Chapter 15 Siblingly Antagonism

"Big brother… I'm starving…"

In the living room, as Li Tianran pushed the door open, he was greeted by two pairs of eyes that seemed to glow with a green, hungry light.

Hanhan and Xiao Hei rushed over, whimpering and complaining about their plight.

On the table was nearly a small basin of fruit cores, gnawed clean.

Clearly, during Li Tianran's absence, Hanhan and Xiao Hei had been surviving on fruit.

Li Tianran opened the refrigerator, only to find the fruit compartment completely empty.

That was a good five or six *jin* (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 500 grams) of fruit, which would have fetched at least ten thousand *kuai* (Chinese currency) if sold on the market…

In eight hours, these two gourmands had devoured ten thousand *kuai*!

"Didn't I leave you food this morning?" Li Tianran glanced at the kitchen, the small bowls that had held the meat porridge and rice were spotless. "What? Not enough?"

"Woof, woof…" Xiao Hei barked as if understanding, seemingly wanting to tell Li Tianran something.

"Of course not enough!" Hanhan interrupted Xiao Hei decisively, pouting. "Big brother, you don't know, Xiao Hei can really eat now! It ate most of the rice you left, Hanhan only had a little bit…"

As Hanhan spoke, she pinched her little pinky finger to illustrate.

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows.

He looked at Xiao Hei.

"Xiao Hei

Identity: Czech Wolfdog

Age: 3

Strength: 7

Intelligence: 3

Speed: 14 (Adult standard is 10)

Spirit: 6

Hunger: 75

Evaluation: This is a Czech Wolfdog that surpasses normal size and physical fitness. Its fangs are sharp and strong, its bones are thick, and its physique is robust. It can fight a North American gray wolf without losing ground. Without a doubt, it is a king among dogs!

But it has always been bullied by its owner, a small human girl, and often suffers injustice. Perhaps this situation will only change after its foxp2 (language gene) is completely activated!"

After continuously eating anti-radiation-grade food for ten days, Xiao Hei had also grown in size, and its appetite had increased considerably.

What surprised Li Tianran even more was that Xiao Hei's evaluation actually included the important detail of activating language genes!

Could it be that anti-radiation-grade crops not only enhance physical fitness, but also activate some abilities that the consumer didn't originally have?

A dog that can talk… the thought was hilarious!

"Xiao Hei… I know you're hungry, but Hanhan is also growing, the food I left for you was supposed to be divided equally, understand?" Li Tianran rubbed Xiao Hei's head, then turned and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "Don't do that again!"

Xiao Hei froze.

It seemed to understand Li Tianran's words, then turned to glare at Hanhan.

"Woof, woof… woo, woo!" (You ate all the rice in the bowl! You didn't leave any for me!)

"Awoo, awoo!" (You ate all the dry rice and I only got the porridge!)

"Awoo, awoo, awoo!" (And you're still framing me!)

Hanhan seemed a little guilty. She secretly glanced at Li Tianran and, seeing that he hadn't noticed Xiao Hei's strange behavior, she pretended to be extremely fierce, grabbing Xiao Hei's ears with her small hands and dragging it from the kitchen to the living room.

Throughout the process, Xiao Hei kept barking frantically at Li Tianran.

"Woof, woo, woof!" (Master! She's slandering me! She's slandering me!)

However, Xiao Hei's protests were ignored by Li Tianran. It was "wrongfully accused" and dragged to the sofa by Hanhan, who was half its size and strength, and stared at Hanhan with a aggrieved look.

"Good boy, Xiao Hei…" Hanhan rubbed Xiao Hei's head, while still glancing at Li Tianran from time to time, and said with a smile, "Don't be angry just because big brother scolded you a few times!"

Hanhan emphasized the words "big brother scolded you a few times, so you're angry," as if deliberately wanting Li Tianran to hear.

Hearing this, Li Tianran tilted his head and glanced at the living room, his gaze like a knife.

Xiao Hei felt Li Tianran's gaze and immediately understood that Hanhan was shifting the blame. It was instantly dumbfounded.

That's not how you play the game…

The younger sister was a cunning little girl, and the older brother thought his younger sister was simple and honest, and never doubted what she said.

Xiao Hei seemed resigned to its fate and barked weakly twice: "Woof, woo, woo!" (I may not be human, but you're really a dog!)

Hanhan jumped off the sofa with a giggle, and suddenly saw the backpack that Li Tianran had placed on the coffee table in the living room. Her eyes immediately lit up, and she ran over and asked, "Big brother, what's in this backpack?"

"Oh, some medicine… Children can't touch it!" Li Tianran replied casually.

In fact, the backpack contained snacks he had taken from the warehouse, including yogurt, sausages, cookies, and so on…

But he was hiding it from Hanhan because he didn't want her to eat too many snacks before dinner, partly because it was bad for her teeth, and partly because eating too many snacks would reduce her appetite for regular meals, which was not good for her physical development and would also lead to waste.

"Tear!"

Just then, Li Tianran suddenly heard the sound of the backpack falling to the ground, as well as the sound of the zipper being pulled open.

He turned his head and saw that the backpack had been opened and was lying on the ground, its contents scattered all over the floor.

Li Tianran looked at Hanhan with his hands on his hips and no expression on his face.

Hanhan stared with wide eyes, innocently putting her hands behind her back and pointing at Xiao Hei, "Xiao Hei did it!"

Xiao Hei squatted beside her, glanced at the zipper on the backpack, and then at its own short and clumsy paws, with no expression on its face, even wanting to sneer twice.

When you're covered in fleas, you don't care about getting bitten; when you've been blamed for everything, you don't care about taking the blame again!

If Xiao Hei could speak now, it would definitely want to say: Yes! I did it, I did all the bad things! I am the embodiment of evil, the son of Satan the Devil. I came to earth as a dog to destroy you stupid humans!

Li Tianran felt a little helpless.

Is this girl not using her brain, or does she think I'm not using mine?

Trying to fool me with this kind of excuse?

"Big brother, you're lying!" Hanhan seemed to see that Li Tianran's expression was a little strange, so she preemptively struck first, pointing at the yogurt and cookies on the ground with her little finger, "These are all yummy, there's no medicine at all! Big brother told Hanhan not to lie, but now big brother is lying himself! Humph!"

Li Tianran had a bit of a headache.

When it comes to children's education, he really doesn't know what's the right way to do it.

He couldn't explain to Hanhan, a seven-year-old child, what constitutes a benevolent lie and what constitutes malicious deception…

He glanced again at the pot that hadn't boiled yet, and realized that it would take at least another thirty minutes for dinner to be ready.

"Hanhan can eat a little bit of snacks, but not too much." Li Tianran said helplessly, "Big brother lied, big brother was wrong."

"Hehe! Victory!" Hanhan grabbed the scattered cookies and sausages, and ran happily to Xiao Hei. "Here, don't be sad… I'll give you half!"

Watching this scene, Li Tianran couldn't help but smile.

So many exciting and passionate experiences during the day were, in his eyes, not as precious as this ordinary life before him.

Being with the people who are important to you, eating together, sleeping together, bickering and playing, this is the true meaning of life.

This is the life that Li Tianran is pursuing.

"Hanhan, we're having spicy rabbit head tonight!" Li Tianran looked at Hanhan, suddenly feeling mischievous and wanting to tease her, "Which one should we eat first? Huihui? Or Aqi? It's so hard to choose… They're all so fat and strong. Why don't Hanhan help big brother choose? You're the one who's been raising them. Which one do you want big brother to slaughter first?"

"Ah! You're not allowed to eat Hanhan's bunnies! Big brother is a bad guy!"

"But if we don't eat them, we'll have to go hungry tonight…"

"Anyway, you're not allowed to eat them!"

In the night, the windows of the small building glowed with a warm light, and there was the sound of laughter and playful bickering. In the night filled with biting cold wind, the farm was like a castle, silently guarding its family…