Transmigrated as the Domesticated Rabbit of the Sick and Frail Villain in the Apocalypse

At noon, smoke billowed from the house, which had its door tightly shut, and the smell of meat wafted outside from the cracks in the windows. Not far away, a middle-aged vendor was sitting on the ground selling grain seeds. The smell made him unbearably hungry.

He sighed as he looked over at the bungalow area, filled with envy.

It was the area where evolved people lived. In the current world, even meat had become a luxury item for ordinary people. The vendor stood up and moved further away.

In the house, Yin Yiliu stood on tiptoe, clawing at the kitchen cabinet with her small hands. Her round doe eyes fervently stared at Jin Yang, who was cooking, and she couldn’t help but scrunch her nose.

Although most of the ingredients were pre-cooked food, to watch Jin Yang, who had always been indifferent and otherworldly, dressed in a pure white apron with the aroma of the ingredients lingering in his brows and the tip of his hair, held a form of visual entertainment.

Before placing the meat slices in the pot, Jin Yang pulled Yin Yiliu behind him. “Be careful.”

Ever since her sockpuppet had been exposed, Yin Yiliu had become much more active. Because she rarely had the chance to speak, she chattered in a baby voice with her little hands behind her back as she ran behind Jin Yang everywhere with her short legs, even when he was cooking.

Jin Yang remained silent and listened. To be considerate to the little milky bun, he shortened one of his steps into two or three smaller steps, even though it was difficult with him having long legs, so that Yin Yiliu could be within two meters of him.

“What do you want to eat?”

Yin Yiliu raised her head. From Jin Yang’s point of view, he could see the slightly twitching fluffy bunny ears on top of the little girl’s head as she was in a good mood. He averted his gaze, afraid that he couldn’t stop himself from rubbing her head again.

“Are you going to cook?”

When she spoke, she would end each sentence in a soft tone, like a little kitten cutely meowing. Jin Yang didn’t know what other people’s children were like, but he had to admit that Yin Yiliu was adorable.

“Mhm. I’ll cook.”

Yin Yiliu was ecstatic, and after much deliberation, she took out some vegetables and pre-cooked food from her space, while Jin Yang had donned an apron.

He wasn’t very good at cooking, but Yin Yiliu was very supportive. When the food was ready, Jin Yang saw the little girl’s bright and expectant eyes with her fleshy chin resting on her little hands. He picked up a hot slice of meat from the plate, fanned it with his hand, and brought it to her mouth.

“Awoo!” Yin Yiliu swallowed it in one bite and gave him a supportive, chubby thumbs up.

When she smiled, her round eyes squinted, like a kitten sneakily eating the food it had stolen. She chewed with her puffed-out cheeks and swayed her small head as she walked to the table.

After turning into a human, she couldn’t bring herself to ask Jin Yang to carry her, so using both hands and legs, she grasped the table with her chubby hands and climbed onto her chair with her calves.

When Jin Yang came out of the kitchen with a plate and saw this, he yanked the apron off his body, then supported the little girl’s waist with his hands and placed her on the chair.

For some reason, she especially disliked the idea of him being her ‘father’. Jin Yang understood that he had shortcomings and was willing to learn how to be a qualified ‘father’, but the little fella shook her head angrily while pouting her lips, so he could only regard himself as her guardian.

There were no small spoons or bowls for children in the house. Yin Yiliu had forgotten to take these utensils when she was at Carrefour. She took a spoon out from her space, which was twice the size of her mouth.

Every time she took a bite, she would stain some sauce onto her nose and mouth. Jin Yang kept a close eye on her movements while they ate.

When he noticed the little girl’s hair about to fall into the bowl, he lifted her hair and gently tucked it behind her ears; when he saw the sauce stains on her face due to the spoon being too big, he wiped it off for her with a tissue.

Yin Yiliu still felt embarrassed at first for having Jin Yang look after her when she ate, but a cub’s body was really small and weak, which was inconvenient at times. After she got used to it, she gradually regained the feeling she had when Jin Yang had taken care of her when she was still a rabbit. 1

After finishing eating, Jin Yang carried the food he had set aside for the Zhao siblings in advance and asked the little girl to hold his hand as they walked outside.

The feeling of walking down the street as a human in broad daylight was different than sneaking around. Yin Yiliu had acute senses, so she could sense that many surrounding evolved people were secretly observing them.

She didn’t know what these people’s intentions were, but she knew that her exposure in the hospital must have reached the ears of those who were interested, and she wasn’t sure if it would cause Jin Yang trouble.

Jin Yang seemed to know what she was thinking and said, “Don’t think too much. Remember what I told you.”

When she remembered about this, Yin Yiliu made a face at him and pinched his fingers angrily.

The so-called ‘ground rules’ were some rules that Jin Yang had put forward after her sockpuppet was revealed. Any violation of the rules would be subjected to punishment and a ban from eating snacks.

First, when they were outside, no matter what form she was in, she must get Jin Yang’s permission before leaving his side.

Second, when she was in human form, she was not allowed to be more than five meters away from Jin Yang’s side without his consent.

Third, she was no longer allowed to eat the small packages of spicy strips that were worth one yuan before the apocalypse. If she was caught eating it, she would be severely punished.

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There were also the fourth, fifth, and sixth rules. Although they were all for her own good, Yin Yiliu was still heartbroken. She would have to say goodbye to her favorite spicy strips and grilled chicken wings from now on.

Jin Yang was like a detective; no matter where she hid to eat in secret, he could always find her, and even if she had finished eating, he could still smell it.

Under the oppression of this ‘evil force’, Yin Yiliu was powerless to resist.

She had also proposed some requirements with Jin Yang in return. The first was that Jin Yang was not allowed to call himself her ‘father’. Her real psychological age was already an adult, and her real father was a middle-aged man with a beer belly and bald head who would pick his teeth at the door of their house while wearing slippers and shorts after meals.

As long as that image was reconciled with Jin Yang, she would feel weirded out.

Jin Yang was regretful, but in the end, he respected the little fella’s opinion.

He didn’t know at the moment that one day in the future, he would be extremely grateful to Yin Yiliu for her persistence today.

 

Footnotes

A small child is often called as 幼崽 (cub) in Chinese.