Chapter 33 - Playhouse


After the rabbit left, Zhao Xixi walked slowly to the side of the dead leaf nest.

Before, on the tiger cub’s nest were only dead leaves, but now there was Zhao Xixi’s red down jacket, which had been scratched and broken behind it. She already had a new one—an identical red down jacket—from the lion cub’s father. So Zhao Xixi gave the broken and scratched old red down jacket to the tiger cub, then said to the tiger cub, You can sleep under it at night, like a quilt.

Currently, in the nest, the dead leaves have covered the broken red down jacket.

As soon as Zhao Xixi squatted down, before she had time to do anything, Uncle Pangolin grabbed her clothes from behind. He lifted her up and put her aside, then said, “If you don't want to die, sit here quietly! Don't move!”

He put Zhao Xixi on the ground. Zhao Xixi was unable to understand: “Why can't I move? You are not a teacher, and I’m not attending the class.”

Zhao Xixi still knows that students can't move around during the lesson in class.

The pangolin was already anxious, but Zhao Xixi’s voice made him even more anxious: “Shut up!”

Zhao Xixi: “Oh.”

The pangolin took out the gun, and he sat down next to it, pointing the gun at Zhao Xixi, then looking outside without saying a word.

He thought, If it weren't for daytime, they wouldn't be suitable to go out and search, and he wouldn't be able to stay with this noisy human cub.

Indeed, it is broad daylight now; they have no way to search this community on a large scale, and the laboratory has lost the signal. It seems that the experimental subject will abscond again. They should be able to think of other more reliable methods, right? Speaking of reliability, there will always be a slightly more developed method.

Zhao Xixi couldn't move, so her eyes turned left and right, and then she started chattering.

“Uncle, I know your gun.”

“This is the gun Bald Qiang uses in The Boonie Bears.”

“But Bald Qiang can't beat Big Bear and Second Bear every time.”

“My mother said it was because the screenwriter was a moron.”

“I don't quite understand what moronic is, but it must be a curse word.”

The pangolin turned its head and said through gritted teeth, “Shut up!”

Zhao Xixi immediately covered her mouth with her small hand, and her eyes looked elsewhere.

Zhao Xixi has never come to the tiger cub's house in the morning. Although it is a basement, there is a window level with the ground in a higher position on the left side. The sun rises, and the orange sunlight comes in. It's a coincidence that the pangolin monster just sits on the part where the sun shines in.

The orange sunlight directly dyed his original black hair yellow.

Little Xixi kept peeking at his hair. She found it funny, but she still obeyed, not laughing out loud but covering her mouth with her little hands.

The pangolin has reached the critical point of tolerance. He had never seen such a noisy and stupid human cub!

The pangolin: “What are you laughing about?!”

Little Xixi: “Uncle, your hair looks like a princess's hair! It's the princess with glowing hair!”

She added, “It's so beautiful! Can I just sit over there? I want such beautiful hair too.”

After the rabbit hurried back, he heard that sentence. He immediately felt that it was over!

He hurried forward and said, “I've already printed out a few copies and posted them. The little tiger will definitely know the news.”

When the rabbit posted the drawing. He had a sudden realization. Precisely why is this just like a child’s playhouse? How did what was originally out for finding the experimental subject become only posting this ghost-like child’s work?

At that time, when the rabbit posted the drawing, he received surprised gazes from the surrounding people. Then he remembered a sentence that once circulated among the monsters: Never be reasonable with the human cubs because they will first pull your minds down to their level and then use their familiar experience to defeat you.

Although it is unrealistic, at this moment, besides this, he has no other thoughts.

Currently, the security of the community came over and said, “There are no advertisements here.”

The rabbit honestly and sadly said, “I'm sorry. My daughter is four years old and has brain cancer. She likes to draw and wants other people to see her drawings, so I posted them.”

The people around looked at the drawing and sighed.

“Oh, the child's painting is quite good.”

“Don't be too sad…”

After finally posting a few pictures while enduring so many sympathetic gazes that he had never endured in the first half of his life, the rabbit always felt that if he looked at the ghost drawing again, his sympathetic gaze for him would be deeper in the future.

Later, when he came back, he found out that that human cub was seeking death once again.

When the pangolin heard the rabbit had finished posting the drawing, he sat in his place without saying a word.

The rabbit came over. He wanted to sit next to the pangolin. After all, they were in the same camp.

But after hesitating for a while, he sat beside Zhao Xixi.

So the scene changed to Zhao Xixi sitting between two monsters. The human cub looked at the uncle with a bad temper and then at the uncle with a good temper.

After the rabbit sat down, he thought that this suddenly peaceful scene felt so silly. But it also seemed strange to stand up and change seats.

The rabbit secretly glanced at Zhao Xixi, who was sitting in the middle. She sat in the middle and took off her down jacket’s small, round hood, then secretly glanced at the pangolin next to her from time to time.

The rabbit was a bit upset. Didn't she say that he was a good-tempered uncle? Why did you keep going to see that bad-tempered uncle?

The pangolin stared outside without looking at the human cub.

The rabbit heard a brushing sound, then turned his head to see the human cub pulling the hood strap of the down jacket. The strap on the outside of the hood on the outermost layer of the down jacket was retractable, and the human cub’s little hand held one end, pulled it over for a while, and then pulled it back again. The strap made a brushing sound on the down jacket.

The rabbit took a peek at the pangolin. He felt the pangolin's face was getting darker, so he couldn't help talking to the human cub: “Do you think the experimental subject… will the little tiger come?”

Zhao Xixi was distracted. She stopped pulling the belt, turned to look at this good-tempered uncle, and said, “Uncle, why are you called Tiger Cub Experimental Question? He has his own name. He is called Tiger Cub.”

The rabbit: “…” Tiger Cub is not a name.

However, when he looked at this silly, cute, and chubby human cub, he couldn't help but want to tease her, so he said, “Because he grew up in the laboratory, there is no father and mother.”

In fact, whether it is a human cub or a monster cub, they all have a vague rejection of unknown things that are obviously not of the same kind.

But Zhao Xixi blinked her eyes, as if she didn't understand.

The rabbit was annoyed for a while, then continued to tease her: “He came out of a fossil. Have you heard of a saber-toothed tiger?”

Zhao Xixi's eyes lit up suddenly, and then she said, “I know, I know!”

Zhao Xixi gestured with her hands as she said, “That is, these two teeth are very long, longer than a kitchen knife!”

She added, “The tiger cub is really a saber-toothed tiger! I already guessed it!”

The rabbit: “…” He was speechless for a while.

At this moment, Zhao Xixi touched her belly. She didn't drink any milk today, and she was hungry now. Then Zhao Xixi said, “Can we go have lunch together later? I'm a little hungry now.”

They wouldn't let her go, so it must have been a takeout lunch.

The pangolin who had been silent beside her was speaking now: “There is no lunch.”

Zhao Xixi: “Then can I have fried chicken drumsticks?”

Once, the monsters gave Zhao Xixi too many fried chicken drumsticks, which caused her to feel that fried chicken drumsticks were haunting her everywhere.

Without emotion, the pangolin said, “There are no fried chicken drumsticks.”

Zhao Xixi compromised and said, “Then let's eat apples.”

The pangolin: “No apples.”

Zhao Xixi continued, “Are there any small noodles?”

The pangolin said, “There are no small noodles.”

The rabbit: “…”

At this moment, the pangolin who was originally sitting stood up suddenly, with the gun in his hand pointed outside.

Zhao Xixi also stood up and poked her head outside, then said, “There is nothing.”

As soon as she finished saying this, the enormous monster picked her up, and the little tiger just missed it and finally jumped into the air.

The pangolin that held Zhao Xixi didn't prevent her from seeing the little tiger clearly.

Zhao Xixi immediately looked out and said, “Tiger Cub, where is the teacher?”

The little tiger froze for a while, then said, “Is the teacher coming too?”

Zhao Xixi: “Didn't I tell you to find the teacher?”

She especially drew a knife and a bad guy who would cut off her finger, and then she also drew a bearded teacher. She just wants to ask the tiger cub to find the teacher.

Tiger Cub: “I don’t know.”

Actually, the little tiger didn't see the drawing at all. He heard it from the grapefruit tree in the community. He also didn't understand why he could hear what the tree was saying, but as soon as he was sure of the news, he rushed over here.

Zhao Xixi patted her face with her small hand and said, “Then, I have drawn so many drawings for nothing!”

During this period, the pangolin, and the rabbit kept shooting with pistols, but the little tiger quickly dodged every shot.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the two cubs were talking quite seriously. Not only were they talking seriously, but she also exposed the fact that a human cub was teasing these two big monsters because of their contempt!

Now the pangolin couldn't help but want to throw Zhao Xixi to remind these two cubs of their current situation.

The pangolin coldly said, “If you move again, I'll throw her out.”

At this moment, the little tiger stopped and looked at Zhao Xixi.

The rabbit next to the pangolin looked at the human cub and then at the experimental subject opposite.

This always seemed like an absurd situation.

No matter how you look at it, this human cub and this experimental subject don't look like objects that one would dare not handle. Especially when they can crush the human cub with a light pinch, but on the contrary, the two of them are like being bewitched, even though no one did it. And also seems to make this human cub become their drag.

A so-good lab hunting down the experimental subjects inexplicably developed into a procrastinating child’s playhouse. Not only have they turned into a procrastinating child’s playhouse, but what’s more frightening is that they seem to be at a disadvantage.

Now they want to restore this situation and adjust the entire drawing style to adult mode. The best way is to directly anesthetize this human cub with a single shot to reduce the drag.

The rabbit looked at the pangolin, who threatened the experimental subject without knocking out the human cub. He felt that this was not the pangolin’s usual style.

Unfortunately, at this moment, he heard the breath of many monsters coming from outside.

The pangolin hugged Zhao Xixi with his other hand, turned around, and then ran. The tiger cub bit the pangolin’s arm with one bite, not letting him go, but he was eventually taken away. Immediately afterward, there was nothing in the entire basement.

When Teacher Tao Hua and Teacher Yu Lan, with the bearded teacher, came in, they saw the empty basement.

The bearded teacher frowned and said, “They're not here. Did you get it wrong?”

Then Teacher Tao Hua took out a piece of paper. One must know that, at first, she faced Zhao Xixi's drawing for several days without uttering a single word, just wanting to understand it, and then later, she did so because she wanted to praise Zhao Xixi's drawing so that she could appreciate Zhao Xixi's drawing with her almost every day. Teacher Tao Hua pointed to the drawing, and with certainty, she said, “This circle is the tiger cub. She always draws the tiger cub like this. What she means here is that there are two people who want to cut off her fingers. They are in the tiger cub’s house. This triangle here means the house. And here is for the tiger cub to find the bearded teacher.”

The bearded teacher glanced at the drawing, which seemed like a ghostly talisman thing, and he looked at Teacher Tao Hua with admiration: “…”

At this moment, Teacher Yu Lan, who was checking the basement, said, “We are late, and the side wall is already full of anesthesia needles.”

Previously, the starting time for class at the monster cub kindergarten was one hour earlier than the human cub kindergarten next door. But later, because Zhao Xixi was late every day because her father sent her to school according to the human cub kindergarten class’s time, they changed it to one hour later than the human cub kindergarten next door. That is to say, Zhao Xixi comes to school an hour early every day.

Originally, the teachers thought it would be safe when she arrived at school and nothing would happen. So, after the teachers found out that the child was missing during the first lesson, they hurriedly came out to find her.

As soon as they came out, they saw a posting of a picture that was drawn in a very familiar style. When Teacher Tao Hua looked at it, she immediately said, “Someone is going to cut off Zhao Xixi’s finger.”

So they hurried over, but they didn’t expect that even though they hurried over, it was still too late.

They must find the child within today, or else this matter will explode.

After all, when school is over in the afternoon, the child's parents will come to pick her up. What will they give them, then? Do you want to hand in this drawing?

Teacher Tao Hua immediately contacted the monster police to investigate the problem of these anesthesia needles.

She looked at the anesthesia needle. Then she thought, Would it take such an enormous battle to deal with the two children?

She vaguely felt that this matter must have something to do with the life experience of the tiger cub, and even more specifically, it related to the tiger cub's ID card.

Teacher Tao Hua became impatient. If she guessed in the right direction, then Zhao Xixi would be in danger. Because there have always been rumors that Longteng Pharmaceutical Company hates humans.

Back then, there was a remark similar to a joke: The earth would be better without humans. After all, it's human beings who have forced countless animals and plants on the earth to become extinct.

And this seeming joking remark came from one of the Longteng Pharmaceutical Company’s founders.

If they really took Zhao Xixi away, the consequences would be disastrous.

At this moment, Zhao Xixi, who had unimaginable consequences, was looking at this bad-tempered uncle and saying, “We children all have to eat lunch. If we don’t eat lunch, we won’t grow taller. I didn’t like to eat for a while when I was young. My mother said that I was very short back then, and when I saw the photos, I was really short.”

The pangolin peeked a look at the human cub, finally couldn’t bear it any longer, and said to the rabbit who was driving in the front row, “Stop on the side.”

Zhao Xixi continued, “Also, we—the children—will only be safe if we sit in a child’s safety seat in a car!”

The pangolin: “… Drive, don’t buy her lunch anymore!”

Still want to take a mile after an inch? You think we are easy to bully, right?

The rabbit: “…”

However, the car couldn't drive because a traffic police officer not far away was stopping them, and he said, “Hello, please show your driver’s license.”

The traffic police officer looked at Zhao Xixi, who was sitting in the back seat, and said, “How do you become parents? Such a small child should sit in a child's safety seat.”

The pangolin: “…”

The rabbit: “…” Can’t laugh, can't laugh!


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Chapter 32 - Dangerous


Yesterday, when school was over, after the tiger cub sent Zhao Xixi away, he went back to the basement. However, when he got to the basement, his round ears moved. He already sensed the danger. Relying on this ability, he—a cub—can grow to such a big age without any guardians.

The tiger cub didn't hesitate to turn around and run away!

And the next moment, the sound of chasing came from behind, along with the muffled sound of communication:

“It's a miracle we found him. He's still alive!”

“Don't hurt him! Bring him back!”

The tiger cub could feel the monsters chasing him. One was a pangolin monster, and the other was a rabbit monster, both of which were adults.

And the distance is getting closer.

The tiger cub made a sharp turn and plunged headlong into the large pool in the community.

The two chasers at the back stopped abruptly!

Neither pangolins nor rabbits can swim.

The pangolin reported the situation to the boss over there: “He jumped into the water!”

The man on the other end gritted his teeth and said, “Find him! He is our last hope!”

The last hope—this is not an exaggeration at all. In order to study the transforming method on the monster cubs, they used the saber-toothed tiger gene to breed a hundred experimental subjects, and only one survived in the end. They threw all the other failed experiments’ bodies into the waste factory for disposal.

The surviving experimental subject has been doing well all the time and, at one point, even made all the participants see the hope of success. The upper echelons of the company were too proud, and they even accidentally leaked during the interview. But this is not a big deal. After all, when they have finished developing the potion, they will definitely tell the world.

However, just a few days ago, the only surviving experimental subject tried to transform itself forcibly under the nose of the staff. By the time the staff reacted, it had already failed to transform and completely lost its mind. At the same time, it also announced that their three-year experiment had failed, shattering their ten-year plan overnight.

The key person in charge of the experiment turned gray overnight. However, currently, the machine that was originally used to monitor the only experimental subject’s physiological functions, which had stopped for a while, has started to send out violent fluctuations once again.

But the fluctuation did not show in the laboratory area; rather, it showed in another community.

The fluctuation showed up in the nearby area of the factory where they once processed other failed experimental bodies. It turns out that those thrown-out experimental bodies also had a survivor. Not only that, but the other one also had life functions that were even stronger.

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Zhao Xixi has never encountered such a situation. She usually comes to school happily, and then she sees the little tiger sitting on the table waiting for her. Although he didn't speak, he still wagged his tail.

After coming to school today, Zhao Xixi waited left and right, but she didn't see the little tiger. She wanted to tell him about the 30,000-point thing.

Zhao Xixi actually wanted to give 30,000 points to the tiger cub so that he would be the best cub in the world.

But it's almost time for class, and the tiger cub hasn't come yet.

Zhao Xixi went out to find the teacher.

When she got to the door of the office, she found that Teacher Tao Hua also hadn't come yet.

A small head protruded from the door of the office, and the other teacher immediately saw her, then asked, “Xixi, what's the matter? Do you want to come in?”

“No need, no need. I'm looking for Teacher Tao Hua. I'm still a little busy,” said Zhao Xixi, who ran away after she finished talking.

The bearded teacher felt a bit strange; he stroked his beard while looking at the other teachers and then said, “We are all teachers too. Why didn't she come to us?”

The other teacher said, “It's probably because Teacher Tao Hua is pretty. Today, children are all face-controlling, and they like teachers who are pretty.”

The somewhat chubby, bearded teacher looked at himself and said, “It didn't comfort me. You better shut up.”

After Zhao Xixi on the other side came out, she looked around, but she still didn't see the tiger cub. She thought about it. Was the tiger cub sick?

In Zhao Xixi's limited student career, there were only two times she didn't come to school while the other children had to go to school. One time because she was sick, and the other time because her father was sick.

Zhao Xixi imitated how she went out with the tiger cub before and sneaked out from the corner next door.

The kindergarten's security management is not too complicated. Probably because the monster cubs are so durable and have strong resistance.

After Zhao Xixi came out, she ran towards the tiger cub's house.

The tiger cub's home was still the same place as before, and Zhao Xixi was already very familiar with it. However, as soon as she entered the house, Zhao Xixi saw several adults in front of her.

They have long guns in their hands! Zhao Xixi had seen it on TV! Bald Qiang (Guāngtóu Qiáng) used a gun like that to beat Big Bear (Xióngdà) and Second Bear (Xióngèr).

Translator’s Note:
Bald Qiang (Guāngtóu Qiáng), Big Bear (Xióngdà), and Second Bear (Xióngèr) are characters in "Boonie Bears", a Chinese 3D animated cartoon TV series.

Zhao Xixi: “...” The bad guys from the management bureau are here to catch the tiger cub!!

When they went out before, the tiger cub had told Zhao Xixi that the people from the administration bureau would catch him and send him to the zoo if they saw him!

The bad guy: “Who are you? Have you ever seen a tiger?”

Zhao Xixi shook her head, jiggled her two soaring high braids, and said, “I've never seen a little tiger before.”

Another tall man said, “Then what are you doing here?”

Before Zhao Xixi could think of a reason, a monster next to him said, “I know this human cub. She is the very popular human cub on the forum!”

The big monster suddenly opened his eyes wide and said, “Then the tiger cub she had mentioned every day is the experimental subject we are looking for!”

Zhao Xixi couldn't understand what the experimental subject meant, but she felt that it must be a group of bad people. Zhao Xixi said angrily, “That's not true! Tiger Cub is not an experimental question!”

Translator's Note: (Zhao Xixi misspoke)
Experimental subject     = 實驗體 (shíyàn tǐ),
Experimental question   = 實驗題 (shíyàn tí).

The monster who pointed the gun at Zhao Xixi squinted his eyes. He didn't know what forum that was, but he still knew that there was a textbook recently praised for the friendship between a human cub and a little tiger. He suddenly put away his gun and said, “Then let's see what a friend is.”

The pangolin lifted Zhao Xixi up with one hand. His hand was icy when he touched Zhao Xixi's neck. Zhao Xixi felt so cold that her neck shrank a bit, and then the pangolin threw her to the monster behind. Afterwards, he said, “Leave a message for her best friend. I want to see if that experimental subject will come back to save her!”

The pangolin’s action had startled the rabbit who stood behind. He quickly caught Zhao Xixi and said, “This is not good. We have an agreement with humans. If we hurt this human cub, it will not look good by that time, and she is also very popular in the forum. If other monsters know we are doing this, we are likely to be...”

Before he finished speaking, he met the pangolin's eyes and felt the death gaze from the pangolin, and he couldn't continue.

The rabbit hugged Zhao Xixi, but she was not afraid at all!

Although she didn't understand the other words, she understood one sentence. In other words, they are not from the administration bureau! If they are not from the administration bureau, then she's not afraid!

The pangolin sneered: “Agreement? When our experiment is completely successful, do you think that group of stupid monsters will still favor humans?”

Then the pangolin added, “Cut off her fingers. If he doesn't come back, all the fingers of this so-called best friend will be gone. I want to see if their relationship is as good as the book says.”

When the rabbit was hugging her, Zhao Xixi tried hard to listen to every word they had said, but she still couldn't understand most of them.

However, Zhao Xixi understood one thing!

Zhao Xixi saw that the hand of the big monster who took the lead had turned into a sharp knife, trying to cut off her finger, so she shouted quickly, “Wait!!”

The pangolin: “What? Do you want to ask for mercy?”

He looked at this white, tender human cub and felt that with a light stab of his knife, he could stab this human cub to death.

Zhao Xixi didn't want to beg for mercy at first. Rather, she wanted to say something else, but when the other party asked, Zhao Xixi immediately asked, “If I beg for mercy, will you let me go?”

The pangolin: “No.”

Zhao Xixi: “Then I'm not asking for mercy. I just want to say that the tiger cub can't read. He can't understand what you write later. Let me draw for you. He can come to us based on my drawing.”

She felt that at this moment, she was super smart! Thirty thousand smart!

The pangolin sneered, “This is what humans call friends.”

But what Zhao Xixi said was indeed true, and the rabbit said weakly, “She's telling the truth. That experimental subject is still illiterate, and it's useless for us to leave him a threatening letter.”

Zhao Xixi said seriously, “I can draw! I can draw!”

The pangolin pointed at the rabbit, then said, “You draw!”

Before the rabbit said anything, Zhao Xixi immediately retorted, “No, no, the tiger cub can't understand other people's drawings. He can only understand my drawings.”

The rabbit felt the pangolin was on the verge of anger, just like the roc spreading its wings, so he hurriedly said, “They are good friends, and they must often draw a lot of pictures together, so they are not the same as us.”

The pangolin: “Then you draw!”

Zhao Xixi childishly said, “I don't have paper and a pen. You need to find paper and a pen for me.”

The rabbit was afraid that the pangolin would pierce her little head if he turned around, so he hurriedly said, “I have paper and pen here.”

The rabbit put Zhao Xixi down, and Zhao Xixi took the paper and pen. Originally, she squatted down and put the paper on her lap and then drew with a pen, but she found that the drawing was not good.

So Zhao Xixi lay on the ground.

The little human cub held a pen in her hand, spread the paper flat on the ground, and started drawing.

First she drew a circle, and then, while drawing, she said, “This is me; these are my fingers. Here is the nest of dead leaves. If the tiger cub doesn't come back, my fingers will be chopped off.”

The words are no problem, but what's going on with this thing that's full of earthworms?

Zhao Xixi pointed to the rabbit drawing and said, “This is you, the better uncle.”

Zhao Xixi pointed at the pangolin drawing and said, “This is you, the uncle with a bad temper!”

The pangolin has a grumpy temper. Looking at this human cub, he almost wants her to understand what is meant by bad!

Two bad uncles saw that she was still drawing and kept saying, “These were my fingers. If all my fingers have been chopped off, I cannot draw or study anymore. This is the teacher. When the teacher sees that I have no fingers, she will say, Zhao Xixi, you don't need to come to school anymore in the future because you can't write without fingers!”

The pangolin finally couldn't take it anymore. He knew human cubs were stupid fools, but this human cub is really so stupid!

He fiercely said, “Enough!”

Zhao Xixi raised her small face and looked at the bad-tempered uncle next to her, as if she didn't understand why he got angry at all. Zhao Xixi was still drawing the last stroke in her hand, and then she said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, you must listen to me. We are best friends, but if you don't listen to me, then we are not friends anymore!”

The pangolin: “...” What can this twisted line express?

Then Zhao Xixi got up from the ground, patted the ashes on her body, and handed the picture she drew to the bad-tempered uncle. Then she said, “The tiger cub will come here when he sees this drawing. Let's sit here and wait for him to come.”

The rabbit monster has a certain filter for Zhao Xixi. But looking at this drawing, he feels that even with the filter, he still doesn't know what sort of drawing this bunch of ghost symbols is.

If that experimental test subject can really understand what she drew in this drawing, then he is really admirable (鐵服)¹.

Really bow down to this admirable one! (五體投地的服)².

Translator’s Note:
1.  In the original text, the author wrote 鐵服 tiěfú, which literally means iron suit. This is an idiom used to express: I admire; I am very convinced.
2.  In the original text, the author wrote 五體投地 wǔtǐtóudì, which literally means five-body cast. This is an idiom used to express: sincerely convinced; willing to bow down.

Now the experimental subject will definitely not come back, and the news from the laboratory is that the machine can no longer detect the fluctuations. So they must find the experimental subject by other means.

The pangolin: “Go print a few copies and post them!”

Only Zhao Xixi and this bad-tempered uncle remained in the entire basement after the rabbit had left.


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Chapter 31 - Swept Away


Mother Zhao: “It’s better to go to the nursery to see what’s going on. Now that I think about it, I feel very panicked.”

Her mind was heavy, and she felt uncomfortable sitting in the chair.

Father Zhao: “Don’t be rushing.”

He pressed his temple and couldn’t help but want to get a cigarette, but seeing his wife’s growing belly, he restrained himself.

“We, husband and wife, have shown up a lot in the Anti-Monster Alliance activity, and we don’t know how much the kindergarten knows about us.”

Father Zhao sighed and added, “It will put the Baby in danger if we act rashly.”

Mother Zhao had a headache even more: “What’s this called?!”

Originally, all their efforts were to hope that future generations could live a better life. Human beings are no match for the monsters that have sprung up in all aspects. If they do nothing, how hard will it be for future generations?

Although the result is good now, the future of human beings is not bright. Their future generations are in a genuine crisis, and they are still in danger. The so-called dilemma is nothing more than this.

Father and Mother Zhao chatted for a while in the study room, then they heard a knock on the door, followed by their daughter’s crunchy voice: “Dad, Mom, are you hungry? I have candy here.”

Mother Zhao felt a bit less chaotic in her heart when she heard this voice. Although it is a mess now, at least they already know about this matter. If this matter continues to drag on when they still know nothing yet, while the Anti-Monster Alliance has known it before them, then the consequences will be unimaginable.

At least for now, they will still have the upper hand.

Mother Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when she thought of this and answered the daughter outside, “Not hungry, are you hungry?”

Zhao Xixi: “I’m not hungry either.”

Father Zhao said, “Then you go read your book for a while. Mom and Dad still have something to say.”

They have completely learned their lesson now. They used to think that Zhao Xixi was still a child and didn’t care too much about what they said casually. Now they have realized that this child simply remembers everything, and she has her own way of understanding.

Whoever could think of saying "Mom and Dad can’t beat the monsters", later made the child decide to face the monster alone.

“Well… Okay.” Little Xixi walked away, a bit frustrated.

Only a few minutes later, there was another knock on the door. Zhao Xixi came back full of vigor once again, padded her feet outside, knocked on the door again, and childishly asked her mother and father, who were hiding inside, “Mom, Dad, are you thirsty? I’ll pour water for you to drink.”

Of course, Father and Mother Zhao knew that this little girl wanted to know if they had discussed whether they would let her go to monster kindergarten or not.

Father Zhao opened the door and saw Zhao Xixi standing at the door like a silly little penguin. She raised then tilted her head, pretending to ask casually, “Dad, have you discussed it with Mom?”

Father Zhao looked at her bright little face and remembered that a few months ago, she was always crying. Although she was easy to coax, she also cried easily. Later, she was talking like a little adult and said that her classmates always bullied her. After she got home, Mom and Dad still didn't want to listen. That's why she just wanted to cry a lot.

The parents at home can't keep not listening, right? Father Zhao sighed, then squatted down and said, “Baby, do you really want to go to the monster kindergarten to study? You can’t lie to us this time.”

Father Zhao thought of that deceitful thing again. He must put the child’s education on the agenda!

Zhao Xixi nodded vigorously, afraid that her parents would not believe her. While gesticulating with her hands, she said, “I won’t lie to you. I really don’t lie to you at all. Except that there are no slides at school, everything else is better than the previous kindergarten!”

Father Zhao: “…” At this moment, you are still thinking about your slide. How much do you like slides?

Father Zhao touched Zhao Xixi’s head and said, “What are your classmates in that school like? Tell Mom and Dad.”

Zhao Xixi: “Well, the best classmate in my school is my best friend, Tiger Cub. He also has good grades. He can draw big circles. His circle is the biggest one in our class!”

Zhao Xixi thought for a while and added, “I’m not good at drawing big circles, but I’m the fastest at counting. I’m the only kid in our class who can count to 30.”

Mother Zhao remembered the story and asked, “Do you still comb him every day?”

Zhao Xixi: “Yes, I like to comb his fur, and he also lets me touch his ears. His ears feel very comfortable to touch, just like touching cotton candy.”

It is hard for Mother Zhao to imagine how her child gets along with a little tiger. But she really doesn’t have much opinion on the little tiger because he’s the one who heard that Zhao Xixi had no money, and then he gave Zhao Xixi the money that he had saved to find his mother.

Of course, Father Zhao also matched "Tiger Cub"—the little tiger—with the one that they usually call "Fu Zai".

Then Father Zhao said, “What about your other classmates?”

Zhao Xixi: “There’s the lion cub.”

Just like an adult evaluating a child, Zhao Xixi said, “That kid is not a good kid.”

Father Zhao: “Did he hit you?”

Zhao Xixi: “We had fought, but it was because he said he didn’t like Tiger Cub, so I fought with him, and I bit off a lot of his fur! Actually, I don’t want to bite his fur; rather, I want to bite his neck. Just like Tiger Cub, he bit him down, picked him up, and then threw him out!”

Zhao Xixi didn't mention that the other party had also bitten her down jacket into pieces.

Father Zhao: “… Are you sure he is not a good kid?” — From what you have said, why does it feel like you are the one who is not a good kid?

Zhao Xixi seriously said, “He’s really not a good kid. He always speaks ill of Tiger Cub!”

Father Zhao thought about it for a while, and it was not the time to worry about this issue, so this Lion Cub was not a dangerous animal.

Mother Zhao asked, “What about the other classmates?”

Zhao Xixi thought for a while and said, “Other students, there are two crow cubs. They are very talkative.”

Mother Zhao: “Then did they fight?”

Zhao Xixi: “Sometimes the crow cub's big sister will beat her little sister with her wings, and sometimes the crow cub's little sister will use her wings to beat her big sister. There was a time when they quarreled; they used their wings to fight, and then they flew up; later they hit the light…”

Father and Mother Zhao looked at each other and wondered why the monster cubs were so stupid.

Then she added, “The leopard cub sits in the last row, and I sit in the first row, so I haven’t spoken to him, but once he passed in front of me, I secretly touched his tail…”

Father Zhao: “…”

Mother Zhao: “…”

Zhao Xixi: “I tell you a secret, but you can’t tell others.”

Father Zhao nodded and said, “Don’t tell others. You can tell us. We will never tell others.”

This is probably the most truthful sentence in so many years. How can these things be told to others?

Zhao Xixi: “Actually, I kind of want to be friends with Leopard Cub because I find he often cries secretly. I don’t know why he cries, but he must be feeling sad, so he cries.”

Mother Zhao: “…”

So, the cubs in her current class, except for the little tiger, who is so powerful, and the rest of the cubs who spoke ill of the little tiger, will get bit by their daughter? Two little crows fought with their wings and bumped into the lamp? A little leopard who loves to cry?

And the most powerful little tiger is being her daughter's best friend—not just a best friend, but also the best friend that goes published in the book?

This can be seen as a bit of comfort for Father and Mother Zhao's hearts, which were originally full of dark clouds.

Mother Zhao continued to ask, “Then how about your teacher?”

Zhao Xixi pursed her small mouth and recalled: “Well, some teachers get 100 points, and some teachers get 99 points.”

Zhao Xixi knows that a score of 100 is a very good score, and a score of 99 is a bit less good.

When Father Zhao heard the scoring system, he immediately remembered the last time the two of them chatted. Zhao Xixi said they were 99-point parents.

So Father Zhao interrupted and asked, “How many points are Mom and Dad?”

Zhao Xixi said while gesturing with her hand, “It used to be 99 points, but now it's…now it's 30,000 points!”

“30,000 is a very, very large number of points!” said Zhao Xixi. In her mind, the largest number is 30,000 because this number is as many as her hair. According to her opinion, she has a lot of hair, and even after pulling out a dozen, there are still many more.

Father Zhao was so amusing: “Why did we get 30,000 points?”

Zhao Xixi confidently said, “Because Mom and Dad are nice to me!”

Father Zhao, the one who sent the child to the wrong kindergarten: “…”

Mother Zhao, the one who told the child that they couldn’t beat monsters: “…”

The couple looked at each other, but they quickly calmed down and asked the most important question: “Why do some teachers get 100 points and some teachers get 99 points?”

Zhao Xixi: “Like our bearded teacher, he teaches us to draw. However, every time he comes to the classroom, everyone is very noisy, but he never cares about us. He is 99 points because the one who is a fiercer teacher is a good teacher.”

She added, “Just like Teacher Tao Hua and Teacher Yu Lan, they will take classes very seriously and then tell us not to whisper in class and not to fight in class. Teachers like this are good teachers, and they get 100 points.”

Father Zhao: “Your ideological consciousness is quite high.”

After all, all children will think that the teacher who never cares is a good teacher, but the child in their family is very knowledgeable.

Zhao Xixi chatted about all the teachers in the school, then took a sip of warm water and was about to continue talking.

Father and Mother Zhao didn’t interrupt her, and now they let her speak slowly.

She is the only one who uses the school toilet, and the teachers also hang her name in the toilet.

“At first, I didn’t dare to go to the toilet. I was afraid that the red hand, the green hand, and the white hand would break out of the toilet. So Tiger Cub would accompany me whenever I wanted to go to the toilet. He also never lied to me and would talk to me from outside every time he was waiting for me in the toilet. Tiger Cub is the best!”

Then Zhao Xixi took a breath, drank some water, and continued. She began talking about how the school gave her a lot of fried chicken drumsticks to eat, until whenever she saw a fried chicken drumstick, she would rather not eat it anymore…

This little milky voice told her parents almost everything on her mind.

Mother Zhao looked at her with beaming eyebrows and danced when she was excited. She used to be very talkative, but she has never been as happy as she is now.

Mother Zhao looked at her with a sore nose. Her daughter is so happy now.

Finally, the little girl timidly looked at the two of them and then said cautiously, “Mom, Dad… Monsters are really not scary, and they don’t eat people. Little monsters are also children, and sometimes they even get bullied. The big monsters are also very good. Although occasionally, there is a big monster who doesn’t protect the fragile hearts of children, I had already given him advice, and he still listened to me and corrected himself when he knew his mistakes. So, he is also a good monster!” What Zhao Xixi had said was about a big tiger, the Tiger King.

Mother Zhao finally couldn’t help it. Ever since she knew that Zhao Xixi was being bullied at school, she had been pressing this matter into her heart. She didn’t know how to tell her child. At this moment, she squatted down and hugged Zhao Xixi. She couldn’t hold back the tears anymore, then she said softly, “Then Mom and Dad already know our mistakes and will correct them. Are Mom and Dad good parents?”

“Mom and Dad were originally good parents!” Zhao Xixi said seriously while wiping her mother’s tears with her little hand, “Mom, don’t cry. I don’t really want to say that you are lying. I know you are doing it for my best.”

Mother Zhao hugged her daughter’s shoulders and said what she had kept in her heart for a long time: “Baby, I’m sorry. I should have listened to you more and shouldn’t always be angry with you.”

“It’s okay. I know that Mom is already so tired from work, and it is also exhausting to take care of my younger brother now.” Zhao Xixi childishly said, “Although sometimes I’m not a good kid, I will try my best to be a good kid, so don't cry, Mom.”

Seeing this scene, Father Zhao finally couldn’t help but also hug her. His heart was sore and astringent, and then, with a sour voice, he said, “Baby, you are a 30,000-point good baby!”

Zhao Xixi felt that it wasn't a big deal for her if she wasn't a good kid, but at this moment, she was so happy that she danced around in circles!

The 30,000-point good kid went to school the next day. Walking with her head held high and raising her chest! The two braids on her head were also much higher than before.

Ha! She is now a 30,000-point good baby!

Therefore, the 30,000-point good baby walks like floating! This is probably the first time the human cub Zhao Xixi has felt what is called swollen-headedness.

However, after arriving in the classroom, Zhao Xixi waited left and right, but the awaited Tiger Cub did not come. This made her 30,000-point happiness swept away instantly.


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Chapter 30 - All Liars


This took Father Zhao aback for a moment.

Fu Zai… Hu Zai (Tiger Cub)…

Her wish is to pick up plastic bottles and discarded wires.

Father Zhao blurted out, “Baby, did you listen to the things that other children had said?”

Mother Zhao, next to her, had already read the full story. So she didn't instinctively choose to refute just like Father Zhao, and then Mother Zhao added, “We already returned the money.”

Father Zhao suddenly remembered that previously, Zhao Xixi's best friend had given her some money. His expression changed too quickly, and he finally stayed in shock.

Then Father Zhao thought of something. He turned his head with difficulty and said to his wife, “No, I send her to school every day and then pick her up from school. There were so many children sent all around there. How could it be that our daughter is the one in the story? Besides, there's still some distance between the kindergarten and the monster nursery.”

Mother Zhao looked at her daughter, who had started to hide away quietly, and she also couldn't believe all of this in her heart. Her daughter was not yet four years old, and her words often couldn't express her meaning. But she actually learned to deceive people. Then, facing her husband, Mother Zhao said, “Do you remember that some time ago? When she drew a picture, it was a picture that her friend had given her some money for, and she said that the teacher would find someone to redraw it and then print it into a book.”

Aren't they reading this book now?

Mother Zhao remembered when she went to pick up Zhao Xixi before; at that moment, she was queuing outside, and then Zhao Xixi came over by herself. She had already picked her up at the kindergarten gate, so she didn't need to go into the school by herself. After all, at that moment, it was unimaginable for her to think that her own child did not go to human school.

Then Mother Zhao looked at her husband and said, “Did you see her go in and come out with your own eyes?”

Father Zhao recalled it for a while, and he realized that he really didn't see her out or in, not even once. Every time he sent Zhao Xixi to school, they would halt at the school gate, and then she would watch him go to work from the school gate. And every time he went to pick her up, she had already waited for him outside the school.

Father Zhao looked at his daughter in disbelief and asked with great difficulty, “Little Xixi, you went to the monster school next door??? Then you lie to us every day? Yesterday, you even pretended that you didn't know there was a human child in the monster school next door?!”

Little Xixi straightened her back and said plausibly, “That Uncle Tao lied to me, too. He even lied to me and said that there was a slide in the monster school, which obviously didn't exist. Also, the monsters in the monster school don't eat people. He lied to me, too.”

This level of self-confidence is simply making Father and Mother Zhao want to vomit blood. Say that it's fine to lie, but it seems there's no intention of repentance, as if everyone is a liar, they are also not good kids, and no one can blame anyone!

These words made Mother Zhao feel so annoyed. She took a deep breath and said in a heavy tone, “Then you really go to the monster school every day? What did Mom and Dad tell you? Did you not take it to heart?”

Little Xixi looked at her mother with her big, watery eyes and said, “I know. But I'm not a good kid anymore. No, I'm just not a good kid sometimes, but most of the time, I'm a good kid. Just like Mom and Dad, sometimes you are not good adults, and you often lie to me, but I have never lost my temper with you nor exposed your lies.”

The little girl said this seriously, as if she had done an incredibly great thing.

Father Zhao succeeded in laughing angrily: “When did we lie to you?”

Zhao Xixi: “You say that monsters can eat people, but in fact monsters don't eat people. Crow monsters eat fruit. Tiger monsters, lion monsters, and leopard monsters—all of them eat cut meat. And there is no red hand, green hand, or big white hand in the toilet, and… and… I… I… I can’t remember. I’ll go in and get my books!”

Little Xixi immediately turned her head and ran towards her room.

Father and Mother Zhao looked at each other. The two of them obviously hadn't woken up from this huge blow.

At this moment, their daughter had already come out of her room, holding a book in her hand. It was her drawing book, which she used to paint and draw every day.

Then they saw Zhao Xixi open the drawing book and point to the earthworm-like lines, and she said, “I remembered; this is Mom who promised me to bring me lunch. But Mom lied again and said,” Zhao Xixi put her hands on her hips and said like an adult, “Baby, how could I have said that? I obviously didn't say it! But in fact, Mom had agreed with me at that time, and I had already told Mom that I could only eat an apple at noon, so I was hungry. Mommy already said yes at that time when you were chatting with your friend. And Mommy even said something about the vixen… I remember it clearly!”

Mother Zhao watched this scene in shock.

After Zhao Xixi finished talking about the picture on this page, she turned to another page, which was exactly the same as the previous line drawing style. They don't know how Zhao Xixi extracted the information from these similar pictures, just like a pouring kettle. Hastily, she said, “This is Mommy who said it; Mom said that monsters will eat children who don’t like cleanliness. But Mom had lied. In fact, many monsters don't like cleanliness themselves, and the clouded leopard monster even likes to roll around in the mud.”

What Father and Mother Zhao didn't know was that, in fact, Zhao Xixi felt she would definitely forget things, so she drew pictures and wrote them there. Then she would read it every night before going to bed to think about what had happened before.

Zhao Xixi: “This is also Mommy who said it. Said that monsters will eat children who are talking too much, but Mom still lied anyway…”

The way Zhao Xixi turned over old accounts, especially because she didn't know at all what kind of danger she was in, made the couple so furious that they wanted to spank her buttocks, which let her remember for a long time. But Father Zhao still restrained himself for a little bit, and he was going to start by outperforming her in terms of language first.

So Father Zhao said earnestly, “Baby… Mom and Dad said this for your own good. You are still too young, and you don't understand many things. Mom and Dad can only use this inappropriate way to let you go ahead. I understand the cruelty of this world, but it's wrong for you to lie like this.”

Zhao Xixi raised her head and looked at her father. She, imitating her father's earnest tone, sighed and said decently, “But I'm also doing it for your own good. You were too timid, and you were unable to beat adult monsters. And sometimes you were even unable to beat a little monster cub. If I tell you the truth, you’ll be terrified.”

Father Zhao: “When did we say we couldn't beat monsters?”

Zhao Xixi: “I had asked it. When Dad sent me to the monster school on the first day, I was terrified. I kept crying and crying. When Mom picked me up after school, I wanted to tell you I didn't want to go to school anymore. But when I asked Mom, she said that she couldn't beat either the adult monsters or the little monsters. And Mom also said Daddy, too, couldn’t beat the adult monsters or the little monsters either. Mom and Dad cannot beat the monsters; there's no other way… What should we do if the monster teachers come here if I don't go to school?”

Father Zhao couldn't believe that her daughter was "bearing humiliation" behind her back.

Father Zhao turned around to look at his wife, and Mother Zhao also remembered it. When Zhao Xixi went to school on the first day, she was the one who picked her up after school. At that moment, her daughter had indeed asked that question, and she had indeed answered like that. How could she have thought at that moment that her daughter was facing such a situation?

Father Zhao: “Why do you say that?”

Mother Zhao pressed her temple: “Are you sure you want to hold me accountable now? It was you who sent our daughter to the monster nursery!”

Father Zhao immediately lost his mind.

So the couple was originally angry, but now their mood is more complicated.

However, at this moment, Zhao Xixi patted both of her parents’ knees decently. In fact, she wanted to pat their shoulders, but she couldn't.

Then Father and Mother Zhao heard their daughter childishly say, “So we are fair. You have lied to me, and I have lied to you. Sometimes you are not good parents, and sometimes it’s me who is not a good kid, but we are still a family. Just like Mom and Dad love me, I love Mom and Dad too. I have a good relationship with the monsters now, and the monsters in school didn’t bully me. I have become so powerful that Mom and Dad will no longer need to be afraid of monsters in the future. Because I can fight with the monsters, I can beat them away!”

This was the first time that the couple had listened so carefully when Zhao Xixi had a long talk while she snapped her fingers. Since her personality became cheerful, she didn’t like to cry anymore, and she also never talked so long at home like she used to before.

Father Zhao was inexplicably teary, and when he looked at his wife, he saw she was about to cry.

It's been a long time since they've heard her talk in such a long way.

It turned out that she was more thoughtful than they imagined, and she was no longer a little baby who could only eat. She has her own views on the world and the things in it.

However, they had missed the whole process. Obviously, the child was here by their side, but despite her having such a big change, they already missed the process, just like those stranger adults outside.

Father Zhao said softly, “Baby, did the monsters in your school really not bully you?”

Zhao Xixi shook her head while saying, “Really not! They didn't bully me! Even though they would bully Tiger Cub sometimes, they really never bullied me.”

Mother Zhao: “…”

Father Zhao: “No, I had added your kindergarten teacher's WeChat. Why does she always think that you are in their school?”

Zhao Xixi's little milk voice was crisp when she explained: “Oh, she thought I was in the second class of the small class. And she didn't have a good relationship with the teacher in the second class of the small class, so she didn't know.”

In her opinion, Mom and Dad cannot longer pursue this matter because they are even!

However, Zhao Xixi still asked a bit worriedly, “Mom, can I continue to study in this current kindergarten?”

Mother Zhao is already having a bit of a headache now, and her mind can say it is like being full of oatmeal. There are too many issues to consider. She pressed her temple and said, “You go back to the room first, and I have to discuss it with your dad.”

Zhao Xixi gave her father a pitiful look, then she walked back to her room step by step.

It seemed, without turning her head and looking back, she already knew her mother would not let her go to the monster nursery kindergarten.

Once Zhao Xixi returned to the room, Father and Mother Zhao went to the study room. They had to admit that their verbal offensive just now really failed to defeat a three-year-old daughter.

After they were in the study room, Father Zhao said, “What should we do now?”

Mother Zhao was still angry: “When you sent your child to the monster nursery, why didn't you think about what to do?”

Father Zhao: “Are you sure you want to be held accountable now?”

It was really mistakes at that time that led to the current result.

At that time, he shouldn't have taken the child to school. If Mother Zhao had been a bit patient when she faced Little Xixi at that time and didn't yell at Little Xixi, or if she had taken the child to sign up for kindergarten herself, there would be no such thing as Father Zhao, who was the one rushing to sign up at the wrong kindergarten.

If Mother Zhao had answered "yes", when their daughter asked whether they could win the fight against the monster, then their daughter would have had to let them know she was among a group of monsters, and she would not have come to this point.

If… if… they listen more to what Zhao Xixi has to say, don't ignore her sometimes just because she can't speak clearly. They can definitely get a lot of information from her words. After all, she is just a child, so it's really hard for her to lie to adults. The reason she could hide it from adults mainly lay within them. It's because they put too little energy into their daughter.

They were usually exhausted because, while working, they also joined the Anti-Monster Alliance. The purpose is to have a better environment for future generations to grow up in. But suddenly, a blow hit the two of them, and both of them seemed to be sucked clean, and they were dizzy.

You look at me, and I look at you. They feel exhausted for no reason, and they slump on the study room’s sofa.

Father Zhao sighed and said first, “Forget it. We can no longer think about who is more responsible. We should think about what to do. Now there are only two choices: either continue to study in the monster nursery, or drop out and go back to study in human kindergarten.”

“Continuing to study there is definitely impossible.” Mother Zhao frowned and said, “Still, they are just monster cubs who have not undergone their transformation yet and still have their wild animal nature. No matter what, we can't let our daughter continue to study there. And with the problem of our identity, how could they treat our daughter well?”

Father Zhao's thinking was more complicated. He was a bit anxious and said, “This is not the most critical issue.”

Father Zhao: “Do you remember what the person in charge of the Eastern District had said before?”

Mother Zhao: “What?”

Father Zhao: “Yesterday, when he was sitting here, he said that if he couldn't find the human child who was studying in the monster nursery, he would find a fake one.”

Father Zhao added, “You think if he wants to find a fake one, it will be a good, delicious offer?”

Mother Zhao sat up suddenly; she was shocked, then asked, “What do you mean?”

Father Zhao: "At that moment, he was actually hinting to us that our daughter, Zhao Xixi, should be that fake human child. That is mean; make our daughter Zhao Xixi have to be injured a bit. After that, they will put the blame on the monster cub nursery. In this way, if the monster nursery wants to refute public opinion, they must release information about who the real human child is. Otherwise, public opinion alone will crush us to death, and with a little bit more operation, it may even cause a bigger commotion."

When Mother Zhao heard this, she became angry from the heart and fiercely said, “What the hell? They must be sick!”

“At that moment, I had blocked his hint, but now the problem is that our Zhao Xixi is not a fake. She is the real one! If this information breaks out, the monster nursery will not attack our daughter. But the people over there will attack first, and after they do it, they will directly plant the blame on the monster nursery.” Father Zhao said this with a headache.

He asked this question yesterday because he felt that if they really did this, it would be impossible for us to fall out with the alliance for our daughter.

Mother Zhao couldn't believe it and said, “How could they have such an illusion?!”

Father Zhao looked at Mother Zhao, then sighed and said, “Baby’s classmate’s mother was right. There were some problems with our family's education.”

Mother Zhao remained silent when she heard this.

Father Zhao: “So now we are in a dilemma.”

If someone really has reports about them, this matter would definitely develop in the direction he had mentioned earlier. In fact, the politicians who invested above feel very dissatisfied with the alliance's performance because their progress is too slow.

Mother Zhao is also a smart person. After thinking about it for a while, she had figured it out.

She gritted her teeth and then said, “Then let the baby continue studying in the monster nursery.”

“Don't feel too bad. Looking at the situation, the monster nursery had printed the book, which praised the friendship between the human child and the monster cub. Whether they are sincere or not, at least they have to ensure that our daughter is safe at their school. And until now, our baby has never been injured at all, which means the monster nursery did a good job before. If we drop our baby out of their school, the monsters will also be stubborn, and they will directly remove the protection of Zhao Xixi's information. So we really have no other choice but to let her stay still in the monster nursery kindergarten.”

Even if Mother Zhao was unwilling in every possible way, she could only agree with her husband at this moment.

Seeing her frown, Father Zhao tried to ease her mood and said, “Besides, she had a very happy time in the monster nursery. You can see that she speaks a lot better now than before. She doesn't like to cry anymore, and she is more obedient every day.”

Mother Zhao felt sore when she heard this. She used to think her daughter was always pestering her. Felt that she was too active, and she was always talking and questioning endlessly. But now, after just a bit over two months, her daughter seems to have grown up. She’s becoming more obedient, well-behaved, sensible, and not clingy anymore.

At this moment, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart. They had obviously worked so hard to create a better environment for their children. But in the eyes of others, they didn't care about their child at all and could even use their child as a tool for political struggle.

Sitting in her room now, Zhao Xixi actually breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very relaxed.

Because she has no secrets now, Zhao Xixi thought to herself, It is really hard to keep a secret!


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