Chapter 414 - 413: Extra 9: Meteor Shower 2

Chapter 414: Chapter 413: Extra 9: Meteor Shower 2

Yi Yi had protested earlier, but now his body betrayed him as he copied his mother, pressing his paws together to make a wish.

Er Er didn’t even think about it. If his mother said to make a wish, he would.

The other little cubs also made their own wishes.

The meteor shower soon passed, and Shi Lan, curious, asked the little cubs what they had wished for. Facing their mother, the cubs answered honestly.

Yi Yi said, "I hope Mommy is happy every day and stays a beautiful little fairy forever."

Er Er said, "For Mom and all my Dads to be healthy, and for us to always be together."

San San said, "I have a lot. I want world peace, to be the most amazing Little Monarch, to be as powerful as Mom, and for us to be a happy family forever."

Liu Liu, right behind his sister, added, "I wish I was like Er Er, with a white beast form."

Ye Ming and Shi Lan were both a little speechless. ’If Liu Liu really did mutate into a white panther, whose cub would he even be?’

Liu Liu’s deep obsession with being white stemmed from a game of hide-and-seek in the palace when he’d gotten covered in white dust. He figured if his fur were white, he wouldn’t look so dirty, just like Er Er.

But Er Er was spotless because he was a neat freak, and Wu Wu was clean because two of the adults were fastidious about washing him.

Fofu said, "I want lots of vases to give to Dad and Mom."

He was always causing trouble and had broken many of their vases. He’d even destroyed several of the ones Mu Tangfeng had once given to Shi Lan while flying around.

The little guy never said anything, but he felt a little guilty about it.

Hearing this, Mu Tangfeng’s heart melted. He quietly turned his head away to wipe his tears.

’SOB... My son is just too sweet.’

But just as he had that thought, Fofu added, "And... to marry Mom."

Instantly, fire blazed in Mu Tangfeng’s eyes. He snatched the little cub from Shi Lan’s arms. "Fofu, how many times have I told you? Your mother is *my* wife! If you want a little fairy, you can find your own when you grow up."

Fofu flapped his wings, unable to escape his father’s clutches, and retorted meekly, "I can’t even wish for it?"

"Of course not!"

At that, it wasn’t just Mu Tangfeng—the other men also shook their heads with grave expressions.

Fofu immediately fell silent.

Only Wu Wu was still muttering, the whiskers at the corners of his busy mouth twitching furiously.

Shi Lan leaned down to listen. He was still praying for his "great foods." Having eaten so much of the delicious meals made by He Hanshi, Ye Ming, and the others, little Wu Wu had become quite the food connoisseur. And since he wasn’t a picky eater, the list of foods he was reciting was far too long to finish during a brief meteor shower.

Which was why he was still busy.

Jiang Xia heard what his son was saying, and compared to the other cubs’ wishes, he couldn’t help but cover his face in shame. He could only try to brainwash himself with one thought: ’At least he’s not trying to steal my wife.’

After the meteor shower, everyone got busy again.

Half an hour later, the family was eating skewers and playing party games.

The good thing about having so many people was that they could always put together a full table for mahjong or a game of Werewolf.

Shi Lan started a game of Werewolf with her Beast Husbands. She’d taught them the rules before. Yi Yi acted as the moderator, preventing the other cubs from causing trouble or giving their mother hints, while Er Er served as the judge.

San San watched intently from the side, declaring that she wanted to join the next round. No one objected.

Fofu was still thinking about his little fairy, staring up at the sky with a piece of meat dangling from his mouth.

Wu Wu, on the other hand, was very busy, with meat in both his little paws.

To make sure it was safe for the children to eat, He Hanshi had removed the skewers from the meat he gave them, serving it on plates.

Liu Liu sat perched on his mother’s lap, his big, sharp eyes fixed on all the dads, like a knight protecting his queen. He didn’t understand what Werewolf was, but whenever it was the "night" phase and Er Er announced, "Werewolves, choose someone to kill," he would cooperatively let out a wolf howl.

A high-pitched, childish ’AWOO, AWOO!’

Heaven only knew how a panther cub had learned to howl like a wolf.

He’d originally planned to glare at anyone who tried to "kill" his mother, but the Beast Husbands had a tacit agreement to never harm their wife.

Even in a game, they wouldn’t do anything to hurt their wife, even if it meant the two remaining werewolves had to turn on each other at the end.

Liu Liu regretfully abandoned his plan.

After one round, which Shi Lan won as a villager, San San, having figured out the rules, immediately jumped in. Yi Yi joined as well, so they added a third werewolf to the game.

But even with new players, the cubs still wouldn’t target their mother. They always went after the dads, especially Yan Huoshui, He Hanshi, and Ye Ming. Those three were so logical that it was easy for them to figure things out, so whoever the werewolves were, they always targeted them first.

Yan Huoshui died in almost every single round, unless he was a werewolf himself.

Eventually, he just threw his hands up in surrender. "Please, don’t kill me."

Jiang Xia and Mu Tangfeng exchanged a look and burst out laughing. They tended to survive longer, so their gaming experience was much better than Yan Huoshui’s. They had no such worries.

After Werewolf, Shi Lan got a few people together for mahjong. The classic game hadn’t died out even in the interstellar era, though few people played it physically anymore. Most played in holographic game pods, where you could find players from all over the universe anytime you wanted, never having to worry about being one player short.

After successfully teaching her Beast Husbands and her sisters how to play, Shi Lan no longer had to worry about finding enough people. To make it easier to play on outings, she had even spent time searching online to find a physical mahjong set.

He Hanshi and Ye Ming saw that the skewers were gone and, worried the others hadn’t had enough to eat, went back to cook some more. That left Shi Lan to form a table with the other three Beast Husbands.

Meanwhile, San San had gathered the other children to continue their own game of "Cub Werewolf."

Shi Lan didn’t mind people going easy on each other during Werewolf, but mahjong was a different story. That was not allowed.

And so, Shi Lan played to her heart’s content, and thanks to her good luck, she even won a considerable amount of money.

Jiang Xia didn’t seem like the sharpest player, but his luck was good, and he actually managed to win a bit. In the end, the losers were Yan Huoshui and Mu Tangfeng.

Yan Huoshui never expected to meet his Waterloo at the mahjong table, but the game really did come down to luck. Still, his wife had won, so he had enjoyed himself thoroughly.

The family spent a day and a night playing on the island, returning home after a wonderful weekend.

In the days after they returned home, the adults worked in tacit agreement to make the cubs’ meteor shower wishes come true.

On the day Yi Yi’s wish was to be fulfilled, Shi Lan dressed in a beautiful, fairy-like dress. Then, she and Yan Huoshui took the cub to the place where he had proposed. They had booked the entire Sky Garden, and as they wove through the clouds, they fulfilled the little one’s dream of a beautiful fairy.

For Er Er’s wish, Shi Lan took the cub straight to the Border Defense Star to see He Hanshi. That night, the two of them even slept beside their cub.

San San had too many wishes, so Shi Lan and Ye Ming picked an easier one to fulfill: they took her to the palace.

That day, everywhere she went in the palace, everyone addressed her with the utmost respect as "Little Monarch." ℴ

Fofu’s and Wu Wu’s wishes were much simpler. Their parents bought a whole new set of vases for Fofu and placed them in his nursery. When Fofu woke up, he excitedly told them his wish had come true.

For Wu Wu, they prepared a veritable feast fit for an emperor. It had everything he could possibly want to eat and drink. Shi Lan even personally made egg tarts, something the little guy had never tried before. He was smiling in his sleep that night.

As for Liu Liu, Ye Ming simply bought a bottle of white fur dye and colored him into a little white panther. Liu Liu frolicked happily through the palace once more, only to end up a dirty little Black Panther, looking even messier than he had when he was covered in white dust.

And so, he finally decided that being a Black Panther was better after all!

With all the little ones’ wishes fulfilled, it suddenly occurred to Shi Lan to ask her Beast Husbands what they had wished for.

On this, the five of them were surprisingly in perfect sync. Their wish was: to be with their wife forever.

As for that wish, Shi Lan couldn’t grant it in an instant, but she smiled. "What a coincidence," she said. "My wish was for our family to always be happy and together, forever."

"Since we all wished for forever, let’s spend the rest of our lives making it happen!"

A wish made in prayer might not come true, but the people who love you can make it happen.