In the sweltering summer heat, a chill ran down my spine, and the hairs on my back stood on end.

What's going on?

Why is a cooking stone slab in the living room?

Are there poisonous mushrooms displayed on top?

Looking to the side, Wolf King held Wan'er with a gentle expression, while Fei Fei opposite him was sobbing loudly in Tie Bai's arms, but upon closer inspection, there wasn't a single tear.

Tie Bai knew she was faking it, but he couldn't bear to see her cry, so he lowered his eyes and comforted her in a low voice: "Feifei must be very sad, right? Tell me what's wrong, Dad is here."

Aoki, who had just returned from hunting, rushed over: "Feifei, don't cry. Tell your father if you're upset."

At this moment, Fox Fairy's beautiful fox eyes were full of cunning, and she would occasionally open her eyes to secretly observe the wolf king's reaction.

When she realized he wasn't responding, she cried even louder.

Wolf King lifted his eyelids to glance at Fox Fairy, chuckled helplessly, noticed Sheng Xia, and walked slowly over with Wan'er in his arms, lowering his head to gently kiss the corner of Sheng Xia's lips.

"Did I wake you up? There's nothing wrong here, I can handle it. Xiaxia, go upstairs and sleep a little longer." The sun hadn't fully risen yet; it wasn't Xiaxia's usual time to get up.

"Wolf King~ What's going on?" Shengxia smiled, her almond-shaped eyes crinkling, and tiptoed to kiss his cheek.

She took the sleepy little rabbit from his arms, skillfully stroked its fur, and then turned her gaze to the neatly arranged colorful mushrooms.

"Feifei heard that eating colorful mushrooms will allow her to see herself when she grows up, so she picked these from somewhere and is going to roast them and eat them." Wolf King's voice was gentle and pleasant.

She was even planning to bake some to share with everyone, and if they wouldn't let her bake it, she would pretend to cry, but Wolf King didn't say that out loud.

As he spoke, he raised his hand, lowered his eyes, and carefully straightened the clothes that Sheng Xia had put on. He then smiled and looked up to ruffle her hair.

"It's okay, I found it in time, before it had eaten."

Hearing this, Sheng Xia felt a wave of fear. Suppressing her anger, she lowered her head and kissed the sleepy little rabbit.

He whispered in her ear, "Wan'er, let your father, the Wolf King, hold you. You can sleep a little longer."

"Hmm..." The soft, pink bunny struggled to lift its eyelids, obediently nodded its little head at Sheng Xia, and closed its eyes to fall asleep.

Seeing this softened my heart in the height of summer.

She smiled up at the Wolf King, watching him gently take Wan'er from him. She then slowly walked up to Tie Bai.

As the height of summer approached, Hu Fei was startled for a moment, immediately stopping her fake crying, her long eyelashes trembling with guilt.

Sheng Xia took a deep breath, looked at Hu Fei in his arms, and asked in a soft voice and gentle tone.

"These mushrooms are all poisonous. Didn't your mother tell you that you can't touch brightly colored things?"

Does eating all of this mean we'll all end up lying on the floor?

The older the little one gets, the more troublesome he becomes.

I want to punch him...

"No?" Foxy raised her head, looking completely bewildered.

Did her mother say that? She doesn't remember it.

It must have been something she said when she was little. She forgot it. Her father said that children don't have memories of their childhood.

Yes, that must be it...

It's definitely not that Grandma remembered it wrong!

Thinking of this, she nodded her little head seriously: "Mom, I'm sorry, I forgot."

Sheng Xia's lips twitched. She suddenly remembered that she and A Ge and the other two had said this before: Fei Fei and the others had never traveled far from home.

I didn't have time to teach it...

Before she could speak, Foxy blinked her innocent eyes and asked, "Mommy, will eating colorful mushrooms really allow me to see what I'll look like when I grow up?"

What will he look like when he grows up?

Isn't this the time when she and the wolf accidentally ate undercooked mushrooms in the wild?

The wolf king mistook her for another female, looking ashamed and indignant, as if he wanted to die for his mate's sake...

Thinking of this, she turned around and met the Wolf King's gentle and tender eyes, and they smiled at each other.

By the way, Wolf King is so thoughtful, he wouldn't tell the little one this, how did she know?

"Feifei, who told you that?"

“Aoki-papa! He said that eating mushrooms would make you see strange things. I asked him what they were, and that’s what he said.” He blinked rapidly.

Summer was exasperated, a bad feeling creeping over her. She turned her gaze to Aoki, who was smiling broadly beside her.

Why are you telling the baby this?

Unexpectedly, the topic suddenly shifted to himself. Aoki's smile froze on his face. Meeting Shengxia's slightly reproachful gaze, he hurriedly took Shengxia's hand and explained.

"Xia, listen to my excuses... oh no, listen to me."

Sheng Xia curled her lips into a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes: "Yes, go ahead and say it, I'm listening."

She wanted to hear what incredible reason was behind telling this to the curious kids.

Her reaction was a bit strange, and Aoki was stunned.

Huh? How come he's different from his mother and father?

Shouldn't he say, "I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it"? Then he would go up and hug her and kiss her forcefully, and Xiaxia would return the kiss in a daze, and then they would forget their sorrows in bed?

He thought he'd have a chance to go back to sleep...

Seeing his blank, narrow phoenix eyes, which gradually changed from surprise to a yellowish hue as he seemed to be thinking about something, Sheng Xia's almond-shaped eyes widened in disbelief.

"Aoki! Why aren't you explaining?"

Aoki snapped out of his daze, licked his lips, leaned in, grabbed Shengxia's slender waist, and kissed her on the lips: "That explains it."

"Yesterday I picked the kids up from school and took them to play in the snow on the outskirts of the forest... We ran into Xingmu carrying poisonous mushrooms, so I went over and gave him a warning."

He said he heard from other animals that eating mushrooms could attract females he liked, so he went to a faraway place to collect a large basketful, intending to dry them and eat them slowly.

After trying it once, I found that I couldn't see the mushrooms; I could only see the grown-up tree. So, I was planning to find a place to throw the mushrooms away, and I told Feifei and the others about the dangers of eating mushrooms...

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