Su Qinglan woke up feeling amazing. The headache was completely gone, and her body felt full of energy.
She noticed she was alone in the large bed, so she quickly got up and headed for the hole to go down stairs.
She climbed down the vine ladder with quick, light movements.
When she was still four steps from the bottom, she didn’t wait...she just jumped directly onto the ground.
"Lan Lan!" Hu Yan and the others cried out, their hearts jumping into their throats.
They rushed forward, afraid she might hurt herself, but she landed perfectly on her feet like a graceful fox.
She looked up and her eyes brightened when she saw the tall figure standing by the basket.
"Xuan Long! You’re back!" she said with a wide smile, immediately walking toward him.
But before she could reach him, she was swamped. The three cubs saw their mother and went into a frenzy.
"Grrr!"
"Awoo!"
"Hiss!"
Three small shadows slammed into her legs.
"Ah...!"
Xiao San wanted to climb up on her, but his father caught him.
Xiao Yi latched onto her robe hem, tugging hard.
Xiao Er grabbed the other side and started chewing like it was food.
"Wait...wait...HEY!"
Su Qinglan looked down in horror as little teeth attacked her clothes from all directions.
"Babies!" she cried. "That is your mother’s clothes!"
Rip.
A small tear appeared. Her soul left her body.
"NO...! Stop! Don’t make holes!" She gently tried to pry them off. "Your momma will look like a beggar, okay?!"
The cubs ignored her completely. They tugged harder.
Rong Ye leaned over, watching with great interest. "Don’t worry, Lan Lan," he said cheerfully. "Even if you become a beggar, you will be a very beautiful beggar."
Su Qinglan froze.
Slowly, she turned her head and looked at him.
"...Do you even know what a beggar is?"
Rong Ye scratched his head, fox ears twitching. "I don’t know," he admitted honestly. "But anything that comes out of your mouth must be good, right? So beggar must be something beautiful."
Her lips twitched.
Then she smiled. It was a very dangerous smile.

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