Xie Mian, who had always thought Qian Yuan was a girl, wondered if Qian Yuan had suffered some kind of psychological trauma or was going through a sensitive adolescence.
After all, most of them are men, and there is still a gender barrier that prevents them from fully taking care of all the feelings of the cubs.
Xie Mian didn't mean to blame anyone. After all, almost everyone here had sacrificed themselves, holding hands and working side by side to create a warm home for the cubs that no one else in the outside world had ever seen.
Like a great tree, it shelters its young from wind and rain, protecting them from all hardships.
So Xie Mian only talked to Zhou Jinze and the others in secret.
Seeing his serious expression, Zhou Jinze thought he was about to say something important, but Xie Mian simply said:
“Is your little one embarrassed because she doesn’t wear skirts anymore? After all, she’s surrounded by men and has picked up their rough ways from what she sees and hears. But she’s a girl, and if she doesn’t understand gender when she grows up, she’ll be easily bullied by others.”
Zhou Jinze and Lin Jue exchanged a glance, especially Lin Jue, whose gaze turned sympathetic.
"No, Xie Mian, haven't you noticed all this time that Zai is actually a boy? Although monsters don't really distinguish genders easily and don't care much about such things..."
Xie Mian looked shocked, as if she couldn't accept such a mind-blowing thing: "But, the baby looks so... and you still put a dress on him!"
"The baby likes bright and colorful clothes, and since we didn't have much money, we borrowed clothes from our colleague's daughter. Everyone knows that, so I forgot to tell you about it."
The cub that was passing by wandered in and overheard these words.
As Qianyuan grew up, he also became more concerned about his image, and upon hearing such a misunderstanding, he was the one who was most hurt.
He had no idea that he had been raised as a girl by Zhou Jinze and the others since he was a child!
He stopped wearing skirts simply because he felt he could try wearing pants now that he had grown human legs, but he never expected that the regretful looks from others were for this reason.
Even now, Qianyuan still likes to have Xie Mian braid his hair...
Zhou Jinze's heart tightened, and he turned his head to see Qian Yuan standing outside the door.
"etc……"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw the boy's face turn bright red, and he instantly turned into an octopus seedling, no longer needing to wear any clothes.
Zhou Jinze moved the pile of clothes on the ground and saw that the octopus seedlings looked like they had been cooked. Not only were they all blushing, but their tentacles were also curled up, as if they wanted to burrow into the ground and never come out.
Zhou Jinze wanted to scoop him up, but Saji arrived first, took the octopus seedling in one gulp, and then disappeared for the whole day.
Zhou Jinze glanced at Xie Mian, who was still in a daze, and held back the words he was about to say.
Forget it, they're not my teammates, I can't scold them.
When Zhou Jinze saw that the cub hadn't returned, he dragged Lin Jue to find Qing Lianye and asked him to lead them to the cub.
Zhou Jinze was more patient and gentler than ever before, advising the cub hiding behind the wall, "Nobody meant to make fun of you."
Lin Jue: "Yes, yes, yes, I just think you're cute."
"Moreover, in the current situation, having clothes that fit is the most important thing, and everyone understands that."
Lin Jue: "Yes, yes, you look very beautiful in a dress."
"It's normal for kids to like bright colors; we were all kids once."
Lin Jue: "I remember you were still holding that bunny doll..."
Zhou Jinze, unable to bear it any longer, kicked Lin Jue: "Shut up!"
After their long talk, Qianyuan finally came out of the back. The pretty little girl who used to like light blue and light pink clothes and had braids has now become a cool guy wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
Qianyuan pulled up her hood to cover her braids, but the shape of the hood looked like two little ears. She tried to appear expressionless, but she was actually very nervous, just like a cat with its fur standing on end.
Lin Jue covered her mouth, which was about to say "cute," and looked at Zhou Jinze, only to find that Zhou Jinze's face was full of mixed feelings, with a complicated expression of a child growing up and entering the rebellious phase.
Then he turned his accusing gaze to Lin Jue.
"Why blame me? It's not my fault the child is rebellious!"
Zhou Jinze loosened his fist, feeling that he still needed to go back and give Xie Mian some proper guidance.
Then he said to the cub, "You're dressed like this..."
Qianyuan looked at him with a flicker in her eyes. She clearly still cared about her appearance, but she was afraid that Zhou Jinze would say she wasn't good-looking.
So Zhou Jinze, against his conscience, commented on Qian Yuan's all-black appearance: "She could be an assassin."
Qian Yuan couldn't detect the reluctance in Zhou Jinze's words. He was quite satisfied with his outfit, but he didn't know where Qian Yuan had gotten it from.
Of course, Qianyuan, being a good boy, would definitely leave something of equal value to exchange for someone else's clothes.
He seemed to want to maintain his cool image, and wore similar clothes for a long time afterward, until one day Zhou Jinze forgot to knock on the door and saw the little guy secretly wearing a skirt in the room.
She was wearing a very plain blue dress, which, combined with the boy's rather short stature, made her look like a pretty girl who appeared slightly sickly and melancholic.
Qianyuan was still looking at what color hair clip would suit her when she saw Zhou Jinze standing stiffly outside the door.
After she fully blossoms, Qianyuan becomes even more alluring.
Zhou Jinze was at a loss for what to do with Qian Yuan.
However, Qianyuan simply extended her tentacles and slammed the door shut, then kept begging Zhou Jinze not to tell anyone about what happened today.
Zhou Jinze certainly wouldn't share Qian Yuan's current state with anyone else, but seeing the little guy showing such rare vulnerability, he simply made a request with a cold face:
"Never agree to date anyone who wants to confess their feelings to you! You're too young! Any man who wants to date you is a bad man!"
Qianyuan: "Hmm?"
When can he start dating?
"Let's wait another thirty years, no, a hundred years!"
Those guys who confessed to him like that are probably all bones now.
He wouldn't have to worry about his son being deceived by bad men.
Qian Yuan agreed without fully understanding that Zhou Jinze's request would later strike right between their eyebrows.
I just hope that Zhou Jinze can be a little stronger when he is ridiculed by his colleagues.
Qianyuan no longer dared to secretly try on clothes in his room. At worst, he could go back to Chaos, where Chaos would even provide stage effects for his clothes, including but not limited to smoke, lighting (the monsters' eyes), and ribbons (the monsters' fur)...
Therefore, whether they are monsters or humans, they are equally shameless when it comes to pampering their only offspring.
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