Free Web NovelChapter 158: Chapter 158: Little rat, are you shy?
Mu Qingyi immediately gave Feng Yiren a warning look, but even he had to lower his head slightly because the situation was truly a little too funny. The female who had been scolding them, making footwear, ordering them around, and trying to act like a very capable princess was now standing on a flat stone in a tiny white rat body, panicking because she did not know how to turn back. Her small paws shifted nervously, her whiskers trembled, and her tail curled around herself in a way that made her look even more pitiful.
Hu Baiyu did not laugh.
At least, he tried not to.
But his blue eyes were too soft, and his lion ears were twitching with so much affection that Lin Huahua could tell he thought she was extremely cute right now. He slowly reached one finger toward her head again, obviously wanting to comfort her, but she immediately backed away on her tiny paws.
"No petting right now," she said with great dignity. "This is a serious crisis."
Hu Baiyu froze, looking wronged.
Lin Huahua’s heart softened because he looked like a giant lion who had just been denied the right to touch a little treasure. She quickly added, "Later. Maybe later."
Hu Baiyu’s ears perked up again at once.
Feng Yiren stared at them and clicked his tongue. "So even in this form, you still know how to bully us."
Lin Huahua turned on him. "You are the one bullying me."
"I am not the one who forgot how to transform."
"I said do not talk."
Mu Qingyi finally stepped in because he could see that if Feng Yiren kept talking, Lin Huahua would soon become so angry that she might forget the original problem and spend the whole night trying to attack the fox’s ankles. He crouched lower until his warm brown eyes were level with her tiny form, and his voice became soft and patient. "Huahua, do not panic. Try to remember how you transformed earlier. What were you thinking about?"
Lin Huahua tried to calm down.
That was very hard, because she was currently small enough to be carried in one hand and Feng Yiren was still looking at her like he had discovered the funniest thing in the whole primitive world.
She closed her eyes and tried to remember.
Earlier she had wanted to climb the tree. She had thought of being a rat. She had focused really hard. Then her whole body had suddenly changed. So maybe if she focused on being human, she could change back.
Human.
Human.
Tall.
Not tiny.
No longer snack-sized.
She squeezed her eyes shut so hard that her small whiskers trembled.
Nothing happened.
She opened one eye.
Still a rat.
Feng Yiren’s mouth twitched.
Lin Huahua raised one paw. "Do not."
He raised both hands in surrender, though the smile was still in his eyes.
Lin Huahua tried again. She thought of her human hands, her human legs, her white rat ears on top of her head, her soft tail behind her waist, and the animal skin outfit she had been wearing earlier.
Then she froze.
Her clothes.
Her clothes were on the ground.
The moment she transformed into her animal form, her animal skin top and skirt had fallen somewhere near the tree roots. They were not on her tiny body now. That meant if she successfully turned back at this moment, she would be completely naked in front of all three males.
Lin Huahua’s tiny soul almost left her body.
Her small rat face could not turn red the same way her human face could, but if it could, it would have exploded like a ripe fruit in the fire. Her ears stood straight up, her tail stiffened, and she slowly looked at the three handsome beastmen crouched around her.
Mu Qingyi was watching her with gentle worry.
Hu Baiyu was watching her with innocent devotion that was not innocent at all when she remembered how he reacted to her sometimes.
Feng Yiren was watching her with a fox face that clearly said he was waiting to see what disaster would happen next.
Lin Huahua immediately screamed, "Turn around."
The three males blinked.
Lin Huahua stomped one tiny paw on the stone. "Turn around right now."
Feng Yiren’s red eyes narrowed. "Why?"
Lin Huahua almost choked. "Why are you asking why? Just turn around."
Mu Qingyi understood first. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
His deer ears twitched, and his expression changed slightly before he immediately turned his body away like a gentleman. "Yiren, Baiyu, turn around."
Hu Baiyu also understood a breath later, and his entire body stiffened. His lion ears went red at the tips, and he turned around so fast that his long white hair shifted over his bare shoulders. Even though he was already facing away, his hands clenched on his knees because the thought of Lin Huahua transforming back without clothes on was enough to make his whole body heat up, and he felt ashamed of himself for even thinking about it while she was panicking.
Feng Yiren did not turn as quickly.
Of course he did not.
The fox tilted his head, his red tail swaying slowly. "Little rat, are you shy?"
Lin Huahua’s tiny ears flattened so hard they almost disappeared into her fur. "Feng Yiren, if you do not turn around, I will tell my father you bullied me."
Feng Yiren turned around immediately.
Lin Huahua stared at his back.
Very good.
At least her father was useful sometimes.
"Now give me my clothes," she ordered.
Mu Qingyi had already spotted the clothes near the base of the fruit tree. He stood, walked over, picked them up, and carefully shook off the dust and leaves. He did not look at her while doing it, and he even folded the animal skin top and short skirt neatly before placing them on the flat stone beside her.
Lin Huahua stared at the clothes.
Then at her tiny paws.
Then at the clothes again.
How was she supposed to wear them like this?
