Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Leopard’s Little Class, You’re the King If You Don’t Get Beaten
After preparing the ingredients, the group gathered around and started a fire.
"Brother, do you think they’ll fight?" Zhong Mingrui asked, looking curiously at all the animals lying around them.
There were herbivores and carnivores alike.
Zhong Siqi was silent for a few seconds before answering in a hushed voice, "Not right now."
"Why not?" Zhong Mingrui secretly pointed a finger at a few wolves. "Aren’t they hungry?"
"Because the most important thing right now is to stay alive until the floodwaters recede." Zhong Siqi’s gaze fell on the murky, churning flood in the distance. "Fighting takes too much energy, and they could fall into the water. It’s not worth it."
"Besides..." Zhong Siqi turned to Zhong Mingrui, his voice suddenly stern. "How dare you question the status of your Big King!"
"Zhaozhao, I’m telling on him! He’s questioning you! With you here, how could any animals possibly fight? Zhong Mingrui is just too much!"
Zhong Mingrui: ...
He stared at his brother in disbelief.
’Oh, that’s not his brother anymore! That’s his enemy!’
"Big King! Don’t believe him! My brother is a treacherous court official!" Zhong Mingrui panicked. ’What if Big King believes him and doesn’t give me any food!’
Song Yi raised his hand. "Big King, I heard him!! Zhong Mingrui doesn’t believe in you!"
So much for brothers sticking together.
The human heart was a treacherous thing. Zhong Mingrui wanted no part of it. "Song Yi!"
Song Yi looked at the sky, at the ground—anywhere but at him.
Watching them, the adults burst out laughing.
From the side came Gu Zhao’s faint voice. "Brother... are you happy? If you’re happy, can you move your foot?"
Gu Xulin looked down and saw that there seemed to be another foot under his own...
Oops~ No wonder his foot felt so soft underneath.
"Haha... my bad, my bad." Gu Xulin averted his head in embarrassment.
Gu Zhao gave him an accusatory look.
Gu Xulin glanced at the meat still roasting over the fire. He moved it around to flip it over. "Do you want it spicy?"
Gu Zhao’s attention was successfully diverted. "Yes!"
Gu Xulin breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zhong Mingrui for some chili powder, which Zhong Mingrui immediately gave him.
Song Yi pulled a cucumber from his backpack. "Big King, want some cucumber?"
"Yes!" Gu Zhao accepted all comers.
[They’re surrounded by wild animals with a flood raging nearby... These guys have nerves of steel.]
[Zhong Mingrui: I’m just a simple, curious baby, why do I have to suffer like this! (pouting pitifully)]
[Gu Zhao’s accusatory glare didn’t even last three seconds before she was lured away by roasted meat. As expected, food is life!]
[To the person who said they have nerves of steel, look! The moment Gu Zhao opens her mouth, the animals don’t even dare to breathe too loudly. That sense of security is built-in!]
A few elephants and the three tiger brothers stealthily surrounded Hua Baozi.
Hua Baozi instantly sensed trouble. It stood up and looked at them. "What do you want!"
Tiger stared at it. "Teach us Xiangxiang’s language."
The elephants also watched it, but with a bit more politeness than the tigers—though not much. "After the flood is over, we will bring you gifts to thank you."
Hua Baozi looked at the elephants and tigers surrounding it and gave a cold laugh.
’Could it say no?!’
Hua Baozi looked thoroughly displeased, but then an idea seemed to strike it. A slight smile appeared on its furry face. "Alright, alright! We’re all friends. If you want to learn, I’ll teach you!"
The animals gathered around and sat down.
Hua Baozi gave a light cough. "First, I’ll teach you some simple vocabulary."
The tigers and elephants listened intently.
Seeing this, the other animals crowded around as well.
Hua Baozi said, "When you meet a Xiangxiang you like, are you sad because you don’t know how to communicate? Then you just need to learn one phrase! And Xiangxiang will give you cuddles and hugs!"
A tiger said impatiently, "Hurry up and say it!"
"Yeah, yeah! Get on with it!"
Hua Baozi cleared its throat, its expression serious. "You just need to say these few words to her."
"Baka yarou!"
One of the tigers was still a bit wary. "What does that mean?"
Hua Baozi said without batting an eye, "It means ’I love you.’"
An elephant diligently tried to learn. "Bah-geh yah-roo."
Hua Baozi bit its own leg to keep from laughing.
"What are you doing?" a newly joined lion asked, narrowing its eyes.
Hua Baozi said, "My leg is itchy."
The animal glanced at it, then continued learning.
Hua Baozi lowered its head, stifling its laughter.
’Hua Baozi’s Little Classroom: If you don’t get beaten up, you’re the king!’
...
"Brother... there are so many animals over there..." Ye Zuiyi said, a little panicked as she saw the crowd of animals in the distance.
’Gu Zhao can’t be over there, can she?’
’No! I can’t be with Gu Zhao right now!’
"Brother, let’s go over there instead. There are too many animals here."
Ye Zexi was exhausted and hungry. He really didn’t want to move. "Yibao, let’s not go over there. We can just rest somewhere around here."
Yu Zimo was also at his limit. "Yeah, we just need to not get too close."
Yu Xiaowei didn’t say anything, trying her best to be part of the background.
Ye Zuiyi was getting anxious, but more than that, she was annoyed. She didn’t like it when they disobeyed her!
’I’m the group’s favorite! They should just dote on me! They’re supposed to listen to me!’
"Brother! I don’t want to stay here."
Her tone was impatient.
Ye Zexi frowned, but he quickly convinced himself, ’Yibao is still young. After everything she’s been through, she must be scared.’
"Yibao, we’re all running on fumes," he tried to reason with her.
Ye Zuiyi was extremely irritated. Before she could say anything else, Yu Zimo spotted something.
"Is that a shelter over there?" Yu Zimo asked, looking past the animals in the distance.
Yu Xiaowei looked over. There were people in the shelter. She instinctively felt that it had to be Gu Zhao and her group!!
"Gu Zhao!" Ye Zexi recognized them too.
’Just great. We’re getting soaked traveling on the road, while they’re taking a nice break!’
"We’re going over there too! We’re all guests on this show; they can’t just leave me to die, can they!" Yu Zimo said with a cold expression.
[I actually don’t see a problem with this... At a time like this, I think it’s safer for the guests to stick together.]
[Stick together? Then shouldn’t they find Zhou Lan and Song Jina first? Those two are practically wandering homeless right now!]
[I can’t even! Do they have to go looking for trouble with Gu Zhao? I used to think Second Young Master Ye was handsome and his doting on his sister was cute, but now I’m unstanning!]
Ye Zuiyi grew even angrier.
But now, no one was listening to her. Even Ye Zexi wanted to go over.
Left with no choice, the group headed over together.
But as soon as they arrived, they were blocked by the animals, who wouldn’t let them pass.
Ye Zexi shouted Gu Zhao’s name, only to be driven away by the animals.
"They must be here to fight for Xiangxiang’s affection too! Shoo, shoo!" a few wild boars grunted as they drove them away.
A few elephants walked over, plucking leaves from a small tree with their trunks to eat, their bodies conveniently blocking the path.
Gu Zhao seemed to sense something and looked in their direction, but she saw nothing out of the ordinary and was a little confused.
Gu Xulin noticed. "What’s wrong?"
Gu Zhao scratched her head. "I think I heard someone call my name."
"None of the animals speak Chinese, so who would be calling you? Or did you suddenly learn to understand English? Stop dreaming. If you could do that, pigs would be climbing trees."
"What pig can climb trees?" Zhong Mingrui asked, looking up when he heard them.
Song Yi tut-tutted like an expert. "You don’t even know this? Peppa Pig can climb trees! I saw it last time. She went right up someone’s house and climbed up a tree!"
Gu Zhao: "A pig that can climb trees? It must be delicious!"
Song Yi: ...
"Brother... would Peppa be tasty?" Song Yi asked, looking helplessly at Song Zhe.
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