When Little Vermilion Bird saw Fang Qiao, it was as if she had seen a savior; her eyes immediately turned fiery.
It scrambled to its feet and leaped into Fang Qiao's arms: "Sister Qiao, you're finally off work! Please help me! That annoying tiger from yesterday has been sent back again!"
The little Vermilion Bird pounced quickly and fiercely, causing Fang Qiao to stumble backward, almost falling over.
She steadied herself, pulled the little Vermilion Bird from her chest, and asked, "What happened? Don't worry, tell me in detail."
"I don't know what happened, but it was just sent back!" The little Vermilion Bird flapped its wings in frustration.
Fang Qiao looked into the courtyard and met Chen Jingrui's gaze, who was carrying a white tiger cub.
With an apologetic look on his face, Chen Jingrui explained, "This white tiger is quite destructive, and the researchers at our unit are all ordinary and can't control it. So after discussion, the leaders finally decided to send this white tiger here temporarily for foster care."
"Ah..." Fang Qiao hesitated, "You can't control it, so if you send it to our house, we can't handle it either, can we?"
Chen Jingrui said, "With the Vermilion Bird present, they can keep each other in check. Moreover, this White Tiger is bound by the Spirit-Binding Rope, so it is no match for the Vermilion Bird."
Fang Qiao: "That's true, but as you've seen, the little Vermilion Bird is very resistant to this white tiger. They'd have a hard time staying in the same room, wouldn't they?"
The little Vermilion Bird nodded emphatically: "Yes! I don't want to share a room with it!"
“I won’t let you share a room with it!” Chen Jingrui pointed to a corner in the yard and said, “I’ll have my men build it a nest in the yard later. You can live inside, and it can live outside.”
Little Vermilion Bird glanced at the spot in the corner and laughed: "Okay then."
The white tiger cub was unhappy.
What kind of creature lives in the corner? A watchdog?
No way!
It struggled desperately under Chen Jingrui's grasp, protesting loudly, "I don't want to live in the corner! Don't even think about making me a gatekeeper!"
Little Vermilion Bird, hands on hips: "Protest denied! If you want to stay here, you'll have to live in the corner!"
"Then I won't stay here," the white tiger cub said to Chen Jingrui. "You should take me back. I'd like to play with those guys in white coats."
"No way," Chen Jingrui refused decisively.
He was speechless.
You're willing, but they aren't.
Don't you have any idea how you were kicked out?
After painstakingly cultivating ten Bizhu Fruit plants capable of altering the constitution of ordinary people for half a year, they had just blossomed and hadn't even borne fruit yet when you, you little bear cub, uprooted several of them with a single paw. Not to mention the other spiritual plants and herbs that were destroyed!
The researchers are so angry they're about to vomit blood, why would they play along?
What a load of rubbish!
Live in the corner!
The white tiger cub pouted pitifully, but Chen Jingrui ignored it and comforted the little red bird, saying, "Don't worry, let it make do wherever it wants for the night. Tomorrow I'll have someone bring over bricks and tiles to build its den."
The little Vermilion Bird waved its hand and said, "Then I'll be kind and let it stay in the corridor for one night."
The white tiger cub gritted its teeth in anger: "I don't want to! I want to live in a house!"
"I won't allow it! You can forget about living in the house!"
The little Vermilion Bird and the white tiger cub immediately started arguing.
Chen Jingrui took the opportunity to retreat. Fang Qiao's head was throbbing from the loud noise, so she turned around and led the children to the doorway for some fresh air.
Not long after, Tian Tian and Chen Yan returned home from school.
Sweetie was holding a handful of wildflowers, and her schoolbag was hanging on Chen Yan's shoulder.
Upon seeing Fang Qiao, she immediately smiled, quickly ran towards her, held the flowers up to her, and said, "Auntie, this bouquet is for you! I picked it specially, isn't it beautiful?"
Fang Qiao took it, looked at it, and nodded with a smile: "It's beautiful."
This isn't just to fool a child; I genuinely think it's beautiful.
Sweetie has a good sense of aesthetics; the combination of various wildflowers in yellow, pink, and purple with the emerald green grass is very fresh and elegant.
Hearing Fang Qiao say it looked good, Tian Tian immediately became happy, "Then I'll go find a bottle to put it in."
After saying that, she skipped and hopped into the house.
Chen Yan took two steps after her and called out, "Your schoolbag!"
Sweetie didn't even turn her head: "Give my auntie first."
Chen Yan politely called her Aunt Qiao, and Fang Qiao smiled and took Tian Tian's schoolbag from his hand, saying, "Give it to me, I'll hold it for her."
Chen Yan nodded and said, "Then I'll go home first."
"Okay, let's go back."
After parting ways with Chen Yan, Fang Qiao led the children home.
Sweetie had already spotted the white tiger cub. She squatted down in front of it, holding a flower in one hand and reaching out to stroke its little head with the other.
The white tiger cub turned its head away, refusing to be touched.
Sweetie coaxed it softly, "Okay, meow, let me pet you!"
The white tiger cub arrogantly raised its chin and snorted, "Don't call me 'meow,' I'm not a cat!"
Sweetie gave a perfunctory "uh-huh" and then, as she pleased, patted the white tiger cub's head.
She combed its fur along the grain with her hands, scratching its itch as she did so.
The white tiger cub was being pampered comfortably, making purring sounds in its throat.
Seeing this, Fang Qiao did not say anything to disturb them.
With the spirit-binding rope binding it and the little Vermilion Bird watching over it, the white tiger dared not act rashly.
Sweetie and White Tiger get along well. At night, she couldn't bear to let her cub sleep alone in the corridor. However, Little Vermilion Bird kept a close eye on her and wouldn't let her into the house. So she had to take out her cardboard box nest, find a sheltered place, and cover it with an old piece of clothing that she had outgrown last year to keep it warm.
Fortunately, the White Tiger was aware of its situation. Its spiritual power was sealed by the Spirit Binding Rope, and it was also being suppressed by the Little Vermilion Bird, so it only made a few noises and did not dare to cause any real trouble. It obediently stayed in the corridor.
The next morning, as agreed, Chen Jingrui delivered mud, sand, bricks, and tiles, and also brought two of his men to build a nest for the white tiger.
Little Vermilion Bird waved its hand, ordering people to build its nest in the corner of the wall next to the main gate.
If you pile it up next to the main gate, wouldn't it really become a gatekeeper?
Absolutely no White Tiger.
Fang Qiao also felt that this was inappropriate. The White Tiger was a divine beast, and placing it at the main gate would be an insult and would lead to enmity.
After discussing it with the white tiger, they decided to build their nests side by side on one side of the house.
It should be built taller and more imposing, and painted with the same white paint as the exterior walls.
In short, it can't be like a doghouse!
Fang Qiao agreed.
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