Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH35

Chapter 35

That pained yelp immediately drew everyone’s attention in the room.

The guilty leopard froze as well, blinking blankly once before loosening its mouth in guilty panic, its long tail curling tightly around its body as it sat there meek and cowardly.

It hadn’t meant to bite the little fox hard…

It had only wanted to hold the tail in its mouth for a moment…

Tang Rong hurriedly checked the little nine-tailed fox’s tail—the one that had been bitten.

Fortunately, there was no wound at all, and none of the fur had come off.

It probably just hurt a little. It would be fine after a while.

Tang Rong lowered his head and blew on it gently, then stroked the fur a few times.

The little nine-tailed fox nestled in his arms, pitiful and aggrieved, looking toward the culprit leopard with both accusation and confusion in its eyes.

Four years ago, when it had only just been born and still couldn’t tell its own tail from someone else’s, the snow leopard had bitten it, and fine—it wasn’t about to hold a grudge against a newborn cub.

But why was it still biting its tail four years later? Was it jealous that it had so many tails?

Along with the little nine-tailed fox’s gaze, Tang Rong’s eyes also turned toward the leopard.

“Baby.”

Tang Rong had only just gotten out those two words when the little snow leopard abruptly raised its long tail and offered it right in front of the little nine-tailed fox’s mouth.

The meaning was obvious—bite me back.

Even if it hadn’t done it on purpose, it had still accidentally used too much force and hurt the other party. If you did something wrong, you had to apologize.

And the apology method it could think of was to let the other side bite back. That would make things even.

The little nine-tailed fox: “…”

The little nine-tailed fox immediately lifted a paw and pushed the snow leopard’s tail a little farther away.

It didn’t bully little kids.

It had finally gotten to cuddle with little brother, and it was in an especially good mood right now, so it wasn’t going to argue with the leopard.

Besides, it had only hurt a little when it was first bitten. It already felt much better now, and in a little while it wouldn’t feel like anything at all.

When it was little, it used to roughhouse and play-fight with Eldest Brother in spirit form all the time, and sometimes they would accidentally bite or scratch each other too. That damned straight-man big brother never knew how to go easy on younger kids.

Rejected, the little snow leopard lowered its head gloomily, looking a little lost.

Who would have guessed that a few seconds later, Tang Rong’s voice would suddenly sound again: “Baby, did you want to play with Big Brother Xiao Hu?”

The moment those words fell, the little nine-tailed fox was steadily lowered and set down right in front of the little snow leopard.

The little nine-tailed fox: “…”

The little snow leopard: “…”

The two fluffy creatures faced each other, big eyes staring into slightly smaller ones.

Tang Rong’s thinking was very simple—normally, the little snow leopard loved holding its own tail and playing with it, so now that it had suddenly seen a little fox with so many tails, of course it must be curious. Biting its tail couldn’t have been because it wanted to bully it. Later, it had even actively offered its own tail to the little fox, which clearly meant it wanted to play together.

He had already cuddled the little fox for quite a while. It was time to put it down and let the two of them play for a bit.

Compared to humans, fluffy creatures probably liked cuddling with other fluffy creatures more.

However, the little nine-tailed fox and the little snow leopard quite obviously did not want to cuddle.

But neither wanted to disappoint Xiao Rong either, so for the moment they could only continue their staring contest, deadlocked, waiting for the other to move first.

After setting down the little nine-tailed fox, Tang Rong’s gaze fell onto the gift box nearby.

The gift box was still tied up with ribbon. Undoing the bow was enough to open it easily—no scissors needed—which was much more convenient and much safer for a little child.

Tang Rong eagerly opened the gift he had been looking forward to all day.

Inside the gift box was another fully transparent cover, and beneath it was a snow-white nine-tailed fox. Perched on top of the fox’s head was a round little white bird.

Even though he knew it had to be a doll and not the real little nine-tailed fox, Tang Rong still looked in disbelief from the little nine-tailed fox currently staring at the little snow leopard… back to the little nine-tailed fox inside the gift box.

—They looked exactly alike!

If they were put side by side and both kept still, he honestly felt he might not even be able to tell which one was the real Big Brother Xiao Hu.

The butler saw the shock on Tang Rong’s face and explained with a smile, “Second Sister made it. She’s very skillful with her hands.”

The moment those words fell, the little bird perched on Tang Rong’s head proudly let out a soft “chirp,” its tail feathers perking up as well.

Tang Rong’s eyes grew even brighter.

Second Sister was amazing!!

The butler continued guiding him, “Take it apart and have a look. This isn’t an ordinary doll. It has a hidden function too.”

Hearing that, Tang Rong carefully removed the transparent shell covering the little fox doll.

Tucked into the little fox’s arms was a card—it was an instruction sheet personally drawn by Tang Qiu.

The drawing style was a little simple, but it had been made with a little child in mind. There was almost no text on it, only colorful cartoon illustrations that were easy to understand.

Following the card instructions, Tang Rong gently pinched the little white bird on the fox doll’s head, turning the power on. Then he pressed the little fox’s left front paw.

A familiar melody suddenly filled the living room.

It was the prelude to the cartoon’s theme song.

Tang Rong pressed the little fox’s right hind paw again and turned the volume a little louder.

Before long, he had already mastered all of the little fox doll’s functions.

And once the prelude ended, Third Brother’s familiar singing voice rose as well.

Third Brother had sung to him before over video call, so Tang Rong remembered his current voice very clearly. It was exactly the same as the singing coming from the little fox doll.

The system said with emotion: [So it turns out Second Sister made the fox doll, and Third Brother recorded the songs into it. They made this gift together. That’s such a thoughtful gift. It’s wonderful.]

Tang Rong loved it so much he couldn’t bear to put it down.

Who knew how many songs were inside…

He was already dying to listen through every single one.

At the side, the little snow leopard—who had originally been in a big-eyes-versus-small-eyes standoff with the little nine-tailed fox—finally moved.

It stared in disbelief at the extra little nine-tailed fox now in Tang Rong’s arms.

One fox fighting it over Xiao Rong was bad enough.

Now there was another one too?!

The little snow leopard collapsed internally.

But it knew that this was a gift Xiao Rong’s family had given him. It was important to Xiao Rong.

And besides, it had already done something wrong earlier by accidentally biting the little nine-tailed fox’s tail too hard. It couldn’t make a scene again now.

With its heart gone cold from losing Xiao Rong’s favor, the little snow leopard picked up its own tail in its mouth, turned around, hopped off the sofa, found a corner, and went off to mold in lonely self-isolation.

The little nine-tailed fox tilted its head in confusion, not understanding what had suddenly happened. Seeing that Tang Rong was busy fiddling with the little fox doll and hadn’t noticed the movement on that side, it thought for a moment, then jumped down from the sofa and followed after the leopard.

It saw the little snow leopard head straight for an empty corner of the wall, face the wall, curl itself into a fluffy bundle there, and stop moving altogether.

The little nine-tailed fox lifted a paw and gave it a light pat.

The little snow leopard didn’t move.

The little nine-tailed fox patted it again.

The little snow leopard still didn’t move.

The little nine-tailed fox quickly swished its nine tails behind it.

Tch. Kids were really hard to handle.

This sixteen-year-old big fox had absolutely no idea how to get along with a four-year-old little leopard, nor could it make sense of all the childish little twists and turns in its heart.

If it itself had acted like this when it was little… Eldest Brother would have just bitten it by the scruff and tossed it back into its nest.

At that thought, inspiration suddenly struck the little nine-tailed fox. It directly bit the little snow leopard by the scruff, hauled away the dazed and bewildered little leopard, brought it straight back to Tang Rong, and dropped it into his arms.

Your leopard. You deal with it.

Tang Rong once again misunderstood the little nine-tailed fox’s action as proof that the two of them got along really well, and he naturally accepted the little snow leopard back into his arms, beginning to show it his new toy.

Once he was back in Tang Rong’s arms, the little snow leopard’s mood immediately improved. It let out a few coquettish little “miaowu miaowu” complaints, accusing Tang Rong of neglecting it and ignoring it for all this time, while its tail quietly wrapped around his wrist.

Meanwhile, the little nine-tailed fox sat happily nearby, admiring the little fox doll that held its recorded songs while Tang Rong fiddled with it.

A sixteen-year-old big fox might feel jealous that it had not been the very first fluffy thing little brother cuddled, but it did not possess the same fierce level of possessiveness that a four-year-old little leopard did. Little brother had already cuddled it today and touched its fur. It was already very happy and very satisfied.

A little while later, the butler lowered his head and glanced at the time, then reminded them at just the right moment, “You have to go out tomorrow, so you need to sleep early tonight.”

Tomorrow happened to be Saturday, and kindergarten was closed on weekends. Sir had already arranged the meeting with the Yun family, and first thing tomorrow morning he would be taking Xiao Rong to meet them.

The little nine-tailed fox and the little bird immediately understood. They didn’t stay to bother him any longer and left together.

After they left, Tang Rong obediently carried the little fox doll upstairs, with the little snow leopard following closely by his legs.

After washing up, Tang Rong climbed into bed holding the little fox doll, with the little snow leopard beside him under the covers too.

The little fox doll was still softly playing songs.

Tang Rong turned the volume down a little, planning to fall asleep just like that while listening to the music.

With the songs accompanying him, Tang Rong fell asleep quickly, but the little snow leopard remained wide awake and full of energy.

Once it heard the breathing beside it gradually grow even and steady, the little snow leopard suddenly opened its eyes.

Then it lightly kicked with its hind legs, sending the little fox doll out of Tang Rong’s arms and onto the pillow. It completely took over that warm spot, and only then did it finally feel satisfied enough to wrap Tang Rong’s wrist with its little tail and close its eyes.

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