Ye Chu hugged Wu Lü, who was now as big as he was, and ruffled his fur. The other four watched the little bundle on the couch with complicated expressions.
The good news: the person who had been unconscious for days had finally woken up.
The bad news: a side effect of the system had turned him into a child.
As Pei Yanchuan carried Ye Chu around to greet everyone, tears streamed down that little face, falling in heavy drops from his reddened eyes.
Children did not have to suppress their emotions. At last, he could have a good, unrestrained cry.
Pei Yanchuan picked up the child sprawled over Wu Lü, tugging at his fur. "It's actually not so bad. Think of it as healing Ye Chu's childhood."
Su Fengzi raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure this is healing, not traumatizing? What if we become Chu Chuzi's new childhood trauma?"
Pei Yanchuan lifted his chin confidently. "How could we?" As he spoke, he pinched little Ye Chu's chubby cheek.
"Waaah-"
The little bundle they had only just soothed started crying again.
Su Fengzi said, "See? What did I tell you?"
Pei Yanchuan: "..."
Ye Chu had been awake for less than two hours when Ye Mo received the news and rushed over.
Ye Mo stared at the shrunken Ye Chu for a long while. Only when the little bundle toddled over and hugged his calf did he seem to come back to himself and pick little Ye Chu up.
For some inexplicable reason, Ye Mo wanted to cry. The little brother he had always wanted to see as a child but never could was right here before him now.
"Big brother!" Ye Chu threw his arms around Ye Mo's neck. "Big brother!"
Ye Mo smiled. "Yes, I'm here."
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