Chapter 87 p3
Red Sister had not read many books, nor had she learned any professional skills, and she had not been able to find a good job after escaping from the zoo.
Back then, she had been a diligent firewood chopper at the zoo, and later she had been a lumberjack in the park opposite the bamboo forest, earning a hard living.
But Pei the Red Panda had had too much contact with Red Sister at the zoo. She knew how smart, tough, and kind Red Sister was.
She poached Red Sister and made her the manager of this bamboo forest of hers.
That day, Red Sister had just finished her logging work and was wearing a heavy work uniform, and was covered in sweat and dust, and was quite disheveled.
She looked at the exceptionally beautiful young woman who owned a whole bamboo forest and, self-consciously, wiped the dirt from her face with her sleeve.
“Why did you ask me to be the manager? I’m a rough person and not very good at these things.”
Pei the Red Panda smiled brightly, and as her lips opened and closed, she revealed the tips of two sharp little beast canines.
“I believe in you.”
Red Sister looked at her in a daze.
Pei the Red Panda paid Red Sister a high salary, bought her six insurances and one housing fund, and also gave her a share of the profits every year.
Over the years, Red Sister had managed the bamboo forest very well, and the revenue had been steadily rising.
The little red panda was very much at ease and did not need to check on it more than a few times a year.
With the bamboo forest in hand, Pei the Little Able Cat was no longer a one-time nouveau riche. She had a long-term and stable source of income.
From then on, her life became more and more luxurious, and she would spend money with a big paw, without even blinking.
And she no longer let the small animals who had been with her through thick and thin go to work.
She herself was the boss and raised everyone, paying a considerable salary every month.
After the bitterness came the sweetness, and everything went smoothly.
“Life just went on like this, rich and peaceful.”
Boss Pei said contentedly, quite satisfied with the way the human was rubbing her belly.
“Until this spring, when I happened to run into Yu Bao on the street.”
Ye Qingyu’s heart trembled, and the hand that was serving the red panda also paused.
She realized something. “Didn’t you just happen to hire me?”
“Of course not.”
Pei the Little Able Cat said with an air of composure, “My studio is full of small animals who can transform into humans. It’s not convenient for everyone to get along with humans, so I had never originally thought of hiring a human.”
“Until that day…”
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On an ordinary rainy morning, Ye Qingyu was on her way to work with an umbrella.
The closer she got to the company, the heavier her steps became.
She lifted the edge of her umbrella and saw the glittering building, and her steps paused for a moment.
Sitting in the newly promoted and enviable high position, Ye Qingyu had a boundless future and a generous salary.
But this top company, which attracted countless people to follow, was a ferocious beast in her heart.
It was like an ant’s nest devouring the diligent worker ants, using its dense grid of glass windows to devour the conscientious humans. It urged and drove them to numbly burn their lives and life, to feed whose dream, she did not know.
And she knew this, but for some reason, she could not stop her steps.
—Smack.
Something, with its wet weight, suddenly fell on the surface of her umbrella.
Ye Qingyu was startled and subconsciously looked up, and through the umbrella, she vaguely saw a small animal.
…It looked like a bird.
Her pupils constricted.
Her fingertips, holding the handle of the umbrella, instantly squeezed so hard they turned white, and a numb feeling quickly spread from the soles of her feet throughout her body.
Ye Qingyu had been inexplicably afraid of birds since she was little, so scared she could die.
She really wanted to close her eyes and faint, but her brain stubbornly remained clear.
And even more, her usually strong compassion acted up. She realized that the raindrops that were pattering on the surface of her umbrella were also hitting the little bird’s body, and her fingertips also felt the trembling of the weak life along the handle of the umbrella.
It was like a silent cry for help.
Pity gradually broke through the shackles of fear. Ye Qingyu bit her lip and poked her head out from under the umbrella to look at the surface.
The little bird was a grayish-white color, wrapped in wet and broken feathers, and was curled up pitifully.
…I’ll do it!
Ye Qingyu took a deep breath and quickly scooped it up in her palm to warm it.
The moment the wet and soft touch entered her hand, Ye Qingyu’s skin immediately broke out in fine goosebumps.
She couldn’t take it and closed her eyes, her hand trembling like a sieve, and tears also fell, even more violently than the rain.
She must have been pecked to death by a bird in her past life…
…
Not far away.
Pei the Red Panda was standing under a tree and, unintentionally, looked up and to the other side of the road.
Her pair of lazy and stunning peach blossom eyes suddenly sharpened, and her gaze became direct.
She saw that in the fine curtain of rain, a young woman’s posture was as straight as a tree, and her lovely face was as gentle and fresh as a bamboo leaf soaked in spring rain.
At a glance, she was as beautiful and gentle as a distant mountain in spring.
Pei the Red Panda unconsciously held her breath.
It had originally been a pleasing picture, but the next second, the young woman had become disheveled—
Plop.
Pei the Red Panda saw a fluffy little bird fall straight onto the surface of her umbrella.
The young woman under the umbrella suddenly froze, and then her gentle and bright eyes began to turn red and fill with tears.
She was clearly trapped in a certain fear and conflict, and her body trembled slightly, and she bit her lip.
Her lips were red and her teeth were white, and her eyes were teary, and she was gentle and pitiful.
But even so, her back was still straight, like an unyielding tree.
After a moment, she closed her eyes, and a brave and decisive look gradually appeared on her face.
Taking a deep breath, the young woman quickly reached out her hand and took the bird from the surface of her umbrella, and carefully held it in her palm.
Then she held the little bird and trembled in the rain, and her face flushed a damp crimson, like a gentle and fragile spring flower.
Pei the Red Panda was so engrossed that she forgot to blink, and she unconsciously licked the tip of her teeth.
…So delectable.
And over there, Ye Qingyu was struggling to hold the bird, and her eyes rolled back, and she was about to fall limply.
“What’s wrong with you?”
A clear and pleasant voice suddenly came through the curtain of rain, like a spring breeze.
Ye Qingyu’s heart trembled, and she subconsciously struggled to open her eyes.
Through the damp and hazy mist of tears, she vaguely saw a woman’s exceptionally beautiful face. Her long, reddish-brown curls and peach blossom eyes were a perfect match, and they swayed gracefully in the light wind that carried the spring rain, like a brilliant firework.
Her breath hitched, and her heart pounded inexplicably, even more fiercely than the raindrops on the surface of her umbrella.
But the next second, “Goo-ji—”
The wet and fluffy little bird in her hand sneezed.
Ye Qingyu’s back went numb, and in her fright, she instantly fainted.
Pei the Little Able Cat blinked her peach blossom eyes and stared at the human who had suddenly fallen asleep in her arms without a moment’s pause.
The corners of her eyes were filled with tears, and the tips of her thick lashes were wet and fluffy.
Beautiful, kind, brave, pitiful, and delectable.
An itch arose at the tip of the little red panda’s heart, and her heart pounded rapidly in her chest, and a strange, hot current surged through her.
She had been doing good for a long time, but this was the first time she had felt such a strong, vigorous, and unreasonable, and unkind possessive desire.
It was like a red panda wanting to possess a tree that was naturally meant to be hers.
…It doesn’t matter.
From today on, this human is hers, a little panda’s.
Pei the Red Panda’s peach blossom eyes were clear and deep, and she unhurriedly licked the tip of her teeth.
At that time, she did not know—
This love at first sight was actually a long-lost reunion.
