"After washing, let's go home~"
Du Ruo looked at the tiger that was shaking off the rain and patted its big head.
Just as Du Ruo was speaking, water began to condense in front of Du Ruo. Du Ruo took a step forward, and his body appeared above the water.
"Hmm? Come up, let's go?"
Du Ruo looked back and saw the tiger on the ground seemed to be hesitant. It looked at the transparent water ball under Du Ruo's feet and hesitated, not daring to move forward.
"Really? It's not like I haven't taken you flying before. Hurry up. If you get back too late, you won't be able to make it in time for dinner."
When Du Ruo saw the tiger's appearance, he thought for a moment and simply squatted down. Then he grabbed the fur on the tiger's neck with one hand, and then with a force of his hand, he lifted up the tiger's upper body and dragged it onto the water ball.
But the tiger's body was so huge that its upper body was lifted up while its lower limbs were still standing on the ground.
"Hoho~"
When the tiger saw Du Ruo pouting, it roared twice, then kicked its feet and its entire body landed on the transparent water ball.
But it was still a little timid. After getting on the water ball, it just lay there, curled up its body and huddled at Du Ruo's feet.
"Remember to be obedient when you go back, or I'll really use you to soak in wine!"
When Du Ruo saw the tiger's appearance, he patted its big head and still taught it a lesson.
"Tsk, I should train you into a monster first. Once you become a tiger monster, it will definitely be more effective to use you to make wine..."
The water ball had already risen into the air, but the three people on the ground could still hear the words that Du Ruo left behind.
The sunlight shone on the three people who were all wet. They were all stunned and no one spoke.
Until Du Ruo, the tiger and the water ball flew away into the sky, the three of them just stared at the rainbow in the sky for a long time without saying a word.
The rainbow occupied most of the sky. The seven colors were so gorgeous and unreal under the blue sky.
Everything seemed like a dream, so unreal.
"But you have gone through untold hardships and worked hard to climb up Mount Everest. You thought you were the first person to set foot on the highest peak. Just when you were full of joy and pride and wanted to announce it to the world, you looked up and saw a figure standing on the moon..."
……
When he was flying in the sky, he realized that the tiger was gone. He didn't know if it was because he had taken the tiger to the middle of the forest last time and then put it down.
It was the feeling of being abandoned that made it feel insecure, so on the water ball, the tiger stayed close to Du Ruo and even hooked Du Ruo's slippers with its ten-centimeter-long little nails.
In fact, it originally wanted to hook Du Ruo's shorts, but was slapped down by Du Ruo, so it had to settle for the next best thing and hooked Du Ruo's slippers.
Du Ruo had nothing to say about this. The speed of carrying the water ball was slower than the speed when Du Ruo was flying in the air before.
Because Du Ruo is now carrying the tiger with him, he doesn't have to worry about the tiger getting cold when flying in the air, because the low temperature is not a problem for the tiger at all. But in general, he still has to provide some protection for the tiger, which inevitably reduces the speed a lot.
It actually took just over an hour to set out from Huangshan, but it took nearly two hours to get back.
In the middle, I looked at the sky, and the people who were calling the wind and rain also delayed me for a few minutes, so in total it was about three hours.
When Du Ruo and the tiger rode the water ball and landed on the second-floor balcony of the house, the sun in the sky showed no sign of setting.
However, Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao, who went to buy beef, have returned.
"Husband~ and a big axe~"
Xiang Yuanyuan was carrying vegetables, looked up at Du Ruo and the tiger in the sky, and greeted them excitedly. She must be so excited that her Mandarin had a Fujian accent.
Li Qiyao got off the car holding a cow leg in one hand. The cow leg was obviously not light, it looked like it weighed about 100 pounds, and you could even see the muscles throbbing on it.
However, Li Qiyao did not find it difficult to carry the weight. Instead, she was a little worried that the beef would drag on the ground, so she stood on tiptoe.
Summer clothes are a bit thin. When Li Qiyao stood on tiptoe and raised her hands, the clothes were pushed up, revealing her six-pack abs and the mermaid line on her ribs.
It was only then that Du Ruo realized that, without her noticing, Li Qiyao had completely changed from the weak girl she used to be. Her strength had greatly increased, and her face had become more heroic. If it weren't for her eyes that were always full of affection, no one would dare to compare her with the previous Li Qiyao.
"If that unlucky kid is released, I'm afraid Li Qiyao will be the happiest person. She will probably beat the shit out of him."
For some reason, Du Ruo thought of Li Qiyao's ex-boyfriend who was imprisoned. The people around her were changing, and everything was moving in a good direction.
"What are you still looking at? Get down!"
Du Ruo came back to his senses, glanced at the Tiger Vanguard who was still lying on the water ball, and slapped its big head in annoyance.
"roar~"
The tiger vanguard roared, then looked down and looked at Du Ruo with some grievance. The tiger's claws had hooked Du Ruo's slippers. The poor slippers were completely pierced by the ten-centimeter claws of the big tiger.
"..."
Du Ruo was a little speechless, but he was still very happy in his heart, because he knew that the big tiger was afraid of being blamed by him, so it didn't dare to tear the slippers. This already showed that the tiger had a very high IQ.
This also made Du Ruo feel relieved. Having intelligence is a good thing. At least there is no need to worry that after releasing the tiger into Huangshan, the tiger will run out and harm crops or poultry, or even hurt people, causing unnecessary trouble.
But in the end, Du Ruo did not pay any attention to the tiger. Instead, he took his feet out of his slippers and dropped the water ball onto the balcony.
The huge ball of water landed on the balcony but did not make it wet. Instead, it simply dispersed in the air and disappeared.
Du Ruo walked into the room barefoot. Only the tiger was standing on the balcony, holding up one of its paws, looking confused.
"Whoosh whoosh!!!"
Until it saw Du Ruo had entered the house, the tiger raised its huge paw and swung it wildly like a palm-leaf fan, making a rustling sound. After swinging for a while, the slippers were finally thrown out.
After the slippers flew out, they turned in the sky and then automatically flew to Du Ruo's feet.
"Hoho~~"
The tiger finally took off his slippers and began to look around excitedly.
It sniffed around like a big cat, but it would have been fine if it didn't meow. When it meowed, the two black and white cats that Li Qiyao raised on the first floor seemed to be frightened. They scratched the ground with their claws twice, then quickly rushed to the third floor, crawled under Li Qiyao's big bed, and hid there trembling.
"Go help Qiqi move the cow's legs. I'll go up and take a look at the big tiger first."
When Xiang Yuanyuan saw Du Ruo walking down the stairs, she didn't bother to say anything. She put the vegetables on the table and went upstairs.
"Give me one leg of beef, and take the other up."
Du Ruo took a cow leg from Li Qiyao, and seeing that she was looking up to the second floor, he simply let her satisfy her curiosity first.
Thanks to the fact that Du Ruo's refrigerator was big enough, Du Ruo just cut the beef leg in his hand and put it into the refrigerator. Although he was on the first floor, he was not relaxed at all. It was the first time that the tiger came to his house, so Du Ruo didn't want to be too careless.
Fortunately, Lao Hu did not forget Xiang Yuanyuan.
When Du Ruo went up to the second floor, Xiang Yuanyuan was sitting on a small stool, watching the tiger gnawing on the cow leg with Li Qiyao.
Xiang Yuanzhang, who was standing by, must have heard the noise as well, so he came out of the room and was also watching.
I don’t know how the old man persuaded me, but I wasn’t too surprised to see Du Ruo and the big tiger on the balcony.
The tiger pressed the cow's leg with one claw and then tore the beef on it with big mouthfuls. When Xiang Yuanyuan touched it with her hand, it took the initiative to rub its big head against Xiang Yuanyuan's palm, and its eyes kept glancing at Xiang Yuanyuan's bulging belly.
Despite his huge size, he didn't show any malice except for the loud roar when he breathed.
"Eat beef legs today, then sleep on the balcony or in the yard at night, and eat beef legs again tomorrow. Starting from the day after tomorrow, you will go to the mountains to catch wild boars to eat. You are not allowed to make noises, hurt people, or appear in front of people at will. Do you understand?"
Du Ruo squatted beside Xiang Yuanyuan and began to explain the rules to the tiger.
“Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!!”
The tiger nodded like a good kid, then rolled his tongue and the beef leg fell into his mouth, and then he started to chew the beef bone. "Well, just be a good kid, you are much smarter than the other little guys."
Only then did Du Ruo pat the tiger's big head with satisfaction.
A few people squatted there and watched the tiger eat the cow leg.
In addition to Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan, it was the first time for Grandpa Xiang Yuanzhang and Li Qiyao to observe a wild tiger at such a close distance. The most important thing was that the size of this tiger was so exaggerated that it was more than two meters long without the tail.
They stood around and watched for a long time, until the tiger had eaten all the food except the last piece of cow hoof bone. Only then did the others stop watching.
Until dinner time, Xiang Yuanyuan was still happily explaining to Li Qiyao some interesting stories about tigers and some future plans for tigers.
As for how Du Ruo traveled nearly 7,000 kilometers back and forth in more than three hours, and whether anything happened along the way, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it.
Everyone welcomed the new member of the family, especially after observing it up close in the afternoon. Li Qiyao and Xiang Yuanzhang both got to experience petting the big cat, and their favorable impression of the new member increased greatly.
Perhaps the only ones who had an objection to this were the two cats shivering under Li Qiyao's bed.
Tiger Pioneer seemed to prefer the second-floor balcony more. Even though Xiang Yuanyuan wanted to set up some hay in the yard on the first floor to make a nest for it, it didn't move at all and just lay on the balcony next to the lounge chair where Du Ruo often sat.
Seeing this, Xiang Yuanyuan didn't care anymore. After all, Tiger Pioneer looked very smart, and he seemed to have a great liking for Xiang Yuanyuan. Apart from Du Ruo, he was the one who was most attached to Xiang Yuanyuan.
The arrival of Tiger Pioneer does not make much difference except that it attracts some attention.
The next day, Li Qiyao was still practicing martial arts on the first floor, while Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanzhang were drinking tea on the balcony. Lao Hu lay on the side of Du Ruo's recliner, resting his head on his paws. As for Xiang Yuanyuan, she was fiddling with her newly replaced bonsai on the balcony on the third floor.
A car stopped at the door and two people got out of the car. The appearance of these two people surprised Du Ruo a little. He originally thought that the person who came would be Mr. Wang or someone like that, but he didn't expect that the person who came would be Brother Quan whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Li Qiyao happened to be in the yard downstairs, so she went to greet Brother Quan to come in.
"Boss Du, hello to this old man. I came here without any prior notice. I hope I didn't disturb you."
Brother Quan came to the second floor and was the first to greet Du Ruo when he saw him. Behind him, his cousin was standing there holding a money tree.
"Don't bother me, come and have some tea."
Du Ruo stood up to greet him and invited him to come over for tea.
"You guys chat, I'm just going to take a walk in the village."
When Mr. Xiang Yuanzhang saw the guests coming, he grabbed the palm-leaf fan beside him, said something, and went downstairs leisurely. He adapted to the place quite quickly.
These days I go to the village often in the mornings and evenings to chat with the old men and women, and I never feel bored at all.
"Brother Quan is here, please sit down, I'll go cut some fruit for you."
There are guests coming, Xiang Yuanyuan came down from the third floor. Although she is not bored at home, it is also a happy thing to have guests coming occasionally.
"Don't be polite, sister-in-law. Come and sit down. This is a fortune tree. It comes to your new home to bring good luck."
Brother Quan was smiling. When he saw Xiang Yuanyuan with her big belly, he didn't sit down himself and quickly pulled out the chair for Xiang Yuanyuan to sit down.
He was a little surprised but didn't think it was strange. After all, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan were married, so it was normal for them to have children.
After some polite exchanges, Brother Quan finally sat in the seat where old man Xiang Yuanzhang had just sat.
The two were chatting, and only Quan's cousin was looking around with some boredom. Until he saw the tiger lying behind Du Ruo, he looked at it with some curiosity. After all, it was not common to see such a big tiger doll on the balcony in the middle of summer.
"How are you doing lately? You haven't run into any trouble, have you?"
Du Ruo poured tea for Brother Quan with a smile and asked casually. He had not come since the last time he brought rings and jewelry to Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan. It has been almost half a year.
"No, it's been going smoothly."
Brother Quan was still so polite. When he saw Du Ruo pouring tea, he quickly came over and pretended to hold the teacup with his hand. His attitude did not change at all as time went by, his fans increased, and Du Ruo no longer appeared in public.
"This time I came here mainly to deliver some financial statements and the company's profits from last year."
Brother Quan picked up the tea, took a sip, then looked at his cousin.
But he saw his cousin fiddling with the tail of the giant tiger doll on the ground with curiosity.
"Ahem!! Report!"
Brother Quan smiled awkwardly at Du Ruo, then called him "cousin" in a low voice.
“Oh, here’s the report.”
After hearing what Brother Quan said, the cousin quickly took out a document from his bag and put it on the table, then lowered his head to study the tiger's tail. He was a little curious that the tiger's tail could actually move.
"This is last year's report. You can take a look at it first. You can also go to the company to check the accounts. After confirmation, the dividends will be transferred."
Brother Quan quickly picked up the report and handed it to Du Ruo.
"Well, wife, look, come, let's have tea."
Du Ruo took it, but without even looking at it, he handed it to Xiang Yuanyuan beside him and continued to pour tea for Brother Quan.
The next thing was for Xiang Yuanyuan to look through the report carefully, no matter whether she could understand it or not, and no matter whether Brother Quan had falsified it or not, she had to pretend to check it anyway.
In fact, when Du Ruo handed it to her, she already had an idea in her mind. She knew Du Ruo's ability and would be able to tell at a glance if there was any problem. If there was a problem with the report, Du Ruo would not have handed it to her.
The atmosphere then became quiet, with only the occasional sound of Xiang Yuanyuan flipping through pages.
Brother Quan was drinking tea and feeling a little bored. He turned around and saw his cousin curiously trying to grab the tail of the "toy tiger". He couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
"Brother, this doll is so lifelike. Look, its tail can swing by itself. I can't even catch it."
When the cousin saw Brother Quan looking at him, he shared his thoughts with Brother Quan with a happy face.
"Wow, it's quite real, but it feels a bit rough."
Brother Quan instinctively thought that his cousin was boring and that he could have played with a doll, but when he saw the tiger's tail swinging non-stop, he couldn't help but grab the swinging tail. After grabbing it, he used his other hand to stroke the tiger's tail twice.
It feels rough and even a bit prickly, which is completely different from kittens and puppies.
But as soon as he said this, Du Ruo looked at him, Xiang Yuanyuan, who was flipping through the report materials, couldn't help but look up at him, and even Tiger Vanguard, who was originally dozing off, couldn't help but look up at him after realizing that his tail was caught.
"Brother, brother, let go first. Gulu, look at this."
The cousin standing by seemed to sense that the atmosphere was not right. He looked up and met the tiger's huge head and eyes. He was so scared that he couldn't help but shrink back. Then he gently pulled at the corner of Brother Quan, and his voice trembled when he spoke.
“Ah? Ah??”
Brother Quan was still playing with the tiger's tail. When he heard this, he looked up curiously and happened to meet Tiger Vanguard's eyes.
He didn't scream out loud, because when he looked at her, he felt as if an electric shock went through his body. His body went numb, and his heart skipped two beats. If he hadn't drunk enough water, this look would have almost made him pee.
"It's okay. Tiger Vanguard is very well behaved and won't hurt anyone. However...it doesn't like strangers grabbing its tail."
Xiang Yuanyuan, who was sitting opposite, said this with a smile and pointed at the tiger's tail that Brother Quan was holding.
"Ah? Oh! Sorry, sorry."
At this time, Brother Quan seemed to come to his senses and quickly let go of the tiger's tail in his hand. He looked as if he had just caught a snake instead of a tail.
Then, with lingering fear, he moved his butt to the other side of the stool.
After doing all this, he finally noticed his heart beating wildly.
(End of this chapter)
