Qin Zhouxing, puzzled, was about to lower his head and ask again when he heard Zhuo Wenshan angrily retort to Qin Zhouxing:

"We're only picking up the young! If you want to pick someone up, you can only pick up someone younger than us, not someone older!"

Younger?

Looking at his sturdy little calf, Qin Zhouxing asked him incredulously, "Zhouli, you were defeated by a younger brother who is younger than you?"

That was more than just a defeat; it was a complete and utter loss. And it wasn't the younger brother, it was the younger sister.

Qin Zhouli's face darkened, and she stared at her brother who was also gloating. Then she shouted at Zhuo Wenshan, "If that's the case, my brother didn't keep a tiger as a pet! My brother couldn't have climbed over that wall empty-handed! So you guys have to drag someone who's never kept a tiger over the wall too!"

? ? ?

Climbing over a wall barehanded? Keeping a tiger as a pet?

Qin Zhouxing's gloating face suddenly froze.

He glanced at his younger brother, who was holding his hand, and inexplicably felt that Qin Zhouli's tone carried a hint of pride when he said those words.

He tugged at his younger brother and asked in a low voice, "Zhou Li, why are there people keeping tigers? Who keeps tigers?"

Qin Zhouli was looking smugly at Zhuo Wenshan's flushed face when he heard this and said, "Wen... the Fifth Princess and Princess Changyin said that Princess Niannian is raising a tiger."

Nian Nian... the little princess?

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhouxing's gaze fell on the little girl surrounded in the middle, and he immediately laughed, "Who keeps a tiger as a pet? Especially a little princess. Could it be that the Fifth Princess has made a mistake? Maybe she's just a grown-up raccoon?"

After Qin Zhouxing said that, everyone suddenly felt that it made sense.

Hu Chang asked Niannian, "How big is your tiger? Is it quite fat?"

Qin Zhouli patted Wenlian's head and asked her, "Wenlian, are you sure that's a tiger?"

The little boy nodded to Hu Chang, "He is quite chubby."

Xiao Wenlian shook her head blankly, "Aunt Lin said it was a tiger, but I... I don't know, I've never seen a tiger before..."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Qin Zhouxing.

Everyone became even more convinced that it was just a fat raccoon.

But the little boy puffed out his cheeks and said, "That's a tiger! I'm sure!"

Is it confirmed that he's a three-year-old toddler? Qin Zhouxing, who's almost seventeen, just smiled faintly.

Seeing that no one believed her, Changyin suggested, "Everyone says it's a tiger! If you don't believe me, Niannian can call Pang Tuantuan over! Then everyone will see for themselves."

"Mmm!" the little boy nodded.

Qin Zhouli was very skeptical, "How can they call it over from so far away?" Besides, raccoons don't seem to know their way around, they're not dogs.

The little dumpling pouted and said in a childish voice, "Pangtuantuan is the most obedient, and it runs fast. It'll be here in less than fifteen minutes!"

"Then call it over to take a look!" Qin Zhouli didn't believe that the raccoon could find its way, and looked at his older brother with pleading eyes.

Qin Zhouxing glanced at the palace servants standing in the distance. They were Zhuangyou, Aunt Lin, and others who had come in through the main gate. After they arrived, they saw the little boys having fun with the children, so they didn't come over to disturb them.

Qin Zhouxing smiled helplessly, patted his younger brother's head, and whispered in his ear, "Silly boy, what's there to be curious about? There are palace servants standing over there. If their master gives the order, wouldn't they have to 'summon' the raccoon immediately?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhouli immediately understood.

"No way! When Niannian said she called Pang Tuantuan over, it meant Pang Tuantuan heard Niannian's voice and ran over on his own, not that she had him led over! Besides, Pang Tuantuan doesn't listen to just anyone!"

Even a certain war tiger has a temper!