Ding! Your Little Guide Is Hungry! [Raising a Child + Forum]

The top 4S-ranked Sentinel Jin Yeyu perished alongside the monster overlord. When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the age of six.

"Ding! Your little Guide is hungry!"

A strange System voice suddenly rang in his head. A blue light flashed before his eyes, and the childhood projection of the strongest Guide appeared.

His late wife, Chu Xing.

The four-year-old child huddled alone, hugging his knees, in the hills behind the orphanage. His little kitten spirit was listless, without a trace of energy.

"Please feed me, please feed me."

"Ding! Feeding successful. Little Guide's growth value +1!"

*

Chu Xing was a useless little child, judged incapable of awakening. The Sentinels at the orphanage were always bullying him.

Until one day, a wondrous voice suddenly sounded in his head.

"Ding! Little Chu Xing has been successfully adopted. Adopter: ***."

At the same time, a steaming bowl of beef noodles appeared in front of Chu Xing.

Chu Xing gradually realized that he had been bound to something called the Little One's Growth System. As long as he completed the System's missions and worked hard toward becoming the strongest Guide, he would earn rewards.

He could even enter a mysterious forum and see all kinds of strange people posting nonsense: spoilers from the future, enthusiastic praise, and, most importantly, vague clues about his mysterious caretaker.

"Why is the person raising the little one a kid, too?"

"Blond hair, golden eyes. The caretaker is cute, too."

"He goes hungry himself so the little one can eat his fill, wwww. His favorability just shot up!"

"Wow, I'm stunned. It's actually that kid from the legendary Jin family!"

"They're so close. They're about to meet! Ahhh, my heart is pounding!!"

As the forum users gradually exposed the adopter's identity, Chu Xing grew more and more curious about the big brother who had always helped him.

*

At last, the two, both rising stars, met at First Military Academy thanks to their outstanding grades.

Jin Yeyu greedily held the wife he had longed for, yet spoke in a perfectly innocent tone. "Chu Xing, I'm so glad to see you. Want to be my permanent partner?"

The Guide, now grown, smiled and replied, "Of course, my friend."

As they shared their affectionate "friends' hug," the Sentinel, certain his disguise was flawless, failed to notice the young man in his arms blushing. The shy Guide also couldn't see the unruly eagle clinging to the newly weaned kitten, spreading its beautiful wings and claiming him as its own.

Years later, footage of this "hug of the century" set the internet ablaze.

Countless Sentinels who had dreamed of beautiful Chu Xing, green with envy, swarmed Jin Yeyu's personal Sentinel page and left furious comments under his relationship announcement.

"You little punk! You look so honest, but you were already after my wife from the start!"

"Ahhhhh, how did I not see it back then!"

"CP shippers, close your eyes in peace. Visit my homepage and watch the recommendation video to fall straight into the ship."

"I should've studied hard back then and gotten into First Military Academy so I could make my move first!"

The visitors from another world who read the forum comic smiled quietly.

Who stayed up until three in the morning waiting for updates? Who screamed so loudly at their neighbors when they saw the first kiss? And who watched the stars shine brighter and brighter until their maternal feelings turned decidedly complicated? They knew nothing about that. :)

P.S.:

1. There is no romance before the shou develops self-awareness.

2. The gong isn't into men. At first, his feelings for the shou are innocent, and he believes that his wife in the parallel world isn't the same person as his former wife. He only helps him out of kindness. Only after growing up and confirming that the two are the same person does he resolve his doubts and get together with him.

3. The blurb was saved as a screenshot on 2022-08-27.

Theme: A fake little one raises a real little one.