Furry Extra: What's wrong with me being cute?

Chapter 4: The Playboy's Side Story - The Stolen Birthday Cake
After Jiang Shiyan, Anaru, and Qin An spotted them, they immediately stopped and saw two cobras swimming excitedly toward them.

Because it was too excited, the tail accidentally knocked Anaru to the ground.

"Hey, hey, hey, cake, cake!"

Qin An shouted anxiously.

Upon seeing the cake, Grass King's eyes lit up, and he darted out and jumped onto Qin An.

Qin An was eventually tackled to the ground.

Jiang Shiyan was no exception.

But she wasn't attacked by a cobra, but by a Bengal tiger.

This Bengal tiger is the same injured Bengal tiger that was rescued from the mouth of Flower King. Somehow, it became brothers with Flower King. Every year when Flower King and Grass King return from Snake Island, the Bengal tiger is always the first to wait for them on the shore.

[Yan Yan, I miss you so much.]
Bengal tiger Zhuangzhuang kept rubbing his fluffy head against Jiang Shiyan, while Caocao's eyes were only on the cake. Huahua climbed up to Jiang Shiyan with a bit of jealousy and poked Zhuangzhuang with her tail.

[Move over a bit, I want Yan Yan to hug me too... What's wrong with you, you silly tiger? Can't you understand human speech?]
Jiang Shiyan was both amused and exasperated, and quickly put her other arm around the Playboy King.

However, the Flower King was just too big; I couldn't even wrap my arms around it. I could only barely touch the snake's head, which was even bigger than a tiger's head. It was slippery and felt exceptionally good to the touch in the hot summer.

Grass King struggled to open the cake, but it was too small. Even as an adult, it was only a little over two meters long, not even as big as the tip of Flower King's tail. So, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't open the cake box.

"Don't ruin the cake, it's a birthday celebration."

Ana noticed with her sharp eyes that the Grass King was about to push the cake into the riverbed, and quickly spoke up to stop him.

The Grass King swung its tail and caught a ribbon on the cake, but accidentally pinned the Grass King under its own tail.

[Aaaaah, you idiot, you stupid snake, you're crushing me!]
Hearing the rustling sound coming from under his tail, Flower King quickly moved his tail away, his eyes showing a hint of guilt: "Grass, are you alright?"

[What a load of crap! You're going to crush me to death!] Grass King angrily opened its mouth to bite it, only to find that it couldn't even pierce the scales. It sullenly crawled to Jiang Shiyan's side and burst into tears.

Flower King stood awkwardly in front of Jiang Shiyan, its head drooping. Jiang Shiyan quickly picked it up and held it in her arms to comfort it.

After a flurry of activity, they finally arrived at the secret cabin.

This place is located in a dense forest not far from where the giant python died. There is no signal, and it can completely block drone detection from the air. In fact, many of the things were picked out from the previous burned-down experimental base and built together by a group of small animals.

Or rather, this is their safe haven. In this area, animals that are natural enemies can live together peacefully, and at this time of year, animals from the surrounding area flock to this safe zone just to see Jiang Shiyan.

This human, who can understand them, has long held an irreplaceable place in the hearts of the animals.

[Little Yan Yan, you're finally here!]
[Little Yan Yan, A-Wang bullied me, you have to stand up for me...]
[Little Yan Yan...]
Seeing Jiang Shiyan surrounded, the Flower King angrily swept them all away with its tail.

[Don't say it! Don't say it!]
We can't let it interfere with Grass King's birthday!
[The Flower King is jealous again! That's so unfair! Little Yan Yan isn't just its own, why won't it let us get close?]
A little bird stood on a treetop, complaining quietly to its companion.

[Exactly! That playboy is too domineering!]
The Playboy King raised his head, his forked tongue flicking out: [I'll eat you all!]
[Ahhh, Xiao Yan Yan, help me!]
Jiang Shiyan quickly grabbed the Flower King's tail and soothed him, "Alright, alright, why are you arguing with a few birds? Let's celebrate your birthday first, okay?"

[snort!]
The Playboy was just putting on an act; after scaring away the flock of birds, he turned back triumphantly.

Its body was now curled up on the ground, even taller than the secret hut. Its huge snake head lay on the ground like a small mountain, its two eyes blinking and staring longingly at Jiang Shiyan's back.

"Senior brother, bring the cake up." Jiang Shiyan called out to the person behind her while she was busy with her work.

"Okay...wait, where's the cake?"

As soon as Qin An finished speaking, a "plop" sound of someone falling into the water came from afar.

The Flower King, who was staring longingly at the cake, suddenly looked up and, with too much force, broke a tree branch. The branch fell down with a "crash," and Jiang Shiyan and Anaru almost ended up seeing their great-grandmother.

Anaru fell to the ground, her forehead covered in a cold sweat from the sudden turn of events.

Coming to her senses, she couldn't help but shout, "Qin! An!"

"It really has nothing to do with me, the cake was stolen..." Qin An quickly protested his innocence, "I swear, I just went to set up a tent and when I came back the cake was gone! No, didn't any of you see the thief?"

Qin An quickly asked the small animals around him.

They all shook their heads.

When Qin An sensed the playboy's glare, as if he were about to devour him, cold sweat broke out on his back, soaking his clothes. He hurriedly explained, "It really wasn't me who lost it. It was just here a moment ago. I... I'll go look for it for you, I'll look for it..."

"I think I just heard something fall into the water. Let's go check it out." Jiang Shiyan quickly brought the Flower King back to its senses, patting its body. "Will you take me to see it?"

The Playboy King reluctantly withdrew his forked tongue, lowered his head to let Jiang Shiyan climb onto him, and then crawled towards the distant river.

Having escaped a close call, Qin An couldn't help but breathe a huge sigh of relief and involuntarily collapsed to the ground. He had no doubt that if Jiang Shiyan hadn't been there, he would have been devoured by the playboy!
Coming to his senses, he couldn't help but curse under his breath: "Which bastard stole the birthday cake I worked so hard to bring?!"