Chapter 186: A Bath
[Ding!]
[Baby Raising System]
[Have Bear husband give the Bear cub a nice bath]
[Reward: +2,000 heart coins!]
Sunnie sighed as she turned to Luka. "Please go and give him a bath this time, okay?" She seemed exhausted already.
Luka blinked. He hadn’t done so before, and he panicked. Sunnie had been the one giving him a bath all this while. All he did was stand aside and watch. Now it was his turn, and he was scared.
"A bath? Can I?" he asked.
She smiled with a nod. "Don’t worry, just do what I did, and you’ll be fine."
Luka slowly nodded. "Okay..."
"Don’t worry, it’s nothing much. You’ll get the hang of it," Azure smiled confidently as Eris stared at him.
"After one thousand failed attempts, look who’s talking," he teased Azure.
Luka approached Ronan and helped the little one up. "There, there, let’s go wash you up, okay?"
It seemed Ronan definitely understood what they meant by that. The little cub instantly crawled off to Sunnie and hid behind her. It was clear that he didn’t want to bathe.
They tried convincing him to go take his bath, but he kept hiding and wouldn’t come out.
Maren watched for a while before she also approached and bent down close to Ronan. "Ronan, I’m also going to go wash up! Let’s go together!"
Ronan stared at her for a while without saying anything. She smiled and then stretched out her hand.
Ronan happily took her fingers and came out of hiding. Little Maren struggled to carry baby Ronan on her back even though he was a bit heavy for her.
Everyone watched with warm smiles on their faces, watching as she led Ronan off to the river for a bath. Luka followed behind.
Sunnie smiled at the scene. She guessed Maren had really become someone who could always convince Ronan no matter what. She had basically adopted him at this point.
Maren had become the overprotective elder sister. She wouldn’t accept anyone teasing little Ronan, even if it was a joke.
"Say that again!" little Maren would get so defensive over her little brother. And no one would dare say it again; they’d just smile.
Little Ronan always followed Maren almost everywhere. She would be walking to go get something, and the little cub would be crawling right behind her, happily giggling as he moved as fast as his legs could carry him.
One time, Maren had climbed a tree, and little Ronan almost followed her up. If Azure hadn’t come to take him down, he might have actually tried climbing the tree. Another time, Ronan almost went into the water just because he saw Maren swimming.
He too wanted to swim like Sister Maren, not knowing that he wasn’t a fish or mermaid and didn’t have any tail at all like Maren.
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Within those days, the crops on the farmland were already blooming.
Sunnie and the rest had gone to visit again while Luka went to bathe baby Ronan. They were impressed to see the crops already growing so fast.
The land was looking green and healthy, with each crop growing fast and effectively on its side. Everyone was simply impressed, especially the chipmunks.
"I haven’t seen anything like this before. How did it grow so fast and also look so rich and healthy like this?" The chubby chipmunk was amazed.
"Me too. I haven’t seen such before. I think it’s because of the unique fertilizer you sprinkled all over it," another chipmunk expressed. "Where did you get this rare gem from?"
Sunnie smiled as she studied the farmland. She shrugged as she said, "Well, nothing much. I just picked it all up from different places and made use of it." She smiled.
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While they were busy surveying the land and making estimations about when to come for their harvest, Luka was bathing Ronan.
He had seen how Sunnie did it, so he was basically following the same steps: gently soaking the little one in water while rubbing leaves around his body to clean him up.
Maren sat down at the side while Ronan took his bath. She kept the little one busy by making funny faces and playing around, so Ronan just stared, smiled, and laughed. He even forgot that he was taking his bath while he watched Maren play.
It went smoothly, and Luka was grateful. Even though Ronan didn’t like taking his bath, he wasn’t one to cause trouble while bathing. He would simply sit right there while you washed him up.
When he was done bathing, Luka happily cleaned him up and used some flower fragrance over his body while Ronan giggled at how ticklish it felt.
"Done," Luka said with a deep sigh. He ran a hand over his forehead, wiping off the sweat. It was his first time bathing Ronan, so he was nervous. But he guessed it wasn’t that bad. It was something he could do, and he actually liked it.
"Let’s go." He carried Ronan when he was done. "You smell so nice, don’t you like that smell now?" He asked with a smile as he carried Ronan off. Maren walked, following behind as they made their way back to the tribe.
"Let me carry him!" Maren insisted while she eagerly followed them, her little feet moving fast to catch up.
"Well, you can’t do that, sadly..."
"Why???" She demanded, feeling betrayed. "I can carry him well now!" she insisted.
But Luka smiled while shaking his head. "Not now. Maybe later. He just took his bath; he’ll get dirty."
"I cleaned my hands." She rubbed her hands against her fur clothes. She hadn’t taken her bath or even cleaned up while they were at the riverside. "I can carry him, and he won’t get dirty at all."
Luka smiled as he said, "Maybe when you grow older, okay? Then you can carry him as much as you want."
"That’s not fair!" Maren snapped, following behind Luka while complaining.