Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Little Snail Snake and Little Dongju were highly nervous, ready at any moment to protect Qin Xin.

Yet Qin Xin herself stood calmly in the wind, seemingly unconcerned about the approaching danger.

”Master, should we climb a tree?”

”Master, let’s plant a circle of strong-scented shrubs to hide our scent?”

The two little creatures desperately thought of methods.

Unexpectedly, Qin Xin not only rejected their ways of hiding but instead raised her chin, shouting into the darkness, ”Come out!”

The two adorable pets shivered.

And then they saw a massive creature, as tall as two floors, step out from the dense forest.

With each step, the surrounding tall trees and bushes were crushed flat, and the trees that weren’t crushed were ignited by fireballs sprayed from its nostrils.

Its presence was awe-inspiring, imposing.

It was a Fire Lion with long red hair!

Even the usually arrogant Little Snail Snake immediately curled up into a ball, trembling as it shrank into Qin Xin’s backpack, only daring to peek out its little head.

Oh my, just one of this Fire Lion’s hairs looked thicker than its entire body.

If it opened its mouth, wouldn’t it swallow them all?

Little Dongju was still trembling but persisted: ”Big Lion, don’t come closer, don’t come closer, if you come any closer, I’ll... I’ll... give you flowers to eat, boohoo...”

Qin Xin coughed, extending her fair hand with a slight smile to the Fire Lion: ”Be good, don’t eat my flowers, there’s something tastier for you.”

In her palm lay a handful of Spirit Stones.

Different shapes and colors, they glistened brilliantly, looking almost like colorful candies.

The Fire Lion’s flaming nostrils momentarily froze.

The next second, it did something Little Snail Snake and Little Dongju couldn’t have imagined —

This gigantic lion body, as large as two stories high, suddenly shrank, quickly transforming into the size of a small kitten, bouncing over to Qin Xin’s feet, rubbing excitedly against her ankle several times, then wagging its tail and licking its lips, looking eagerly at the Spirit Stones in Qin Xin’s hand.

In this forest, spirit creatures were scarce; the larger ones had been eaten by it a long time ago, and the smaller ones hadn’t had time to grow. It had been hungry for days.

Now this girl had so many Spirit Stones in her hand, oh, they were tempting it to death.

Qin Xin chuckled, squatting down to stroke the forehead of the Fire Lion transformed into a small kitten: ”Be good, eat slowly.”

She had a full box of Spirit Stones back in her dormitory.

They were practically like free candies.

Little Snail Snake and Little Dongju watched in stunned amazement as the Fire Lion turned into a kitten and gulped down the Spirit Stones, then rolled around contentedly on the grass, shamelessly revealing its belly to Qin Xin to scratch.

Ah, this cunning lion!

They exchanged a glance, belatedly realizing that it was here to compete for their master, more threatening to their status than those herbs.

That night, the Fire Lion obediently followed them, accompanying Qin Xin to gather herbs.

Behaving like a well-mannered dog, it carried the basket of herbs in its mouth, showing its utmost diligence along the way.

Qin Xin busily picked herbs, forgetting to eat.

Yet every few steps, she would encounter a pile of scattered pine nuts or other nuts, fresh and delicious, with shells ready to be peeled.

Little Dongju: ”How strange, these squirrels here are so clumsy, always dropping food halfway.”

Fire Lion: ”There’s no squirrel here... if there were, they’d have been eaten by me.”

Little Snail Snake: ”Not squirrels, what else could be collecting these nuts?”

Qin Xin listened to the pets’ discussions, lost in thought.

She stopped walking, announcing: ”Let’s find a tree to rest under.”

The pets quickly chose a sturdy purple spruce: ”Master, this one is good. You go to sleep; we’ll stand guard.”

Qin Xin nodded.

Nimbly climbing up to the treetop.

She was just about to lie down when her footing gave way, and she fell downwards!

The pets cried out in alarm, trying to catch her.

In their moment of panic, a white shadow flashed beneath the tree.

Swiftly catching Qin Xin’s falling body steadily mid-air.

She had fallen into a man’s embrace!

[Master Yun: A goodnight kiss! Snuggle in a dream, may even a little sprite fall accurately into Master’s arms!]