Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH73

Chapter 73

Lin Fei’s heart skipped a beat. Somewhat embarrassed, she lifted a hand and smoothed the hair by her ear.

She had deliberately wrapped her sleepwear tightly around herself, but unfortunately the collar wasn’t high enough to hide the bite-mark hickey on her neck.

Although she had brought some clothes with her, this wasn’t a place where she lived full-time, so she didn’t have many things on hand. For the moment, she couldn’t find a scarf or shawl.

On top of that, the little cub had knocked in such a hurry, and Tang Yao had accidentally tugged at the wound on his body last night, so it wasn’t convenient for him to get out of bed and open the door. She had no choice but to rush over herself.

Being watched by two pairs of clear, innocent eyes, Lin Fei quickly came up with a lie to explain. “No, no, it’s just… beast-type spirit forms have this little habit. They like biting people. Uh, especially biting the neck, leaving a little mark of their own. It’s sort of a way of expressing affection. He’s not bullying me, really.”

Even though she had been quite happy after playfully making a move on Tang Yao last night only to have her hand smacked away, she still didn’t want the little cubs to misunderstand and think Tang Yao was always bullying her, or worry about the state of their relationship—they got along wonderfully, matched in every way, and judging by how things looked now, if nothing unexpected happened, they would be getting married very soon. The little cub might even get to be the flower child at their wedding.

Besides, Tang Yao was already injured, and carrying this huge black pot on his back every day was really too unfair to him.

Hearing this, Tang Rong let out a small sigh of relief.

So that was what it was…

The little snow leopard bit him often too, nibbling and chewing at him. butler Uncle said it was because of the oral phase. Eldest Brother was probably in the same kind of situation as the little snow leopard.

But every time the little snow leopard bit him, it was very gentle. It had never bitten hard enough to hurt him, much less break the skin.

Staring at the obvious wound on Lin Fei’s neck where the skin had broken and was already scabbing over, Tang Rong still didn’t feel reassured. He earnestly reminded her, “Sister-in-law, remember to put some ointment on it. And next time if Eldest Brother bites you so hard it hurts, then don’t let him bite you again.”

Lin Fei nodded repeatedly, inwardly sighing.

Kiddo, you’re too young to understand. Once you grow up, you’ll naturally get it…

After handing over the desserts from the box to Lin Fei, Tang Rong took Shen Muhan’s hand and slowly strolled back home.

That night, while Tang Rong held the little snow leopard in his arms, it suddenly started nibbling at his neck.

Biting the neck… leaving your own mark… liking someone…

Lin Fei’s words kept looping over and over inside its little head.

The little snow leopard nibbled and sucked, leaving all sorts of traces on the little cub’s neck.

It liked little Rong the most, so it wanted to leave marks of affection on little Rong too!

Tang Rong felt the movement at his neck, but because it didn’t hurt or itch, he didn’t pay it any mind and simply drifted off into deep sleep.

…

Early the next morning, when the butler saw all the red marks still lingering on Tang Rong’s neck, his mind exploded with a bang. He immediately took several photos and sent them separately to the other Tang family group chat that Tang Rong wasn’t in and to the royal family.

Nibbling randomly in the first place had already been bad enough, and now it had actually started chewing on his neck!

Even if little cubs didn’t understand anything and it was only the adults projecting adult-colored lenses onto the situation, this kind of thing absolutely needed to be guided properly.

In the Tang family group chat, Lin Fei’s whole world collapsed the moment she saw the photo.

She had really thought the explanation she’d made up yesterday was flawless. She had never expected the little crown prince to copy it so convincingly.

How could this even happen?!

This kind of thing was far too embarrassing. She didn’t dare admit it in the group chat, but seeing how grim and tense the atmosphere had become, she ended up kicking Tang Yao, who was lying in bed, and telling him to explain and handle it.

After all, if Tang Yao hadn’t left marks on her neck, none of this would have happened.

Tang Yao thought for a moment and took the blame once again:

[That day I kissed Feifei and bit her on the neck. Little brother and the others accidentally saw it. I was afraid they’d think too much about it, so I lied and said it was a way of expressing affection. I didn’t expect them to imitate it.]

Only then did Lin Fei finally let out a breath of relief. She snuggled up beside him and said in a syrupy voice, “Husband, you’re so dependable.”

Tang Yao immediately got goosebumps all over. “You’d better just keep calling me dead dog.”

Lin Fei: “……”

Lin Fei: “A boar can’t appreciate fine grain.”

Tang Yao’s lips curled upward.

Yes. That was more like it.

…

After receiving the photos, Han Zhi and Shen Chuanqiong immediately apologized on behalf of their son. They promptly had a large quantity of teething sticks in all sorts of flavors sent over, consulted many pediatricians and spirit-form specialists, and even personally took him to the hospital to get his teeth examined.

The little snow leopard had no interest in teething sticks. Its teeth didn’t itch, so it didn’t need anything to grind on, and its teeth were also perfectly healthy. Every day it brushed on time together with little Rong, without any issues at all.

The only reason it bit little Rong was simply because it liked him.

After hearing the little snow leopard’s explanation, as well as the Tang family’s account of what had happened, the two finally understood the situation and found it both helplessly funny and ridiculous.

It was rather like how some little boys, in order to get the attention of a girl they liked, would deliberately tug on her braids.

Though it wasn’t exactly the same. Pulling braids would make the little girl angry, but little Rong never got angry when the little snow leopard lightly bit him.

The little snow leopard only nibbled on him because it knew little Rong wouldn’t be upset.

Following the doctor’s advice, Han Zhi and Shen Chuanqiong patiently explained to the little snow leopard that the skin at the neck was especially delicate and that there were major arteries there. If it bit too hard or sucked too hard, it could very well threaten a life. And little Rong was still so young—little cubs’ skin and flesh were even more delicate.

Little Rong’s eldest brother understood all of this very well and naturally knew how to avoid the dangerous areas, which was why there hadn’t been a problem. But the little snow leopard didn’t understand any of that. Even though the marks it left looked shallow, it might very well have injured little Rong.

After explaining that, the two also showed the little snow leopard some altered examples of disasters caused between lovers by “giving hickeys,” except they changed the term hickey into oral phase.

After watching them, the little snow leopard’s tail fur puffed up completely, and it declared that it would never bite little Rong’s neck again.

As for the back of his hand and other places, it would only occasionally suck and nibble lightly there. It definitely would never hurt little Rong.

At this age, oral fixation really was something that happened. Completely forcing it to stop all at once wasn’t realistic and might even backfire. It was better just to gradually reduce the frequency.

To make up for things, Han Zhi and Shen Chuanqiong heard that Tang Rong liked drawing, so they gifted him an expensive set of painting supplies. Using royal connections, they even specially invited a famous painter from the capital planet to personally teach him how to paint.

The painter was known for having a rather difficult temperament and wasn’t someone ordinary people could invite at all. He was extremely famous too—the price of his most expensive painting was enough to buy an entire remote planet.

Out of deference to the royal family, he could only do them the favor. But after giving Tang Rong a few lessons, he started arriving early in virtual space every single day just to wait there. He even sent the royal family a thank-you message by optical brain mail, thanking them for finding him such a talented young disciple who truly suited his eye. There was no need to pay tuition—he would keep teaching him all the way until the boy completed his studies.

Tang Rong’s free time became even more packed, but he only felt more fulfilled because of it.

He liked learning more things, and he hoped more than anything that he could become stronger and stronger.

The years he had spent on the garbage planet had left a very deep mark on him. He knew that only by becoming someone capable could he avoid being controlled by his environment and live the kind of life he wanted.

Even though he was already very satisfied with the life he had now.

As winter deepened, butler Uncle said it might snow in the next few days. Every day, Tang Rong waited for the first snowfall since arriving on the capital planet.

Back on the garbage planet, Tang Rong used to pray every day for the snow to melt quickly and stop falling. It had been too cold, too wet, too miserable. Yet after coming to the capital planet, he found himself oddly looking forward to it.

He did, in fact, like playing in the snow.

Little Han-brother had even said he would build a snowman with him.

Grandpa had recently returned from the hospital too. The doctors said there was basically nothing wrong with his body anymore.

Every day Grandpa came over personally to carve two little snow leopards out of dragon fruit—one for him and one for little Han-brother.

But before Tang Rong could wait for the first snow to fall, a few unwelcome guests arrived first.

They were people from the Yun family.

They had come looking for Little Uncle Yun Yuan.

Tang Rong didn’t know what they said. He only knew that after those people left that evening, it was the very first time he had ever seen such an ugly expression on Little Uncle’s face.

There was disgust, hatred, revulsion.

Little Uncle usually always smiled gently. He was warm and soft like sunlight, and being near him always felt especially comfortable.

Tang Rong cautiously moved closer and gave him a hug.

The little cub was so small that rather than a hug, it was more like burying his whole self in the other person’s embrace, cuddling up against him like a spoiled little kitten.

Yun Yuan’s mood eased a little. He lifted a hand and rubbed Tang Rong’s head, as though wanting to say something, but no sound came out.

That evening’s lesson was cancelled for the time being.

Tang Rong went to find his father and asked worriedly, “Will Little Uncle leave?”

Tang Zheng’en gathered him into his arms and answered without room for doubt, “No. Little Uncle is just in a bad mood for now. In a few days, he’ll be fine. This is his home. He won’t leave.”

News of Yun Yuan’s return had spread like fire impossible to wrap in paper. The Yun family had learned about it long ago.

At first they had still been watching and waiting. But later, seeing Tang Yao’s condition improve far too abnormally, and seeing that the Tang family’s spiritual power also seemed to be under excellent control, they assumed it was all Yun Yuan’s doing and called him an ungrateful traitor whose elbow turned outward.

Naturally, the Yun family had no intention of letting Yun Yuan off. But they also knew very well that they could no longer control him. So they came directly to the door and, being completely frank, once again raised the same demand they had made before—

To provide sperm. To let the superior healer bloodline continue.

After the Yun family was thrown out, Yun Yuan told Tang Zheng’en a secret—once, the Yun family had also asked Elder Sister Yun Jian for her eggs, but Yun Jian had refused them in the strongest possible terms.

Yun Jian had only ever told her younger brother about this. She had never told her husband.

Yun Yuan suspected that his elder sister’s death might very well have had something to do with the Yun family. Their goal might not simply have been to kill his sister and the child in her belly.

But what could be certain was that they had not succeeded.

Although Tang Zheng’en had not accompanied Yun Jian every second of the way and had left an opening for someone to steal little Rong, it was at least certain that the doctors who had treated Yun Jian back then had no issues.

Once Yun Jian lost all signs of life, Tang Zheng’en had guarded her body without leaving her side even for a single step. Meanwhile, the Yun family had arrived like ghosts at the very first opportunity, loudly and aggressively demanding her body. Back then, he had only found them unbearably annoying and hadn’t thought too deeply about it. He had immediately staged a fake cremation and made sure the Yun family never got their hands on her body.

Thinking back on it now, the Yun family had probably been so desperate to obtain Yun Jian’s body because they had wanted to rush to retrieve her eggs before time ran out.

Luckily… luckily he had protected her.

He hadn’t let that pack of bastards desecrate his wife’s body.

The whole matter was simply too disgusting. Yun Yuan had never been able to bring himself to speak of it. Besides, the Tang family had suspected the Yun family from the very beginning, never handed Yun Jian over to them, and had been investigating them all along. They hadn’t really needed his warning.

At the end, Yun Yuan let out a cold laugh.

“Luckily, Brother-in-law, you buried my sister’s ashes in the cemetery at Eden Garden. That trash from the Yun family doesn’t dare pull anything there. If she’d been buried in some other cemetery outside, the Yun family probably would’ve secretly opened up the urn long ago.”

“You have no idea what they were even probing me about just now. They’re actually still suspicious that my sister isn’t dead, because they think even my abilities shouldn’t be enough to make Xiao Yao recover this quickly. But they can’t be a hundred percent sure whether or not I’ve gotten stronger over the years while traveling outside.”

Although both Yun Jian and Yun Yuan were exceptional healers, Yun Jian’s talent really had been slightly stronger than Yun Yuan’s.

There had always been rumors over the years saying Yun Jian hadn’t really died, but the whispers had been faint—nothing more than baseless speculation and probing.

“Luckily, they didn’t suspect little Rong.”

He thought the same as the Tang family did. Tang Rong was still too young, and with those disgusting things from the Yun family constantly staring at him, revealing his talent too early would only bring unnecessary trouble and could even affect his healthy growth.

Letting him grow up as an ordinary child was fine too. Yun Yuan would keep teaching Tang Rong, and once he became an adult capable of standing on his own, they would no longer need to worry like this.

Of course, Tang Zheng’en would never tell Tang Rong any of these things. He only told him not to worry. Little Uncle would be fine, and all of them were Little Uncle’s strongest support.

Tang Rong stayed quietly nestled in his arms and nodded hard.

Tang Zheng’en pressed a kiss to the top of his soft little head. A deep struggle flashed through his eyes, and at last, as though he had finally made up his mind, he spoke.

“Little Rong, do you want to see Mommy?”

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