Shang Xi never imagined that her beloved son's first time hunting in the forest would lead him to overeat to the point of struggling to walk and making gurgling sounds.
Gu Wen found the cub stupid beyond belief, but with Shang Xi present, he didn't dare criticize, so he remained silent by her side.
Shang Xi squatted down and patted her son's head: "Baby, how could you overeat like this? It's not good for your body."
The little wolf cub whimpered and nodded vigorously. He could barely walk now, and Shang Xi noticed it, reaching out to carry him: "Come, let's go back."
She tried to lift him.
Huh? She couldn't seem to pick him up.
The air froze in that instant.
The little wolf cub stared at her in disbelief, eyes wide and innocent.
Shang Xi hurried to explain: "No, no, mommy wasn't prepared, let me try again!" She gritted her teeth, ready to put more effort into lifting him.
"Let me do it." Gu Wen bent down and picked up the wet, round, solid cub, bouncing him in midair and making an enigmatic clicking sound.
Baby Shang: !!!!
He couldn't take such humiliation!!
"Woooooo!" He bared his teeth fiercely at Gu Wen and bit down on his shirt button.
He had lost face in front of his mother, and his father was rubbing salt in the wound. Didn't he want any face?
"Woooo!" The cub snarled.
Gu Wen let him bite, his tone somewhat stern: "If you don't want to end up as someone else's meal, don't expose such a stupid weakness."
If they encountered unwise wild beasts, being this full would make it impossible to run away.
Gu Wen couldn't help but sigh. To be honest, this cub had performed decently until now, clever and agile, whether climbing, jumping, or swimming, showing promise of future excellence.
Except for clinging to his mother a bit, today he somehow managed to overeat to the point of immobility...
It seemed... a lack of raw food had led to this loss of control.
Gu Wen frowned, deciding to partition off an area in the backyard when they returned and release some small animals there.
The child was back.
The two adults acted as if nothing had happened.
In the car.
Gu Wen continued driving.
The little wolf cub, with a seatbelt on, lay sprawled on the seat, sleeping soundly.
His round, bulging belly stuck out prominently.
Shang Xi couldn't help but laugh: "It's as if I've been starving you, not letting you eat."
As she said this, her eyes held a warm, doting look. She squinted and smiled faintly, but then suddenly froze.
In the rearview mirror above the driver's seat, Gu Wen was watching her.
She felt a little uncomfortable and turned her gaze out the window.
Was he not pretending anymore?
He hadn't acted like this before...
It was a bit too brazen, wasn't it?
Halfway through the drive, Baby Shang rolled over, seemingly dreaming of something as he licked his little lips, though still asleep, and shifted to his human form.
His pure wolf body didn't reveal much.
But once he transformed into a fair-skinned little face, a shallow red scratch became visible.
Shang Xi frowned: "How did you get hurt?" She gently lifted his clothes to find a scratch on his round belly as well, not too serious but oozing blood.
Shang Xi's heart ached. Seeing a scratch on his little arm too, she frowned harder: "Gu Wen, our son is hurt, let's stop by a nearby hospital first."
Gu Wen slowed the car and glanced over before feeling reassured.
"It's fine, he'll recover in no more than three days, without any scars. He won't feel too much pain either."
After all, werewolves had high endurance and recovery abilities; these minor injuries were nothing.
For werewolves, getting hurt was an everyday occurrence.
Only after the doctor applied medicine did Shang Xi finally relax a little.
Baby Shang slept through the whole time.
Gu Wen carried their cub out of the hospital, while Shang Xi carried her bag and phone.
Suddenly, Gu Wen turned to look at her: "Want to grab a bite? There's a restaurant ahead with good human reviews."
Shang Xi paused.
Gu Wen didn't bother hiding it: "You can think further. I just want to spend time alone with you."
Shang Xi was speechless: "Let's go back to Nanfeng Courtyard."
"Sure? Dine with them?" Gu Wen suddenly cracked a smile. "There's something you don't know yet, right?"
"What is it?" Shang Xi inexplicably sensed Gu Wen acting mischievous, and she instinctively became guarded. "What do you want to say?"
Gu Wen probably found it amusing too, his tone deliberately carrying a hint of intimacy: "That night, when you were under me and I licked your wound, Black Tail and Gray Tail were there."
Shang Xi suddenly felt awkward too.
"So... what? That's not a big deal, is it..."
"They misunderstood." He deliberately slowed his words, piquing Shang Xi's curiosity. "They thought we were..."
Shang Xi's eyes widened.
"...being the most intimate."
"What?!" Shang Xi couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
After saying that, seeing their son stir, she hurriedly covered her mouth and lowered her voice: "Why would they think that?! Didn't you explain it to them?"
Gu Wen stared at her for a moment, his ears gradually turning red: "I thought it was something that would happen sooner or later, so there was no need to explain."
"You—" Shang Xi's face flushed too. She really wanted to kick Gu Wen away: "Who says it would happen sooner or later! Do you have no shame?"
"That's just something you pure humans care about."
His efforts to blend into the human world were solely for integration.
In front of his wife, nothing else mattered.
"So, are you going back to Nanfeng Courtyard for the meal, or will you go to the restaurant with me?"
Shang Xi remembered the embarrassed, avoidant looks on the werewolves' faces that morning.
Oh god!!
They really thought...
How awkward!
But she insisted on going against his wishes: "I'll just grab some fried rice from a random eatery, not going to your restaurant."
Gu Wen readily agreed: "I'm fine with either."
Shang Xi...
Who asked you if you were fine with it?
"Fried rice for nine bucks, are you sure you want to eat that?"
He was a werewolf, could he even stomach fried rice?
The next moment, she looked at Gu Wen's face and suddenly realized something.
The point wasn't about what they ate.
He just... wanted to spend time with her.
Was she reading too much into it?
She opened her mouth: "You..."
Gu Wen stared at her: "You can think further."
Shang Xi didn't say anything else. Whatever, let it be. She would just go with the flow.
As long as she didn't mind, treated it as no big deal, and ignored him like he was air, it would be fine.
Gu Wen indeed didn't order any fried rice since he doesn't eat it.
He simply sat at the roadside eatery holding their deeply sleeping cub, accompanying Shang Xi.
They didn't want to leave the baby in the car.
The people in the shop kept glancing back at him, as he... just sat there, clearly out of place and conspicuous. After all, his entire being screamed one word: expensive.
It seemed like an upscale restaurant or fancy banquet would be more fitting for his presence.
Shang Xi silently ate her fried rice.
On the way back.
She decided to give an explanation once they returned to Nanfeng Courtyard, then retreat to her room.
But she had a dreadful feeling that her explanation wouldn't be believed...
Ah...
So awkward...
And what if Gray Tail told You You about it? That woman loved drama and gossip. Ah... the social death of an adult could happen in an instant!
As the car entered Nanfeng Courtyard.
Gu Wen's expression subtly changed.
His relatives had come down from the mountain.
In the main hall's living room of Nanfeng Courtyard.
The Black Tails served tea and water, lining up respectfully beside the sofas.
In the middle of the four surrounding sofas was a European-style coffee table.
Seated on the sofas were five werewolves dressed elegantly, with outstanding appearances and an aura of refined nobility. Each of them was in pure human form; judging solely by their looks, one would never guess they were werewolves.
In fact, they could easily pass for Western aristocrats.
By estimation, each one stood over six feet tall.
There were two people who looked slightly older, one male and one female, appearing to be in their thirties, though they were actually already sixty years old. The woman's eyes held a mature quality shaped by the passage of time.
Without exception, they were all highly attractive.
Particularly the woman in the red body-hugging dress - her wavy hair, red lips, beautiful and sexy, exuding great charm.
Although Shang Xi had already heard Gu Wen mention it in the car, she was still mildly surprised.
Gu Wen's family members...they're all so beautiful.
The woman in the red dress subtly wrinkled her nose, quirking her lips as she glanced over.
Shang Xi paused.
Baby Shang, nestled in his father's embrace, rubbed his eyes, let out a soft cry, and opened them.
It seemed he, too, sensed the unusual atmosphere.
