I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

Lan Xiaoxiao's mouth was wide open!

She stared at the two brown ones, her eyes wide like two black beans.

???

!!!

There are testicles!!!

"........."

Lan Xiaoxiao's brain seemed to have been paused.

After a while, she suddenly sprang off Chu Yi's leg, scrambled three steps away, and then sat down on the ground with a thud, staring wide-eyed at Chu Yi.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was still sitting against the stone wall with his legs spread apart, and that thing was gleaming brightly.

It tilted its head and looked at Lan Xiaoxiao, not understanding why the little bear had suddenly run away.

"Huh?" Chu Yi exclaimed, his voice full of confusion.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't move.

Chu Yi looked down at his crotch, then looked up at Lan Xiaoxiao, his head spinning with confusion.

It stood up and walked towards Lan Xiaoxiao.

Lan Xiaoxiao subconsciously took a step back.

Chu Yi tilted his head, stretched out his paw, and gently patted her head.

Slap, moan.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't call out.

I took another picture on the first day of the lunar month.

Lan Xiaoxiao still didn't call out.

Chu Yi was confused and nudged her belly with his nose.

"Eek!" Lan Xiaoxiao cried out, but this time her cry lacked her usual coquettishness; instead, it carried a sense of bewilderment, as if her worldview had collapsed.

Chu Yi was satisfied, so he sat down against the stone wall, patted his belly, and gestured for her to come up.

Lan Xiaoxiao looked at the belly, then looked down at what was underneath it...

Lan Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Three seconds later, she opened her eyes, walked to Chu Yi, went around to its chest, carefully climbed up, and settled down steadily.

That way it won't slide down anymore.

He started licking her head on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Lan Xiaoxiao lay on Chu Yi's chest, feeling his warm body temperature and rhythmic heartbeat, and slowly calmed down.

Forget it.

Whether she's male or female, she's just a panda cub right now.

Does having testicles mean you can't lick your fur? Does having testicles mean you can't be fed bamboo shoots?

Does having testicles mean you can't be a wet nurse or a father?

Lan Xiaoxiao yawned, rested her chin on Chu Yi's chest, and closed her eyes.

Okay, I'll be a stay-at-home dad then.

……

A few days later, the expedition team went up the mountain.

Lan Xiaoxiao was lying at the cave entrance gnawing on a thin bamboo twig when she saw several figures dressed in panda costumes walking down the mountain path, carrying boxes in their hands.

"Lan Xiao, we're here!" Xiao Zhang's voice came from inside the panda headgear.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't move and continued to gnaw on her bamboo stick.

She's teething now, and her gums are incredibly itchy; she bites anything she can get her hands on.

Da Lan wouldn't let her bite her ears, and Chu Yi wouldn't let her bite her paws, so she could only chew on bamboo to grind her teeth.

Professor Xu squatted down, gently pressed Lan Xiaoxiao down, and began to measure her body length.

"Its length is 73 centimeters, which is 3 centimeters longer than last week," Xiao Zhang recorded the data.

"What about your weight?"

"8.6 kilograms, normal growth."

Professor Xu pinched Lan Xiaoxiao's hind leg muscles, then opened her mouth to look at her teeth: "Your teeth are developing well. Your incisors are all in, and your canines are starting to come in. In another week or two, you'll be able to eat bamboo shoots properly."

Lan Xiaoxiao's ears twitched.

Eating bamboo shoots? She's been craving bamboo shoots for ages!

Every time the first day of the lunar new year, she would bring bamboo shoot tips, but she could only lick the juice. She couldn't chew them or swallow them, which made her so anxious that she would whine.

Now we can finally eat it!

While taking notes, Xiao Zhang said, "By the way, Professor Xu, that panda has been coming more frequently lately, almost every day. Shouldn't we officially create a file for it?"

"Yes, I've already compiled the observation records," Professor Xu said. "The name is Chuyi (初一), and the first date recorded was the first day of the lunar calendar."

Lan Xiaoxiao's ears twitched again.

First year of junior high?

It turns out it's called the first year of junior high.

The name sounds quite nice.

"And the gender?" Xiao Zhang asked.

"Male." Professor Xu laughed. "Last time we had solid evidence."

Xiao Zhang joked, "Even sub-adult pandas have such obvious characteristics; they're truly gifted."

The little bear, lying down, nodded silently in its heart.

……

The days passed by.

Lan Xiaoxiao's teeth grew better and better; her incisors, canines, and molars all emerged, and her bite force grew stronger day by day.

She can finally eat bamboo shoots again.

The bamboo shoot tips that she picked up on the first day of the lunar new year no longer needed to be licked twice before being spat out; instead, she could chew them up with a "crunch crunch" and swallow them.

It smelled amazing!

When the first day of the Lunar New Year, the entire bear was stunned when he saw Lan Xiaoxiao actually eat the bamboo shoot.

It looked down at Lan Xiaoxiao chewing bamboo shoots, its eyes wide and its mouth slightly open, then turned around and excitedly climbed into the bamboo forest to dig for bamboo shoots!

The bamboo shoot season is almost over, so we should dig up some more and store them for the little bear to eat.

After finishing a bamboo shoot tip, Lan Xiaoxiao looked up and around: "Eek?"

Chu Yi suddenly got excited, circled around Lan Xiaoxiao several times, rubbed his head against her body, and made a satisfied "huffing" sound. Then he ran to pick up a bamboo shoot and started peeling it.

They peeled it more carefully than ever before, leaving all the tenderest parts for Lan Xiaoxiao.

Looking at the mountain of bamboo shoots piled up in front of her, Lan Xiaoxiao thought: First year of junior high is great!

At the same time, Da Lan's attitude towards the first year of junior high school is also slowly changing.

At first, Da Lan would run after Chu Yi as soon as it saw him, baring its teeth and roaring, as if it wanted to drive Chu Yi out of its territory.

Later, Da Lan encountered Chu Yi in the bamboo forest, only growled a few times as a warning, and then stopped chasing him.

Recently, Da Lan has even tolerated Chu Yi's activities in the territory. As long as Chu Yi doesn't go near the cave or touch the cubs, Da Lan will pretend not to see it.

But as long as the first-year students dare to play with their cubs under the big blue eye...

Big Blue rushed over and slapped him across the face.

Running away on the first day of the Lunar New Year!

It ran incredibly fast, its round body bouncing through the woods like a black and white striped ball.

Then the next day, after Big Blue went out to forage for food, Chu Yi appeared at the cave entrance on time again.

Lan Xiaoxiao had gotten used to this rhythm.

When Da Lan was around, she stayed obediently by his side.

Da Lan left, and Chu Yi came, so she played with Chu Yi.

Two moms, no, one mom and one dad, with a clear division of labor and no interference between them.

……

That day, Da Lan took Lan Xiao Xiao out.

It's not about moving house, it's about teaching people how to climb trees.

Big Blue chose a sturdy tree trunk with a perfect angle of inclination and rough, easy-to-grip bark, making it ideal for cubs to practice on.

It first patted the tree trunk with its paws, making a "pat-pat" sound, then climbed up a bit, then came down, repeating this demonstration several times.

Lan Xiaoxiao squatted under the tree, looking up at Da Lan. She understood; it was just climbing a tree. She had watched panda videos countless times in her past life.

The little bear stretched out its little paws, hugged the tree trunk, and kicked with its hind legs.

It slid down.

Come again.

I climbed up only a few centimeters before I slid down immediately, even falling on my bottom.

The little bear was incredulous, and the little bear was furious!

Recently, the little bear lay on the ground, panting, looking somewhat defeated.

Big Blue came over, nudged her bottom with its nose, and pushed her to the side of the tree root. Then it gently supported her bottom with its paws and pushed her up.

Lan Xiaoxiao used the momentum to climb up, and this time she climbed up a short distance, but her claws slipped and she fell down again.

Big Blue wasn't in a hurry; it kept pushing and arching, repeating this several times.

Lan Xiaoxiao finally climbed up the first branch.

Although she was only one meter tall, this was the first time in her life that she had climbed a tree on her own!

The little bear perched on a tree branch, bleating smugly.

Big Blue stood up, lay on the tree trunk, protected her with its paws, and made a gentle "whoosh" sound, as if praising her.

For the next few days, Da Lan took Lan Xiao Xiao to practice climbing trees every day.

Lan Xiaoxiao made rapid progress, climbing higher and higher, from one meter to two meters, and from two meters to three meters, becoming more and more stable.

One day, Big Blue went out to forage for food.

The first day of the Lunar New Year has arrived.

Lan Xiaoxiao was sunbathing at the cave entrance when she saw Chu Yi emerge from the stream with a tender bamboo shoot in his mouth, walking straight toward her.

Chu Yi walked up to her, looked down at her, and then turned and walked towards a tree not far away.

That tree was taller, straighter, and had smoother bark than the one Da Lan had chosen.

Chu Yi stretched out his paw, patted the tree trunk, and then started climbing.

Its movements were more agile than Big Blue's, with its limbs moving smoothly together. In just a few moments, it climbed to the top of the tree and then looked down at Little Blue.

"Meow," Chu Yi called out.

Does it also teach bear cubs to climb trees?

Lan Xiaoxiao walked to the tree, hugged the trunk, and started climbing.

She's experienced now; she grips tightly with her claws, pushes firmly with her hind legs, and moves upward step by step.

I waited in the tree for her to climb halfway up. Sometimes I would come down a little and use my claws to protect her bottom, pushing her up like a big blue dog.

With the help of the first-year students, Lan Xiaoxiao climbed to a higher position than yesterday.

She lay on a tree branch and looked back at Chu Yi, who was crouching on a branch behind her, steadily protecting her.

Two pandas, one large and one small, were perched on the same tree. The wind blew through the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves rustled.

Lan Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that this kind of life was pretty good.

There's a big blue lantern, a first-year junior high school student, an endless supply of bamboo shoots, and trees you can't climb all the time.

This is much better than lying in a hospital in my previous life.

Being a small animal is so much fun!

……

Under the joint instruction of Da Lan and Chu Yi, Lan Xiaoxiao's tree-climbing skills improved by leaps and bounds.

She can now easily climb trees seven or eight meters high and move nimbly among the branches, unlike when she was clumsy.

Lan Xiaoxiao was very satisfied.

She finally experienced the joy of being a panda—climbing up a tree, the wind blowing, and taking in the entire landscape of the territory.

so comfy.

However, too much comfort can lead to problems.

That afternoon, Da Lan was eating bamboo under a tree, while Lan Xiao Xiao was practicing climbing on a nearby tree.

As she climbed, wanting to climb higher and see further, she climbed higher and higher until she unknowingly reached the top of the tree canopy!

The tree was very thin, and it got thinner as you went up. At the top, the branches were only as thick as Lan Xiaoxiao's forearm.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't realize she had climbed too high, while the little bear's round eyes were still gazing into the distance.

Until an anxious roar came from under the tree!