Chapter 80: It’s All Yours Anyway
After everyone dispersed, Lin Xia and Tang Yinlang cleaned up the hall, treating it as exercise to aid digestion. The White Dumpling also needed to digest his food, but he didn’t help clean. Instead, he slowly paced back and forth in the living room, accompanied by singing.
“Pleasant Goat, Pretty Goat, Lazy Goat…” Before his “stroll,” the White Dumpling played children’s songs on Lin Xia’s phone speaker. It was currently playing Don’t Look Down on Me Just Because I’m a Sheep (the theme song of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf), and the White Dumpling sang along as he walked.
“Aowu!” Don’t look down on me just because I’m a tiger…
Tang Yinlang stifled a laugh as he tidied up. He hadn’t known the little tiger cub had this kind of move. He stole a moment to record a video and sent it to the family chat group.
Old Man Song and Zhao Fengying laughed over their phones for a long time. The others were also bowled over by the White Dumpling’s cuteness, wishing they could go see them sooner.
“An’an is truly adorable. Much cuter than A-Lang was,” Song Yi smiled benevolently, looking at his grandson on the phone with gentle eyes.
“Indeed!” Tang Chengyang put his hand on Song Yi’s shoulder, looking at the grandson on the phone with a similar smile. “It was right that A-Lang didn’t give up searching back then. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have known we had such a cute grandson.”
“Exactly,” Song Yi agreed, feeling fortunate in his heart. Thank goodness they met.
…
“Lin Xia, where does this go?” Tang Yinlang held several towels, unsure where to put them.
“Just put the towels in the washing machine later,” Lin Xia looked up and said.
“Okay.” Tang Yinlang set the towels aside.
“Aowu!” An’an’s towel! The White Dumpling slowly walked over and sniffed his towel.
“Aowu…” The White Dumpling was “fumigated” by the smell and fainted. He fell on his back with all four paws in the air, twitching like he was having a seizure, before finally going motionless as if passed out.
The White Dumpling seemed to have smelled Tang Yinlang’s foot towel and been knocked out by the “fumes.” Actually, the towel didn’t smell bad at all; the White Dumpling just loved to act.
“Quick, rescue him!” Lin Xia was used to this little drama king’s sudden performances and even cooperated with tireless enthusiasm.
Lin Xia rushed over with a lunge, spread the White Dumpling’s limbs, and performed CPR. Every time he pressed, the White Dumpling moved in sync, extremely cooperative.
Lin Xia held back his laughter and pressed lightly about ten times. Seeing the White Dumpling’s eyes still closed, a mischievous smile curled on his lips.
“Looks like this isn’t working. Artificial respiration it is.” After speaking, Lin Xia leaned his face close to the White Dumpling.
“Aowu!” Hearing that Lin Xia was going to give him artificial respiration, the shy White Dumpling immediately opened his eyes. His four limbs flailed thump-thump, signaling to Lin Xia that he had awakened.
“Awake already!” Lin Xia moved his head away regretfully. The White Dumpling reacted too fast; he didn’t even get a kiss.
“Aowu!” Thank you, Papa! The White Dumpling stood up, wanting to pat his butt. But his paws couldn’t reach behind him, so he could only rub his butt against the sofa.
“…” What?! Tang Yinlang looked at Lin Xia and the White Dumpling’s actions with amazement, completely failing to understand this operation. What are they doing? Someone tell me!
“Alright, let’s go take a bath.” Lin Xia scooped up the White Dumpling and patted the… dust? …off his back.
“Aowu!” Okay! Having satisfied his acting craving, the White Dumpling wagged his tail happily and responded to Lin Xia sweetly. His voice was so sugary it was like he had eaten cotton candy.
Passing by Tang Yinlang, the White Dumpling tilted his head and activated his wingman status.
“Aowu?” Babi, are you going to bathe with us?
“Huh?” Before Tang Yinlang could speak, Lin Xia froze because of the White Dumpling’s words. Son, aren’t you pushing your dad towards…
“Sure. Lin Xia, do you think it’s okay?” Tang Yinlang was a man who knew how to seize an opportunity. He immediately looked at Lin Xia and asked.
“…Mn.” Lin Xia rolled his eyes at Tang Yinlang, wanting to hit him. Tang Yinlang was getting a bargain yet acting innocent. He was clearly willing in his heart but acted as if he had to ask because of the White Dumpling.
“Aowu?” Babi, are you going to turn into a big tiger? The White Dumpling thought for a moment and decided against it because the bathtub couldn’t fit the Big White Tiger.
“Babi’s body is too big; An’an won’t have anywhere to wash.” Tang Yinlang looked at the White Dumpling gratefully. He really wanted to lift the White Dumpling high in the air! Little Tiger Cub, you are truly a god-tier wingman!
“Aowu!” Then Babi can just bathe with us like this! The White Dumpling nodded his head, thinking he was really smart.
“Mn.” Tang Yinlang’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn’t help but smile.
“…” Is it really okay to ignore me like this? Lin Xia watched the father and son come to an agreement instantly, and his temple twitched.
Lin Xia handed the White Dumpling to Tang Yinlang, letting him take the cub into the bathroom, while he went upstairs to get pajamas for both of them.
Tang Yinlang carried the White Dumpling into the bathroom and started running the water. After filling the tub, he stood aside, watching with relish as the White Dumpling washed his face.
“Aowu…” The White Dumpling wet his face with water, squeezed out some shower gel, applied it to his face, and rubbed it with his paws…
“Aowu!” After washing his face, the White Dumpling jumped into the bathtub with a plop and started playing with his rubber ducky.
Lin Xia came in with the pajamas, put them in a bag, and then… started taking off his clothes…
He undressed with his back to Tang Yinlang, but his face felt like it was being roasted by fire, blushing red with heat spreading to his ears.
Speaking of which, did we do it in here last night?!
Thinking of the fiery scenes from the previous night, Lin Xia’s face grew even hotter, threatening to burn up at any moment…
Wait, I have hickeys!
Lin Xia had almost forgotten. Tang Yinlang had left blue and purple marks all over him. Only a day had passed; they couldn’t have faded that quickly.
“Aowu?” Papa, are you hurt? The sharp-eyed White Dumpling saw the marks on Lin Xia’s body and immediately asked with concern.
Lin Xia’s skin was very fair, so even small marks looked shocking on him, let alone the ambiguous traces Tang Yinlang had so vigorously left behind.
“Papa is fine, these aren’t injuries.” Lin Xia hurriedly explained to the White Dumpling. Seeing him covered in “wounds,” the White Dumpling looked scared enough to cry.
“Aowu?” Really? The White Dumpling’s eyes were full of worry.
“Of course it’s true. If Papa was hurt, how could I still be jumping around so lively?” Lin Xia patted the White Dumpling’s head to comfort him.
“Aowu…” Seems like it… Hearing Lin Xia say this, the White Dumpling recalled that Lin Xia had been normal all day, and only then did he relax. If Papa was really hurt, how could he work like normal? And Babi wouldn’t let Papa work either!
“Aowu?” Papa, then what are these? Knowing Lin Xia wasn’t hurt, the White Dumpling breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn’t know what the marks were.
Aowu, An’an is truly a good tiger who asks when he doesn’t understand!
“…” Lin Xia didn’t know what to tell the White Dumpling, so he signaled Tang Yinlang with his eyes, letting the culprit who made these marks explain.
Tang Yinlang withdrew the heated, explicit gaze that had been lingering on Lin Xia’s back. Looking at the ambiguous marks on Lin Xia, his eyes darkened, desire reaching their depths. Before speaking, Tang Yinlang reigned in his blatant hunger.
“Last night I gave him a massage. I used a bit too much force, so…” Tang Yinlang spoke with sheer solemnity. Not a trace of lying could be seen on his serious face. The White Dumpling believed him.
Well… he couldn’t exactly call it a lie. He did count as giving Lin Xia a massage—massaging a certain place of Lin Xia’s with a certain thing of his.
“Aowu!” Babi, you have to be careful in the future! The believing White Dumpling felt sorry for his Papa and earnestly instructed Tang Yinlang.
“Okay.” Tang Yinlang answered seriously, earning a satisfied nod from the White Dumpling.
“Let’s wash quickly, or the water will get cold.” Lin Xia entered the bathtub, submerging himself in the water.
“Mn.” Tang Yinlang quickly stripped off his clothes, brazenly swaying his big bird.
“Aowu!” Babi’s ‘birdie’ is even bigger than Papa’s! The White Dumpling accidentally saw Tang Yinlang’s big bird and covered his eyes in shock.
“…” Don’t say things like that out loud… Lin Xia held his forehead, wanting to cry but having no tears.
“It doesn’t matter. It’s all yours anyway.” Tang Yinlang comforted Lin Xia. Size was something that could be determined by birth.
It’s. All. Yours. Anyway! Hearing this sentence, Lin Xia almost exploded. But no matter how embarrassed and angry he was, he had to admit there was nothing wrong with the statement.
Tang Yinlang’s thing… he was the one using it! …
The family of three dawdled for a long time before coming out of the bathroom. Lin Xia told Tang Yinlang to take the White Dumpling back to the bedroom while he washed the clothes first.
Back in the bedroom, the White Dumpling didn’t wait for Tang Yinlang to stand steady before jumping onto the bed, hugging his dog plushie and rolling around.
“Aowu?” Babi, can you turn into a big tiger and play with An’an? The White Dumpling looked at Tang Yinlang expectantly. His big eyes blinked and fluttered, making it impossible to harden one’s heart against him.
The White Dumpling remembered the feel of the Big White Tiger. It was even more comfortable than the dog plushie.
“Okay.” How could Tang Yinlang bear to refuse the little tiger cub? He wished he could bring the best things in the world to the cub; naturally, he wouldn’t refuse such a small request.
Tang Yinlang got on the bed. Amidst the White Dumpling’s exclamations, he transformed into a tiger the same size as the White Dumpling and crawled out of the pajamas left on the bed.
“Ao!” The Big Dumpling hadn’t reverted to his original form in a long time. Once he changed back, the whole tiger relaxed significantly.
“Aowu!” Babi, you look just like An’an! The White Dumpling excitedly circled Tang Yinlang, nuzzling him intimately.
“Ao…” Because An’an is Babi’s child… The Big Dumpling lay down, happily wagging his tail.
“Aowu?” Babi, can Papa recognize us? The White Dumpling was curious. They looked exactly the same; how would Papa tell them apart?
“Ao?” Babi doesn’t know either. Shall we test him? The Big Dumpling narrowed his eyes, plotting something.
“Aowu!” Okay! Mischief was afoot! The White Dumpling was incredibly excited.
“Ao…” We’ll do this…
Lin Xia stuffed the removed clothes into the washing machine, hand-washed the underwear separately, and only then returned to the bedroom.
“Hm?” Lin Xia walked into the bedroom and saw two identical White Dumplings lying motionless. They didn’t react at all when he entered.
“What are you guys doing?” Lin Xia leaned close to the two White Dumplings and asked.
The two White Dumplings didn’t answer because speaking would reveal their identities. Different species could understand each other, and humans related by blood to the magical beasts could understand them. But humans without blood relations couldn’t. For example, Lin Xia could understand the White Dumpling (An’an), but he couldn’t understand the Big White Tiger.
“Babies, what are you doing?” Lin Xia poked one of the White Dumplings, feeling baffled.
“Aowu?” Papa, how did you know I was An’an? The White Dumpling who was poked looked at Lin Xia in shock, unable to believe Lin Xia distinguished them so quickly. They clearly looked identical and had no distinguishing marks.
“Oh, so you wanted me to identify the tiger, right?” Lin Xia finally understood. He couldn’t help but chuckle; he didn’t expect Tang Yinlang to do something so childish.
“Aowu!” Papa, how did you recognize An’an! The White Dumpling asked again. He really wanted to know. Beside him, the Big Dumpling’s ears twitched, wanting to hear what Lin Xia would say.
“It’s simple. Look at the eyes.” Lin Xia smiled and spoke unhurriedly. “You are still a child; your gaze is simple and innocent. But Babi is an adult; his gaze is complicated. I can tell at a glance.”
Are you kidding? He had raised the White Dumpling for so long, spending almost every moment with him. He remembered every movement and look of the White Dumpling. It would be strange if he couldn’t recognize him.
“Ao…” So that’s it… The Big Dumpling understood. It turned out he lost due to age…
Author’s note: Big White Tiger: “Don’t worry about the size, it’s all yours anyway.” Lin Xia (gritting teeth): “Then cut it off and give it to me?” Big White Tiger: Covers his big bird…
I didn’t expect you guys to guess it. Chen Yaoguang’s other half is You Hai… My face hurts (from the slap of being predicted). I really want to take back yesterday’s words… Goodnight~
T/n: Happy reading everyone!
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