LPLFDA Chapter 76

Little Deer’s livestream room once again welcomed a huge wave of traffic and tips.

He looked at the gifts piling up in the chat, while beside his ear came Feng Yuan’s soft, teary little baby voice.

For a moment, he didn’t know whether he should be happy or feel sorry for Feng Yuan.

“Ahem.”

Amid Feng Yuan’s sobbing whimpers, Little Deer cleared his throat, wanting to call out to him.

But Feng Yuan, whose game console had already been taken away by his dad, didn’t hear him.

Feng Qi was truly so furious at this little cub that he could hardly stand it.

He turned off the game console directly, then gave Feng Yuan’s chubby little bottom two more swats.

“All this fuss, just for the sake of playing a game!”

“Feng Yuan, tell me, are you trying to rebel against the heavens?”

Feng Yuan didn’t answer. He just kept crying, hiccupping, and sobbing, calling for his dad.

After calling for his dad, he suddenly remembered. His dad was the one hitting him.

So, the little one, eyes full of tears, started calling for his grandpa and grandma instead.

He called for every adult he could think of, but none of them were around.

Li Sheng, who had gone outside to take a call, heard the crying and came back inside.

As soon as he stepped through the door, Feng Yuan stretched out his little hands and cried even louder in his milky voice, “Big Dad, Big Dad, hug!”

Li Sheng: “……”

Li Sheng glanced at his wife but didn’t dare to pick the child up.

The little cub, who was being held down over his Dad’s knee and spanked, saw that Big Dad wasn’t coming to hug him and cried even harder.

Feng Qi gave him a few more swats before finally stopping.

Just in time.

The Yu family had come to see the little one.

With a stiff expression, Feng Qi handed over the crying child, who was now reaching out to Yu Lian and Fang Fang for a hug.

“Wuu wuu wuu, Grandpa!”

“Grandma!”

Feng Yuan’s soft baby voice hiccupped as he called for his god-grandparents.

Yu Lian and Fang Fang had already heard on the way what this little rascal had done.

On the road, they had thought the little one really did need to be taught a lesson.

But once they actually stepped into the hospital room and saw that tearful little face begging for a hug, their hearts melted instantly.

“There, there, don’t cry, Yuan Yuan.”

Fang Fang held the little one in her arms, heart aching terribly. “Dad won’t hit you anymore. He won’t hit our Yuan Yuan.”

But Feng Yuan kept on crying.

He cried as he pointed his little chubby finger toward the door. “Go! Go!”

He wanted to leave.

Seeing this, Fang Fang simply carried him out for a little walk.

This floor was all high-end hospital rooms. Quite a few people were staying there.

When Feng Yuan came out, he ran into several of them.

His tiny arms clung around Fang Fang’s neck, his damp little face pressed tightly against her.

Fang Fang’s heart melted completely from his closeness.

“Yuan Yuan, let’s not be naughty next time, alright?”

Though her heart was soft, Fang Fang didn’t stop lecturing him.

What had happened this time was truly dangerous.

A child’s body isn’t as resilient as an adult’s.

Feng Yuan was only three years old. His little body hadn’t even grown strong yet.

If Feng Qi hadn’t reacted quickly this time, no one dared imagine what might have happened to Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan was still in Fang Fang’s arms as they walked outside.

His crying gradually subsided. But because he had cried too hard earlier, his small body was still struggling to calm down. Every now and then, he’d tremble a little.

In the hallway, the television was once again replaying the news.

The little cub, who had cried so much that he was starting to feel sleepy, looked up and saw the contents of the news broadcast.

He froze.

On the screen, the missing child from the recent case, Anna, appeared clearly before his eyes.

Feng Yuan lifted his small hand and rubbed his eyes.

“Anna.”

He called her name softly, in a daze.

The news mentioned the time Anna went missing. Feng Yuan checked his smartwatch.

The time of her disappearance was right after she had sent him her last message.

That meant Anna had likely gone missing while on her way to find him.

Feng Yuan tilted his little face up to watch the TV. Fang Fang followed his gaze and looked, too.

When she realized it was the child abduction case that had been all over the news recently, she quickly patted his back, coaxing gently, afraid the little one might be frightened.

“Yuan Yuan, don’t be scared. We won’t go missing.”

“If you behave and don’t run off, you won’t meet any bad people.”

But Feng Yuan wasn’t afraid of bad people.

Right now, he was practically wishing he could take the missing children’s place instead!

“Anna… Anna came to find Yuan Yuan.”

Seeing that the news didn’t mention him, Feng Yuan quickly showed Fang Fang the messages in his smartwatch.

Fang Fang looked at the messages, then at Feng Yuan.

She frowned slightly, hesitated for a couple of seconds, and then decided to return to the hospital room.

The fact that Anna had come to look for Feng Yuan before she disappeared was something the police didn’t yet know.

Feng Qi didn’t hesitate at all. He immediately told Li Sheng to report it to the police and provide them with this clue.

The child disappearance case was currently being handled by a specialized criminal investigation unit.

After receiving the information provided by Feng Yuan, the investigators came over to inspect his smartwatch and asked him a few questions.

Feng Yuan answered all of them obediently.

He wasn’t very afraid of police officers.

Back when he lived on Huasheng Street, he often went to the police station to eat with the uncles who worked there.

The officers in front of him might have been dressed differently and looked different from Officer Xiao Lin and the others, but Feng Yuan knew they were also trying hard to rescue the missing children, so his attitude toward them was very polite.

“Little one, thank you very much for your cooperation. At the same time, please be sure to stay safe.”

The lead officer patted Feng Yuan gently on the head.

After expressing his gratitude directly to Feng Yuan, he turned and suggested to Feng Qi and Li Sheng that they talk outside.

Feng Yuan watched them walk out and started toddling after them on his short little legs.

“Yuan Yuan, come here.”

Fang Fang stopped him. “The adults are talking. Children don’t need to listen.”

Feng Yuan: “I want to listen.”

Feng Yuan had a feeling that what the adults were about to discuss was definitely related to Anna.

Just thinking that Anna had gone missing because she came to find him made him feel he had to take responsibility for it!

He insisted on going to listen.

Fang Fang tried hard to stop him, but the little one’s mouth started to quiver. He was about to cry.

Seeing that he was on the verge of tears, Fang Fang immediately gave in.

Watching the little one successfully run out, Yu Yi, who was sitting in the hospital room eating Feng Yuan’s fruit, snorted and laughed toward his parents.

“Dad, Mom, you two really know how to spoil a child.”

If Yuan Yuan were their actual grandson, the little guy would probably be spoiled to the point of defying heaven itself.

“Sigh, it’s not that your dad and I are spoiling him. It’s just that when Yuan Yuan cries, he looks so pitiful. It breaks my heart to see it.”

As Fang Fang spoke, she turned the topic to Yu Yi again.

“Hurry up and start a family already. Have a child, so our house can be lively, too.”

The current atmosphere in the Li family made Yu Lian and Fang Fang both quite envious.

In the past, whenever they visited, they couldn’t stay long.

But now, they practically wished they could move in.

Once again being urged to marry and have children, Yu Yi felt like his ears were about to grow calluses.

“You want a grandchild that badly? How about I give birth to one for you myself? Do you want a grandson or a granddaughter?”

As Yu Yi spoke, he even rubbed his own stomach in mock seriousness.

Yu Lian glanced at him and couldn’t be bothered to respond to such nonsense.

Fang Fang, however, played along. She gave his stomach a light pat and joked, “Alright then, if you have the ability, give birth to one for Mom to see!”

“If you really can give birth, Mom will personally take care of you during your confinement!”

It was obviously a joke.

But Yu Yi’s eyes darted mischievously. He immediately turned on his recorder. “Here, Mom, say that again. If I really can give you a grandchild, you swear you won’t hit me.”

Fang Fang: “……”

Fang Fang gave him a reproachful glance.

This child, once he started talking nonsense, just wouldn’t stop.

But since Yu Yi’s recorder was practically being shoved up to her mouth, she humored him and repeated herself.

“If my son can really get pregnant and give me a grandchild or a granddaughter, that’s fine, too. I won’t hit him.”

The Yu family didn’t favor boys over girls.

Fang Fang and Yu Lian had two children, both sons.

When it came to grandchildren, they thought that having a soft, cuddly little granddaughter would be wonderful.

Inside the hospital room, the three members of the Yu family continued chatting.

At the same time.

Feng Yuan, who had run out, was hiding his little body around the corner, ears perked up, carefully eavesdropping.

Smith was revealing more details about the culprit behind the child abduction cases to Feng Qi and Li Sheng.

When Feng Qi heard the word “candy”, his expression immediately changed.

“Yuan Yuan received candy.”

Feng Qi said, “It was wrapped in colorful, transparent paper. It was very pretty. But I didn’t let Yuan Yuan eat it.”

“When we were leaving the amusement park, I threw the candy away.”

Whenever they went out, Feng Qi had always taught Feng Yuan early on to never accept anything from strangers, whether it was food or toys.

Maybe some people truly gave those things out of kindness.

But among those who did, there were surely ones with bad intentions.

Feng Qi didn’t want to gamble on that chance. So whenever such a situation arose, he refused everything outright.

Even if refusing wasn’t possible, he would throw the item away rather than let Feng Yuan have it.

“Anna also received colorful candy,” Smith said in a low voice.

He then added, “Your child may have already caught the killer’s attention.”

“This perpetrator… puts us under a great deal of pressure.”

Smith had solved many major cases before. His abilities were beyond question.

However, this time, the child disappearance case had thrown even someone as experienced as him into complete confusion.

“We’ve found traces of the perpetrator. We’ve even recovered the objects he touched.”

“But when we tried to extract fingerprints, we couldn’t find a single usable one.”

“This person wasn’t wearing gloves, yet it’s as if his fingerprints simply don’t exist.”

“And his appearance… Different witnesses who’ve seen him describe completely inconsistent faces.”

“He’s been in places where cameras were installed. But on the surveillance footage, there’s no trace of him at all.”

As Smith spoke of these strange details, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

His vast investigative experience felt utterly useless in the face of this case.

The number of child victims had already risen to eight.

Smith had no other options left.

At this point, he had only one bold, and somewhat presumptuous idea.

“I hope your child… can help us a little more.”

“This is a newly developed tracking chip. If your child wears it, we’ll be able to locate him anywhere, no matter where he goes.”

“If the perpetrator tries to target him, we guarantee that we’ll respond immediately.”

Feng Qi understood exactly what Smith meant.

The police had completely run out of options.

So they wanted to use Feng Yuan as bait.

“Sorry, Chief,” Feng Qi said, his tone firm. “You mean to use my child as a decoy. I can’t agree to that.”

“My child is still too young. I can’t accept—”

“Yuan Yuan agrees!”

Just as Feng Qi was refusing, the little cub who had been eavesdropping came running over with quick little steps.

He threw his arms around his Dad’s leg.

Then, tilting his small face upward, he declared in his soft, milky voice, “Dad, Yuan Yuan wants to catch the bad guy!”

Feng Qi: “……”

Feng Qi said sternly, “No.”

He could allow Feng Yuan to encounter demons or spirits for training and trials.

But this case was different. The culprit behind the missing children was still unknown.

Feng Qi wasn’t willing to let his son take such a risk.

“Anna went missing because she came to find Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan has to find her!”

The little one clung tightly to his Dad’s leg, his round face full of determination.

And so, father and son stood locked in a stalemate.

For quite a while, Feng Qi looked down at his son’s little face before finally softening a bit.

“You can wear the chip,” he said quietly. “But if you ever sense danger, you must call Dad first.”

“Okay!”

Feng Yuan agreed obediently. He even took the initiative to reassure his Dad. “Dad, Wu Jin will be with Yuan Yuan!”

Feng Qi: “Alright.”

Feng Qi trusted Wu Jin.

Wu Jin knew how to take care of the child, and his strength was nothing to scoff at.

With Wu Jin accompanying him, Feng Yuan’s safety would be better ensured.

Seeing Feng Qi finally relent and Feng Yuan agree to cooperate, a bit of tension eased from Smith’s face.

He placed the chip against the skin on Feng Yuan’s back.

The transparent chip was tiny. Once it adhered to the skin, it almost blended in completely, barely visible.

Feng Yuan couldn’t reach the chip on his back. His little face showed a trace of nervousness as he asked, “Will it fall off?”

“It won’t.”

Smith’s Chinese was very good. He understood what Feng Yuan was asking and patiently explained, “This is made of a special material. Once it’s attached, it won’t come off even if you sweat or take a bath.”

Smith stayed in the hospital for quite some time before finally leaving with his team.

After Smith left, Feng Qi picked Feng Yuan up and carried him back to the hospital room.

Peter came over to give Feng Yuan another check-up.

Earlier, Feng Yuan had been staring at the screen while playing games and had almost thrown up.

Feng Qi was worried that his body hadn’t fully recovered yet.

Before being discharged, Feng Yuan was supposed to have one last full-body examination anyway.

Peter had just come a bit earlier than planned to do it.

The results showed no major problems.

Just one thing.

“For the next couple of days, don’t let him spend long periods looking at phones or TV screens. What he needs most right now is rest.”

“His normal daily activities are fine, but he should avoid any strenuous movement.”

“In short, everything should focus on recovery.”

After carefully going over all the precautions, Peter then prepared another syringe of medication.

Feng Qi glanced at the syringe. “He needs another injection?”

“Yes.”

Peter smiled helplessly. “Yuan Yuan doesn’t like taking medicine, right? If we give him this injection, he won’t need to take any more medicine afterward.”

“Don’t worry. The medication in this syringe is very mild. It won’t have any side effects on him.”

Since Peter had already said so, Feng Yuan’s injection was inevitable.

The little one had no idea he was about to get a shot.

Right after his check-up, he ran over and sat on Yu Yi’s lap.

In front of Yu Yi, he was messaging Wu Jin to make plans.

Yu Yi watched him sending messages, amused, and pinched his little nose.

“You and Wu Jin are that close, huh? Maybe I should just let him be your godfather.”

Feng Yuan batted away Yu Yi’s big hand and huffed, “Wu Jin is the best! Yuan Yuan likes Wu Jin.”

As the big and little ones chatted about Wu Jin, Yu Lian, listening from the side, joined the conversation, too.

“I think Wu Jin’s a bit introverted. If Yuan Yuan calls him out, will he actually come?”

“He will!”

Feng Yuan nodded his little head eagerly. “Wu Jin loves Yuan Yuan!”

So, whatever Yuan Yuan wanted to do, Wu Jin would always listen.

While they were happily chatting about Wu Jin, Feng Qi walked in.

When Feng Yuan saw his dad, he blinked.

Father and son looked at each other for a few seconds. Then, the little one, who never held grudges, spread his arms wide, asking for a hug.

Feng Qi picked him up and kissed his small cheek.

“Yuan Yuan,” he said softly, “Dad has something he wants to discuss with you.”

Feng Qi’s gentle kisses and affection soon melted Feng Yuan’s anger over being spanked.

The little one snuggled against his Dad, his chubby face pressing softly against Feng Qi’s cheek. The tender, squishy feeling was downright addictive.

“Dad, go ahead and say it.”

Their father-son bond was warming up nicely. Feng Yuan had even decided that whatever Dad wanted to discuss, even if it was asking him not to play games so much, he’d agree.

The affectionate scene between father and son drew the attention of everyone else in the room. All eyes were on them.

Meeting his son’s gaze, Feng Qi gently brought up what he had to say.

“Yuan Yuan, we’ll be discharged from the hospital very soon. But before that, we need to get one more shot in your little bottom, okay?”

It sounded like he was asking for Yuan Yuan’s opinion, but in reality, it was simply a notification.

Feng Yuan’s happy little expression, still glowing from the cuddles, instantly shattered like a bubble.

He stared at his Dad in disbelief, his soft baby voice trembling.

“Yuan Yuan already got spanked!”

“And now Yuan Yuan still has to get a butt shot!”

What a world-shattering piece of bad news!

Feng Yuan couldn’t accept this blow. He squirmed in protest, deciding he no longer wanted to make up with Dad after all.

“Be good, Yuan Yuan,” Feng Qi coaxed softly. “Once we finish the butt shot, we can go home.”

“When we get home, Dad will have a surprise waiting for you.”

Feng Qi held his son tightly, not letting the little one wriggle free as he tried to escape.

Just as Feng Qi was pressing the boy down gently, Peter walked in.

The moment Feng Yuan saw him, he burst out crying with a loud “Waaah!”

“Yuan Yuan doesn’t want a shot!”

He struggled with all his might, kicking his chubby little legs furiously.

His kicks were wild and powerful.

Afraid that Feng Yuan might hurt Feng Qi, Li Sheng quickly stepped in and took the boy from his arms.

A child about to get a shot was harder to handle than a pig about to be slaughtered for the New Year’s feast.

Even as his Big Dad, Li Sheng took several solid kicks from those little chubby feet.

Helpless, he called for Yu Yi to help.

Yu Yi came over, coordinating with him. One adult holding down the squirming body, the other securing the kicking legs.

Pinned down and unable to move, Feng Yuan cried miserably.

Li Sheng, worn out from his son’s fierce resistance, was nearly at his limit, too.

He raised his eyes toward Peter and said, “Go ahead. Just make it light.”

Peter nodded. “Alright.”

It wasn’t Peter’s first time giving a shot.

He moved gently, first disinfecting the area with a cotton ball, then soothingly said, “Yuan Yuan, try to relax a little.”

If the child was too tense, it would only make the injection harder.

Feng Yuan was still crying.

Hearing that he not only had to get a shot but also had to “relax”, the little boy felt so wronged that his sobs nearly turned into hiccups.

The injection didn’t take long, but for Feng Yuan, every second of it felt endlessly drawn out.

When it was finally done, Li Sheng pressed a cotton swab over the spot on his son’s bottom and softly comforted him, “There, there. It’s all done now.”

“We’re going home.”

Feng Yuan was crying so hard he couldn’t even speak.

The checkups were done, the shot was over. He could finally be discharged.

They were heading home, but Yu Yi and the others didn’t go with them.

“We just came to see Yuan Yuan,” Yu Yi said. “Now that we’ve seen him, we should head back, too.”

They hadn’t planned to visit the Li family home.

Seeing this, Li Sheng didn’t insist.

Holding his little one in his arms, he got into the car to go home.

But that injection had an aftereffect.

Feng Yuan didn’t dare to sit the whole ride. He could only lie on his stomach.

Tears streaked down Feng Yuan’s little face. The moment he got into the car, he refused to let either of his dads touch him.

He lay on the seat by himself, not saying a word to them.

“Yuan Yuan.”

Feng Qi tried to talk to him. But as soon as he opened his mouth, the little one raised his hands and covered his ears.

Feng Qi: “…”

Feng Qi tried reasoning with him. “You’re still not fully recovered, that’s why you needed the shot.”

But Feng Yuan wouldn’t listen.

He slowly buried his face into the seat cushion.

Seeing their little one sulking so hard, Feng Qi and Li Sheng were both helpless.

They exchanged a look. The next second, both picked up their phones.

Feng Qi tagged Li Ting in the family group chat.

Feng Qi: “Are you and Xiao Xun back yet? Are you still at the airport or already home?”

Li Ting: “[photo]”

Li Ting: “We’ve already arrived home.”

Seeing that they were safely home, Feng Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He typed: “Yuan Yuan’s upset. When we get back, have Xiao Xun cheer him up a bit.”

Li Ting: “?”

Li Ting: “Why is he upset?”

Feng Qi: “We just finished spanking him, and then the doctor said he still needed another shot on his butt.”

Li Ting: “…”

Li Ting fell silent.

He turned his head and told Qin Xun about Feng Yuan’s situation.

Qin Xun’s handsome face tensed.

He nodded. “Got it.”

He would comfort Yuan Yuan.

Li Ting helped Qin Xun carry his things into the bedroom where Feng Yuan stayed.

“You used to share a room with Yuan Yuan anyway, so I didn’t have them prepare another one for you. You’ll stay in Yuan Yuan’s room. Is that okay?”

Qin Xun: “Okay.”

Qin Xun was completely fine with that arrangement.

He had come here for one reason only—

To stay with Feng Yuan.

Now that he could live with him, he was perfectly satisfied.

After Li Ting finished settling Qin Xun in, he told him to look around the house.

“Yuan Yuan will probably be a while before he gets back. You can go explore on your own first.”

Saying that, Li Ting took Su Miao, who had come back with him, to his own room.

He’d been away from home for a long time, but the room was still spotless.

The servants had cleaned it in advance.

“This is the bedroom you’ve lived in since you were a kid?”

Su Miao was very curious about Li Ting’s room.

He wandered around, looking everywhere, and even found some of Li Ting’s childhood photos.

Li Ting gave a quiet “mm”, grabbed some clothes, and got ready to take a shower.

He’d been on a plane for several hours and hadn’t had a chance to wash up since getting home.

“Stop looking. Come in.”

Even for a shower, Li Ting pulled Su Miao along.

The two adults stayed inside the bathroom and didn’t come out for a while.

Left alone outside, Qin Xun didn’t go wandering around.

He sat quietly in the hall, waiting for Feng Yuan.

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

Outside, the sound of a car finally echoed.

Qin Xun instantly stood up and looked toward the door.

From the entrance, a little cub was walking in.

The tiny child was clutching his bottom, limping pitifully as he walked.

Two adults followed behind him, trying to pick him up.

But the little one, with tears streaming down his cheeks and stubbornness written all over his face, refused to be held.

Seeing the miserable little thing, Qin Xun’s heart skipped a beat.

He strode forward quickly and called out, “Yuan Yuan.”

Feng Yuan: “!”

The sulking little cub immediately looked up when he heard that familiar voice.

The moment he saw Qin Xun, all his pent-up grievance burst out at once.

“Qin Xun—!”

Tears rolled down his face as the little one eagerly stretched out his chubby arms.

Qin Xun took several long strides forward and scooped him up.

While holding him, he was careful to avoid touching the sore spot on his bottom.

Feng Yuan wrapped both his tiny arms tightly around Qin Xun’s neck and, right in front of his dads, started tattling.

Saying how Dad was always spanking him. Spanking him so many times!

The doctor had given the little cub an injection, too.

Yuan Yuan’s bottom hurt so much!

The poor little one, full of grievance and misery, had finally, at this very moment, found someone who would never, ever spank him: Qin Xun.

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