A few days later, the warm afternoon sun bathed the backyard of the big house in golden light.
The cubs were all playing outside. Yue Yue, the little snake cub, was happily basking in the sunlight alongside her twin wolf sisters, Lulu and Ruru.
Yue Yue slithered closer and snuggled up against Lulu’s soft face. Looking up at her elder sister, Yue Yue hissed softly in her sweet cub voice, "Sister, you are so beautiful."
Lulu looked down at her tiny younger sister. She gently stroked Yue Yue’s smooth scales with her hand. "Yue Yue is also very beautiful."
Yue Yue pouted her little mouth, tilting her slender head to the side. "When will I become human?"
Even though the cubs were from different species...wolves, tigers, and snakes, they could surprisingly understand each other’s words with complete ease.
Perhaps it was because they were siblings, or simply because they had been together since the day they were born, but they never had any trouble communicating.
Lulu looked up, thinking hard. She wasn’t entirely sure when Yue Yue would transform.
Out of the younger litter, four of them... Lulu, Ruru, Mao Mao, and Ciao Ciao had already successfully transformed into human forms.
The only one left in their group who hadn’t transformed yet was Yue Yue.
But that was maybe because Yue Yue was technically two months younger in physical development; she had taken two extra months to hatch from her egg! That was why her growth was a little bit behind the others.
Lulu racked her small brain to find a good answer. Finally, she patted Yue Yue’s head to comfort her and said, "After two months, Yue Yue will also take human form!"
Yue Yue froze for a second before her eyes lit up and she broke into a wide, happy grin.
Finally! Soon she would also look like a pretty doll, just like her sisters.
Yue Yue began imagining what her human form would look like.
Will I have orange hair like Mother? White hair like Father Han Jue? Or black hair like my own father? Her eyes sparkled with pure excitement at the thought.
Nearby, the rest of the cubs were running around energy-filled.
Suddenly, Mao Mao ran past, holding a bright, juicy fruit he had gotten from who knows where. Seeing the sweet treat, Ruru’s ears perked up instantly, and she scrambled to her feet, running off to join Mao Mao in a heartbeat.
Lulu and Yue Yue watched them go, shaking their small heads in amusement. It seemed Ruru was quite a glutton, just like her brother Mao Mao!
Neither Lulu nor Yue Yue wanted to run after them, though. They were already completely stuffed from lunch and feeling blissfully lazy from playing in the garden.
Settling down together under the warm breeze in the backyard of their spacious home, the two sisters curled up against each other.
Within minutes, their breathing slowed, and both of them fell fast asleep under the peaceful afternoon sun.
The warm afternoon slowly faded, making way for the cool breeze of early evening.


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