After teasing the little kitten for a while, Chu Hengyuan walked straight towards the living room. He thought the little fox would be playing with the tablet in the living room. However, when he got there, he still didn't see the little fox. Instead, he saw a big box that shouldn't have been in the living room.
The little ragdoll cat trotted after Chu Hengyuan into the living room. It squatted beside the box and gently patted the box with its paw.
Sensing someone standing beside the box, Rong Lan held her breath and eagerly waited for her brother to lift the lid of the box.
Seeing what the little ragdoll cat did, Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. "Are all the dried fish hidden in this box? Amber, have you finally figured it out and decided to hand over all the dried fish?" He never thought that the one hiding in the box would be his little girl. Since the little fox didn't like to stay in the living room these days, it wasn't a surprise to him that he didn't see her. He just assumed that the little fox was staying in the second bedroom or the study, playing with the tablet.
Rong Lan touched her chin and fell into deep thought. Why was her brother's first reaction always about dried fish? She and little Amber had only hidden his newly - bought dried fish twice. No, no. She had to discuss with little Amber and ask it to be good from now on and not hide things. Otherwise, the image of little Amber being naughty in her brother's eyes would be set in stone.
Chu Hengyuan wasn't that curious. Even when he saw the little ragdoll cat pat the box for the second time, he didn't want to lift the box to see what was inside. He wanted to find his little fox first and find an excuse to hug her.
This was what he had wanted to do since he received her call at the company and heard her happily call him brother.
Inside the box, Rong Lan began to doubt her fox life. Her brother had been standing beside the box for about half a minute. Didn't he want to lift the box to see what was inside?
As it turned out, Chu Hengyuan really didn't want to. Because she heard the faint sound of footsteps as he turned around and left.
"Meow!" Chu Amber fluffed up in anger.
How could her stupid daddy be so clueless!
Rong Lan couldn't bear it any longer. She opened the top of the cardboard box herself and let out a plaintive snort. "Brother!"
Hearing the voice, Chu Hengyuan stopped in his tracks. His pupils suddenly contracted, and his whole body went rigid.
Was it an illusion? Or...
He raised his hand to adjust his glasses and took a deep breath to calm his suddenly accelerating heartbeat.
Whether it was an illusion or real, what he needed most now was to stay calm. Otherwise, he might faint from over - nervousness before he even turned around to see if it was real.
Rong Lan grabbed the edge of the cardboard box and stood up. Just then, Chu Hengyuan turned around.
Seeing the delicate little girl standing in the cardboard box, Chu Hengyuan's body reacted faster than his mind. By the time he thought about hugging her, he had already turned around and walked back quickly, pulling the pouting little girl into his arms.
"My Lanlan, you're finally back."
A sigh full of joy escaped his lips.
Rong Lan blinked her eyes. In the end, she didn't say anything to her brother about how he could be a bit gentler, as his current strength might break someone's ribs. But hearing the man's heart pounding wildly, she just wrapped her arms around his waist, buried her face in his shoulder, and pretended not to notice that his whole body was trembling slightly.
"I'm really back. It's not your illusion, brother." Her tone was light, with a smile as warm as the winter sun.
The little ragdoll cat squatting beside the cardboard box tilted its head. Its daddy and mommy were hugging each other again. For the sake of having dried fish tonight, it'd better not disturb them.
After calming down the wild throb in his heart, Chu Hengyuan slightly relaxed the strength of his arms. "When did you get home, Lanlan? Why didn't you tell me?"
Rong Lan got angry when this was mentioned. Her original idea was that he would lift the box and see her as a surprise, and then she would jump into his arms and ask for a hug. However, because of his lack of curiosity, her romantic plan didn't work out. Still hugging him, she angrily slapped his back. "I was going to give you a surprise, but it failed!"
Seeing the cardboard box, Chu Hengyuan knew what surprise the little girl was talking about. He lowered his head to hide his smile and didn't hesitate to apologize. "It's my fault. I didn't cooperate well with you and Amber."
Now he understood why Amber had patted the box with its paw. It was reminding him to lift the box and have a look. But at that time, he only wanted to find the little fox and didn't think too much.
He also understood now why he had received a call from the little girl this afternoon. He thought it was the little fox calling him while he was out. It turned out that his little girl had come back in her human form.
"That's right! It's your fault!" Rong Lan nodded in agreement.
"It won't happen again next time." If he could have guessed there would be such a surprise, he would definitely have cooperated well.
Chu Hengyuan leaned over and gently kissed his little girl on the forehead with a smile. Then he let go of her and took two steps back. "Okay, Lanlan, come out of the cardboard box first."
He was afraid that the little girl would forget she was still in the cardboard box and trip over it when she wanted to walk forward.
Rong Lan looked down at the cardboard box and obediently stepped out, holding her brother's arm. "By the way, brother, why don't you ask me where I've been these days?" While hiding in the cardboard box, she had already made up a perfect excuse. She was sure that no matter what her brother asked her, she could answer it.
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that his little girl had already thought of an excuse. "I'm waiting for you to tell me voluntarily, Lanlan."
Rong Lan jumped back into Chu Hengyuan's arms and clung to the clothes on his waist. She coughed lightly. "Actually, I have a secret I haven't told you, brother. I'm a very powerful fortune - teller."
"Hmm?" Chu Hengyuan stifled a laugh and cooperatively showed a bit of confusion. "A fortune - teller?"
"Yeah, yeah! The kind of high - level fortune - teller who understands the five elements and the eight trigrams, knows astronomy and geography, can calculate a person's past and future! Not a quack, but a really capable one!"
"I see." Chu Hengyuan continued to stifle his laugh. It was a pity that the little girl had retracted her fox ears. Otherwise, those fox ears would probably be jumping back and forth between nervousness and pride. "So Lanlan, you've been away for so many days this time on a fortune - teller's mission?"
Rong Lan nodded seriously. "Yes! I received an important mission assigned by the mysterious sect! That mission was very complicated. If it wasn't completed well, it would lead to the death of countless people and chaos in the world. So I went to save the world!" As soon as she said the words "save the world", she thought it was extremely unreliable herself. But the gentle look in her brother's eyes made her feel that she was trusted.
"Lanlan is really amazing." Chu Hengyuan tried hard to act as if he trusted his little girl. "Then did you get hurt during the mission, Lanlan?"