This is a bizarre rule, isn't it? It's supposed to grant me many children and good fortune

Chapter 487 SS-rank? Still being ridden like a horse by the young master!

Didi's four short legs moved swiftly, "tap tap tap" across the courtyard, and ran all the way to Xia Ning's feet. It raised its head and barked twice, its tail wagging like a propeller.

Xia Ning casually picked a pale yellow rose from the flower bushes beside her and gently waved it near Xiao Zhixia's nose, teasing her into reaching out her little hand to grab it.

Hearing Didi's bark, she looked down at it and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Woof woof woof!" Dot turned around, ran towards the gate, and then ran back, repeating this over and over.

Xia Ning's heart skipped a beat: "It must be Dad coming back. Let's go see."

Xia Ning followed Diandian through the garden and all the way to the front of the main building.

Lin Feng and Su Wan were squatting on the lawn.

A round, chubby orange cat is lazily and leisurely licking its paws.

Xia Ning was slightly taken aback—

Isn't this the SS-rank orange cat I briefly encountered in the Silent Sanctuary? What's it doing here?

Behind the orange cat, a beautiful black and white cat is curiously looking around, while six fluffy kittens are frolicking and jumping on the grass, lively and adorable.

"Honey~"

Xia Ning approached, carrying Xiao Zhixia. Her gaze lingered on the chubby orange cat for three seconds before she looked at Lin Feng and asked with some uncertainty:

"Are they... here as guests?"

Lin Feng smiled and shook his head: "I'm not here as a guest."

He reached out and gently patted Yuanbao's head, his tone natural: "They came here to settle down."

Lin Feng straightened up, casually brushed the cat hair off his hands, and continued to explain:

"The environment at Jingjing School is too poor; it's not suitable for the kittens to grow up in."

"We have plenty of space here; they can live here permanently."

Xia Ning paused for a second, then her eyes lit up.

settle down?

In other words, this powerful SS-rank orange cat will be living in the castle for the long term from now on?

Doesn't this mean we suddenly have a top-tier fighter guarding our home, plus six cuddly kittens to pet as a bonus?!

"Great!" Xia Ning smiled broadly, her voice lightening slightly. "Welcome, welcome."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Zhixia in her arms suddenly moved.

She was dozing off with her head buried in her mother's shoulder when she heard a "meow" and suddenly woke up.

She suddenly raised her head, and her big, round eyes immediately locked onto the fat orange cat on the ground.

"Meow...meow meow!" Little Zhixia pointed at Yuanbao, kicking her legs excitedly, squirming around in Xia Ning's arms, "Down! Down!"

Xia Ning smiled and put her daughter down.

Xiao Zhixia had only been walking for a short time, and her steps were still unsteady. Her two short legs pattered as she stumbled and fell towards Yuanbao.

Yuanbao was licking its paws when it caught a glimpse of a small figure rushing towards it out of the corner of its eye, and instinctively became alert.

It quietly moved half a step to the side.

Xiao Zhixia missed her target, but she wasn't discouraged and turned around to try again.

Yuanbao moved another half step.

"Meow—!" Yuanbao let out a low protest, its tail slightly bristling.

Just then, a soft "meow" came from behind.

Hua Hua raised her head and glanced at Yuan Bao.

There was no threat or command in that look, it even carried a hint of gentleness, but Yuanbao's movements froze.

Hua Hua slowly opened her mouth, uttering a series of low, melodious sounds that only Yuan Bao and Lin Feng could understand.

"We live in such a nice place now, and you won't even let the kids pet you a couple of times? A cat can't be this heartless!"

Yuanbao: "..."

"Look at your belly! If you don't start exercising, you won't even be able to get over this threshold!"

Yuanbao was silent for three seconds, and then, slowly and very reluctantly, he abandoned his intention to dodge and squatted down on the spot.

Little Zhixia had no idea how these cat language exchanges went.

All she knew was that the chubby cat was no longer hiding.

She giggled and placed her two little hands on Yuanbao's back.

Yuanbao's back stiffened slightly.

But with Hua Hua watching from the side, it couldn't move.

Xiao Zhixia's hands began to knead—kneading Yuanbao's back, pinching Yuanbao's ears, and pulling Yuanbao's tail.

Yuanbao's ears twitched back and forth, and its tail swished unconsciously, but overall it remained completely still.

"Horse! Horse!" Xiao Zhixia suddenly remembered something and excitedly called out.

Before Yuanbao could react, the little girl had already taken a step, straddled his back with one foot, and climbed onto him, grabbing the fur on the back of his neck with both hands, shouting:

"Giddy up! Giddy up!"

Yuanbao: "..."

It turned its head to look at Huahua with a wronged expression.

Hua Hua tilted her ear back and said, "Just bear with it, for the sake of the child."

Yuanbao turned to look at Lin Feng, who was standing with his arms crossed, grinning in a way that looked incredibly irritating.

Yuanbao took one last look at the kittens happily rolling around on the grass and took a deep breath.

Fine.

It slowly and very reluctantly began to walk.

Like a well-trained pony, it walked steadily, taking each step carefully, as if afraid of falling off the little darling on its back.

Xiao Zhixia became even more excited, laughing and shouting on its back, "Horse! Run! Run!"

Yuanbao sped up—from a tortoise strolling to a duck pacing.

But Xiao Zhixia was already very satisfied.

Xia Ning laughed until tears almost streamed down her face, grabbing Lin Feng's arm and patting him repeatedly.

"Honey, did you see that? It's SS-level! Our daughter's riding it like a horse!"

Lin Feng shook his head with a smile: "It's all thanks to Hua Hua, Yuan Bao is afraid of his wife."

Dian Dian squatted down beside her, its one eye wide open.

It understood.

So what if it's SS-rank? In front of its little master, Zhixia, it's just a pet, a toy.

Dot's tail slowly curled up and swayed into a fan shape.

"From today onwards, I, Didi, will cling tightly to my little master's leg."

In the distance, Yuanbao carried Xiaozhixia across the garden, past the fountain, and through a patch of newly opened flowers.

The orange fur shimmered in the sunlight, and the little girl's clear laughter echoed above the castle.

........................

In the living room, four heavily pregnant women were huddled on the sofa.

Leng Meng leaned against the left side, holding a parenting book that was half-read in her hand, her gaze lazily falling on the pages.

Vivian was next to her, holding a soft pillow in her arms, pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, a trace of cookie crumbs still hanging from the corner of her mouth.

Tang Xiaofu sat in the middle, holding a ball of yarn and two needles, clumsily trying to knit something—

It looks like a scarf, but also like a deformed rag.

Tang Xiaorui was curled up on the far right, hugging a teddy bear that was bigger than her belly, scrolling through her phone listlessly.

"What's that sound?" Leng Meng was the first to look up and put down the book in her hand.

She got up, walked to the window, and looked outside—

In the courtyard, a plump orange cat was carrying Xiao Zhixia on its back, walking briskly with a gait as steady as an old horse.

Lin Feng, Xia Ning, Su Wan, Vassim, and Evelyn stood to the side, their eyes full of smiles.

Leng Meng's pupils contracted slightly.

The scent of that orange cat...

She turned to the three women and said, "We have new guests at home. Let's go see them."