Chapter 126: Don’t Tell Me It’s Just a Decoration

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Don’t Tell Me It’s Just a Decoration

Shen Yue rubbed the little ones’ heads.

"Okay, female mother will give you all a nice bath. You’re all female mother’s sweet-smelling babies!"

At that moment, Moo Moo, who had been sleeping off to the side, woke up at the mention of a bath.

It let out a "moo" at Shen Yue.

Shen Yue looked over and understood what it meant.

"Does Moo Moo want a bath too?"

Moo Moo walked over, wagging its tail.

"Moo~"

It even squinted its huge, liquid bovine eyes.

Shen Yue smiled.

"Alright, after I finish washing your little masters, I’ll wash you too, Moo Moo!"

The little ones started cheering happily when they heard this.

"Yay, Moo Moo is going to be sweet-smelling too!"

"Female mother, can Er Bao wash Moo Moo’s tail?"

"Dabao wants to wash Moo Moo too!"

"Wubao wants to wash Moo Moo’s horns!"

But when Moo Moo heard this, it snorted a puff of hot air and turned its head away haughtily.

It was clearly not pleased.

It didn’t want anyone other than Shen Yue to touch it.

Shen Yue understood what it was thinking and coaxed the little ones.

"My babies, you’re still too small to help female mother wash Moo Moo. How about you just stand by and watch me wash him, okay?"

The little ones were well-behaved and nodded in agreement.

After mixing the water to the right temperature, Shen Yue filled the seven large tubs she had prepared.

The little ones changed back into their beast forms and skillfully hopped into the tubs.

As soon as Xi Xi got in, her legs turned into a beautiful fishtail.

She happily splashed around in the water.

Shen Yue scrubbed their fur back and forth, making them roar with laughter.

Their soft little bodies were so comforting to hold, and with their fur all wet, they looked absolutely adorable and dazed.

They were just too cute.

Shen Yue lathered them with bubbles, and the mischievous little ones started blowing the shower gel bubbles everywhere.

The courtyard was soon filled with the fragrance of shower gel and floating bubbles.

Lan Cangyue watched them. ’So that’s shower gel?’

’It’s used for washing and bathing?’

He had never seen anything like it...

’It smells so good!’

Ye Lüqi felt the same. He watched the bubbles on the children with fascination, hearing the name "shower gel" and smelling such a wonderful fragrance for the first time...

As Lan Cangyue and Ye Lüqi worked, they listened to the children’s laughter and watched Shen Yue play with them. The scene gave them more energy for their chores.

’Living like this is so wonderful.’

’If it weren’t for the men in black, the potential dangers of the future, and if no one came to disturb them, this life would be absolutely perfect!’

This was a kind of happiness they had never experienced before.

If they could, they would pay any price to protect this happiness forever.

Down below, Moo Moo watched Shen Yue dote on the little cubs and seemed to get jealous.

"Moo~"

The tone was a little plaintive.

It even blew all the bubbles out of the little ones’ tubs with a puff of its nose.

The little ones were immediately upset and started yelling at Moo Moo, but it completely ignored them.

It took a great deal of effort for Shen Yue to finally finish bathing the little ones.

Then she started rinsing off Moo Moo, which made the big bull ecstatic.

It stood there with a look of pure enjoyment. When Shen Yue told it to sit, it sat. When she told it to close its eyes, it closed them. When she told it to raise its head, it obediently tilted its neck up.

It listened to everything Shen Yue said, so obedient that it made her want to laugh.

Who could have imagined that this colossal creature, originally hundreds of meters tall and utterly ferocious, would now be so docile, seeking affection from her?

It was truly hard for her to believe.

Just then, she noticed the bell hanging from Moo Moo’s neck and found it curious.

"This golden bell on your neck is really beautiful. Who put it there?"

In the Beast World, people also valued gold, using it as currency for trade.

But a golden bell this large was an absolute symbol of wealth.

It meant that the person who put this bell on it must have been absurdly rich.

She remembered that the original owner of her body had brought a few golden leaves with her when she left the Royal City.

In the Beast World, high-status members of the Beast Clan all used gold beads and golden leaves.

Common members of the Beast Clan, on the other hand, usually bartered for supplies and food, or used the slightly less valuable Crystal Beads. However, Crystal Beads were worth far less than gold.

One thousand Crystal Beads were equivalent to one gold bead or one golden leaf.

When the original owner left the Royal City, she seemed to have brought six golden leaves. On her journey to Barbaric City, she used up two of them.

Two were stolen by Moli Li, the daughter of the Barbaric City Lord, leaving her with two.

Then, on her way out of the city after being exiled, another was stolen by rogue members of the Beast Clan, leaving only one.

At that moment, Lan Cangyue was also looking at the bell on Moo Moo’s neck and said curiously,

"This Golden Bell... I don’t think I’ve ever heard it ring."

Shen Yue recalled that as well. No matter how much Moo Moo jumped and bounced around, the bell had never once made a sound.

As she poured water over it, she said,

"Maybe it’s just a decoration. A silent bell."

As she spoke, her hand reached its neck, preparing to wash it.

But her hand accidentally brushed against the bell.

When her fingertips touched the bell, it was as if an invisible ripple spread out...

Immediately, a long, clear sound rang out, like a whisper upon waking from a dream.

The chiming sound seemed to carry an ancient power. It brushed past her cheeks like a warm spring breeze, entered her ears, and echoed endlessly in her mind.

The sound seemed to instantly shatter the fog in Shen Yue’s mind, stimulating a certain nerve and causing her to freeze in place.

Seeing her suddenly freeze without any reaction, Lan Cangyue asked,

"Shen Yue, what’s wrong?"

In that instant, it was as if a crack had been smashed open in Shen Yue’s head. Fragmented images flashed through her mind like sealed-away shards of memory.

The fragments appeared scattered in her mind, but when she tried to grab hold of one to see it clearly, a sharp pain shot through her head.

"AHH!!"

She clutched her head abruptly.

A cold sweat broke out on her forehead from the pain, and she started to fall backward!

"Female mother!"

"Shen Yue!"

Lan Cangyue reacted in a flash and caught her.

Terrified, Ye Lüqi leaped down.

"Shen Yue, what’s happening?"

Moo Moo watched Shen Yue, who had collapsed into Lan Cangyue’s arms, her figure reflected in its eyes.

"Moo~"

It swished its tail and stomped a front hoof forcefully on the ground.

The Golden Bell on its neck chimed again, the sound entering Shen Yue’s ears.

"Shen Yue!"

"Shen Yue, wake up!"

Shen Yue’s consciousness seemed to be sinking into darkness.

She felt her body falling endlessly.

But when that chiming sound rang out, she abruptly regained her clarity.

The pain in her head vanished.

She slowly lowered the hands clutching her head and took a few deep breaths.

She saw Lan Cangyue and Ye Lüqi looking at her worriedly.

"I’m fine!"

The little cubs all threw themselves into her arms.

"Female mother, don’t scare Xi Xi!"

"Er Bao doesn’t want female mother to faint!"

Shen Yue sat up from Lan Cangyue’s embrace and hugged the little cubs to comfort them.

"Female mother is alright. There, there, don’t be scared!"

Lan Cangyue looked at her, his expression filled with concern.

"What just happened? Why did you suddenly faint again?"

Ye Lüqi added, "Yeah, are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Shen Yue stood up.

"I’m fine physically."

Then, seeing the expressions on their faces, she asked suspiciously,

"You two didn’t hear a sound just now?"

Lan Cangyue asked, "What sound?"

Ye Lüqi said, "We didn’t hear anything. What sound was there?"

Shen Yue immediately pointed at the bell on Moo Moo’s neck.

"The sound came from this bell. You didn’t hear it?"

Lan Cangyue and Ye Lüqi instantly looked at each other.

They both shook their heads.

"No, we didn’t hear anything at all!"

"Did the bell even ring?"