Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH43

Chapter 43

Shen Muhan instantly became nervous.

If possible, he naturally wanted to go back to Xiao Rong’s house and eat dinner together with him. But Xiao Rong still didn’t know that he was the little snow leopard, which meant he couldn’t appear at the same time as the little snow leopard. And it was even more impossible for him to pet the little snow leopard—how was he supposed to pet himself?

He still hadn’t figured out how to confess his identity to Xiao Rong, and he was afraid that once Xiao Rong learned the truth, he would get angry with him.

Father and Mother had said that after Xiao Rong finished seeing his maternal grandfather today, his family was planning to find a suitable chance to tell him everything.

At that point, Xiao Rong would learn the real identity of every fluffy creature around him, including him.

Although it was true that “getting into trouble together” was better than “getting into trouble alone”—if Xiao Rong got angry, he wouldn’t be angry at only him, and the anger would be split up among everyone—

He still didn’t want Xiao Rong to be angry at him.

But for the moment, he still couldn’t think of a good way to make sure Xiao Rong wouldn’t be angry.

Seeing this, the butler stepped in to smooth things over. “Entering and leaving Eden is very troublesome. The paperwork has to be submitted in advance. How about we invite Big Brother Xiao Han to the house another time?”

Tang Rong thought about it and felt that made sense. Even though he really wanted to bring Big Brother Xiao Han home for dinner and let him pet the little snow leopard tonight, he could only obediently nod.

On the day he first came back, and again when he went out this morning, they really had gone through very long inspections, which was a lot of trouble. They also hadn’t arranged anything in advance today. If they decided it on the spot, it might just create extra trouble for Big Brother Xiao Han. They could only make plans for next time.

So, together with the butler, Tang Rong took the elevator and escorted Shen Muhan up to his cousin’s office, planning to send him there first and then take the elevator down to the underground parking level to go home by car.

On the way to the elevator, Tang Rong once again reached out and petted all sorts of fluffy little animals he happened to see along the way.

As expected, he earned another point.

Earlier in the afternoon, the system had already told him that all the fluffy creatures he saw here could be touched and probably wouldn’t make him allergic. Even if something did go wrong, he still had the buff from that card he used earlier, so there was no need to worry about his life being in danger.

He had touched a lot of fluffy things that afternoon. Although the points had only been increasing by one or two at a time, they added up quite nicely over time.

“Miaowu.” A ragdoll cat, after being petted by Tang Rong, immediately rubbed up against his calf.

Such a pretty little child—let big sister cuddle you a bit more!

The ragdoll cat was actually a university student. In order to earn a little extra spending money, every weekend she came here to work part-time in spirit form, adding a bit more fun to the children’s amusement area.

And since she genuinely liked children and enjoyed interacting with them, this part-time job was basically tailor-made for her.

But before she could continue rubbing herself against the pretty little child, she saw him quickly led away by another little child holding his hand.

Shen Muhan frowned, speeding up and tugging Tang Rong toward the elevator.

Just because he wasn’t in little snow leopard form right now didn’t mean he would tolerate other fluffy things coming to compete for favor.

Way too many fluffy things had cuddled Xiao Rong this afternoon… How did his cousin’s mall have so many fluffy creatures?

Tang Rong didn’t notice anything off. He only assumed Big Brother Xiao Han wanted to hurry to his cousin’s place, so he also unconsciously quickened his pace.

Finally, the two stepped into the elevator. Watching the doors slowly close, Shen Muhan’s expression finally eased a little.

The elevator slowly rose, then stopped with a ding.

Unexpectedly, before the doors had fully opened, a fluffy figure lunged straight in and rubbed itself all over the three people inside the elevator.

It was a full-grown husky. For a four-year-old child, its size wasn’t exactly small. Tang Rong was startled, but quickly relaxed under all the affectionate rubbing.

“Benben!” Shen Yuchun’s voice followed from outside. “This dumb dog… what now? Thinking of taking the elevator downstairs and tearing my mall apart too?”

“Aowu.” The husky tucked its tail the moment it heard its owner scolding it and cast Shen Yuchun a guilty side-eye with an intelligent-looking face that still somehow screamed it would absolutely do it again next time.

Inside the office, a small robot was in the middle of cleaning up and tidying the aftermath. Clearly, this dog had just caused trouble.

“Xiao Rong wasn’t scared, right?” Shen Yuchun scratched his head a little awkwardly.

Although he only asked Tang Rong, that didn’t mean he didn’t care about his own cousin Shen Muhan. It was simply that he knew Shen Muhan was formidable enough that, at his age, he could probably take on ten dumb huskies like this all by himself. There was no way he could have been frightened.

Tang Rong shook his head, but the very next second, he suddenly frowned and lowered his head to scratch at his wrist.

The system cried out inside his head: [Host, this silly husky made you allergic!]

The instant the husky rushed into the elevator just now, the buff from the card Tang Rong had previously used was triggered.

Clearly, this was an ordinary fluffy animal, not a fluffy spirit form, and it could make Tang Rong allergic.

All three of them noticed the small movement of Tang Rong scratching his wrist. The butler was the first to react, immediately leading him out of the elevator and rolling up his sleeve.

The allergic reaction had only just started, so only a few small red bumps had appeared, not especially obvious yet.

But Tang Rong’s skin was very fair, so even those few red spots stood out rather clearly.

“What’s going on?” Shen Yuchun asked anxiously. “Should we go to the hospital?”

Tang Rong felt terribly guilty.

He had never told the people around him that he was allergic to small animals.

At the beginning, it had been because the system had bound to him, which had made the allergic reaction worse and turned it life-threatening. The home on the main planet was still full of unknowns to him back then, so he hadn’t dared reveal it lightly.

Later, he had felt the warmth of home and the love of family. Little by little, he had built trust with them, and he had also managed to pet fluffy things that didn’t make him allergic, earning enough points to exchange for life-saving cards.

The secret about his allergy really should have been told to them long ago—back on the very night he picked up the little snow leopard.

But at the time, in order to keep the very first fluffy thing that didn’t make him allergic—the little snow leopard—he hadn’t answered about the allergy. After that, he just never found the right chance to tell the family, and since it didn’t feel like some urgent matter, it kept getting delayed until now.

With three pairs of eyes and one pair of dog eyes all staring at him, Tang Rong pressed his lips together. This time, he didn’t hide it, nor did he pretend not to understand. In a small voice, he said, “I think I’m allergic to some animals.”

A vein twitched at the butler’s temple. He immediately reopened the elevator and took Tang Rong straight to the nearest hospital.

Allergies were the kind of thing that could be big or small, and if serious enough, they could kill. It absolutely couldn’t be taken lightly.

Naturally, Shen Muhan and Shen Yuchun followed too.

As for the husky, Shen Yuchun shut it inside the office and made a call to one of his subordinates, telling him to take it out for a walk.

He had raised that dog ever since graduating. He had fallen for it at first sight. Although it did cause endless destruction at home, he was deeply attached to it and took it everywhere.

He had never expected it to cause such big trouble today—it had actually made Xiao Rong break out in an allergic reaction.

Although it hadn’t done it on purpose, Shen Yuchun still selfishly decided to dock one of its canned meals.

If Xiao Qiu ever found out that her younger brother had gotten an allergic reaction because of the dog Shen Yuchun raised, his impression score would definitely drop.

The hospital inside Eden would have been more authoritative, but going in and out of Eden required many scans and inspections, which would waste too much time. So the butler simply took Tang Rong to the largest nearby hospital instead, contacted the hospital director using the Tang family’s influence, and had Tang Rong taken straight through the VIP route for examination.

After a lot of hustle and bustle, under the tense gaze of several pairs of eyes, the doctor finally said slowly, “It’s just an allergy to animal fur. No need to worry too much. A little anti-allergy medicine and some ointment will do. Just avoid reactive foods for the time being. Normally, just pay attention and try your best to avoid contact with small animals. Even if there is accidental contact, there’s no need to worry too much. This isn’t a particularly severe allergy.”

After that, he lowered his head and told Tang Rong, “You absolutely have to resist scratching the allergic areas, alright? If you scratch them raw, they might get infected, and they could even leave scars.”

Tang Rong obediently nodded.

He didn’t dare say that he actually had scratched them raw before.

This time, he would do his best to hold back. And now that there was medicine, it should heal faster too.

Behind his glasses, however, the butler’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He remembered that when he’d bathed Tang Rong before, he had seen many scars on his body. Thinking back on it now, some of those scars really did look like the kind left behind by scratching open an allergic rash. Ever since Tang Rong returned to the main planet, the butler had been applying scar-removal medicine to him every day, and those marks had already faded a lot.

Clearly, this wasn’t Tang Rong’s first allergic reaction.

Fortunately, he was only allergic to animal fur. Fluffy spirit forms were shaped from spiritual power, and even if their fur was brushed out, it would turn into glittering spiritual energy and disappear. There was no actual allergen there to trigger his reaction.

It counted as good luck in the midst of bad luck.

The butler didn’t dwell on why Tang Rong had only just now revealed the secret of his allergy. He was only worried that Tang Rong still wouldn’t be able to resist scratching.

After all, the red rashes and itching caused by allergic reactions really were miserable. Medicine could speed up recovery, but it didn’t ease the itching that much. Even adults sometimes couldn’t resist scratching, let alone a four-year-old child.

Naturally, the butler’s gaze fell on Shen Muhan, who was clinging close beside Tang Rong with a face full of worry.

Heaven was about to place great responsibility upon the snow leopard.

…

Once the examination was finished, the heart that had been hanging in the air could finally come down. The butler took Tang Rong, along with the medicine prescribed by the doctor and all the things they had bought at the mall that afternoon, and got into the car to head home.

Shen Muhan also quickly got into his cousin Shen Yuchun’s car. He returned home before Tang Rong did, changed back into little snow leopard form, and obediently curled himself up in his favorite nest.

Using the excuse of sending his cousin home, Shen Yuchun came to the Tang family villa district for the first time. But there was already a servant waiting at the main entrance, who took away Shen Muhan after he turned back into the little snow leopard. Shen Yuchun didn’t really go inside, nor did he see any familiar faces.

After pretending to make a phone call in the car for a while, and seeing that the setting sun was already melting gold and the sky would soon darken fast, Shen Yuchun reluctantly left. He didn’t want to draw unnecessary suspicion, and he was also afraid of running into Tang Rong’s hovercar on the way back.

Less than ten minutes later, Tang Rong finally arrived home.

The moment the door opened, he saw the little snow leopard sitting properly in the entryway, its long tail curled around itself, its little head lifted as it stared straight at him.

“Baby!”

“Miaowu.”

Tang Rong immediately rushed forward and scooped the little snow leopard into his arms, rubbing his little face quickly against the soft fur, then giving it several loud kisses on the head.

He had gone a whole day without petting the little snow leopard. He had missed it to death.

Although his body was still uncomfortable from the allergic reaction, that didn’t stop him from petting fluffy things that didn’t make him allergic.

Remembering the mission the butler had privately entrusted to him not long ago at the hospital, the little snow leopard took on the role of a stern little supervisor.

At dinner, Tang Rong couldn’t help scratching his wrist once. The little snow leopard immediately put down the chicken drumstick in its mouth and nibbled Tang Rong’s hand until it was all slick with chicken-drumstick grease.

After dinner, when they went for a little walk outside in the yard to help digest, the little snow leopard straightened its long tail right up and hooked Tang Rong’s small hand with it, walking him by the hand—tail to hand—to stop him from having any free moment to scratch the itchy spots.

At bedtime, the little snow leopard kicked the singing little fox doll even farther away this time. It didn’t curl up in Tang Rong’s arms to sleep anymore, because it was worried the fur on its body might rub against the parts of Tang Rong’s skin where medicine had been applied. Instead, it took over the little fox doll’s place and curled up on the pillow, keeping constant watch over the person beside it.

In the middle of the night, Tang Rong, half-asleep, unconsciously reached out to scratch the itchy places. Before he could touch them, the little snow leopard gently caught his hand in its mouth and tucked it back beneath the blanket. Only after doing all that did the little snow leopard lie down again to sleep.

…

Because the little snow leopard’s supervision was so effective, the butler skipped over the afternoon’s house-playing events when reporting back to the master. He only mentioned them in the briefest possible way.

It was partly for the master’s health, too.

He had already spent the whole morning worrying because Xiao Rong went to the Yun family, and then spent the entire evening worrying after learning Xiao Rong had an allergic reaction. If he also learned that in the afternoon Xiao Rong and Shen Muhan had acted out Crown Princess and Crown Prince during pretend play, his spiritual power would probably rampage all over again.

Tonight, they had just received word that Eldest Young Master was coming back. Things seemed rather grim on the military side, so matters at home had to be handled as steadily as possible.

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