Chapter 5: The Renowned No-Cry Baby

Time passes like a flowing river, years fly like a shuttle.

By the time Chen Yun could finally move around and get out of bed, time had unknowingly stepped into winter.

Given the various anomalies surrounding Li Boyang’s birth.

Although the midwife did not reveal the strange phenomenon of Li Boyang being born with red hair.

The news that "the Li family's daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby who doesn't cry" still spread like wildfire.

Regarding this, the thick-skinned Chen Yun did not mind at all; instead, she gave Li Boyang the nickname "No-Cry Baby" with great interest.

As for Li Boyang’s formal name for this life?

According to the traditional customs of the mountain folk, a formal name cannot be given until the child is seven or eight years old.

The traditional saying that "a lowly name makes a child easier to raise" has also been widely circulated in this world.

"No-Cry Baby, stay here and be good today, okay!"

Reaching out to pat Li Boyang, who was in the cradle, Chen Yun smiled and urged him.

Even though she was speaking to an infant not yet a month old, Chen Yun acted as if she had no concern that the other party might not understand her words.

On one hand, this was certainly due to the various anomalies surrounding Li Boyang’s birth.

On the other hand, it was also because of the intelligence Li Boyang had displayed over the past month.

To be honest, Li Boyang had always been puzzled: how exactly do those transmigrators who become infants after crossing over adapt to their infant identities so quickly?

In any case, Li Boyang himself could not manage to be as innocent, naive, or prone to crying and fussing as a real baby.

Except for his prostate and sphincters, which he truly could not control, Li Boyang had already begun to "seize" control of his body as much as possible.

"Wah wah wah..."

Effortlessly waving his hand at Chen Yun, Li Boyang had long since become accustomed to this.

Because he knew that Chen Yun was about to go out to the market to buy some daily necessities.

For the Li family, which had no elders to help out, this was simply the most normal thing in the world.

Fortunately, winter had arrived, and there was no more game to be caught in the mountains.

Li Yu, as the head of the household, naturally took on the physical labor of chopping wood and tending the fire.

After spring arrived and Li Yu went into the mountains to hunt, this heavy physical labor would fall back onto Chen Yun.

Population is productivity; this was an unchanging iron rule in the agricultural era.

"Oh! Our No-Cry Baby is just so smart!"

"I'll have the big girl next door come watch you in a bit, you must not make her cry!"

"If you are good, Mother will definitely bring you back a toy later!"

Facing Chen Yun’s solemn promise, Li Boyang did not give any response this time.

Having spent ten months in Chen Yun’s womb, he knew his mother’s carefree personality all too well.

Li Boyang did not count on her bringing back any toy suitable for an infant at all.

On the contrary, he was a bit curious about the "big girl" she mentioned—who exactly was that?

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Only after confirming that Chen Yun had truly left did Li Boyang open his eyes again.

Looking at this simple yet warm room, Li Boyang could not help but sigh softly.

Li Boyang could not imagine how this couple would have managed to raise the child if Chen Yun had been pregnant with a real, ordinary baby instead of him.

Leaving a month-old infant alone in the house.

In the twenty-first century, this would be an unimaginable thing, right?

But in this era, it was a very common occurrence.

After all, the staggering infant mortality rate of the agricultural era mostly occurred in children under three years old.

"Do human cubs sigh so early?"

Leaping down lightly from the rafters.

A crimson civet cat suddenly appeared by Li Boyang’s cradle.

With curiosity, with a sense of inquiry...

As the civet cat spoke, it tentatively reached its paw toward the center of Li Boyang’s brow.

The result was the same as every previous attempt.

Li Boyang directly swatted the civet cat’s paw away with his own chubby little hand.

In fact, this was not the first intimate contact between this civet cat and Li Boyang.

Over the past month, this civet cat had always taken advantage of when Chen Yun wasn't paying attention to sneak over and observe Li Boyang.

If it weren't for knowing that this was the "Mountain God" who had constantly fed Chen Yun the flesh and blood of various beasts during his gestation period.

Li Boyang wouldn't have bothered with this civet cat, which could speak human language and was ridiculously curious!

"You little brat..."

"If it weren't for me, how could there be the you of today?"

First, it glared at Li Boyang indignantly, then the civet cat made a rather human-like face.

Only after making the face, the civet cat’s tone suddenly became somewhat sorrowful.

"Little one, I’ve run into some unexpected trouble, so I probably won't be coming to see you for a while."

"If I’m still alive next year, could you let me see what your third eye actually looks like?"

Because the civet cat’s emotions changed too quickly, Li Boyang had originally not intended to pay it any mind.

However, after hearing these words from the civet cat, a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Li Boyang’s heart.

This was not intuition, but rather Li Boyang picking up on certain subtext in the civet cat’s words.

"Wah?"

Attempting to make a syllable representing a question.

Li Boyang looked at the civet cat close at hand, trying hard to discern if the other party was joking.

After all, this civet cat’s personality was truly wicked.

Sometimes Li Boyang found it very difficult to distinguish whether the other party was joking or stating a fact.

"Eh? Are you worried about me?"

"Haha, this seems to be the first time you’ve shown such an expression!"

The civet cat reached its paw toward Li Boyang again, but this time it did not receive the expected swat.

"Wah!"

The third eye at the center of his brow slowly opened.

Li Boyang’s little face revealed a seriousness that did not match his age.

Although he was dissatisfied with the civet cat’s wicked personality most of the time.

After spending time together, Li Boyang had unknowingly come to regard the other party as his friend.

"Uh..."

The paw reaching toward his brow froze in mid-air.

The civet cat hesitated for a moment, then finally retracted its paw.

"Hmm, I’ve already seen you open your third eye, so I have no regrets now."

Turning around and jumping back onto the rafters, the civet cat left only a faint lingering sound echoing in Li Boyang’s ears.

"If I really die, don't pursue the cause of my death, and definitely don't seek revenge for me..."

"I know you can understand my words."

"To be able to make a friend at the very end of my life, I am actually very happy!"

At this, Li Boyang finally confirmed that the civet cat was not joking.

However, at this moment, Li Boyang could only watch the other party’s departing back.

Confusion, worry, dissatisfaction, mixed with a hint of melancholy...

Influenced by his inner emotions, Li Boyang did not notice that his full head of crimson downy hair was burning and fluttering like flames.

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