Chapter 25 - On The Show


The more Zhao Xixi thought about it, the more she felt that the tiger cub should have to be a good cub!

The tiger cub, who woke up in class, was not upset about his sleep being disturbed at all.

Hearing what Zhao Xixi said, he thought about it seriously. And then he moved his small head to the ear of the human cub, his long whiskers sweeping to the neck of the human cub. He also imitated the appearance of the human cub, whispering in a breathy voice, “No, I don't need to be a good boy.”

In the eyes of the little tiger, Zhao Xixi was not allowed to fight because she couldn't win the fight, not because she was a good or bad child.

But he didn't say it because he remembered the last time he fought with that big dog. After that, Zhao Xixi cried and said, "You also despise me, you all think that I’m useless".

When Zhao Xixi heard the tiger cub's words, she was extremely anxious, but the teacher had already looked over, and little Xixi couldn't whisper in front of the teacher, so she could only fidget and look at the little tiger.

After class, Zhao Xixi immediately leaned into the little tiger's ear and said anxiously, “Be a good boy! You must be a good boy!”

The little tiger looked at Zhao Xixi and said with some confusion, “Why?”

Zhao Xixi was about to say that the tiger cub's mother would definitely like everything about good children, but she quickly stopped.

In Zhao Xixi's small world, she remembered many things repeated several times by adults.

For example, when her mother was angry, she said, If you are not being good, then Mom doesn't love you anymore!

Zhao Xixi originally wanted to say, If you become a good boy, your mother will definitely love you.

But… But, Zhao Xixi felt so sad for some reason.

The little tiger was waiting for her to say something, but he found that the human cub's eyes were red with anxiety. She looked as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

The little tiger was a bit helpless, but seeing the human cub so anxious, he sighed and said, “Okay, then I'll be a good boy.”

Zhao Xixi was feeling so pleasantly surprised and said happily, “Tiger Cub, you are the best to me! Later, I will tell you why I want you to be a good boy.”

Several adult monsters do not seem to hate her, so when she finds the tiger cub's mother, she will go to the tiger cub's house every day and tell his mother how good the tiger cub is!

When Zhao Xixi was happy, she couldn't help clapping her little hands, but a lot of white fluff flew out of the holes in the sleeves of the down jacket.

Then Zhao Xixi just remembered: What should she do? The clothes had broken!

While she was worried that her clothes had broken, on the other side, the teachers in the office had already received the new down jacket from the lion cub's father using the albatross shipment.

The principal immediately sent the clothes to Zhao Xixi and asked her to change into new clothes.

In the afternoon, Father Zhao hugged Little Xixi, but he didn't notice that she was wearing new clothes. He was so happy today; he had solved the factory's problem, so he said happily, “Xixi, it's Saturday tomorrow, so are you happy?”

Zhao Xixi shook her head so honestly.

Father Zhao asked, “Why are you unhappy?”

Zhao Xixi: “I won't be able to play with Tiger Cub tomorrow.”

This made Father Zhao convinced that his daughter really liked this friend.

Father Zhao: “You can play with Mom and Dad.”

Zhao Xixi: “Mom and Dad are going to be busy. You can't accompany me.”

Father Zhao remembered that when he was really busy, he would leave Zhao Xixi alone at home, and he felt guilty. So he patted Zhao Xixi's head and said, “I'm not busy this week.

Dad will take you to the zoo to play, and the day after tomorrow you will go to the TV station with us, okay?”

Zhao Xixi originally lowered her head, pinching her new clothes. She was afraid that her father would spot her new down jacket, but when she heard her father talking about the zoo, she froze for a moment.

The zoo… is the zoo that the other students always talk about.

Zhao Xixi thought for a while and said, “Okay, let's go to the zoo.”

“Would you like to go to the TV interview? After accepting the TV interview, you can go on TV, which is the TV you watch every day, and you will appear in it.” Father Zhao spoke while pointing to the big square screen across the road. “When the time comes, you will appear in that, and everyone will see you.”

Zhao Xixi raised her head and looked at her father. Her eyes lit up, and she asked in disbelief, “Can everyone really see me?”

“Of course, so when the time comes, our baby should behave better so that everyone will say, Look, that kid is a good child!” Father Zhao coaxed.

Zhao Xixi nodded vigorously, then said, “I will be good! Dad, can we go to an interview tomorrow? I want to be on TV tomorrow.”

“No, it won't be until the day after tomorrow.” Father Zhao said, “Shall we go to the zoo first tomorrow? Do you want to go to the zoo to see giraffes? There are also beautiful peacocks. Didn't you like peacocks the most?”

Zhao Xixi was still thinking about the TV, so she nodded perfunctorily at what her father said: “Okay, then let's go to the zoo tomorrow.”

Zhao Xixi looked at her father a bit worried and said again, “But, Dad, we must go on TV the day after tomorrow. You can't lie to me. If you lie to me, even if you say you like me in the future, I won't believe it anymore.”

Zhao Xixi borrowed the classic sentence that the tiger cub had said not long ago.

This serious threat made Father Zhao feel amused, and he said, “I won't lie to you. I won't lie to you. How could Dad lie to you?”

Zhao Xixi gave her father a sideways look, and now her father regards her as a one- or two-year-old child who has never read a book.

The next morning, Zhao Xixi got up very early. Because there were too many people at the zoo, Mother Zhao couldn't go. She put half a box of strawberries and half a box of cherries in Zhao Xixi's schoolbag and said, “Follow Dad all the time. Don't feed animals in the zoo, you know?”

Zhao Xixi nodded: “Got it.”

Father Zhao originally wanted to make up for his daughter. He was too busy before. Other people's children had already played everywhere, but their children didn't go out to play much. But they have something to do tomorrow; only today he has free time, so the best choice is just to go to the zoo.

He originally thought that Zhao Xixi would like the zoo very much because all the children like it very much.

However, what he didn't expect was that when he carried Zhao Xixi to the zoo, within half an hour, they only saw giraffes and tigers…

Leisurely, tigers walked around the tiger area on the other side of the river. From time to time, two big tigers would wrestle together.

Father Zhao was startled when he heard the low sobs, only to find that his daughter was crying.

Father Zhao hurriedly coaxed, “Baby, don't be afraid. There is a river across here, and tigers cannot pass.”

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Xixi cried even more sadly.

She just heard an adult next to her introduce the tiger story to someone: “The tiger here is a mixed-race tiger monster. After being injected with a dementia potion, it becomes an animal that can't speak, knows nothing at all, and can only eat and fight. That being said, the king of beasts is actually an animal raised in captivity.”

Zhao Xixi felt very sad when she heard it, but fortunately, she knew that the tiger cub was not a mixed-race monster. What if those bad monsters also sent the tiger cub here?

Zhao Xixi hugged her father and suddenly realized that it is better to have parents, like her parents, so that no one will send her to the zoo and lock her up.

Father Zhao thought his daughter was frightened, so he quickly took her away from the tiger's area and went to watch the peacocks. However, Zhao Xixi hugged his father and stopped looking at the animals, but kept asking, “Dad, Dad, when are we going back?”

“Dad, I want to be on TV. Shall we go back?”

Father Zhao: “...” He is now a bit worried about whether Zhao Xixi will be too excited during the interview tomorrow.

In order to avoid that situation, Father Zhao educated Zhao Xixi after returning home.

“Tomorrow you will sit with Mom and Dad, and when the uncle or aunt doesn't ask you anything, then you shouldn't talk, you know?”

Zhao Xixi nodded.

Father Zhao: “If the uncle or auntie asks you whether you have ever seen a monster, you should have to say yes.”

Zhao Xixi nodded.

Father Zhao: “If the uncle or aunt asks you whether you are afraid of monsters, you should have to say you are afraid.”

Father Zhao: “If they ask you why you are afraid of monsters, you should have to say that monsters will snatch my schoolbag, grab my snacks, and beat me.”

Zhao Xixi looked at her father and said, “But the monster didn't snatch my schoolbag, nor my snacks, nor beat me.”

Father Zhao: “Well, it seems so… Then, what should I do?”

Mother Zhao, next to him, said, “It's okay. They shouldn't ask Xixi too much at that moment because she is too young, and it's a live broadcast. They are also afraid something will go wrong. So don't worry too much.”

Mother Zhao is right; this program is called "Deep Into My Heart", and it's a live broadcast program that dares to talk about various current affairs and news.

This time, they aimed the theme at the relationship between humans and monsters.

The next day, during live broadcasting, Zhao Xixi braided two braids and wore a beautiful pink down jacket. She sat next to her parents and listened to them. Except for asking her name at the beginning, no one asked her anymore.

Zhao Xixi listened to her father talk.

“Since the law abolished monster hunting and recognized monsters as equal to human beings, the crime rate has soared, the unemployment rate has soared, and people's happiness index has plummeted.”

“The reason why human beings are called human beings is because we have limited abilities and limited lives, so we find ourselves in constant struggle… And monsters…”

“And now, Monsters Research Institute is advocating for finding a way to become a human from the cub stage.”

“Once they succeed, our children will face unprecedented challenges. Who wants to have their children surrounded by monsters?”

Zhao Xixi didn't understand a word, so she didn't listen to what her parents were saying. She couldn't help but look at the shots in front of her, and then she looked again. Can everyone see her now? If everyone can see her, they will definitely be able to hear her!

Yes, not just the people watching the show but also the monsters. The monsters themselves have no interest in this program.

After all, no matter how loud The Anti-Monster Alliance is, it can't change the fact that their monsters already have the rights of human beings.

However, someone on the monster forum said that little girl Zhao Xixi would be on this Anti-Monster talk show with her parents, so the monsters watched the live broadcast together.

So the staff in charge of watching the live broadcast effect found that the barrage in this episode was a bit strange. In the past, most of their barrage was aimed at pinching the frame.

In this episode of the barrage, the barrage of pinching frames is simply a clear stream because it has submerged to:

“It seems Little Xixi's expression is now saying: What is Dad talking about? What is Mom talking about? What is that person talking about? And What are they talking about? Ah, that microphone looks like a chicken drumstick. Can you give it to me?”

“Little Xixi sits on a small stool with her hands behind her back. She's so cute!”

“Why doesn't the host ask Little Xixi questions?”

“I want to hear Little Xixi talk! It's okay to carry on your lofty ideals!”

So the staff told the person in charge of the situation. They thought that those were human beings behind the bullet screens, and soon Zhao Xixi welcomed the warm treatment of the host.

“Today we have Zhao Yu's little daughter in this scene. I heard the child has been demonstrating with her parents since she was over one year old. Now she is also a senior member. Comrade Zhao Xixi, would you like to say hello to everyone?”

Zhao Xixi had something on her mind, so she imitated her parents just now and said nervously, “Hi everyone, I'm Zhao Xixi.”

“Little Xixi, say a few more words. Many people are watching you. Everyone likes you very much.”

The host squatted down and said with a smile, “Is Little Xixi afraid of monsters?”

Zhao Xixi nodded according to her parents' words: “I'm afraid.”

There was a momentary pause in the barrage, but none of the barrages disappeared.

The host asked, “Then what do you know about monsters?”

Zhao Xixi thought for a while and said, “I know a lot.”

Zhao Xixi thought many people were watching, so she snapped her fingers and said happily, “Siberian tigers are long-furred. They are long-furred! South China tigers are short-furred! You can't send people to the zoo just because their fur has grown long! A child who speaks ill behind the teacher's back is not a good child!”

The host is a professional. Hearing this illogical and messy childish language, the host can still smile and say, “It seems our little friend Zhao Xixi knows a lot.”

A certain group of monsters watching the live broadcast almost burst out laughing. How persistent this is!

She went to get a PPT made by The Anti-Monster Alliance to introduce the Siberian tiger to a group of illiterate cubs.

Now that Little Xixi had expanded the scope of the science popularization topic from the Anti-Monster Alliance, she simply emphasized it in the program that the Anti-Monster Alliance had invested in.

In the minds of our little friends, all the resources of the Anti-Monster Alliance can be used to emphasize the identity of the Siberian tiger for her good friend!

That is to say, the Anti-Monster Alliance didn't know what the little girl was talking about. If they knew, they would definitely vomit blood with anger.

At this moment, Zhao Xixi said, “Well, I have already answered your two questions. Can you answer my question first?”

The host laughed and said, “What do you want to ask?”

“Do you know anything about a… a mother who has a child, and the child has lost two teeth…”

Little Xixi opened her mouth and pointed her fingers at the two teeth on both sides of her front teeth, then said, “One is here, and the other one is here. He looks very, very good-looking, and he is also very kind to people.”

The host is confused.

Father and Mother Zhao next to her also didn't understand what Zhao Xixi was saying, so she hugged Zhao Xixi and said, “The child usually talks a lot all day long, and most of the time we don't understand what she is saying.”

Zhao Xixi struggled and continued, “We are looking for this mother…”

Later, the staff came to pick her up.

Humans watching the live broadcast were confused and couldn't understand what the child was saying. However, they could understand that she was only a child.

It's just that the other part of the audience was so speechless. Didn't know what to say!

Even though they already knew that the human cub had a very good relationship with that little mixed-race monster cub, moreover, the human cub usually looked so silly; therefore, it never occurred to them that she could think of such a way to help the little tiger find his mother.

Although there was a slight problem during the interview, the viewing volume this time hit a new high, so neither the producer nor the Anti-Monster Alliance blamed Zhao Xixi.

When returning home from the show, Zhao Xixi asked her mother, “Mom, Mom… Will the tiger cub's mother come to us after seeing it?”

Mother Zhao immediately realized what Zhao Xixi had said on the show. However, this made Mother Zhao have a headache, and then she said, “This will definitely not work. You didn't make it clear on the show, and you also didn't say how to find us.”

“Ah?” Little Xixi looked confused.

Mother Zhao said, “You have to leave a phone number.”

Father Zhao just came back from inside, and then Mother Zhao said to him, “Baby talked on the show just now to help her good friend find his mother.”

Father Zhao thought about it, and it would be strange if the other party could understand it from a few words that Little Xixi had said a while ago. Of course, Father Zhao just said comfortingly, “Many people must have seen it, and maybe there is your good friend's mother, too.”

In the following days, as long as Zhao Xixi saw a strange woman passing by her, she couldn't help but look a few more times, but no one came to her or the tiger cub at all.

So Zhao Xixi thought, maybe not enough people watched that show, or the tiger cub's mother just didn't watch it.

The show was useless, so at night, Little Xixi counted the money under the pillow, and she still had to count money seriously.

“One, two, three…”

Then she stroked her hair again. Uncle Cat said that it takes so much money to help the tiger cub find his mother.

Little Xixi's hair was thin and curly; she felt she could not figure out how much 30,000 yuan was, so… Zhao Xixi took a piece of money in her chubby left hand and then pulled out a piece of hair with her right hand.

In this way, there were a total of eight pieces of money, so she pulled out eight strands of hair, and then Zhao Xixi touched her curly hair. There are so many more!

Little Xixi thought, When will I have the money to find the tiger cub’s mother? We can't look for his mother when we grow up because we can't live with our parents when we're already grown up.

But… there is still a lot of hair. At this moment, Zhao Xixi suddenly thought of something in her little head and immediately ran to the kitchen and asked her father, who was cooking, “Dad, Dad, if I get lost, where will you find me?”

Father Zhao stuck his head out of the kitchen hood. He was used to all kinds of her daughter's whimsical thoughts every day!

He is still very busy every day, but now he will take every word Zhao Xixi says seriously. So, Father Zhao replied while frying the shrimp: “Dad will first go to school to look for you; then go to the classmates' home to look for you; and then call paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents.”

Zhao Xixi: “If there are none.” I don’t know where the tiger cub's grandparents live.

Father Zhao: “Then I will go to the police and ask the police uncle to help me find you together.”

Zhao Xixi's eyes lit up suddenly! Can the police uncle help find someone? She always thought that the police uncle could only beat up bad people!

Zhao Xixi: “Did the police uncle ask someone for money?” If it costs 30,000 yuan, then there is no way.

“No.” Father Zhao filled up the shrimp and walked to the door of the kitchen. “The police officer is the best person in the world. If you encounter a bad person, quickly find your parents and the police officer.”

Zhao Xixi's eyes lit up!

The police uncle will help find someone, and there is no need for money. The police uncle is really the best person in the world!

So, when taking a nap at noon the next day, Zhao Xixi secretly looked at the bearded teacher who was sleeping in the innermost part of the classroom and then called the little tiger in a low voice.

The two cubs secretly… sneaked out through the back door.

As soon as she came out, Little Xixi ran away, and the little tiger ran beside her on four legs.

After running out of school, Zhao Xixi said mysteriously, “I know a way to find your mother without money!”

The little tiger immediately asked, “What?”

Zhao Xixi hurriedly said, “Look for the police uncle! My father said that the police uncle will help you find someone for free!”

The little tiger hesitated for a moment and moved his ears. He felt he couldn’t believe in any other human being except Zhao Xixi, but what if Zhao Xixi believed in other humans?

The most important thing is that the cub really wanted to find his mother, so the cub said, “Then let's go to find the police uncle.”

After leaving the community, Zhao Xixi was looking at the main road outside. She looked to the left and right of the road, her little face wrinkled. Her father said that the police uncles are all in the police station, but which road is the way to find the police uncle?

At this moment, Zhao Xixi turned around and found that the tiger cub was not around. Zhao Xixi was a bit strange and saw the tiger cub squatting behind the nearby stall.

She hurried over and said, “Tiger Cub, what are you doing here?”

The little tiger said childishly, “Don't let the adults outside see me. They will send me to the administration.”

Zhao Xixi: “What is that?”

The little tiger thought for a while and said, “The administration will send me to the zoo.”

The tiger cub himself can't tell what it is. Some other people had imprisoned him when he was a child. There are some other stray monster cubs inside, too. If there are no monsters willing to adopt these mixed-race monster cubs, whom they judge to be dangerous, they will inject them with a dementia potion and then send them to the zoo.

Little Xixi felt so angry. After seeing the zoo, she was so afraid that someone would send the tiger cub to the zoo, and there would be a river that separated them. So she especially emphasized that the Siberian tiger has a long fur on the show that everyone said many people watched. But why didn’t everyone listen!!!

Little Xixi hugged the little tiger's head. Her eyes were red, and she whispered in a crying voice, “If only you could become a human child, then nobody would know that you are a monster.”

Just like those adult monsters. As long as the adult monsters change their form and become humans, nobody will know that they are monsters.

Zhao Xixi rubbed the little tiger's furry round head with her little face and said, “It would be great if you could become like a child. That way, I can take you home, and then we can drink milk together and wake up together…”


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