Back when Feng Yuan announced that he was going to fly, Qin Xun’s little face had already tensed up.
Unlike the other adults’ expressions of expectation and joy, Qin Xun’s heart was filled only with worry and nervousness.
He had seen Feng Yuan fly yesterday, but that had only happened because the situation back then had forced it out of him.
Now, in a different setting, Feng Yuan couldn’t fly at all.
Watching the little chubby ball sadly flop onto the ground, Frida hurriedly picked him up.
As for Feng Yuan’s identity, Li Heng had already told her about it in private.
Although she had heard Li Heng mention this little chubby ball before, this was her first time actually seeing him today.
She immediately took a liking to the little chubby ball.
“Yuan Yuan.”
Seeing the little chubby ball curling himself up tightly, Frida comforted him softly, “You’re still very young. Maybe when you grow up a bit more, you’ll be able to fly really well.”
The other adults also joined in to comfort him.
But Feng Yuan still shut himself off.
He covered his head with his short, pudgy little wings, his whole round body curling up tightly.
A whole circle of adults couldn’t coax the little chubby ball, no matter what they tried.
Qin Xun stepped forward and took the little chubby ball into his arms. His lips pressed close to the small wing by the chubby ball’s side, and he said softly, “Yuan Yuan, don’t be sad. I can practice flying with you.”
“When Yuan Yuan learns to fly, can you take me with you then?”
“Chirp.”
Okay.
The little chubby ball, who had been curled up tightly, finally opened his wings a little and let out a soft chirp.
With Qin Xun stepping in, the little chubby ball who had been so discouraged slowly adjusted his mood bit by bit.
He spread his wings and lifted his small face once more.
“Chirp chirp!”
Qin Xun translated from the side, “Yuan Yuan says he’ll perform for everyone next time.”
“Chirp, chirp, chirp.”
Qin Xun continued translating, “He says he’ll fly really, really high.”
With Qin Xun’s translation, all the adults clapped for Feng Yuan to show their support.
Li Wei smiled with squinted eyes and said, “Our Yuan Yuan is an amazing little phoenix, whether he can fly or not.”
Although Feng Yuan looked like a fluffy little chick, no one in the family ever called him a chick in front of him.
Everyone praised him as the most beautiful little phoenix baby.
“Yuan Yuan, come, let Auntie hold you.”
Li Wei looked at the fluffy little chubby ball. She had long been dying to get her hands on him.
She lifted the little chubby ball in her hands and then tossed him up into the air.
“Whoosh—”
The little chubby ball was thrown upward, then landed safely back into a pair of big hands.
Li Wei smiled and asked, “Yuan Yuan, was that fun?”
Feng Yuan chirped, “Chirp chirp!”
Fun, fun!
The game of “throwing high” quickly drew in everyone in the room.
Li Wei tossed the little chubby ball to Li Ting, Li Ting threw him to Qin Xun, Qin Xun tossed him to Li Si, Li Si threw him to Li Wang, and Li Wang tossed him to the closest one, Frida.
The round, plump little ball was tossed back and forth, his cheerful chirping echoing throughout the entire hall.
Just as everyone was getting really into the game, Feng Qi returned.
Li Wei, who was in the middle of tossing the little chubby ball, paused for a moment when she saw Feng Qi, her throwing motion stopping for two seconds.
Her brief hesitation made Li Ting think she wasn’t going to throw anymore, so he smiled and turned to greet Feng Qi.
But as soon as he took a step, Feng Yuan suddenly chirped in panic.
Li Ting: “?”
Li Ting looked up at the little chubby ball. The next second, the little chubby ball had already fallen to the ground.
Li Ting: “???”
Li Ting was completely dumbfounded.
He stared at the little chubby ball that had fallen to the floor and snapped angrily at Li Wei, “How could you throw Yuan Yuan onto the ground?!”
Li Wei got angry, too. “Weren’t you supposed to catch him?!”
Li Ting said, “I thought you weren’t playing anymore!”
The little uncle and little aunt started arguing on the spot.
The cub who had fallen onto the floor weakly kicked his tiny claws, as if saying, Someone, come save Yuan Yuan already.
Fortunately, the floor was carpeted.
When Feng Yuan fell, his small wings had instinctively covered his head.
So when Qin Xun picked him up, he wasn’t actually hurt.
His body wasn’t injured, but his little heart definitely was.
When Li Ting came over to apologize and tried to hold him again, the little one only turned around, showing his chubby backside to his uncle.
Li Ting looked at that perfectly round little butt. After staring for a while, he couldn’t help but poke it with his finger.
The little cub, already puffed up with anger, was now so mad he nearly toppled over.
“Chirp!”
Bad uncle!
The furious little chubby ball started pecking furiously at his uncle’s big hand.
Feng Qi watched them all making a ruckus and couldn’t help but smile.
By then, it was already lunchtime.
After all that fussing around, the little chubby ball was carried over to the dining table.
The little one originally didn’t want to change back, but pecking at his food bit by bit was rather tiring.
So, in order to gnaw on a big drumstick properly, the little chubby ball decisively turned back into his small, chubby child form.
At the dining table, Feng Qi took the initiative to mention that Li Sheng was still busy with work, which was why he couldn’t come back for lunch.
Li Heng and the others at the table didn’t pay much attention to it.
As long as Feng Yuan was there, they were content.
After lunch, Feng Qi didn’t rest much before heading out again.
He still needed to continue searching for any trace of Zheng.
Feng Yuan watched his Dad leave with wide, hopeful eyes. He wanted his dad to take him along, but his dad didn’t.
“Qin Xun, let’s go find Wu Jin!”
Feng Yuan wanted to share some of his Dad’s burden, so he refused to take a nap and insisted on going to look for Wu Jin.
Seeing that, Qin Xun went along and took him there.
Meanwhile, on their way over, Wu Jin and Yu Yi were still in bed and hadn’t gotten up yet.
Wu Jin had only returned early that morning.
When he came back in the morning, Yu Yi was still asleep.
Because Wu Jin hadn’t been home that night, Yu Yi had tossed and turned restlessly and couldn’t fall asleep.
Since he couldn’t sleep, he simply sat up and started playing games.
He even downloaded the same game that Feng Yuan loved to play, even if it meant getting scolded for it.
He also hired Little Deer to play with him as a companion.
Little Deer was very good at reading the mood and had a sweet mouth. As soon as he joined, he called him “Boss.”
Yu Yi didn’t feel like being anyone’s boss, so he told him to call him “Brother” instead.
He was a bit older than Little Deer.
Esports players live on their youth. Even after spending years in the esports scene, Little Deer still looked like a bright young man.
The two of them played games together for most of the night. Yu Yi was generous with his spending, while Little Deer provided excellent service.
By the end, if Yu Yi hadn’t been too exhausted to stay up any longer, the two of them might’ve played until dawn.
Yu Yi only managed to sleep during the second half of the night. Just a few hours later, Wu Jin came home and wrapped him tightly in his arms.
Wu Jin held him so firmly, clinging to him almost desperately.
In the past, when Yu Yi was out and about, he always looked like a flirt and a playboy. But in reality, before meeting Wu Jin, he had never touched anyone.
He and Wu Jin had only each other.
In the beginning, Wu Jin didn’t know anything. He only had raw, unrestrained passion.
Yu Yi had half-jokingly, half-seriously complained about him a few times.
After being “disliked”, Wu Jin’s eyes would redden as he held Yu Yi’s hand, his voice hoarse as he asked to be taught.
Yu Yi couldn’t stand seeing him look so pitiful. Clenching his teeth, he finally gave in and taught him bit by bit.
In the end, Wu Jin even managed to learn more on his own without needing to be taught at all…
In short, by now, Wu Jin knew Yu Yi’s body even better than Yu Yi himself did.
Woken up so early in the morning, Yu Yi had been ready to lose his temper.
But then Wu Jin kissed his stomach.
“Baby.”
Wu Jin kissed his belly again, whispering the word baby.
Yu Yi froze for a moment, not sure if Wu Jin was calling him “baby.”
“Baby… I want a baby.”
Wu Jin was still mumbling. This time, Yu Yi finally understood what he meant.
“What baby? Did you listen to that little chubby Yuan talking nonsense again? I never said I was going to give you a baby.”
Yu Yi denied it firmly, refusing to admit anything.
But Wu Jin ignored his denial and continued to hold his fingers, kissing them gently.
Although Wu Jin had a human form, in human society…
He hadn’t lived in the human world for very long.
Because of that, much of his primal beast nature was still deeply ingrained in him.
For a creature born of instinct, hearing that his mate wanted to bear his offspring, it was easy to imagine how overwhelming that would feel.
His excitement didn’t come from the idea of having offspring, but from Yu Yi’s love for him.
He felt Yu Yi’s love for him.
“Alright, alright, calm down. Don’t get so worked up,” Yu Yi said, seeing that Wu Jin had no intention of calming himself. He finally spoke up, trying to soothe the restless big guy.
“I was just speaking casually, don’t really think I can give you a baby.”
Yu Yi patted his head, afraid that he might start imagining things.
“I’m a man. I can’t have a baby.”
Feng Qi was also a man.
But how Feng Qi managed to give birth to Feng Yuan, Yu Yi couldn’t figure out either.
Even though Yu Yi tried hard to calm him down, Wu Jin still acted wildly the entire morning before finally settling down.
Fortunately, the elder Mr. and Mrs. Yu had gone out today and weren’t home, so they didn’t come upstairs to see their son.
The two of them carried on until noon.
Then Wu Jin went downstairs, brought back some luncheon meat, and fed Yu Yi bite by bite before letting him go back to sleep.
As for Wu Jin himself, even if he didn’t sleep for three days and nights, nothing would happen to him.
But when Yu Yi was lying in bed, Wu Jin liked to lie next to him, sticking close as they rested together.
So, when Feng Yuan came looking for him, Wu Jin was still in bed.
He carefully pulled the thin blanket over Yu Yi, then casually grabbed some clothes to put on before opening the bedroom door.
“Wu Jin!”
“Shh, Yu Yi’s asleep.”
Wu Jin picked Feng Yuan up and carried him to the small sitting room connected to the bedroom.
There was a sofa in the sitting room.
Wu Jin sat down on the sofa, holding Feng Yuan in his arms.
As soon as the big one and the little one met, they rubbed their cheeks against each other affectionately.
After rubbing his face against Wu Jin’s, Feng Yuan’s sharp little eyes noticed the red marks on Wu Jin’s neck.
“There are bugs!”
Feng Yuan reached out his chubby little hand and touched Wu Jin’s neck.
With a bit of worry, he asked, “Did you put medicine on it?”
Feng Yuan had been bitten by bugs before. His dad had put medicine on him afterward.
Wu Jin: “…”
Wu Jin brushed past the topic vaguely.
He quickly shifted Feng Yuan’s attention to a new subject.
“Yuan Yuan, are we going to look for Zheng now?”
“Mm!”
Feng Yuan nodded. He only had Saturday and Sunday.
Come Monday, he would have to go back to the base again.
Within these two days, Feng Yuan wanted to find Zheng.
“Alright then, let’s go.”
One big, two small, plus a backpack. Just like that, the three of them set out.
They went to the same river as yesterday.
Following the direction of the river, they walked very, very far.
On the first day, they found nothing.
On the second day, Feng Yuan carried his little schoolbag and set out again.
While they were outside, Wu Jin didn’t show himself.
Only Feng Yuan held Qin Xun’s hand. The two little ones wandering about together, looking like the perfect targets to be lured away.
Before they could find Zheng, the two little ones ran into a group of robbers instead.
Facing the unfamiliar blond punks demanding money from them, Qin Xun immediately pulled out a dagger.
A child holding a dagger wouldn’t normally scare any adults.
But then Qin Xun revealed a gun.
Not only that, he said coldly to the men in front of him, “My bodyguard is right behind me. If you keep blocking our way, I can’t guarantee what will happen next.”
Both Qin Xun and Feng Yuan were not only good-looking but also dressed from head to toe in designer brands.
With that kind of appearance, saying they had a bodyguard wasn’t hard to believe.
Under the threat of that supposed “bodyguard”, the group of robbers finally slunk away, tails between their legs.
After the robbers left, Feng Yuan rubbed his chubby little face.
He looked a bit troubled. “Sigh, why hasn’t Zheng come to find Yuan Yuan yet?”
Was his little chubby bait… not working anymore?
To lure Zheng out, Feng Yuan had deliberately told Wu Jin to stay far away from him.
He and Qin Xun had also chosen places with very few people.
By afternoon, the two little ones wandered into an abandoned amusement park by accident.
The gates of the old amusement park were rusted. Just a light push and they creaked open.
Inside were some old, worn-out rides for children.
From the moment they entered, Qin Xun had been cautiously observing their surroundings.
A rundown place like this could very well be home to a few vagrants.
They needed to be careful.
Feng Yuan, however, wasn’t nearly as cautious as Qin Xun. He was completely fascinated by the old amusement park.
“Qin Xun, look! A little car!”
Feng Yuan pointed at the children’s mini flying car ride, his eyes sparkling brightly.
Excited, he ignored Qin Xun’s attempt to stop him and climbed right in.
“It still works, Qin Xun! Come sit, too!”
Just as Feng Yuan sat down, a child’s voice suddenly sounded not far away.
“This ride can still start. Do you want to play?”
Feng Yuan: “!”
The sudden appearance of the child startled Feng Yuan.
He turned around and saw a boy standing beside one of the support pillars, wearing a short blue shirt and shorts.
The boy looked about the same age as Qin Xun, his clothes and face both a little dirty.
He pointed at the start button on the flying car and showed it to Feng Yuan.
“Press this, and it’ll work. I’ve played on it before.”
As he spoke, he directly pressed the button.
Thankfully, Feng Yuan had fastened his seatbelt, or he would’ve been thrown right off.
The old, poorly maintained ride rattled and clanked noisily.
Feng Yuan sat there, terrified the whole time.
After running two loops, the flying car finally stopped automatically. Feng Yuan hurriedly climbed out of it.
He turned to the unfamiliar boy and asked.
“Who are you? Why are you here?”
“I’m Paul. I’ve been living here for a long time,” the boy said, smiling at Feng Yuan.
When he smiled, he looked bright and sunny.
“There are lots of fun things here. Do you guys want to play?”
Feng Yuan said, “Okay, I guess.”
With Feng Yuan’s agreement, Paul took him to play on several more rides.
They went down a slide together. Whoosh!
The slide was supposed to be used with a mat or board, but Feng Yuan didn’t use anything. He plopped his little butt right on the slide and went straight down.
Thankfully, the slide wasn’t very long, or else his little bottom would’ve been rubbed so much it started smoking from the heat.
Qin Xun tried to stop him, but couldn’t.
After sliding twice, Feng Yuan gave up. He clutched his sore bottom with his chubby little hands and walked pitifully over to Qin Xun.
“My butt hurts.”
The little one said pitifully, his voice soft and miserable.
Qin Xun sighed inwardly, then helplessly pulled the little one toward him. After sitting down, he let Feng Yuan lie across his lap.
Feng Yuan was wearing a pair of patterned shorts. His fair, tender little legs had a few scrapes and scuff marks on them.
Such marks were nothing new. They were common on Feng Yuan.
He was always bursting with energy. It was inevitable that he’d bump or trip into things from time to time.
When the adults saw these marks while giving him a bath, they would feel heartache, but there was nothing they could do about it.
After all, they couldn’t exactly tie a rope around the little one’s waist and keep him running only under their watchful eyes.
Qin Xun’s gaze was still fixed on the fresh scrape on Feng Yuan’s leg when the little one started urging him.
“My butt hurts!”
He clearly wanted Qin Xun to check his bottom.
Qin Xun pulled down his shorts and examined his backside.
Feng Yuan had plenty of soft flesh on him, especially his little bottom, which was plump and tender.
Qin Xun lowered his gaze, looking at the soft, pinkish little bottom.
“It’s red.”
He said. “You can’t go on the slide anymore. If you scrape your bottom raw, it’ll hurt when you walk, you won’t be able to lie down to sleep, and you won’t even be able to sit.”
Feng Yuan turned his head, wanting to see his own little butt.
But he couldn’t.
Qin Xun rummaged through the bag and took out a box of powder, patting it gently onto Feng Yuan’s bottom.
“There, it’ll stop hurting soon.”
After tending to Feng Yuan’s little butt, Qin Xun helped him pull his shorts back on.
Before long.
The little cub whose bottom no longer hurt was playing happily with Paul again.
They played and laughed together, completely absorbed in their fun.
When evening came and the sky started to grow dark, Paul suddenly made a request to Feng Yuan.
“I ran away from home and ended up here. I want to go back.”
“But I don’t know if my mom and dad will be angry when they see me.”
“Can you go back with me?”
Feng Yuan didn’t even stop to think before agreeing.
“Okay!”
He grabbed Paul’s hand tightly. “You take me home with you!”
Paul seemed surprised by how quickly he agreed. His expression froze for a moment.
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