Chapter 5: The Famous Child Who Never Cries

Time flows like a river, years fly like a shuttle.

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

Given all the abnormalities surrounding Li Li Boyang's birth,

although the midwife did not reveal the strange phenomenon of Li Li Boyang being born with red hair,

the news that "the Li family's daughter-in-law gave birth to a child who never cries" still spread far and wide without legs.

Regarding this, the thick-skinned Chen Yun paid it no mind at all; instead, she took great interest in giving Li Li Boyang the nickname "The Child Who Never Cries."

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

According to the mountain folk's traditional customs, a child cannot be given a formal name before the age of seven or eight.

Similar traditional sayings like "a humble name ensures a child grows up well" have also been widely circulated in this world.

"Child Who Never Cries, you must stay good and be obedient today too!"

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

Although she was speaking to an infant not yet a month old, Chen Yun seemed completely unconcerned that the other party might not understand her words.

On one hand, this was certainly because of the various strange phenomena surrounding Li Li Boyang's birth.

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

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

At any rate, Li Li Boyang himself could not manage to be as innocent and carefree as a real infant, crying, hitting, and screaming.

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

"Wah wah wah..."

Struggling to wave his hand at Chen Yun, Li Li Boyang was long accustomed to this.

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

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

Fortunately, winter had arrived, and there were no more game animals to be hunted in the mountains.

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

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

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

"Ah! Our Child Who Never Cries is so smart!"

"In a little while, I will have the eldest girl from next door come watch you; you must absolutely not make her cry, okay?"

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

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

Having stayed in Chen Yun's womb for ten months, he knew her carefree personality all too well.

Li Li Boyang did not expect the other party to bring back any toys suitable for an infant.

Instead, he was somewhat curious about the "eldest girl" mentioned by the other party; who exactly was she?

"..."

Not until he was certain Chen Yun had truly left did Li Li Boyang reopen his eyes.

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

Li Li Boyang simply could not imagine: if Chen Yun had not been carrying him, but a truly ordinary infant, how on earth would this couple have raised that child?

Leaving a newborn infant alone in the house.

In the twenty-first century, this would be an unimaginable thing, wouldn't it?

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

After all, the astonishing infant mortality rate of the agricultural era mostly occurred among children under the age of three.

"Do human cubs sigh this early?"

Lightly leaping down from the roof beam,

a crimson-colored wild cat suddenly appeared beside Li Li Boyang's cradle.

With curiosity, with an intent to investigate...

While speaking, this wild cat tentatively stretched its paw toward Li Li Boyang's brow.

The result was just like every previous attempt.

Li Li Boyang directly slapped away the wild cat's paw with his chubby little hand.

In fact, this was not the first time this wild cat and Li Li Boyang had had intimate contact.

Over the past month, this wild cat had always quietly slipped over to observe Li Li Boyang whenever Chen Yun was not paying attention.

If it were not for knowing that this was the "Mountain God" who had been constantly feeding Chen Yun various wild beast meats and blood during her pregnancy.

Li Li Boyang would have been too lazy to bother with this wild cat that could speak human language and possessed an absurdly excessive curiosity!

"You little brat..."

"If it weren't for me, how could there be a you now?"

First glaring angrily at Li Li Boyang, the wild cat then made a human-like grimace.

However, right after making the grimace, the wild cat's tone suddenly became somewhat sorrowful.

"Little one, an unexpected situation has arisen on my end; I probably won't be able to come see you recently."

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

Because the wild cat's emotions changed so rapidly, Li Li Boyang had originally not intended to bother with the other party.

However, after hearing the wild cat's words, a sense of ominous foreboding suddenly arose in Li Li Boyang's heart.

This was not some intuition; Li Li Boyang had heard certain subtext in the raccoon dog's words.

"Wa?"

He attempted to emit a syllable representing a question.

Li Li Boyang looked at the raccoon dog right before his eyes, striving to try and discern whether the other's previous words were a joke.

After all, this raccoon dog's personality was truly vicious.

Sometimes Li Li Boyang found it really hard to distinguish whether the other 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 raccoon dog extended its paw toward Li Li Boyang again, but failed to receive the expected slap.

"Wa!"

The third eye on his brow slowly opened.

Li Li Boyang's small face revealed a seriousness incongruous with his age.

Although most of the time he was very dissatisfied with the raccoon dog's vicious personality.

Yet after spending some time together, Li Li Boyang had unknowingly come to regard the other as his friend.

"Uh..."

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

The raccoon dog hesitated for a moment, and ultimately retracted its paw.

"Mm, I have already seen the sight of you opening your third eye; there are no regrets left from now on."

Turning around, he jumped onto the roof beam again, leaving only a faint lingering sound echoing in Li Li Boyang's ears.

"If I truly die, do not investigate the cause of my death, and do not seek revenge for me..."

"I know you can understand my words."

"Being able to make a friend at the very last moment of life, I am actually very happy!"

Now, Li Li Boyang finally confirmed the raccoon dog was not joking.

However, at this moment, Li Li Boyang could only watch the other's departing back with his own eyes.

Confusion, worry, dissatisfaction, and mixed with a touch of gloom...

What Li Li Boyang, affected by his inner emotions, failed to notice was that his head full of crimson downy hair was burning and fluttering like flames.

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