Chapter 45 - I hate it


What's more, it was an electric shock! It was really an electric shock! Zhao Xixi thought she was like a little hero protecting the tiger cub, so she was not afraid!

The Lion King looked at this ignorant human cub, and he didn't know why he felt like he had met his nemesis. Even when he faced the Demon King, he didn't feel like he had met his nemesis.

In front of all the elders, he can't say that he doesn't dare to use the lie detector, right?

The main reason is that no one dared to talk to him like this before. After all, he has been in a prominent position for many years, and even the Tiger King would not talk to him like this.

So, the Lion King gritted his teeth and said, “Okay!”

Soon, a monster brought a lie detector. The tiger cub wanted to stand in front of Zhao Xixi and said, “I'll do it.”

The great elder next to him said, “You have no transformation skills, so this device is useless to you.”

Immediately afterwards, the great elder turned his head and said to the Lion King, “Okay, in this case, the Lion King comes first.”

What the elder actually wanted to ask was whether the Lion King really knew the secret about the monster cub’s transformation.

The Lion King had to change back to his human form, but as soon as the device connected to the Lion King, Zhao Xixi couldn’t wait to ask, “Say it again; the tiger cub will end up in the zoo!”

Zhao Xixi still remembers this sentence in her heart. This sentence must be a lie.

The Lion King: “...” Damn it!

Of course, this sentence is a lie! And of course, the tiger cub will end up in the laboratory, not in the zoo.

Zhao Xixi said proudly, “You must not dare to say this, because it is definitely a lie!”

With that little proud look, the Lion King was so angry that his face turned red. He had never been so angry in his life.

The assistant next to him wanted to persuade him, but the Lion King waved his hand and drove him over. He looked at Zhao Xixi fiercely and said word by word, “If the tiger cub cannot transform, he will end up in the zoo!”

He specifically added it in the middle if he couldn’t transform. However, it was of no use, because he knew in his heart that the tiger cub could transform and that the tiger cub was the key to the transformation of monster cubs. So there was no way he would end up in the zoo.

Thus, all the monsters heard a sharp "bi" in an instant, and then the red light turned on. The Lion King clenched his teeth and had thick veins on his forehead, but he didn’t say a word.

The principal of the kindergarten and all the teachers were silent and silent. The main theme today was silence.

After all, this was a fight between gods, and if they talked, it might affect the fish pond. Well, no, that's not true. This shouldn’t be called the gods’ fight, but this should be called a human cub slaughtering the god.

After the red light of the device went out, the Lion King pushed the device over and asked the monster next to him to put it on Zhao Xixi.

Zhao Xixi had already understood when she listened to their explanation just now. When the red light came on, it meant he was lying, but the Lion King was too pretentious. He obviously got an electric shock, but he acted like nothing happened, so Zhao Xixi also felt that the electric shock was also a lie.

Zhao Xixi hugged the tiger cub: “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, it’s a red light. See, I already told you he’s lying!”

The Lion King turned to the great elder and said, “Let’s begin.”

At this moment, everyone’s eyes were on the debugging device. The little tiger, who had been silent all this time, suddenly got angry and rushed out with Zhao Xixi in his mouth.

“No!” Teacher Tao Hua warned quickly.

There are all elders here, and the elders are not just as simple as surviving others of their kind. Although they are not as powerful as the demon king alone, they can punish the demon king together.

What’s more, it was just a little tiger with a human cub in his mouth. As expected, Elder Mu’s vines quickly tied up the little tiger and sent him back.

Elder Mu said, “If you are not lying, why should you be afraid of the device?”

While the tiger cub scruffed her neck, Zhao Xixi quickly raised her hand and said, “I want to play with this!”

Zhao Xixi said, “I am a 30,000-point obedient child who will not lie. I will not show a red light!”

She is a 30,000-point obedient baby. Even if she lies, the device will not shock her. She is such an obedient baby!

Zhao Xixi believes this very much.

The tiger cub said, “Red and green lights can show that she is not lying, so why use electric shocks? She is just a human cub. What if something goes wrong if she gets shocked?”

Several elders looked at the Lion King, who had just gotten shocked, and said, “That’s true.”

Then he asked the monster police officer next to him, “Can you remove the electric shock part?”

The monster police officer nodded.

Seeing the child Zhao Xixi was putting on a device—the kind without an electric shock—the Lion King’s expression showed that he felt the world of monsters had screwed him up.

This time, the Lion King felt that if he said he wanted to eat a human cub, he would not get shocked again! He hated it!

So the Lion King said, “Zhao Xixi, can the tiger cub become a human?”

Zhao Xixi was very unhappy when she heard this, then said, “It’s not fair. He asked me questions! I didn’t ask him questions just now!”

The Lion King was really about to vomit blood. Then he looked at the elders. One of the elders said, “What are you looking at me for? She really didn’t ask you a question just now.”

Lion King: “...” I hate it!

“Zhao Xixi, please say it again: the tiger cub has not transformed.”

The child, Zhao Xixi, opened her eyes wide and said confidently, “The tiger cub has not transformed.”

The light on the front of the instrument lit up green, which meant she wasn’t lying.

The Lion King looked at this scene in shock. He did not use an electric shock device and got embarrassed in front of so many elders only to get this kind of result.

The Lion King gritted his teeth and said, “I don’t believe it. She just said she had a secret!”

The Lion King added: “What is your secret?”

Zhao Xixi took off the thing attached to her temple and said, “You used it once. I used it once. it’s fair.”

The Lion King took the device and put it against his temple, then said, “You ask.”

Zhao Xixi did not hesitate at all and asked, “Uncle, are you a good monster?”

The Lion King gritted his teeth. He never thought that he would face this kind of problem again. He gritted his teeth and said, “Yes.”

The light in front of me lit up red again. Fortunately, the monster police officer had removed the electric shock, so there was no electric shock.

Zhao Xixi was purely ignorant and fearless, and then she put the device back on herself. This time the Lion King asked, “Zhao Xixi, what is your secret?”

Zhao Xixi immediately became unhappy: “We agreed not to ask about secrets! Look, I didn’t even ask about your secrets!”

Other elders: “...”

School teacher: "..."

The Lion King spoke again: "Zhao Xixi, what is your secret? Answer this question!"

Zhao Xixi was very unhappy. She lowered her head and said, "My secret..."

Zhao Xixi turned her head and looked at the teachers next to her, then said, "I secretly changed the 0 points given to my painting by the bearded teacher to 100 points. Because my painting is really beautiful, it's the bearded teacher who didn’t listen to me."

The Lion King: "..." Who wants to listen to this little brat’s thing like this?

Zhao Xixi looked at the bearded teacher and said, "Teacher Bearded, I will draw two more pictures for you when I go back. Don't be angry."

Bearded teacher: "..." No, no, no, I'm not angry now, but you may have pissed off another monster.

The light in front of Zhao Xixi turned green again.

At this moment, Zhao Xixi did not forget to say to the tiger cub, "This is wrong, Tiger Cub. Please don't imitate me. I will never do this again."

Then they saw the light in front of her turn red.

The lie detector device exposed the child—Zhao Xixi—on the spot. Then she made a huge blush.

But afterwards, Zhao Xixi has not forgotten: "Uncle, it's your turn!"

The opposite person was obviously a human cub, but this time he felt it was not that simple. He suddenly realized that he had heard the Tiger King had come to the school before to find these two cubs, so he must have done something!

The Lion King suddenly felt that he might have trapped him, so he said, "This time it may be my misunderstanding. I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time."

Zhao Xixi said, "Uncle, why did you say this? Are you not playing anymore? Uncle, I also want to know your secret."

"I just agreed not to ask about secrets, but you have asked about my secret. Then it's my turn now. I want to ask about your secret too!"

Zhao Xixi pouted, feeling particularly unhappy.

However, the Lion King did not give Zhao Xixi this chance: “Before, you said you would do it once, and I would do it once. Therefore, you have done it once, and I have already done it once too. Now we are even.”

Zhao Xixi: "..."

When the Lion King came out of this damn office, he hated the Tiger King even more. He felt that the Tiger Kings had to do all this to embarrass him.

But he thought the Tiger King definitely still doesn't know the tiger cub's true identity, and he definitely doesn't know the secrets he hides.

The Lion King narrowed his eyes, and a haze flashed in his eyes.

Then a sweet voice came from behind: "Uncle..."

The Lion King turned around and saw the child, Zhao Xixi, and the tiger cub walking towards him. Not only that, the human cub, Zhao Xixi, also said, "Uncle, the lion cub didn't come to school today. Why didn't he come to school? Is he sick?"

Although she didn't like the lion cub, the teacher had wondered about it today, so she asked the Lion King, as the lion cub's father, about it.

The Lion King really didn't want to talk to this human cub, but the other monsters were watching. If he didn't answer, it would make him appear to be petty and difficult to deal with a human cub.

Then the Lion King showed a kind smile: "He has a cold, so he is resting at home. If you want to see him, you can come to our house."

Zhao Xixi said matter-of-factly, "I don't want to see him, and I don't have a good relationship with him."

The Lion King: "..."

 If I'll slap you down! You might die!

However, it was just one look from him, and the saber-toothed tiger cub had already calmly stood in front of the human cub.

Damn it!<


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Chapter 44 - You Lied!


When Teacher Tao Hua saw the text message, she frowned. Even if the lion cub didn't come to school today, his father didn't really have to come to school to explain this problem. And above all, why did he call Zhao Xixi and the tiger cub?

Although she was confused, Teacher Tao Hua made the decision to bring the two cubs there when the class was over. However, after class, the tiger cub went to the toilet, so there was only Zhao Xixi left in the classroom, who was flipping through a book. Then Teacher Tao Hua said to the little crow cub who was in the back row, “When the tiger cub comes back later, tell him to go to the principal's office to find us.”

After that, Teacher Tao Hua said to Zhao Xixi, “Let's go to the principal's office.”

Zhao Xixi jumped down from the stool and happily followed Teacher Tao Hua.

Teacher Tao Hua looked at Zhao Xixi, and with a smile, she said, “Our little Xixi is so happy during this time. Tell the teacher why you are so happy.”

Zhao Xixi smiled so hard that there was only a slit left in her eyes. “I’m just happy.”

Her parents were very kind to her and even agreed to let the tiger cub live at home. It was so fun last night. And above all, the tiger cub can turn into a human cub. After turning into a human cub, he’s still so good-looking. She’s sure that many people will like him.

Teacher Tao Hua laughed. She was actually just teasing Zhao Xixi and didn’t really need an actual answer.

However, Zhao Xixi raised her head and asked curiously, “Teacher Tao Hua, what are we doing in the office?”

Teacher Tao Hua doesn’t know what she did in the past, but whenever Zhao Xixi asks a question, she must give an answer. It doesn't matter if the answer is true or not. She has to give it to her so that she will not ask anymore. Otherwise, she will keep asking all the time.

So Teacher Tao Hua answered her like coaxing a child and said, “The principal said that he wants to see the two of you because he had something to do with you two.”

She guessed that the kindergarten principal had something to do with the two cubs, and it turned out that the lion cub’s father was also there. It did not mean that the Lion King coming to school had something to do with the two cubs.

Zhao Xixi: “What does the principal want to do with us?”

Teacher Tao Hua: “Maybe he wants to ask you whether you have been happy recently.”

Zhao Xixi: “I’m 30,000 points happy!”

Teacher Tao Hua had heard Zhao Xixi say 30,000 points more than once. This time, she just had free time, so Teacher Tao Hua asked, “Why is it 30,000 points?”

“Because 30,000 just means so many, many, many, many, and many more,”

Zhao Xixi also gestured with her hands and said, “It’s about that much.”

Then she added, “More than my hair.”

Teacher Tao Hua: “...” It seems she still needs to know more about Zhao Xixi’s thoughts.

Fortunately, they were already outside the principal’s office at this moment.

Teacher Tao Hua knocked on the door, and there was a voice saying, “Come in”, from inside.

When the door opened, Teacher Tao Hua immediately saw several people sitting at the big table in the principal’s office. She had been fortunate enough to attend a meeting with her ancestors. At that meeting, there were all respected elders in the monster world.

But now they were sitting on both sides of the big table, looking over at the same time.

Teacher Tao Hua instinctively felt like her entire soul was almost leaving her body.

Why did so many elders gather here? One must know that the meeting occurred when the monsters were about to join the World Human Rights Organization, which could mean that it was an important event in the history of monsters.

Teacher Tao Hua is not a fool, so naturally she doesn't think that these elders are here just to see the human cub, Zhao Xixi.

At this moment, the principal looked at the two of them and asked, “Where is the tiger cub?”

Teacher Tao Hua led Zhao Xixi in and explained, “The tiger cub has gone to the toilet and will be here soon.”

The principal immediately said, “Quickly, find someone to block him out.”

The Lion King next to him looked calm and said, “This human cub is here. Don’t worry.”

The mentioned human cub, Zhao Xixi, heard what they were talking about, and she raised her head to look at the elders, uncles, and aunts who were present here.

After hearing what the Lion King had said, the principal said to Teacher Tao Hua, “Sit down.”

Zhao Xixi thought that what the principal meant was for her, so she walked to an empty chair next to the long table, held the chair with her little hands, and climbed up.

After climbing up, she sat down. Because this long table’s design was for adults, Zhao Xixi only showed half of her face when she sat on this chair.

Teacher Tao Hua sat down next to Zhao Xixi.

The other elders attending the meeting were all watching this scene. Then one elder withdrew his gaze, looked at the Lion King, and said, “What do you mean by saying that the little tiger hides a secret that can change the entire monster world?”

The Lion King looked at the elder and replied, “We would have known about it when he arrived. Since the elder is so anxious, let's ask this human child first.”

Teacher Tao Hua frowned when she heard this. What is going on?

But she also received a look from the principal who was next to her, so even though she hesitated, she still didn’t speak.

It was the first time for Zhao Xixi to attend this big table meeting, and there were so many people. At first, she only had one pair of eyes above the table, but she tried her best to stretch her body. She put her chin on the table and then curiously observed everyone carefully.

Then she heard them talking about herself, and in a bit of strangeness, Zhao Xixi said, “What do you want to ask me about?”

Zhao Xixi actually felt a little nervous. Because her mother recently told her not to let the teachers know that her parents already knew that the tiger cub was living at home. This was a very huge secret and must not be told to anyone.

And recently, the tiger cub also told him a secret—he could turn into a human, and he was also a kitchen knife tiger. These two secrets cannot be told to anyone.

She also has a big secret of her own that she cannot tell others.

So in her mind, Zhao Xixi has four big secrets that she cannot tell others.

Currently, the Lion King says, “Zhao Xixi, human children are not allowed to lie. Do you understand? If you lie, the monsters will eat you.”

A very surprised expression suddenly appeared on Zhao Xixi’s face. Her eyes were wide open, and her heart was very shocked.

She thought, Ah! Did she really look like a deceitful little baby? Why did everyone use this sentence to deceive her?

Obviously, the Lion King has not studied the expressions of human cubs, and he assumed that Zhao Xixi’s shocked expression meant she was afraid.

So the Lion King said, “Little Xixi, Uncle knows that you have the best relationship with the tiger cub. But the tiger cub is a mixed-race monster cub. If he cannot successfully transform, he will end up in the zoo.”

Zhao Xixi immediately retorted loudly, “No! Only those cubs that no one raises will end up in the zoo. From now on, I will pick up wires and plastic bottles to raise the tiger cub!”

The grown-up mixed-race monsters that cannot transform will end up in the zoo, while the mixed-race monster cubs will be in the laboratory after their transformation period. If the cubs can transform into humans but there's no adult that can raise them, then the laboratory will send the cubs to the orphanage.

The twists and turns here are so complicated that Zhao Xixi, as a child, misremembered them. She directly assumed that the tiger cub had turned into a child, and if no one could raise him, then the authority would send him to the zoo. After all, it's no matter whether they send him to the zoo, to the laboratory, or even to the orphanage; it all means the same thing for Zhao Xixi.

Zhao Xixi originally rested her chin on the table as she was playing. But now she was refuting the Lion King, so she got up and did not sit down anymore. She was standing on the stool. In this way, she was about the same height as the other sitting adult monsters. Zhao Xixi was very satisfied with this height, so she said with confidence, “There are a lot of wires and plastic bottles in our community. From now on, I will pick it up every day after school. I also pick it up on weekends. I can sell them for a lot of money. There's so much money to raise the tiger cub. So, no need to send him to the zoo!”

The Lion King was angry at this little kid’s messy words. Two days ago, the laboratory detected fluctuations. At that time, their people researched it and discovered that the saber-toothed tiger cub had transformed into a human. After investigation, they found out that when the cub had transformed, this human cub was in that room along with him.

So this human cub must have seen his transformation. The Lion King had paid attention to a lot of things about this human cub before. Naturally, he knew that she liked to talk a lot and dared to say anything. So he felt that letting this human cub talk about that matter should be a very simple thing.

Who would have thought that this human cub had such a weird brain circuit?

Although the other elders did not speak, all eyes were focused on this particularly confident child. No one reminded her that if the cub could not transform, he could not stay with humans at all, let alone let her raise a mixed-race tiger monster cub.

Then the Lion King cruelly said to her, “If he can't transform, he can't stay with humans. The authority has to send him to the zoo.”

Zhao Xixi: “You're talking nonsense!”

The Lion King: “Don't worry, Little Xixi. As long as he can become a human, the two of you can continue to study together. Can you tell Uncle whether the tiger cub can become a human now?”

Then the Lion King instantly turned into a big lion and added coldly, “I will know whether you are lying or not. Monsters will eat all children who tell lies!”

Zhao Xixi was not happy. She hated it when people threatened her by saying that monsters would eat children. It was obvious that the ones who were lying were all the adults, but they often told the children that the monsters would eat them if they lied to the adults.

Zhao Xixi raised her neck and retorted, “You are talking nonsense! You are lying!”

The big lion never thought in his life that one day he would hate a human cub so much.

All the elders and kindergarten teachers looked at him.

The office door suddenly knocked open, and at this moment, an orange tiger cub jumped directly onto the long table, making a terrifying howling sound.

Although the little tiger was not even one-fifth the size of the big lion, he attacked head-on without flinching and was not at a disadvantage at all.

At present, the great elder next to him quickly took charge of the overall situation: “Stop!”

After all, the Great Elder is still the Great Elder of the Monster World. So the Lion King had stopped. As soon as the Lion King stopped, Zhao Xixi quickly climbed up on the table and took the tiger cub back.

The situation has now become awkward. The other party had refused to tell them that the tiger cub could transform into a human, but the Lion King insists that he can transform.

The problem was that, although some of the tiger's cub genes were undetectable, the other mixed-race monsters also had undetectable genes. So this reason alone was not enough to support the Lion King theory.

Unless he is willing to come up with experimental data showing that the tiger cub is a saber-toothed tiger, as for cloning and resurrecting dangerous creatures from ancient times, once humans know about this matter, no one can afford the huge impact. As a result, one can say that this is really a deadlock.

Then, at this moment, the assistant next to the Lion King secretly said a few words in the Lion King's ear.

So the Lion King said, “Since they refuse to admit it, let's use human methods. Humans have an instrument called a lie detector. Once you lie, you will get an electric shock. Let's try it.”

Zhao Xixi is not afraid at all because she feels she is no longer a one- or two-year-old child. She has long understood that adults especially like to lie to scare children, and every time the adults would have said,

“If you lie, the monsters will eat you!”

“If you lie, you are not a good kid!”

“If you lie, the police officer will arrest you!”

Now add another one: “You will get an electric shock if you lie!”

Zhao Xixi: “…” Just now, they said that if she lied, the monsters would eat her, but eventually she's still here!

Zhao Xixi's little eyes rolled around. Then she pointed at the Lion King, who just slapped the tiger cub, and said, “Then Uncle also should use that machine, and you cannot ask me about my secrets."

If he told a lie, then he would get an electric shock, and it would be this uncle who was to get the shock first.

The tiger cub bit the corner of Zhao Xixi's clothes with his mouth, thinking in his mind whether he could grow bigger again and run away with the human cub in his mouth.


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Chapter 43 - Confidence


Zhao Xixi had never been so happy. It was already a quarter past nine in the evening. Usually, at this time, Zhao Xixi had already started sleeping, but now she was not sleepy at all.

She couldn’t wait to give all her precious things to the tiger cub. After that, she took the tiger cub and started brushing their teeth.

Her mother had bought an extra children’s toothbrush and put it at home.

Zhao Xixi got a glass of water for the tiger cub and then another glass of water for herself. She squeezed the toothpaste on the toothbrush, handed it to the tiger cub, and taught him in a sweet voice, “Tiger Cub, look at me. Just hold the toothbrush like this, and then brush your teeth gently like this, up and down slowly, and brush your teeth thoroughly.”

Then the tiger cub held the toothbrush and saw Zhao Xixi moving her hands. He also imitated the other person’s move, but suddenly, the toothbrush handle broke in the middle. He used too much force.

Zhao Xixi was shocked to see that. She quickly took a sip of water and spat out all the bubbles in her mouth. Although half of the toothbrush handle had broken, Zhao Xixi could still hold it steady with her little hands.

Zhao Xixi: “Tiger Cub, open your mouth, and I’ll brush it for you.”

Zhao Xixi was talking like a little adult: “But I’ll only brush it for you this time because as children, we all have to learn how to brush our teeth by ourselves.”

The golden eyes of the tiger cub are also full of seriousness. He just turned into a child for the first time and doesn't have experience as a human cub like Zhao Xixi, so he has to listen to the human cub Zhao Xixi.

Then the tiger cub opened his mouth. Zhao Xixi held half of the toothbrush handle and gently brushed his teeth. While brushing, she said, “Mom said that we must brush our teeth before going to bed. We also must brush our teeth when we get up in the morning. Otherwise, there will be worms in the teeth. It will be very painful when we have a toothache, and then the teeth will fall out, and we will have no teeth.”

She added, “You can’t eat meat without teeth.”

Father and Mother Zhao had particularly complicated expressions on their faces while eavesdropping on their daughter from outside, who was teaching the other child how to be a good kid.

But they felt relieved. Although the little tiger didn’t speak much, through what Zhao Xixi had said before, they could feel that the little tiger was completely listening to their daughter’s words.

Father and Mother Zhao only came out of their bedroom after the two children had entered the bathroom. Then they eavesdropped from outside the door, so they did not notice that the little tiger had turned into a child.

Although when Zhao Xixi spoke, she had said, We as children, Father and Mother Zhao didn't think that way. On the one hand, this was because Zhao Xixi often said these: we as little children; we as little friends; when I was a child. These had basically become her mantras. So, Father and Mother Zhao never thought that it was possible for a tiger cub to turn into a human child.

At this time, they heard Zhao Xixi in the bathroom talking non-stop. Every time she got excited and felt happy, she would keep talking, as if she wanted to convey her happiness to the other person.

Father and Mother Zhao rarely heard the tiger cub’s voice. He only said one or two words occasionally. However, Zhao Xixi became happier and happier as she talked.

The two parents thought of themselves. Every time Zhao Xixi was very happy and wanted to talk to them, they were impatient with her.

A child's emotions are very sensitive. She can sense whether you are listening to her carefully or whether you are being perfunctory.

They felt a lot more relieved now.

At this moment, the two cubs were about to come out of the bathroom. Father Zhao quickly picked up his wife, who was seven months pregnant, and returned to their room.

Zhao Xixi walked so slowly from the bathroom to her room because the tiger cub had just turned into a human child for the first time, so he still didn't know how to walk yet.

The two cubs slowly returned to the room, and then Zhao Xixi decently said, “Tiger Cub, you should go to bed. I will tell you a story. After I tell you a story, you have to go to sleep.”

Apparently, Zhao Xixi was too excited after all, so she fell asleep while telling the story and hugged the tiger cub next to her.

The tiger cub talks very little. No one or a monster has ever talked to him since he was a child, so he has no desire to talk. And now he sleeps in a warm quilt.

There was also a milky scent from the human cub next to him inside the quilt. The tiger cub closed his eyes, rubbed his little head against the human cub next to him, and made a purring sound in his throat.

He can't go into the zoo, and he can't go into the laboratory.

Absolutely not.

The little tiger had his eyes open and was not sleeping. He wanted to protect this human cub.

At this moment, the tiger cub saw something staring from outside the window.

The tiger cub instantly turned into a little tiger, then struggled out of the clothes. He jumped out of the bed, then jumped onto the desk next to him, and saw a pair of eyes outside the fence through the glass.

The tiger cub recognized it at a glance. It was that big dog.

Although he had a very unpleasant experience with this dog before, the tiger cub was very grateful to the other party for helping him last time.

The little tiger easily pushed open the window and jumped out. However, as soon as he went out, the big dog disappeared.

The tiger cub could only jump back to the desk. Through the moonlight, he saw a photo on the desk. In the photo, a chubby child hugging a puppy.

He suddenly remembered what others had said: “Its owner had abandoned that vicious dog.”

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When Zhao Xixi woke up the next day, she found that the tiger cub had turned back into a tiger cub and was sleeping next to her. Zhao Xixi immediately brought a comb over and began combing the tiger cub.

However, after combing a little, Teacher Tao Hua came, and Zhao Xixi could only watch the tiger cub leave again.

Fortunately, she will see the tiger cub when she goes to school in a while. That was what Zhao Xixi had thought, so she ran to school impatiently, but she still knew to say, “Goodbye, Dad… Goodbye, Mom… And goodbye, little brother. When you grow up later, Sister will take you to school!”

Then Zhao Xixi ran away like a gust of wind, huffing and puffing.

She brought a pen and paper to the tiger cub today. She didn't have time to teach the tiger cub to draw last night. Once he had human hands, he could draw with a pen.

Zhao Xixi is also so happy about this.

She couldn't wait to teach the tiger cub to draw. The tiger cub could definitely draw as well as she could.

However, there is no drawing class today, only a circle drawing class in the morning.

The one who taught circle drawing was Teacher Tao Hua. When Teacher Tao Hua entered the classroom, she looked at the seats of the students in the class. Then, she said a bit strangely, “Why didn't the lion cub come to school today?”

Although the cubs study in the same class, they have gone home to their own homes each time after school. So no one knows why the lion cub did not come to school today.

Even though they don’t know why the lion cub didn’t come to school, the class will still continue. Teacher Tao Hua will start teaching new content today.

Although the lesson is still about drawing circles, they can regard it as the second stage of learning.

However, Zhao Xixi has no fate in this second stage because she still can't draw the glowing circle. But she hasn't given up yet, and her little hands are still drawing just like the others.

The cubs are all drawing the circle of the second stage. Only Zhao Xixi is still trying to summon the circle of the first stage, but she is not in a hurry.

Zhao Xixi also specifically asked the teacher if they would test her on circle drawing in the final exam. The teacher seriously answered that the final exam would not test circle drawing but only mathematics, drawing art, Chinese language, and music. So Zhao Xixi was relieved.

Because she is the best in their class at counting, drawing, and the Chinese Pinyin. She can even write the alphabet "abcde", and she can also sing. Zhao Xixi thinks she sings well too.

Therefore, when the time comes, she will definitely be number one in the class, and her parents will definitely be so happy.

Although Zhao Xixi couldn’t do the drawing circle, it didn’t stop her from thinking that the tiger cub’s circle that he had drawn was very beautiful!

So, Teacher Tao Hua, who was teaching in this class, kept hearing Zhao Xixi saying to the tiger cub, “The circle you drew is very beautiful!”

Teacher Tao Hua: “…”

It could be said that once she had a teaching seminar, and during this meeting they mentioned this subject, which was about the cubs’ attributes. At that moment, she blurted out that the drawing circle was so beautiful. Everyone looked her over in surprise, but she didn't even realize she had said something wrong.

She had to admit that what Zhao Xixi said was too much brainwashing.

Currently, the nursery kindergarten principal has sent a text message: “The Lion King has come to the office. Please bring the tiger cub and Zhao Xixi over.”


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Chapter 42 - The Happiest


Teacher Tao Hua did not see the tiger cub turn into a little boy. After weighing everything, she felt okay with the tiger cub secretly going to be with Zhao Xixi these days.

Mostly because the two children were slightly abnormal after what happened yesterday, Teacher Tao Hua thought it might be good for them to stay together.

Although almost everyone knew that the two children had gone through hardships together and would have a better relationship in the future, something still distracts them in the afternoon.

Usually, Zhao Xixi is very attached to the tiger cub; however, in the past, she manifested it by chatting endlessly and sharing various things with the tiger cub. But now, Little Xixi seems a bit more quiet. She holds the tiger cub’s head in her little hands and gets close to him from time to time, whispering in his ears.

Teacher Tao Hua felt that, at the most, it was only the children’s talk again.

In fact, Zhao Xixi was talking about these:

“Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, your eyes haven’t changed at all. They are all golden. They look so good!”

“When can I see you look like that again?”

The tiger cub himself didn’t know, but seeing Zhao Xixi’s expectant look, he said, “We should be able to see it soon.”

Zhao Xixi smiled so hard that she narrowed her eyes. She was so happy these two days.

Her mother had agreed to let the tiger cub live in their house. And also, the tiger cub could turn into a child. She can finally hold hands with him, sleep together, and tell stories and talk together at night.

Zhao Xixi was so happy when she thought they could talk secretly together at night and couldn’t wait to jump into the night.

After school was the happiest time for Zhao Xixi. She jumped up and down to her parents, then held their hands and anxiously said, “Go home! Go home! Let’s go home quickly!”

Because Teacher Tao Hua said that she would send the tiger cub to their home, they should go back quickly and wait at home. What if Teacher Tao Hua and the tiger cub arrive home, but they still haven't arrived yet?

Father and Mother Zhao glanced at each other and felt that their daughter was really… a child.

Only children can have such emotions, being so impatient to see and play with their friends.

After arriving home, Zhao Xixi couldn’t wait to return to her room.

“This is my Barbie doll. But boys seem not to like Barbie dolls…”

“This is my Thomas the Tank Engine. Tiger Cub must like Thomas the Tank Engine very much because the other boys love it too…”

Then Zhao Xixi took out the things inside Princess Barbie’s bag from under her pillow.

Zhao Xixi checked it out and found milk candies, gacha toys, and peanut candies.

Afterward, Zhao Xixi took out all her fairy tale books so that she could tell stories to the tiger cub.

Mother Zhao was washing peaches and strawberries in the kitchen, and then cutting two kiwis. She didn’t know the child’s taste, so she just made a fruit platter and then cut the stewed meat. She guesses this should not be bad.

Mother Zhao brought both plates to Zhao Xixi’s room and saw that her room had become a mess.

She took out all the toys and placed them on the ground. There were also candies that she had saved for some time. Their family hadn't bought milk candies for a long time. When had she saved these candies?

Okay, it's understandable that, as a child, when a friend comes, she wants to share her good things with her friend.

Mother Zhao looked at Zhao Xixi, who was still busy putting out all her clothes and pants, so she said, “Baby, are you wondering which outfit to wear?”

You have seen each other every day. Do you still need to find a particularly good-looking dress?

Mother Zhao was so confused, then she saw her baby turning around and said, “Mom, I’m very busy right now. I’ll talk to you later, okay?”

Mother Zhao seemed to have turned into a lonely elder woman in an instant and helplessly said, “…Okay, then.”

Father Zhao patted Mother Zhao’s shoulder and said, “They, as children, already had a child’s way of getting along with each other. So, we don’t need to worry about them.”

Mother Zhao nodded. Still, this was the first time her daughter had brought a friend home.

Zhao Xixi finally found the clothes and pants she wanted and hid them under the quilt. Then she came out of her room, moved her small stool, and sat behind the door.

She was waiting for someone to ring the doorbell.

Zhao Xixi had waited, waited, and waited, but she didn’t hear someone ringing the doorbell.

Teacher Tao Hua is a good teacher and will definitely not lie, but why hasn’t she come yet? Is there a traffic jam on the road?

Just like every time there was a traffic jam on the road, her father would be late for work. So they might have been stuck in traffic jams too, and Teacher Tao Hua was also late.

Mother Zhao looked at this scene and said with a headache, “It’s already eight o’clock. Didn’t they already promise to deliver him here? Why haven’t they come yet?”

Father Zhao also said, “It’s almost time to go to sleep. They still haven't come here yet. It's impossible for the child to wait here all the time, right?”

Afterward, he took the cut-beef stew next to him. But before he could put it in his mouth, Mother Zhao snatched it away.

Then she said, “These were kept for that child. If you want to eat, just cut the one in the kitchen yourself.”

Suddenly, Mother Zhao had an idea: “Could it be that they are just waiting for us to sleep?”

Because the teacher didn’t know that they already knew about the tiger cub, that teacher would definitely have to avoid them.

Mother Zhao suddenly realized that this must be the case.

So Mother Zhao said, “Baby, Daddy, and I are going to bed. When your classmate arrives later, you should go to bed early and don’t stay up late, understand?”

Zhao Xixi turned around, nodded sharply, and answered, “We will absolutely go to bed early. Good night, Mom and Dad.”

Father Zhao came over and kissed his daughter on the forehead while saying, “Good night, baby, are you really not going to brush your teeth and wash your face first?”

Zhao Xixi shook her head and said, “I want to wait for Tiger Cub. I want to happily brush my teeth and wash my face together with him…”

Father Zhao: “Okay, go to bed early. If you need anything, just call your parents. We can hear you.”

Zhao Xixi: “Okay, Mom, and Dad.”

In order to prevent Father Zhao from continuing to talk, Mother Zhao quickly dragged Father Zhao back to the room and turned off all the lights.

However, the two of them did not sleep. Neither of them could sleep.

Although on the surface they 100% supported Zhao Xixi's good friend coming to the house, in fact, this did not mean that they could eliminate the influence of their prejudice against monsters over the years.

Although on the surface they 100% supported Zhao Xixi's good friend coming to the house, in fact, this did not mean that they could eliminate many years of influence in their prejudice against monsters.

Zhao Xixi stared at the door keenly and jumped excitedly. The tiger cub must be coming soon… He must be coming…

After a while, Zhao Xixi heard a sound coming from inside her bedroom. She quickly stood up and ran back to her bedroom. Then she saw the little tiger who had stepped onto Thomas the Tank Engine and fell to the ground with his feet in the air…

Zhao Xixi was frightened and ran over quickly: “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, are you okay?”

The tiger cub quickly turned over and shook his head, and then they saw Teacher Tao Hub outside the window.

Teacher Tao Hua whispered to the two cubs, “Okay, stop talking. You two go to bed quickly.”

What could happen to a tiger if he fell like that?

Zhao Xixi whispered, “We haven’t brushed our teeth yet. We can’t sleep without brushing our teeth because there will be worms in our teeth.”

Teacher Tao Hua felt helpless and wanted to press her temples, but she still said, “Then go and brush your teeth quickly. After brushing your teeth, go to bed.”

Zhao Xixi added, “After brushing our teeth, we have to wash our faces. After washing our faces, we have to soak our feet. And after soaking our feet, we have to change into pajamas. After changing pajamas, we have to…”

Teacher Tao Hua really couldn’t help but press her temples and say, “Baby, do you know your parents don’t know that the tiger cub is here? So you don't need to brush your teeth, wash your face, soak your feet, or change pajamas for tonight. Just have a good sleep, okay?”

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

Teacher Tao Hua: “You’re so obedient. I'm going back. You guys should be good.”

Zhao Xixi: “Goodbye, teacher.”

As soon as Teacher Tao Hua left, Zhao Xixi couldn’t wait to give all her things to Tiger Cub. Then she excitedly said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, this is my Thomas, the Tank Engine, these are my candies, and this… this…”

Zhao Xixi placed all these things in front of the tiger cub.

The tiger cub also slowly turned into a little boy, showing a good-looking face. Although he is still very young and his face is very immature, one can still tell that he will be good-looking when he grows up.

After the tiger cub turned into a little boy, he still wore the same tiger-striped clothes.

Zhao Xixi couldn’t wait to take out two pieces of clothing from the bed next to her: a big gray sweater and a pair of small sweatpants.

Zhao Xixi is fatter than her peers, and she is afraid of the cold. She always wears layers upon layers, so both her pants and clothes are too big.

“Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, put these clothes and pants on quickly.”

The little boy sat on the ground, looking at the big sweater. He didn’t know how to put it on. Zhao Xixi immediately took action, padded her feet, and then put the sweater on the little tiger’s head. She dressed the tiger cub by imitating the way her mother dressed her.

Zhao Xixi often dressed Barbie dolls, so she felt she had a special experience dressing others.

After getting dressed, Zhao Xixi brought the beef and fruits over, one plate in each hand, and said, “Tiger Cub, come eat! My mother made it!”

Then she suddenly remembered something, and she went to get a stack of money under the pillow with great joy.

Zhao Xixi handed it to the tiger cub as if offering a treasure. She said, “I’ll give this to you too. I’ve been saving it for a long time…”

There are so many things that she wants to give to the tiger cub at once. Zhao Xixi is so excited!

In Zhao Xixi's mind, every human child must need someone to raise them up. The tiger cub has now become a human child, so Zhao Xixi is very concerned about this issue.

She couldn’t wait to express her feelings and announced, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, you can be a human child from now on, then I will pick up wires and raise you!”


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Chapter 41 - The Little Boy


Teacher Tao Hua picked up the tiger cub and said, “I’ll take him back to the teacher’s house, and the doctor will take care of him. Zhao Xixi, you just study obediently in the classroom, okay?”

Zhao Xixi: “No, I’m going too.”

Teacher Tao Hua: “Be obedient. The tiger cub is sick. You are his best friend. Shouldn’t you stay in the classroom and help him study?”

Zhao Xixi: “Okay, teacher, then I’ll go to see him at noon.”

There were still two classes left in the morning, and Zhao Xixi couldn’t concentrate on listening to them. She was thinking about the tiger cub all the time. She didn’t know whether the tiger cub was still uncomfortable or not.

Finally, at noon, Zhao Xixi didn’t even eat lunch and, together with teacher Tao Hua, went back to the teacher’s house.

Teacher Tao Hua wanted to go to the doctor to ask about the tiger cub, so Zhao Xixi went to the room to look for the tiger cub.

She pushed open the door from yesterday and saw a bulge on the bed. Different from yesterday, this time the tiger cub didn’t show his head. Zhao Xixi walked over and said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, are you feeling better?”

The fluffy quilt moved, and a very familiar voice that Zhao Xixi knew came from inside, anxious and fast, said, “Zhao Xixi, don’t come over.”

Zhao Xixi stood there obediently and confusedly asked, “Why, Tiger Cub?”

There was no movement under the red, fluffy quilt.

Tiger Cub: “I’m not well yet.”

Zhao Xixi: “Then did you get an injection?”

Tiger Cub: “No.”

Zhao Xixi immediately said, “The injection will get you healed quickly. Let’s go to the hospital for an injection in the butt. After your butt gets the injection, you will feel better.”

Little Tiger’s voice came out from under the quilt: “I don't want to go. Don’t look at me…”

Zhao Xixi: “Are you afraid of the butt injection? It only hurts a little, and the nurse's sister will give you delicious candy. It’s really delicious. I won’t lie to you.”

Zhao Xixi swallowed her saliva while talking. She really thought it tasted delicious.

After the tiger cub heard it. Although he himself was having so much trouble, he did not forget to say, “Then, when I get a butt injection in the future, I will give you that candy.”

“Then let’s share half for each of us,” said Zhao Xixi as she was about to come over to pull the quilt.

“Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, let’s go to the hospital for an injection first. Then you come home with me, okay?”

“My house is so fun. We can also paint together.”

Zhao Xixi simply couldn’t stop once she started talking.

“By the way, I also want to tell my parents to get you a cub safety seat because children must sit in the child safety seat when riding in the car.”

Zhao Xixi felt she knew a lot, and she always emphasized this matter repeatedly. Because when she was a child, she accidentally saw the person in front of her in a car accident, and that person got thrown out directly, bleeding a lot. It must have been very painful.

At this moment, the tiger cub said, “Zhao Xixi, take care of yourself from now on and don’t fight with monsters. I didn’t tell you last time that you can’t fight anymore because you can’t beat them. But if you can win the fight, just fight, so as not to be bullied all the time…”

Zhao Xixi felt so strange. She took two steps towards the bed, and the tiger cub stopped her and said, “Don’t come over here!”

Zhao Xixi: “Why is it? I also want to touch your head and comb your fur. When I get up in the morning, I still want to comb your fur.”

When the tiger cub heard this, he almost cried, “I don’t have fur anymore…”

Zhao Xixi didn’t quite understand: “Let me see what’s going on.”

Tiger Cub: “You go back to school.”

He has no fur anymore, so he definitely doesn't look good. Zhao Xixi actually doesn't like to play with others. She just likes to play with him, who has furry legs, furry ears, and a furry face.

But now he is furless.

“No,” Zhao Xixi said, “we are good friends. If you don’t go to school, I won’t go to school either.”

Tiger Cub: “But I have no more fur at all, unable to let you touch my furry ears anymore.”

Zhao Xixi saw under the red fluffy quilt that, firstly, Tiger Cub exposed his black hair, then a small white face, and then a pair of big golden eyes.

So beautiful! Zhao Xixi had never seen such a good-looking child! It’s even better than the best-looking kid Zhao Xixi has ever seen on TV!

Zhao Xixi’s little head was not enough to process this suddenly, so she said, “You… who are you?”

With grievance in his golden eyes, the little boy said, “I am Tiger Cub.”

When he was talking, Zhao Xixi saw two sharp teeth, just like a vampire on TV.

Zhao Xixi blinked and said, “Your voice belongs to Tiger Cub, but you don’t look like him, and the tiger cub has lost two teeth, but you still have two sharp teeth.”

Tiger Cub: “My teeth grew out last night… and then it became like this.”

The night before yesterday, he was in pain for most of the night, and then he even fainted. He was dazed that he had vaguely touched the face of a human cub, but he didn’t take it seriously.

He started feeling pain again last night. But this time he tried to resist the pain, and this time he didn’t faint. However, he found that the fur on his body began changing, and his paws also began changing…

Within the limited scope of knowledge of the tiger cub, the only explanation that he can conclude is that this is what the adult monsters call the cubs’ transformation.

It must be because he is a saber-toothed tiger, so he has transformed. Then he… will definitely end up in the laboratory. They will surely lock him up in a cage.

It’s better to go to the zoo. If you go to the zoo, at least you can meet Zhao Xixi across the river, but in the experimentum crucis, you will never see Zhao Xixi again.

Translator's Note:
In science, an experimentum crucis (English: crucial experiment or critical experiment) is an experiment or set of observations that is held to be, in some sense, decisive in confirming or falsifying a theoretical explanation of a phenomenon.

The tiger cub thought of this, and he looked at Zhao Xixi reluctantly and said, “Zhao Xixi, I’ll be going to the laboratory…”

Zhao Xixi burst into tears when she heard this. She said, “No! Don’t go to the laboratory! You must live with me. I will comb your fur every day and also give you milk. My mother said that when I go to middle school, I’ll be a big child, so every day I will have one dollar. And later, I will give you fifty cents every day, or else I will give you all from now on.”

While crying, Zhao Xixi said, “I… I will raise you, okay? Don’t go to the laboratory.”

Zhao Xixi didn’t know what the laboratory was or where it was, but she knew that she definitely could not get in.

The tiger cub was still wearing the tiger-print clothes that Zhao Xixi got on credit from Uncle Cat. He originally wanted to comfort Zhao Xixi with his paw, but what he stretched out was a white and tender hand.

The tiger cub is so sad.

Zhao Xixi couldn’t wait to hold the tiger cub’s hand, then said, “Tiger Cub, don’t go to the laboratory, okay? We can walk hand in hand in the future!”

In the past, Zhao Xixi really wanted to hold hands with the tiger cub, just like her other good friends in her former kindergarten.

We can go to school holding hands together and leave school holding hands together…

Zhao Xixi’s little hands held the tiger cub's hands. His hand was a little fleshy, so it was soft, just as soft as Zhao Xixi’s, a human cub's, hands.

The little boy lowered his head and said in frustration, “But I don't have good fluffy fur to touch, nor good fluffy ears to touch, nor good fluffy paws to touch…”

Zhao Xixi climbed onto the bed with great joy and said, “But now we can go back together hand in hand, and we can also hug each other!”

Zhao Xixi immediately hugged the tiger cub, and now she didn’t even need to squat down to hug him!

Zhao Xixi concluded: “I also like the way you look now. You look so good!”

The little boy didn’t speak, but his eyes were shining.

Zhao Xixi suddenly thought of something, lowered her head, and said, “You are so good-looking. The others may tell you not to play with me, and if you play with me, you’ll become fat and not look good, so don't listen to them. Those kids are all bad kids, and what they all say is not true.”

Tiger Cub: “I won't listen. You are the prettiest!”

To be honest, Zhao Xixi is fair and tender, with big and watery eyes. Even with the baby fat, she looks like a standard cute baby in the eyes of adults. Those are just a little child’s malicious slander.

In Tiger Cub’s mind, all other human cubs are hateful in appearance. Only Zhao Xixi is good-looking. He likes her, no matter how he sees her, and he wants to rub her face with his head.

Zhao Xixi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her best friend say that.

So she touched the tiger cub’s short black hair and said, “I will comb your hair from now on.”

The tiger cub nodded. He was still wearing tiger-striped clothes, so he wasn’t cold, but he was a little thirsty and was going to get out of bed to drink some water.

However, he had just transformed and was not very skilled with his hands and feet. The tiger cub jumped off the bed, landed on his hands and feet, and then walked forward on all fours, as before.

Zhao Xixi also quickly slid off the bed and said, “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub, you can’t walk like this. You have walked just like me.”

Only then did the tiger cub react, so he lifted his two forelimbs up and stood up slowly. He tried to walk forward with his two hind limbs, but the next second, he fell down.

But he didn’t fall to the ground because Zhao Xixi suddenly lay on the ground, and the tiger cub fell on her.

Zhao Xixi made a sound from below: “I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt.”

The tiger cub got up quickly.

Zhao Xixi crawled out as fast as she could, and the tiger cub did not really crush her.

Fortunately, the tiger cub is only a little taller than Zhao Xix. Zhao Xixi supported the tiger cub, and in an excited tone, she said, “Tiger Cub, you walk just like me. Step out with your left foot.”

Following Zhao Xixi’s example, the tiger cub stepped forward with one foot.

Zhao Xixi: “And then the right foot…”

And at this moment, Teacher Tao Hua’s voice came from outside: “Okay, thank you, doctor. I’ll go in and see how he is doing.”

Zhao Xixi felt that the hand she was holding was heavy. She turned her head and saw that he had transformed into a furry little tiger again. Not only that, he also sneezed.

The tiger cub raised his two forelimbs and lay on the human cub’s shoulders. And then he whispered carefully in her ear, “You can’t tell anyone what happened just now, and you can’t tell anyone that I am a saber-tooth tiger.”

In fact, Tiger Cub really wanted to say that, especially don't tell Teacher Tao Hua. He just discovered last night that Teacher Tao Hua might have actually hoped to develop potions for the transformation of the monster cubs.

But Zhao Xixi liked Teacher Tao Hua, so Tiger Cub specifically said nothing.

Although Zhao Xixi didn’t know why, she still so obediently said, “Okay…”

She felt something was not right. Zhao Xixi turned her head and wanted to say, Tiger Cub, you are not a saber-tooth tiger. You are a kitchen knife tiger. In the future, your teeth will be as long as two kitchen knives, and then you can bite off the kitchen knife into two pieces in one bite.

At this moment, Teacher Tao Hua came in.

Teacher Tao Hua saw that the two cubs had already gotten out of bed. She came over and touched the tiger cub’s head, found that the fever had subsided, and then she said, “Fortunately, the fever has subsided. But don’t go to school today. Rest here for a day.”

Zhao Xixi still remembered the serious business that her mother had explained to her, so she said, “Teacher Tao Hua, Tiger Cub will live in my house from now on.”

Her mother said, Let the teacher know that the tiger cub lives in their house.

Faced with Zhao Xixi’s starry eyes, Teacher Tao Hua really couldn’t say no to her. So, she threw this question to the tiger cub: “Does Tiger Cub wants to live at Zhao Xixi’s house?”

The tiger cub nodded.

Teacher Tao Hua: “…”

Are all children today so fickle? Didn't you say that you didn't want to stay at someone else's house yesterday?

After all, Teacher Tao Hua is not his guardian, nor is she even a member of the same race as the tiger cub. If the tiger cub wants to, Teacher Tao Hua can only nod her head.

In fact, what she thought was that these two cubs living together might cause conflicts. After all, no matter how good friends are, they have to have their own space. Just like between sisters, and also between brothers and sisters, they also tend to fight every day.

So Teacher Tao Hua thought it would be okay to stay for a few days.

Then Teacher Tao Hua said, “Okay, then the tiger cub will stay at your house, and I’ll send him there at night. Okay?”

Suddenly, Zhao Xixi hugged Teacher Tao Hua excitedly and said, “Thank you, Teacher Tao Hua! I love you!”


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