Seeing that Tang Rong had already smoothed the little snow leopard’s fur back down, the butler naturally suggested that they go upstairs to wash up and rest.

For a little cub, the little snow leopard was not exactly light. Seeing Tang Rong still lovingly carrying it and even wanting to bring it upstairs in his arms, the butler worried that his arms would ache by morning, so he said, “The little snow leopard can climb the stairs by itself. Does Rongrong want to try putting it down and letting it go upstairs together with you?”

Tang Rong had never seen a little snow leopard climb stairs before. Hearing the butler say that, he obediently set the fluffy bundle in his arms down and looked at it expectantly.

A few seconds later, the little snow leopard used all four paws and lightly climbed several steps. Its tail, which had been hanging down, also lifted slightly because of the climbing motion.

Tang Rong quickly followed after it, going upstairs together with it, and for the first time ever felt that climbing stairs was so fun he wished he could do it a few more times.

The bedroom was on the second floor, with a bathroom built inside. Once they finished washing up, they could climb straight into bed.

Ever since tidying himself up aboard the spaceship, Tang Rong had been taking a bath every day, soaking in warm water, lathering himself up with fragrant bubbles, and becoming a clean little cub every single day.

Back on the garbage planet, he had not had the conditions for that and could only be a grubby little bundle. Now that he had gotten used to being all clean and smelling nice, he had indeed become a little “clean freak.”

After entering the bedroom, Tang Rong took the initiative and went over to the wardrobe, rummaging out a fresh set of pajamas, while the butler went first into the bathroom to start drawing bathwater for him.

Not long after, the butler saw that a little cub holding pajamas and a little snow leopard had both appeared at his side.

The butler froze for a moment and opened his mouth, intending to say that the little snow leopard could wait in the bedroom. But then, on second thought, the two little cubs were at exactly that clingy stage, and separating them would not be good, so he closed his mouth again.

In any case, the little snow leopard being here would not really get in the way of anything.

After placing the pajamas on a rack nearby, Tang Rong started taking off his clothes.

Afraid that the steam on the floor would dampen the little snow leopard’s paws and fur, the butler lifted it onto a stool beside the bathtub, then picked up the little cub, now naked, and placed him into the tub filled with warm water.

Because it was facing directly toward the bathtub, all the little snow leopard could see was the little cub’s thin back.

He was really so skinny.

In the daytime, in the virtual classroom, he had been wearing a hoodie and an outer jacket, so it had not seemed quite so obvious then.

At dinner, it had already heard Daddy and Mommy tell it some of the things that had happened to little Rong. It knew he had been lost for four years, lived on the garbage planet for four years, suffered a great deal out there, and had only recently been found again.

As it was thinking that, its little tail curled around to the front of its body, and the little snow leopard instinctively caught the tail tip in its mouth.

It was going to treat little Rong even better!

From now on, it would share half of all its little chicken drumsticks with little Rong.

To keep his slightly long hair from getting wet, the butler went behind him and tied it up with a little elastic, making an adorable tiny sprout.

Then he took over the eye drops again, put two more drops into Tang Rong’s still slightly swollen eyes, and placed a warm steam eye mask over them.

A hot compress could reduce swelling. Hopefully after one night of sleep, his eyes would return completely to normal by morning.

Seeing that the little cub’s vision was now entirely covered by the steam eye mask, the little snow leopard—who had originally been curled up obediently on the stool with its tail in its mouth—suddenly let go and stood up.

The butler had been watching its movements the whole time, wary that it might make trouble and accidentally jump into the bathtub.

Although after this brief contact, the little crown prince gave him the impression of being rather steady, he was still only a four-year-old child. One could not let down one’s guard.

Just like how Tang Rong, such a well-behaved little cub, had suddenly done the rude thing of poking the little snow leopard’s bells.

A young child’s way of thinking could not be judged from an adult’s angle.

The moment the little snow leopard stood up, the butler was already prepared to catch it or stop it at any second.

Tang Rong, wearing the steam eye mask, could not see, but the system still had its limited-range god’s-eye view. Like the butler, all its attention was focused on the little snow leopard.

But unlike the butler, it still did not know the little snow leopard’s true background. It only had a few guesses about its identity and still needed to verify them further.

Compared with the butler, it was more inclined to interpret the little snow leopard from the perspective of an actual small animal.

Under their tense observation, the next second, the little snow leopard suddenly stretched out its neck and looked straight into the bathtub in an obviously sneaky pose.

After seeing what it wanted to see, it drew itself back in satisfaction, curled back up on the stool, and felt much more at ease. The tip of its tail happily patted the air twice.

—Hmph. Saw it back.

Butler: “……”

System: […]

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