Chapter 44
Where Tang Rong could not see, the little lion, the little nine-tailed fox, and the little bird were stacked one on top of another, huddled together, with several optical brain screens floating in front of them.
Every screen was filled with search results related to “allergies.”
Thankfully, every result showed the same thing—no one had ever been allergic to fluffy spirit forms before.
Actually, after cuddling with them for so long without ever having an allergic reaction, that alone should have been proof enough. But they still did not feel reassured and insisted on confirming it from every possible angle.
By rights, they should have gone to see little Rong tonight, especially since he had just come back from a place like the Yun family’s residence. But because of his allergies, they held themselves back, afraid they would not be able to resist cuddling and nuzzling him, which would affect his rest and recovery.
On top of that, he had been out and about the whole day, and was exhausted. He probably did not have much energy left to play with them anyway. After washing up, he had gone to sleep early.
Seeing him tomorrow would be the same.
“Chiu.” The little bird perched on top suddenly chirped once, and then a line of text appeared on its screen.
“I’m going back first to make little Rong clothes for the little snow leopard. I’ll try to finish before Eldest Brother gets back.”
This was the task the butler had asked her to handle via message this afternoon. She already had some ideas and had started working on them.
After receiving responses from the little fox and the little lion, the little bird flapped its tiny wings and flew out through the window.
On the way back, it deliberately took a detour and passed by little brother’s window to take a look at him.
The curtains had only been drawn halfway. From this angle, one could just see the sleeping little cub, as well as the little snow leopard curled up on his pillow, pressed close against him.
Thanks to the moonlight slanting in, one could also see that some red spots had appeared on the little cub’s neck.
That damned husky.
That damned canine.
Just as annoying as her idiotic straight-man brother.
…
After the little bird left, the little nine-tailed fox curled up on top of the little lion.
“Dad, I registered a new streaming account. I also tried writing a little song. Once Eldest Brother comes back, I’ll definitely make him look at me in a whole new light. This time, none of you are allowed to tip me. I’m going to rely on my own strength.”
“Alright.”
“You know, back when you used to stream as a kid, the person who tipped you the most was actually your eldest brother.”
“He said the number one supporter had to be ‘Big Brother.’”
“…”
What kind of hell-level dad joke was that?
The little nine-tailed fox lifted its tail and jumped down from Dad too.
“I’m going back to keep writing songs. I’ll try to finish this one before Eldest Brother gets back.”
“Alright.”
With both daughter and son gone back, the empty-nest old father opened the surveillance feed again and watched the sleeping little cub for a while.
No one knew how long he watched. Eventually, he too stood up, leaped lightly, and went straight to the room where the transparent coffin was kept. He lay down on top of it, opened the memo app on his optical brain, and began writing his diary.
My wife, Jianjian,
Today, little cub went to the Yun family and met your father—his maternal grandfather. That man is still exactly the same as ever, as annoying as ever.
At a time like this, I don’t want to say too much. It’ll only make you upset to hear it.
Fortunately, they failed to detect little cub’s ability, so they won’t try to fight us for him anymore.
A-Yuan also replied to my message. He has decided to return to the capital planet and teach little cub how to use his healing ability.
This afternoon, little cub went to the mall with the little crown prince. Even though in the last few diary entries I used a lot of ink cursing that hateful little crown prince for always taking advantage of little cub, I have to admit that he really does treat little cub very well. He’s a very good friend.
Little cub suddenly had an allergic reaction today. It was caused by the husky raised by Shen Yuchun, the little crown prince’s cousin, after it got too close to him. I was worried sick. The doctor said he’s allergic to animal fur, though it isn’t too serious.
Luckily, he isn’t allergic to spirit forms.
News has come back from the military—our eldest cub is coming back. But he still hasn’t replied to my messages or contacted me on his own. He’s probably injured again. That child, ever since you passed away, has been stationed at the edge of the star systems and rarely comes home. Every time he does come home, he’s covered in wounds. His marriage with A-Ning has been delayed again and again. I still don’t know what’s going on between the two of them now. I’ve tried feeling things out several times, but couldn’t get anything from either of them. A-Ning loved you most out of all the aunties. If you were still here, their wedding would definitely have happened long ago.
Second cub went to make little snow leopard clothes for little cub again today. Apparently, the cats owned by the children in his class all wear little clothes too, and little cub wants his own little snow leopard to wear clothes. Really too adorable. The little clothes made by second cub are sure to be the best.
Third cub started a streaming account again and began writing songs again too. He’ll definitely gain a lot of fans. I’m looking forward to his results. This time he specially said in advance that we’re not allowed to tip him. Actually, even without tips, he’ll still succeed. Tipping would only be icing on the cake.
Father has been feeling much better lately. He’s been taking around that little tiger drawing made by little cub and showing it off everywhere. Every day, he also carves a little dragon-fruit snow leopard for little cub. The only problem is that the bodyguard who kept eating all the dragon-fruit scraps got diarrhea, so we gave him a few days off.
I’ve been doing pretty well lately too. I just miss you so much.
…
When Tang Rong woke up the next morning, the red spots on his body still had not gone away and were still itchy. Fortunately, there were no places where he had scratched the skin open. The little snow leopard supervisor had done a very good job supervising him.
The butler carefully applied another layer of ointment to him.
Today was Sunday, so there was no need to go to virtual kindergarten, and he could rest for another day.
After breakfast, Tang Rong carried the little snow leopard over to the floor-to-ceiling glass door to bask in the sunlight.
Autumn had grown deeper and deeper. A light rain had fallen in the early morning, and the wind outside felt a little chilly against the skin. Although the sun was warm and pleasant to sit under, it still was not quite enough to make things feel truly warm. So the butler did not let Tang Rong go out into the courtyard this time, afraid he would catch a chill from the wind.
The little snow leopard lay in Tang Rong’s arms, and its fur had been clipped full of various little hair clips.
They were all the clips Shen Muhan had worn on Tang Rong’s head yesterday and then taken off and packed up afterward.
The little snow leopard’s hanging tail swished unhappily through the air, deeply experiencing what it meant to “lift a rock only to drop it on one’s own foot.”
The next second, the little tail was caught by a small hand and had several more little clips pinned onto it too.
Little snow leopard: “…”
Not long after, the doorbell suddenly rang. Since Tang Rong was holding the little snow leopard, he let the little robot go open the door.
Before long, the little nine-tailed fox walked in with a little bird perched on its head. Beside it was a familiar little “kitty.”
Tang Rong was absolutely delighted.
It looked like the little kitty and Xiao Hu-brother were good friends too!
The little bird immediately fluttered its tiny wings and landed on Tang Rong’s head, nestling there. The little nine-tailed fox and the little lion also jumped up onto the reclining chair Tang Rong was sitting on.
The recliner was very large—large enough for a slightly chubby adult man to lie on it comfortably. A four-year-old little cub plus several fluffy creatures fit with ease.
The little snow leopard, decked all over with small accessories, flashed a wary look in its eyes and firmly occupied its place in Tang Rong’s arms, as if afraid another fluffy creature might snatch the position away.
Fortunately, Tang Rong had no intention of putting down the little snow leopard to hold any of the others. Since they were all already gathered around him and he could pet them anyway, that was enough. Besides, he still had not finished decorating the little snow leopard with accessories.
After Tang Rong petted the fluffy mane around its neck, the little lion happily let out a few “meowu” sounds, maintaining its cat persona.
Hearing their own father enunciate such proper cat sounds, the little nine-tailed fox and the little bird both fell silent.
The little nine-tailed fox had thought that doing backflips and singing in order to win over the little cub had already been shameless enough. It never expected that its father would go even further.
It willingly admitted defeat.
After petting the fluffies for a while, Tang Rong’s optical brain suddenly received a video call.
Tang Rong opened it and took a look, only to discover that it was actually from Shen Yuchun—the brother named Xiao Chun, Shen Muhan’s cousin, who had proactively added him as a friend yesterday.
Tang Rong immediately accepted the video call.
The moment the connection went through, Shen Yuchun’s voice sounded from the other side in eager haste: “Little Rong, how are you feeling? Better now?”
But after clearly seeing the scene on the other side of the screen, his expression went through a whole series of indescribable changes.
First came the urge to laugh at the sight of his cousin covered in all those little decorations, then came surprise at the little white bird perched on Tang Rong’s head, and then finally tension the moment he saw the little lion. He immediately straightened his back.
Clearly, he knew very well the true identities of those few fluffies.
At the same time, he very quickly started taking screenshots with his optical brain, saving one photo after another. His gaze stuck tightly to the little bird sitting on the little cub’s head.
This was the first time he had ever seen Xiao Qiu’s spirit form with his own eyes.
So tiny, small enough to fit in one’s palm, with pure white, sleek feathers.
How could it be this cute…?!
He had only made this call because he wanted to check on little Rong and, along the way, grow a bit closer to him. He had never expected such an enormous unexpected gain.
Tang Rong’s eyes curved up as he replied, “I put on medicine, so it’s fine now. brother Chun doesn’t need to worry.”
Then Tang Rong added, “brother Chun, the dog is playing with your vase. Do you want to…” take a look.
Before Tang Rong could finish speaking, a huge crash of a vase shattering suddenly rang out.
The husky had stood up and pawed at a vase over a meter tall, knocking it over and smashing it to pieces.
“Aowu—” The husky itself got startled too. In its panic, it stepped on a shard of the broken vase and yelped in pain.
Shen Yuchun immediately jumped to his feet, but in his rush, he accidentally stepped on the edge of a sofa throw the dog had dragged down to the floor. With a loud bang, he slipped and performed a full on-the-spot wipeout. Luckily, there were no vase shards on the ground where he fell.
Tang Rong was startled all over again and leaned toward the screen worriedly. “brother Chun, are you okay?”
The little bird perched on Tang Rong’s head narrowed its eyes slightly.
So this was the dog that had made little brother break out in allergies?
So stupid.
Both the dog and its owner.
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