In no time, the dry-rice cats had licked their bowls clean, except for Er Mao's bowl, which was still full.
When Su Yunzhi came over to tidy up, she was quite puzzled: "In-law, come and see, what's going on with Er Mao? He hasn't touched anything today."
Daiying glanced over and said reassuringly, "It's alright, don't worry. They'll eat next meal. Besides, they won't really go hungry even if they don't eat."
Su Yunzhi muttered, "You're not worried at all."
Dai Ying, with her sharp ears, naturally heard it clearly, but since Su Yunzhi had deliberately lowered her voice, she pretended not to hear it.
Su Yunzhi muttered to herself as she walked over to Er Mao and patted her head: "If we don't eat, we won't grow tall."
Er Mao grinned, turned away from her, looked at her sisters who were sitting in a row washing their faces after eating their fill, and meowed once again to try and get their attention.
This time, Sanmao noticed her, stopped washing her face, tilted her head, and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
Er Mao felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze, so he pretended to lower his head and lick the fur on his chest. After licking it a couple of times, he raised his head again, looked at San Mao, and meowed.
You're so useless, so stupid and clumsy. You're always getting stung by bees or scratched by people.
Meow~
【You're useless!】
Sanmao couldn't listen to that at the moment. She was being fawned over and hadn't gotten over her smugness yet. She couldn't bear to let anyone dampen her spirits, so she jumped up and kicked Ermao.
Unexpectedly, Er Mao did not retaliate and let her kick him.
This is too abnormal. Sanmao, who originally wanted to fight this second sister for three hundred rounds, was a little confused. He silently retracted the claws that he had just shown and stared blankly at Ermao.
Er Mao looked at her, his face showing no murderous intent, appearing quite calm: "Meow~"
Yes, I was useless too. As your older sister, I failed to protect you.
Sanmao had never seen her second sister like this before, and was completely dumbfounded.
When Er Mao saw her dazed look, he couldn't help but get angry. "Meow~"
Why aren't you saying anything?
Sanmao's ears twitched. She glanced at the untouched fish paste in front of Ermao, got up and went over. She carefully licked a mouthful from Ermao's bowl. Seeing that her sister still didn't react, she smacked her lips and took a big bite. When her sister still didn't react, she panicked and ran away.
"..." Er Mao couldn't understand her series of actions either, and asked Da Mao:
Has someone damaged her brain? She's getting dumber and dumber!
Da Mao looked at San Mao, who had run up to Shen Wuqiu, then at Er Mao, and said with the air of an elder sister:
Maybe that's what she thinks of you too~
"???" Er Mao understood and immediately ran over with San Mao.
Sure enough, she overheard her silly little sister complaining to her mother:
"Mom, does my second sister have a fever?"
Er Mao lost his patience and went straight over to beat her up.
【You're the one with a fever!】
Instead of being angry when she left, Sanmao happily hugged her and rolled around on the sofa.
This is the second sister I know!
Er Mao really wanted to roll her eyes at her, but she held back. Remembering her promise to her mother, even though her younger sister was on top of her, she didn't get angry. She just awkwardly meowed at her sister.
Sorry, next time I won't fight you for territory, and I won't let you run far away and get caught alone~
Sanmao felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say for a moment, so he lowered his head and licked his second sister's fur as a response.
In the past, Sanmao's behavior would have been considered blatant provocation, and she would have been beaten up at least once.
Today, however, Er Mao generously let his younger sister lick his fur.
Shen Wuqiu watched the two sisters getting along so harmoniously and felt extremely gratified, even thinking that this incident might not have been such a bad thing after all.
Perhaps family relationships are the same; they also need to be tested and strengthened.
Although the theft of Sanmao turned out to be a false alarm, it still served as a wake-up call for the whole family.
After discussing it with the family, Gu Miaomiao lifted some of the restrictions on the children.
Since the cleansing ceremony ended and the family decided to stay in Jingrong Village for a long time, Gu Miaomiao placed a prohibition on the children. Because the children were still too young, they could not control their power well and were prone to impulsiveness. Gu Miaomiao was afraid that they would use magic and spiritual power recklessly in front of others, so she joined forces with Daiying and her husband to place a prohibition on the children.
However, this incident also made them realize that dangers and accidents are everywhere in the human world, and there are many unexpected situations. They cannot guarantee that they can be by their children's side at all times, so it is necessary to give the children some self-protection capabilities.
In addition, Gu Miaomiao also proposed a plan to improve the children's diet—to eat more flowers and less meat.
Of course, this was met with unanimous opposition from the two elders of the Shen family, not to mention the children.
Gu Miaomiao really wanted to hold on a little longer, but unfortunately, her partner didn't stand with her and even tried to influence her through their pillow talk.
"They'll have plenty of time to eat flower dew and moonlight later on. They're still young now, so it's okay for them to eat a little meat."
Before being swayed by her husband's words, Gu Miaomiao remained resolute: "Just talk, why are you blowing air into my ear?"
"...Don't you breathe when you speak?"
Gu Miaomiao turned to face her, "Don't think I don't know, you did it on purpose."
"What did I do on purpose?"
"In your human language, this tactic is called 'pillow talk'."
Shen Wuqiu was amused by her words, "You really know how to flatter yourself. May I ask, Clan Chief Gu, what is it that I need to whisper in your ear?"
"You want to convince me to let the kids keep eating meat? Don't think I don't know you're thinking about your little darlings all day long."
Ugh, it tastes sour.
Shen Wuqiu laughed for real this time. "Do I need to whisper sweet nothings in your ear about this?"
"Of course, after all, I am the head of the family."
Shen Wuqiu was too lazy to communicate with her anymore, so she simply turned her back to her.
She stopped talking, and Gu Miaomiao got upset again, "Why aren't you talking? See, you've run out of things to say."
"Yes, I have nothing more to say, and I won't whisper sweet nothings in your ear anymore."
Upon hearing this, Gu Lingyu shamelessly moved closer, "Why don't you blow on it again?"
Shen Wuqiu pushed her away, "Stop blowing, stop bothering me, I want to sleep."
"It's easy to blow a kiss, like a hug or a kiss..."
Shen Wuqiu pushed her away and pulled the blanket up to wrap herself up completely, leaving the cat all alone on another pillow.
The silence created an awkward atmosphere.
Shen Wuqiu wrapped herself in the blanket and pretended to be asleep for a few minutes. When she didn't hear any movement, she opened her eyes again and pretended to turn off the light.
Even after the lights were turned off, the cat still didn't make a sound.
In the darkness, Shen Wuqiu secretly turned over and looked at the cat on the other side of the pillow.
As soon as I turned over, I met a cat's resentful gaze.
"...Why...why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Are you disgusted with me?"
"..." Utterly baffling, Shen Wuqiu rolled her eyes. She wanted to ignore it, but couldn't, so she said irritably, "What's wrong with you now?"
"You're just disgusted with me." Gu Miaomiao pouted. "You're probably disgusted because Sanmao pooped on me today."
"..." This is utterly unreasonable.
"If you don't have one, why don't you hug me or kiss me? I've already told you, it's easy to whisper sweet nothings in someone's ear."
"..."
"See? You're just being picky. After all, Sanmao's poop smelled so bad..."
"..." Shen Wuqiu had witnessed her unreasonable behavior before and was too lazy to waste precious sleep time with her, so she kicked off the blanket wrapped around herself with her foot, gave half of it to the cat, and then snuggled over to hug the cat tightly in her arms. "Okay, is that enough?"
"That's possible, but I wouldn't mind if you whispered something even more gently in my ear."
"..." Shen Wuqiu raised his knee and nudged her buttocks. "Don't push your luck."
"I didn't..." Gu Miaomiao rubbed against her neck. "Really, I still think it smells bad. Why don't you let me smell it and see if I really cleaned it up?"
"You're not naked, so if you're really that bothered, you can just throw away those clothes."
"Even though I'm wearing clothes, the smell still seeps in. Let me smell it..."
Even though she knew it was a trick, Shen Wuqiu just couldn't bring herself to refuse. "Where?"
Gu Miaomiao immediately pulled her hand and placed it on her waist. "It's here, Qiuqiu, let me smell it."
"I'm really impressed with you..." Shen Wuqiu said reluctantly, but still crawled into the quilt and sniffed the side of her abdomen. "It doesn't smell bad, it smells very nice..."
"Really?"
"real."
Gu Miaomiao pressed her head down, preventing her from popping out, "Then you really don't mind?"
"I don't mind..."
"Then give me a kiss, and I'll believe you really don't mind..."
"..." Shen Wuqiu originally didn't think much of it, but after being repeatedly emphasized by a certain cat, and recalling the unforgettable smell of pickled cabbage during the day, she felt a little uncomfortable.
"You hesitated, you wavered, you actually mind..."
Shen Wuqiu lost his temper, took a deep breath, and quickly kissed her waist lightly. "Are you satisfied now?"
Gu Miaomiao was satisfied. She pulled her out of the blanket, then rolled over and pressed down on her, kissing her lips. "I don't mind either."
“…Then I really have to thank you.” Shen Wuqiu really didn’t know what to say, so he reached out and pinched her cheek. “You’re so shameless.”
Gu Miaomiao took her finger into her mouth and said, "What do you care about saving face? You just need a wife."
Her fair face and delicate features, with their captivating and alluring eyes, were truly mesmerizing.
Shen Wuqiu reached out and covered her eyes, muttering under his breath, "Little vixen."
Gu Miaomiao leaned close to her lips and gently inhaled. "Qiuqiu, I can smell it."