Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 143 A secret told only to the amazing older brother! A little girl who can do great things!

Huo Xiaotian looked distressed: "Brother Qiao..."

"I'm not lying to you, I really did plan this a long time ago." Qiao Bai said sincerely, "How about this, I'll stay at your house for a few days when I visit relatives after the New Year, okay?"

Huo Xiaotian nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

Go and go.

Why not?

As long as Brother Qiao doesn't feel like he doesn't want to have anything to do with his family, that's fine!

At the same time, Huo Xiaotian was a little curious but didn't know how to ask, "What are Qiao Bai's plans for the New Year?"

Or... does Brother Qiao have a girlfriend?!

Huo Xiaotian's eyes widened suddenly.

Qiao Bai: "..."

"Shut up, don't talk. You can't say anything nice." Qiao Bai preemptively interrupted Huo Xiaotian before he could say anything.

Don't say it.

I don't want to hear it.

Huo Xiaotian, whose spellcasting was interrupted, pouted and looked at Qiao Bai with a wronged expression.

Qiao Bai remained unmoved.

He can ignore a girl's coquettishness, let alone a grown man.

Huo Xiaotian realized that his attempts to charm her hadn't worked at all. He dropped his pitiful look and said in a very confident tone, "Brother Qiao, with your temper, you'll never find a girlfriend!"

Qiao Bai gave Huo Xiaotian a look but didn't say anything.

Huo Xiaotian: "..."

Although, but.

He suspected that Qiao Bai was mocking him with his eyes.

Qiao Bai: No need to doubt it, isn't this obvious?

What's there to doubt?

Just confirm it directly.

……

On the eve of New Year's Day, Joe returned to New York City.

They boarded a minibus bound for a rural area of ​​New York City, carrying large bags of food, drinks, and clothes.

"Lingmauric Welfare Home".

Qiao Bai stood outside the large iron gate, looking at the orphanage in front of him, which was neither grand nor dilapidated. He let out a long sigh of relief and stepped forward.

The security guard in the small room next door heard the noise and looked in Qiao Bai's direction. The wary expression on his face turned gentle and smiling the moment he saw Qiao Bai.

"Xiao Bai, it's Xiao Bai back, right!" The security guard, a man in his sixties with a face full of wrinkles, had incredibly sharp eyes. He recognized Qiao Bai from a distance and immediately pushed open the door of the guardhouse and ran towards Qiao Bai to greet him.

"Grandpa Ge." Qiao Bai smiled and addressed the gray-haired old man with a friendly greeting.

Ge Shouming's old face was all smiles, his wrinkles practically disappearing: "I heard from Xiao Hua a few days ago that you're coming back for the New Year this year. Good, good, that's wonderful."

"Everyone's waiting for you." Ge Shouming said as he took the food and drinks from Qiao Bai's hands. He picked them up and looked at them, a look of heartache on his face. "You know, you're just coming back for the New Year. Why did you buy so much stuff? It's a waste of money."

"You're still a student, you should keep more money on you."

"Besides, the money you sent to the orphanage is more than enough. Don't send any more money back," Ge Shouming said incessantly.

He looked as if he would have returned the items if Qiao Bai hadn't already brought them back.

"It's not that bad, really not that bad." Qiao Bai said with a somewhat helpless smile, "Grandpa Ge, you know me. Although I'm a student, I'm not an ordinary student. I'm a professor of pet beasts in the Alliance, and I get good treatment."

"These are just ordinary candies and milk, and the clothes aren't very expensive either. It didn't cost much in total."

"You're still just a child, and you're already suffering a lot," Ge Shouming added a few more words.

Qiao Bai listened with a smile without saying a word.

Qiao Bai had accepted the fact that he was an orphan in this world a long time ago.

But perhaps because he was used to the life of being able to eat his fill and not have to worry about anyone else in his previous life, Qiao Bai didn't really think about being born in an orphanage for the time being.

It wasn't long ago, when Qiao Bai was browsing the official website of the NY City Beast Taming Alliance, that he saw the year-end financial expenditures of each breeding base, one of which was a donation to its affiliated welfare institutions. Only then did Qiao Bai suddenly remember this matter.

That's right.

Which welfare home did he come from?

The civet welfare home attached to the civet breeding base.

Let me think back to my memories of life at the Lingmao Welfare Home.

so so.

The director of the welfare home, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng, is a kind and gentle person. Her husband, Ge Shouming, is also an honest man. Due to special physical problems, the two had no children and eventually applied for jobs at the official welfare home.

They treated the children in the welfare home as if they were their own, but they absolutely gave each child equal love, allowing them to grow up healthy and strong.

They can eat their fill at every meal, with a reasonable balance of meat and vegetables.

I keep myself clean every day.

I can get three or four new clothes a year.

With the addition of donated clothes, toys, and books from various places, life in the welfare home is indeed quite good.

After Qiao Bai awakened his potential as a Beast Tamer, his household registration was moved out of the orphanage. The country and the alliance would provide Qiao Bai with a separate allowance, and at the same time, they would also provide an additional allowance to the orphanage where Qiao Bai lived.

Qiao Bai was unaware of the other welfare homes.

However, the children who came out of the Lingmao Welfare Institute, whether they were beast tamers or ordinary people, did not have any major personality defects.

They will not feel excessively inferior because of their background, nor will they turn to crime because of their background.

This is quite an achievement for a welfare institution.

After reflecting on the past, Qiao Bai did not hesitate to donate an additional five million to the Lingmao Welfare Home, which, without counting bonuses, was half of Qiao Bai's income last year.

The Lingmao Welfare Home immediately called Qiao Bai upon receiving the donation, their voices filled with shock and disbelief. After learning that it was Qiao Bai's personal donation, they wanted to return the donation to him.

The two sides are deadlocked.

That's why Qiao Bai went back to the welfare home for the Spring Festival this year.

Passing through the whimsical front yard with its sandpit, slide, seesaw, and various recreational facilities, we entered the main hall. A woman who looked slightly younger than Ge Shouming, around fifty or nearly sixty years old, with an upright posture and graying hair, emerged from the room.

"Grandma Zhang," Qiao Bai greeted her obediently upon seeing her.

"Oh!" Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng's face lit up with a big smile. "Xiaobai's back? It's been years since we last met, you've grown into a big young man! And I told you not to call me grandma! You're making me sound so old!"

As she spoke, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng glared at Ge Shouming beside her.

It's all that old man Ge Shouming's fault!

She looks older than her age!

Even the children call her Grandma!

Qiao Bai laughed heartily: "Alright, Aunt Zhang."

"You look great! You're full of energy!" Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng finally showed a satisfied expression upon hearing this, gave Qiao Bai a thumbs up, and then walked to Qiao Bai's side, pulling him inside: "It's good that you're back."

"The food is being prepared. Come with me to the office first, and I'll refund you through the company account."

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng has been keeping this matter in mind.

Qiao Bai took the initiative and pressed her hand down: "The donation has already been made, what's the point of returning it? Besides, it's not easy to do."

"You know that too, kid?" Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng gave Qiao Bai a look, her voice full of complaint, "Why did you have to donate money in the first place!"

"You're doing just fine out there. If you have time, come back to see us during the Lunar New Year, see the new kids, and play with them. Donating money is such a waste."

"It's not like our welfare home is short of money."

"The Little Indian Cat Breeding Base receives a considerable amount of donations every year, and with the addition of donations from kind-hearted people outside the area, the children are doing quite well," Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng said sincerely. "You're still a child yourself, how can I take your money? You work so hard to earn it."

"Keep the flowers for yourself, don't give them to the orphanage, you don't owe the orphanage anything."

"Besides, after you awakened your potential as a Beast Tamer, the orphanage received an extra subsidy every year because of you, which is enough."

Before Qiao Bai could even finish a sentence, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng had already launched into a long, rapid-fire monologue, giving Qiao Bai no chance to retort.

However, as he listened, a warm smile appeared on Qiao Bai's face.

"Grandma Zhang, Mama Zhang, Ms. Zhang, I know what the situation is like at the welfare home." Qiao Bai did not resist and followed Zhang Xiaofeng to the office. He pressed Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng down on the soft sofa and, taking the initiative, poured her a cup of tea and placed it in front of her.

"But I must explain that I don't lack this money. I am now a well-known professor of pet beasts in the beast taming circle, and an honorary professor of Bluebird University."

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng: "?"

A look of bewilderment appeared on Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng's face.

No?

"An honorary professor at Bluebird University?" Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng repeated subconsciously as Qiao Bai spoke, "When did that happen?"

Ms. Zhang is not someone who is out of touch with the world.

However, since she doesn't go online often and can't go out frequently to take care of the children in the welfare home, the speed at which she receives information is often somewhat delayed. But this time, the delayed news... was something Ms. Zhang didn't expect.

Followed by.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng's gaze towards Qiao Bai was tinged with an indescribable heartache.

While she was happy that her child had achieved such success, she also felt sorry for Qiao Bai. How much effort had Qiao Bai put in to get this honor?

Think about all the news about Qiao Bai that I've heard from time to time over the past year.

While Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng thought her child was truly remarkable and a genius, she also realized that Qiao Bai must have quietly accumulated knowledge and skills behind the scenes, spending a great deal of time and effort to achieve such success.

Hey!

Qiao Bai must be suffering a lot out there!

Qiao Bai, who inadvertently noticed Ms. Zhang's gaze, was speechless.

A tiny head, a big question mark.

He didn't ask Ms. Zhang what she was thinking, but instead continued her sentence frankly, saying, "It happened just a few days ago, it's normal that you don't know."

"That's why I said there's really no need to worry about me so much. I'm doing very well. The country and the alliance treat me very well, and I earn so much that there are almost no places to spend my money," Qiao Bai said sincerely.

He calmly looked at Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng and said, "To be honest, if you're suggesting I donate money, I'd rather come back and spend more time with the children. I'd rather donate money."

time?

It's somewhat precious.

I don't have that much free time to play house with the kids.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng: "..."

The heartache I felt just now suddenly felt like it was about to vanish.

Even if it were her own child, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng felt that what he said was far too Versailles-like.

Myocardial infarction.

"Alright, alright." Seeing that Qiao Bai really didn't care about the five million, and his expression was as relaxed and calm as if he had just bought a pancake for five yuan at a roadside stall, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng had no choice but to accept the donation.

And they accepted the reality that Qiao Bai had truly grown into someone everyone looked up to.

"I know your time is precious, but you can spend the New Year at the orphanage this year." Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng held Qiao Bai's hand, gently patted the back of it twice, and said in a gentle and soothing voice, "It's okay if you don't have time to come back in the future, just don't donate money anymore, okay?"

"The amount you donated is enough to improve the lives of the children in the welfare home for several years."

Qiao Bai nodded.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

OK OK.

I'll agree first.

What he does next is his business.

If someone donates but doesn't show up, can Ms. Zhang return the money to them remotely?

Qiao Bai quickly made a series of plans in his mind.

Putting everything else aside, since time travel is truly possible in this world, who knows, there might be gods, Buddhas, ghosts, and monsters? Let's just consider it an act of kindness and accumulating merit.

I'll just donate less in the future.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng, unaware of Qiao Bai's true feelings, smiled with relief upon seeing that she had persuaded him: "But now that you're already working, how are things? Have you met any girls you like?"

Qiao Bai: "..."

Good guy.

Qiao Bai never expected that she would also encounter pressure to get married... no, I mean, being dragged into family gossip one day?

"Uh..." Qiao Bai didn't speak, but his expression said it all.

"Xiaobai, you can't do this. I've known you for a long time. You're too mature for your age. You should enjoy your youth. If you don't enjoy your youth now, what will happen when you get older..." Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng said to Qiao Bai in a long, rambling way.

Just as Qiao Bai's eyes were about to turn into the shape of mosquito coils, there was a knock on Ms. Zhang's office door.

"Knock knock knock—"

After three knocks, a head popped in from behind the door: "Aunt Zhang, dinner's ready!"

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng stopped abruptly.

Qiao Bai also breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked toward the doorway.

She was a girl wearing a plain floral dress with a loose braid tied to the side. Her doe eyes sparkled beneath her long eyelashes. The moment she met Qiao Bai's gaze, she gave a slightly shy smile, and her dimples appeared faintly on her face.

"Nan... Xiaohua?" Qiao Bai hesitated for a moment, then found the girl's name in his mind.

A little girl who was a year younger than him and entered the orphanage a year later.

There's a reason why Qiao Bai was able to remember her name.

Nan Xiaohua was abandoned because she was born with a slow reaction time. What a normal person could react to in a few seconds, she might take half an hour, an hour, or even most of a day to react to.

It's not a problem with intelligence.

It's simply a matter of slow reaction time.

However, the little girl was still viewed with prejudice by many people, who always liked to bully her secretly. In addition, the little girl was short and chubby when she was little, so some nosy boys gave her nicknames such as "Pumpkin" and "Shorty".

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng, who always cares deeply about every child, noticed that Nan Xiaohua had been called that nickname for two days. She then severely punished the naughty boys, saying that it was because they didn't have enough homework that they had so much time to think about this and that.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng never advocated corporal punishment.

She chose mental torture.

Processing class.

Add like crazy.

Tell Ge Shouming to keep an eye on things.

We ensure that no child has the opportunity to relax and play before finishing their homework.

If they can finish quickly, that means they're a promising student; keep them on their toes.

After this happened a few times, no one in their welfare home dared to form cliques, exclude others, or do anything like that anymore.

The main theme is harmony between us all.

Everyone has love.

However, because of this, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng inevitably paid more attention to Nan Xiaohua than to the other children, ensuring that Nan Xiaohua wouldn't be bullied without knowing why.

"I remember when I left, Xiaohua was still..." Qiao Bai swore that he had never participated in bullying Nan Xiaohua since he was a child, and when he saw Nan Xiaohua being bullied, he would decisively go to Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng to complain.

He had never called Nan Xiaohua by her nickname, but seeing the formerly short, chubby little girl transform into a... little beauty, Qiao Bai was still inexplicably surprised.

"Don't you realize you've been away from the orphanage for several years now?" Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng smiled and glanced at Qiao Bai, immediately guessing what he was thinking. "Two years ago, Xiao Hua got sick and naturally lost weight. Plus, girls change a lot as they grow up, and our Xiao Hua has become more and more beautiful."

Qiao Bai nodded, completely agreeing with what Ms. Zhang said.

That's right.

She definitely looks better now.

Listening to Qiao Bai and Ms. Zhang's conversation, Nan Xiaohua, standing at the door, slowly and gently revealed an embarrassed smile. She blinked her eyes and said in a soft voice, "Mrs. Zhang, time to eat!"

"Okay." Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng stood up and pointed to Qiao Bai beside her: "Do you still recognize who this is?"

"I know." Nan Xiaohua nodded gently.

Qiao Bai was somewhat surprised.

kindness?

As the little girl grew up, her slow reaction time seemed to improve.

Qiao Bai could also recall that when he spoke to Nan Xiaohua, it would take her at least three or four minutes to react and reply, so no one really liked chatting with her.

Although Nan Xiaohua's responses are still a bit slow now, taking at least thirty seconds to speak, compared to before, she now only makes people think that the girl is a slowpoke.

"It's Qiao Bai," Nan Xiaohua continued.

Her doe-like eyes blinked brightly as she stared intently at Qiao Bai, as if he were some extraordinary being.

Qiao Bai felt uncomfortable being stared at like that.

"Hahaha." Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng noticed Qiao Bai's unease at a glance. She led Qiao Bai outside and, as they passed the door, she took Nan Xiaohua's small, fair and delicate hand and said to Qiao Bai, who was walking on her other side, as they walked forward.

"You have no idea how much Xiaohua loves to follow your news."

"Especially that... honey bug! Yes! It's the one you helped research the evolutionary path of the honey bug. Xiaohua has been checking for news about you online every day since then," Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng said cheerfully. "Xiaohua even raised a honey bug specifically for this purpose. I think maybe in a while, that honey bug will evolve!"

Qiao Bai was somewhat surprised.

Nan Xiaohua isn't a beast tamer, right?

Then he calmed down again.

Honey worms.

indeed.

Many ordinary people are now raising beetles.

Gentle in nature.

Only when the relationship with the owner is extremely good can evolution occur.

Even without a contract, there's no need to worry about evolved pets rebelling.

Even so, the number of people who can truly get a honey bug to meet the requirements for evolution is not very large. Whether it is a beast tamer or an ordinary person, it is not an easy thing to gain the honey bug's complete and unconditional trust, or even to make it change from being timid and afraid of death to being bold.

As far as Qiao Bai knows.

His classmate, Li Xiaoyao, seems to have a honey bug that hasn't evolved yet, right?

On the contrary, is Nan Xiaohua about to evolve?

Qiao Bai was a little surprised.

But considering Nan Xiaohua's personality, it's not entirely impossible.

Gentle, kind, and patient, if she truly wanted to treat a supernatural being, no supernatural being could resist such a personality.

"That's good, but if the Honeybug really evolves, I'll have to trouble you, Ms. Zhang, to keep a close eye on it. After all, not being able to form a contract means there are uncontrollable factors involved," Qiao Bai said.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng gestured a no-problem sign: "Don't worry, I'm being more careful than anyone else."

Yes.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng is a first-tier beast tamer. She's not particularly skilled, but she does have three pet beasts.

Because of her underdeveloped mental state, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng was unable to go any further, and it also affected her physical functions, making her unable to have children. This is why she became the director of the welfare home.

Qiao Bai noticed that while he was talking to Ms. Zhang, Nan Xiaohua would occasionally peek out from her rabbit hole like a little rabbit with its ears perked up, and then quickly dart back in before Qiao Bai could look at her.

If Qiao Bai's senses hadn't been sharp enough, he wouldn't have noticed.

Qiao Bai seized an opportunity. Just as Nan Xiaohua poked her ears and head out of the rabbit hole again and looked in his direction, he suddenly turned his head to look at Nan Xiaohua, and their eyes met.

Nan Xiaohua: "!"

"call out--"

This time it was faster than ever before.

Nan Xiaohua suddenly squatted down and hugged herself tightly.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng, who stopped walking mid-way: "..."

Look at Nan Xiaohua... the child is curled up into a ball.

Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng could only turn her gaze to Qiao Bai, signaling with her eyes: Look what you've done! How old are you, kid? Why are you still doing such pointless things!

Qiao Bai: ...cough cough.

I just couldn't resist!

"Okay, okay, I was wrong." Qiao Bai obediently raised her hands and said with a docile expression.

Upon hearing this, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng rolled her eyes at Qiao Bai again, but a look of satisfaction appeared on her face.

Hearing what Qiao Bai said before, Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng originally thought that Qiao Bai had grown up and was an adult. She felt joy but also indescribable melancholy.

Children grow up so fast.

He still looks like a teenager.

Why must we bear such heavy burdens?

If possible, children should enjoy their childhood to the fullest!

Looking at it now—oh dear, Qiao Bai is still just a child!

Tell me, what adult could do something so loud and boisterous!

……

Sitting among a group of children of varying ages, the oldest being twelve or thirteen and the youngest only two or three, Qiao Bai remained remarkably calm.

What?

Feeling like a thorn in my side?

He felt uncomfortable being stared at by a group of people.

No, no.

None at all.

Qiao Bai was so used to this that he couldn't be more used to it.

Since Qiao Bai became famous, he has become the center of attention wherever he goes. Even when he is eating, he can hear people talking about his name from all aspects and angles.

Qiao Bai went from being unaccustomed to it at first to getting used to it and then ignoring it, and it didn't take too long in between.

Qiao Bai also learned some ways to disguise himself.

If you can't disguise yourself properly and get recognized, it's not a big problem.

In short... Qiao Bai has developed a strong heart and can ignore all external gazes.

A group of little radish-like girls were looking at you with curiosity.

Let them see what they want.

Qiao Bai continued eating calmly.

The moment Qiao Bai put down his chopsticks, the children who had been secretly observing him but dared not approach finally couldn't hold back any longer. A little girl holding a brown teddy bear took two steps, then two more, and seeing Nan Xiaohua who was only two steps away from Qiao Bai, the little girl bravely ran all the way to Qiao Bai's side.

"Big brother, you're the super famous Professor Qiao Bai that Sister Xiaohua has been following, right?" The little girl's clear voice rang out in the cafeteria.

Before Qiao Bai could say anything, Nan Xiaohua's face slowly, little by little, flushed red, starting from her ears and spreading across her entire face.

Nan Xiaohua once again displayed a speed inconsistent with her slow reaction time, "whoosh" pushing aside the bowl and chopsticks in front of her and burying her head between her arms, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand while its body is still exposed.

Ostrich and Nan Xiaohua: I can't see you! As long as I can't see you, no one else can see me!

Qiao Bai: "...Ahem!"

I felt a little embarrassed to laugh even though I wanted to.

However, Qiao Bai hadn't forgotten the little girl beside him who was looking up at him with curious eyes.

"Um... I'm not sure about the string of adjectives you mentioned, but I am indeed Qiao Bai, and a professor of pet animals." Qiao Bai was quite patient with the children in the orphanage.

The little girl hugged her slightly faded but still clearly cherished brown teddy bear, nodded earnestly, her two little bows nodding in accompaniment: "Cai Cai knows! Big brother must be that super amazing professor that Sister Xiao Hua is following!"

"Because Sister Xiaohua is shy!" The little girl named Cai Cai had a clear and loud voice.

Nan Xiaohua: "..."

I can't hear you.

I can't see it, I can't see it.

I will not look up.

Qiao Bai: Hahaha!

Not laughing was definitely his last act of tenderness.

Because it looks so funny!

After learning that Qiao Bai was the professor Nan Xiaohua had been following, and seeing that Qiao Bai seemed easy to talk to, the other children exchanged glances and were no longer as afraid of him as they had been at the beginning.

Now, both boys and girls swarmed around Qiao Bai, their childish voices chattering all at once.

"Big brother, big brother, aren't you an incredibly powerful beast tamer?!"

"Can I see big brother's pet animal?"

"Is big brother's pet as powerful as Aunt Zhang's pet?"

"Aunt Zhang is the best!"

"Sister Xiaohua is even more amazing! Sister Xiaohua isn't a beast tamer, but she has pet beasts too!"

If women are like five hundred ducks, Qiao Bai felt at this moment that children are like a thousand ducks.

Fortunately.

He only comes back once a year for the Lunar New Year; otherwise, he would really have to shorten his lifespan.

Think back to when he was a child, was he really that annoying?

Oh.

It seems pretty much the same.

It's even a bit more bearish.

after all.

Fight the goose with your bare hands.

Provoking the big yellow dog at the village entrance.

He had done things like coveting the tail feathers of a rooster.

Chaos ensued, truly living up to its reputation.

He's been able to grow up so well thanks to the villagers for being so tolerant of him.

Looking at the children in the welfare home, although some are mischievous, they are actually much more well-behaved than children who have parents to care for them.

Children can read facial expressions and are able to recognize that there is a reason why the environment in which they grow up is so interesting.

Even though Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng and Ge Shouming take good care of the children.

When children realize that they have been abandoned by their real relatives, they mature mentally very quickly, which manifests as obedience.

Qiao Bai looked around and noticed.

The children who chased after him, jumping up and down and asking questions incessantly, were mostly between 5 and 8 years old. Those over 9 years old mostly just looked at Qiao Bai with curious eyes. The older children, around 11 or 2 years old, would even try to calm down the overly excited ones.

"Want to see my pet beast? Sure." Qiao Bai agreed to the children's request.

"Yay—!"

Instantly.

The children cheered.

Qiao Bai raised a finger: "But—"

The children immediately quieted down, blinking their big, watery eyes, covering their mouths with their hands, looking pitifully at Qiao Bai, and quietly waiting for him to speak.

Qiao Bai couldn't help but chuckle before continuing, "But if they don't want you to touch them, you can't force them, can you?"

"Can--!"

The children drawled out their words.

next second.

Qiao Bai released Xiao Wu, the cat-like insect, and the little white snake.

"Wow--"

The children gasped in surprise once again.

"What a huge bird!"

"What a fat cat! It's even fatter than Zhang Mama's big orange tabby cat!"

"A snake? Its eyes are so beautiful!"

The children surrounded the little crow, the cat-like insect, and the little white snake.

The three pets released from the Spiritual Sea Beast Taming Space remained completely calm.

They had already heard it clearly within Qiao Bai's spiritual sea beast-taming space.

Qiao Bai also asked for their opinions before releasing them.

Little Wu looked at the children looking at it with eyes of shock, awe, longing, and joy, and raised its head with a smug expression.

╭ (╯ ^ ╰) ╮

That's right!

Birds are just so amazing!

Spreading its wings, it revealed the golden-red parts beneath the black feathers.

The children, who had never seen such extraordinary creatures before, gasped in surprise once again.

"So handsome!"

"I want a bird like that too!"

"Wow, it's amazing that you have such a pet!"

Xiao Wu: That's it!

boast!

Keep praising!

Compared to Xiao Wu, Maomao Chong's treatment was much more miserable.

"So fat!"

"Yes! You're really fat!"

"Fatter than a giant orange!"

Xiaowu: (▼乑▼#)

Not fat!

I'm not fat at all!

A bunch of clueless brats!

hateful!

"It has horns on its head, it doesn't look like a cat!"

"And it doesn't have a long tail either!"

"And it has six legs!"

Wow! Six legs!

"Pointy ears, it must be a cat! Hmm... it's a disabled kitten!"

The children's ideas are wildly imaginative.

They didn't know much about dragon-type supernatural creatures. Zhang's mother had two contracted pets, both of which were little spirit cats, and there were many wild kittens in the vicinity, which led them to firmly believe that the cat-like insect was a kitten.

Cat Cat Bug:o(▼ plate▼メ;)o

I'm so angry!

I'm even angrier than before!

It's one thing to spread rumors that it's fat.

Now they've even mistaken its variety!

I'm so angry!

hateful!

It can eat a whole child in one bite!

Awooo—!

"Giggle giggle—"

The children surrounding the cat-like insect weren't afraid of its fierce yet adorable expression; instead, they laughed even harder.

"The kitten is so cute!"

The little white snake was treated better than the cat-like insect.

Although it's not as good as Xiao Wu.

After all, they are cold-blooded animals.

They don't seem to be very approachable.

Some timid children didn't dare to gather around the little white snake, but others were directly attracted by its unparalleled beauty.

Led by Cai Cai, a little girl holding a brown teddy bear, seven or eight children surrounded the little white snake, taking turns touching it in a very fair and impartial manner.

The little white snake didn't react much.

He lazily opened his mouth wide and yawned.

What?

Is being touched an insult to one's dignity?

Sorry.

The little white snake had absolutely no such thought in its mind.

Touch it, touch it.

Feel free to touch.

As long as you don't wake the snake so it can continue hibernating, it's fine.

Yes.

With changes in temperature.

The little white snake now wants to sleep for 25 hours a day.

The little white snake had to be dragged out of bed and trained by Qiao Bai every now and then, which was an unbearable torture for it.

Right now, he's just lying here being touched by a bunch of kids.

Their movements were still very gentle.

It doesn't affect the snake's sleep at all.

Snakes love this kind of activity!

Others may have seen through the myriad aspects of human nature, but Qiao Bai could see right through what his three children were thinking.

Each one left Qiao Bai speechless.

What kind of vain narcissistic bird, lard-blind cat, and lazy snake reincarnation is this?

Why are their personalities so strange?

Qiao Bai resolutely denied that he was partly responsible for this.

He's always been a perfectly normal person.

That's perfectly normal.

He doesn't have any of these bad habits!

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Just as Qiao Bai was lost in thought, his clothes were suddenly tugged at.

Qiao Bai was stunned for a moment.

kindness?

I looked down.

It was Cai Cai, the little girl who was the first to run over to him and expose Nan Xiaohua's secrets.

Clutching her cherished teddy bear, Cai Cai looked up and tried her best to see Qiao Bai's eyes, whispering, "Big brother, Cai Cai has something to tell you."

Qiao Bai bent down and looked Cai Cai straight in the eyes: "Okay, little Cai Cai, what do you want to say?"

"Hmm..." Faced with Qiao Bai's face so close to hers, Cai Cai, who was already 7 years old and had a basic understanding of good looks, couldn't help but let her eyes dart around. Qiao Bai then asked gently, and Cai Cai finally came back to her senses, saying in a deliberately lowered but still clear voice, "Isn't big brother amazing?"

"Big brother, could you please save Egg?"

Qiao Bai: "?"

"Eggs?" Qiao Bai's face showed obvious confusion. "Could you explain in more detail, Cai Cai?"

What eggs?

Pet egg?

Qiao Bai thought it was unlikely.

The Lingmao Welfare Home is just an ordinary welfare home. It's impossible for any extraordinary creature to give birth nearby, and no one would send pet eggs here.

The orphanage is full of children whose awakening potential is still uncertain.

Children who awaken their potential as beast tamers will leave the orphanage.

Children who do not have the potential to awaken will also leave the welfare home when they reach the corresponding age, which is eighteen.

Therefore, Qiao Bai couldn't quite understand what the little girl meant by "egg".

"I found the eggs in the small pond." Cai Cai whispered in Qiao Bai's ear, as if sharing a secret, only to Qiao Bai.

As I listened...

Qiao Bai's expression gradually became serious.

What do you mean by an egg that you find while playing in a small pond, that is transparent but seems to breathe, flashes, and sometimes emits a faint blue light?

Qiao Bai glanced at the little girl again.

Yep.

It used a lot of adjectives.

This matched his initial impression of the little girl.

Quirky and mischievous.

Bold.

While everyone else was unfamiliar with him and dared not speak to him, little Cai Cai was the first to rush over.

The person who discovered an unknown "testicle" on the contact list but didn't tell anyone... that takes real guts.

"Cai Cai only told me about this, right?" Qiao Bai asked again to confirm.

Cai Cai nodded: "Yes! Cai Cai only told big brother!"

"Big brother, can you save Egg?"

"Cai Cai thinks Egg's about to die!"

"There's nothing I can do, Cai Cai." Cai Cai's voice was a little downcast as she spoke, and she tightened her grip on her teddy bear. Then, she looked at Qiao Bai with expectant eyes: "But big brother is amazing! Sister Xiao Hua said big brother is the most amazing beast tamer! The most amazing professor!"

"So big brother can definitely save Egg, right!"

Qiao Bai rubbed his forehead.

That's incredibly bold.

They are really good at keeping secrets.

Despite being at an age when her desire to share is at its peak, the little girl managed to keep it a secret from everyone.

He is a person capable of great things.

and also.

Has Nan Xiaohua's past been exposed by Cai Cai again?

Qiao Bai was still a little curious: did Nan Xiaohua really admire him that much?

He and Nan Xiaohua didn't seem to have much interaction when they were kids, right?

(End of this chapter)