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Xiao Bai packed up the egg, carefully placed Rong Rong’s fluffy sunhat on his head, and then left the hotel with the little ones and the egg in tow.
Xiao Bai was a cautious dragon.
When taking the little ones out, he even fastened their seatbelts.
With Eggy and Rong Rong finally out of the hotel, the expressions on their little faces brightened considerably.
They obediently held onto the dragon scales, letting Uncle Xiao Bai carry them through the sky.
Xiao Bai flew aimlessly, purely to distract the little ones.
As time passed, Xiao Bai continued to fly diligently.
Meanwhile, the “brother” that Eggy was eagerly hoping to see had just endured a nerve-wracking interrogation.
He stayed close to Charles’s uncle, but a sharp-eyed staff member remembered something—
At first, Charles’s uncle didn’t seem to have brought him along.
Charles’s uncle raised an eyebrow but didn’t put up a stubborn defense.
He simply explained that the little one was mischievous and hadn’t been following him properly earlier.
The three billion Charles’s uncle had demanded had already been transferred.
Given the hefty sum, the staff didn’t dare give Charles’s uncle too much trouble.
After all, Charles’s uncle had just placed another order with them.
If there were any more merfolk available, he was willing to pay one billion each for them.
Charles’s uncle’s extravagance delighted the staff.
They continued chatting.
Feng Yuan, with his mouth stuffed with pastries, tugged at Charles’s uncle’s pant leg with his little chubby hand.
“Uncle, Yuan Yuan needs to go poop.”
“Alright, go ahead.”
Charles’s uncle patted Charles’s head as he spoke. “You go with him.”
Even without being told, Charles knew to accompany Feng Yuan.
Hand in hand, the pair headed to the restroom.
Feng Yuan wasn’t actually going to poop. He just wanted to buy more time.
Because he was about to make his escape.
The merfolk were now safe. Feng Yuan needed to return through the passageway ahead of schedule.
“Charles.”
Feng Yuan, avoiding people along the way, pulled Charles to the vicinity of the passage.
Pointing in the direction of the passage, he instructed Charles, “Keep an eye out, okay? When my big dad arrives, tell him to come find me here.”
“I have to go now.”
“Uncle Xiao Hong is waiting for me.”
After giving his instructions, Feng Yuan didn’t linger any longer.
He had filled his stomach and even stuffed his pockets with snacks.
Now, he needed to leave quickly.
Charles, having witnessed many intense situations, was no ordinary child.
He nodded, indicating he had memorized Feng Yuan’s words.
Feng Yuan wasn’t wearing his translator. But communication between him and Charles wasn’t a problem.
Because Charles had taught himself Chinese.
He could understand everything Feng Yuan said.
As for Feng Yuan’s English grades, Charles had heard about them.
On a 100-point English test, Feng Yuan had filled the entire paper, but only scored eight points.
Charles had no expectations that Feng Yuan would ever master English.
“Charles, goodbye!”
“Mm, Yuan Yuan, goodbye.”
After bidding farewell to Feng Yuan, Charles watched as the little boy disappeared before his eyes.
Once Feng Yuan was gone, Charles waited a moment before returning to his uncle’s side.
By the time he got back, the staff member chatting with Charles’s uncle had just left.
Charles leaned close to his uncle’s ear and whispered, “Uncle, we need to stall for a bit more time. We have to wait for Uncle Li to arrive.”
To buy time, the uncle and nephew took turns going to the restroom, claiming stomach issues.
The time they managed to gain might seem short, but for a dragon capable of traveling thousands of miles in a day, it was more than enough.
Soon.
Li Sheng arrived here with a group of dragons.
Their appearance caused the crowd, who had intended to leave immediately after the merfolk auction, to change their expressions drastically.
Although these people had been transformed into demons, their strength was far too weak.
In the presence of Li Sheng, a great demon gradually recovering his power, they were completely outmatched.
Upon seeing Li Sheng, their first instinct was not to fight.
Their first instinct was to run.
Charles recognized Li Sheng.
He rushed to Li Sheng’s side in time and quickly relayed Feng Yuan’s instructions.
While speaking with Li Sheng, he finally had the chance to switch to English, the language he was most comfortable with.
As Li Sheng listened, he followed the direction Charles pointed and accurately made his way to the vicinity of the passage.
In front of the spatial passage, a group of people attempting to flee had gathered.
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Sheng absorbed all the demonic energy from these individuals.
Finally, he stepped into the passage.
Charles had intended to follow. But as soon as Li Sheng entered the passage, he closed it behind him.
Charles was left grasping at air.
Rubbing his bruised forehead, he sighed as he watched Li Sheng disappear.
Ah.
As an ordinary human, he truly couldn’t keep up with the pace of Yuan Yuan and his family!
Blocked from the passage, Charles stood in place for a few seconds, lost in thought.
Soon, he got to work.
He asked his uncle for help in gathering people and detained all the staff members who hadn’t managed to escape.
Charles’s uncle was a rather unscrupulous character.
He had arrived with a group of people.
His men were stationed outside the auction house.
With the uncle-nephew duo controlling the auction house, the adults who had crossed through the passage also reunited at the location where the merfolk and the dragons were.
After Feng Yuan left, Chi Rong’s room was filled with demonic energy.
Surrounded by such energy, he would be transformed into a demonic dragon if he remained there for seven full days.
Fortunately, he hadn’t even been there for seven hours before a group of people arrived and forced the door open.
Yu Ye charged in first.
Qin Xun, who followed closely behind, immediately spotted the Dragon-Binding Rope on Chi Rong.
Pursing his lips, he recalled a memory from the past.
He walked over and placed his small hand on the Dragon-Binding Rope.
The rope loosened.
Freed from his restraints, Chi Rong, in his dragon form, transformed into a human shape.
Having been exposed to the demonic energy for several hours, his eyes were slightly red, and his mind was somewhat affected.
Even as Yu Ye held him, he struggled incessantly.
Yu Ye’s shoulder was bitten, and blood began to seep out.
A dragon’s teeth were, after all, quite formidable.
Despite being bitten and bleeding, Yu Ye remained unfazed.
He held Chi Rong tightly in his arms and whispered soothingly, “Xiao Hong, don’t be afraid. It’s me.”
“We’ll go home soon.”
“Second Eggy and Third Eggy are waiting for us at home.”
At first, Chi Rong showed no reaction to Yu Ye’s whispers until he mentioned Second Eggy and Third Eggy.
Upon hearing their names, Chi Rong’s eyes gradually cleared.
Yu Ye kissed his cheek, a hint of jealousy in his tone.
“Only when I mention the eggs do you snap out of it?”
It seemed his status couldn’t quite compare to that of the eggs.
By this time, Chi Rong had fully regained his senses.
Feng Qi paid them no further mind and immediately began searching for the great demon responsible for all this.
He had been searching for this great demon’s whereabouts for a long time.
This time, by a stroke of luck, they had managed to track him down. Feng Qi didn’t want to let this rare opportunity slip away.
“Yu Ye, take Chi Rong and go.”
“Bai Ze, Qiong Qi, we’ll keep searching for him.”
As Feng Qi spoke, he gave Qiong Qi an extra glance.
Qiong Qi’s awakening had been triggered by that great demon.
Now that Qiong Qi was here, he wondered if he could sense the demon’s presence.
Qiong Qi, who had been glanced at by Feng Qi, was currently following Bai Ze.
Bai Ze was muttering to him in a hushed voice.
“Qiong Qi, hurry up and search.”
“Don’t slack off.”
“And don’t go easy on him!”
“This great demon is too troublesome. If he isn’t eliminated, he’ll keep causing chaos day after day.”
“For Yuan Yuan’s sake, we need to get rid of him as soon as possible.”
“What does he have to do with Yuan Yuan?” Qiong Qi asked casually.
Bai Ze snorted and replied, “Haven’t you noticed that all the trouble he’s been stirring up lately has dragged Yuan Yuan into it?”
“Besides, if we really let him have his way and turn this perfect world into a murky, chaotic demon realm, how will my little chubby Yuan Yuan ever get to enjoy kindergarten properly?”
He didn’t even mention protecting the world. Just for the sake of safeguarding his little chubby Yuan Yuan’s kindergarten, he had to join forces with Feng Qi to take down the great demon.
Hearing this, Qiong Qi fell silent for a moment before wordlessly resuming his search for the demon’s traces.
The great demon was hiding exceptionally well.
Even after their group released the merfolk and destroyed the place, the great demon still hadn’t shown himself.
“What a coward.”
Feng Qi frowned, thinking that this elusive great demon was utterly spineless in his actions.
They had come knocking at his door, yet the demon still didn’t dare show his face.
Li Sheng had already joined forces with Feng Qi.
Seeing Feng Qi’s displeased expression, Li Sheng stood by his side and explained, “He knows that if he shows himself, he’ll die. That’s why he doesn’t dare come out.”
This great demon had existed even before Li Sheng’s time, but had disappeared.
Li Sheng and Chi Shui had privately studied him.
His condition was definitely not good.
That’s why, for so long, he had only dared to employ underhanded tactics, using methods like resurrecting demons and various fierce beasts to stir up chaos in the world.
“All the spatial passages here have been identified.”
“Next, we’ll take our time searching for him.”
“Mm.”
Feng Qi nodded and looked around. “Where’s Yuan Yuan?”
With the adults taking over, their little chubby cub could finally rest and go home.
Feng Qi hadn’t seen his son in days. He missed him.
Li Sheng also scanned the area but didn’t spot him.
“I saw him earlier, but I don’t know where he ran off to now.”
Everyone was busy. Some were rescuing mermaids, some searching for demons, and others guarding the spatial passages.
The adults were bustling about, too preoccupied to keep a constant eye on Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan didn’t need the adults watching him anyway.
He ran around everywhere, looking here and there, eagerly helping out wherever he could.
After some time had passed, the adults had mostly finished dealing with the scene.
All that remained was to explore the passages.
Feng Yuan was finally picked up by Feng Qi, who grabbed him by the back of his collar.
“Yuan Yuan, why didn’t you come find Dad?”
“Dad, Yuan Yuan was busy!”
Feng Yuan, now held in his dad’s arms, pouted and gave him a couple of kisses.
He hadn’t changed his clothes, bathed, or eaten properly in the past couple of days.
Feng Qi looked at him and thought he resembled a little dirty bun.
“Go back to the hotel and take a bath first,” Feng Qi said. “You can bathe with Qin Xun. Let him help scrub your back.”
“I’ll return a bit later.”
Feng Qi had no intention of letting the sea dragons pass through the remaining spatial passage. For now, the sea dragons had only one task: to go back and rest. And to take Feng Yuan and Qin Xun with them.
Qin Xun wanted to stay, but Feng Qi ruffled his hair and gently refused. “Go back with Yuan Yuan and rest. Uncle Li and I will handle things here. Don’t worry.”
Feng Yuan and Qin Xun were escorted away. On their way back, the two little ones started talking about the eggs.
“Qin Xun, did you see Second and Third Eggy?”
“Yes.”
“Aren’t they adorable?”
Qin Xun fell silent. He had only glanced at the two eggs from a distance and hadn’t gotten a close look. As for whether they were cute or not, he couldn’t tell. In his eyes, the only one who could ever be called adorable was Feng Yuan.
“Hehe, they must be super cute!” Feng Yuan was absolutely smitten with the eggs. The more eggs, the merrier. After all, more eggs meant more little ones calling him big brother.
Thinking about the eggs he hadn’t had a chance to cuddle and kiss properly, Feng Yuan was practically itching to rush back.
Thanks to the dragon uncle’s full-speed journey, Feng Yuan returned quickly. When he arrived, Xiao Bai was utterly exhausted from dealing with Eggy.
Eggy had noticed that Xiao Bai was wandering around aimlessly. His short temper flared up instantly. He leaped straight off Xiao Bai’s back, nearly giving the poor dragon a heart attack.
“Eggy! I see the baby!!! This time it’s for real!”
Just as Xiao Bai was completely at his wit’s end, Feng Yuan finally appeared. The moment he saw Feng Yuan, Xiao Bai’s eyes welled up with tears of relief.
“Oh, baby!”
Xiao Bai swooped down and rushed back. As soon as he landed, Eggy, still wearing his backpack, slid down eagerly.
“Gogo!”
Eggy toddled unsteadily toward Feng Yuan, his tiny arms outstretched. Seeing how wobbly he was, Feng Yuan hurried over to catch him.
The two brothers hugged tightly. Eggy’s face was full of grievances. He started babbling a long list of complaints—how Xiao Bai hadn’t taken him to find his brother, how worried he had been, why his brother had taken so long to return.
He chattered on and on, but his mumbled, babyish speech was too fast to understand. Feng Yuan couldn’t make out the words, but he could sense Eggy’s feelings. Without another word, he cupped Eggy’s face and kissed him.
“Eggy, brother is fine now. Let’s go eat together.”
Feng Yuan hadn’t eaten or slept well these past couple of days. With all the little ones gathered, they headed back to the hotel.
Qin Xun held Feng Yuan’s hand and led him into the bathroom. The rooms they had booked came with oversized bathtubs. Qin Xun skillfully filled the tub with water.
Seeing that his brother was about to bathe, Eggy brought over his yellow floatie—clearly intending to join in. The bathtub was spacious enough to comfortably fit several little ones.
After Qin Xun finished filling the tub, he helped Feng Yuan undress and watched as Feng Yuan undressed Eggy as well. Both little ones settled into the bath.
Just as Qin Xun thought he would be bathing two little ones, Eggy dragged his backpack over to the edge of the tub. He unzipped it, revealing the two eggs inside, and carefully placed them into the bathwater as well.
Feng Yuan stared at the two eggs, lost in thought.
“Hmm, which one is Second Eggy and which one is Third Eggy?”
Feng Yuan hadn’t witnessed Uncle Chi Rong laying the eggs, so he couldn’t tell which was which.
Eggy himself didn’t know either.
But Eggy knew how to ask.
He patted the two eggs as if tapping on watermelons.
“Second?” he asked while patting.
Feng Yuan, aware of Eggy’s strength, quickly scooped up both eggs.
Just as he reached out but hadn’t yet grasped them, one slightly larger egg rolled over toward him.
Feng Yuan: “…”
Feng Yuan froze for a moment.
He tentatively asked, “Second Eggy?”
The egg that had rolled over nudged against his hand and moved again.
A look of delight spread across Feng Yuan’s little face. “So you’re Second Eggy!”
Second Eggy was a bit larger than Third Eggy and seemed more alert.
Third Eggy, who was being patted by Feng Yuan, showed no reaction at all.
The newly hatched Second Eggy and Third Eggy had clearly become the new toys for their older brothers.
Eggy quite enjoyed patting the eggs.
Feng Yuan was afraid he might crack them.
Although the eggs were sturdy, they could become a bit fragile right before hatching.
“Eggy, don’t keep patting them. They’re still too small.”
“From now on, you’re the big brother. You have to take good care of them.”
Feng Yuan shared his experience of being an older brother with Eggy.
Eggy scrunched up his face. It was unclear if he had taken the advice to heart.
Time passed slowly.
After Feng Yuan finished his bath, Chi Rong from next door came to retrieve the eggs.
Chi Rong had laid the eggs in a hurry and hadn’t had the chance to take a good look at them.
After Chi Rong arrived, Third Eggy, who had been mostly inactive, finally showed a bit more reaction.
He actively nuzzled against his father.
Not only did he nuzzle Chi Rong, but he also nuzzled Yu Ye.
The small, faintly pinkish egg’s affectionate nuzzle toward his father even caught Yu Ye off guard.
Yu Ye knew he wasn’t particularly popular with children.
Kids never liked playing with him.
He didn’t have much patience for children either, treating them all with equal sharp-tongued bluntness.
So, he was used to children not being close to him.
But this little pink egg seemed to—
Actually like him.
Yu Ye cradled the little pink egg in his hands and tentatively brought his face closer.
A few seconds later.
The little pink egg gently rubbed against his cheek.
Yu Ye: “……”
So it wasn’t an illusion.
This little pink egg really did like him.
Yu Ye held Third Eggy, while Chi Rong bent down to pick up Second Eggy.
Second Eggy was also quite affectionate toward Chi Rong.
The couple each held an egg. Chi Rong, carrying his egg, chatted with Feng Yuan for a while before returning to their room.
He still needed more rest.
He hadn’t fully recovered yet.
Seeing that the eggs had been taken away, Feng Yuan didn’t try to keep them.
After all, he could still play with Qin Xun, Eggy, and Rong Rong.
As for the two unhatched eggs, he could play with them later.
Feng Yuan continued his vacation.
However, the adults who had originally been accompanying him were often nowhere to be seen.
Sometimes, Feng Yuan overheard the adults talking and learned that they had encountered the great demon.
That great demon had even fought with his dad.
Unfortunately, his dad hadn’t been able to capture the demon.
But his dad had managed to mark the demon with a brand. In the future, if they found the brand, they could confirm the demon’s identity.
The demon knew transformation magic, so without the brand, it would be hard to recognize him.
Feng Yuan was also very interested in what the adults were busy with.
He eagerly wanted to join in. But before he could even ask, his dad would shut him down with homework.
From the start of the holiday until now, he remained the same. Not a single word of his homework had been touched.
As the vacation days dwindled, Qin Xun began urging Feng Yuan to finish his assignments.
Feng Yuan, however, was a master at dodging responsibilities.
He lay sprawled on the small sofa at home. His chubby legs crossed in the air while clutching a tub of ice cream, letting Qin Xun’s reminders go in one ear and out the other.
Whenever Qin Xun reached for his homework notebook, Feng Yuan would cleverly change the subject.
“Qin Xun, I heard Second Eggy is about to hatch! Let’s go see Second Eggy later.”
Qin Xun replied, “Finish your homework first.”
Feng Yuan shook his head stubbornly. “No, no.”
Scooping up another spoonful of ice cream, Feng Yuan not only avoided his homework but also began daydreaming about his kindergarten life.
This semester, he would be moving up to the senior class.
Just one more year in the senior class, and he wouldn’t have to attend kindergarten anymore!
After that, he’d never have to do homework again.
The thought of a future free from homework made Feng Yuan’s little mouth curl into a wide grin.
With his mouth full of ice cream, he even started humming a cheerful tune.
Seeing the little guy so carefree and relaxed, Qin Xun couldn’t resist walking over and scooping him up into his arms.
“Yuan Yuan, you really need to do your homework now, or you’ll run out of time.”
“The day after tomorrow, you have a photoshoot that’s going to take at least a whole day.”
The photoshoot Qin Xun mentioned was for a magazine feature.
This magazine had invited several children from 《Baby’s Journey》 to pose for pictures.
Besides the photoshoot, the second season of 《Baby’s Journey》 was already in the works.
After the first season became a huge hit, the director wanted to strike while the iron was hot and film the second season right away.
But a year had passed. The second season kept getting delayed for various reasons.
This time, the director had held multiple discussions with the dads.
It was still uncertain whether the other children would participate, but Feng Yuan and Rong Rong were confirmed to go.
To be precise, Feng Yuan was going to accompany Rong Rong.
Rong Rong was timid. Even with his dad around, he was too scared to appear on the show alone.
Feng Yuan, being both loyal and fond of filming, had agreed to join.
So, their participation was already set in stone.
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