Chapter 49 - The Lion King's Demote


The lion cub’s bed was a large bed of 1.8 meters, and the bottom of the bed was also very wide. Zhao Xixi crawled a long distance in it curiously, and then she saw those feet walking towards the bed.

Zhao Xixi simply crawled under the bed, and then she heard a voice. It was the lion cub’s father’s voice.

“He has been like this since yesterday.”

“King, you... did you inject him with a transformation potion?”

The Lion King heard the other party’s shocked voice and said angrily, “If it weren’t for the future of the monsters, would I need to make such a big sacrifice?”

“You can’t... you can’t... do this. This is your only son. If the Lion Queen finds out, she will definitely not let it go.”

“I need you to help me evaluate his physical condition.” The Lion King said this without responding to the Lion Queen’s matter.

Then the other party started checking on the lion cub.

Zhao Xixi lay down under the bed. Lying like this made it so hard for her to raise her head. But at this moment, Zhao Xixi was no longer thinking about the hard work but about the lion cub’s condition.

After the monster finished the examination, the other party said to the Lion King, “There is something wrong with his genes. There’s nothing we can do now.”

Then the Lion King said, “If his genes already have this breakthrough, he should be able to transform by now.”

Zhao Xixi wanted to stick out her head to see who they were talking to and who they were talking about. Why was the tiger cub here?

Then Zhao Xixi heard the voice of the tiger cub, and he said, “Maybe the failure of the transformation is the reason why the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.”

The lion king looked at the tiger cub next to him and said, “Don’t think that your nonsense can dispel my idea. Now I have no way of retreating. I can even give up my own son. Do you think I will care about how you become extinct?”

At this moment, the lion cub, who had been sleeping on the bed, said, “Father.”

His voice was hoarse. He just called his father and didn’t say anything else. In the past, all the hair had to be combed smoothly, and then the proud little lion was now lying on the bed. It had only been two days, and he had already lost most of his weight, and his body shape was not as good as that of a stray dog outside.

He was obviously a little beast with an explosive temper, but at this moment, he just looked at his father quietly without saying anything.

The Lion King squatted down in embarrassment and said, “Baby, Father also loves you. When you transform into a human cub, you can play whatever you want.”

The lion cub still didn’t speak.

In the suffocatingly quiet air, a clear and powerful voice suddenly came: “Big liar!”

That made the Lion King’s expression distort for a moment. He hated this voice.

Lowering his head, he saw Zhao Xixi crawling out from under the bed with her little hands on her hips and her little face raised. Then she said angrily, “Being a human child is not fun at all. In the beginning, you have to learn to walk every day, and you have to learn how to hold chopsticks to eat. Each mouthful of rice requires 20 bites, and the lion cub cannot even count to twenty.”

Zhao Xixi thought, That’s too much. The lion cub is so happy to be a little lion, eating meat in big mouthfuls without worrying about stomachaches. Why should he force the other to be a human child?

Especially since the lion cub couldn’t even count to 20, he will not be able to eat well.

The Lion King: “...” That feeling came again, and he wanted to throw this mentally ill human cub out for a moment.

However, the little tiger stood in front of Zhao Xixi and said, “It may not be a good thing for a juvenile body to transform.”

When Zhao Xixi came out, she discovered that the bearded teacher was also following behind, so Zhao Xixi’s good habit of respecting teachers suddenly came out: “Hello, teacher.”

The bearded teacher looked at the tiger cub a little guiltily, then looked at Zhao Xixi and said awkwardly, “Hello.”

He was the one who brought the tiger cub here. His grandson hated living the life of a monster and wanted to raise their children as ordinary children. So when the Lion King contacted him, he hesitated but agreed.

The Lion King said viciously to the two monsters next to him, “Catch them and cut out the tongue of that human cub!”

At this moment, the little lion on the bed tried his best to sit up and said, “Father, let them go.”

The Lion King was furious and said, “Let them go? Then what about you?”

Zhao Xixi felt that she definitely could not win, so she turned around, grabbed the tiger cub, and crawled under the bed. She crawled to the innermost position and squatted down.

Zhao Xixi breathed a sigh of relief and touched the tiger cub’s head. When she touched the ears, she felt that something was wrong, but Zhao Xixi didn’t think much about it and said to the tiger cub, “Tiger Cub, we just hide here and wait for Teacher Tao Hua to come to us.”

The "Tiger Cub" that was sitting next to him said, “...” You are really promising.

Zhao Xixi felt she had come up with a good idea because those few were big monsters, and they would definitely not be able to crawl in.

However, the next second, Zhao Xixi found someone had moved the bed above their heads, and they saw several big monsters surrounding them.

Zhao Xixi quickly covered her mouth. She still remembered what the lion cub’s father said just now.

However, just when several monsters were about to catch Zhao Xixi, a sudden force bounced them away, and a large orange figure appeared in front of everyone.

It turns out to be the Tiger King, in disguise, who appeared here. She looked at this scene in surprise and thought, Then where is the tiger cub?

The Tiger King seemed to have read through Zhao Xixi’s thoughts and said, “I asked him to go back to school.”

When he heard that the lion cub had a fever and a cold, he made a bold guess in his mind. Later, all the people he had sent to pick up the tiger cub encountered a roadblock, and he speculated that the other party must be involved.

So he went to replace the tiger cub midway, but he didn’t expect to meet the little friend Zhao Xixi here.

Zhao Xixi wanted to ask something else. While the Tiger King was biting the Lion King, he took a moment and threw the human cub directly out and shouted, “Go find the Lion Queen (獅後 shī hòu); get her to come here!”

He threw Zhao Xixi onto the lawn of the garden. After the Tiger King finished throwing it, he realized she was not a monster cub but a human cub. He shouted from the house, “Are you still alive?”

Zhao Xixi spat it out with a mouthful of grass: “Stay alive! I just got hurt from the fall!”

However, she patted the grass on her knees and ran in the other direction.

Probably because she had been exercising a lot, the kid, Zhao Xixi, ran very fast, turned left and right, and ran into the hall. The hall was full of monsters, so Zhao Xixi stopped suddenly.

What did Uncle Tiger say just now? Go find the master (師後 shī hòu)?

What is that?

Zhao Xixi was confused. Fortunately, at this moment, she saw the good-looking aunt she saw before, the one who had been crying.

Zhao Xixi has special feelings for people who cry. She thinks that people who cry must be good people because she, herself, was used to crying and she was a very good child.

Zhao Xixi trotted over quickly.

The Lion Queen saw off several friends, and the sisters next to her began to comfort her. She was still feeling uncomfortable, and the next moment she felt something tugging on her clothes.

The Lion Queen (獅後 shī hòu) lowered her head and saw a human cub with several grass sticks on her head. She looked up with a bruise on her face and asked in a sweet voice, “Hello, my name is Zhao Xixi. Do you know what the master (師後 shī hòu) is? Uncle Tiger asked me to find the master (師後 shī hòu).”

Though Zhao Xixi thinks of "獅 shī" as the master’s "師 shī," she has no problem with pronunciation. So the Lion Queen said directly, “I am the Lion Queen. Does your Uncle Tiger have anything to do with me?”

The Lions and the Tigers have always been incompatible with each other, so why did they suddenly send a human cub to look for her?

Zhao Xixi: “Uncle Tiger didn’t explain this clearly because he was fighting, so he didn’t have time to say too much.”

The Lion Queen: “Fight?”

“Fighting with the bad uncle, because the bad uncle wanted to turn the lion cub into a human cub and also lied to the lion cub, saying that a human cub is better than being a lion cub.” Zhao Xixi poured out everything she knew. It’s like pouring beans.

The Lion Queen suddenly stood up and then led her sisters in the other direction.

Zhao Xixi hurriedly followed. She could hardly keep up with this group of long-legged and beautiful aunts at a trot.

Fortunately, there was a beautiful aunt behind her who saw Zhao Xixi trying so hard to keep up with them, so she hugged her.

The beautiful aunt was holding Zhao Xixi. She had never been a quiet child, so she started to chatter quickly. “Being a human child is actually not good at all. It is very hard every day, and you can’t walk fast, and you have to learn how to hold chopsticks...”

Zhao Xixi thought for a while and said, “It’s great to be a little lion. Eat big mouthfuls of meat every day, and then jump from a high place without hurting. And you can live like this for a long time, and then a lion cub could grow up so fast, unlike us, who have to grow up little by little.”

Zhao Xixi is particularly envious of the fact that the little lion and little crow can directly become adults in the future.

Zhao Xixi looked at the beautiful aunts with a little embarrassment. They were all so beautiful! Zhao Xixi thought to herself, Will she be so beautiful too when she grows up?

When they reached the door there, the beautiful aunt put Zhao Xixi down and said in a very gentle tone, “Stand here obediently and don’t go in. We’ll go in and deal with some things, and we’ll be out soon.”

Zhao Xixi actually wanted to go in with the beautiful aunts because they were really beautiful, and Zhao Xixi liked them very much.

But when she thought about the bad uncle inside who said he wanted to cut out her tongue, she hid immediately.

Though she was hiding, her little head was still looking over there secretly. She saw those tall and beautiful aunts all turn into lionesses. Zhao Xixi looked at the lionesses and felt that the lionesses transformed by these beautiful aunts were all very good-looking. The lioness standing at the end looked at Zhao Xixi and said, “Stay away.”

After finishing speaking, she immediately rushed in.

Zhao Xixi looked over there and wanted to hide away, but she didn’t want to move. What if the beautiful aunts couldn’t win? If they wanted her to call someone, they wouldn’t be able to find her.

So Zhao Xixi stood here, looking inside nervously. Zhao Xixi turned her head and tried to listen to what was going on inside, then she heard a voice.

“Shi Ye! You are looking for death!”

“Kill him and establish another Lion King!”

Immediately afterwards, a fierce fighting sound came from the room inside. Zhao Xixi wanted to get closer and watch because she was particularly afraid that the beautiful aunts would not be able to defeat the bad uncle. As the saying goes, Zhao Xixi, this child, loves beauty very much!

Soon the door broke, and then they threw a big lion on the ground. Later, several lionesses rushed up and pushed the big lion to the ground, unable to move again.

Zhao Xixi looked at this scene. Not only was she not afraid, she also clapped her hands and shouted, “The beautiful aunts are so amazing!”

The Tiger King just came out and saw the scene of the human cub admiring the lionesses, so he picked her up and said, “They are taking care of household matters. Let’s go out and wait.”

Though he didn’t notice the fragility of the human cub when he threw it away just now, he still knew not to let the human cub see too many bloody scenes at this moment.

Zhao Xixi had no idea what was going to happen next. She was just a child who was curious and wanted to see it, but her arms couldn’t twist her thighs (胳膊擰不過大腿 gē bó nǐng bù guo dà tuǐ), so the Uncle Tiger took her away.

Translator’s Note:
胳膊擰不過大腿 (gē bó nǐng bù guo dà tuǐ) is used as a metaphor to express that the weak one can’t defeat the powerful one.

When the Tiger King was carrying her and walking down the corridor, he discovered that the human cub still had a few grass sticks on her head and a bruise on her face.

Needless to say, this must have been his masterpiece when he threw her out just now.

The Tiger King quickly took down the grass, then clasped his big hands, trying to tie her hair into a braid.

Obviously, the Tiger King does not have this talent.

Zhao Xixi’s hair was simply down.

Zhao Xixi put her hair down and tied a strand of her hair with her little hands. She said very coquettishly, “Now I also want to be as beautiful as that beautiful aunt.”

The beautiful aunt who just carried Zhao Xixi had her hair down.

The Tiger King looked at the human cub’s hair, which looked like a bird’s nest, and nodded against his will.


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Chapter 48 - Little Lion


When Zhao Xixi went to bed at night, she hugged the tiger cub’s arm and kept saying, “I’m so happy, I’m so happy.”

She is so happy that the big dog is Ah Bao and has grown up, and Ah Bao is also so awesome!

Mom and Dad said they would live in a big house from now on so that she could play with Ah Bao and the tiger cub.

After a while, the younger brother will come out, and they can play together!

Zhao Xixi is a little girl who prefers liveliness, so she was very happy.

The tiger cub touched her head and said, “You will always be happy.”

Tiger Cub suddenly remembered something. Now he had turned into a child, and then he took out a small sign tag from his neck. He remembered that Zhao Xixi said yesterday that she also wanted a sign like Ah Bao.

The tiger cub doesn’t have anything important. He used to think that his mother had left this thing, so he kept it with him, but now he found out that it was not his mother’s.

The silver sign tag was small and beautiful. Tiger Cub gave the sign to Zhao Xixi: “Here...”

Zhao Xixi thought about it and originally wanted to say that this was something your mother gave to you, but then she suddenly remembered that it was not her mother’s.

The tiger cub: “Give it to you.”

Zhao Xixi was so happy and said, “Then I will carry it with me every day, and I will never lose it.”

When she woke up the next morning, the tiger cub was gone. Zhao Xixi came out of her room and saw Ah Bao eating dog food.

Mom and Dad were looking at the computer and discussing something.

Father Zhao turned his head when he heard the voice and saw his daughter wearing pajamas underneath and a coat outside: “Mom, Dad, good morning.”

Mother Zhao: “Good morning, baby.”

Father Zhao came over and said, “Has your best friend left yet?” They actually didn’t sleep well in the past two days. Now that they saw the news and knew other things, they felt even more uneasy.

“He’s gone, but I’ll see him when he gets to school soon.” Zhao Xixi said it with a smile.

Although Zhao Xixi didn’t know how to read newspapers or know current affairs news, when she arrived at school, she realized everyone was staring at the tiger cub.

Zhao Xixi didn’t understand why they were all staring at the tiger cub. Zhao Xixi also looked at the tiger cub, his best friend, carefully. Today his fur was well-combed, and his fur was so smooth. He also washed his face. A very good-looking little tiger.

Zhao Xixi didn’t understand why everyone else was staring at the tiger cub. Could it be that they were staring at how good-looking the tiger cub was?

After walking for a while, Zhao Xixi and the tiger cub sat on the seat together. Zhao Xixi couldn’t help but look at the lion cub’s position, and then she noticed that the lion cub still didn’t come to class today.

It’s been two days, and is he still not cured of his cold? Didn’t Uncle take him for an injection? He would definitely be better if he got an injection.

Zhao Xixi thought in her heart that if she met that uncle again, she must tell him to take the lion cub for an injection. Children need injections to get better when they have a cold. This is what parents say.

Just when Zhao Xixi was thinking about the lion cub catching a cold, the little crow behind whispered, “Zhao Xixi, do you know?”

Zhao Xixi turned her head and said, “Know about what?” She didn’t like the little crow very much, but if the little crow talked to her, she would still answer.

“The tiger cub is a saber-toothed tiger cloned,” said a little crow.

Another little crow followed the example of an adult and said, “Cloning and resurrecting extinct creatures, and it’s still a beast of that period. God will punish anyone who goes against the laws of nature!”

“The focus is not on this cloned tiger but on this new breakthrough. More cloned ancient creatures will definitely appear in the future, and there may even be creatures like Tyrannosaurus rex. By then, the earth will be one step closer to extinction.“

The little crows have very good language skills and good memories. They imitate as if the adult who said this were here. In fact, these two little crows themselves don’t understand what they are talking about, but it makes them feel so happy and proud to learn to speak like adults.

Zhao Xixi didn’t understand most of what they said. She felt confused all about cloning extermination, Tyrannosaurus rex, and the saber-toothed tiger, but it doesn’t stop her from being unhappy. Children mostly judge the quality of words by their tone, not by the content inside.

The tiger cub turned back and looked at the two little crows who were talking. He didn’t make any threatening gestures or even make a threatening sound. He just glanced at them, and the two little crows immediately shut up.

The tiger cub then turned his head and said to the stupid and angry Zhao Xixi, “It’s okay.”

The Tiger King did not forcefully dig up his identity, but the Lion King was too impatient and exposed too many things about him.

The Lion King’s original plan was to use the tiger cub to research the potion that could turn the monster cubs into humans. By then, even all humans and monsters will know that he used cloning to resurrect the saber-toothed tiger in order to get the potion; the monsters will inevitably turn to him and will not have anything to fear about humans' reactions.

But no one thought that there was no way he could get the tiger cub. In other words, the monster cub’s transformation that was mentioned before is just an empty promise now.

The Tiger King also grasped this point and found the tiger cub, requiring his cooperation.

At the beginning, the Tiger King proposed a plan for the tiger cub to go abroad. He is too young now, and the risk is too high. When he grows up, he will have the foundation of a saber-toothed tiger. And when the time comes, he will get the result twice with half the effort.

But the tiger cub refused.

He chose to announce the Lion King’s cloning and resurrection of the Sabertooth Tiger.

Now that there is no potion to transform the monster cubs, the Lion King will face more than just a human crusade.

The tiger cub guessed right. For humans, it is already annoying enough to have monsters overpowering them. Now the monsters actually broke the conventional rules and used cloning technology to resurrect saber-toothed tigers. If they can resurrect saber-toothed tigers today, they can resurrect dinosaurs tomorrow. Then what about the day after tomorrow?

Humanity is facing unprecedented challenges. Therefore, for four consecutive days, three circles of crowds surrounded inside and outside Tenglong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., demanding the handover of the person in charge of the experiment, investors, and participants, as well as the cloned saber-toothed tiger.

Zhao Xixi was still in kindergarten. She didn’t know what was happening outside, but she could feel that there were no smiles on the faces of the adults. Everyone had a straight face, as if they had been hungry for several days.

The lion cub did not come to school on the third day. Not only that, the tiger cub also did not come to school today.

When Zhao Xixi entered the classroom with her small schoolbag on her back, she waited for a long time but didn’t see him, so she went to find the teacher.

“Teacher Tao Hua, have you seen the tiger cub? Why didn’t he come to class today?”

Teacher Tao Hua knelt down and said, “Tiger Cub has something to do today. He will probably be able to come back once he has understood it.”

Zhao Xixi said, Oh, and then asked, “What did he do? I also want to help him. Can I go too?”

Teacher Tao Hua said, “Just wait at school obediently. Teacher promises you he will come back safely.”

“If you go, he will be very worried about you, and it will be difficult to do things.”

“Then, Teacher, can you see him? Will Teacher look for him? When will he come back?”

Teacher Tao Hua said, “I’m going to teach you today, so it was the bearded teacher who sent him there.”

Zhao Xixi said, Oh, and walked forward, walking slowly, looking small and cute.

Teacher Tao Hua then called the bearded teacher and asked if they were already there.

The bearded teacher quickly replied, “We're already here.”

Originally, the Tiger King sent monsters to pick up the tiger cub, but because something on the road blocked the people he had sent, they were anxious. And Teacher Tao Hua had something to do in the morning, so it was the bearded teacher who sent the tiger cub.

Zhao Xixi walked so slowly on purpose, so when Teacher Tao Hua called, she heard it. She quickly turned around and ran over in a few steps, then said, “Teacher, did you call the bearded teacher? Is the tiger cub by his side? Can I talk to the tiger cub? We haven’t said good morning today. We have agreed to say good morning every day."

Because they are best friends, they have to say good morning to each other every morning and then say good night at night.

The bearded teacher said, “Maybe not now. We have already gotten off the bus. I will tell you when we come back later. Just wait at school.”

Zhao Xixi heard that the tiger cub had left. Although she wanted to talk to the tiger cub, Zhao Xixi thought about it and decided to wait until the tiger cub came back before saying good morning to him.

Without the tiger cub sitting next to her, Zhao Xixi could no longer read or draw, and her lunch no longer tasted good.

She doesn’t know where the tiger cub went.

Zhao Xixi lay limply on the table. Where did the tiger cub go? What was he busy with? Can she help?

At this moment, a small, timid voice appeared: “Do you... do you... want to go with us to... the lion cub’s house to see him?”

The little crow added, “My father said that the lion cub had a fever and was going to die.”

Zhao Xixi opened her eyes wide. Dying was a very scary thing for a child.

Although Zhao Xixi didn’t like the lion cub, she was still so scared. Soon, the teacher will pick up the other cubs. Zhao Xixi immediately went to tell Teacher Tao Hua: “Teacher Tao Hua, Teacher Tao Hua, I want to go to see the lion cub with other students too.”

Teacher Tao Hua frowned. Something had indeed happened to the lion cub, but she was not sure about letting Zhao Xixi go to the Lion King’s house with the other monster children.

After all, Zhao Xixi really offended people in the principal’s office two days ago. Although she didn’t mean it, it was even more frustrating because she didn’t mean it.

Teacher Tao Hua looked at Zhao Xixi; her eye circles were a little red. Although the relationship between this child and the lion cub was quite bad, the child herself was not as insistent on life and death as the adults.

The Lion King was busy dealing with the Tiger King, and something happened to a child at home. She and most of the teachers from the kindergarten had to go there to see the lion cub. It was inconvenient to leave Zhao Xixi here alone, so it was better to take her there too.

So Teacher Tao Hua nodded, picked up Little Xixi, and said, “Don’t wander around then, you know?”

Zhao Xixi nodded and said, “I won't... I won’t. I will obey.”

So Teacher Tao Hua took Zhao Xixi and the other cubs in the class, as well as the other teachers, then drove to the lion cub’s home.

Until Zhao Xixi was as big as now, she had only been to the tiger cub’s house. She has never been to other places. At least this is the first time she has been to the lion cub’s house.

The lion cub’s home is halfway up the mountain, winding up the winding mountain road. Zhao Xixi lay by the window and looked at the scenery outside. She didn’t know how long it took before she finally heard what the teacher said.

When Zhao Xixi got out of the car, she saw such a big house. Zhao Xixi opened her eyes wide.

Soon, someone came to pick them up.

Zhao Xixi saw many beautiful aunts, and the beautiful aunt at the front was crying.

Zhao Xixi was too young, so she just stood behind the other friends, not knowing what to do.

“Those are the lion cub’s mothers. He seems to have more than thirty mothers.”

Zhao Xixi opened her eyes wide. He has so many mothers?

Zhao Xixi secretly glanced at those beautiful aunts again, and it turned out that these were the mothers of the lion cub...

Soon, the teachers finished their exchange with the lion queen and took a few cubs in to see the lion cubs.

Zhao Xixi walked in the back. As soon as she entered the room, she smelled a very strange smell. She wanted to cover her nose, but her mother told her not to tell other people if they smelled. That was rude, so Zhao Xi Xi did not cover her nose but continued walking.

Soon, Zhao Xixi saw the little lion lying on the bed. Zhao Xixi had never seen such a thin little lion before. The lion cub was lying on the bed with his little head exposed, and the quilt covered his forelimbs. He did not speak or open his eyes. He looks so pitiful.

The other cubs left after looking at him. Zhao Xixi stopped for a moment and saw something white.

Zhao Xixi paused for a moment and then saw the little lion open his eyes, revealing a pair of bright red eyes.

His movement was so sudden that Zhao Xixi was so frightened that she backed away and squatted on the ground.

Then she quickly got up again. Why did the little lion’s eyes look like a rabbit's eyes? They were red.

Zhao Xixi came to the bed. Although she was so startled just now, Zhao Xixi still stretched out her little hand, followed her mother’s example, and touched the lion cub’s head. Although the lion cub's head was full of fur, Zhao Xixi still felt that his head was very hot, so Zhao Xixi whispered, “Lion Cub, you have a cold. Didn’t your father take you for an injection?”

The little lion looked at Zhao Xixi, coughed twice painfully, and said, “I got the injection. It’s just the injection that makes me like this...”

Zhao Xixi: “Ah?”

Zhao Xixi didn’t understand. It would obviously get better after the injection. How did he become like this after the injection?

She sat on the edge of the bed, unable to figure out the problem.

The other cubs had already gone out because the smell in this room was so unpleasant.

The little lion said, “My mother said I was going to die.”

Zhao Xixi always talked a lot, but at this time she didn’t know what to say, so she just sat here and listened to the little lion talk.

The lion cub added, “I don’t know what it’s like to die. I still want to go to school, but my dad won’t let me go.”

The little lion talked about many things. For example, he felt he was the most powerful one, not the tiger cub.

Zhao Xixi felt he was so pathetic, so she let him go once without refuting the matter.

The little lion talked for a while, and then there were footsteps outside. Zhao Xixi was about to leave, but the little lion said, “It’s my dad. Hurry and hide under the bed!”

Zhao Xixi hid very obediently and lay on the ground. Only then did Zhao Xixi realize why she was hiding. She was not here to steal anything.

At this time, the door had opened, and several people came in. Zhao Xixi saw several pairs of big shoes stepping on the ground, and...

The tiger cub's legs!

Zhao Xixi hangs out with Tiger Cub every day. Even if he only has four hairy feet, Zhao Xixi can still recognize him as a tiger cub!

Did the tiger cub also come to see the lion cub?


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Chapter 47 - Ah Bao, Come Home


Mother Zhao had a stomachache today, so it was Father Zhao who came to pick up Zhao Xixi alone today.

He was waiting at the entrance of the kindergarten early. Although he was waiting at the entrance of the kindergarten, his eyes were actually looking in the other direction countless times.

But when the kindergarten was over, Zhao Xixi hadn’t come over yet. Father Zhao frowned. Is there something wrong?

He thought for a moment, pretended that he was going to smoke, and walked to the other side, where he could directly see the gate of the kindergarten, and lit a cigarette.

Just as he was about to smoke, a man came next to him and talked to him: “You are also here to pick up the child, right?”

Father Zhao said, “Yes.”

The other party said, “It is really difficult to educate children nowadays. Is your child a boy or a girl?”

“My child is a girl. What about yours?” Father Zhao had something on his mind. He actually didn’t want to continue chatting with this person, but he instinctively felt a sense of familiarity with this person.

And this kind of familiarity is not a good thing, so Father Zhao continued to chat calmly.

The other party continued: “By the way, have you heard of it? It has recently opened a kindergarten that is a mixture of humans and monsters in this community.”

Father Zhao showed an angry expression on his face and said, “I’ve heard about it too, and I don’t know which parents actually dared to send their child to the monster kindergarten.”

The other party looked into Father Zhao’s eyes, as if checking whether he was lying.

Father Zhao sighed and said, “The scariest thing is that parents take their duties without examination.”

The other party nodded and said, “Yes, but there is also a possibility that the parents may not even realize that they sent their child to the wrong school.”

Father Zhao shook his head and said, “This is a kindergarten, not a high school or university. We have to pick up and drop off the child every day. It’s normal if the parents don’t find out for a day. How could the parents not find out after so many days? I still tend to think that they may have received some benefits from that school. I wonder what kind of agreement they have signed to let their child go to the monster kindergarten. There are really many people in this world who do not regard children as human beings but as their own private property.“

The other person: “...” The whole person feels a little bad.

“Not necessarily. It's maybe not necessarily. For example, for us, you see, we send the children to the school gate and pick them up at the school gate. But if the child is naughty and secretly goes to the school next door to study, it is not unreasonable. It's maybe possible.”

Father Zhao’s eyes changed. He looked at the parent and said, “You have been speaking for that parent. Could it be that your child was the one who went to the monster kindergarten?”

“Shit! Obviously, it’s your daughter, the one who was studying in the kindergarten next door.”

“Are you angry just because you felt ashamed?” Father Zhao said, “Be a good person. Death will not take away all the benefits that you have received in life. Why did you sell your child in exchange for benefits?”

The rabbit monster was so reprimanded that he couldn’t even utter a word, so he could only leave very unhappy.

Father Zhao lowered his head, put out the unsmoked cigarette in his hand, and then threw it into the trash can next to him.

His expression didn’t change much, but there were a lot of questions in his heart.

Which side is this person from?

It’s not like the people from the Anti-Monster Association; because it is obvious, this person knows that Zhao Xixi is the child who was enrolling in the monster kindergarten. If the people from the Anti-Monster Alliance knew, it would be impossible to remind him, and they would just start an action directly.

But he cannot be an ordinary parent, either. He himself has not found out about this matter until later, and the Anti-Monster Alliance has not found out about it, so it is even more impossible for ordinary parents to know about it.

Is he from the kindergarten where Zhao Xixi is currently studying? No, there is absolutely no need for the kindergarten to let him know about this. If they want to transfer Zhao Xixi out of school, they can just put her back into the human kindergarten.

After eliminating all possibilities, the remaining result can only be another group of monsters who have malicious intentions towards Zhao Xixi.

Because, in the eyes of outsiders, her parents are the backbone of the Anti-Monster Alliance. So, once they know that Zhao Xixi is studying in monster kindergarten, the result will definitely be that many monsters feel very unhappy. At least, they will never let Zhao Xixi continue to study.

As a result, there were so many uncertain risk factors that Father Zhao couldn’t be sure for a while which risk factor the other party wanted to take advantage of.

Soon, Father Zhao saw Zhao Xixi walking over angrily. She was carrying a schoolbag and holding the strap of the bag with both hands. After walking over, she didn’t call Dad, “Dad, you’re here,” nor did she give a hug.

This was the first time that Father Zhao saw Zhao Xixi so angry. He squatted down and said, “What’s wrong with my baby? Is she being bullied at school?”

“No way!” Zhao Xixi’s eyebrows twisted when she said this.

“I don’t care about you anymore! You always lie to me!”

Zhao Xixi ignored her and walked forward with her schoolbag on her back.

Father Zhao followed, wondering which lie had been exposed to her again.

Father Zhao lowered his voice and said with a smile, “Baby, can I help you carry your schoolbag?”

Zhao Xixi turned her head to the other side and said nothing.

Father Zhao explained, “Baby, didn’t you say that we are also parents for the first time? So sometimes we didn't do well. Can you please understand?”

Zhao Xixi stopped and jumped angrily. “But, but that’s Ah Bao!”

Only then did Father Zhao know what was going on. He touched his nose and said, “But we were not allowed to raise him at that moment. If we didn’t send him away, the authority would kill him.”

“But the authority did not allow us to raise him at that moment. If we didn’t send him away, they would kill him.”

Zhao Xixi lowered her head, kicked the small stone next to her, shed tears from her eyes, and then walked forward like a little bull without saying anything.

Father Zhao quickly followed: “Baby, stop crying. We will move soon... How about we move to the suburbs? Then we will have a big house and a big yard, and we can raise Ah Bao.”

Mother Zhao had already discussed this matter with him last night.

They now have a house in the city center. This is the house they live in now, with three bedrooms and one living room.

They would sell the house and replace it with a one-bedroom and one-living house near the school, so it is convenient for the two children to study. Then they can use the extra money to buy a large villa in the suburbs. They can reserve the remaining savings for future use. This way, the children can have more freedom on weekends.

Mainly, if you live in the suburbs, you can also raise dogs and tigers.

Although we can only live on the weekends, if we consider it, we still have a lot of time. The children have two days off a week, and there are nearly four months of winter and summer holidays in a year. In this way, the time we have in the suburbs is still very long.

Father Zhao explained the plan and then added in a low voice, “Stop crying. Then we can raise Ah Bao and the tiger cub.”

Zhao Xixi wiped her tears with the back of her hand, thought for a while, and while crying, she said with a cry, “Then you can’t lie to me this time. If you lie to me this time, I will feel that you are all lying to me, even when you say you like me.”

“No, Mom and Dad really won’t lie to you this time.” Father Zhao said, “Dad will first use his savings to buy a villa in the suburbs and then slowly sell the house.”

There is also the matter of renting a house that needs to be put on the agenda. After moving there, we need to check out the hospital there.

Zhao Xixi smiled suddenly and hugged her father. “Dad, I love you!”

“Mom and Dad love you too.” Father Zhao picked up Zhao Xixi, and she said, “I’ll tell you in the car what happened at school today.”

“Okay, there are a lot of things going on today.”

Zhao Xixi started talking about the lion uncle in the car, but she didn’t talk about the tiger cub turning into a child.

Father Zhao frowned. What he could not figure out just now, he now figured it out.

It turned out that the main target was not his daughter, but the little tiger.

That person... no, we should say that the monster is the subordinate of the lion uncle that Zhao Xixi mentioned. He probably wanted him to know that Zhao Xixi went to the monster kindergarten. In this way, he would definitely not let Zhao Xi Xi continue to study in monster kindergarten, and the little tiger has a good relationship with his daughter, so he will naturally be anxious to reveal his flaws when the time comes.

Father Zhao sighed. That little tiger had many secrets hidden in him and also brought a lot of trouble.

Zhao Xixi, who was sitting in the back seat, waved her hand and said to her father, “By the way, Dad, can I ask Ah Bao to go home today? I won’t let others know.”

Father Zhao: “...” There is no problem with the little tiger. The little tiger looks very clean at first glance, but that dog may not be cleaner than their daughter, who is running around.

Father Zhao thought for a while and said, “You can bring him home, but you can’t let him sleep on the bed. Dad will make a nest for him, okay?” If the dog takes a bath as soon as he comes back home and Father Zhao fears the dog will have a stress reaction, then run away, what should he do?

Father Zhao actually has a headache. He has to find a way to deworm the dog internally and externally.

As soon as she got home, they saw Zhao Xixi running to her room and digging out all of Ah Bao’s things under the bed.

Dog kennels, dog bowls, toy bones, toy balls...

This time, Zhao Xixi didn’t wait so long. Soon, she saw Ah Bao had jumped in.

The fur on his body is fluffy and fluffy, and it also has a pleasant scent...

Zhao Xixi hugged Ah Bao’s neck and said, “Ah Bao, you smell so good!”

This made Father Zhao so surprised. He had not seen this dog for almost a year. The dog had grown so big. Not only that, but the hair on his body was all fluffy. It looked like he had just washed and dried. However, after seeing him and his wife, his eyes were cautious.

Father Zhao quickly said, “Ah Bao, are you hungry? I’ll get some food.”

Mother Zhao was also very embarrassed and said, “Do you want to eat bones? I remember you liked to chew bones the most when you were a child.”

They always felt as if Ah Bao, the dog, could understand what they were saying.

It’s just that Father Zhao doesn’t quite understand. How could a dog do this?

“That dog is so good, Tiger Cub. Is that the dog that saved you? Why did you suddenly remember to take him to take a bath? You also bought that dog deworming medicine and made a new dog tag. Are you planning to keep him?” Said Teacher Tao Hua.

The tiger cub looked out the window and said, “He’s the one who wants that.”

It wasn’t something he thought of, but when he returned to Teacher Tao Hua's place, he saw the dog, and the dog asked him to help him.

The tiger cub still had savings, so he took out 100 yuan and then asked Teacher Tao Hua to take the dog to the pet store for bathing and care.

He wants to go home clean, maybe because it’s his home.

That dog must know that Zhao Xixi will do what she promised.

The Tiger King was furious when the tiger cub had rejected his suggestion. The Tiger King had proposed to disclose the identity of the saber-toothed tiger and not hide away and then grow up abroad.

Because the tiger cub was afraid that Zhao Xixi would not recognize him when he came back.


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Chapter 46 - Being a Child


This little child—Zhao Xixi—just wanted to ask why the lion cub didn’t come to school. As for missing the lion cub, that's impossible. Zhao Xixi held a grudge. She still remembered how the lion cub had scolded the tiger cub.

However, when Zhao Xixi heard the lion cub’s father say that the lion cub had a cold, she said to the lion cub’s father, “Uncle, if the lion cub caught a cold, take him to the hospital for an injection. He will be fine after he gets an injection.”

The lion cub’s father: “...” I can’t accept your words.

It was obvious they were a sworn enemy who would never stop fighting just now, but why do you suddenly care about his son? And she also gives advice so sincerely.

After Zhao Xixi finished speaking, she took the tiger cub and walked to the classroom.

Soon it was lunchtime. Today the tiger cub wanted to take the meat to the corner to eat, but Zhao Xixi stopped him.

Zhao Xixi whispered, “As children, we should eat just like me.”

Zhao Xixi now always remembers that Tiger Cub is a tiger cub on the surface, but in fact, he has secretly turned into a child.

Being a child is not something you can do casually. You need to learn many things. This is how Zhao Xixi thought.

The tiger cub is now learning to walk first, which Zhao Xixi also learned when she was a child. Although Zhao Xixi did not say it out loud, she still felt exhausted for her best friend because there are so many things to learn as a child.

For example, you have to learn to walk; you have to learn to eat with chopsticks; you have to learn to brush your teeth, wash your face, and put on clothes. Occasionally you have to sweep the floor, sometimes you have to pretend not to notice that adults are lying, etc.

These are more difficult than the ABCD taught in school.

So Zhao Xixi decided to help her best friend and help him become a human child!

The tiger cub looked at Zhao Xixi with his golden eyes. Zhao Xixi said seriously, “You can’t go to the corner to eat in the future. You must eat here at the table.”

If he turned into a child and squatted in a corner to eat, the adults would laugh and would definitely suspect that the tiger cub was not a human child.

The first time Zhao Xixi attended her mother’s class, it was the class where they said about the Siberian tiger that she assumed it was the tiger cub who would be a Siberian tiger. Zhao Xixi still remembers what the teacher said at that moment: “There’s a child here. Everyone present may be a monster, but this child is definitely human.”

She didn’t quite understand at the time why they were so sure that she was the only one who was definitely a human being. So, she asked her mother after class, and her mother told her that all monsters cannot turn into humans when they are young. They can only transform after they turn into adults.

Zhao Xixi remembered this. Every monster must be an adult before they can transform into humans.

It is precisely for this reason that when the Lion King asked Zhao Xixi today whether the tiger cub had transformed, Zhao Xixi's first reaction was “no”. Because the tiger cub has not yet become an adult, he is just a child, a human child.

So he becomes a human child, not an adult. So it’s not a transformation. Originally, Zhao Xixi thought she was going to lie, but when the Lion King asked this question, Zhao Xixi was happy and, of course, she told the truth.

Zhao Xixi felt she was right. She felt she was not lying. How could a lie detector detect it?

However, Zhao Xixi felt she still couldn’t let others know that the tiger cub had turned into a human cub because... other monsters could only transform into humans after they reached adulthood, and the tiger cub had turned into a human cub now. Will the other monsters dislike him?

The biggest hardship Zhao Xixi has experienced in her life was that the other children did not like her in her former kindergarten. The feeling was particularly uncomfortable. So, in Zhao Xixi's mind, the top priority every time is hoping that the tiger cub will have many friends and that other monsters will like him.

Although the tiger cub didn’t understand why he had to eat meat at the table, he still held the meat in his mouth and sat on the table. Then he looked around warily before starting to eat the meat.

Zhao Xixi looked at the tiger cub eating the meat and felt that it was actually better to be a tiger cub instead of a human cub.

Because when we are children, we can’t eat with such a big mouth because Mom said that we should chew each mouthful of rice 20 times. Otherwise, the stomach cannot digest it.

Zhao Xixi was counting on her mind while eating: “1, 2, 3,...”

Wait until you count to twenty, then swallow it, and then take another bite.

So whether she is in her former kindergarten or eating lunch here, she is always the last to finish her meal.

However, Zhao Xixi still remembered a very important thing today.

Sheng Huo Teacher saw her eating all the rice, vegetable leaves, and shredded meat on the plate, and she was about to come over to collect the bowls and chopsticks. However, as soon as she walked up to Zhao Xixi, she heard Zhao Xixi say, “Teacher, can I have another portion? I’m not full.”

Her sweet little milky voice made Sheng Huo Teacher feel so mesmerized that she immediately gave her another one. The teacher also imitated the way a child talks: “Of course you can. You already study so hard. Of course you have to eat enough.”

Zhao Xixi nodded in agreement, but when she ordered another portion, she didn’t want to eat it herself, even though she was really not full.

School ended in the afternoon, still an hour early, but this time the tiger cub and Zhao Xixi stayed at school to wait for Zhao Xixi’s parents to pick her up.

Sheng Huo Teacher was sitting not far away, playing mahjong with the gatekeeper and security guard. The two cubs were chatting here. It was just that they thought the cubs were in the school, so there was no need to interfere with what the cubs were doing.

At this moment, Zhao Xixi pulled the tiger cub mysteriously and said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, let’s go find the big dog!”

Zhao Xixi still remembers that the big dog saved them two. The last time they saw the big dog, it was around here. The children would not weigh whether they would encounter the same thing this time. Whatever they think of, they do it immediately.

The tiger cub also remembered the photo he saw at Zhao Xixi’s house last night, so he said, “Okay.”

Therefore, Zhao Xixi carried her schoolbag, and together with the tiger cub, she said to the gatekeeper uncle, “Uncle, uncle, we want to go out to find the big dog.”

The gatekeeper touched a piece of mahjong and said, “No, the teachers already told us that your parents must come to pick you up before you can leave. You can’t go out alone.”

Zhao Xixi: “But I’m in a hurry. I will go out with the tiger cub!”

The security guard uncle also said, “The tiger cub is still a cub, and you two cannot go out together.”

Zhao Xixi drooped her little head and said, “Okay then...”

Several monsters who were playing mahjong suddenly felt that they had done something heinous.

Fortunately, at this moment, a powerful voice appeared: “Zhao Xixi, what do you want to do out there?”

Tiger Cub, who was silent at first, was already standing in front of Zhao Xixi at this moment.

Tiger King: “...” Why on earth does this little bastard dislike him so much? They are obviously on the same team!

Zhao Xixi turned her head and saw Uncle Tiger. She immediately laughed, raised her little face, tilted her head, and said happily, “Hello, Uncle Tiger!”

Tiger King: “Why are you so happy to see me suddenly?”

Tiger King thought that although the human cub didn’t have a big opinion against him, she obviously still resented him for saying that the tiger cub was a mixed-race tiger monster, so it was the first time he saw her so happy to see him. He’s not used to it.

Zhao Xixi: “Because I found that Uncle Tiger is really a good monster!”

Before he did anything else, Uncle Tiger, who was wearing a very big hat, asked, “Why?”

“Because I met another uncle today. He is not like Uncle Tiger, who always corrects his mistakes after he knows them.” Zhao Xixi said in a sweet voice, “And he keeps lying to the children.”

Tiger King came here just because of the Lion King, so of course he knew who the other party was talking about. So he did nothing but had a good reputation thanks to his peers.

Uncle Tiger was in a good mood, squatted down, and said in a child’s tone, “Then don’t talk to that Uncle in the future.”

Zhao Xixi nodded, and very loyally, she said, “Okay!”

The Tiger King remembered that when he first came in, the human cub wanted to go out and said she had something big to do, so he asked, “What are you going to do?”

Zhao Xixi: “I want to find the big dog, but Uncle Li said that me and the tiger cub are children and cannot go out alone.”

Tiger King was also very loyal: “Then I will take you out.”

Zhao Xixi’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked the security uncle next to her, “Uncle, uncle, can we go out now?”

How dare the security guard say no to the Tiger King? So the Tiger King led the two cubs outside.

Of course, the Tiger King didn’t come here just to see Zhao Xixi. Although a monster had already reported today’s events to him, he still wanted to hear what the two cubs had to say, and more importantly, he needed to know what the Lion King said. Are those words true? The Lion King is not a monster who talks nonsense.

So after coming out, Tiger King asked Zhao Xixi as they walked: “What happened when that uncle came to see you today?”

When mentioned about this matter, Zhao Xixi immediately started talking: “That uncle is the father of the lion cub. He always said that the tiger cub would end up in the zoo, and then the machine said he lied.”

“He also lied, saying that he was a good monster.”

Zhao Xixi always missed the point when talking, but Tiger King was still listening. As he listened, he realized that the little tiger next to him didn’t seem to say a word from school to outside. He was always quiet. Tiger King Looking back, he seems to have never liked to talk.

Whether it is monster cubs or human cubs, the desire to express themselves is very strong in the juvenile stage. In short, they are all talkative.

So the tiger king asked the tiger cub, “Why don’t you talk much?”

The tiger cub glanced at the big tiger and then at Zhao Xixi, who was listening to him carefully. His furry ears moved involuntarily, and he said calmly, “I don’t like talking.”

He was telling the truth. He didn’t like to talk. On the one hand, he didn’t know what to say, and on the other hand, whenever he was talking, Zhao Xixi would stop talking. He liked listening to Zhao Xixi more than himself talking.

The big tiger obviously still couldn’t understand how happy the little tiger was to listen to Zhao Xixi, a little nonsense talker.

Normally, the tiger cub is unwilling to talk, and he certainly won’t force it. But in this situation, even if he listened to Zhao Xixi’s words, he would definitely not hear the main content he wanted to hear.

So, the tiger king said to the tiger cub, “Do you mind talking about what the Lion King said? How could he have those misunderstandings?” Or was it not a misunderstanding?

Zhao Xixi was carrying a schoolbag and couldn’t understand Uncle Tiger’s words, so she looked left and right to see if she could find the big dog.

Then she saw a pair of eyes behind the grapefruit tree in the community. Zhao Xixi immediately ran happily and shouted, “Big dog!”

Seeing that Zhao Xixi had discovered him, the big dog turned around and wanted to run away. However, Zhao Xixi accidentally fell down while carrying her schoolbag. As she got up, she said, “It didn’t hurt.”

The big dog immediately stopped running and stood up from behind the tree.

The Tiger King looked at the stray husky in surprise and asked Zhao Xixi, “Zhao Xixi, is this your dog?”

When Zhao Xixi was about to speak, the tiger cub bit the corner of her clothes and pulled her back. Then, after interrupting what Zhao Xixi was about to say, he said, “Zhao Xixi, we have business.”

Tiger King: “...” So talking to me is just leisure chatting, right?

Zhao Xixi nodded, squatted down, quickly put down her schoolbag, then opened her schoolbag. While taking out the food in the box, she said, “Big Dog, I and the tiger cub treat you to eat.”

Zhao Xixi got the box from home yesterday. It was originally an iron box used to hold mermaid puzzles. It was as big as a book. Inside the box were rice, braised pork with vegetable leaves, and a piece of raw meat. Of course, it's the little tiger who saved this piece of raw meat.

Zhao Xixi pointed to the food and meat and said to the big dog, “This is what I treat you to eat, and this is what the tiger cub treats you to eat. Thank you for saving me and the tiger cub last time.”

The big dog lowered his head and began eating without saying a word.

Zhao Xixi and the tiger cub were sitting next to the big dog. Then Zhao Xixi said, “You are so big. I used to have a dog at home named Ah Bao, but he was not as big as you.”

“When he is happy, this is how he shouts... woof, woof, woof...”

“And this is how he screams when he’s unhappy... owow~ owow~”

“Ah Bao also has a necklace like this. I wanted one before, but my mother wouldn’t give it to me.”

The tiger cub next to him sat quietly. He looked at the big dog and then at Zhao Xixi.

At such a young age, Tiger Cub felt uncomfortable, but he didn’t know what to say.

The big dog finished the meal and the raw meat, then turned around and left. Zhao Xixi shouted from behind, “I’ll come back tomorrow. Can you come too?”

Every time Mom and Dad thank someone, they always treat them to dinner, and Zhao Xixi is following suit now.

The Tiger King felt as if they isolated him because he had no common topic with the children, so he looked for a common topic and said, “Zhao Xixi, is your dog also a husky?”

Because only this kind of dog can howl.

The Tiger King didn’t ask for any useful information in the end because the tiger cub next to him said, “Zhao Xixi, the big dog may be Ah Bao.”

Zhao Xixi looked at the tiger cub and said, “But Mom said that Ah Bao is at the doctor’s house, and also the big dog is much older than Ah Bao.”

Zhao Xixi gestured with her hands: “Ah Bao is only this big. I have grown so big now, so he should only be this big...”

The Tiger King next to him interrupted and said, “Dogs grow faster than people. They become adults at one-year-old, but you, little brats, haven't become an adult until you are 18.”

Zhao Xixi was stunned. Even without her schoolbag on her back, she started running with her short legs in the direction Ah Bao was walking.

The tiger cub and the tiger king quickly followed. Zhao Xixi was a child, after all. Even if she thought she was running like flying, in fact, one step for the tiger king was enough for Zhao Xixi to run several steps.

So Tiger King held Zhao Xixi’s coat in one hand and carried her like a small bucket.

Ah Bao hadn’t run far to begin with, so they quickly caught up with him.


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