Si Ye brought over a few high stools, just the right height for Little Pearl.
He sat next to the child.
Sang Luo cooked a mandarin duck hot pot. The hot oil bubbled, and she picked up two slices of mutton rolls, swishing them in the spicy broth. After a dozen seconds, the meat turned white. She blew on the steaming mutton rolls and placed them in Little Pearl's bowl, "Eat slowly."
Little Pearl wasn't bothered by the heat at all, gobbling them down in a few mouthfuls, "Delicious!"
"This child!"
Sang Luo added another plate of mutton rolls and fish cakes. Seeing that she was only focused on giving meat to the child, neglecting herself, Si Ye busily picked up vegetables and meat for her, "Eat yours first, don't worry about her."
Sang Luo, Si Ye, and Little Pearl were all eating from the spicy pot. Fei Yuan, just looking at the rolling red oil and chili peppers on the surface, furrowed his brow so deeply it could pinch a fly to death.
He also tried picking up a meat roll and swishing it in the spicy broth. After just one bite, he coughed until his face turned red, rinsing the meat in cold water before he could barely swallow it.
Lou Xian Yue laughed seeing Fei Yuan like this, he still didn't eat it enough. He had learned Sang Luo's tastes long ago, and peacefully ate the seafood broth and other dishes, picking up fish slices for the two children in his arms.
Lan Cang and the wolf cubs weren't picky eaters, they could eat anything, but he also preferred eating slightly lighter flavors. He Heifes and Little Stone sat next to each other, and he took care of the little lion along the way, picking up vegetables for the children to eat.
"We're still the only two who can eat together."
Si Ye picked up a large fish ball, patiently blew on it, and stuffed it into her mouth.
Sang Luo almost choked, "Eat yours!"
After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, Lan Cang received some urgent news and returned to the Northern Continent first, leaving the three little wolf cubs behind to celebrate the New Year.
The children stayed at the Sea God Palace for more than half a month. After the New Year, they were sent back.
"Father!"
Duo Tu hugged the returning Heifes, "Did you have fun this time?"
"Happy! I met many brothers and sisters, they were all very nice to me, and those uncles were also very nice to me, giving me many gifts!"
Heifes took out several photos, photos he took with his brothers and sisters before he left, and said with some regret, "Except for me and Little Pearl, everyone else has their own biological brothers and sisters."
"Your father only needs one treasure like you."
Duo Tu glanced at the photos and returned them to him, "Your mother is very happy now."
… …
Fei Yuan and Si Ye took the children back to the Eastern Continent.
Sang Luo and the little wolf cubs stayed at the Sea God Palace for a few more days before personally taking them back to Icebreak City in the Northern Continent.
It had been a long time since she had been here. The yard was very clean. There were very few servants in the mansion, mainly to help share some chores. Lan Cang did many things himself.
He also liked cleaning and tidying up the house.
The courtyard and rooms were cleaned and tidied up very cleanly and warmly, with a very homely feel, making people feel relaxed and comfortable.
As soon as the wolf cubs returned home, they ran out to play.
Sang Luo also shouted, "Cang Cang!"
No one responded.
The guard at the door walked over, "Madam, the City Lord went out two days ago and hasn't returned yet. I'll send someone to inform him right away."
"It's okay, I'll go back to the room and wait for him."
Sang Luo returned to the room and sat on the bed. The interior decoration hadn't changed much from before.
She always felt like something was missing.
After thinking about it, she realized that the photo frame on the table was gone.
Sang Luo was stunned for a moment. Did Lan Cang take all the photos back? When did he take them away?
Half an hour later, Sang Luo heard familiar footsteps outside the door and hurried to meet him.
Lan Cang looked a little disheveled. His black tight-fitting combat suit had torn claw marks, and his windbreaker was covered in snow, with some places stained red. He had suffered some superficial injuries, which weren't too serious, and were commonplace for him.
"Cang Cang, you're finally back!"
Sang Luo stepped forward wanting to hug him intimately.
Lan Cang was stunned for a moment, and didn't hug her immediately, taking a small half step back.
The movement was very small, but Sang Luo saw it with sharp eyes.
Her movement paused, and her open arms slowly retracted as if petrified. Her heart felt as if it had been stabbed, and she couldn't understand it.
"Cang Cang?"
Lan Cang saw that her face wasn't good and quickly explained, "I, I just came back from outside, I'm not clean, I'll take a shower first."
After speaking, he hurriedly left.
Sang Luo looked in the direction he left, frowning, her mood unpredictable.
The man was still Lan Cang.
He hadn't changed a bit from what she remembered.
But it seemed that unknowingly, he had slowly changed.
He was clearly right in front of her, yet he seemed to be drifting further and further away from her. This feeling of deliberate alienation was something Sang Luo had never seen in the Lan Cang of the past.
When did it start happening? Or did it slowly become like this?
Sang Luo realized that she had ignored many things.
She began to seriously review every bit of their relationship in her heart.
Her breathing gradually became heavy, and she couldn't tell if it was shock or frustration. It turned out that Lan Cang had been intentionally distancing himself from her for a long time. He was no longer as enthusiastic about her as he was when they first met.
If A-Ye and Lou Xian Yue missed her, they would actively come to find her, but Lan Cang had never come to find her.
Since Sang Luo went to the Eastern Continent, he seemed to have devoted all his time to the children and his career, rarely appearing in front of her. The number of times they were intimate was also very few, and even then, Sang Luo would always have to initiate, before he would want it.
Over the years, it was basically the three wolf cubs who video called her. Sometimes he would show his face, but in terms of the number of times he actively looked for her, it didn't exceed ten times.
Sang Luo had a bad guess in her heart. Could it be that Lan Cang was… having an affair?
She had indeed spent very few days in the Northern Continent these past few years. Male beasts couldn't stand loneliness, and Lan Cang now had power and wealth, and many young and beautiful females would throw themselves at him.
If there was a gentle and considerate person wandering around him, he would inevitably be moved.
His indifference towards her also made sense.
Sang Luo couldn't give her beast husbands a lifetime of one partner, and she had said from the beginning that if they had females they liked in the future, they could leave her, but when that day really came, she felt like she couldn't breathe, her heart aching dully…
Sang Luo searched the room, but didn't find any clues.
Lan Cang was a very clean and efficient person. If he didn't want her to find out, she wouldn't be able to find out.
Sang Luo didn't want to make wild guesses, and went directly to find him to ask clearly.
In the bathroom, Lan Cang had just finished showering, and was naked when he saw Sang Luo push the door open, and quickly wrapped a towel around his waist, "Luo Luo, what's wrong?"
Sang Luo stared intently at his eyes, her eyes slowly reddening, "Do you have another female you like?"
Lan Cang froze.
After a long while, he said dryly, "Why would you think that?"
"The photos in your room are all gone, and also…"
Sang Luo said all the words that had been bottled up in her heart.
After Lan Cang finished listening, he chuckled, "How could that be, you're thinking too much."
"Then why are you so indifferent to me?"
Lan Cang met her gaze, and was silent for a moment, his throat bobbing, "Am I still worthy of your love?"
"What?"
"Luo Luo, to be honest, I don't know what I can do for you now."
