"Little Fengxiao, I'm back!" Ji Fengming shouted loudly to Ji Fengxiao from a distance as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Seeing Ji Fenghua's miserable state, he felt uneasy and heartbroken.

Thinking that Ji Fengxiao was fortunate to still be by his side, he wished he could make up for all the heartache he felt for Fenghua by taking it out on Fengxiao.

Upon hearing Ji Fengming's voice, Ji Fengxiao excitedly ran out: "Brother!"

Xuan En ran out with him: "Ugh...!"

The two of them lunged at each other in the same manner.

Being hugged by Ji Fengxiao was one thing, but Ji Fengxiao was only a thirteen-year-old boy who hadn't started developing yet and wasn't very tall.

But when Xuan En grabbed him, Ji Fengming felt a little uncomfortable.

This is like a gorilla pulling up tree saplings; it can snap any slightly fragile sapling in one go.

Poor Ji Fengxiao was small, so he could only hold onto one of Ji Fengming's legs, and he was almost knocked away by Xuan En.

Xuan En clung tightly to Ji Fengming's shoulders, whimpering like a wolfhound as she burrowed into Ji Fengming's neck, almost licking Ji Fengming's face with her tongue to show affection.

Ji Fengming felt a chill run down his spine after hearing Xuan En's words, and pondered:

This thing must have really grown up with wolves!

He's a grown man, and it's really hard for people to accept him acting like a wolfhound being affectionate.

"Alright, alright, let go of me right now!" Ji Fengming didn't even have time to properly show his love for his younger brother. To show that he treated them both the same, he had no choice but to forcibly push them both away.

Ji Fengxiao didn't think anything of it. Although he was young, he already had the understanding that "a real man doesn't cling to women."

Xuan En was filled with resentment, and the domineering, possessive instincts of a wild beast still dominated his perception:

Why are his "tribe" members not by his side, and why does he have to run around outside all day?

Why can't his benefactor be his alone, when there are so many people around him who have nothing to do with their "tribe"?

Unfortunately, Ji Fengming couldn't understand a word of his desperate "uh-huh" accusations.

"Alright, alright, Xuan'en, you're a big kid now, stop being so clingy, okay?" Ji Fengming knew that Xuan'en hadn't been close to humans for a long time, and his cognition and intelligence were not as good as normal people, so he could only seize every opportunity to try to instill normal human thinking in Xuan'en.

"Mmm..." Xuan En stared at Ji Fengming with a pitiful look, begging for a hug and comfort.

Why can't older children express their affection?

Wild animals in a herd express affection by licking each other. Are humans any different?

"A real man should stand tall and be strong. You're not a little girl anymore. Aren't you afraid people will look down on you for being so clingy?" Ji Fengming said gently, while holding Xuan En back to prevent him from lunging at her again.

“That’s right. Even in a herd, the stronger male beasts are more likely to lead and are more popular with the females, aren’t they?” Ji Fengxiao chimed in, using an analogy that he thought Xuan En would find more acceptable: “So we should be mighty male beasts, not little kittens.”

Ji Fengming stared at Xiao Fengxiao: "..."

Where did this little one learn all this?

They have the same parents, and he's sure his parents never taught him these things!

Xuan En nodded in agreement, pointing at Ji Fengming and then at himself: "Hmm, female beast, I like it; male beast, mighty!"