Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH41

Chapter 41

After wandering through a few more shops, Tang Rong ended up with more and more things on his head—by the end, it was piled full of all kinds of little decorations Shen Muhan thought looked good.

There were tiny leaf clips, little duck clips, butterfly hairpins, fluffy little beast ears…

There had originally also been a particularly cute white bunny clip, but Shen Muhan suddenly thought of Bai Tu, instantly found it no longer cute, and directly pulled Tang Rong away.

Very soon, he found even more.

Tang Rong’s hair was on the longer side, so it suited this kind of thing very well.

After who knew how much more walking around, Tang Rong finally couldn’t hold back anymore. Tugging at Shen Muhan’s sleeve, he said in a very aggrieved little voice, “Big Brother Xiao Han, my head feels so heavy.”

Shen Muhan stopped walking. He was still toying with a little cake-shaped hair clip in his hand. Lifting his gaze, he saw that Tang Rong had practically been dressed up by him into a moving human accessories vending stand. Feeling a bit guilty, he put the hair clip back on the shelf and gave a muffled hum. “No more.”

Tang Rong quietly let out a little sigh of relief.

No one disliked beauty. Even people who didn’t care much for dressing up would still feel happy when praised for their appearance. Big Brother Xiao Han was only doing this because he thought Tang Rong looked good wearing these little accessories. Tang Rong didn’t mind it at all. He only felt it was a sweet but heavy kind of trouble.

After the two of them stamped their little booklet twice more, Tang Rong suddenly twisted awkwardly and spoke in a small voice, “Big Brother Xiao Han, I need to go to the bathroom.”

At lunch, when they ate seafood, he had drunk a huge cup of sweet coconut juice. So much time had passed since then that he really did need to pee.

Shen Muhan froze for a moment, then immediately looked around for the restroom sign.

The sign showed that the restroom was at the end of this path and to the right—not far away.

Just then, a retro little train that went woo-woo as it whistled happened to pass by. Shen Muhan immediately took Tang Rong’s little hand, got on the train with him, got off at the fork where they had to turn right, and went into the men’s restroom.

There were quite a few children inside, but luckily there was no line and there were still open spots.

Tang Rong only needed to pee, so using the urinal was enough.

Tang Rong was already four, fully capable of using the restroom by himself, so the butler simply helped hold some things and stood nearby like some of the other children’s parents, accompanying him.

Tang Rong happened to be at the very last spot. Standing on his right was a particularly noisy little child who, while peeing, kept curiously looking left and right and even whistling. Especially after he noticed Tang Rong—with his slightly long hair and all the little accessories he was wearing—his attention was completely drawn over.

Tang Rong ignored all that and focused on pulling his pants down a little, thinking that once he finished peeing, he could hurry up and keep playing with Big Brother Xiao Han.

The very next second, Shen Muhan stepped directly into the space between Tang Rong and the little child on the right.

At some point, his little jacket had been fully unzipped. He held one side of it in each hand and spread it out like a small fan, completely blocking the other child’s line of sight and protecting Tang Rong’s privacy.

Tang Rong turned his head blankly and looked at him. “Big Brother Xiao Han, do you need to pee too?”

Shen Muhan shook his head. “No. I’m waiting for you.”

Tang Rong gave a little oh and continued peeing.

It was the boys’ restroom, and everyone in it was male. He was a boy too, so naturally he didn’t mind either seeing or being seen.

Back on the junk planet, some little boys would even compete over who could pee farther. Tang Rong had never joined in, but he had watched curiously.

Since everyone was the same gender, it didn’t matter.

Acting as a human privacy shield, Shen Muhan himself also didn’t dare glance around. He fixed his gaze somewhere empty.

The reason his snow leopard form had stolen one glance during bath time before was only because Xiao Rong had touched the snow leopard’s little bell, and he had only looked back to even things out.

He had no intention of casually taking advantage of Xiao Rong.

The butler watched the whole thing, and the corner of his mouth curved upward a little.

The little crown prince was still very gentlemanly.

When they got back today, he wouldn’t secretly dock any little chicken drumsticks.

After finishing at the restroom, Tang Rong went to the sink outside, thoroughly washed his little hands with soap, dried them, and only then took Shen Muhan’s hand again.

The two of them continued stamping their little booklet.

Eventually, they stopped in front of an indoor playground.

There were many children inside, and it was extremely lively. The play equipment inside all looked especially fun too.

Tang Rong had never seen so many fun things before, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Shen Muhan had seen some similar things before in the virtual amusement park his parents had built for him, but he hadn’t really played there much.

The two of them immediately obediently took off their shoes as required.

All the accessories on Tang Rong’s head also had to be removed, otherwise they might easily fall off while playing, and some of the harder parts might even knock against him and hurt him.

So Shen Muhan could only remove, one by one, all the things he had finally managed to put on him.

After they were all taken off, Tang Rong felt as if his head had become much lighter. He even felt a little regretful that they hadn’t come to the indoor playground earlier.

If the price of looking better was a heavy head and a sore neck… then he’d rather just be a little uglier.

The system, reading what its host was thinking, was about to die laughing.

With Shen Muhan’s taste—where anything he thought looked good had to be stuck onto his host’s head in a random mess—Tang Rong honestly looked better without any extra decorating at all.

But then again, they were children. What was the need for taste? As long as they were happy, that was enough.

The butler didn’t go in with them. He stayed on the bench outside, helping watch over the two little children’s belongings.

The staff inside the indoor playground had already been notified in advance, and there were also bodyguards mixed in among them in staff uniforms. Every child entering had to wear a wristband that constantly monitored basic physical data, so there was absolutely no need to worry about safety.

The moment they went in, the two of them first played on the seesaw and the little rocking horse for a while, then jumped into the ball pit and began chasing each other around.

Without the restriction of the mascot suit, and after getting used to his human body over the past few days, Shen Muhan’s speed rose sharply.

Although Tang Rong was thin and small, he ran very quickly and was very agile. At first, no matter what Shen Muhan did, he simply couldn’t catch him.

Perhaps because his potential had been stimulated, Shen Muhan gradually mastered the secret of moving around inside the ball pit. Using his physical advantage, he finally found an opportunity and pounced, directly knocking Tang Rong down.

There were many balls and a soft padded base underneath, so even when he was knocked over, it didn’t hurt.

Tang Rong laughed brightly, clearly liking this fun chasing game very much. He pushed at the person pressing down on him and said, “Now it’s my turn to chase you.”

Shen Muhan immediately got up and ran off at once.

After running for quite a while without Tang Rong catching up, Shen Muhan gradually slowed down and started looking back, but he couldn’t find Tang Rong anywhere.

His heart suddenly panicked, and he immediately stopped and rushed back toward the place where they had just separated.

Who would have thought that halfway there, someone would suddenly hug him from behind.

“Got you.”

It was a familiar voice.

Shen Muhan immediately turned around and saw Tang Rong smiling so hard that his eyes had narrowed. Tang Rong lifted a hand and smoothed down the hair that had been rubbed into a messy state, then asked, “Were you hiding in the balls just now?”

It wasn’t hard to guess. The ball pit was very big, and there were a lot of balls in it. A four-year-old child standing inside would have the balls reaching up past his thighs. If he crouched down or half-lay inside, he could completely “sink” into them.

Tang Rong nodded.

Back on the junk planet, whenever he ran into danger, the first thing he would do was hide himself. Now, without even thinking about it, he had instinctively applied those same experiences to the game.

—If he hid, then the other side would instead come looking for him, and he’d be able to seize the chance to catch them.

The system couldn’t help sighing in admiration in his mind: [Host, you truly are an especially, especially smart little child!]

Shen Muhan pretended to be unhappy and said, “You tricked me.”

Tang Rong immediately started coaxing him. His gaze landed in the southwest direction, and he said, “There’s a beach over there. Want to go play in the sand? I’ll build a castle for Big Brother Xiao Han.”

Shen Muhan was successfully coaxed, and, led by Tang Rong, left the ball pit and went to the artificial beach.

There were also many children on the artificial beach, most of them holding little shovels, buckets, and other tools while playing house.

Seeing the two children come over, the staff in charge of the artificial beach immediately prepared two sets of tools for them as well.

Back on the junk planet, Tang Rong had often played with mud—the kind of thing that cost nothing and could be found anywhere.

When sand got wet, it could also be shaped like mud, though it was a little harder to work with than mud.

Tang Rong put in tremendous effort before finally building a crude little house.

Looking at that little house, Tang Rong felt that the castle he had confidently promised earlier might have been a bit too ambitious…

Shen Muhan, however, liked it very much. Staring at the little house, he said, “In the future, when we grow up and don’t live at home anymore, let’s go buy a little house and live together.”

Tang Rong blinked.

He knew that little children would one day grow up and leave home to make their own way in life. Though the thought of leaving home made him a little reluctant, he still nodded. You had to go out and work hard in order to earn money, and only by earning money could you support a family. If he could live together with Big Brother Xiao Han and earn money together, that would be wonderful.

Just as the two of them were chatting about a wildly fanciful future, a child playing in the sand nearby suddenly came over.

“Are you two together?” The one who came over was a little girl. A few children who had been playing in the sand with her earlier also turned their gazes over as well.

Tang Rong nodded blankly, not knowing what she wanted.

“Do you want to come play a game with us?” the little girl asked.

Tang Rong said, “What game?”

The little girl explained, “Pretend play. I’ll be the Empress, Dudu will be the Emperor, Xuanxuan will be the General… We’re still missing a Crown Prince and a Crown Princess.”

Tang Rong blinked, feeling a bit lost as he listened.

Crown Prince… Crown Princess… those words felt very familiar somehow.

Shen Muhan, meanwhile, fell into a deep silence.

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