"Uncle, why is the monitoring light still on?" The little one’s soft, childish voice drifted into Bai Yan’s ears, instantly smoothing out his morning grumpiness. Bai Yan nudged his cheek, casually picked up his pack of cigarettes and lit one, "Messing around right under your mom’s nose, you think she won’t notice?" The little one lowered his head, looking somewhat regretful, "Oh well, bye Uncle." Before Bai Yan could even say goodbye, the call was hung up. This is Li Qiao’s good son, just like his annoying mom, exactly the same. Ten minutes later, the little one set off, struggling to hold his small quilt in his arms. He walked slowly and carefully, trudging to the kitchen door with little beads of sweat forming on his small nose. The little one groped his way in the dark into the kitchen, placed the small blanket on the floor, stood on tiptoe to open the cupboard taller than him, then squatted down and crawled inside. A moment later, he found his hidden small lunch box from behind a pile of bowls and plates and sat down on the floor. Moonlight trickled in through the window, casting a glow on the floor. If you looked closely, that little mound of blanket seemed to have something wriggling inside. "Shh..." The little one lifted a corner of the blanket and pushed the lunch box in. He leaned his head on the blanket, gently touched the furry head inside with his small hand, "Baibai, don’t make noise, I saved some beef for you." At the same time, the kitchen light turned on. The little one froze, slowly pulled the blanket off his head, and tension flashed through his clear eyes, "Mama..." Immediately, Shang Yu’s tall figure appeared beside Li Qiao, making the little one even more nervous. He got up from the floor and, with his head lowered, called out, "Daddy..." Li Qiao touched her chin, looking at the constantly wriggling little blanket on the floor, and sighed with relief. Turns out it’s not sleepwalking, but secretly keeping a pet. The little one lowered his head, twisting his chubby little hands, "Baibai is very good... He won’t make a sound." Uncle Bai had said, don’t let Mommy and Daddy see Baibai, or they’ll send him away. He hid it for several days, but was still discovered. Li Qiao glanced at Shang Yu, then walked over to her little one, squatted down, and gestured towards the little blanket, "Is Baibai it?" The little one blinked his slightly red eyes and softly asked, "Mama, can we not send it away..." Li Qiao’s heart softened, she cupped his face and gently rubbed it, "Since it’s a pet you like, whether to keep it is up to you, but..." As he heard the first half of her sentence, the little one’s eyes were filled with anticipation, but as Li Qiao changed the topic, he pressed his lips together and got nervous again. At this point, Shang Yu stepped forward, looked down at the little one, his tone rather serious, "You shouldn’t have kept it a secret from us." The little one didn’t rat out Bai Yan; instead, he lowered his head and admitted his mistake in his innocent voice, "Daddy, it won’t happen again." This attitude of admitting mistakes felt a bit familiar to Li Qiao. She seems to have done this often herself? Li Qiao smiled silently, touched the little one’s soft cheeks, and reminded once again, "Remember what I said, you can do anything you want, as long as you let us know beforehand, understand?" "Okay, I’ll listen to Mama." The little one stepped forward, hugged Li Qiao’s neck, kissed her face several times, then excitedly grabbed her finger, showing a bit of child’s innocence, "Mama, this is Baibai. Baibai, this is my Mama and Daddy." As the little one spoke, he lifted the blanket with movements full of urgency and excitement. Li Qiao rarely saw such a pure side of him; she thought, the little one must really pet. Then, as the pet was revealed, the kitchen fell into a strangely quiet atmosphere. Li Qiao had lived life to the fullest but never would have imagined, her son, not even two years old, would have his first pet be not a cat, not a dog, but a just-born... Bengal White Tiger. Li Qiao looked at the white tiger with black and white stripes, unable to describe her feelings as she poked its head, "Who gave you this thing?" The little one squatted beside the white tiger, the two little beings looking harmonious, "Uncle Bai gave it to me as a reward." Oh, Bai Yan, struck by lightning! Li Qiao felt a headache coming on, turned her head to look at Shang Yu, laughed helplessly, "Keep it?" She wasn’t afraid of such fierce beasts, just worried this thing would grow too fast, and one day when it’s too hungry it might eat her son... The man raised an eyebrow slightly, his lips curved in a teasing smile, "Didn’t you promise him?" Li Qiao rubbed her forehead and couldn’t help but let out a long sigh. Next time her son keeps a pet, she’ll definitely check what species it is before deciding. And so, at one and a half years old, Shang Yin, while still waiting for his second sibling, instead gained an inseparable pet Bengal White Tiger. This albino Bengal Tiger grew up together with the little one, and what Li Qiao worried about never happened. When Shang Yin was seven, to give Baibai more freedom, he applied to move back to the South Sea Mansion and had the entire South Sea Mountain enclosed solely for the white tiger’s play. Over the following years, wherever Shang Yin went, he was always accompanied by a protective white tiger named Yin Bai. Thereafter, being Shang Shaoyan’s son became his label, and Yin Bai became Shang Yin’s unique feature. As for Li Qiao’s wish to have a second child, it was fulfilled when Shang Yin was three. Perhaps to retain a bit of mystery, she and Shang Yu didn’t check the gender of the fetus. And a month and a half into the pregnancy, via an ultrasound, the doctor happily announced, "Congratulations, you’re having two sacs, it’s twins." This update is available on NoveI[F]ire.net ——(The following content is free of charge) The content about the little one is basically this. Tomorrow the first extra story, He Chen and Yin Mo. The extras are all independent love stories, word count not fixed, writing until finished. In all, most characters appearing in my writing will have an ending, and there will also be cameos by the couple Qiao Yu and the twins’ follow-up. Excerpts about Yun Lih, Xia Siyu, and the Li Family will be written one after another. Once the extras begin, if you like it, read it; if not, we part ways here, see you in the next book. Again, thank you all for accompanying me all the way.
