Dabao snuggled tightly in Shen Yue’s arms, his cheeks flushed red.
"Dabao not shy! Female mother is Dabao’s female mother, not shy!"
Shen Yue’s heart practically melted. She gave his little bottom a gentle squeeze.
"You still need to cover up, okay? Your female mother can look, but no one else can. Quick, hide in my arms!"
Seeing this, Er Bao, who was beside them, also held his breath with all his might.
But after holding it for a long while, the fur on his head stood on end!
He still hadn’t managed to transform.
Watching from the shadows, Mu Silin couldn’t help but clench his fists, cheering him on inwardly.
’Come on, Er Bao!!’
His subordinate beside him did the same.
"Little General, push harder!"
In the end, Er Bao burst out crying with a WAH, kicking his legs on the ground below.
"Er Bao wants to too! Er Bao wants to transform too!!"
"WAAAH, Er Bao wants to become a little baby too! Wants kisses from female mother! WAAAAH~"
Mu Silin: "..."
’Is this little brat really my son?’
’Is this all he’s got?’
He couldn’t transform, and now he was kicking his legs on the ground... It was a disgrace to his panther pride.
The subordinate next to him saw his dark expression and coughed.
"General, the Little General only hatched less than a day ago. You can’t rush it. Let’s wait a couple more days and see!"
Mu Silin wasn’t convinced. He stared at Dabao in Shen Yue’s arms.
"What’s the deal with this Little Golden Lion?"
’He can transform just a few days after birth. Could it be that this Little Golden Lion’s father is no simple character either?’
The subordinate hesitated for a long moment before saying cautiously,
"In the entire K Empire, only the bloodline of the Golden Lion Royal Family from Golden West Mountain possesses such strong spiritual power!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Silin asked, "Are you talking about the Golden Lion King, Ye Lüqi?"
His tone was unpleasant.
The subordinate immediately flinched in fear.
The General and the Golden Lion King had been at odds since they were young. They never got along and always loved to compete. Normally, they wouldn’t even dare mention Ye Lüqi in front of the General!
He quickly said, "It-it might not be the Golden Lion King himself. After all, the Golden Lion King is arrogant and looks down on everyone. How could he possibly mate with Miss Shen Yue? Perhaps it’s some other member of the Golden Lion Royal Family. That’s also possible!"
Mu Silin listened, unhappy regardless of whether it was Ye Lüqi himself or another member of the Golden Lion Royal Family.
He suddenly recalled the previous rumors.
"Didn’t the rumors say that among the seven Beast Husbands engaged to Shen Yue, one was from the Golden Lion Royal Family? Could that little lion cub belong to that fiancé?"
The subordinate thought for a moment and gave the most logical answer:
"This subordinate thinks that’s unlikely. After all, all the fiancés engaged to Miss Shen Yue were extremely disgusted by her and loathed her. It’s impossible that any of them would have mated with her!!"
Hearing this, Mu Silin couldn’t help but give him a dark, profound look.
"Then what about me?"
He was the fiancé who had mated with her!
The subordinate choked.
"You-you were an exception, General! You had lost your senses, so you were forced into it!"
Down below, Er Bao was crying his heart out.
Shen Yue watched him kicking his legs, finding it both funny and adorable.
The little one was sobbing uncontrollably. She could no longer just stand by and admire the sight, so she quickly pulled him into her arms as well, comforting him.
"Er Bao, don’t cry. You’re still little, so it’s normal that you can’t transform. Don’t be sad, okay~"
Er Bao said in a stuffy voice, "But Big Brother is little too! Why can he transform? I want to transform too! I want to use my hands to eat too!"
Shen Yue stroked his little head.
"Dabao was born before you, so he can transform. You’re still little; you just hatched today. How could a baby transform right after hatching?"
"Really?"
The little guy looked at her with his big, watery, innocent eyes.
She nodded seriously and coaxed him.
"It’s true! Even though our Er Bao can’t transform, he’s already amazing. Your cries were so loud right after you were born, and you kick with such flexibility and strength. Look, you even kicked a hole in the ground!"
When Er Bao heard this, he immediately looked down at the spot he had just been kicking, and his eyes lit up.
"(⊙o⊙) Wow! You’re right! Er Bao is amazing too! What a big hole!"
"PFFT~"
Shen Yue burst out laughing.
Mu Silin facepalmed. "..."
’Silly child!!’
He was starting to seriously doubt if this was his own cub.
’Why is he like a silly little deer!’
The subordinate beside him, however, had a doting smile on his face.
"General, look how pure and cute the Little General is. He’s so gullible!"
Mu Silin’s face darkened.
’The child of the famed Great General of the Black Panther Royal Family is pure, cute, and... gullible??’
He shot a fierce glare at his subordinate. ’Does this guy even know how to talk?’
The subordinate immediately wiped the smile off his face and became completely serious.
Shen Yue finished coaxing Er Bao, and Si Muye took out a blanket to wrap around Dabao.
Since Er Bao couldn’t transform, and Shen Yue didn’t want him to lick from a bowl on the ground like an animal, she held him in her lap, planning to feed him with chopsticks.
The four of them sat around the stone table. Si Muye used a knife to carve the rabbit meat and placed it in the center.
Dabao tried to pick up a piece with his chopsticks, but because he didn’t have a firm grip, it fell halfway.
He tried again, but still couldn’t hold on.
Dabao looked aggrieved. "Dabao is dumb. Dabao can’t use chopsticks!"
Shen Yue saw this and patiently taught him,
"Don’t rush, Dabao. You’re just learning to use chopsticks, so take it slow. You’ll get it after a few more tries. Here, let your female mother get the first piece of meat for you."
She picked up a small piece of carved meat and fed it to Dabao.
"Here, ahhh~"
Dabao obediently opened his little mouth, said "ah," and ate it.
Watching them, a smile unconsciously spread across Si Muye’s lips. This feeling was so warm and comfortable.
It was as if living with A Yue had transformed life into a flavor he had never experienced before.
It was happy and beautiful.
Dabao took a bite, and his eyes lit up. "So yummy! The meat female mother made is so yummy!"
Hearing this from her arms, Er Bao cried out, "Female mother, Er Bao wants to eat meat too! Feed me, female mother~"
At that moment, Shen Yue seemed to radiate a maternal aura from within, overflowing with a divine glow.
She held the already drooling Er Bao.
"Okay, your female mother will feed Er Bao right now."
The group sat at the stone table, chewing rabbit meat, eating fried eggs, and drinking fish soup.
The aroma wafted to Mu Silin’s nostrils, and he couldn’t help but swallow.
He listened to his son below exclaiming over and over again:
"Wow!! The soup is so yummy!"
"Wow, the meat is so yummy!"
"This eggy is so delicious! Er Bao really likes this eggy!"
"Female mother is amazing! Er Bao loves the food female mother makes!"
Mu Silin: "..."
’Is it really that good?’
’This little glutton. Look how sweet he’s being just for a few bites of food.’
The subordinate beside him was also swallowing nonstop.
"General, could Miss Shen Yue be an Advanced Chef? The smell is too fragrant. Even the Royal Chef of our Muxue City has never made food that smells this good..."
’I really want to try it. I just want one bite to know what it tastes like.’
’My stomach is suddenly so hungry!’
Mu Silin was actually quite surprised himself. Advanced Chefs were all Fire Control Experts; their control over fire had to be precise.
Ordinary people couldn’t use fire at all, nor did they know how to cook.
’The legendary Miss Shen Yue of the Duke Mansion was said to be a useless young lady who was waited on hand and foot. Who would have thought that not only is she knowledgeable, but she can even cook?’
Moreover, she had even cooked fish into a soup, something they had never seen or eaten before. And rabbit meat could be roasted?
Rabbit fur was thick and difficult to deal with. They usually had to skin them and eat the meat raw after curing it with salt. He never expected that it would smell so fragrant when roasted.
And those eggs—they usually swallowed the mountain eggs raw. It never occurred to them that they could be fried...?
Mu Silin found himself unconsciously growing more curious about Shen Yue, wanting to know more about her.
But when he glanced at her pockmarked face, his eyelid twitched, and he averted his gaze, unable to bear looking at her directly.
’Ugh... so ugly!’