Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH50

Chapter 50

Tang Hu remembered that his little brother had once said there were two children in his class who were his fans, and those “bot-like barrage comments,” along with the accounts sending them, really did feel like they were being controlled by a bunch of little cubs only a few years old.

And with that account called “Home Has Baby,” which he could almost completely confirm belonged to his own little brother, Tang Hu felt that the truth was probably eight or nine parts out of ten exactly what he was guessing.

For a moment, the effect those messy, irritating bullet comments had had on him just now vanished completely, leaving behind only helpless amusement.

Those little kids… how could they be this adorable?

The people who had deliberately come into his stream to pick faults probably never imagined they would run into such a group of “tiny paid posters.”

Just imagining the dumbfounded looks on those people’s faces behind their screens made Tang Hu want to laugh even more.

Originally, he hadn’t wanted his little brother to know about today’s stream, but somehow the little guy had still found out.

At this point, all he could do was try his best not to let him down.

As an older brother, he absolutely couldn’t mess up in front of his little brother.

…

Seeing that the young boy in the livestream had gradually relaxed, with his fingers moving easily across the guitar strings, no longer missing any notes and no longer affected by anything, the butler smiled in relief.

The little cub sitting beside him was still diligently hand-typing all kinds of supportive barrage comments and sending them out, each sentence different from the last.

The little snow leopard was helping too. Every time Tang Rong finished typing a sentence, it would lift its tiny tail and quickly tap the send button—one person and one leopard working together in flawless coordination.

The little snow leopard knew far more characters than Tang Rong. It could understand almost all the comments that had been appearing earlier. Although it had once had some private little grudges with the little nine-tailed fox, at this moment it couldn’t help but feel angry on his behalf and wanted to help protect him.

They could have simply used voice input and converted it into text, but Tang Rong had never used that function before. On top of that, the livestream had barrage protection enabled, limiting how often each account could send comments. So the butler didn’t bring it up and simply watched as Tang Rong carefully wrote out words of support for his brother one stroke at a time.

Besides Tang Rong and the little snow leopard, several other children from kindergarten had joined the effort too.

Luo Yue and Luo Xing naturally went without saying, and they had even invited a bunch of other children who were also Nine-Tails fans to come act as tiny online reinforcements.

Qi Fu, who had been eating a late-night snack, was also pulled into the battle and was typing while eating. He kept making typos by accident, but since the barrage was moving so fast anyway, it didn’t really matter.

Bai Tu had joined in too. He saw Tang Rong’s account name and profile picture, and after the stream ended, he went back over to his grandma and begged her not to forget about asking little Rong’s father to arrange for little Rong to come over and play at his house.

Bai Tu’s grandmother’s spirit form was a lion rabbit, and her spiritual power was S-rank. Before retiring, she had been a professor at the capital planet’s military academy and had once taught Tang Rong’s father, Tang Zheng’en—one of her prized students.

His grandmother smiled and pulled Bai Tu into her arms. “How could I possibly forget something Xiao Tu asked me to do? Little Rong’s father said little Rong’s eldest brother will be returning soon, so it may not be very convenient to make time right now. Once Eldest Brother comes back, they’ll arrange it as soon as possible.”

Only then did Bai Tu feel relieved.

“Xiao Tu, why don’t you invite little Rong yourself?” Grandma asked tentatively.

Her own grandson was very timid and somewhat delicate, quick to cry. It wasn’t that there was anything wrong with that kind of personality, but if he truly wanted to invite a friend he liked to come play at home, then he ought to gather up the courage and invite him in person. That was how friendship should be maintained. Too much interference from adults would only make things worse.

“I’m not the person he’s closest with,” Bai Tu said in a tiny voice. “He already has plans this weekend with the friend he’s closest to, and he has to keep the little snow leopard company too. I’m afraid he won’t agree.”

Grandma said, “Xiao Tu, if little Rong really doesn’t agree, but you use Grandma’s connection to contact little Rong’s father and have him bring little Rong over here to play with you… would little Rong truly be happy?”

Bai Tu was stunned by those words.

That was right—he had only been thinking that Grandma knew little Rong’s father, so she could contact him and have him bring little Rong over to his house, fulfilling his own wish. He had completely overlooked little Rong’s own feelings.

If little Rong didn’t actually want to come over to his house, but his father felt too embarrassed to refuse Grandma and could only force little Rong to come… then little Rong would definitely hate him to death!

Compared to being hated by little Rong, being turned down by little Rong didn’t seem like such a big deal anymore.

The more Bai Tu thought about it, the more frightened he became. He hurriedly said, “Grandma, don’t ask little Rong’s dad to bring him over anymore. I… I’ll invite him myself.”

“Good.” Grandma smiled and rubbed his little head.

…

After the livestream ended, Tang Rong curled up on the sofa and started massaging the little snow leopard’s tail.

Its little tail had pressed the barrage send button too many times and was a bit sore, so the little snow leopard bit its own tail and stuffed it into Tang Rong’s palm, asking him to rub it.

After spending so much time together, Tang Rong and the little snow leopard had grown more and more in tune with one another. Even without any verbal communication, Tang Rong could quickly understand what it meant.

To make it easier to rub the little tail, Tang Rong took off the bow that had originally been tied there. The little snow leopard was in a wonderful mood and enjoyed the treatment comfortably.

Suddenly, a little red notification dot popped up on the optical brain screen, which hadn’t been closed yet. Tang Rong tapped it open in confusion.

[“Nine-Tails” has followed you.]

Tang Rong: “…?!”

Tang Rong’s eyes turned flustered, and he instinctively looked at the butler sitting beside him. The hand that had been rubbing the little snow leopard’s tail unconsciously tightened slightly around the tail tip.

“Uncle, did Third Brother discover me?”

Naturally, the butler had also seen the notification on Tang Rong’s screen. He nodded, not particularly surprised.

Given how efficiently Tang Rong and the little snow leopard had been working together to send barrage comments, plus Tang Rong’s profile picture, it was only natural that Tang Hu would notice him.

Smiling, the butler said, “It’s alright. No matter what, Third Brother is definitely very happy. In a while, Third Brother will be ‘discharged from the hospital’ and come back to live here. Then little Rong will get to see him every day.”

Tang Rong’s attention was immediately diverted. His eyes curved happily, and he continued rubbing the little snow leopard’s tail.

Meanwhile, the butler moved quickly to set a few privacy permissions on Tang Rong’s livestream account, such as making his following list and follower list visible only to himself, slightly protecting the little cub’s privacy.

Tang Hu naturally had those settings enabled too, otherwise he wouldn’t have openly followed Tang Rong’s account so directly.

Naturally, the next day at kindergarten, there was plenty of conversation about Nine-Tails’ livestream the previous night. At the end of it, Luo Yue’s eyes lit up and she said, “Brother Nine-Tails only followed one person. He set his following list to private, so no one can see who it is. That person is so lucky! I’m so jealous of them!”

Tang Rong pressed his lips together nervously and guiltily, not daring to say a word.

At first, he hadn’t dared tell Luo Yue and Luo Xing that Nine-Tails was actually his third brother. After what happened now, he had even less idea how to say it.

When kindergarten ended the next day, Bai Tu suddenly tugged lightly at Tang Rong’s sleeve and said softly, “Little Rong, I have something I want to say to you. Can you come with me for a moment?”

Usually it was Shen Muhan who did things like this, so having Bai Tu suddenly do it today felt strange, but Tang Rong was already used to these things and obediently followed him outside the classroom.

Shen Muhan waited for a while, but the two still weren’t done talking. The other three children had already left, and now only he was still in the classroom.

He had no idea what the two of them were talking about… why were they taking so long…?

The longer he waited, the longer the conversation continued. Only then did Shen Muhan belatedly realize that there was actually no point in waiting for the other children in a virtual classroom setting anyway. It wasn’t as if they could ride home in the same car or hold hands and walk home together on the same road. The only thing that happened was logging out of virtual space at the same time.

The more Shen Muhan waited, the more restless he felt. Afraid that if the two came back and saw he was still there, they might ask questions, he directly submitted a logout request.

Naturally, the butler approved his request instantly.

The little snow leopard in the little dress opened its eyes inside the learning pod.

That was right—since last night and through all of today, it still hadn’t taken off the little dress it was wearing.

Because when little Rong had carried it into bed last night, he had praised it over and over again, saying it was the prettiest little snow leopard in the world, and had also kissed it on the head, kissing it until it was dizzy. It had been too shy to take the clothes back off after that.

After all, the dress had cost money. Wearing it only a little and then not wearing it anymore would be too wasteful.

As the empire’s little crown prince, it ought to set an example and not be extravagant or wasteful.

Seeing the little snow leopard jump out of the learning pod and slowly pad over to curl up in the little nest beside it, while the optical brain still hadn’t received the logout request from the other little cub, the butler muttered to himself in confusion, “Why hasn’t little Rong come out yet?”

Normally, the two little children would submit their logout requests almost at the same time. He would approve Shen Muhan’s first and Tang Rong’s second. But today, he had only received Shen Muhan’s request.

The butler turned and walked over to the little snow leopard, asking, “Your Highness, is there something little Rong needed to do after school today?”

A few seconds later, a short line of text appeared above the little snow leopard’s head:

[Talking to someone.]

At the same time, the little tail with the bow tied on it impatiently slapped the floor several times.

The butler immediately understood and relaxed.

If he was only talking to another little child, then that was fine.

Even if something really had happened, there was no need to worry. The teacher would definitely call immediately.

After waiting a little longer, there was still no movement at all from little Rong’s side, while the little snow leopard’s tail was practically about to smack a hole into the floor.

What exactly was that rabbit saying to little Rong that it could take this long?!

And little Rong wasn’t even hurrying back to pet it.

The little snow leopard glanced in the direction of the learning pod, then irritably stood up and walked straight out of the study.

As it passed the snack shelf, the bow on its tail got caught on one of the hooks. Charging forward with its mind full of only one thing, the little snow leopard’s paw slipped—and it went face-first straight into the ground.

Bang!

It flattened out into a snow leopard pancake.

—Which only made it feel even more wronged.

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