Ruan Shu handed the letter to her father.
Ruan Xiao read the letter swiftly, finishing the few lines in the blink of an eye. After reading, his face darkened.
Ruan Shu said, “Dad, I should write back to him. Should we return this gemstone?”
Having only met once and having a good conversation, Ruan Shu felt uneasy keeping such a large gemstone.
Ruan Xiao coldly huffed, “No need, he has plenty of these gemstones.”
Ruan Shu, frowning in thought, heard her father suggest, “Just send something casual.”
Ruan Xiao pinched his nose bridge, considering the emperor’s eccentricity and not wanting to offend him. Otherwise, the emperor might just embark on a spontaneous trip to personally return the gemstone to his daughter.
This would attract too much attention to Ruan Shu.
What could Ruan Shu send now? She decided to send the red wind chime she made, adorned with gold beads, thinking it might suit Almer’s eyes.
Or should she decorate the gemstone with a pretty knot before returning it?
She would send the wind chime first and return the gemstone personally next time they met.
Lost in thought, Ruan Shu snapped back to reality to find her father transformed into a huge white Qilin Tiger.
Her eyes widened in amazement at her father’s current form.
After learning more about their family’s bloodline—a mix of feline and Qilin traits—Ruan Shu understood better. The Qilin traits were more dominant, evident in the antler-like Qilin horns and scales.
Her father had two ice-blue, deer-like Qilin horns and scales near his eyes. It was mysterious and beautiful.
With her brother’s example, Ruan Shu was no longer afraid. She transformed into a small, white cat and snuggled into her father’s neck, the warmest spot.
Ruan Xiao indulged her, gently holding the cat around his neck, his mood lightening with the soft breathing sounds.
The next day, Ruan Shu woke up on her father’s head, and they were outside, with her father still in his star beast form, running around the manor’s large meadow.
Ruan Shu, small and stable, lay on her father’s head, feeling his speed but only experiencing a slight jolt.
The sunlight was perfect, and the newly awakened cat stretched out, basking in the sun, her large eyes revealing a pure and silly charm.
The wind whistled by as her father ran fast, feeling like it could blow away a hundred of her.
Will she fall off? Quick, hide, hide.
So she hid behind her father’s ear, her tiny paws slightly nervously gripping the scales behind his ear, her eyes shifting from confusion to curiosity, peeking out curiously.
But she was quickly scared back by the sensation of the wind blowing past.
However, the cat did not give up. After the first time, there was a second, and her tiny bit of courage gradually grew a little bit more.
Eventually, after finding a safe range to explore, the cat even dared to sit up, letting her tail stretch out into the wind.
This feeling of running with her father was so wonderful, meow meow meow! She perked up her little head and then saw her big brother running as well!
“Roar!”
The voice of the black Qilin Tiger in front came through, and Ruan Shu understood her big brother’s beast language.
‘Dad, you’re old now, you run so slow!’
This statement seemed quite provocative.
Ruan Xiao, however, was not angry. Instead, he gave him a meaningful look, wondering if this silly creature would still be happy later.
Ruan Xiao was not surprised that his eldest son also liked Ruan Shu very much.
After all, he himself found her irresistible. Oh, according to the butler’s description, the boy was just stubborn.
“Meow~”
The cat hidden behind her father’s ear originally wanted to call out to her big brother, but the wind was too strong, and her voice too soft, so her call did not reach Ruan Fengsi’s ears.
But Ruan Xiao heard it.
Ruan Shu’s fur was white, and she was so small that when placed on top of his head, her whole soft, pudgy body sank into his tiger fur. Ruan Fengsi didn’t notice, so he didn’t know that his own father had brought his little sister out for a run.
After the morning run, Ruan Fengsi ran back to the villa first. When Ruan Xiao returned, he confidently and dominantly circled around him, his tail happily curled up.
‘Dad, you’re not up to it anymore, much slower than before.’
Rarely beating his father, who wouldn’t feel a bit competitive? He could brag about this to his two younger brothers for years!
Ruan Xiao glanced at him indifferently, a flick of his ear revealing the little cat hiding behind it.
“Meow~”
‘Big brother.’
Ruan Fengsi “.…”
Ruan Fengsi “！！！”
Wait, how did Ruan Shu get on their father’s head, and when?!
The black Qilin Tiger’s eyes widened in disbelief, his furry face showing shock.
Ruan Shu tilted her head, her little paws unconsciously kneading on her father’s head, her clean, glass-like round eyes looking at her big brother in confusion.
What’s going on?
‘You, you’ve been up there all this time?’
Ruan Shu looked at him with a bewildered and innocent gaze.
What else?
Was her small body, not even as big as her father’s paw, supposed to have climbed up halfway?
Ruan Fengsi realized he had asked a stupid question, but it made him even more upset!
He thought, indeed, his father was still that cunning and sly old fox! Waiting for him here!
Ruan Fengsi was so angry he was breathing heavily through his nose. He hated that he had been deceived, and even more, he hated that he hadn’t thought of this good method before.
It felt like he had wasted several hundred million before!
Now, it was Ruan Xiao’s turn to walk past him leisurely, giving him a disdainful look.
This directly infuriated Ruan Fengsi. He couldn’t win in a physical fight, and the psychological shadow of being beaten up as a child made him vent his anger elsewhere.
Like digging a big hole in the ground.
Ruan Shu, transformed into a delicate and beautiful human child, ran out of the villa, her mouth agape at her brother digging a hole.
“Daddy, daddy, something’s wrong, brother seems to be sick!”
She turned her head and ran back into the villa, her voice louder than usual.
Ruan Fengsi “…..”
What nonsense was this little thing spreading!
Ruan Fengsi, somewhat embarrassed and angry, pounced on her. The little short-legged rice dumpling hadn’t run far before he caught her.
However, when he pinned her down, he used his own paw to protect her, and Ruan Shu ended up lying on the pad of his paw.