CHAPTER 552: CHAPTER 518: THE BODY OF PURE YANG

"Okay, I’ll look into it."

"Why are you three dilly-dallying? Let’s go, didn’t Dad say he wanted to take you guys out for fun during dinner?"

After washing the dishes, Sun Wei called out to the group while drying her hands.

...

Qingshan Zoo.

Though it’s not far from the mental hospital on the outskirts, it was Jiang Xiao’s first time visiting.

The reason was that they wanted to see tigers...

"I checked this out," Shi Shi said pretentiously, pushing up the sun visor she bought on the way, "Tigers are a very magical creature."

"How so?" Bai Yi and Mu Xitang both looked on eagerly.

"No matter in our world or on the Blue Planet, tigers are a symbol of strength, like in many idioms, ’with the vigor of a tiger’ or ’like a dragon and a tiger leaping.’"

"Moreover, in ancient times, tigers were called Mountain Lords, and also, they are one of the rare pure Yang beings..."

"Blabbering on and on, can you get to the point ~"

Bai Yi rubbed her head and stuffed a piece of chocolate into her mouth, her brain least delighted to absorb this kind of popular science knowledge.

Sun Wei, standing beside her, knocked on her head irritably.

"Just like you, who can’t recognize five characters, be careful or you won’t be able to get married in the future. No one will want you!"

"The book says that a woman’s lack of talent is a virtue!" Bai Yi argued vehemently.

Shi Shi pushed up her glasses, "The book says that a husband’s virtue is his talent, and a woman’s lack of talent is her virtue. The correct meaning of this phrase is that a woman should have her own ’talents’, but being able to distinguish right from wrong is a rare virtue, not that having no talent is a good quality ~"

"Hahaha, look, Shi Shi, you’ve managed to remember so much knowledge in such a short time."

After praising Shi Shi, Sun Wei then cast a sly glance at the two little ones.

"One of you only knows about reading gangster novels, and the other only knows how to show off food, when will you let me worry less?"

The wronged sisters: .....

"At least, at the very least, I can write my own name, I’m not completely illiterate..."

"You’re proud of that, aren’t you?!"

Amidst the noisy quarrels, the group finally arrived at the zoo.

"But Shi Shi, why did you choose the zoo instead of a theme park?"

After getting out of the car, Sun Wei asked the question on her mind.

"Because I want to know if tigers have any restraining effect on the weird."

Tigers, also known as Mountain Lords, are pure Yang beings that can sleep directly on snow-covered ground at minus twenty or thirty degrees.

Jiang Xiao and others were quite famous.

The zoo had received the news early on and immediately took them to the tiger garden.

"Tigers are fierce by nature. Apart from us keepers, other people wanting to get close need..."

The keeper’s voice trailed off, growing fainter, as she recalled who she was with.

"No, sorry, occupational habit. We often have people wanting to get close to tigers, it just slipped out without thinking."

Perhaps due to its remote location, the zoo covered a large area.

Especially the area for keeping tigers; aside from the small huts for the tigers to eat and sleep, there was also a large expanse of open ground cordoned off.

"It’s huge. I’ve seen on TV many zoos are very small; the tigers in there seem to be living cramped lives."

"Haha, our zoo director is a rich second generation who paid for the expansion himself, mainly to simulate the wild habitat of the tigers."

Speaking of this, pride couldn’t help but show on the face of the keeper.

The three kids had already crouched outside the wire mesh, curiously peering inside.

The closest were three tigers, lazily squinting their eyes as they lay down. They didn’t show any frantic restlessness when they saw strangers approaching.

"Actually, tigers that we keepers have raised, to our eyes, they’re just like big kitties, very well-behaved."

While speaking, another tiger even came forward and nudged its head closer, letting the keeper Miss stroke it.

"However, there are some that are raised by their mothers, and they tend to be more fierce. We generally don’t dare to approach them."

But most of the mother tigers are quite lazy; after giving birth, they choose to let the keepers take care of their cubs.

Hmm?

Somehow, Mu Xitang had already opened the iron door.

The keeper wanted to speak out to stop her, but felt it might not be necessary.

Seeing Mu Xitang walk in, and since Sun Wei and Jiang Xiao didn’t say anything, Bai Yi and Shi Shi also sneaked into the tiger enclosure.

It was the first time the tigers had seen people other than the keepers enter, but the animals, not being very intelligent, couldn’t grasp what it meant.

Some of the more curious tigers had already stood up, and some, like cats that had slept for too long, stretched themselves lazily.

It must be said that tigers look really robust when they stretch.

One of them had already approached Shi Shi, tilting its tiger head and continuously sniffing close to her face.

The keeper’s face had gone pale.

Although he knew that these young girls were freakishly strong, seeing them, no bigger than the tiger’s head, standing with the tigers, he couldn’t help worrying for them.

"Hey, why doesn’t it bite my daughter?"

Jiang Xiao, the heartless one, actually asked the keeper this question.

"Actually, they’ve already eaten, and now they are judging whether the little girl in front of them has any hostility. If your daughter starts to get agitated, to shout and scream, then for sure..."

Alright~

Jiang Xiao wouldn’t believe that a few tigers could make Bai Yi and the others scream.

"Ah! The texture is not like what I imagined!"

Mu Xitang had already touched it.

"It’s hard and prickly, nothing like the slippery, fluffy texture I imagined."

"Uh, how could a tiger’s fur be soft?"

Shi Shi was smart; with a quick motion, she stroked the tiger’s belly.

"Mmmm! The belly, the belly is so soft! It’s really cozy; hugging it to sleep would be very comfortable... it’s just too fishy, and there’s a faint musty smell."

The tiger’s demeanor was already off.

Having its most vulnerable spot attacked by a stranger made it hard for it to stay calm.

"Shi Shi, be careful, it’s getting agitated!"

"Behave!"

A domineering and bloody aura burst forth from Shi Shi.

The tiger that had been baring its teeth and grimacing just a second ago instantly calmed down.

Hmm?

But Shi Shi was clearly not too pleased with this situation.

Because it was different from what she had imagined...

Being of pure Yang constitution, shouldn’t it at least immunize her from the pressure emanating from Shi Shi?

Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case.

Wait?

It seemed not entirely ineffective, though.

The way the tiger was looking at her...

It didn’t seem to be showing any fear, did it?

On the contrary, the keeper outside the wire fence, although knowing that Shi Shi wouldn’t harm her, already had uncontrollable cold sweat sliding down.

"Dad, I want to take action against this tiger — uh, if the tiger can’t be saved, do I need to take responsibility?"