Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH28

Chapter 28

The system, after reading what its host was thinking, was practically about to laugh itself senseless.

While drawing just now, Shen Muhan had kept sneaking glances over in its host’s direction from time to time, all furtive and suspicious. Its host had been drawing too seriously to notice.

But the system had a god’s-eye view within a certain range. It had noticed—and it could also see his drawing paper.

After seeing what he had drawn, the system had gone silent for quite a while, unwilling to believe that the thing on the page was supposed to be its host.

How could its beautiful, adorable host be drawn into that kind of monster…

But whether it wanted to believe it or not, the fact was the fact.

The system chose to believe—he had not done it on purpose. He was simply truly bad at drawing. It could not blame him. He had already done his best.

If it were not because he liked its host, he would not have drawn him at all.

Just like how its host had drawn the little snow leopard because he liked little snow leopards.

The system let out a soft sigh and had just been about to say a few good words on his behalf when it heard him say again, “Little Rong is the first friend I’ve ever made. I really like little Rong, so I drew him.”

The disbelief on Tang Rong’s face instantly softened into mush, and he was moved beyond words.

Little Han-brother was also the first friend his own age that he had made after coming to the capital planet.

Little Han-brother had drawn him because he liked him.

He probably just genuinely did not know how to draw, so the picture turned out uglier than expected. It was not because he thought Tang Rong was ugly.

Back on the garbage planet, the child next door had also not been very good at drawing, and what that child produced had looked even worse than what Little Han-brother drew.

The system could not help exclaiming inwardly.

Sincerity really was the ultimate trump card.

It did not even need to say anything nice for him anymore.

After saying all that, Shen Muhan once again looked toward Tang Rong nervously.

His blue eyes were like the surface of a calm sea, yet the reflection inside them could stir up enormous waves with ease.

He knew his drawings were not very pretty, but he really had tried his best.

“Thank you, Little Han-brother.” Tang Rong gave him a sweet smile. “Can you give this drawing to me? I’ll trade you my little snow leopard drawing for it.”

After all, it was a drawing of him. Even though it was not very pretty, it still meant a lot.

He could not just take it for free. Little Han-brother also liked little snow leopards, so giving him the drawing of the little snow leopard would be the very best.

Shen Muhan froze for a second, then was drowned in a flood of joy. He nodded rapidly and said yes, then strode over to Tang Rong, even walking more smoothly than usual.

He had been worrying over how to ask little Rong for that little snow leopard drawing, only for little Rong to offer it up himself.

After the exchange, Shen Muhan cherished this “portrait” of himself like a treasure.

Tang Rong, meanwhile, pressed his lips together and held his own portrait in both hands. Although he still felt a bit dissatisfied with how he looked in the drawing, he was still very happy to receive it.

What the gift looked like was not important. The gift itself already carried meaning.

Seeing this, Tangyuan smiled and said, “If any of the other children want to exchange drawings, you can trade them with each other too.”

Exchanging and sharing was also a very good experience.

Luo Yue immediately exchanged drawings with Luo Xing, and the two of them made a promise to realize their dreams together.

Qi Fu instinctively glanced at Bai Tu, the only one left besides himself who had not exchanged drawings with anyone.

But Bai Tu quickly turned his head away with an angry Xiao Huff.

He absolutely did not want to exchange drawings with the kid who had drawn spicy rabbit heads!

Qi Fu scratched his head. Fortunately, he was not particularly interested in a picture of little white rabbits and carrots anyway, and did not feel a strong urge to trade.

If it had been a drawing of spicy rabbit heads and carrot shrimp patties, that would have been a different story.

Thinking of that, Qi Fu suddenly felt a little greedy again.

It had been so long since he had eaten spicy rabbit heads. Later he was definitely going to ask his dad on the optical brain to buy him some!

…

And just like that, the second morning of kindergarten passed smoothly amid laughter and cheerful chatter.

At noon, the children would first log out of the virtual space to eat lunch. After eating, they could either return to their learning pods and take their nap together inside the virtual space, or nap at home.

After the nap, the afternoon learning activities would continue.

Because the other children noticed that Shen Muhan and Tang Rong had added each other on their optical brains, the others quickly added each other too, and they even made a small group chat so they could stay in touch after class.

Before school ended that morning, Teacher Tangyuan uploaded all the children’s drawings into their respective optical brains.

After all, things created inside the virtual space could not be brought back into the real world. The only way was to use the optical brain as a medium and keep them as digital files.

Staring at that ugly picture of himself that had appeared in his gallery, Tang Rong silently created a new album and tucked it away in a corner, then moved the drawing into it.

For the new album’s name, he could not think of anything suitable at the moment, so he simply changed it temporarily to “Little Han-brother.”

After all, the drawing inside had been made by Little Han-brother, so naming the album after him made perfect sense.

Meanwhile, Shen Muhan secretly set the little snow leopard that Tang Rong had drawn as both his optical brain wallpaper and profile picture.

The answer, if anyone asked, was simply: he liked it very much.

When school let out in the morning, the butler first approved Shen Muhan’s logout request, took the little snow leopard out of the learning pod, and placed it onto the little nest. Only then did he approve Tang Rong’s logout request.

The surveillance footage inside the villa would also be altered. So even if Tang Rong suddenly got the urge to check what the little snow leopard had been doing on the cameras during that whole time, all he would see was a fluffy creature curled up on the nest and sleeping the entire time.

Tang Rong did not notice that butler Uncle had delayed approving his request slightly. The very first thing he did after opening his eyes in the learning pod was look for the little snow leopard.

The moment he saw the little snow leopard obediently curled up on the nest, Tang Rong could not wait another second. He quickly slipped into his slippers, hurried over, and scooped it into his arms.

“Baby, I missed you so much.” Tang Rong pressed his face against it as he spoke, the delight in his eyes completely undisguised.

Now that he had only just gotten his very own little snow leopard, anyone would have hated being apart from it for that long.

An entire morning—an entire morning without seeing his baby.

He had missed it to death.

After rubbing cheeks with it, Tang Rong quickly planted several kisses on its head.

The little snow leopard was kissed into a daze. Its little ears flattened shyly, and it stayed completely still, letting the little cub holding it knead and knead it however he liked.

Only after the little cub and the little snow leopard had cuddled for a while did the butler say, “Rongrong, it’s time to go eat lunch.”

Only then did Tang Rong snap back to himself. His stomach really had begun growling, so he immediately carried the little snow leopard into the dining room.

The carefully prepared lunch was already laid out on the main dining table and on the little snow leopard’s own small table.

Tang Rong washed his hands, then sat down at the dining table.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the fluffy little snow leopard beside him lowering its head obediently over its leopard bowl and eating. Suddenly, Tang Rong thought of something. He put down his spoon, opened his optical brain, and took several pictures of the little snow leopard while it was eating.

Sensing the movement, the little snow leopard turned its head and glanced at Tang Rong.

Tang Rong took the chance to snap several more photos.

The little snow leopard suspiciously licked its mouth once, and its little ears twitched quickly.

Tang Rong just happened to catch the exact moment its little pink tongue curled out.

After taking the pictures, Tang Rong lowered his head and started tapping at something on his optical brain with an especially serious expression.

Very quickly, he sent out a voice message: “Little Han-brother, hurry and look at baby eating. So cute.”

Little snow leopard: “……”

It did not take a genius to realize that he had just sent its own photos… back to itself.

The little snow leopard silently turned its head back again, feeling all kinds of complicated emotions inside.

At the moment, it also had no way of replying to little Rong’s messages. The optical brain could indeed be controlled through brainwaves, but it still required a certain carrier; it could not be operated entirely by thought alone.

Little Rong was too clingy. Basically, the moment he logged out of the learning pod, he would stay stuck to it the whole time. It was hard to find any chance at all to reply.

…

Perhaps because, while sending those pictures and voice messages, Tang Rong had noticed that Shen Muhan had changed his profile picture to the little snow leopard drawing, Tang Rong’s desire to share things only grew stronger.

In his eyes, Little Han-brother had changed his profile picture because he liked the baby Tang Rong had drawn, which meant he would definitely love receiving even more pictures of baby that Tang Rong shared.

So…

“Little Han-brother, baby is drinking water. I took a video for you. Isn’t the sound of it drinking water so cute?”

“Little Han-brother, baby brought me flowers again. It really is the best little snow leopard in the whole world.”

“Little Han-brother, I’m going to take a nap with baby now. Look at baby going upstairs—so fast!”

“Little Han-brother, I’m going to sleep now. Baby is sleeping with me too. It’s so warm, and it’s especially comfy to hug. If there’s ever a chance, I’ll let you hug it too.”

…

After shutting off the optical brain, Tang Rong suddenly picked up the little snow leopard lying by his side and held it up so they were eye to eye. Looking straight into those beautiful blue beast-eyes, he muttered to himself, “Why does Little Han-brother never reply to my messages?”

The tip of the little snow leopard’s tail curled up quickly. It felt guilty beyond belief.

A few seconds later, Tang Rong frowned slightly and continued muttering to himself, “…Does he think I’m too annoying?”

Alarm bells instantly went off in the little snow leopard’s heart.

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