Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

  “M-My tooth fell out.”

  Shen Yao: “.……”

  She quivered and quickly got out of bed. She turned the night lamp on and saw the tooth lying in the little thing’s palm.

  The little girl inhaled deeply and dragged her towards Mu Chen’s room without a second thought.

  Honestly speaking, Shen Yao panicked a little too.

  Children changing teeth wasn’t a big thing, and it was normal that some children started the process earlier than others.

  But when Ye Sang looked at her as if the sky fell on her and she was going to die, she panicked and dragged Ye Sang to the room next door.

  “Uncle uncle uncle.” Shen Yao knocked.

  After waiting for a while, the man opened the door with a cold face and looked at the two brats who disturbed his sleep unhappily, “What?”

  There hasn’t been a single quiet night since these brats started living here.

  Shen Yao was a little scared of him.

  The little girl swallowed and pushed her sorrowful little sister out from behind her.

  She tried her best not to smile and reported, “Sangsang’s tooth f-fell out.”

  Mu Chen: “.……”

  He stood there for a second. He looked at the girl who hid behind Shen Yao and pulled her to the front while his tone became softer, “What’s wrong?”

  It was only a tooth.

  It wasn’t unusual that some children changed teeth early.

  The little thing wailed and ran into his arms, “A b-big bad wolf will eat Sangsang.”

  Wuwuwu.

  Big bad wolf is scary.

  Mu Chen skillfully caught the soft little ball and picked her up to sit on his thighs. He pinched her chubby cheeks and studied her from toes to head.

  Then he looked down and smiled unnoticeably.

  Well.

  It was indeed funny.

  The man hugged the chubby little girl and ordered Shen Yao, “Go back to bed, Sangsang will sleep with me tonight.”

  Shen Yao glanced at Ye Sang worriedly but eventually yawned lazily and went back.

  “Daddy daddy……” She turned in bed anxiously and cupped the tooth carefully in her hands. Her lashes trembled and sounded scared.

  Mu Chen rubbed her head and, knowing that she doesn’t remember what they teach her, he didn’t comfort her but said, “Sleep first.”

  After a pause, the man added, “The big bad wolf will come to bite you if you don’t sleep.”

  The little thing trembled and quietly laid in Mu Chen’s arms without daring to move again.

  The little girl was as soft as a ball of fairy floss and the milky smell made his cold and stubborn heart melt like ice.

  He smiled and hugged her tightly.

  *

  Next morning.

  Mu Chen was woken up by the cryings next to his ears. He sleepily hugged the chubby child and opened his eyes to meet Ye Sang’s dark and big eyes.

  The little thing tearily called him, “Daddy……”

  Mu Chen quivered and woke up, “What’s wrong?”

  The little thing didn’t speak but pursed her lips together with red eyes.

  She was a talkative person and now that she suddenly became quiet, Mu Chen’s temples throbbed as he was afraid that something happened to her.

  The man picked her up and went downstairs.

  It was early in the morning yet the other two woke up already.

  Shen Chuchen saw that he brought the child down and spoke weirdly, “Sangsang was going to sleep by herself and you stole her in the middle of the night.”

  He sounded as if he was saying “we said we were going to stay single together until we got old but you now found yourself a girlfriend”.

  Mu Chen: “.……” He was too good at sounding weird like that.

  He didn’t bother to argue with the lemon and swayed Ye Sang, who looked energyless, “I don’t know what’s wrong with the brat but she hasn’t talked since morning. All she did was cry.”

  And it made him feel bad.

  Although he felt bad, it was also worrying that she puffed her cheeks and didn’t say anything.

  Huo Yao frowned slightly and squatted down. He softened his soft and asked, “What’s wrong?”

  The little thing covered her mouth and wanted to say something, but she seemed to remember something and sobbed in silence.

  Huo Yao thought that he knew what happened.

  “Your tooth fell out?”

  The man asked uncertainly.

  The little thing’s cat eyes lighted up and nodded in grief. She pouted even more and looked like a duck.

  Huo Yao smiled slightly. He pinched her cheeks and thought that it was always so funny when she cries.

  “Good girl, put down your hands.” He paused, “We promise we won’t laugh at you.”

  There was nothing funny about a child changing teeth anyway.

  Ye Sang looked up at her brothers and sister on the breakfast table and slowly put her hands down after seeing that they looked like they didn’t care.

  “M-mah tooth fell out.” She swayed her legs and head.

  Huo Yao: “Pfff.”

  Even the wind sipped through the gap.

  Shen Yao was worried about her pride and forced herself to not laugh.

  But Shen Yan’an and Duan Jinyan didn’t give her face and laughed together. The boy covered his stomach and his pretty eyes turned into crescents, “Hahaha, sister you are so cute.”

  As expected, these people’s happiness was built on her pain and suffering.

  Ye Sang: “.……”

  She felt even more upset. She dove into Mu Chen’s arms wailed. But because she cried for too long, she had no more tears.

  “Daddy daddy……” The little thing hugged him tightly and spoke inaudibly.

  Mu Chen was pissed but amused at the same time. He pulled her away and blinked with a smile, “It’s just changing a tooth.”

  The little thing’s lashes trembled and glanced at the others.

  She puffed her cheeks and felt wronged, “Bwut Sangsang isn’t whole anymore.”

  And she sobbed even more.

  Wuwuwu.

  She wasn’t whole anymore.

  “.……” Mu Chen was shocked by her logic.

  It was only a tooth.

  Why do you sound like you just lost your virginity?

  Shen Chuchen and Huo Yao laughed for long enough and cleared their throats as they decided to stand out.

  Perhaps he understood what she meant now.

  The man leaned in and guessed, “Does Sangsang think that your tooth won’t grow out anymore?”