LPLFDA Chapter 46

Li Wang quickly lowered his wrist. His original intention was to put the little chubby cub in his hand down on the ground.

But before the cub’s feet even touched the ground, he opened his arms and hugged him.

“Brother.”

The cub, who had been lifted up and down, clung to him tightly.

The warm, soft, chubby little body pressed completely against him.

Such intimacy was something neither Li Wang nor Li Si had ever experienced.

Feng Yuan himself didn’t even realize that his actions were in any way inappropriate.

His two little chubby hands tightly circled Li Wang’s neck, his milky-soft voice saying, “Yuan Yuan wants to drink water.”

Li Wang stood there, his expression on his face somewhat dark and uncertain.

“Brother, Yuan Yuan wants water.”

Seeing that he didn’t respond, Feng Yuan pressed his little fleshy face against him and repeated.

“Yuan Yuan, come here.”

Li Si gave a light snort. She knew her twin brother better than anyone.

Aside from Grandfather, no one else in the whole family could ever make him move.

Li Si stretched out one hand and effortlessly took Feng Yuan over.

Feng Yuan was passed into his sister’s arms.

He rubbed his little face against his sister’s cheek again.

Just three years old, the little cub’s face was indescribably smooth and tender.

Li Si thought of the lion she had raised.

The lion she kept had been furry since it was small. The touch was quite nice.

But the lion’s fluffiness couldn’t even compare to this cub at all.

At that moment, a thought rose in Li Si’s heart—raising a cub to play with.

She had always lived recklessly, and the thoughts in her mind—ridiculous, bold, childish, obsessive…

No matter what kind of thought it was, once it arose, she could make it happen.

So now, she looked at Feng Yuan, who was in her arms, as if looking at a toy.

“Want to drink water?”

“Mm!”

It was just a cup of water. Li Si casually poured it for him.

In the past, Feng Yuan never fussed about drinking water. He would gulp down plain boiled water.

Later, when conditions improved, Li Sheng would often add pear syrup or a similar substance to his water to help him reduce internal heat.

The sweet-tasting water became something he liked even more.

So when Li Si handed him the water, he didn’t rush to drink it right away. Instead, he took out a tube of pear syrup and poured it into the water.

He shook the cup, gave it a few shakes, then held it up to Li Si’s mouth.

“Sister, drink! It’s sweet!”

Li Si wasn’t thirsty and didn’t drink.

Feng Yuan then pushed the cup a little in Li Wang’s direction.

But neither his brother nor his sister drank.

Seeing they wouldn’t drink, Feng Yuan happily took a big gulp himself.

As he drank the pear-syrup water, the discomfort in his stomach gradually eased.

By now, it was getting late.

Although Feng Yuan still wanted to stay with his brother and sister, Li Wei came over, intending to carry him back to his room.

Currently, Li Wei was sleeping together with Feng Yuan.

She had keenly noticed that the stability of her own mental state was closely connected to Feng Yuan.

Since Feng Yuan had to accompany his aunt to sleep, he regretfully waved his little hand, saying goodbye to his brother and sister.

Once his small figure disappeared from the hall, the brother and sister, still walking inside the hall, exchanged a glance.

“Bro.”

Li Si called out to her brother, but her tone was neither sweet nor soft.

Her eyes swept over Li Wang with a scrutinizing look, carrying speculation and inquiry within them.

“Aunt said that Yuan Yuan is a very magical child, he’ll make everyone who comes close to him like him.”

“Do you believe that?”

Li Si’s question only earned her a cold glance from Li Wang.

Li Wang’s eyes were perfectly clear.

He would not like this cub.

People all have inherent flaws. There isn’t a single person in this world who is perfect.

When Li Wang looked at people, he could always perceive their flaws.

Even his own family was far from perfect.

He knew it, but he did not condemn or accuse.

He only wanted to keep his distance from everyone.

Li Si wasn’t as misanthropic as he was. Li Si preferred to play.

Her playful nature wasn’t easily stirred. But once it was, she would spare no time or energy, throwing herself wholeheartedly into the fun.

Now, her new toy was her little cotton-ball cub of a younger brother.

“You’re really boring.”

Li Si tossed out this comment about her brother, turned, and left to catch up with their aunt.

She wanted to keep looking at her new toy.

Inside the room.

Li Wei, wearing pajamas, was supervising Feng Yuan brushing his teeth.

He had just eaten chocolate and then drank tea that tasted sweet.

When Li Wei smelled his mouth, she caught the sweetness, so she brought him to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Feng Yuan’s brows knitted tightly as he brushed.

He spat out the foamy toothpaste water with a “puh puh”. After rinsing his mouth, he put the toothbrush back into the cup.

“Spicy.”

“Did you swallow the toothpaste water again?”

Li Wei checked his mouth and, after making sure it was clean, kissed him.

“It won’t be spicy in a while.”

With the big one and the small one both finished washing up, naturally, it was time to go to bed.

Before Feng Yuan could climb onto the bed, he saw Li Si standing at the doorway.

The moment he saw Li Si, his little face instantly lit up with happiness.

“Sister.”

Barefoot, he ran to the doorway and stood face-to-face with Li Si: “Do you want to sleep together with Yuan Yuan?”

“No.”

Li Si didn’t like sleeping with others, nor did she want to.

She stared at Feng Yuan’s little face and suddenly reached out to pinch it.

This was something she had already wanted to do earlier.

Feng Yuan, having his face pinched, wasn’t annoyed. He tiptoed a little and even tilted his face up in cooperation.

Li Si didn’t hold back and pinched him a few more times.

“Are you made of cotton?”

“Nope.”

With his cheeks still being pinched, Feng Yuan explained earnestly: “I’m made of meat.”

There was no cotton on his body, only flesh.

Li Si: “……”

Li Si raised an eyebrow, not commenting on his overly serious answer.

After she had pinched him several more times, Li Wei stepped in to interrupt their interaction.

“Si Si, it’s getting late. Both you and Yuan Yuan have things to do tomorrow. Hurry and go to sleep now.”

As he spoke, Li Wei reminded Feng Yuan: “Yuan Yuan, don’t disturb your sister’s rest anymore. Say goodnight to her.”

Feng Yuan nodded obediently.

But before saying goodnight, he first spread out his arms, asking for a hug from his sister.

Li Si didn’t understand why he suddenly wanted a hug.

But she still picked up the little cotton-ball cub.

Whatever she raised, she would give a little patience to.

When Feng Yuan was picked up, his eyes curved into crescents, and his soft lips pressed against Li Si’s cheek.

“Muah.”

That was Yuan Yuan’s version of a goodnight kiss.

Li Si, kissed on the cheek, unexpectedly didn’t feel any resistance.

“Goodnight, sister.”

After giving his goodnight kiss, Feng Yuan finally let Li Si put him down.

He still felt a little regretful. He had only given his sister a goodnight kiss, but not his brother.

“Go to sleep, all of you.”

Seeing how late it was, Li Wei once again urged them.

Li Si wasn’t sleepy.

But she didn’t stay any longer either.

The siblings went their separate ways. Feng Yuan was carried back to bed by Li Wei.

These past few days, Feng Yuan had only been keeping Aunt company at night and hadn’t accompanied Grandpa to sleep.

He was a little worried that Grandpa might feel lonely.

“Aunt, let Grandma come back.”

Feng Yuan’s little head didn’t quite know how it worked, but he thought about Grandpa and Grandma being apart, and then thought about how both Grandpa and Grandma were sleeping alone.

He felt that Grandpa and Grandma were each sleeping by themselves. How awful that was.

At night, they had no one to talk to.

Feng Yuan’s words almost left Li Wei unable to respond.

“When Grandma wants to come back, she’ll come back on her own.”

Li Wei didn’t hold much hope for her mother’s return.

She felt that her mother had already endured the Li family for far too long.

Whether the older generation or the younger, everyone in the Li family was full of flaws.

Before Feng Yuan appeared, the only two younger grandchildren, Li Si and Li Wang, displayed a cold indifference even more severe than their own parents’.

In this kind of family atmosphere, Li Wei felt that for her mother to choose to leave only now, it hadn’t been easy at all.

“Can Yuan Yuan go ask Grandma to come back?”

Unlike the rest of the Li family, Feng Yuan didn’t just sit and wait.

He wanted to take the initiative!

“You might not be able to bring Grandma back.”

Li Wei knew that the cub in her arms was likable, but she wasn’t confident that he could win her mother over.

“Aunt, tell Yuan Yuan where Grandma lives!”

“Yuan Yuan will definitely be able to bring Grandma back home.”

Feng Yuan patted his little chest, still full of hope about Grandpa and Grandma being reunited.

Li Wei saw that he was determined to get involved in the old couple’s affairs. After thinking for a bit, she really did tell him the address.

She sent Feng Yuan a message. Feng Yuan specially bookmarked that address message so it would be easy to find later.

The aunt and nephew’s bedtime talk was actually quite rich in content.

They talked about Feng Yuan’s grandparents. Along the way, they also talked about the brother and sister Feng Yuan had just met.

“Yuan Yuan, you should keep some distance from your brother and sister.”

Li Wei didn’t have any bad feelings toward her own blood relatives.

Li Si and Li Wang, just like Feng Yuan, were also her nephews.

But when it came to dealing with nephews, she really couldn’t keep the balance even.

Those two children also didn’t care whether she treated them equally or not.

She only reminded Feng Yuan: “Especially your sister. Even though she hugged you, her personality…”

Li Wei didn’t say it too bluntly.

She left it a bit vague, letting Feng Yuan be cautious himself.

Between Li Si and Li Wang, these two children, the one who seemed the hardest to deal with was Li Wang. After all, this child looked at everyone with the same indifferent gaze.

But in fact, among these two children, the most dangerous one was Li Si.

Li Si would smile at people. She would talk to people.

Once something appeared that caught her interest, she could even look very enthusiastic.

But the more she was like this, the less those who came into contact with her could afford to lower their guard.

Li Wei had vaguely overheard something about Li Si.

It was in connection with a shooting case that had once made the news.

She didn’t know what role Li Si had played at that time.

But her intuition told her that this beautiful little niece of hers, who looked like a doll carefully placed inside a display window, felt no fear at all toward blood, toward murder.

Li Wei didn’t want Feng Yuan to get too close to this sister.

She conveyed her meaning, but Feng Yuan didn’t obediently listen.

“Sister is nice.”

Feng Yuan spoke up for his sister: “She hugged Yuan Yuan! She’s a good sister!”

In Feng Yuan’s little head, he simply thought his sister was good.

He didn’t sense any malice from her!

Even the older brother, who hardly spoke, carried no malice either.

Li Wei let out a deep sigh.

She lowered her head, stroked Feng Yuan’s little face. His reaction was completely within her expectations.

Right now, she could only hope that Li Wang and Li Si, those two older siblings, would be bewitched by Feng Yuan a little sooner.

The brother and sister were very dangerous.

But deep down, Li Wei also thought—

Her Yuan Yuan was a magical Yuan Yuan.

The aunt and nephew exchanged a few more words, then Li Wei glanced at the time and forcibly cut the conversation short.

“Yuan Yuan, go to sleep like a good boy.”

Li Wei lowered her head and gently bit Feng Yuan’s little cheek.

The tender flesh on a child’s face had an unbelievably good texture.

Li Wei had watched many domestic myth dramas. In the past, when she was bored, besides traveling, skiing, watching shows, and such activities, she would occasionally binge-watch dramas, too.

It was only after biting Feng Yuan’s cheek for the first time that she understood why, in some dramas, demons liked to eat children.

A child just a few years old had such delicate, tender skin. Even without being a demon, she found herself addicted to biting.

When Feng Yuan’s cheek was bitten, he just giggled nonstop.

Li Wei raised her hand to cover his eyes, forcing him to go to sleep.

The night surged darkly. Everything around seemed intimidated by the blackness, quiet, not daring to make a sound.

Feng Yuan leaned against his aunt’s arms, at first keeping his eyes open, unwilling to sleep.

His eyelashes brushed against Li Wei’s palm, tickling.

Seeing that he wasn’t sleepy, Li Wei narrowed her eyes slightly and told him a bedtime story.

An English bedtime story.

After only a few lines, the fluttering of eyelashes in her palm stopped.

She moved her hand away and saw that Feng Yuan’s eyes were closed. He had already fallen asleep.

A child’s quality of sleep was so good that it made adults envious.

Li Wei had observed before: as soon as the little one felt sleepy, he could fall asleep in just one second.

“Good night.”

Li Wei softly said good night, then hugged the little boy and fell asleep as well.

The next day.

Before eight o’clock, Li Wei woke Feng Yuan up.

After eating breakfast, Feng Yuan was about to leave.

Before going, he stuffed a bulging pouch into Li Wei’s hands.

Inside this little pouch were all his furry tufts.

These past few days with him around, his aunt no longer had black mist clinging to her. He was afraid that while he was gone, the black mist might wind around her again.

So, to be safe, he gave his furry tufts to his aunt.

So many furry tufts, all combed out by him with effort in the bathroom.

Luckily, when he came over, he had brought a fur comb in his schoolbag!

“Aunt, you have to keep this on you. Don’t take it off, okay?”

Feng Yuan, like a little adult, reminded her anxiously: “You absolutely mustn’t take it off. Even when you sleep, you have to keep it on!”

“When Yuan Yuan comes back, then you won’t need to wear it anymore.”

After finishing his reminders to his aunt, Feng Yuan also went to stick close to Grandpa.

After bidding farewell to all the adults, he put on his small schoolbag, held his sister’s hand, and got into the car to go to training.

Feng Yuan’s training schedule had already been set.

He would first go through a three-day adaptation period.

After the three days, if his performance was good, then it would be possible to consider letting him live at home.

Li Si also knew about this timing, which was why she said this was the simplest model.

But this kind of simple model, for Feng Yuan, still felt full of trials.

He had to go three days without going home!

This was simply too challenging!

Maybe it was because Feng Yuan was too young. His personality also looked too soft, so the Li family’s most traditional training rules were loosened for him, one after another.

One of them was that during these three days of adaptation, at night, he didn’t have to sleep alone.

He could go to sleep with Li Si and Li Wang.

In the car.

Li Si had already taught Feng Yuan in advance how to wear his clothes.

He was to wear a little camouflage uniform for training.

“Watch carefully. This button has to be fastened like this, and these shoes have snap fasteners.”

Li Si personally dressed him in his clothes and shoes.

After finishing, she demonstrated again and again how the buttons on the clothes should be done.

Feng Yuan listened obediently, his small body not needing to move at all.

Li Si had tidied him up from head to toe.

Hat, clothes, shoes, backpack. She arranged everything thoroughly.

Li Wang watched from the side without speaking.

He had heard Li Si say that she wanted to tame Feng Yuan, that she treated Feng Yuan like a toy.

But watching the way Li Si put socks and shoes on Feng Yuan, Li Wang thought indifferently.

This taming, it’s hard to say who was really taming whom.

Very soon, the three children arrived at the training base.

Though Feng Yuan was a newcomer, he didn’t show stage fright.

He wore the little camouflage uniform that his sister had arranged for him, his chubby little face carrying a serious and solemn expression.

“Hello, Instructor!”

Feng Yuan knew that for those who taught physical training, he had to call them “Instructor”.

There wasn’t just one instructor here. All of them had real skill.

Some were retired special forces soldiers, some were mercenaries temporarily hired. Anyway, the instructors here, teaching survival training as a skill, were absolutely qualified enough.

Feng Yuan didn’t really understand their backgrounds very well.

But what he did understand was that these instructors were amazing!

So, the little boy who came for training stood up very straight and proper. Even in his childish, milky voice, he worked hard to correct his own pronunciation.

As everyone knows, when toddlers are two or three years old, their speech and articulation aren’t clear.

Little ones have their own unique, tender tone.

In order to give the instructors a good impression, Feng Yuan paid special attention to his milky voice.

But his effort had no effect.

What fell on the instructors’ ears was still a typical, toddler-style, unclear little milky voice.

The little milky voice rang out loud and clear—

“Reporting, Instructor! Feng Yuan has come for training!”

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