Chapter 18 - The Illiterate Cubs


The chin of the little tiger is not as comfortable as the ears. The ears are fluffy, soft, and round. Little Xixi wrapped them in her little hands. She likes them very much!

So Little Xixi only touched his chin for a moment, then turned her little hand and wanted to touch his ears again. However, the little tiger was unwilling. He almost instinctively raised his neck again, letting Little Xixi put her hand on his chin, so Little Xixi continued to touch his chin.

Of course, when Little Xixi touched him, she hadn’t forgotten her business. She said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, when I get home, I’ll get that one, and I’ll show it to everyone when I get it tomorrow. So that they all will know that you are a Siberian tiger, and no one will send you to the zoo.”

Little Xixi didn’t know what the pictures she was looking at were, so she kept saying this and that instead.

The little tiger felt very comfortable when Little Xixi scratched his chin. After thinking for a while, he said, “Yes.”

Because of the little tiger’s matter, Little Xixi doesn’t like this adult monster who is coming.

Because she felt that the adult monster must have listened to and believed what the bad kids said, that’s why he thought the tiger cub was a mixed-race tiger monster.

Because in the past, there were naughty children who would tell a lie. They were secretly complaining to the teacher, saying that she ate in class.

Thinking of this, Little Xixi’s eyes suddenly lit up. She can find the adult monster and tell him that although the tiger cub has long fur, which makes him differ from other tigers, it's because he is a Siberian tiger. The place where the original Siberian tigers grew up was freezing cold, so they had grown long fur to adapt to the cold weather.

Little Xixi thought this was the reason, so she jumped off the stool, got out from under the table, and ran away in a hurry.

Tiger Cub, who at first felt comfortable when Little Xixi scratched his chin, suddenly felt the scratch had stopped, and then he saw the human cub run away. Of course, the tiger cub jumped down too and then followed her.

Little Xixi hadn’t been to the teacher’s office yet, but she knew the direction, so she rushed out.

Soon, she saw a tall and strong adult along with the bearded teacher.

Little Xixi was running out of breath and stopped in front of them. She was so tired that she bent over, pressed her knees with her little hands, and gasped for breath. But she still tried to say, “Teacher... Teacher... Tiger Cub is not a mixed race tiger... He... He has long fur because, because... He is a… Siberian tiger...”

The bearded teacher who is used to Little Xixi's behavior: “...”

But the adult monster next to him was a bit surprised and said, “Is she the only human cub who entered the kindergarten to study this year?”

The bearded teacher nodded and said, “She has a good relationship with the tiger cub that I mentioned just now.”

The adult monster doesn’t need him to say anything. He can also see it from the panting appearance of the human cub. Then he squatted down in front of Little Xixi, who was standing but not as tall as the person squatting. Then the adult monster said, “The tiger cub is a tiger monster. Don't you feel scared?”

Little Xixi didn’t even think about it and immediately said, “He is my good friend, so I’m not afraid.”

Although Little Xixi is small, she already knows that not all human cubs are good and not all monster cubs are bad!

Just like a tiger cub, although he is a monster cub, he is a good cub! He won't bully other children. Not only that, he is also a victim of bullying by other children.

The adult monster couldn’t help laughing when he heard the word "friend".

Little Xixi suddenly felt dark in front of her. A paw turned her body around, and then she heard the roar of a tiger with a milky sound.

Little Xixi didn’t stand firm, and her little head fell on the tiger cub in front of her.

Little Xixi looked over and saw that the tiger cub was beside her. His fur was all blown up, and he roared towards the opposite side with a crisp sound.

Little Xixi had only seen a golden furry thigh on the opposite side, then she raised her head and looked up...

What a big, big, big, big tiger!

Little Xixi’s legs went limp suddenly.

It turned out that the adult monster had changed to his original form just now, so the tiger cub rushed over and stood in front of Little Xixi, letting out a milky roar.

The big tiger lowered his head and looked at the human cub behind the little mixed-race tiger, finding it very interesting.

He felt surprised that this mixed-race tiger cub could stand in front of him and not be suppressed by his rank in the race.

He originally wanted to frighten this human cub out of bad taste, and he really won't do anything else. But when this mixed-race tiger cub came out to protect the human cub, the big tiger’s bad taste became even stronger.

He wanted to see how this mixed-race tiger cub could protect her, and what would the human cub who claimed to be a friend of the mixed-race tiger monster cub do?

The big tiger inspected the two cubs, released half of his pressure, and said, “Cub of mixed-race tiger, I’m talking to the human cub behind you. Please move away.”

Little Xixi was a bit scared by the pressure of the adult monster. But when she heard those words, she was still a bit furious, and then she roared angrily, “I’ve said it several times. It's not a mixed-race, He is not a mixed-race monster! He is a Siberian tiger!”

She have said it so many times. Why can’t these people understand? Little Xixi is so angry! She is furious!

The little tiger didn’t even look back at the human cub behind him, but he didn’t move away. The human cubs are so fragile that they would bleed if touched lightly. What if the big tiger gets her hurt accidentally?

The big tiger didn’t want to see the mixed-race tiger cub’s feelings for the human cub. Then he said to the human cub again, “You are too young. I can’t hear what you say. Come to my side.”

In fact, Little Xixi’s legs were weak. But thinking of the fact that the tiger cub was always called an impure-bred tiger and would end up in the zoo, Little Xixi gritted her teeth and walked forward.

But the pressure of the big tiger is not a joke. Even if the adult monster only released a bit of it, Zhao Xixi’s legs were still weak, and she fell down as soon as she walked.

Little Xixi didn’t know it was because of the big tiger’s pressure. She thought it was because she was too timid, so her legs were weak because she was too frightened.

The tiger cub grabbed Little Xixi’s clothes.

Little Xixi got up and whispered to the tiger cub, “He seems to be a little deaf, not a bad monster.”

Thinking of this, Little Xixi was still a bit angry: “It must be the crow who informed the big tiger that you are an impure-bred tiger.”

Little Xixi thought, This adult monster seems a little deaf, and the little crows can fly up to the adult monster’s ear and tell him about this matter.

Little Xixi couldn’t get up, but she tried her best to climb towards the big tiger’s enormous paw.

The tiger cub wanted to run away with her in his mouth, but the big tiger’s enormous claw hooked the tiger-striped clothes and put him on the other side.

Little Xixi talked to herself while crawling, “I don’t know if grandma’s hearing aids are expensive or not...”

“The big tiger looks so powerful; he should be able to afford it...”

“It’s better to have a hearing aid.”

Inexplicably, he turned into a deaf monster: “...”

Little Xixi finally crawled to the side of the big tiger. She turned over and put her little hand to her mouth like a trumpet. Then she took a deep breath and roared, “Tiger—Cub—is—not—a mixed-race—tiger monster! He—is—a Siberian tiger!!!”

After Little Xixi finished yelling, she felt her lungs were about to burst and coughed vigorously several times.

The big tiger was surprised, and then he grabbed the human cub with his claws.

Little Xixi left the ground and saw the big tiger’s round ears, which were also fluffy. Little Xixi thought that the big tiger still hadn’t heard what she said, so she once again roared heart-piercingly: 

“Fu——Cub—is not—a mixed-race—old Fu monster! He—is—Northeast Fu... Cough, cough… Cough, cough, cough...”

Translator's Note:
Little Xixi once again misspoke. She means is Tiger Cub is not a mixed-race tiger monster, he is a Siberian tiger.

Little Xixi coughed vigorously. The big tiger looked at her coughing and blushing face. He did not expect that this human cub would actually work so hard for the tiger cub.

Little Xixi coughed and coughed, then looked at the big tiger’s face again, and felt that his deafness was really serious. Thinking that she wanted to yell again.

The child's yell was very sharp. When Little Xixi was about to start yelling once more, the big tiger quickly stopped her and said, “I heard it; he is the Siberian tiger!”

Little Xixi nodded vigorously and said, “He is really a Siberian tiger, really powerful!”

Little Xixi thought for a while and then said, “Can you tell Tiger Cub that he is a Siberian tiger? We children all believe what adults say. You are an adult monster, and the little monsters also very much believe what you, an adult monster, said. Other children said that he was a mixed-race tiger, but I know he is a Siberian tiger. He already knew that he was a Siberian tiger, but he doubted it. Once you, as an adult monster, say it, he will believe you again.”

Little Xixi was a bit blaming, and her tone was very heavy. “You guys are adult monsters. You can’t treat little monsters like this! We children, including the little monsters, have fragile hearts, so you need to protect them more!”

This is what she had heard the teacher say to the parents: "children’s hearts are very fragile, they must protect them. And the little monsters are also children!"

Big tiger monster: “...” He really didn’t see where this human cub was so fragile!

Seeing that he was silent, Little Xixi thought he could not hear again. So she shouted loudly again, “Now—you already know—the tiger cub is a Siberian tiger. You should have to tell him.”

Big tiger monster: “...” But the tiger cub is not a Siberian tiger.

The human cub in front of her was really sure about it. She was too serious, as if refuting this matter would hurt her entire world.

Even as an adult monster, he had seen all kinds of human attitudes toward monsters. Even though he felt he was hard-hearted enough, he still feels a bit unbearable right now. It is because he has seen so many humans’ bad attitudes that he feels that the way this human cub treats a mixed-race little tiger’s heart is so precious.

He hesitated for a moment and then said, “I’ll tell him.”

“Yeah… Okay! You’re a good teacher, too! I can let you touch my pretty little braid today!” Little Xixi turned her head, revealing the little pigtail braid behind her.

The big tiger touched it with his enormous claws awkwardly and felt the human cub’s hair was also soft.

Then the big tiger put the human cub down, and just as he put her down, he let the little tiger over there come over.

As soon as the little tiger came over, he immediately protected the human cub. But the human cub happily hugged the tiger cub, saying, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, this big tiger has something to tell you!”

After Little Xixi finished speaking, she looked at the big tiger expectantly.

Then she heard the big tiger say to the tiger cub, “Your situation is indeed very special. I am the highest-ranking purebred tiger monster that exists now. Logically, a mixed-race monster cub like you or even a purebred tiger cub should not be able to resist racial repression, but you appear unaffected at all. Even I don’t understand your situation.”

Little Xixi: “...” What is this big tiger talking about? Why didn’t he just say, "Those who say bad things about you are all bad kids; you are actually a very obedient purebred tiger cub! When you grow up, you will be very exceptional!" Just say that to him!

Little Xixi is a bit regretful now. She should have taught the big tiger how to talk to the tiger cub previously.

Then Little Xixi added a childish opinion from the side: “This big tiger already knows that he is wrong. He already knows that you are a purebred monster, a Siberian tiger, and you will not end up in the zoo!”

The big tiger looked at the human cub, who disliked that he didn’t agree about the tiger cub bloodline, and she had added an explanation herself: “...”

The tiger cub was stunned for a while when he heard that. He hesitated and said, “I see.”

Then the tiger cub looked at the human cub beside him and said, “Xixi, we’re going back.”

Little Xixi still wanted to chat with the adult monster, so she looked at the big tiger.

The tiger cub added, “Go back and let you touch my ears.”

Hearing this, Little Xixi immediately followed the little tiger and said, “Tiger Cub, can I really touch your ears?”

Tiger Cub: “Um.”

Little Xixi: “Tiger Cub, will you grow up to be as big as that big tiger in the future?”

Tiger Cub: “Um.”

Little Xixi: “Then you will be so tall... What should I do if I can’t even touch your ears on tiptoe?”

Tiger Cub: “…”

Little Xixi: “When the time comes... When the time comes... Can you lie down and let me touch you?”

The tiger cub looked at the human cub, who was looking at him expectantly, and then let out a soft voice in his nasal cavity: “Mmm.”

Little Xixi thought for a while and then said, “Just now I looked closely at that big tiger’s ears, and if your ears will become as big as that big tiger's ears... It must be very comfortable to touch!”

Tiger Cub: “Aren’t you afraid of big tigers?”

Little Xixi thought for a while and said, “I was a little scared at first, but after thinking about it, I feel so happy that you will become like that when you grow up!”

“Why?” The tiger cub didn’t understand.

Little Xixi immediately said, “Because you won’t get bullied anymore when you grow up so big like that.”

Little Xixi said again right away, “But after you become an adult monster, you can’t listen to what bad children say.”

Little Xixi said this because she still thought that the big tiger believed what the bad kids said about the tiger cub being a mixed-race tiger.

The tiger cub hummed.

Zhao Xixi was a bit worried again. She looked at the tiger cub, then said, “When you grow up so big, will your ears be deaf too?”

He even hasn’t grown up yet, but she already begins to be concerned about the deafening things when he grows up.

The tiger cub hesitated for a moment and said, “It’s possible.” He didn’t say that the big tiger's ears were not deaf at all, but the big tiger just wanted to bully the human cub.

Little Xixi then said, “When I grow up, I will go to work and earn some money. I will buy you a hearing aid. My grandma has a hearing aid.”

Tiger Cub: “What do you want when I grow up?”

Little Xixi broke her fingers and said with a smile, “Touch~ear~touch~big ear~”

Tiger Cub: “...” Well, he can grant it.

The two cubs returned to the classroom. Little Xixi got under the table and got into her seat. When she saw her little schoolbag, she suddenly remembered something. She forgot a very important thing.

Little Xixi raised her eyes and said to the tiger cub on the table, “Tiger Cub, come down.”

Without saying a word, the little tiger jumped to the side of Little Xixi. The other students are drawing circles seriously because the adult monster has come to the kindergarten, so they have to behave well.

Little Xixi took out the little pink comb from her schoolbag, which she had put in this morning, and hid under the table with the little tiger. She said, “Tiger Cub, I’ll comb your fur...”

You must comb your fur more often, or else it will get tangled again, and it will hurt so much when the fur gets knotted.

The tiger cub looked at the comb, then he refused with a little milky voice, “No. It’s uncomfortable to comb.”

Little Xixi used to do the same thing when her Mom combed her hair. Every time she felt pain while combing, she ran away. As a result, her hair became knotted, and it became even more painful to comb. Instead, there's no more pain if she brushes her hair every day.

Little Xixi coaxed the tiger cub like a child: “We’ll comb your fur every day, and if I comb gently, it won’t hurt. I promise, I promise to comb your fur gently...”

The tiger cub looked at Xixi’s hand and thought of how lightly she touched her ears.

So he curled up.

Little Xixi sat cross-legged on the ground, and then she imitated her grandma combing a dog when she was a child. She first stroked his fur head and then gently smoothed it with a comb.

Little Xixi really did what she said. She really smoothed the tiger cub’s fur really lightly. She didn’t forcefully comb the knotted fur, but she cut it out just like before. The pair of scissors that she used had an electric black burnt image on them, which was left by the short circuit of the electric wire. She took those small scissors and carefully cut the small knot, then blew it gently while whispering, “It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt.”

In the principal’s office, the big tiger monster watched the sweet scene of the two cubs through the surveillance camera. He had to admit that he was a bit envious. It was rare for a monster to meet a human being who treated him sincerely like this. The stronger the monster, the more difficult it is to meet. Because no human wants to be friends with a big monster who can easily kill them with a slap, let alone have such an intimate relationship with one.

The big tiger looked at the little tiger cub again. What he said a while ago was true. Because he bullied the human cub for a moment out of bad humor, he instead made him discover that the tiger cub was indeed unusual.

It’s just that the big tiger didn’t take it too seriously. But because of what the human cub had insisted, he still said to the principal of the kindergarten, “He won’t choose to inject dementia potion now. Let him grow up here.”

The principal of the kindergarten felt a bit strange, and he said, “Isn’t it? He has a very hard life in his wandering life now.”

The big tiger looked at the human cub carefully grooming and shearing the little tiger on the screen, then said, “He doesn’t necessarily feel sad.”

The comfortable snoring sound on the screen is almost roaring out, so what are you sad about?

It’s been so long, and the big tiger hasn’t purred for too long, that he almost forgot that they—the tigers—are also big cats.

***

Little Xixi thought that although the teachers believed that the tiger cub was a Siberian tiger, she still wanted to get proof. Little Xixi returned home at night. After dinner, she brushed her teeth and washed her face, then poured the water for washing her feet and ran to call her mother sweetly. “Mom, I’ll wash your feet!”

Mother Zhao was a bit surprised, and then Little Xixi pulled aside her mother and thumped her back with courtesy.

Mother Zhao soaked her feet. The water was a bit cold, but her heart was warm.

Then she heard her daughter say, “Mom... Mom, do you remember what that uncle told us at the last meeting?”

Mother Zhao really doesn’t remember. After she was pregnant, she often felt dizzy, and her memory was not very good.

Mother Zhao: “I don’t remember.”

Little Xixi clapped her hands happily. She felt she couldn't be happier than she is right now, and then she said, “I don’t remember either, Mom. Why don't we see what it said once again?”

Little Xixi looked at her expectantly, obviously hoping that she would say she wanted to see it too.

Little Xixi was beaming, and Mother Zhao suddenly noticed that her child seemed to have changed.

Mother Zhao realized belatedly that Little Xixi didn’t pester them as much as before, and she didn’t like to cry as much as before. She seemed likely to be alone a lot more now.

Mother Zhao was a bit uncomfortable, but she softened her voice and said, “I want to see it too.”

“Then, Mom... shall we watch it once again?” Little Xixi spoke sweetly, her big eyes full of anticipation.

Mother Zhao’s heart softened inexplicably.

“Okay.” Then Mother Zhao sent a message to her friend, who was the host of the meeting.

Mother Zhao: “Are the PowerPoint files from your last meeting still available? Can you send it to me?”

The host: “I can't send this to you. What are you going to use this for?”

Mother Zhao: “My daughter wants to see it.”

The host: “Wait a minute, I sent you the online file.”

Mother Zhao: “...” This is differential treatment.

She remembered that during the meeting that day, the host of the meeting liked Little Xixi very much.

Sure enough, Mother Zhao saw a file on the Penguin and immediately downloaded it. Then she opened it for Little Xixi to see, and Little Xixi thought about it: This is my mother’s mobile phone, and I cannot take it away. Then how can I let other people see it too?

Little Xixi frowned, and Mother Zhao looked at her daughter, frowning like a little adult. Then Mother Zhao looked at the PowerPoint files. Although there were pictures on it, most of them were text, and her baby was just over three years old. Counting to thirty is already exhausting, let alone reading these words. So Mother Zhao asked, “Do you want Mom to read it for you?”

Little Xixi nodded.

So Mother Zhao slowly read to her daughter.

While thinking about it, Little Xixi suddenly said, “Mom, what did you just say... jÄ« yÄ«n (雞音/ chicken sound)?”

Translator's Note: Little Xixi means is jīyīn (基因) = Gene

Mother Zhao looked at this passage and thought it was a bit advanced, so it’s normal that her daughter didn’t understand it. Then she explained it: “Hearsays from some time ago say that the scientists on the side of the monster cloned the saber-toothed tiger gene from the fossil. The saber-toothed tigers were more powerful than other tigers, and their two tusks were as long as swords!”

Little Xixi patted her little head, Jiyin... She seemed to have heard this word somewhere.

Zhao Xixi thought for a while but didn’t come up with it, so Little Xixi said, “Mom, can I take this with me? Take it to school. I want to show it to my classmates.”

Mother Zhao assumed that Little Xixi wanted to mobilize her classmates to fight against monsters. But she didn’t know that Little Xixi’s purpose was just to justify her little monster friend. To prove that he was an authentic purebred Siberian tiger monster.

So, because of this beautiful misunderstanding, Mother Zhao said, “There is a printer in the study. You can go ask Daddy to print it for you.”

Little Xixi happily ran to the study to find her Father.

In the end, the couple saw that Little Xixi put the pages about the tiger monster into her pink schoolbag with great seriousness. And put the other articles in the drawer.

Of course, the tiger cub remembered that Little Xixi said that she was going to bring something to prove that he was a Siberian tiger. But the tiger cub didn’t understand what Little Xixi said at that moment.

So early the next morning, the tiger cub saw Little Xixi holding a few pieces of paper in her hand. The little tiger didn’t recognize any of the words on it but saw a lot of pictures.

Little Xixi pointed to the picture, followed by the illiterate little tiger and the other illiterate little monsters in the same class. And she said with great seriousness, “This is the tiger monster.”

“Look! This is the Siberian tiger monster, and the Siberian tiger monster has long fur!”

Anyway, the other little monsters couldn’t read it, so they just listened to Little Xixi speak so eloquently, as if what she said was the same as in the articles.

When the bearded teacher came in, he saw all the cubs sitting together, listening to the human cub, Little Xixi, talking about things. The bearded teacher heard the immature voice of the human cub: “It’s amazing when the Siberian tiger grows up. He is so powerful!”

The bearded teacher lowered his head to look at the papers held by the human cub. Then he felt dizzy because the title was "The Biggest Problem of Humanity No. 1: Tiger Monster".

And the line at the bottom is "Produced by The Human Anti-Monster Alliance".

The bearded teacher hurriedly brought the paper over! Of course, he knew about the Anti-Monster Alliance since they have showcased themselves several times. It’s impossible if they didn’t know about it.

It’s just that the bearded teacher asked the human cub, Zhao Xixi, with a bit of a headache, “Do you know what this is?”

Although all monsters know about the Anti-Monster Alliance, that doesn’t mean they can go to the kindergarten to publicize this matter.

Little Xixi said confidently, “It can prove that the tiger cub is a Siberian tiger!”

The bearded teacher couldn’t help pointing to the huge title and asking, “What’s this?”

Little Xixi can’t read. At least she doesn’t know these words, but it doesn’t affect her pretending to understand them in front of other students. So Little Xixi said, “The tiger cub is a Siberian tiger!”

Well, according to Little Xixi, this line of big characters means that the tiger cub is a Siberian tiger!

The bearded teacher looked at the headline title: "The Biggest Problem of Humanity No. 1: Tiger Monster". Damn, the count number of the words are absolutely different!

The bearded teacher looked at the human cubs in front of him and then at the illiterate cubs in the classroom. These illiterate cubs rarely take studying seriously, and now they can only believe what Little Xixi said.

For the first time, he felt a famous saying of human beings: It's terrible to be uneducated.

Little Xixi was still a bit nervous because she didn’t know if the bearded teacher would expose him.

Little Xixi couldn’t help tugging at the bearded teacher’s clothes with her little hands. Her eyes were full of pleading.

The bearded teacher sighed inwardly and then said, “Since it is proof that the tiger cub is a Siberian tiger, then I will take it to the office.”

Little Xixi originally brought it here to let everyone know that the tiger cub is a Siberian tiger, not a mixed-race tiger cub that needs to be imprisoned in the zoo. Now that she has achieved her goal, she has also generously given it to the bearded teacher.

After the bearded teacher brought it out, he didn’t know what to do with it. After thinking about it, he really threw it under the desk in the office.

The bearded teacher wasn't surprised that the human cub had something from the Anti-Monster Alliance. Because his grandson lived next to the human cub’s house, he naturally knew that her parents were backbone members of The Anti-Monster Alliance. But everyone here didn't get why the members of The Anti-Monster Alliance had enrolled their daughter in this kindergarten.

At the beginning, everyone thought about whether it would be an undercover operation...

However, after only being in contact for a while, everyone felt that if this were undercover, they really didn’t know which side she would be undercover.

Later, after the kindergarten teachers and monsters above had observed the human cub, they found out that her parents were unaware that they had enrolled their daughter in this kindergarten.

The more interesting thing is that this human cub actually looks like she went to the human kindergarten next door every morning. As soon as her parents left, she immediately came to this cub-nursery kindergarten. And she would go to the human kindergarten next door with great seriousness every day after school to wait for her parents to pick her up.

This clearly shows that she wants to live in the nursery, but she doesn’t want her parents to know that she is there.

At such a young age, she still looks silly. No one would have thought that she would have such courage, so they dragged on this matter like this, and the teachers in the kindergarten just turned a blind eye.

Anyway, it's not them who forcibly sent the human cub to this cub-nursery kindergarten, and they also didn't keep the child. When her parents come to make trouble, they can also completely express that they don’t know, don’t know at all, and we know nothing at all!

Little Xixi held her head up all day today. Even when she was grooming the tiger cub, she hummed a mess of her own songs. “Grooming~~~~I love combing~~~~Little tiger’s fur is long and long~~”

***

Until the evening, when Little Xixi was quietly eating dinner, Mother Zhao suddenly remembered something. Then she asked her daughter, “Xixi, why didn’t the teachers in your school contact us this semester? Xixi, were you obedient when you were at school?”

Today, when Mother and Father Zhao were chatting, the couple suddenly realized that Little Xixi was no longer telling them about school.

In the past, Little Xixi especially liked to tell them what happened in school, and sometimes she would even say that her classmates had the same pencil as hers.

Little Xixi thought for a while and said, “I’m very obedient.”

Mother Zhao: “So, is there anything you want to tell Mom and Dad at school today?”

Little Xixi hummed and thought for a while: “No.”

Mother Zhao looked at Little Xixi's calm manner and recalled the past when the child rushed back after school, happily counting what happened at school.

Mother Zhao was a bit lost. Father Zhao, who was sitting beside her wife, cast a glance at her and naturally understood Mother Zhao's feelings. Therefore, he asked his daughter, “Xixi, did that scoundrel classmate pull your hair today?”

Little Xixi blinked her eyes and said, “No, I haven’t seen him for a long time.”

Now, no one has really pulled her hair anymore on the way to and from school for many days.

Father Zhao asked again: “Then what did you learn at school today? Did you learn to sing?”

Little Xixi: “...” Didn’t learn to sing; their current school doesn’t teach singing, only painting.

Little Xixi thought for a while, put down her chopsticks, did not dare to look at her parents, and said, “I learned it.”

“Then what did you learn? Sing to Mom and Dad, didn’t you like singing to Mom and Dad the most?”

Little Xixi had forgotten the songs she had learned before. She sighed, as if an adult was facing a precisely unreasonable child, and said, “Well then, I will sing "My Good Friend" for you.”

This is what Little Xixi made up and sang by herself when she was grooming the tiger cub.

“My good friend is the best friend ~ la la la la ~ he has four legs, two eyes, and two small ears. I want to touch the little ears every day ~ la la la la ~”

Although Little Xixi’s tune is weird, she still sings well.

Mom and Dad hurriedly applauded in unison: “It’s a wonderful song.”

Little Xixi was very elegant and actually said happily, “Thank you.”

Then she stopped talking, because Little Xixi thought she would sing to the tiger cub again tomorrow. When she sang to him during the day, she didn't sing this verse "To touch the little ears every day".

Mother and Father Zhao looked at their daughter, who became silent again, so she couldn’t help teasing her again: “Baby, do you want to raise a puppy? Your second aunt’s dog has a baby. She asked us if we wanted to have one, and she sent me a picture. Do you want to see it?”

Father Zhao still remembered the little dog when Little Xixi said that sometimes they are not good parents. Father Zhao thinks it should because of the dog’s matter.

Little Xixi jumped off the stool and immediately ran to her parents to look at the pictures.

There are several fluffy puppies in the picture, staying next to a big dog.

Little Xixi likes it very much.

Father Zhao next to her said, “If you like it, we will raise one.”

Little Xixi looked at her father, then said, “No raising anymore.”

Father Zhao: “Why? Don’t you like it?”

Little Xixi: “I like it, but...”

Little Xixi thought about her parents and said, “But I’m going to school, and I don’t have time to take care of the dog, so let the dog stay with its mother.”

Father Zhao: “Dad and Mom will take care of it.”

Little Xixi looked at her father, then at her mother, and said childishly, “You are too busy with work. You won’t have time to take care of it.”

Later, Mother Zhao could only say, “Well then, we won’t keep that dog anymore.”

As soon as she arrived at school the next day, Little Xixi couldn’t wait to tell the tiger cub about the puppies.

After finishing speaking, she looked at the little tiger. Little Xixi suddenly thought of a great, great thing!

Little Xixi: “When I go home today, I’ll ask my parents, is it okay if we don’t keep a puppy, but can we keep a tiger cub? And we don’t need them to take care of you. I can comb your fur, dress you up, and then we can go to and from school together.”

He has to admit that this idea is so beautiful, but the tiger cub also has to dismantle this matter, and just one sentence is enough: “I am a monster.”

Little Xixi was originally in high spirits, but when she heard this sentence, she fell down on the table like a discouraged ball. Then she said in a low voice until she finally lost her voice, “That’s right, I almost forgot about it.”

When they were strangers, the label of "Monster" on the little tiger was very huge, so big that Xixi could only see the label of "Monster" on him.

However, when they got acquainted and later became good friends, the little tiger had various labels attached to him: "Best friend"; "Touch your ears well"; "He so nice to me"; "Powerful"; "No parents"; "Siberian tiger". And finally, the label "Monster" is too small to be found. So that Little Xixi didn't realize for a while that the tiger cub was a tiger monster.

Taking advantage of being outside with the human cub, the little tiger touched the small tugging on the top of her head. Then he said in a crisp voice, “I’m doing well by myself, so don’t worry about it.”

Little Xixi imitated the little tiger and rubbed her head against the little tiger’s head, saying, “Then when I grow up, I will move to live with you, okay?”

Little Xixi lived at her grandma’s house when she was a child, so she understood that when she grows up, she can’t live with her parents anymore. Just like when her parents grow up, they can’t live with her grandparents anymore.

So when she grows up, she will definitely have to move out and not be able to live with her parents. Little Xixi thinks that when the time comes, she will live with her good friend, Tiger Cub.

She really likes the tiger cub’s nest because it makes a pleasant sound when she sleeps on it. And she can collect plastic bottles and wires together with the tiger cub so that they can sell them for money to buy fried chicken drumsticks!

In the afternoon, it was a class of inductive attributes. It's about drawing circles. Because of various attributes that actually correspond to human social work. So the kindergarten teacher asked what everyone wanted to do when they grew up.

Little Xixi and the tiger cub are sitting in the first row, so Little Xixi speaks first in order. She has no stage fright at all. And shares her happiness openly: “When I grow up, I will live with the tiger cub. Then we will pick up wires and plastic bottles together, and after selling them for money, we will buy fried chicken drumsticks!”

The kindergarten teachers have all studied early childhood education. Faced with this situation, the standard answer is...

Teacher Yu Lan smiled and said encouragingly, “It’s really an interesting dream, and it will definitely come true.”

What Teacher Yu Lan thought in her heart was: No wonder... After the big tiger, who hated humans the most, came here, he told the principal that this human cub was not bad. Please take good care of it.

Didn’t the big tiger really take a fancy to this human cub’s lofty dream of being pollution-free and harmless to monsters?

The teacher originally wanted to ask the little tiger, but the little tiger was sleeping, so he asked for other little monsters.

“Be a reporter!” These are two little Crow Cubs.

“Being an athlete!” This is Clouded-Leopard.

“Be a rich monster!” This is Lion Cub.

The teacher thought, We monsters still have a future.

Turning around, she saw the tiger cub just wake up, so she asked softly, “Tiger Cub, what do you want to do when you grow up?”

The little tiger didn’t even need to turn his head to feel the expectant eyes of the human cub next to him.

The little tiger was a bit awkward, but the little milky voice still said cutely, “Collect plastic bottles and wires with Zhao Xixi.”

In fact, from the moment the little tiger was conscious of the present, he had only one future, and that was to become the king of beasts.

But then the little tiger thinks that when the time comes, he can be the king of beasts at night while the human cub is asleep. And pick up wires and plastic bottles with her during the day.

When the teacher heard this dream, her expression was very exciting. In her opinion, the tiger cub differed from the other monster cubs. The reason was probably because he had been wandering without his parents’ protection. His thinking is more inclined toward adult monsters. So she never thought that the tiger cub could be able to say such a thing. And she could only express her insincerely: “You are really great friends; you two have exactly the same dreams, and they will definitely come true in the future!”

She is a pure monster flower, and she is a kindergarten teacher. Other things she didn't learn, she only learned about telling white lies. 

It was the first time for Little Xixi to hear someone bless their friendship, and she was so happy in her heart. She couldn’t help saying, “Thank you, teacher! I will definitely treat the tiger cub well in the future! Let him be a happy little tiger!”

These words are not wrong. There is really nothing wrong at all.

But when the flower monster teacher listened to this, why did you feel so strange?

When Little Xixi promised, she was very serious, and she was not joking.

The little tiger next to her didn’t want to be outdone. He retorted, “I will also make you a happy human cub!”

Little Xixi was even more moved when she heard this. She looked at the little tiger with tears in her eyes, stretched out her arms, and hugged the little tiger’s head: “Tiger Cub...”

The teacher hurriedly interrupted this sweet scene, which was more nasty than an adult wedding scene. And she said, “You will still be good friends in the future, and it is right to help each other.”

When she returned to the office, Teacher Yu Lan saw that the other monsters in the office had already laughed out loud.

“It’s so interesting! This human cub is so funny!” The bearded teacher laughed and looked at his phone.

Teacher Yu Lan approached and found that the bearded teacher was actually chatting. He also posted the part of the human cub talking in class, especially about expressing her friendship with the tiger cub, on their monster’s website.

Monsters have their own dedicated website where they can chat, shop, and complain about humans.

The bearded teacher cut the video from the surveillance camera, and it lasted only a few tens of seconds. Teacher Yu Lan frowned after seeing the sharp increase in comments and likes.

“It’s better not to post this kind of thing on the Internet. After all, she is a human cub. When something unpredictable happens, it will be a war of words between humans and monsters.” Teacher Yu Lan said.

The bearded teacher asked, “What will happen?”

Teacher Yu Lan: “Since it’s called unpredictable, it means I don’t know now.” She clicked into the comment area while talking.

To be honest, most monsters hold the principle that they can't afford to mess with human cubs.

The main reason is that the current human cubs are very shrewd, and most monsters have a childhood shadow. To be precise, they were bullied by the human cubs when they were young.

So, before Teacher Yu Lan clicked on the comment, she thought there must still be a lot of rude comments mocking the junk ideals of this human cub.

But, as a result, after clicking in, she found out:

“Hahahaha, the great idea of this human cub must become true.”

“It’s been a long time since I saw such an ideal of pollution-free and harm-free. Isn’t the most common dream of human cubs now running towards the eradication of monsters and the direction of the world belonging to humans?”

“It’s okay... The common idea of our monster cubs is to eliminate human beings, and the world will belong to monsters!”

“World: I just want to pick up plastic bottles and wires peacefully. It's the monster's responsibility to protect the environment.”

“Is Hu Zai (Tiger Cub) these two words said by the human cub really the two words I have thought about? Is it really not Fu Zai (Lucky Cub)?”

“Didn’t the government open a new mixed-cub nursery kindergarten? Specialized in recruiting human cubs and monster cubs. This human cub seems to be the only human cub in it. Apparently, Hu Zai (Tiger Cub) is a little tiger.”

“Great friendship.”

“The friendship between these two cubs is amazing. My husband and I didn’t take our wedding vows so seriously.”

“…………”

“…………”

Teacher Yu Lan looked all the way, and there were only one or two sporadic comments insulting the human cub. But other adult monsters quickly deleted these rude comments.

One rude comment even said, “Looking at this human cub makes me want to snap her little neck!”

It's the big monster in the red vest, who is now the king of beasts, who replied to his comment: “I also want to snap your little neck, too!”

Only in one sentence, suddenly make the comment area change from the original laughing and joking to:

“This human cub is so cute!”

“At first glance, looks like it will have a hundred-year-long life.”

“This is the starting point for the establishment of diplomatic relations between humans and monsters.”

Teacher Yu Lan saw the big tiger monster’s comment. And she remembered that when the monster king came to school, all the little monsters were ready, just waiting to be seen by the monster king. But the big tiger monster didn’t even come to the classroom. Now, apparently, the monster king really likes this human cub.

Aren’t tiger monsters notorious for hating humans? This human cub is really lucky.

The little tiger is her best friend, and among the monsters, there is a big tiger who helps her speak.

However, Teacher Yu Lan sighed inwardly.

It’s a pity that a human cub is a human cub after all. If humans and monsters grow weary of the words war and start a direct conflict, then the human cub will be very sad, right?

Teacher Yu Lan’s thinking is too far away, and now Little Xixi is thinking about bouncing around with her good friends.

When school was over in the afternoon, Little Xixi ran to the little tiger and walked out of the classroom with him.

Little Xixi: “Tiger Cub, I have to wait for a long time before my parents pick me up. May I go to your house to play?”

The little tiger looked at the expectant expression of the human cub. What else could he do except nod?

So Little Xixi and Tiger Cub both went to Tiger Cub’s house.

After the two cubs arrived at Tiger Cub’s home, Xixi said, “Let’s play house together!”

The little tiger looked at Little Xixi confusedly.

Xixi immediately found Princess Barbie in the pile of things next to her.

“We are a family of three.” Little Xixi said childishly, “I am the father, you are the mother, and this is the baby.”

Little Tiger: “Why are you the father and not me?”

Little Xixi said, as a matter of course, “Because my father talks a lot, but my mother rarely talks.” Their family is just like that.

The little tiger thought for a while and said, “That’s fine.”

So Little Xixi put the Princess Barbie doll beside the little tiger and touched the doll’s hair with her little hand: “Is the baby hungry?”

Little Xixi took two straws of grass for the doll to eat while talking: “Eat some noodles.”

Little Tiger: “Those are green grasses.”

Little Xixi stuffed the grass into the tiger cub’s paw and said, “This is a story, and the grass in the story is the noodles.”

Little Tiger: “Okay, okay.”

So the two cubs fed the baby food together, and then Little Xixi sang to the baby:

“I have a good friend~His name is Tiger Cub~la la la la~”

“We go to and from school together every day~he is my best friend~”

The tone was strange, and then Little Xixi heard the bell alert from afar, signaling that human kindergarten school time was over. So she put the doll in the dead leaves and said, “Daddy is going to work. I’ll bring food for the baby when I come back.”

Then she looked at the little tiger again and said, “I’m going to work to earn money. You should take good care of the baby at home. Don’t be too pushy with the baby. I’ll be back tomorrow.”

The little tiger nodded his head cautiously, then watched the human cub turn around every step of the way.

It turns out that this is the pretend play story, which he has seen secretly before or seen in other people’s homes, but those people call it TV dramas. He didn’t understand it at that moment, and he didn’t think it was funny.

But now, the tiger cub scraped several leaves with his claws and covered the Barbie doll, which was quite fun.

The Barbie doll lay quietly in the withered grass, next to a fluffy little tiger lying on his paws, closing his eyes and sleeping. Apparently, this winter is not cold at all.

Tomorrow……

Hoping tomorrow will come soon.


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