Chapter 60: Feng Yiren, do you want another female?
The moment Feng Yiren saw Lin Huahua sitting on the floor with tears still shining on her face, his whole expression changed so quickly that even he himself did not notice it, because no matter how stubborn, shameless, or annoying he was, beastmen in this world were naturally built to react when something was wrong with their female.
That was why his fox ears immediately stood straight, his red eyes sharpened with worry, and even his tail lifted behind him in alertness as he strode into the stone cave house with fast steps.
"What happened?" Feng Yiren asked at once, and as expected, once he started speaking, he simply kept going, as if he wanted to ask everything in the world in one breath.
"Why are you crying again? Did someone say something to you? Did you hit your head? Are you hurt somewhere? Why are you sitting on the ground like this? If you are going to cry, at least sit on the fur properly. The stone is cold."
Even while he was asking all of that, he had already crouched down in front of her without thinking, and because his beast instincts were moving faster than his mouth, his hand reached out as if he wanted to check her face for injuries.
But just before touching her, he paused for half a breath, because no matter how worried he was, the old Lin Huahua had always hated random touches unless she was the one doing the grabbing.
Yet this time his fingers hovered so close he could feel the warmth of her wet cheek, and the sight of her trembling little lips made his usual crazy fox heart beat faster in a way that felt both worried and strangely sweet, like he would rather tease her forever than let her cry even one more second.
Lin Huahua looked at him with watery eyes and sighed so deeply that it really sounded like her whole little life had already ended.
She had opened her mouth and was just about to speak when her system suddenly lit up in her mind again with the timing of a wicked little goblin that clearly enjoyed making things worse.
{User Princess, your father also said that by completing the simulation, he means you must do things yourself and not rely on the males.}
Lin Huahua froze.
The system, which was hovering there in her mind in its irritating little fairy form, folded its tiny arms and continued in a voice that sounded much too cheerful for such terrible news.
{This means that your father is very aware of your usual personality. In your real world, you rely on your brothers, your servants, and anyone else who can be ordered around properly. So he wanted me to remind you that this simulation will not count if you solve everything by leaning on the males.}
The moment Lin Huahua heard that, her whole face changed.
Her already wounded heart suffered another slash.
Her eyes widened.
Her lips trembled.
Then she let out a miserable little sound that made even Feng Yiren’s fox ears twitch in alarm, because to him it sounded exactly like the cry of a tiny white rat who had just discovered the heavens were personally against her.
How could she do everything herself? Her father was really heartless.
"My life is over," Lin Huahua wailed.
Her fluffy white rat tail flicked once in pure misery before it wrapped around her own waist like it was trying to comfort her, and the tiny broken sound she made was so adorable and heartbreaking at the same time that Feng Yiren’s red eyes softened even more, his shameless fox heart melting into something warm and caring he did not even know he had.
And before Feng Yiren could even react, she suddenly threw herself forward and landed right against his bare chest.
That one action nearly made his soul leave his body.
Her soft little body pressed fully against his bare chest, her small face burying into the crook of his neck, warm tears wetting his skin, and her fluffy white rat tail curling shyly around his side like it had decided on its own that this fox felt safe.
To be honest, Feng Yiren should have stayed worried.
He really should have.
That was the correct response.
But the problem was that Lin Huahua had just flung herself at him, and now her soft body was pressed right against his chest, her arms half wrapping around him as she cried dramatically into him, and because he was still very much a beastman and very much a fox, the first thing his body felt was not panic.
It was joy.
Pure, wicked, shameless joy.
His red eyes widened for one second, and then before even his brain could catch up, his arms had already moved and wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer in a smooth practiced motion as if he had been waiting for this opportunity his whole life.
The little fairy system saw everything and actually giggled.
Then, as if proud of the disaster it had caused, it disappeared.
Lin Huahua, of course, did not notice that at all because she was too busy suffering tragically on Feng Yiren’s chest.
Feng Yiren, however, noticed nothing except the fact that her face was in his neck now and her scent was all around him.
His fox tail gave a very pleased sway behind him, and if anyone asked him later whether he had been taking advantage of the situation, he would absolutely say no with a straight face, even though that was exactly what he was doing.
His big hand rubbed slow, soothing circles on her back, careful and warm, because even though he was a crazy fox who loved teasing, right now all he wanted was to make his little crying female feel safe and loved in his arms, her soft body fitting perfectly against his like she belonged there.
He lowered his head a little and, for once, his voice softened. "What happened?"
But before he could actually coax a real answer out of her, Lin Huahua suddenly lifted her face.
Her eyes were still wet.
Her lashes were still damp.
Her pale cheeks still looked pitifully pink from crying.
Then she looked at him with complete seriousness and asked, "Feng Yiren, do you want another female?"
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Lin Huahua: Spare this hardworking author some change please so that she will spare my life!