Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Which Bastard Stole Our Mushrooms

The reality of seeing his son was nothing like he’d imagined.

’He... he’s really a father now?’

He’d been alone for a century, and now, out of the blue, he had a child. The sudden fatherhood truly caught him completely off guard...

"Look, everyone. Even our Sanbao, Chi Yan, is worried about his female mother. That means deep down, our Sanbao is a very warm person. He loves his female mother so, so much and is terrified of her getting hurt, right?"

Down below, Shen Yue’s voice overflowed with love and happiness.

Sanbao, whose face had been completely expressionless, showed a subtle change. He snuggled into her embrace.

"Mm."

Huang Ziyue’s gaze deepened. ’So, my son’s name is Chi Yan.’

’It’s a good name. Sounds nice.’

Below, the other little cubs were still crying.

"Liu Bao loves his female mother too! Liu Bao is scared of his female mother getting hurt!"

"Dabao too! Dabao will blow on it for my female mother. Didn’t you say it stops hurting if we blow on it?"

"Si Bao is scared too! Si Bao doesn’t want his female mother to get hurt at all!"

"WAAAAH, my female mother is still bleeding! What do we do? Er Bao is scared! Father! Ancient Bear Father, hurry... I don’t want my female mother to be bleeding!"

Er Bao wailed, snot and tears streaming down his face.

Watching him, Shen Yue let out a snort of laughter.

She set the little cubs on the ground and slowly stood up. She lifted her arm; it was a little painful, but bearable.

Her eyes shone, radiating maternal love.

"Look, my babies. Your female mother is fine. My arm is perfectly okay, it doesn’t hurt at all."

Just then...

"A Yue! Are you okay, A Yue?!"

Just then, Si Muye’s anxious voice arrived as he rushed over like a gust of wind.

Shen Yue happened to be looking back over her shoulder, a smile on her lips.

At last, her face was in full view.

Her exquisitely beautiful face and her eyes, as gentle as rippling water, instantly filled Huang Ziyue’s vision.

In that instant, the verdant mountains and lush scenery lost all color in his eyes.

Only she, a vision of dazzling beauty, captivated him utterly.

The subordinate beside him gasped.

"So... so beautiful!"

Si Muye was also momentarily dazed by Shen Yue’s glance, but he had no time to admire it; he had already spotted her bleeding arm and dusty hair.

He closed the distance in two strides, anxiously taking her arm.

"Your arm! How did you get hurt? What happened?"

The little cubs immediately started chirping all at once.

"Ancient Bear Father, a rock fell down!"

"The rock hurt our female mother, that’s why she’s bleeding!"

"Father, hurry and stop the bleeding! Er Bao doesn’t want our female mother to bleed!"

As he listened, the heartache on Si Muye’s face was palpable, and his eyes filled with self-blame.

"A Yue, does it hurt?"

Shen Yue curved her lips into a smile. "It’s a small wound. It doesn’t hurt much."

"How could it not hurt? The cut is so deep."

With that, Si Muye bent down. "I’ll carry you back so we can clean it."

Before she could react, Shen Yue felt her feet leave the ground as he scooped her up into a princess carry.

She immediately felt a bit awkward. This was her first time being carried like a princess. She cleared her throat.

"I’m really fine. Put me down, I can walk on my own!"

"No. I’m carrying you."

"Um, I really can walk. Besides, I haven’t gotten my things. I gathered mushrooms! I was going to make you all chicken stew and mushroom soup when we got back!"

Si Muye stopped in his tracks.

"Where are they? I’ll get them."

Shen Yue pointed to a large tree up ahead. "Not far. They’re right under that tree."

The little cubs darted ahead to lead the way.

"Ancient Bear Father, they’re right up ahead!"

"Our female mother gathered so many mushrooms!"

Held in Si Muye’s arms, Shen Yue could feel his firm chest, and her face began to feel hot.

Meanwhile, in the shadows, Mu Silin’s fists were clenched tight.

"That damned bear!"

’It was my heroic deed! I was the one who saved her!’

’And yet, he’s the one holding her.’

His subordinate standing beside him didn’t dare make a peep.

’What can you do?’ the subordinate thought. ’Si Muye just has good intentions!’

’Miss Shen Yue is injured. Any male would never let her walk all the way back!’

Over on the other side, Huang Ziyue stood with his dark-red, wicked eyes fixed on Si Muye carrying Shen Yue below. The temperature around him seemed to drop degree by degree, threatening to freeze everything solid.

The subordinate next to him didn’t dare to speak either, doing his best to make himself invisible.

’The Great Emperor Master just found his Female Master, only to see another man by her side.’

’And they seem to have a good relationship. Those cubs obviously aren’t that bear’s children, yet every single one of them is willing to call him Father.’

’It’s easy to imagine how close those two must be!’

"Investigate that bear. Find out who he is and what his relationship is to that woman."

The subordinate shivered. "Yes, sir."

Just then...

"AHH!! Where are my mushrooms?"

Shen Yue stared at the basket on the ground, her eyes wide with shock.

Lying inside was a wild boar. The mushrooms had turned into a wild boar?!

Si Muye eyed the still-breathing boar in the basket with suspicion, his senses keenly scanning the area.

The boar had clearly been caught very recently; it wasn’t quite dead yet.

Shen Yue was about to die from sheer anger.

She puffed out her cheeks and roared.

"Who is it?! Who stole my mushrooms?! Get out here!"

’And replaced them with a pig!!’

’Who did this?! Are they sick in the head or something?’

’I don’t want to eat wild boar! I just want my mushrooms!’

The little cubs also roared at the heavens.

"Which bad guy stole our mushrooms?!"

"Whoever stole our mushrooms, give them back!"

Er Bao, trying his best to sound fierce but only coming across as adorable, roared loudly.

"We don’t want to eat boar meat, we want mushrooms! Whoever stole our mushrooms is a big meanie!"

Mu Silin: "..."

’Fine, just fine,’ he thought. ’You little Leopard cub. I, your father, was worried you’d get poisoned, and in return, you nearly curse me to death.’

’When we finally meet, I’m definitely giving this little cub a good spanking.’

Seeing his general’s handsome face darken, the subordinate beside him couldn’t help the twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"General, the Little General is unaware of your good intentions. Please don’t take it to heart!"

Mu Silin snorted coldly.

On the other side, as he watched the little cubs below hysterically searching for their mushrooms, Huang Ziyue impassively glanced in Mu Silin’s direction.

’If I’m not mistaken,’ he thought, ’when I first arrived, I saw that Leopard’s subordinate furtively running off with that basket.’

’So it seems that Leopard was the one who swapped out the basket of wild mushrooms.’

’But those wild mushrooms are poisonous. I wonder what that woman planned to do with a whole basket of them.’

Si Muye carried Shen Yue all the way back to the entrance of their cave.

She truly couldn’t figure out which bastard had swapped her mushrooms.

Ignoring the pain in her arm, she muttered indignantly under her breath.

"Just let me find out who stole my mushrooms. I won’t let them get away with it!"

’Those mushrooms are a delicacy that’s hard to find even in the modern world.’

’You have to pick them in a specific season, and I was even planning to put them in the Spiritual Spring... Just great. Now the whole basket is gone, not a single one left.’

Dabao also waved his little fist. "Yeah! Dabao won’t let them get away with it either!"

"And Si Bao! I really won’t let them get away with it!"

Er Bao extended his little claws and gave a nearby wooden stool two quick scratches, leaving sharp marks behind. SCRATCH! SCRATCH!

He looked utterly ferocious.

"That’s right! I’m so mad! Er Bao will scratch him to death!"

Mu Silin: "..."

He was once again speechless with anger.

’Fine, just fine! He saves their lives, and not only do they show no gratitude, they want to scratch him to death!’

’This kid is a lost cause!’

Si Muye brought over some clean water in a bamboo ladle and crouched in front of Shen Yue.

"A Yue, what were you going to do with those wild mushrooms?"

He had already heard from the little ones on the way back, so he understood that the "mushrooms" Shen Yue mentioned were, in fact, wild fungus.

Shen Yue replied, "To eat, of course!"

Si Muye froze.

"But wild fungus is highly poisonous! You can’t eat that!"

’Could it be that A Yue doesn’t even know wild fungus is poisonous?’

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