Previously, back then, the little tiger was only as big as a cat but not as courageous as a cat. He was afraid of everything, as if he subconsciously knew that he was so weak that anything could kill him.
He didn't dare to come out at all during the day; he only dared to hide in the corner he found temporarily, and when he came out at night, he ran away at the slightest movement.
At that moment, he had actually discovered the empty basement, but he didn't dare to come in, so he could only look at it secretly.
He got out of that state when he was a bit older, then moved in, and finally he didn't have to endure the wind, the rain, and the snow.
Since then, the little tiger has been like a little squirrel about to spend the winter, dragging things back here bit by bit, day after day, year after year.
Now the entire basement was suddenly empty. It seemed to be back to the time when he saw it for the first time, when he was panicked, helpless, and confused.
The little tiger walked around in the empty space, but he wasn't panicked at this moment. He wasn't panicking at all.
He was thinking now that if the human cub took the money back, she must give it to her parents, and then her parents would definitely like her even more.
The little tiger huddled in his nest of dead leaves, and there was a "growl" sound from his stomach.
Right in front of the little tiger, a little ant quietly crawled over a dead leaf and then followed several little ants, one after another.
The little tiger felt a dull pain at the place where he lost the tooth. It was a dull pain at first, and then the pain was too much to ignore. So the little tiger took out a mirror from the dead leaves beside it. The small round mirror belongs to the human cub. Little Xixi put it here. Once she found something that she thought was useful, she always took it back.
On the back of the small mirror, there are two small flowers, which Little Xixi attached.
The little tiger turned the mirror over with his paws and saw a tiger head, so he opened his mouth and wanted to see if his teeth were growing where his missing teeth were.
However, after he opened his mouth, he couldn't see the mirror anymore...
The little tiger closed his mouth and saw the reflection of the little tiger in the mirror, but when he opened his mouth once again, he still couldn't see the mirror.
Repeating this twice, the little tiger couldn't help but want to brainwash his head with his paw. Afterwards, he closed his eyes, and he’d ask the human cub for help tomorrow to see if his teeth were growing or not.
Early the next morning, as soon as Little Xixi arrived at school, she heard the tiger cub calling her.
He has a pleasant voice, just like an ordinary human boy, speaking briskly and crisply.
“Zhao Xixi, I seem to have grown teeth.”
It was the first time for Zhao Xixi to hear his good friend speak in such a tone. In Zhao Xixi's opinion, although the tiger cub was also a child, as a child, the little tiger was not very talkative and gloomy.
This is the first time she has heard the little tiger speak so happily. Zhao Xixi also felt so happy. She put her head next to the little tiger and said, “Really? I want to see it!”
The two missing teeth of the little tiger are not the front teeth, but the two teeth on both sides of the front. The position of one missing tooth is very symmetrical with the other missing tooth.
The tiger cub opened his mouth wide, and Little Xixi immediately stretched out her head to look, getting closer as if to see what the newly grown teeth looked like.
But where the missing teeth are, there are still gums and no teeth growing out, not even a bit of small teeth.
Zhao Xixi likely wanted to press her eyes into the little tiger's mouth, but she still didn't see it.
The little tiger is still asking, “Have the teeth grown?”
Zhao Xixi looked at it again and said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, the teeth must be in the gum, and they are about to grow out.”
Although she didn't see it, Zhao Xixi didn't doubt that there would be no teeth to grow out. In her opinion, there must be teeth to grow out. Just like Daddy said, there is a younger brother in Mom’s belly, and he will come out after he grows up. Anyway, she is also not able to see his younger brother now.
Little Tiger: “Will there be no teeth growing?”
“No, no, your teeth are like my younger brother's. Although I can't see them now, he will come out soon! Even though my dad likes to lie, the matter of my younger brother must not be a lie. Because of my younger brother, my parents still have to go to the hospital every month.”
At this moment, Little Xixi remembered what her father had told her many times. She took out the money from her schoolbag and handed it to the tiger cub: “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, my dad said that I should return the money to you. We can't take it.”
The tiger cub was very puzzled, looked at Little Xixi, and said, “Why?”
Little Xixi put the money in the tiger cub's schoolbag and said, “It's probably because he doesn't know what to do with it. I checked secretly, and there was still a lot of money in my dad's wallet. He may be lying to me that there is no money to use.”
The tiger cub was even more puzzled and said, “Do they often lie to you?”
Little Xixi sighed, as if there was nothing she could do with the adults, and said, “They lie every day.”
Little Xixi felt she had been an educated person, and now she knew her parents had lied to her about many things. For example, all monsters will eat unclean children, but that’s not true; even in their class, there are also several little monsters who don't like to be clean themselves.
Also, her mother said that monsters hate children who talk a lot, and they will secretly eat talkative children, but In fact, the one who talks the most in their class is the little monster crow cub.
Moreover, her mother said that there are "red hands, green hands, and big white hands" in the toilets outside. But she has been going to the toilet outside for so long, and she has never encountered "red hands, green hands, or big white hands".
Not only that, her mother also said that the villain kid pulled her hair and bullied her because he liked her, but actually that was not the case.
“But I've lied to them a lot too, though, so it's fair.” Little Xixi felt that this was indeed the case. Her parents often lied to her, and she often lied to her parents. So it was fair.
Since there is no shortage of money, he'll keep it. The little tiger said, “Then your parents still mistreat you?”
The little tiger originally thought that if the human cub took the money back, her parents would be so happy and would like her very much, but now she has returned the money. The human cub did not help her parents. Will her parents not like her anymore?
Zhao Xixi let out an “Ah”, as if she didn't quite understand the question, then thought of what he said just now, so she said, “My parents are very good to me.”
Zhao Xixi seemed to be helpless with the adults, so she could only sigh and say, “Although they had lied to me, it was also for my own good.”
Her parents often said that it was for her own good, and Little Xixi believed them. After all, every day her parents have to cook for her, give her pocket money for fifty cents, tie her hair, send her to school, and pay tuition fees. Ever since Zhao Xixi started learning to make money, she felt that tuition fees were so expensive. It's also hard work for her parents.
“Even though I lied to them, it's because I love them, and I'm also doing it for their own good.” Little Xixi took it for granted that she didn't tell her parents that she was friends with monsters because it was for their own good. Her parents will definitely get frightened; they are too timid, and they always feel that monsters want to eat humans. And they won't listen to what she says, so she doesn't tell them.
Despite deceiving each other, they are a loving family.
The little tiger is still just a simple little monster. He obviously doesn't understand the complexity of human emotions. His golden tiger eyes are full of confusion. Although he doesn't understand, he still says, “I won't lie to you in the future.”
Zhao Xixi heard her good partner say this, thought for a while, and said, “But sometimes you want to be good to me. Sometimes, for my own good, you can lie to me. Sometimes, I can even lie to you for your own good. We're all happy.”
From Little Xixi's point of view, her parents are like this. They must be right. She is too young to have a set of values of her own.
The little tiger looked into the eyes of the human cub a bit awkwardly, thought for a while, and said, “No. I don't like you lying to me. If you lie to me once, I will wonder if you like me. Even though it's for my own good, you're lying to me, but I actually will think that you don't like me at all.”
Zhao Xixi didn't quite understand what this was. But it didn't stop her from holding the little tiger's thick paws and quickly promising, “Then I won't lie to you. I will never lie to you because I like you. I really like you.”
Little Xixi likes Tiger Cub the most… Super, super like him!
The little tiger moved his ears, which are hidden in the long fur, and then hummed.
The little tiger felt that his body was a bit hot. The whole body was a bit uncomfortable, and his teeth seemed to be hurting again, so he said, “My teeth seem to hurt again.”
And then opened the bloody mouth,
Little Xixi leaned closer and looked at the two missing teeth of the little tiger, but she still couldn't see anything strange. And suddenly she thought of something, so Zhao Xixi squatted down very mysteriously. She circled around her chubby little hands like in her previous kindergarten, when several other well-behaved children were whispering behind their backs. She whispered next to the little tiger's furry ears, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, let me tell you a secret.”
This is such a big secret. Zhao Xixi thinks it must be like this.
The little tiger turned his head, and he could smell the faint milky scent of the human cub, which was very comfortable.
Tiger Cub: “Ah?”
Zhao Xixi looked around, lowered her voice, and the little milk said firmly, “Tiger Cub, you may grow very long teeth here...”
The little tiger doesn't understand.
Zhao Xixi thinks that must be the case because the tiger cub just lacks those two teeth. In her mind, her good friend is the best at everything. Since the adults said that the saber-toothed tiger with particularly long teeth is the most powerful monster, then the tiger cub will definitely grow such long teeth!
The more Zhao Xixi thought about it, the more she felt that this must be the case. So she confidently said to the tiger cub, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, I think you must grow the most powerful teeth. Very, very long teeth!”
The tiger cub thought about what Zhao Xixi had said—that his teeth would grow so long in the future. He had no impression of saber-toothed tigers. He didn't even know that such a species existed, but as Zhao Xixi said, he would grow particularly long teeth. Somehow, he believed her because Zhao Xixi would not lie to him, as he had said before.
So the little tiger said, “Then I'll show you when the teeth have grown up.”
Little Xixi: “I'll help you see how much you've grown every day.”
Little Xixi said convincingly, “We also need to let it know we are waiting for it to grow out.”
Because that's how her father treats the baby in her mother's womb.
The little tiger has no parents. Although he slightly dislikes the human cub’s parents, he thinks that Zhao Xixi's parents may be telling the truth. But the little tiger drooped his little head, and he said with a bit of distress, “How can I let it know?”
Little Xixi got down on her stomach. The classroom floor was carpet, so she didn’t feel cold even lying on it. Zhao Xixi raised her upper body and then held the little tiger’s furry head in her small hands. She ran her fingers through the long fur and acted like a little adult; she said seriously, “Tiger Cub, open your mouth!”
The tiger cub looked at the seriousness of the human cub in front of him. Then he opened his mouth obediently and let the other party touch his bare gums with her little finger.
“Oh, tooth… Oh, tooth… Me and the tiger cub are waiting for you to grow up, and when you come out, we will be a family of four... No, it's a family of three. The three of us can eat delicious food together and go out to play together...”
“You are in the mouth of the tiger cub; be obedient. Don't let the tiger cub hurt, you know, or I will spank your ass when you come out.”
Zhao Xixi touched the little tiger's gums decently and then said again, “As long as you are obedient, when you grow out, I will let you eat meat...”
Zhao Xixi recalled what her father did and continued, “Also, when you grow up, you must protect the tiger cub.” Her father's original words were to protect his sister.
“And grow stronger.”
“We love you.”
Zhao Xixi ended the prenatal education in a childlike voice, then withdrew her hand and said, “By the way, Tiger Cub, have you ever felt sick and couldn't eat?”
The little tiger shook his head.
Zhao Xixi breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That's good. It means your teeth are good teeth.”
During this period, her mother felt sick every day and couldn't eat. Her father said that it was because her brother was not a good boy.
Although the tiger cub didn't understand what was going on, he still felt quite happy in his heart.
On the other side, the teacher's office was already bursting with laughter. Seeing this miraculous scene in the classroom, a group of old monsters laughed till tears came out.
This human cub is poisonous! Very poisonous!
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