Yu Yi stared at the photo on his phone, lost in thought. He didn’t even notice Wu Jin sitting down beside him until the man had been there for quite a while.
Wu Jin liked to be clean. By now, he had already tidied himself up.
He was wearing black silk pajamas. His tall frame made the custom-made set look undeniably sexy.
But the expression on his handsome face had nothing to do with that sexiness.
He seemed a little downcast and uneasy.
“Xiao Yi.”
When Wu Jin saw Yu Yi look over, he lifted his arms and pulled Yu Yi into an embrace. “You barely paid any attention to me all day.”
The atmosphere between them had never been this distant before.
Yu Yi still hadn’t figured out how to handle or face what was going on with Wu Jin.
He knew that if he opened his mouth and asked directly, Wu Jin would tell him the truth.
This guy would never lie to him.
But he had held himself back until now. He wanted to find the answer on his own, bit by bit.
That way, he could give himself some room to breathe.
And now, the answer he was searching for… He had already begun to form a faint suspicion.
“Xiao Yi, don’t abandon me.”
Wu Jin usually had a strong, controlling side. He would set rules for Yu Yi. He would not allow Yu Yi to stay out all night and would never let him come home too late.
But that strength came from the stability of their relationship.
Now, he had put himself in a position of vulnerability.
He was waiting for Yu Yi’s judgment, waiting for Yu Yi to give him a final answer.
To want him.
Or to not want him.
Wu Jin had no certainty in his heart at all.
“Xiao Yi, if you don’t want me, it will hurt me to death.”
Yu Yi: “?”
Yu Yi lifted his eyelids slightly and asked casually, “Where does it hurt? You look perfectly fine to me.”
Wu Jin placed Yu Yi’s hand over his chest, right where his heart was.
He wasn’t saying some cheesy line.
His expression and the redness in his eyes silently told Yu Yi that Wu Jin was serious.
Under Yu Yi’s palm was Wu Jin’s beating heart.
He felt Wu Jin’s heartbeat and, after a long moment, let out a sigh in his heart.
“Alright. Acting like such a little pitiable thing. I’m not bullying you.”
Yu Yi withdrew his hand in a gesture of compromise and reached up to touch Wu Jin’s face.
“Kiss me.”
Wu Jin: “!”
Without a second’s hesitation, Wu Jin pressed his lips to Yu Yi’s.
The two adults clung to each other again, lost in affection.
Meanwhile, in the toy room after Yu Yi had left, the children had stopped playing.
“Chirp?”
The little chubby ball on the trampoline tilted his head and made a chirping sound.
Qin Xun translated for him: “Yuan Yuan is asking if Godfather noticed he is Yuan Yuan.”
Li Si wasn’t entirely sure.
Li Wang said lightly, “He noticed.”
Feng Yuan: “Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!”
Qin Xun translated: “Yuan Yuan says he thinks Godfather might not have noticed. Godfather is so silly. He didn’t even realize Wu Jin isn’t human.”
After Qin Xun finished translating, Li Si and Li Wang both looked at the little chubby Yuan Yuan.
Li Si asked directly, “Wu Jin isn’t human?”
Feng Yuan: “…Chirp?”
You don’t know?
No one had ever told them Wu Jin’s identity. Li Si and Li Wang, as twins, had no way of knowing.
Seeing that his older cousins didn’t understand, Feng Yuan continued chirping.
Qin Xun still wanted to translate for him.
But as Feng Yuan kept chirping, he started to feel it was a bit troublesome. So, with a little plop, he transformed back into his small cub form.
Then he began to speak again: “Wu Jin is Hei Hei… no, that’s not right.”
“Wu Jin used to be Hei Hei, but later, he became a dragon! So big, so big! A Black dragon!”
“In the future, Wu Jin can even transform into a mighty dragon.”
“When I made Wu Jin transform into a huge dinosaur, he became a dragon!”
Feng Yuan chattered on in his baby voice.
When he reached the last sentence, Qin Xun, Li Si, and Li Wang all twitched their eyelids.
Qin Xun, who usually spoiled Feng Yuan the most, even interrupted him this time.
“Yuan Yuan, dinosaurs are already extinct.”
Qin Xun said gently, “Let’s just have Uncle Wu Jin transform into a normal dragon.”
Feng Yuan shook his head.
The little guy loved his beloved Ka Tu Tu deeply.
He cupped his chubby little face, eyes sparkling: “Even if dinosaurs are gone, Wu Jin is the only dinosaur! So cool!”
Qin Xun: “……”
Qin Xun: “That… might not be very cool.”
The kids had been talking about Wu Jin. As the conversation continued, they ended up taking Feng Yuan to watch a real dinosaur documentary.
Feng Yuan had never seen a dinosaur documentary before.
He stared at the huge dinosaurs on the screen, his chubby little face growing increasingly serious.
These dinosaurs didn’t look much like Ka Tu Tu.
“Ka Tu Tu doesn’t look like this!”
“Yuan Yuan, Ka Tu Tu is a dinosaur from a cartoon. In the real world, there is no Ka Tu Tu.”
Feng Yuan: “……”
Feng Yuan felt a little heartbroken.
His little face pouted as he watched the documentary for a bit longer, then he walked away.
It was already getting late.
Qin Xun looked at Feng Yuan’s departing figure and said to Li Si and Li Wang, “I’ll go coax Yuan Yuan to sleep.”
After saying that, he went after Feng Yuan.
Li Si watched his back and snorted.
In the past, at night, Feng Yuan would come over to sleep with her.
In the bedroom.
Feng Yuan and Qin Xun slept on the big bed belonging to the two dads.
The dads weren’t home, but Feng Yuan still wanted to sleep here.
This bed still carried the scent of both dads.
Qin Xun coaxed Feng Yuan, bathed him, and changed him into his pajamas.
The two little ones lay on the big bed. Before falling asleep, Feng Yuan sent a voice message to his dad.
After sending the message, his little body rolled around on the bed and finally rolled back into Qin Xun’s arms.
Qin Xun held Feng Yuan down, keeping him from moving.
“Go to sleep. Tomorrow at the base, you’ll have to learn new things.”
Feng Yuan hadn’t been to the training base for several days. When he went tomorrow, the morning classes would be fine. But by the afternoon, the little guy would probably scrunch his face into a little sour expression again.
Qin Xun lifted his hand, gently patting Feng Yuan’s back, again and again.
Under his gentle pats, Feng Yuan slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
That night passed rather peacefully.
The next day.
Feng Yuan was actually a little excited to go to the base.
There were many people at the base. Apart from the afternoon culture class, he really liked being there.
“Yuan Yuan, your training for this morning is swimming.”
There were two people attending class with Feng Yuan.
Qin Xun.
And Charles. Charles had nearly drowned last time.
Although he told his parents it wasn’t his swimming skills at fault, but that there was something strange in the river.
But his parents, who valued his survival skills greatly, still smiled and said no to him.
“No, Charles, you shouldn’t run away!”
“You need to face your weaknesses bravely.”
“The swimming class at the base, I think you should take it again.”
And so, under his parents’ insistence, Charles’s swimming lessons were forced to start over.
At this moment, Feng Yuan was soaking in the water. He has a blue Doraemon float around his neck, listening intently to the instructor’s explanation.
Charles, scowling, was soaking to Feng Yuan’s left.
Qin Xun was on Feng Yuan’s right.
“Reporting!”
Feng Yuan, spinning in place in the water, was steadied by Qin Xun grabbing his blue float. After flashing him a thankful smile, he raised his chubby little hands to call the instructor.
The little guy was about to take off his float!
He had been in the water for quite a while. At first, he didn’t want to get in, but the instructor, standing behind him, gave his butt a little kick.
He was kicked into the water.
Qin Xun, who had gotten into the water early, scooped him up from the water and put a float around his neck.
During this process, he also sputtered out several mouthfuls of water he had swallowed.
The instructor said that by this morning, they all had to learn how to swim.
The first one to learn would even get a little fish sticker!
Feng Yuan wanted the little fish sticker.
He was very determined and wanted to compete for the prize.
“You wear the float first and get a feel for the direction in the water. Once you’ve mastered the direction, then you’ll learn to swim,” the instructor patiently guided him.
Feng Yuan kicked his two chubby little legs, paddling hard like a little frog.
“Hey, Yuan Yuan.”
The swimming class was a bit more relaxed compared to other training.
Charles started to drift off in thought during the lesson.
Taking advantage of the instructor not paying attention, he lowered his voice and chatted with Feng Yuan.
“I looked it up when I got home. I know about the Classic of Mountains and Seas.”
“My family has a copy of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and a lot of bamboo slips, too.”
“I’m working hard to understand the characters on it. I feel like I’ve gotten a lot of useful information.”
Ever since Charles saw Feng Yuan’s chubby little round shape, his attitude toward Feng Yuan had done a complete 360-degree turnaround.
Now, he wanted to chat with Feng Yuan whenever he had a chance.
Unfortunately, everyone else was always on guard around him!
They simply didn’t believe that he and Feng Yuan had truly reconciled.
Charles knew about the others’ malicious suspicions. But no one would listen even if he explained.
There was nothing he could do.
His credibility was just too low!
A bit frustrated, Charles didn’t complain to Feng Yuan about his troubles.
Instead, he made the most of his time, discussing the Classic of Mountains and Seas with Feng Yuan.
“You’re the phoenix from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, right? Then are the other beasts in the Classic real too? Dragons, nine-tailed foxes, Qiongqi…”
Charles recited the names of several ferocious beasts recorded in the Classic.
These beast names couldn’t be translated into English.
So Charles spoke them in Chinese.
He spoke in a very awkward, tongue-twisting way.
After Feng Yuan clearly heard what he said, he nodded his little head.
“Whoa! Oh my gosh! It’s all real!”
Excited, Charles continued talking about the books and bamboo slips at his home.
As he spoke, he even brought up the topic of the phoenix’s rebirth through nirvana.
A phoenix that has gone through nirvana becomes even more powerful.
Charles asked Feng Yuan if he would also go through nirvana in the future.
Feng Yuan furrowed his brows.
He didn’t answer the question. Instead, he asked Charles.
“Charles, can you bring your books and bamboo slips from home for me to see?”
Charles: “……”
Charles stammered, “These… these are my grandfather’s heirlooms. My dad doesn’t allow anyone to touch them, nor let anyone take them away.”
He had been secretly looking at them these past few days.
Feng Yuan adapted quickly: “Then I won’t take them away. Can I just come over and have a look?”
Charles gritted his teeth. “Alright!”
After agreeing, Charles made a request of his own.
“Feng Yuan, I’ll take you to my house to see these, but you have to promise me one thing.”
“You have to tell everyone at the base that we’re on good terms.”
Feng Yuan rubbed his chubby little face and sighed at Charles’ request.
“Charles, even if I say we’re on good terms, no one will believe it.”
After rubbing his little face, he raised his hand and patted Charles’s shoulder.
“Don’t get discouraged.”
“I’ll hang out with you more. Then everyone will know we’ve made up.”
Feng Yuan, like a little adult, was comforting Charles. Charles was so touched he wanted to hug him, but Qin Xun’s voice suddenly cut in.
“The instructor is watching you.”
At Qin Xun’s words, Charles’ expression tightened. He pretended to paddle again.
Both Charles and Qin Xun could swim.
Only Feng Yuan couldn’t.
“Yuan Yuan, I’ll hold you up. You don’t have to be afraid.”
Qin Xun took off Feng Yuan’s float and let him paddle on his own.
Feng Yuan was a little nervous.
He was still scared of the water. Without Qin Xun, the person he trusted most, right beside him, he didn’t dare learn at all.
“Cough, cough—”
Feng Yuan choked on water again.
Qin Xun lifted him, helping him breathe while continuing to explain the swimming techniques.
After struggling through the entire morning.
Feng Yuan barely managed to learn the frog stroke, the style where you swim like a little frog.
After finishing that, Feng Yuan was impossibly proud of himself.
As soon as their morning class ended, he video–called his dads.
His two dads were in a grand, gilded hall where one of the medicines from Dad’s prescription list was available.
Looking at his dads on the screen, with his little face still dripping wet, Feng Yuan announced triumphantly, “Yuan Yuan can swim now!”
The two dads sat on the sofa in the hall and clapped for him.
“Our Yuan Yuan is amazing.”
The proud little Yuan Yuan then called the other adults at home.
He went down the whole list, notifying everyone. He nearly wore himself out.
But he had no idea that before he even started calling, the instructor had already sent the video of him learning to swim to the parents’ phones.
In the family group chat, his video was already there.
Feng Yuan was exhausted from the morning.
At lunch, he even ate an extra bowl of rice.
Li Si imitated the way adults do it and rubbed Feng Yuan’s belly.
Feng Yuan giggled nonstop from the touch.
The cub who giggled all morning and noon couldn’t laugh anymore once afternoon arrived.
He had missed several days of class, so the teacher had to check on what he’d learned before.
After struggling miserably through the entire afternoon, the moment the school bell rang, the dull, lifeless look on Feng Yuan’s little face instantly brightened.
The teacher pinched his own temples in frustration, having given up on trying to lecture this cub anymore.
He called Qin Xun over and directly handed Feng Yuan’s academic tasks to him, telling him to supervise and make sure they got done.
After spending the whole day at the base, Feng Yuan originally wanted to follow Charles after school.
But Charles said he needed to go home and make preparations.
So Feng Yuan had no choice but to patiently wait one more day.
After school the next day, Feng Yuan turned into his little chick form and was slipped into Charles’ backpack, then taken home.
Feng Yuan was tiny and not noticeable at all.
Charles brought him into the study without any trouble.
“Yuan Yuan, take a look. These are all of them.”
As Charles showed Feng Yuan the items, he couldn’t resist secretly reaching out to touch him.
So soft, so fluffy. It is a perfect little ball!
This was the second time Charles had seen Feng Yuan’s true form. He was so excited he nearly fainted.
Feng Yuan stared at the books and bamboo slips, his little black-bean eyes gradually growing blank.
Whether it was the books or the slips, he couldn’t recognize a single character on them!
But that was fine. He could take pictures!
Feng Yuan held up his smartwatch and began snapping photos.
Charles stopped Feng Yuan: “Hey! Yuan Yuan, you can’t take pictures. These can’t be shown to anyone outside. My grandfather said before he passed away that these things mustn’t be seen by outsiders.”
Feng Yuan: “Chirp chirp.”
Feng Yuan chirped twice. Seeing that Charles didn’t understand, he had no choice but to change back and say to Charles, “I’m not sending it to outsiders. I’m sending it to my dad.”
“My dad isn’t human!”
When Feng Yuan said this, he was downright proud. After basking in that pride, he added, “My dad is a great phoenix!”
Charles: “!”
Charles had only ever seen Feng Yuan in this little, round, chubby-ball form.
This little, round, chubby ball Feng Yuan didn’t look quite the same as what was recorded in the books.
Charles longed to see a real great phoenix, one like the ones in the books.
So now, he no longer tries to stop Feng Yuan from taking pictures.
Standing to the side, he could only stammer out a request—
“Does your dad have photos? Could you show me?”
Feng Yuan was generous: “Sure. But you’ll have to wait until I’m done.”
Charles: “Alright, alright, go ahead.”
Feng Yuan stayed busy for almost two full hours before he finally finished.
He photographed the book and the bamboo slips and sent them all to his dad.
Once he finished everything, Feng Yuan glanced at Charles, who was practically staring holes into him from the side.
He lowered his head, scrolled through his album, and showed Charles a photo of a great phoenix.
The phoenix in this photo was Feng Qi’s true form.
He had originally kept this photo so that, after his death, his son would have something to remember him by.
“Oh my God!”
Staring at the photo, Charles was struck breathless by its beauty. He clutched his chest, eyes fixed on the picture, babbling, “Yuan Yuan, does your dad need a boyfriend? I can—”
Before Charles could finish, Feng Yuan stomped on him.
The sharp pain made Charles look at Feng Yuan’s unhappy little face. Only then did he snap back to his senses, sheepish.
“I was just talking nonsense. This phoenix is simply too beautiful. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen such a beautiful phoenix.”
Charles’s explanation made Feng Yuan scrunch up his little chubby face.
“I’m also a little phoenix, you know. Do you think I’m beautiful?”
Charles: “…”
Charles’s gaze began to drift.
Feng Yuan tugged at his sleeve, insisting that he say it.
Charles thought about the little chubby ball and the great phoenix. He struggled with himself for a moment and still couldn’t bring himself to lie.
“Mm… you’re very cute, fluffy, really cute.”
Charles tried to gloss over the topic.
But Feng Yuan had already seen right through him!
Huffing with anger, Feng Yuan plopped back into his little round-ball form and burrowed into Charles’s backpack, signaling for Charles to take him out.
He had actually planned to have a meal at Charles’s place.
Now, he was so angry he’d lost his appetite.
Charles looked at the furious little ball and still wanted to salvage their not-so-stable friendship: “Yuan Yuan, once you grow up, you’ll be just as beautiful as a great phoenix.”
Feng Yuan curled himself into a tiny ball and ignored him completely.
Seeing this, Charles had no solution.
He could only carry Feng Yuan out.
Outside Charles’s house, someone had come to pick Feng Yuan up.
“It’s you.”
Charles recognized him at a glance.
This one wasn’t human either!
It was the big black flood dragon from that day!
Wu Jin lifted the little round ball out of Charles’s backpack, then turned and left.
Tonight, Feng Yuan was going to stay at the Yu family’s house.
Li Heng and Frida knew about it and were the ones who actively arranged it.
When they told him to go, they didn’t explain anything, only told him—
“Grandpa Yu and the others aren’t in a very good mood. If our Yuan Yuan goes over to keep Grandpa and Grandma company, they’ll feel happier.”
Feng Yuan, who was a little ball of joy in both the Li and Yu households, accepted the task of accompanying the Yu grandparents without a moment’s hesitation.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp?”
Wu Jin, do you know why Grandpa and Grandma aren’t happy?
On the way to the Yu house, Feng Yuan chirped his question at Wu Jin.
Wu Jin shook his head.
He rarely appeared in front of Yu Lian and Fang Fang. Especially these past two days. He hadn’t seen them even once.
So, Wu Jin truly didn’t know that the elderly couple were in low spirits.
Seeing he had no idea, Feng Yuan rubbed his little head against him.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.”
Wu Jin, let’s cheer Grandpa and Grandma up together!
Feng Yuan chirped as he chatted with Wu Jin.
He told Wu Jin that Yu Yi’s parents were also his own parents.
He was together with Yu Yi, so Yu Yi’s family would be his family, too.
Wu Jin listened in a daze. “Really?”
Feng Yuan: “Of course!”
As he spoke, Feng Yuan quietly shared a piece of news with Wu Jin.
“Wu Jin, my grandma wants my dads to get married.”
Wu Jin: “Get married?”
Feng Yuan nodded.
Grandma said that his two dads still hadn’t held a wedding banquet, nor had they gotten their certificate.
That just wouldn’t do.
Feng Qi had already given birth to Li Sheng’s child, yet they hadn’t even had a wedding.
The Li family couldn’t treat Feng Qi so unfairly.
Wu Jin listened as Feng Yuan talked about the Li family planning to hold a wedding ceremony for his two dads, and about getting a legal certificate.
He listened quietly, all the way through.
When they were almost home, Wu Jin suddenly said, “I want to marry Yu Yi, too.”
“Do it!”
Feng Yuan encouraged him. “Weddings are really lively. Lots and lots of people come. Grandma said you even hand out candy.”
Most importantly, once you get married, the two of you can stay together forever. No one can come and take the other away.
As he spoke, Feng Yuan lifted his little chin and told Wu Jin, “When I grow up, I’m going to marry Qin Xun, too. We already agreed.”
Qin Xun is the very best in the whole world. Feng Yuan didn’t want anyone else to take Qin Xun!
So once he grew up, he absolutely had to marry Qin Xun as early as possible.
Feng Yuan was still young. He didn’t understand love or marriage.
But in his little head, he remembered only one thing—
If he married Qin Xun, then the two of them could stay together forever!
If someone else wanted to play with Qin Xun, eat with him, go to school with him, or sleep with him, Qin Xun wouldn’t be allowed to agree.
Talking like this, the big one and the small one reached the front gate before they even realized it.
Feng Yuan changed back into a little cub and was carried inside by Wu Jin.
Yu Lian and Fang Fang already knew Feng Yuan was coming.
The two of them had prepared all of Feng Yuan’s favorite foods early on.
“Yuan Yuan, why are you so late?”
As soon as Feng Yuan came over, Fang Fang took him into her arms.
She didn’t look at Wu Jin, only focused on talking to Feng Yuan.
Sitting in her lap, Feng Yuan let her kiss his cheek.
“Grandma, Yuan Yuan is hungry. I want dinner.”
“Alright, we’ll eat dinner right now.”
“Wu Jin needs dinner, too.”
Fang Fang: “…”
Fang Fang paused for a moment, but still went along with the little one. “Alright, Wu Jin can eat dinner, too.”
Dinner was quickly laid out.
Fang Fang touched Feng Yuan’s little sunken belly and frowned. “Yuan Yuan, weren’t you at a classmate’s house? Didn’t they give you anything to eat?”
Feng Yuan shook his head. “Yuan Yuan didn’t want to eat.”
Hearing that it was by his own choice, her expression softened.
“Mm, other people’s food isn’t as tasty as Grandma’s. Grandma knew Yuan Yuan was coming, so she specially prepared lots of meat for him.”
Looking closely, all the dishes on the table were indeed Feng Yuan’s favorites.
During the meal, Yu Yi also came over.
Seeing the family gathered around the table, along with Wu Jin, Yu Yi’s expression was a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but held back.
When Wu Jin saw him sit down, he habitually served him a bowl of rice and added his favorite dishes.
Even the fish and shrimp were meticulously prepared. The bones were picked out and shells removed before being placed in Yu Yi’s bowl.
He had almost been about to feed it directly to Yu Yi’s mouth.
Yu Yi nudged him under the table, making him adjust his hand.
Feng Yuan ate a lot during this meal.
Fang Fang didn’t have much of an appetite and barely touched her chopsticks at first.
Seeing this, Feng Yuan grabbed the spoon with his little chubby hand and fed her.
“Grandma, eat dinner. It’s good for your health.”
Feng Yuan himself was very healthy, hardly ever getting sick.
He ate a lot, moved around constantly, and was full of energy every single day.
On Huasheng Street, some children would catch a cold just from a breeze or get heatstroke from a little sun.
But Feng Yuan often braved the blazing sun to rummage through trash bins.
He got himself all dirty, yet his immunity was astonishingly strong.
With Feng Yuan feeding her, Fang Fang ended up eating quite a bit herself by the end of the meal.
Afterward, Feng Yuan wanted to play with his little car in the courtyard. He called Wu Jin along.
He also taught Wu Jin to pour Grandma more water and to talk to her more.
Wu Jin took Feng Yuan’s little lessons very seriously.
When Feng Yuan was driving his little car, zooming around the yard with “beep beep beep”, Wu Jin started serving water to Fang Fang.
Fang Fang didn’t drink the water he brought.
Seeing him start peeling fruit for her as well, she said irritably, “I’m not eating.”
Wu Jin: “…”
Wu Jin didn’t know what to do for a moment.
Fang Fang looked at his flustered expression and almost softened.
But thinking about her son, her heart hardened again.
“Wu Jin, I’m planning to let Yu Yi start meeting girls who would be suitable for him. He’s old enough to get married now.”
Wu Jin: “He can’t marry anyone else.”
His face tensed as he looked at Fang Fang, and he said it directly:
“Mom.”
Fang Fang: “!”
Fang Fang was so startled she almost fell off her chair.
Gripping the edge of the chair, she barely managed to steady herself.
“W-what did you just call me?!”
“Mom.”
Wu Jin called her again, clear and firm, leaving Fang Fang no room to think it was just her imagination.
Hearing him call her “Mom” over and over, Fang Fang nearly broke down.
“Don’t call me Mom. I’m not your mom.”
Fang Fang had already sensed that something was off between her own son and Wu Jin.
Although Wu Jin rarely appeared in front of her, a mother is always sensitive to her own child.
On top of that, a couple of days ago, Fang Fang had mentioned the topic of blind dates to her son. His attitude was already completely unhidden.
At night, when she went to sleep and thought about these two, she became so worried she couldn’t fall asleep.
“Wu Jin, you’re really not suitable. I won’t agree to the two of you being together.”
“Where do you think we’re not suitable?”
Wu Jin’s eyes were dark and steadfast as he looked at Fang Fang.
He wanted to know what it was about him that she found unsatisfactory.
Fang Fang felt mentally exhausted just from his question.
“You’re not suitable in any way! I still want to hold grandchildren. Can you give me grandchildren?!”
“I have ‘eggs’. Is that okay?”
Wu Jin asked, “Eggs can hatch into offspring.”
Fang Fang: “Huh?!”
She didn’t understand: “What did you say?”
Wu Jin pressed his lips together, then continued explaining, “Yu Yi and I will have offspring. We just need to wait a little.”
He didn’t want Yu Yi to give birth to a flood dragon baby.
He wanted a dragon baby.
So he would work hard to transform into a dragon first.
Following the certainty in his tone, Fang Fang froze for a moment. “You two… You two really can have a child?”
“Mhm. We can.”
Wu Jin answered like an elementary schooler seriously responding to a question.
After saying they would have offspring, he continued to add on.
“I will give Yu Yi many things.”
“My old treasure hoard was lost, but I will find it again.”
“I will also give Yu Yi health and happiness.”
“I will share my life with him.”
Wu Jin laid out everything he had.
He earnestly pleaded with Fang Fang, “Please let me and Yu Yi get married.”
“Don’t let Yu Yi marry anyone else.”
“Mom, is that okay?”
Fang Fang: “……”
She closed her eyes. “I’m feeling a bit dizzy. Let me calm down.”
Wu Jin obediently nodded, placing both hands neatly on his legs, waiting for Fang Fang to regain her composure.
After a few seconds, Fang Fang opened her eyes again.
“Don’t sit here in front of me anymore. Go keep Yuan Yuan company.”
Fang Fang waved him off.
This big guy calling her “Mom” a few times… She was honestly afraid she couldn’t handle it.
Sent off to play with Feng Yuan, Wu Jin sat in the passenger seat of the little car.
Feng Yuan pressed the accelerator and sped around the yard.
“Wu Jin, how was it just now with Grandma?”
“It was fine.”
Wu Jin said, “I called her ‘Mom.’”
Feng Yuan: “Mm.”
Feng Yuan: “You’re supposed to call her that.”
Wu Jin also replied with a small “Mm.”
Feng Yuan had said it clearly: Yu Yi’s family is his family.
Yu Yi’s mother, he should also call her Mom.
Wu Jin truly dared to follow the guidance of this kindergarten toddler.
One dared to teach, the other dared to listen. It had to be said—
They were both very brave.
Wu Jin also did his own mental calculations: “Yu Yi has been guessing my original form these past few days.”
“If… we can get married, then he won’t be able to reject me.”
So, if they could register their marriage before Yu Yi knew he was a black flood dragon, then even if Yu Yi wanted to back out later, he wouldn’t be able to.
Feng Yuan listened to his plan and gave him a thumbs-up.
“Wu Jin, you’re really smart!”
“Yuan Yuan, watch the road.”
Feng Yuan was so busy tilting his head and giving Wu Jin a thumbs-up that he didn’t hold the steering wheel properly.
The next moment, the little car, untouched by Li Ting’s modifications, flipped over violently.
Luckily, Wu Jin reacted quickly and caught Feng Yuan in his arms.
Feng Yuan was completely fine.
Only Wu Jin’s arm had a small scrape.
Not far away, Fang Fang, who had been keeping her eyes closed to calm herself, heard the commotion. She hurriedly opened her eyes, got up, and ran over.
“Yuan Yuan, are you hurt? There’s a stone pillar ahead. How did you not turn?”
Fang Fang anxiously checked Feng Yuan’s small body.
Feng Yuan cooperated, letting her examine him: “Yuan Yuan is fine.”
His little face looked guilty: “Wu Jin’s arm is hurt… It’s all my fault.”
Fang Fang: “……”
Only after hearing Feng Yuan did she look at Wu Jin.
She glanced at his arm, her expression complex. “Go take care of your wound. I have medicine in my room. I’ll get some for you.”
Wu Jin: “It’s fine. It doesn’t hurt.”
Wu Jin didn’t mind such a small injury.
But Fang Fang, holding him, still insisted on tending to it herself.
Night gradually deepened.
Feng Yuan, already past bedtime, was about to go to sleep with his grandparents when he saw a little green vest at the door of Yu Yi’s room.
The vest was only palm-sized and had cartoon patterns on it.
Feng Yuan’s eyes lit up when he saw it. He picked it up, wanting to wear it.
But his chubby toddler body couldn’t fit into it.
So, without a second thought, he transformed back into his little plump ball form. The little plump ball grabbed the green vest in his mouth and ran to a corner.
There was no one around the corner.
The little plump ball let out two happy squeaks, then gleefully put on the vest.
“Chirp!”
It looked really nice!
It was the first time the little plump ball had worn such a perfectly fitting piece of clothing.
Before, whenever he transformed into the little plump ball, he had never worn clothes.
Back then, his life had been hard. He went out during the day to pick up scraps with clothes that never fit right. At night, coming home, wearing clothes was uncomfortable.
So, he had never asked his father for clothes.
Now that life was better, the little plump ball had become a bit vain.
He wore the little green vest, pacing back and forth in the corner, occasionally spreading his short, chubby little wings.
“Chirp.”
The little plump ball preened happily, thinking that when he got home, he could ask his grandparents to make him a little cape, too.
Cartoon characters had capes. During fights, capes looked really cool!
Still busy admiring himself, the little plump ball didn’t hear the footsteps getting closer.
Until the next moment.
A pair of big hands scooped him up.
“Got you.”
Yu Yi, who had been watching from behind for a long time, saw Feng Yuan put on the little vest and then lifted his “little vest” off.
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152
Oh noooo busted