Vol 4. Chapter 6: Little Sister Yuan’er

Faced with Mother's slightly 'threatening' gaze, little Limo's already not particularly clever brain completely crashed. Held by the scruff of her neck in Yumo's hand, the little white wolf could only keep waving her four fluffy paws around while letting out pitiful "awoo-woo" sounds.

Obviously,

our little Limo was struggling with a dilemma too.

Should she listen to Mother? Or should she keep the promise she had made to her little sister?

But no matter what,

Limo's somewhat resistant behavior inevitably fell into Yumo's eyes, leaving the black-haired girl increasingly puzzled and looking more and more determined to force Limo to transform.

Meanwhile,

watching Big Sister Limo dangling from Mother's hand, little Liyu practically suffered cardiac arrest. Despite her anxiety, there was nothing she could do to stop Mother. She could only helplessly pray that Big Sister Limo would somehow manage to improvise afterward.

Though that possibility seemed rather low.

For a moment, Liyu could already picture her poor little butt turning bright red.

'This time, I'm probably going to have to lie on my stomach in bed for a whole week...'

However,

at this critical moment, Lady Yumo, who was pinching Limo's little face and trying to make her return to human form, suddenly froze, her eyebrows abruptly rising. At the same time, as though sensing something, little Liyu also froze, her emerald-green eyes suddenly narrowing.

Hm?

'Th-This aura is...?'

The next moment,

a melodious, crisp little girl's voice, as pleasant as the song of a lark, slowly drifted in from the entrance of the tent and reached everyone's ears.

"Um... Can I come in?... Mommy??"

That voice?

Following the voice and aura, Liyu curiously looked toward the tent entrance. There, a delicately adorable pink-haired little girl had appeared, dressed in a black-and-white lace dress with her hair tied into twin tails, looking as exquisite as a porcelain doll. She hesitantly poked her little head through the entrance.

Blinking her jewel-like heterochromatic red-and-blue eyes, she nervously looked at the several 'people' inside, seemingly wondering whether she had come at a bad time.

This child is...

Yuan'er?!

'Why did she suddenly come here?'

Looking at this little sister who had 'run away from home' some time ago, Liyu couldn't help showing a puzzled expression. There was even a trace of vigilance mixed into that confusion.

After all, in Liyu's eyes, although Yuan'er was their little sister and Mother's child,

this child's original body was still human. Perhaps she still retained humanity's hostility toward Abyss Demons.

Who knew what her current position was...

On the other side,

Lady Yumo was also slightly stunned by Yuan'er's sudden arrival. Clearly, this was beyond her expectations as well.

And the wolf cub?

She simply continued looking left and right in bewilderment.

For a moment, the enormous tent fell into such silence that one could have heard a pin drop.

'Wuu... Why is nobody... answering me...?'

Seeing this and not understanding why everyone had suddenly gone silent, little Yuan'er immediately grew nervous. Anxiety gradually filled her heterochromatic red-and-blue eyes as she slowly retreated behind the tent flap until only half of her little head remained visible.

Then, in a timid voice, she quietly asked,

"Um, did... did I... come at a bad time...?"

Hearing that pitiful voice and seeing the pink-haired girl's timid, hesitant movements, Lady Yumo's heart suddenly trembled, and a feeling of unbearable tenderness surfaced within her.

Coming back to her senses, the girl quickly realized that her momentary daze just now seemed to have made her youngest daughter uneasy.

Thinking of this, Yumo bit her lip self-reproachfully and slowly lowered the little white wolf in her hand to the ground.

She could deal with Limo's matter later.

Right now, comforting Yuan'er was more important.

This was the first time this child had taken the initiative to come looking for her. She couldn't let Yuan'er feel rejected.

...

Afterward, Lady Yumo put away the stern expression she had worn earlier and revealed a warm, loving smile. Raising both arms, she opened them toward Yuan'er in welcome.

"Of course not. Come here, Yuan'er!"

Hearing those tender words and seeing the warm smile she had longed for, Yuan'er felt as though a gentle breeze had swept through her heart. All her fear and anxiety instantly disappeared, replaced by incomparable joy.

"Mm!"

After answering in her crisp little voice, Yuan'er stopped hiding outside the tent. Moving her short little legs, she was instantly surrounded by a burst of black light and appeared directly in front of Lady Yumo.

Without saying another word, she threw herself straight into the girl's embrace,

wrapping her arms tightly around Yumo's waist.

"Mommy..."

Looking at little Yuan'er affectionately hugging her and sweetly calling her 'Mommy,' Yumo smiled softly and indulgently raised a hand to rub the little girl's head.

"Mm, what a good girl."

Meanwhile,

the moment Mother put her down, Limo, overwhelmed by the feeling of having narrowly escaped disaster, eagerly leaped straight into Liyu's arms.

Looking at the little white wolf who had returned to her embrace, little Liyu finally let out a tremendous sigh of relief inside.

'We... We weren't exposed?'

For a moment, Liyu could hardly believe what had just happened and stood there blankly. It wasn't until Limo's repeated 'meow-woo' noises entered her ears that Liyu gradually came back to her senses.

Looking forward again,

and seeing the little sister acting spoiled in Mother's embrace, Liyu's emerald-green eyes immediately filled with intense delight. She suddenly felt as though flowers were blooming throughout her entire heart.

Obviously,

Yuan'er's appearance had distracted Mother,

preventing her from continuing to dig into the matter of Big Sister Limo.

Originally, after waiting for ages

without Xiao or Big Sister Karina showing up to save them, Liyu had already believed that her butt was doomed. Yet unexpectedly, at the very last and most critical moment, the person who had come to their rescue was actually this little sister she was 'meeting for the first time'?!

Mother would probably ask about it again afterward, but by then, Liyu should be able to find Xiao or Big Sister Karina to help smooth things over.

(Even if they couldn't smooth things over, having one more person around meant one more target to help divide Mother's anger!)

In an instant,

little Liyu's attitude toward Yuan'er underwent an earth-shattering transformation. All her previous suspicion and vigilance abruptly vanished, replaced by an intense wave of affection!

'This little sister is way too adorable!!'

So tiny and cute,

and her voice is so soft and sweet too~

Her eyes look so pure and innocent~

Hehehe~

She's way cuter than that scheming little sister Shuoyue!

(Shuoyue: Hm? Why do I feel like someone's talking badly about me?)

Perhaps because of this 'life-saving favor,' sparkling stars gradually seemed to appear in Liyu's eyes as she looked at Yuan'er, her affection instantly maxing out. For a moment, Liyu even felt the urge to rush over, hug Yuan'er, and rub her cheek against her.

'Little Sister Yuan'er, from now on, you're under my protection!'

Little Limo on the other side was still quite confused, but she also seemed to realize that Yuan'er's appearance had helped get her out of trouble.

Thus, just like Liyu, her eyes began sparkling as she stared at Yuan'er, seemingly tempted to rush over and lick her little sister's cheek.

Suddenly finding herself locked onto by two dazzling gazes,

Yuan'er naturally noticed the commotion beside her.

Reluctantly poking her little head out from Yumo's embrace, she curiously looked toward the strange combination of one 'person' and one 'dog' beside them.

??

Hm?

Who are they?

Relying on the Shadow of Silence Power inside her body and the resonance between their bloodlines, Yuan'er thought for a moment before recognizing the gray-haired girl and the little white wolf.

They should be the Big Sister Liyu that Big Sister Youlan had mentioned, the one who liked pretending to be a little adult, and the silly Big Sister Limo~

But,

wh... why... why are they looking at me like that?

After noticing Liyu and Limo's glowing, almost 'wolfishly hungry' and excited gazes, little Yuan'er seemed to instinctively feel a trace of fear and nervously curled deeper into Lady Yumo's embrace.

'Why are these two big sisters... kind of scary...?'