Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH55

Chapter 55

Tang Rong secretly said to the system in his head, [Xiao Tu and Little Han-brother’s spiritual power must both be especially powerful.]

He could still guess a little, after all. Ordinary little children wouldn’t have that much strength. But he knew very little about spiritual power, so for now, he only had a vague idea of it being something “especially impressive.”

The system didn’t say anything.

Actually, its own host was also amazing—just amazing in a different way from them. Just wait and see!

And so, amid the laughter and chatter of the children, all the negative feelings brought on by that bad child were swept away.

Teacher Tangyuan also finally received a notice from the principal’s office, telling her to bring the children back.

When they returned to the principal’s office, only Tang Zheng’en and Yun Qi were left inside. Yun Fangqian, Bai Tu’s grandmother, and the chief butler had all already left.

Yun Qi looked as though he had been crying. He was curled up on a stool in the corner, his eyes swollen red, and the side of his face turned into the shadows was swollen as well. He didn’t dare move at all and had completely lost the arrogant air he’d had at the start.

When he saw the three children return, Tang Zheng’en shot him a glance like a knife. Yun Qi’s body trembled, and he quickly blurted out, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

He was only mechanically repeating I’m sorry, his brain too seized up with fear to process anything else.

Actually, Tang Zheng’en hadn’t done anything to him.

At the very beginning, when Yun Fangqian saw on the surveillance footage that Bai Tu had shoved Yun Qi several meters away, he had even wanted to turn the tables, claiming that this was a private grievance between Yun Qi and Tang Rong and hinting that Bai Tu shouldn’t have interfered, much less shoved Yun Qi so hard that he got hurt. Though it had indeed been a bit much, one could understand it as him taking revenge for his friend.

The Yun family had already completely broken with the Tang family. Yun Fangqian didn’t care about that relationship, but he didn’t want to make things ugly with the Bai family and lose that connection.

The Bai family had produced many people with strong spiritual power—S-ranks in abundance, and even two SS-ranks in Bai Tu and his grandmother. Compared to the Tang family, they had fewer SS-ranks, but they were prosperous and numerous, the only family who could compare to the Tangs when it came to spiritual power.

Back when the Yun family still had formidable healers like Yun Jian and Yun Yuan, Yun Jian had gotten along very well with Bai Tu’s grandmother during their military academy days, and the Bai and Yun families had also been quite close. Later, as the Yun family declined more and more, the Bai family’s contact with them naturally lessened.

At the very least, the relationship between the two families couldn’t be allowed to completely break because of Yun Qi.

Yun Fangqian had said all that to hand Bai Tu’s grandmother an excuse to step down and pull Bai Tu out of the whole matter.

But the Bai family was headed by Bai Tu’s grandmother, a woman who had weathered countless storms in life. She was not so easily led by him.

Bai Tu and Tang Rong stood on the same side—as friends. Yun Qi hadn’t bullied only Tang Rong. The sandcastle he had kicked apart had also been something Bai Tu had helped Tang Rong build. Bai Tu fighting back was not wrong in the slightest. What Yun Fangqian said was simply twisting the facts.

Two children had been happily playing together, and the one who had started trouble was Yun Qi.

Seeing that Bai Tu’s grandmother refused to take the excuse he offered, and with the royal household’s chief butler still right there beside them, Yun Fangqian had no choice but to bow his head.

So, without warning, he stood up and slapped Yun Qi across the face.

Smack!

This was in virtual space, so although the slap hurt and made a loud sound, it couldn’t cause any actual harm to Yun Qi’s real body. Yun Fangqian therefore didn’t hold back at all. To begin with, the slap had been for the benefit of the onlookers—once he had already hit the boy like that, others would have a hard time saying anything further.

Besides, Yun Qi really was stupid. If he had even half of Tang Rong’s brains, the Yun family wouldn’t have to keep cleaning up after him. Yun Fangqian hoped that one slap might knock some sense into him.

Yun Qi was slapped so hard he went blank. The burning pain came with a ringing in his ears. Before his mind could even react, tears had already burst out.

That slap was well-aimed. Bai Tu’s grandmother frowned, but said nothing further.

Her own philosophy when raising children had always been patient teaching and positive guidance, never this rough rod-and-stick method. The reason Yun Qi had turned out the way he had was something the Yun family’s upbringing absolutely deserved “credit” for.

But he was someone else’s child. She had no right to interfere, and that same child had just bullied her own grandson. She was not saintly enough to pity him to that degree, so she simply watched coldly.

After delivering that slap, Yun Fangqian said to the principal, “Just process his withdrawal from school.”

There was no need for him to continue the final senior kindergarten year anyway. Better for him to stay at home and spend more time studying healing power, instead of going on to make more trouble.

With that, he left—he had disciplined the child first, and what happened after that was up to them, as long as it didn’t drag the Yun family into it.

In any case, this was virtual space. Nothing much could really happen.

And just like that, Yun Qi was abandoned there.

Seeing there was nothing involving his own little crown prince anymore, and no more entertainment to be had, the chief butler also left, heading off to report back to the emperor and empress.

Bai Tu’s grandmother cast a glance at Tang Zheng’en. She said nothing, merely using her eyes to ask what he intended to do.

Tang Zheng’en might detest this Yun family child, but as an adult, he truly couldn’t bring himself to lay hands on a kid.

Because of that slap earlier, Yun Qi was still crying while clutching his face. His only support—his grandfather—had already left, and he didn’t even dare cry too loudly.

Tang Zheng’en found the crying irritating to watch. He plopped down beside Bai Tu’s grandmother and said unhappily, “Once he’s cried enough, have him apologize to Xiao Tu and little Rong.”

And thus came the scene from the beginning.

Listening to the constant repeated I’m sorry beside him, Tang Rong showed no change in expression. Inside, he wasn’t moved in the least. He simply jogged over to his father, wanting to cuddle with him.

The moment Tang Zheng’en saw his little cub, his expression eased. He pulled him into his arms and rubbed cheeks with him.

Bai Tu stood next to the secretly newly acknowledged big brother, Shen Muhan, and glared angrily at Yun Qi, who was apologizing, with absolutely no desire to forgive him.

If only Little Han-brother had been there earlier. The two of them together could definitely have buried that bad kid in the sand.

Thinking of the sandcastle Tang Rong had been building, only to have it destroyed halfway by Yun Qi, Tang Zheng’en suddenly asked, “How about Daddy helps little Rong build a sandcastle?”

Taking advantage of this rare chance to cuddle his little cub in virtual space, he wanted to spend more time with him.

“Okay!” Tang Rong’s eyes lit up.

So Teacher Tangyuan took the group back to the sandbox on the playground and also called the other three children over.

Yun Qi was left alone in the principal’s office, repeatedly sending logout requests that continued not to be approved.

…

In the sandbox, Tang Rong’s ruined sandcastle was still there. Unless there was a necessary reason, things in virtual space were generally not reset.

The Tang family had served in the military for generations. The army had gone to many places with harsh conditions, where all sorts of things had to be done personally by hand.

Tang Zheng’en was good with his hands. After fighting in outer star systems, it was common for him to personally repair mechas and so on. Back when the other children were little, he had also played with sand and built sandcastles together with his wife and their children. He was quite experienced.

With everyone working together, the kicked-down sandcastle was smoothly rebuilt.

Bai Tu also quietly filled in the large pit that had been created when he shoved Yun Qi over, so it wouldn’t affect the other children using the sandbox.

In rabbit form, he loved digging with his paws. In human form he wasn’t quite used to it, but the rabbit habit still remained.

When the sandcastle was finally done, Tang Rong happily turned to Shen Muhan and said, “Little Han-brother, the sandcastle I promised to build for you—do you like it? I’m giving it to you.”

Tang Zheng’en, who had been admiring the sandcastle: “?”

What?? Built for who? Given to who?

The sandcastle he had worked so hard helping his little cub build was actually being given to the pig stealing his cabbage?

Shen Muhan froze for a moment, then remembered what had happened earlier at the children’s amusement area. He hadn’t expected this sandcastle to have been specially built for him, and warmth rose in his heart. “I like it.”

Then he turned to Teacher Tangyuan standing nearby and asked, “Teacher, can it be saved?”

All the data in virtual space could be preserved, and this sandcastle was no exception.

After a few quick adjustments, the sandcastle was successfully copied and saved into Shen Muhan’s inventory.

From now on, whenever he wanted, he would be able to admire the sandcastle anytime in virtual space.

The sandcastle in the sandbox also still remained. It might be cleaned away later, but what had been gained during the process of creating it would never disappear.

It was still early. Tang Rong looked at the sandcastle, then at the people beside him, and suddenly proposed, “Let’s play pretend!”

“What kind of pretend game?” The other children immediately became interested too.

Tang Rong simply explained the rules of the game he had played last weekend with other children at the amusement park. After listening, the children all said it sounded fun.

“Last time Little Han-brother played the crown prince, and I played the crown princess.”

“There are also roles like emperor, empress, general, butler, and so on that people can choose.”

Tang Zheng’en: “…?!”

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