Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 499 - 438: When the Children Grow Up, Let’s Have Another Baby
"Father is so mean! You’re trying to steal Mommy away to do bad things again, right!"
Little Rose flew into Sang Luo’s arms, wrapping her arms around her neck and cooing in a sweet, soft voice, "Mommy, I missed you so much~ Mean Daddy is always sneaking you away, and he bites your lips until they’re all red! Hmph! Mommy, don’t be with Daddy anymore! Stay with me and my brother!"
As she spoke, the Little Angel pouted and glared angrily at her daddy.
Minos awkwardly touched the tip of his nose, half-annoyed and half-amused. ’This little girl!’
Sang Luo blushed and subtly kicked his shin. ’I told you not to be so lovey-dovey in front of the children!’
The childhood of Pure-blood Angel offspring was long, and their growth rate was the same as their mental development. More than five hundred years had passed, yet the two Little Angels were still clueless little cubs.
"Honestly, how old were you really when you made me your Holy Queen?" Sang Luo turned her head to look at Minos.
The two Little Angels were growing much more slowly than she had imagined. If you converted their age at a rate of one hundred years to one, Minos should have been well into adulthood when he met her. It was impossible that he was only a little over a thousand.
"Just a little over a thousand... Ahem, it’s been too long, I don’t remember clearly. Maybe almost two thousand. But based on the maturation period of a Pure-blood Angel, when I met you, Luoluo, I had indeed just reached adulthood not long before. I was still very young!" He had lied about his age, but not by much. Minos deliberately emphasized the last four words.
If that Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox hadn’t shown up later, he would have been the oldest Beast Husband by Sang Luo’s side. Deep down, Minos was secretly very bothered by this, so he’d report his age as younger whenever he could.
"Oh, so you’re over twenty-five hundred years old now. That makes you more than a whole cycle older than Fei Yuan~"
"Luoluo!"
"Ahem! You look younger than him!"
"Hmph." That was more like it. He loved hearing that.
"Mommy! Daddy!"
"Uncle Holy Monarch, Mommy."
Little Apple and Hephis came over too.
The children had all sensed her presence.
"Mommy, these are flowers I grew myself. They’re for you." Hephis presented Sang Luo with a beautiful bouquet.
There were small daisies, carnations, and eustomas, with two brilliant golden sunflowers standing out among them. Sang Luo smelled the refreshing floral scent, her heart a mess of emotions.
She gently hugged the young man and kissed his forehead. "Thank you, Hephis. Mommy loves this gift~"
The young man’s face turned slightly red. "I’m glad you like it, Mommy."
Sang Luo ruffled his hair, then hugged and kissed Little Apple, who had flown over. She smiled at the children and said, "You all go play for now. Remember to come back at mealtime. Mommy will cook for you herself."
"Okay~"
The children went off to play again.
"You rest for a bit. I’ll go cook for them." Minos wrapped an arm around her waist.
Sang Luo shook her head and smiled. "I’ve been gone for so long, and I finally have a chance to be back with the children. They must have missed my cooking terribly..."
She then sighed softly. "Coming back this time, Little Stone and the others are all grown up. They aren’t those three naughty little Wolf Pups anymore. As their mother, I’m happy to see them become adults, but I also feel a sense of regret and sorrow that I couldn’t be by their side to watch them grow."
She didn’t want to miss watching her other children grow up, too.
"Children have to grow up sooner or later," Minos comforted her. "I’m actually quite envious of Lan Cang. Now that his children are grown, they can help share his burdens. It’s not like Little Rose and Little Apple, who are still in their childhood after several hundred years. It’ll be another thousand years or more before they’re grown."
"When the children are truly grown and leave your side, you won’t be able to keep them even if you want to."
A lump formed in Minos’s throat. It was true; without children around, life would be far too boring and lonely.
His gaze burned as he looked at Sang Luo again. "After these two grow up, let’s have another one."
"If you serve me to my satisfaction, I might consider it," Sang Luo said with a charming smile, tipping up his chin.
Minos’s eyes glazed over. He lowered his head, nuzzling her cheek before moving to kiss her neck. "Luoluo..."
Sang Luo quickly pressed a finger to his soft lips, a mischievous smile playing on her face. "Holy Monarch, the children are here. You mustn’t engage in debauchery in broad daylight."
Minos snapped back to his senses. He turned his head and saw the two little Angel cubs staring intently in their direction from a short distance away. If he dared to "bully" their mommy, they would definitely rush over to teach their bad daddy a lesson. The young Hephis, meanwhile, had lowered his head, blushing, completely absorbed in folding a small paper crane in his hands.
"Ahem!"
’With the children around, it’s really inconvenient when you want to get up to a little mischief.’
Minos took Sang Luo’s hand, and they walked toward the palace along the garden path.
"I thought Hephis would have reached adulthood by the time I got back."
"The little lion is a mixed-blood, so his maturation period isn’t as long as a Pure-blood Angel’s. He should have reached adulthood by now, but I’ve been helping him purify the Angel bloodline in his body all these years. Although he can’t compare to Little Apple and Little Rose, his maturation period has been extended quite a bit, giving his talent and strength more room to grow."
"You’re such a good uncle to him."
"I’m very fond of Hephis, too."
...
「Marquis Mansion, evening.」
A little red-haired girl sat on a stone chair in the courtyard, doing her homework.
She had two unruly pigtails sticking straight up, a chubby little face, and striking, bold features that held a hint of fierce aggressiveness amidst her youthful cuteness. She propped her cheek up with one hand while twirling a pen with the other, yawning from time to time, looking utterly bored.
Little Zhenzhen looked at the mostly blank test paper in front of her. She hadn’t even finished a few questions before she was overcome with sleepiness.
She stretched lazily, hopped off the stone stool, and ran inside to get an ice pop.
She continued solving the problems while licking her ice pop.
A drop of cream fell onto the test paper.
"Ah!"
Little Zhenzhen hurriedly tried to wipe it with her sleeve, accidentally tearing the paper.
’It’s over! When Daddy gets back, he’s definitely going to spank me!’
Little Zhenzhen took out a communication talisman—
[Little Qi, Little Yuan! Help, quick!]
A moment later, two more small figures appeared in the courtyard, looking to be about the same age as Little Zhenzhen.
The boy was dressed in a simple white shirt and black pants. He had short, ink-black hair that was slightly longer at the ends and tied into a low ponytail, with a small section of it colored silver-purple. His face was delicate and handsome, with unique silver-white eyes. The gentle smile on his face, like a spring breeze, gave off the impression of a kind yet slightly devious boy next door.
The little girl next to him had long, smoky purple-white hair and wore an elegant, cute, poofy dress. Her beautiful features were somewhat similar to the boy’s, but her expression was cold and aloof, as if it was difficult for anything to pique her interest.
"Little Qi, Little Yuan! You’re finally here! Quick, save me! If I don’t finish these papers before my dad gets back, he’s going to get angry again!"
Little Qi walked over and patted her head. "Don’t worry, I’ll help you finish your papers!"
"But last time, Uncle Si Ye came back and found out we were helping Little Zhenzhen cheat," Little Yuan said. "He randomly picked a few questions, and Little Zhenzhen didn’t know any of the answers. She’s definitely going to get exposed again this time."
