âLittle Leopard, we are safe now.â
The leopard boy blinked and blinked before responding: âThank youâ¦.â
âDonât thank me, before it was you who helped me when I was hurt.â Patting the other side like heâs some sort of adult, Bai Xiachen starts getting ideas again like he usually does. âThis place is too unsafe, why donât you come with me? I canât be at ease leaving you here alone once I leave this place.â
Thereâs shock on the leopard boyâs face, but more were that of surprise and happiness. Almost choking due to the tears thatâs swelling up: âYou⦠you would take me in?â
Bai Xiachen gives a heavy nod: âMy mother is a very good person so Iâm sure she would love to have you around, donât worry.â
âDo you like your mother very much?â
Seeing how the little steambun would always genuinely smile when mentioning Bai Yan, the leopard boy unconsciously began to envy him. It couldnât be helped. Since his birth, this kid has always been alone without any supervision or family. To finally have a grasp of what it means to experience kinship was something entirely new and enticing for him.
Proud in his demeanor: âOf course I like my mother, sheâs the greatest and best-looking woman in this whole wide world. Sheâs gentle and kind and the sweetest person you can find. Itâs the very reason why I came here, itâs to enhance my own strength so I can protect her from those mean people who wishes to harm her.â
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âMy father?â Bai Xiachenâs mouth instantly puckered up with a sour note. âHe is a big baddie who always try to steal Mother away from me. But out of consideration that he likes to beat those bad people away from my mother, I have reluctantly accepted himâ¦.â When speaking up to here, the little steambun suddenly paused like heâs thought of something else. âActually, Baddie Father isnât that bad, he can be nice to me sometimes. Itâs just that he always tries to hog Motherâs attention all day long and wouldnât let me sleep with her at night anymore.â
Thatâs right, after Di Cang came into this pairâs life, the poor childâs been unable to share a bed with Bai Yan. The direct consequence of that was Bai Xiachen questioning his own origin and believing heâs adopted from the streets.
âLittle Leopard, letâs get out of here first, I donât want to give those ladies a chance to catch us for a second time.â Giving a long sigh, Bai Xiachen gave one final glance at the oddly silent settlement behind himself before fleeing off into the sunset with his friend in toe.
â¦â¦
Thereâs a town nor far away from where the valley was located. At first this place was still bustling with noise, but that quickly changed into a calming silence when the two boys appeared.
Whose children are they? What a lovely pair of boys, the first pretty like a girl and the second just as fine like a piece of jade.
Little Leopard rarely makes contact with other people so this experience was something very new to him. Perhaps itâs the look heâs getting, or the added attention, but the kitty boy definitely didnât like this and took shelter behind his friendâs back. Heâs just too timid and afraid for these sort of crowded events.
Understanding the issue, Bai Xiachen promptly pat the other kidâs shoulder as reassurance: âDonât be afraid, with me here no one will hurt you.â
That day it was he who got saved and it was he who brought the leopard boy out from his former home. In the end Bai Xiachen here holds a huge responsibility to look out for the other boy, after all, it was his own negligence that allowed the females from the Sky Clan to kidnap the kid in the first place.