CHAPTER 127: CHAPTER 128: LITTLE GLUTTON SEVEN

"Alright, see you tomorrow morning then!"

Zhang He sat in the passenger seat, watching the two adults and one child who had already gotten out of the car, yawning as she spoke.

"Mm, Sister He, you and Brother Mu take your time, let me know when you get there!"

Li Mu nodded, while Zhang He waved her hand nonchalantly.

She was familiar with Little Mu’s driving skills, so naturally felt at ease.

The nanny van gradually departed.

Ruan Xingwen was holding Little Qilin in his arms—oh, now he should be called Ruan Xiaoqi.

With Ruan Xiaoqi in his arms, Ruan Xingwen glanced at the man beside him, coincidentally, Yu Xiaozhe also looked down slightly at them.

"Well then, Brother Ze, goodnight?"

Yu Xiaozhe’s fingers, hanging by his sides, twitched a bit but made no movement, he simply replied, "Goodnight."

And with that, the two wished each other goodnight and headed home separately.

Holding Ruan Xiaoqi and carrying a large bag in one hand, while the other hand supported the garden gate, Ruan Xingwen looked back at the silhouette of the man merging into the night as he pushed open the gate and walked inside.

Little did he know that as soon as he turned around, the man who had been facing away from him also glanced back, watching him walk into the garden, watching him enter the house.

Ruan Xingwen entered the house. Through the drawn curtain, he could vaguely see his silhouette moving back and forth, seemingly busy looking for something.

"Ha~"

Tonight he got a step closer to Xingxing’s secret.

There’s definitely more to the origin of this little creature. Coupled with Ruan Xingwen’s inconsistent explanations, there’s absolutely something amiss, but it’s obvious Ruan Xingwen is unwilling to tell them the truth.

He believes one day Ruan Xingwen will tell him the truth.

The lights inside the house flickered on and off; Ruan Xingwen must be in the bedroom, ready to sleep.

No longer lingering, Yu Xiaozhe turned and walked into the night.

In the second-floor bedroom, Ruan Xingwen quietly drew open the curtain, the figure that had been standing outside the wall was already gone.

"Phew..."

Ruan Xingwen wasn’t even sure what he was nervous about.

Perhaps it was realizing his feelings for Yu Xiaozhe, noticing Yu Xiaozhe’s feelings when combined with the lie he told him tonight—these emotions mixed together kept him in a tense state.

Finally relaxing now, he lazily slumped in the bedroom’s beanbag chair.

There’s no denying Yu Xiaozhe truly understood Ruan Xingwen’s likes.

The entire bedroom’s decor and arrangement were precisely what Ruan Xingwen liked.

"Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch."

A sound of munching came through.

Ruan Xiaoqi was sitting on the bedroom carpet by the bed, eating potato chips.

As for the origin of the chips, it was when they just passed by the supermarket earlier. Zhang He insisted on buying something for the new kid she was meeting for the first time.

Ended up purchasing a pile of baby bottles, clothes, and baby snacks, but the chips were secretly requested by Ruan Xiaoqi from Ruan Xingwen.

The reason given to Zhang He and the others was that Ruan Xingwen himself wanted to eat them.

Sigh, thinking about this, Ruan Xingwen felt a bit troubled.

Having lied means more lies need to cover it up, and that feeling is just too terrible.

"Little Qilin..."

"Stop! Call me Ruan Xiaoqi!"

Munching on chips, Little Qilin emphasized its name.

It felt the name Ruan Xiaoqi sounded nice, really liked it, especially since it was related to Ruan Xingwen, it liked it even more.

Seeing it eat so eagerly, Ruan Xingwen worried it might choke, so he stood up intending to fetch some water for it.

Little Qilin, however, mistook his action for trying to seize the chips, quickly grabbed a few more pieces and stuffed them in its mouth.

This time Ruan Xingwen’s concern happened for real.

"Cough, sputter, cough cough cough..."

Little Qilin choked all of a sudden, spraying out the chips it had just stuffed in its mouth, coughing painfully.

Not caring about the mess on the carpet, Ruan Xingwen promptly picked up Little Qilin, gently patting its back.

After a while, Little Qilin finally stopped coughing, but its furrowed brow didn’t ease up, looking bitterly aggrieved.

Ruan Xingwen knew this little fellow was planning something mischievous again, but couldn’t bear to see it with such an expression and helplessly asked:

"What’s wrong? Xiaoqi...Ruan Xiaoqi."

Almost called it Little Qilin, luckily he corrected it in time.

With a pitiful look, Ruan Xiaoqi tugged at Ruan Xingwen’s shirt.

"Wuwuwu, Xingxing, I still want to eat, would you not take them away, please~"

Sulking the moment it opened its mouth, anyone would find it hard to resist, let alone Ruan Xingwen never intended to confiscate its snacks.

Ruan Xingwen couldn’t help but laugh and asked, "When did I say I was going to take your chips away?"

"Then why did you get up instead of lying down properly..."

Ruan Xiaoqi’s voice grew faint, its demeanor couldn’t be any more piteous.

Lightly patting its little behind, Ruan Xingwen said with a smile:

"I was about to get you some water to drink, feared you might choke. Now see, you did end up choking."

Placing Xiaoqi on the bed, Ruan Xingwen resignedly began cleaning the carpet crumbs, but the carpet was pure wool, making the chip fragments tough to clean which gave him a headache.

He searched the bedroom twice, unable to find a vacuum cleaner, and had no choice but to go downstairs and look around.

Eventually found a brand new, unopened vacuum cleaner in a storage room on the west side of the first-floor kitchen.

Looks like the items in the house were newly purchased, without a doubt, arranged by Yu Xiaozhe.

After setting up the new vacuum cleaner, Ruan Xingwen carried it back to the bedroom.

At that moment, Ruan Xiaoqi was quietly sitting on the bed, blinking its eyes, despite its coal-like complexion, it remained adorable.

"Why, realized your mistake now? Hmph, what took you so long. Not confiscating your chips, looks like I shouldn’t be buying them for you next time!"

The bed-bound Ruan Xiaoqi was indeed worried by Ruan Xingwen’s words, concerned about not getting them later.

Its eyes quickly reddened and it was about to burst into tears.

This time it was Ruan Xingwen’s turn to be scared, how could this transformed creature truly act like a child, crying easily!

So troublesome!

"Don’t cry, don’t cry, I was joking! How could I not buy snacks for Xiaoqi, right? I’ll still buy them in the future, definitely buy them! Don’t cry~"

Despite being only twenty-four years old, Ruan Xingwen experienced the challenges of raising a child, a Divine Beast cub no less.

Ruan Xiaoqi sniffled, eventually holding back its tears, but still managed to scare Ruan Xingwen as he continued cleaning the carpet.

An hour later, the big and small figures emerged from the bathroom, Ruan Xiaoqi had changed into a short-sleeved T-shirt Ruan Xingwen wore in his childhood.

This little T-shirt was bought during a family outing with his parents before they passed away, and it accompanied his growth.

Ruan Xingwen had always kept this shirt well-preserved and brought it along this move, unexpectedly finding a use for it.

As for the new clothes Zhang He bought for Ruan Xiaoqi, they’d need washing before wearing tomorrow.

With a sky-blue T-shirt on his dark-skinned body, Ruan Xiaoqi looked irresistibly cute, amusingly so.

Ruan Xingwen found it odd why Yun Jing hadn’t appeared by now.

"Xiaoqi, where’s Yun Jing?"

Ruan Xiaoqi lay beside Ruan Xingwen in the comfortable, soft, and warm bed, raising its small hand in response to the question, pointing to its forehead.

"Here."

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In the future, Little Qilin will often appear in its transformed form, so in the story, let’s consistently use "he" instead of "it"~~~