Chapter 50
Number Three was a little hesitant to begin with, and now facing the enthusiastic reaction of Number Eight, he couldn't help but regret it.
He was like a small animal that had just emerged from the darkness and felt the heat of the sun, and suddenly felt that the outside world was so scary, and wanted to shrink back into the shell again...
However, Number Eight didn't give him a chance to retreat.
"Number Three, do you have anything to say to me?" The young boy was full of excitement, and his green eyes were full of encouragement when he looked at Number Three.
Come on, come on, do you want me to stay?
That passionate, energetic and expectant voice really made people reluctant to let him down.
Number Three pursed his lips, loosened the sleeves of the young boy with his little hands, clasped his hands tightly together, and finally, he lowered his head.
Number Eight could not help but be stunned.
The little boy standing in front of him was not even as tall as his chest, so he clearly saw how the two furry little ears of Number Three suddenly appeared.
They were also black, so small, hidden in Number Three's dark hair, and difficult to find without careful observation.
Number Three looked like this...
Number Eight tilted his head and saw the flushed face of Number Three's slightly downward face.
He suddenly realized something, turned his head to look at the keeper, and slightly leaned to block the little boy's figure, then asked in a low voice: "Number Three, do you want to touch my ears?" Number
Three blinked, he secretly raised his eyes, and met the little wolf cub's green eyes that smiled into a pair of crescents.
The boy came closer and spoke to him in a low voice, as if this matter was a secret known only to the two of them.
Number Three looked at the tall figure of the little wolf cub blocking in front of him, and finally nodded gently, and said a soft and thin "hmm" in his baby voice.
Although he didn't mean to do it, Number Three actually accidentally noticed the transaction that Number Eight completed with the keeper in the corridor.
No. 2 might not understand, but he and No. 8 had just traded flute lessons with the keeper in exchange for touching the ears, so No. 3 understood it immediately.
The three chips were obtained by No. 3 in exchange for touching the tail, and one of them was given to him.
The chips were really delicious...
Although No. 8 had forced them on him, he did eat them, and No. 8 had been teaching him to play the flute all afternoon.
No. 3 felt that it would not work if he did not give something, so at the last minute, he still mustered up the courage to pull No. 8 and show him his ears.
This was the deal discussed in the activity room before.
He refused at the time, but now he is really enjoying the benefits.
Although it was always No. 8 who forced them on him... No. 3 thought aggrievedly and lowered his head again.
However, No. 8 did not rub his head like No. 3 imagined.
The little wolf just stretched out two fingers and pinched his small ears gently, just like the keeper did.
No. 8's strength was very light, which was completely different from his usual noisy personality. He just used his fingertips to gently pinch the pair of delicate furry ears.
No. 3 did not even feel any strength, and the little wolf quickly let go.
"Your ears are so soft and small, I'm afraid I'll break them."
The little wolf stroked his fingertips with a sigh, and finally touched his own furry ears, as if comparing the feel of the two.
Number Three, who rarely had emotional fluctuations, suddenly blushed for some reason.
For the first time, he said in annoyance, "No... I won't be bad..." Even when he was angry, the little boy spoke slowly and in a baby voice, almost making the little wolf cub look cute.
"Number Three, you are so cute!"
He said with a smile, and then pinched the other ear of Number Three while Number Three was not paying attention. This time he used a little more force, but it didn't hurt the child.
Number Three's ear felt very different from his own!
When Number Eight wanted to pinch it again, Number Three had already reacted. He hid to the side, bent down to pick up his metal ball, and held it tightly in his arms again, even closing his eyes, which were originally invisible.
However, after waiting for a while, No. 8's hand did not fall again, but he heard his hearty laughter.
"Haha, I will come to play with you tomorrow!"
Hearing this, No. 3 frowned subconsciously.
He actually prefers to be alone... However, when he thought that No. 8 would come with a flute, he felt a little expectation in his heart. He
wanted to learn to play the flute quickly, and wanted to see the colorful world again, and the little brother who waved to him...
However, he was stupid and did not learn it after a day of study, so he needed a lot of time to practice.
And to practice, he needed a flute.
"Then I'm leaving!"
Although No. 8 saw No. 3's little expression of resistance, he didn't care so much. Anyway, as long as No. 3 didn't say it, he would pretend not to see it!
Otherwise, wouldn't he be alone tomorrow? He didn't want to. He and No. 3 are good friends now. They were supposed to play together. Otherwise, how could they be considered good friends?
"See you in the activity room tomorrow!"
The little wolf cub, who had been resurrected with full blood, jumped out of No. 3's room and urged the keeper, "Let's go back quickly! The master wants to go to bed, so tomorrow will come sooner!"
Because there are things he wants to do, he is looking forward to tomorrow.
Su Ci ignored his boasting and looked back at No. 3. Seeing that the little boy had turned around and hid himself in the corner again, he retracted his sight and sent No. 8 back to Room 503.
When he came out, he happened to see 4586 pushing a dining cart towards the elevator. He must have just packed up the empty lunch boxes and prepared to send them for cleaning.
I don't know if Su Ci is overthinking it, but he always feels that there seems to be a shallow pit on 4586's head which is painted with yellow flowers.
Noticing Su Ci, 4586 greeted him energetically again, "Su Su! The babies all ate well today, that's great!"
It seemed to be eager to share its joy with Su Ci, and its voice was smooth and soft, without any harsh sound of electricity.
Su Ci nodded.
When Su Ci reached the third floor and was about to leave the elevator, the nanny robot spoke again.
"Su Su, today's work has been successfully completed again! Don't forget to write a growth diary for the babies!"
"A rich and nutritious breakfast can replenish the energy consumed by the cubs for growth at night and start a day full of energy. It is a very important eating time! Su Su can't be late."
"Then, I wish you a good dream tonight~ Good night!"
The mechanical fingers pressed the button, and the elevator door slowly closed in front of him. Su Ci tilted his head until the elevator continued to go down.
Did 4586 miss something today?
He recalled that he didn't seem to call him to get up at five o'clock? Did he finally give up?
Su Ci shrugged slightly and turned back to the dormitory.
The dormitory was somewhat quiet, except for the little spirit seed in the clay can on the tea table in the living room, who was still shouting slogans vigorously, unlike before, when he was listless every time he came back.
Looking at the cans of spiritual water placed around it, the seeds soaked in them had already cracked slightly under the stimulation of spiritual energy.
The growth progress was many times faster than that of the little spirit seed. The little spirit seed might have been stimulated by these ordinary seeds, so it worked so hard.
Su Ci nodded with satisfaction.
The lights in the living room were not on as usual. When Su Ci walked in, the induction lights came on.
"Ayan?"
The little figure who would rush over at the sound of his voice did not appear this time.
Thinking of A Yan's dim eyes when he left, Su Ci couldn't help but frown. The next moment, his spiritual consciousness spread out.
Then the next second, Su Ci's spirit appeared in the yard of the nursery.
A small figure squatted beside the spirit shield, with his back to Su Ci. Su Ci looked at the child, his wrinkled brows did not relax, and he called out uncertainly: "A Yan."
The child's body trembled.
Hearing Su Ci's voice, he not only did not turn around, but also stretched out his hand to cover his little head, trying hard to shrink his body into a ball.
Su Ci walked over and squatted beside the child.
This is indeed A Yan, but...
A Yan moved to the side and felt the keeper's gaze. Finally, he raised his head and looked at Su Ci timidly, and put down his hands that were covering his head.
I saw that there were two more furry pointed ears on the child's head. They were originally bent down, but as the child let go, they stood up very elastically.
However, the hair on these ears was light gray and mottled. They looked not only dirty, but also a little frizzy.
Although A Yan's eyes were pitiful, when Su Ci saw these two furry ears, he couldn't help but smile in his calm eyes.
Realizing this, A Yan immediately lowered his head in frustration.
"How did you make it happen?"
Su Ci reached out and grabbed one of the child's furry ears, holding it in his hand and rubbing it gently. Although it was not as soft and silky as No. 8's, it was also fluffy and still quite comfortable to touch.
A Yan's face flushed slightly. So this is how it felt to have your ears touched...
As for the keeper's question, he couldn't answer it.
Although the keeper didn't say anything harsh when he just left the room, and even promised to teach him the formation tomorrow, A Yan was keenly aware of a sense of alienation. There
seemed to be an invisible barrier between them.
Also, the keeper was unhappy.
Although he felt a little sad about the alienation, he did not have many doubts in his heart. It seemed that it should be so. What was more, he wanted to make the keeper happy.
So, he thought of No. 8's ears.
It would be great if he could grow furry ears.
In this way, when the keeper is unhappy, he can touch his ears, and his mood will get better again, right?
A Yan fantasized in his heart, what would it be like if he could grow furry animal ears?
When he came to his senses, he found something wrong. As
soon as he stretched out his hand, he touched the strange touch on his head. When he went to the bathroom, he found that he really grew two animal ears!
But the surprise did not last long, he found that his furry ears were neither as soft and smooth as No. 8's, nor as cute as No. 2's. Even the color was very messy. They
were ugly, and not as comfortable to touch as No. 8's.
A Yan was immediately unhappy. He wanted to make his ears better looking and more comfortable to touch.
He thought hard, but the ears not only did not become better looking, but became uglier and uglier. The hair also became long and short, and more and more frizzy.
In the end, A Yan fell into self-isolation.
So there was this scene when Su Ci came back.
"It can't be changed back, right?" Su Ci couldn't help laughing.
Spirits born from dead things originally have no fixed form. Only as they grow and form their own unique understanding of the world, they will eventually have a fixed form.
Just like a goblin transforming into a human form, it also takes a long time of cultivation to truly become like a human being. Some shallow ones can easily reveal flaws.
When a spirit is born, it is increasing its understanding and perception of the world every day. This is undoubtedly the period when its form changes most frequently.
Although it has been a very, very long time, Su Ci still vaguely remembers that he made a lot of jokes when he was born.
I felt ashamed at the time, but now when I think back, I am left with only nostalgia.
Su Ci rubbed A Yan's furry ears, and even he himself did not realize how gentle his eyes were at this moment.
Ah Yan saw it all. He looked at the faint smile on the young man's face. Slowly, the frustration and loss in his eyes disappeared. He grinned and showed a silly smile.
The keeper smiled!
So he was happy?
Originally, he wanted to grow furry ears to make the keepers happy. Now that this goal has been achieved, what does it matter if these ears are ugly?
In Su Ci's opinion, A Yan grew animal ears probably because of the influence of other cubs in the brooding house. After all, he had let A Yan touch No. 8's ears before.
"It will recover in a few days, don't worry."
Su Ci touched A Yan's ears again. This can change according to Ling's mind. As long as A Yan no longer pays attention to his ears, these ears will disappear soon.
"Yeah!" A Yan nodded.
"Let's go, let's go back."
Su Ci stood up and looked down at the child's clumsy movements. Finally, he still reached out his hand to A Yan.
From the beginning to the end, A Yan did nothing wrong. He was so well-behaved and obedient. He could clean the room, take care of the spirit seeds, and cook delicious food... He was also very serious in learning the divine text.
He always trusted him and put his needs first. Even if he liked potato chips and star chain fruit, he would only eat a little and give the rest to him.
As the spirit of the earth, Su Ci had long been accustomed to the respect and love of other creatures for him. However, even so, it was difficult for him to reject such an A Yan.
Perhaps, he had never experienced such a bad situation. Although
Su Ci had always maintained a mentality of making the best of it, and was mentally prepared that it might take hundreds or thousands of years for the earth to return to its original state, it was impossible to say that his mood was completely unaffected.
In such a situation, having such a well-behaved, sensible, and spiritual child by his side can bring him some comfort.
Su Ci knew that the problem was with himself.
He had experienced too many ups and downs in life, and endured too much pain of separation and death, but he still couldn't control his heart, so when he realized the deepening bond between them, he chose to escape.
But escape can't solve the problem.
When he just found that A Yan was not in the room, the anxiety and panic that emerged in his heart, the feeling of subconsciously looking for him, really made him feel distressed.
What should he do when A Yan's life is about to end?
But, just push the child away and completely ignore him? Su Ci knew that he couldn't do it. If it was in the past, maybe he could, but now the earth is full of crises, and he can't just leave A Yan alone.
A Yan is still too weak and injured. If he hadn't met him, he might have disappeared soon...
Su Ci couldn't let go of this child, and couldn't control his emotions, so the only thing he could do now was to try his best to make A Yan live longer.
A Yan looked at the hand that Su Ci stretched out, his eyes were a little stunned at first, and then they became bright and shining like the stars lit up at night.
He stretched out his little hand and grasped Su Ci's fingers tightly, as if he never wanted to let go.
Su Ci felt his strength, sighed in his heart, and then took him back to the dormitory.
After they left, they saw that under the spirit shield, on the fruit vines buried in the ground, a tiny tender leaf suddenly sprouted from the bud.
And next to the fruit vine, in the slightly soft soil, a tender green tip also seemed to emerge.
"Ah!"
After the tip emerged, the little spirit seed, which had been quiet all the time, suddenly made a childish cry, and then -
"Huhu... Wuhuhu~"
"Huhu... Wuhuhu~"
It seemed that after completing an important task, it could finally rest. The snoring sound rang again rhythmically, and it seemed to be sweeter and more comfortable than before.
The lights in Room 303 also dimmed quickly, and the entire noisy nursery fell into silence soon after the lights dimmed.
Everyone seemed to have fallen asleep, and even the slogan of "Long, long, long" had stopped.
Only in Room 2, the red-haired boy lying on the bed, after tossing and turning for a while and unable to fall asleep, finally lay on his back on the bed, staring at the ceiling with his eyes open in a daze.
As soon as he closed his eyes, the scene of No. 8 letting the keeper touch his tail would appear in his mind, like an unshakable nightmare!
No. 2 tossed and turned in bed, and finally decided that if No. 8 could still move freely tomorrow, he would...
he would...
think about it again.
Time passed little by little, and soon, the sun gradually appeared on the horizon, and the sky became brighter and brighter.
This time, dormitory No. 303 of the nursery was quieter than every morning before. When the pointer on the wall passed 5 o'clock, the communicator did not ring, and the book spirit on the wall did not go crazy. Everything was quiet. A Yan
woke up early and prepared to deal with all emergencies. He guarded the sleep of the keeper and waited seriously until the keeper woke up slowly in his sleep, and nothing unexpected happened.
Everything was so quiet that A Yan felt a little uncomfortable.
Of course, it is still a happy thing that the keeper can sleep well!
A Yan stared at the keeper's profile, observing his movements, secretly counting his long, curly and thick eyelashes.
The keeper, who had just opened his eyes, seemed to be in a period of confusion. He stared at the ceiling in a daze, his eyelashes blinking slowly. He probably hadn't regained consciousness yet.
With his previous experience, A Yan didn't dare to touch him at this time.
He silently calculated the time. After about ten minutes, the mist shrouding the young man's eyes completely dissipated, and he finally woke up completely.
Su Ci tilted his head slightly, and met the child's eyes that were staring straight at him.
"A Yan." He spoke softly, his voice just waking up, a little hoarse, and more gentle than usual, with an indescribable charm.
A Yan felt his ears itchy and trembled unconsciously. Then he grinned at Su Ci, showing a shy and energetic smile, silently greeting him.
Su Ci couldn't help but raised his hands and rubbed the child's head.
A Yan's two hairy ears did not disappear. On the contrary, after a night, the hair seemed to become softer and less frizzy.
Facing the keeper's random kneading, A Yan not only did not dodge, but also squinted his eyes and rubbed into Su Ci's palm, just like a snoring kitten enjoying the owner's caress.
Su Ci kneaded for a long time before withdrawing his hand contentedly.
"Okay, get up and eat."
He turned over and got out of bed in a good mood, and after A Yan waited for him to walk out, he also climbed out of bed with messy hair after washing his hair, and began to make the bed.
Then, a busy and happy morning began.
He first put the canned chicken into the food processor to bake, and then started other work. After Su Ci finished brushing his teeth and washing his face and rinsing the nutrient solution, the roast chicken was just fresh out of the oven!
Su Ci brought out the chicken, and then poured the canned beef into the food processor. After closing the door, he was about to figure out how to turn on the food processor when A Yan's little head popped up.
He called up the control panel and tapped on it.
Su Ci roughly understood the operation, and then he pressed the child's head again and rubbed his furry ears.
It's really nice to be able to touch the furry feeling anytime and anywhere.
"A Yan is so nice." He said sincerely.
A Yan grinned, and waited until the breeder had touched enough before he jumped off the stool and flashed to the living room, ready to water and fertilize the little spirit seed.
"Hungry...hungry..."
As soon as he approached, the little spirit seed began to cry out for hunger. Just as A Yan was about to take out the nourishing solution, he suddenly discovered something and his eyes lit up slightly.
A Yan lay on the tea table, approached the can of soil, and carefully distinguished it. Finally, he found out that
he was not mistaken! The surface of the soil, which had not changed much, suddenly had a little green tip!
The little tip was smaller than half a grain of rice, tender green, and very cute.
The little spirit seed finally sprouted!
Su Ci, who seemed to have sensed something, walked over with a cup of nutrient solution in his hand, drinking it.
He glanced at the little thing that finally sprouted, and a smile appeared in his eyes, "Not bad, it finally started to sprout."
Of course, this did not mean that he was satisfied.
Because -
the three cans of spiritual water placed around the soil can, the ordinary seeds soaked in them, after a night of spiritual nourishment, have broken the skin, and you can vaguely see the green tips emerging from the cotyledons.
Soak for another day, and it will probably be transferred to the soil tomorrow.
As if sensing Su Ci's abandonment, the sound of the little spiritual seed crying out for hunger gradually weakened, and it sounded a little aggrieved.
Ah Yan, who was paying attention to it, couldn't help but misunderstand.
He experienced the feeling of weakness from hunger, and was afraid that the little spiritual seed would be spoiled by hunger, so he quickly poured out the maintenance solution, diluted it according to the instructions, and poured it on the little spiritual seed.
The originally unhappy little spirit seed, after being nourished by the nourishing solution, immediately forgot everything else.
"Grow! Grow! Grow and grow!"
"Grow! Grow! Grow and grow!"
It seemed that it had finally grown up a little, and the voice of this little fellow shouting slogans became louder and louder.
Su Ci, who was taking the spirit water can to change the water, frowned slightly when listening to its energetic voice. It
's so noisy. And
with this spoiled child here, A Yan is easily distracted when studying...
Su Ci changed the water for the ordinary seed, and when he walked back from the kitchen, he had already made a decision in his heart.