Su Duan was silent for two seconds, then asked: "System, what about your privacy protection program?"

System: "... Although the system can only see mosaics, it can scan the physical data of the healing target."

For a moment, Su Duan didn't know whether he should feel relieved or have mixed feelings.

According to this, does it mean that the sizes of his previous lovers were all...

A weak cry from the cub in his hands interrupted his deep thoughts in time. The cub kicked its legs, seeming a bit dissatisfied with his peeking at its privacy.

Su Duan hurriedly put it back on the blanket on the table, then started thinking about the cub's food issue.

Newborn cubs definitely need to drink milk. The incubation room stores emergency universal milk powder for beastman babies. Su Duan searched for a long time in the dusty storage cabinet, getting his nose full of dust, before finding a bag of milk powder that had been placed in the corner.

But when he checked the date, it turned out to be expired.

There was no other way, he still had to go ask the dean for some.

The dean of this orphanage was a very kind old beastman, but he was too kind, so the personnel management of the orphanage was a bit lacking. Xu Wei, who was tossing the black egg up and down just now, although just a low-level manager at the orphanage, sometimes had more power than the old dean.

This was also one of the reasons why Xu Wei could almost brazenly commit the murder of a cub.

So Su Duan didn't plan to tell the dean about the actions of those two people. One reason was that it was hard to convince people without evidence, and the second was that even if the old dean believed him, there wasn't much he could actually do.

But going to ask him for a bag of milk powder was still feasible.

So Su Duan planned to wrap the cub in a blanket and carry it directly to find the old dean.

-- Although there were already surveillance cameras in this incubation room, and those two people shouldn't be bold enough to do anything to the cub under surveillance, Su Duan still didn't feel at ease leaving it alone here.

However, just as Su Duan was about to pick it up, the cub suddenly turned its head. Without opening its eyes, it accurately grabbed the eggshell beside it with its two front paws, turned to Su Duan and chirped, then opened its small mouth and bit off a small piece from the edge with a "crunch".

Then it started nibbling, smacking its lips.

Su Duan: "..." When he had just examined it, he clearly remembered that the cub didn't have teeth yet, so how did it bite off the hard eggshell?

The system kindly explained: "The saliva of Luota cubs has the ability to dissolve their own eggshells. The eggshells of this species contain rich nutrients, which can allow the cubs to better develop their bones in the early stages after hatching, but still can't be used as a staple food."

So he still needed to get the milk powder.

Su Duan nodded, patiently watching as the cub ate the small piece of eggshell at an extremely slow speed.

After eating a piece of eggshell, the cub didn't hurry to get off the shell. Instead, it kicked its short legs and struggled to crawl to the other side of the shell, using its head and paws to push the shell in one direction.

-- It kept pushing until it reached in front of Su Duan, then looked up at him with its black head raised.

"Are you trying to invite me to eat this?" Su Duan quickly guessed its intention.

"Chirp." The cub called out, its body jumping up as if proudly puffing out its little chest.

Su Duan curved the corners of his eyes and tapped its furry head with his fingertip: "No need, I don't need this. You keep it all for yourself."

"Chirp..." The black cub's head was lightly tapped by his fingertip, and it called out in puzzlement.

Su Duan carefully gathered up the eggshell that the cub had only eaten a little of and put it on a towel. Since he couldn't find a safe place to store it, in order to prevent losing it, he tucked it into his pocket for now.

Fortunately, this egg wasn't big to begin with, so it could be carried on his body.

The cub lay there the whole time watching him hide the eggshell, not showing the slightest anxiety about having the first food since its birth taken away. Instead, when Su Duan reached out to pet it, it vigorously bumped its little head against Su Duan's palm.

"You should be called Vigter... but you're still young, so I'll call you Viji* for now." Su Duan rubbed its little head, thought for a while, and decided on its nickname.

*T/N: Ji stands for 'chirp'

He tentatively called out: "Viji."

The cub tilted its head and responded: "...Ji chirp?"

It even imitated his words? Its mimicry ability is this strong?

Su Duan took this response as agreement, so he wrapped it in a clean blanket and held it in his arms, following the orphanage map in this body's memory all the way to the dean's office.

"Knock knock knock."

After he knocked, it took a while before an elderly "come in" came from inside.

Su Duan pushed the door open and saw the old dean sitting on the sofa, his face still showing some sleepiness.

It was a little past one in the afternoon now, and the elderly dean should still be taking his afternoon nap.

Although he felt a bit sorry for disturbing the dean's nap, the food for a newborn cub was indeed a rather urgent matter. Su Duan could only say in a low voice, "Sorry for disturbing you."

"It's alright, what's the matter..." The old dean said slowly while sluggishly feeling for a pair of glasses from the side of the sofa and putting them on. When he saw Su Duan carefully holding a small thing, his cloudy eyes instantly lit up and he sat up from the sofa. "Su Duan, what you're holding in your arms... is, is it a cub?"

Although his memory had deteriorated due to age, he still remembered the personnel assignments in the orphanage very clearly. He remembered that this human worked in the nursery.

Su Duan also walked two steps forward and lifted the blanket wrapping the cub a little: "Yes... Dean, this is a newly hatched cub, it's the black egg from the second incubation room that hadn't hatched for ten years."

The old dean instantly reacted, exclaiming in surprise: "That egg, that egg was already determined to have no signs of life, right?"

Actually, he no longer held much hope for that egg to hatch. He had waited until now only because he felt responsible for every cub.

He reached out and carefully touched the exposed black fluff under the blanket.

The soft furry feeling under his fingertips made him tremble involuntarily.

Perhaps because he was too excited, two huge horns suddenly sprouted from the dean's head. They were somewhat curved and twisted, with the same aged wrinkles as the dean himself, but the tips still gleamed with a sharp, cold light that looked like they could easily pierce through human skin.

Suddenly seeing such a pair of fierce weapons, Su Duan reflexively wanted to retreat, but he quickly came to his senses.

- This old dean's beast form was an antelope, and an omnivorous one at that.

As one enters old age, the ability to control various aspects of the body declines, so it is common for elderly beastmen to reveal certain characteristics of their beast form when they become emotionally excited.

"Sorry, child, did I scare you?" After realizing what had happened, the old dean quickly retracted his horns. The person in front of him was a pure human, and pure humans were very fragile.

Su Duan said, "It's okay."

The old dean reached out and stroked the cub again. This time, the black cub that had not fully revealed itself suddenly wriggled alertly under the blanket, as if trying to avoid his touch.

"It seems he really likes you." Rejected by the cub, the old dean was not upset at all. After slowly withdrawing his hand, he glanced at Su Duan and sighed with a smile.

Su Duan took the opportunity to propose, "Dean, I want to take care of it."

The old dean seemed a bit hesitant, "Can you handle it? And your main job is not to take care of cubs. It may be quite difficult for you to get started."

Su Duan said, "I can learn. It's very well-behaved."

The old dean thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll assign someone to take care of it together with you."

Su Duan's heart immediately sounded an alarm, and he firmly refused, "No need, it's very shy around strangers." He remembered that the two people who wanted to harm Viji were both specialized in taking care of cubs. If by chance one of them was assigned to him, Su Duan would have nowhere to cry.

"Indeed..." Seeing Su Duan's somewhat nervous reaction, the old dean laughed, "Don't be nervous. Let's first take a look at the species of this new little friend. Can you unwrap the blanket?"

Su Duan hesitated for a moment before unwrapping the blanket and holding out the black ball inside, with its limbs facing the dean.

The black ball was very docile in his arms, only letting out a soft coo.

The old dean raised his glasses and looked it up and down for a long time before saying, "So it's a Kaka beast, but its tail seems to be a bit longer than a typical Kaka beast... This one has some congenital deficiencies. It should have opened its eyes right after hatching, but this kind of cub has a tenacious vitality. Even if it's a bit weak, it's not a big problem. Its cry is still good. It's not difficult to take care of. You can indeed try it on your own."

Su Duan obediently agreed.

Kaka beasts were a very common species. Their cubs looked like fluffy balls when they were young. Except for the time they opened their eyes and the length of their tails, there was not much difference from Luota cubs in other aspects.

Even if there were differences, they all looked like a fluffy ball when they were young, which made them very difficult to distinguish. Only after growing up a bit and shedding their natal fur could the differences gradually be seen.

However, there were almost no Luota cubs now. The only few were being carefully cared for in the royal family of the capital star, so there was no possibility of mistaking them.

Su Duan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the system had assured him in advance that the old dean would definitely not recognize Viji's true species, he still couldn't help but feel a bit anxious.

In the end, Su Duan left the dean's office with a large bag of milk powder and a book titled "Summary of Kaka Beast Cub Care".

Now that Viji had hatched, it could no longer stay in the incubation area. Su Duan took it to the cub care area and searched for a long time before finding a barely usable care box, deciding to use it as the cub's future nest.

After temporarily placing Viji in the care box, Su Duan quickly opened the large bag of milk powder given by the old dean and prepared a small bottle of milk according to the general food intake of cubs.

Throughout the entire process, the all-black cub squeezed itself against the edge of the care box, its head pressed against the transparent wall. Although its eyes were not open, it still stared unblinkingly in Su Duan's direction with its head.

After the milk powder was prepared, Su Duan took the cub out of the care box and placed it on a small blanket in front of him. With one hand holding the milk bottle and the other slightly holding the cub's head, he carefully brought the nipple to its mouth, softly calling, "Viji."

However, the cub, which had been very docile just now, seemed very indifferent when faced with its staple food. It sniffed the nipple that was brought to its mouth, then turned its head and unhesitatingly turned away.

Su Duan was a bit stunned. "Viji?"

He frowned and tried to bring it to its mouth again. This time, the cub at least didn't directly turn its head away, but it still hesitated for a long time before slowly taking the nipple in its tender, red mouth.

Su Duan slowly fed it the milk. Although the cub seemed very resistant before drinking, it was not slow when it actually started drinking. The small bottle of milk was quickly emptied.

But soon, another unexpected event occurred.

Just as Su Duan withdrew the nipple from its mouth, the cub suddenly let out a somewhat sharp coo, then wriggled its whole body and unexpectedly opened its mouth and spit out the milk it had just drunk all over his hand.