Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

"Why don't you eat?"

Xu Lingguang stepped forward and stroked the black dog, which looked even more listless: "Is it not to your liking?"

The black dog let out a low whimper, its voice sounding much weaker.

Xu Lingguang could only feed it another pill, but relying solely on pills was clearly not enough. The food he prepared consisted of spirit beast meat rich in spiritual energy, which would help the black dog recover from its injuries.

He then went to the kitchen and selected several other types of spirit meat that were palatable and popular with the cubs. He cut them into small, easy-to-chew pieces and took them to the study.

"Want to try this?"

Xu Lingguang placed the bowl in front of the black dog and gently stroked its head: "You are injured. Eating more will replenish your spiritual power so that you can recover as soon as possible."

The black dog looked up at him, the aroma emanating from the meat in the bowl constantly stimulating its instinct to eat.

And the hand on its head, so warm and gentle, its owner had never stroked it so tenderly before.

All it could remember was the pain of the whip striking its body.

Recalling the pain of being whipped by its owner, the black dog convulsed, curled up into a ball, trembled, and whimpered.

Xu Lingguang was startled by its reaction. He was slightly relieved after repeatedly confirming that the black dog had no other injuries. However, seeing the black dog cowering in a ball and not daring to eat, he frowned and had some vague guesses.

Back in the modern world, he had seen many news reports about animal abuse.

Judging from the male cultivator's attitude towards the black dog, Xu Lingguang guessed that the black dog might have been abused as well, which is why it dared not eat anything given to it by others even though it was so badly injured.

He tentatively took the black dog into his arms and gently stroked its back until the dog's tense and trembling body gradually relaxed. Only then did Xu Lingguang bring over the spirit meat and patiently coax it to eat.

The black dog was very intelligent and could understand simple words. Xu Lingguang repeatedly emphasized that it no longer needed to listen to its former owner, was a free dog, and that no one would punish it anymore. Only then did the black dog hesitate to open its mouth and take away a small piece of spirit beast meat that Xu Lingguang had fed it.

The spirit beast meat was specially selected by Xu Lingguang. The meat was tender and full of spiritual energy, making it very suitable for cubs to eat, and naturally also very suitable for the injured black dog.

The black dog ate very carefully at first, chewing each small piece of spirit beast meat for a long time before swallowing it.

After realizing that no one would punish it, it became bolder. Urged by its instincts, it finally buried its head in the bowl and began to wolf down its food.

It quickly devoured the entire bowl of spirit beast meat, even licking the bottom of the bowl clean.

Having not eaten so much in a long time, the black dog raised its head and looked at Xu Lingguang with its wet eyes. It awkwardly leaned its head over and gently rubbed against Xu Lingguang's hand.

Xu Lingguang patted its head and pinched its short, downy ears: "Rest well after you've eaten your fill. I'll take you out for some fresh air once your injuries have healed a bit more."

The black dog seemed to understand and let out a soft "woof".

Xu Lingguang then picked up the bowl and went outside.

The cubs in the restaurant had eaten and drunk their fill, and they lay sprawled on the soft cushions with bulging bellies, unwilling to move.

At the table were puppet servants busily tidying up.

Seeing Xu Lingguang approaching, Yu Rong turned its head, its body scurrying on the ground, and rubbed against his feet, nuzzling his legs with its large tail.

Xu Lingguang picked up the little one at his feet, somewhat speechless: "Why are you getting lazier and lazier?"

Yu Rong rubbed her head against his chest, making humming noises.

Xu Lingguang immediately stopped caring, chuckled, scratched his chin, and pinched his wonderfully soft ear, saying to Lan Jian, "How about we go digest our food?"

He looked at the chubby baby in his arms, who was almost too heavy to carry, and showed genuine concern.

Lan Jian was of course very willing, and even somewhat reluctant to bring the cubs along.

Unfortunately, Xu Lingguang wanted to take the little ones for a walk to digest their food, so he could only nod, lift Yu Rong out of Xu Lingguang's arms and put him on the ground, saying, "Since it's for digestion, let him walk by himself."

Yu Rong, who had been placed on the ground, refused to move and glared at his elder brother with his four paws pointing to the sky.

Lan Jian ignored him and said to Xu Lingguang, "Let's go."

Xu Lingguang thought Lan Jian's words made a lot of sense. Sometimes you can't spoil the little ones too much, so he said to them, "Walk by yourselves today."

The kids clearly enjoyed this group walk, especially with Xu Lingguang.

The little ones, who had been lazily sprawled out on the soft cushions, all rolled over and excitedly followed Xu Ling barefoot.

The chick and Zhaoling were small and walked slowly, even flapping their wings as they hopped and flew to keep up.

Only Yu Rong remained stubbornly lying on the ground, still fuming.

Unfortunately, Xu Lingguang was determined not to spoil the cubs this time and didn't come to hold him. Lan Jian was even less likely to come and hold him. So Yu Rong lay on the ground for three seconds, and when he saw the cubs all passing him and following Xu Lingguang, he couldn't stay still any longer. He rolled over and got up, chasing after them on all fours, shouting loudly, "Wait for me!"

Xu Lingguang, who had been secretly watching Yu Rong, saw Yu Rong catch up like a ball of cotton. He couldn't help but laugh, winked at Lan Jian, and said in a telepathic message, "It really does have some effect."

Lan Jian's lips curved into a smile: "You spoil him too much."

Xu Lingguang thought about it and felt it wasn't too bad. If we're talking about spoiling the little one, Lan Jian was no less.

"You're not much better off than me, are you?"

He muttered something under his breath, and just then Lan Jian looked over. Their eyes met, and Xu Lingguang's heart skipped a beat. He quickly looked away.

He belatedly realized that the scene and conversation seemed a little too ambiguous.

Realizing this, Xu Lingguang immediately felt uneasy and couldn't help but steal a glance at Lan Jian beside him.

To keep up with the little ones, Lan Jian walked slowly, his face expressionless, seemingly no different from usual. To outsiders, he would probably just look like he had a perpetually icy, cold face.

But Xu Lingguang inexplicably felt that he was in a good mood.

Xu Lingguang's gaze wandered, and he couldn't help but start to speculate wildly: was Lan Jian's good mood partly because of him?

Or is it just because the atmosphere is nice right now?

He glanced at the little ones again. Some of them walked fast and some walked slowly, their speeds varying. But the slower ones always tried to catch up with the faster ones, and soon it turned into a race. They had already left him and Lan Jian behind and were chasing each other ahead.

Even the little Qilin took off running, its four little paws moving so fast they almost created a gust of wind.

It's really hard to feel bad in such a scene.