I Heard That I'm An Affectionate Male Lead

Chapter 024

The cub is growing up very fast, but hadn't yet gotten a name. He was born without mother or father, and almost all the upper echelons of the Fox clan were single. They just want to take care of him as elders.

Chi Shuishui originally wanted to give him a brave and mighty name, but Chun Ge found it unpleasant; Chun Ge chose a romantic name, but Qian Niang found it tacky; the three of them were afraid that Cang Yu and Tang Fu would decide the name of the cub directly, and refused to let these two foxes get involved. It took several months to come up with a good name. They usually just called them "little thing", "little doll", and "little cub" casually.

Until spring came, something broke the deadlock on the name.

Most of the foxes in Qingqiu are demons, but at the end of the day, they are still beasts. When spring comes, their nature is ready to act. Those with companions are fine, but those without companions start to make trouble.

Even Cang Yu felt yearning and restless, and he could hear the roaring of foxes all over the mountains and plains. They were inexperienced foxes courting their mates, and he felt hot all over.

This heat is different from the injury caused by the Chongming Bird. It's like stuffing a person into a steamer and slowly steaming them. It's heat that start from the inside to out, and it feels like everything is sweaty and wet. Even the refreshing fragrance of peach blossoms in the yard made him sick to his stomach.

It's not the spring at all, it's just sweltering heat.

Cang Yu didn't lose his composure. He just felt that his body was hot and his bones were soft. He didn't even care about cultivating, he wanted to look on the bookshelf and see if there were any formulas for purifying the heart. He finally found the corresponding classics, he searched left and right for the formula for purification before remembering that the book had already been given to Rong Dan. He couldn't help but feel regretful, but he could only grit his teeth and bear the heat.

He was so hot he couldn't even take care of himself. He felt that there was a destructive instinct running rampant in his body. It took all of his energy to control this instinct. He could only transform into his fox form every day and use magic to create an ice block, accidentally making the house look like a ventilated ice cellar.

Fortunately, Qian Niang wasn't affected, so she lazed about all day long. Recently, she went to Yingshui to catch a few fish, pounded them into fish paste and fed them to the little beast. Fortunately, she took care of him and he wasn't loud at all, he still couldn't yet forage and could starve to death.

After all, this was his first time being a demon. Cang Yu didn't know how ordinary demons reacted, so he could only endure. The foxes like Chi Shuishui, Chun Ge and others were already accustomed to it, Chi Shuishui is even smarter. Spring is the most restless season, so he takes the cubs everywhere to exercise, gain practical experience and vent his anger.

Chi Shuishui came again that day and saw that Cang Yu was still closing the door to guests, but Qian Niang wasn't in the nest. He simply picked up the cub and went out directly.

The demons didn't grow as slowly as humans, but it's very difficult to turn into a demon with spiritual wisdom. The Fox Clan is mostly a monster race that breeds with other demons so most of their offspring are born with spiritual intelligence. Their bodies and bones grow early, but their mental state can't keep up, so most of them were cubs that could be trained. For them, spring was a rebellious period when they were most likely to get restless and lose their temper. Chi Shuishui simply packed all of them up and took them out for training.

As the saying goes, everyone is treated equally, even newborn cubs are no exception.

The cubs were taken away by Chi Shuishui in the morning and sent back in the evening, which happened to coincide with Qian Niang's foraging time. She always ate some fruits in the morning and then went out to look for fresher, softer meat. She would come back with food in the evening to feed the cub.

After training like this for half a month, Qian Niang didn't notice anything strange. In addition, the cub was naturally dark, so even if it was injured somewhere, it was easy to miss it by chance.

One day, Qian Niang returned to the nest early and realized that the cub was missing. She immediately jumped up and down and searched everywhere. The cub rarely moved, the fence outside was closed and it couldn't climb out. If it hadn't been taken by someone else, there would have been traces.

Qian Niang had always had a sharp mouth, she wasn't close to any living beings except for one close friend. Although Cang Yu is her master, the relationship between the two demons is ordinary. In addition, Cang Yu is taciturn, so she's indeed safe and sound in the Fox Clan. Even then, it's hard to avoid feeling lonely.

Until the cub hatched out of its egg, even though it was mute, it had always been by her side since. Qian Niang had frequent encounters with him on the regular, and was very happy to raise him. During March and April, she relied on being close to him to relieve her sadness. Now that she couldn't find the cub immediately around her, she couldn't control her anxiousness. She hurriedly opened the door with her beak, and fanned the wind with her wings, making a harsh crackling sound on Cang Yu's wooden door.

"Cang Yu! Cang Yu! The little thing is gone! He's gone!"

She just shouted loudly, almost crying in the end.

Cang Yu was practicing quietly in the back room. He couldn't resist the heat of spring at first, but he got used to it after a while. Now he heard Qian lang crying outside and hurriedly put on his coat and opened the door. He saw her collapsed on the ground, crying with tears streaming down her face. He stretched out his hand to help her up and asked, "What are you doing? What happened?"

"I don't know, stab a thousand times the theif who stole him!" Qian Niang grabbed the hem of Cang Yu's clothes and said almost out of breath. She burst into tears and continued: "Cang Yu, the little one is gone. I can't see him. I've been looking for him everywhere. Could a bad monster have eaten such a small baby?"

Although her mouth was filled with muck, she was not bad at heart.

Humans and demons are the same. They don't care about things that have nothing to do with them. But once feelings arise, it's completely different.

Qian Niang originally wanted to wait for the egg to hatch and eat it, but now that she's raised it for a few months, she feels pity and love for him. Naturally, she no longer has that thought. She's also thinking about his miserable life experience and his young age, and all kinds of terrible suspicions came to her mind. One moment it was the cub being eaten down to its bones, another moment it was the pitiful appearance of the cub being abused, the next it was thought of him being bunched up and grilled. She couldn't help but cry louder and louder.

Cang Yu was much calmer than her. He wasn't as flustered as Qian lang. He comforted her and said, "You don't have to worry, this is Qingqiu and my residence. Maybe Chi Shuishui took him to play."

Wiping her tears, she asked pitifully: "Really?"

"He couldn't have been stolen," Cang Yu thought for a while and said, "Get up, let's go and find out his whereabouts."

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As the two demons were talking, Chun Ge came in with Chi Shuishui outside the door. The cub was huddled up in Chi Shuishui's arms, looking scarred. He licked his front paws with his tongue, but still made a muffled sound. By not saying anything, everyone assumed that he was stupid and dumb and didn't care.

Qian Niang immediately raised her brows, she rushed out and cursed: "Damn fox! Bitch, I knew you had bad intentions! You caught me out of nowhere and wanted to eat me, now you secretly took him out while I was away. If anything happens, can you afford to pay for it? You've been bragging and farting all day long, I didn't say anything against you, and now you're still doing this rooster-crowing and dog-robbery thing. Bad morals, you're ruining the reputation of your Qingqiu Fox Clan—"

Once Qian Niang began to curse no one could stop her. Chi Shuishui was scolded for no apparent reason, but not to be outdone, he rolled up his sleeves and tried to retaliate.

This scolding war might not settle down after a while, so Chun Ge simply hugged the cub and went into the house to talk with Cang Yu.