Chapter 33
Bai Nuosi immediately got up and went to the panda cub’s bed, with Teng Snake following closely, looking serious as it observed.
Teng Snake could stay with Bai Nuosi for treats and cuddles because Huo Ruanchuan was worried about the S-rank spiritual body’s condition. After all, the situation was unstable, and S-rank beings were too precious.
Bai Nuosi hurried over and whispered, “Qiu Qiu? Are you having a tummy ache?”
The panda cub rolled around on the bed, then extended its paw to scratch itself. Bai Nuosi frowned and said, “Not just a tummy ache, but are you also itchy all over?”
Teng Snake climbed onto the baby bed to check on the panda cub. The panda cub’s mental sea was quite stable, so it seemed unrelated to its mental state; it was purely a physical issue.
Teng Snake felt relieved, but Bai Nuosi was worried.
He remembered what had happened with the little black panther, and he still felt apprehensive.
Bai Nuosi quickly grabbed the smart pod from the bedside, saying softly, “I need to call the doctor to check your body. Qiu Qiu, please hold on a little longer.”
At that moment, Chu Jiangting, who was enduring discomfort in the dormitory, suddenly opened his eyes. A doctor? That wouldn’t do.
He had heard about the mental energy research expert at the Rose Nursery; the doctor named Sajinna was the best in the central district. If she came to examine him, wouldn’t she find out about his condition immediately?
Chu Jiangting immediately shared his feelings in the mental sea. As Bai Nuosi activated the smart pod, the panda cub reached out its paw and gently grasped Bai Nuosi’s arm.
Bai Nuosi was taken aback, looking at the panda cub, “Qiu Qiu, are you okay?”
Qiu Qiu?
No matter how many times he heard this name, Chu Jiangting found it hard to hold back.
He still felt unwell, but the panda cub didn’t want to see a doctor. It endured the stomach pain and itchiness, obediently lying back down on the bed, nodding at Teacher Bai.
He was fine now; he had already recovered!
For Chu Jiangting, enduring these sensations had become second nature.
Bai Nuosi felt something was off, but since the panda cub was still so small, if it really felt unwell, it shouldn’t be able to endure it.
Worrying about the panda cub, Bai Nuosi didn’t call the doctor immediately. Instead, he got onto the baby bed, hugged the panda cub in his arms, and leaned down to observe: “Qiu Qiu, are you really okay?”
Panda cub: “……”
The panda cub nodded firmly.
It thought it just needed to hold on for a little while longer—just three minutes—to convince Teacher Bai that it was fine, and then it could go to sleep.
As it turned out, Teacher Bai actually got into bed and hugged him for comfort. This…
Could it be that Teacher Bai planned to stay?
The panda cub frowned; it could endure a stomach ache, but the itching was truly unbearable!
Bai Nuosi held the panda cub, worry etched on his face as he gently patted its back with his right hand. Teng Snake lay quietly beside Bai Nuosi, lazily yawning.
After a few minutes, the panda cub finally realized that this little teacher was indeed not planning to leave. It seemed like he was prepared to stay up all night, holding the panda cub!
Chu Jiangting suddenly felt a bit at a loss.
He didn’t have many close people, and even his family had never shown him this kind of concern in his memories.
Every time he felt unwell, if he didn’t want anyone to know, he would just hold on for three minutes, tell his family he was fine, and they would quickly leave. Now, seeing Teacher Bai act like this for the first time, he felt somewhat flustered.
Was his three-minute theory not going to work now?
After three minutes, the panda cub couldn’t hold it anymore. It quietly stretched out a paw to scratch its little belly a few times. Then, as if sensing something, it froze for a moment, nervously looked up, and met the gazes of Teacher Bai and Teng Snake.
Teacher Bai looked at it with concern, while Teng Snake had a mocking look in its eyes, as if laughing at the panda cub for being so unaware of its own situation!
Panda cub: “……”
Bai Nuosi held the panda cub and asked, “Are you itchy all over? Are you having an allergic reaction?”
The panda cub didn’t want to see a doctor and immediately shook its head vigorously. It was not an allergy; it had just been bitten by a mosquito.
Oh no, it had been bitten here, and oh dear, there too!
The panda cub’s paws started to scratch left and right, scratching its belly here, its legs there, and even its bottom, blaming the mosquitoes for targeting its panda blood!
Bai Nuosi: “……”
The panda cub refused to see a doctor. Did it have some kind of trauma related to doctors? Bai Nuosi hesitated for a moment, but seeing that the panda cub, although itchy, was still in decent spirits, he decided not to call a doctor for now.
He opened the smart bracelet and found the detailed information about the little panda that Mons had sent him.
He lowered his head and read it seriously. Teng Snake also curiously leaned over, resting on Bai Nuosi’s shoulder to look.
Chu Jiangting, 2 years old, had a normal checkup upon entering the nursery, not allergic, and no allergens found yet;
This line was the same as the previous little black panther. The little black panther’s information also stated that the checkup was normal and no allergens were found, yet the little black panther still got sick in the end.
So, Bai Nuosi wasn’t very trusting of this report anymore.
Continuing to read further, he found information about Chu Jiangting’s height, weight, head circumference, and family situation.
Chu Jiangting’s family situation was quite simple; both parents were labor workers dispatched from other star systems, and he had a younger brother and sister. Their family was of average means.
Bai Nuosi didn’t know that pandas were spiritual beings, so he didn’t realize that it was a ridiculous notion for an ordinary labor worker’s family to raise an S-rank child.
For such a child, trying to get into the Imperial Military Academy before differentiating into an S-rank was even more challenging.
But Chu Jiangting managed to do it; he wasn’t proud or complacent. He still didn’t dare to relax, didn’t dare to stop. While others were sleeping, eating, or resting, he was always training.
He put in three times the training time compared to others. If he wasn’t the most talented one, then he had to be the one who worked the hardest!
The panda cub cautiously scratched itself, its paws covered in its own fur.
After Bai Nuosi finished reading the information, he hesitated. With the panda cub’s parents so busy and its younger siblings still small, and since they had moved from other star systems, there were no other parents around. No wonder it was sent to a full-time daycare at such a young age.
Bai Nuosi asked the panda cub, “Qiu Qiu, are you feeling unwell?”
The panda paused its scratching, hesitated, and glanced at Teacher Bai before shaking its head.
Bai Nuosi patiently asked again, “Well, Teacher isn’t feeling well right now. Would you accompany Teacher to see the doctor?”
The panda cub shook its head again, resolutely.
It wasn’t really a three-year-old; it wouldn’t fall for that trick!
Just then, Teng Snake seemed to have discovered something. Its long tail slithered under the pillow and soon pulled out an empty little bottle.
Seeing the small writing and markings on the bottle, Teng Snake immediately recognized it as a mental energy booster. It had been forced to take it by those doctors and experts in the research institute when it hadn’t differentiated for a long time!
The painful memories from its childhood suddenly hit it. Teng Snake became startled, then with a flick of its tail, it flung the empty bottle away and dashed up to the ceiling.
Bai Nuosi: “???”
Panda cub: “……”
Bai Nuosi glanced at Teng Snake, then picked up the little bottle that had fallen on the blanket, surprised as he said, “What is this?”
The panda cub looked around nervously, not daring to meet Teacher Bai’s eyes. Its paws were covered in its own fur, which it had also transferred onto Teacher Bai, who was holding it.
Bai Nuosi was astonished: “Qiu Qiu, are you in the molting period?”
Panda cub: “…….”
At this moment, Chu Jiangting was also a bit dazed. Huh?
Can a spiritual being molt? He hadn’t heard of that before. He had only heard that the chief instructor of the military academy had a spiritual body that shed its skin, but he had never heard of anyone’s spiritual body shedding fur.
What was wrong with his spiritual body?
Chu Jiangting appeared confused, which reflected in the panda cub’s face as it wore a dazed and silly expression.
Bai Nuosi looked at the fur all over himself, then at the empty bottle in his hand, and his expression gradually turned serious.
The panda cub had just taken a bottle of nutritional supplement in the afternoon. He had checked it and found it was a normal nutritional supplement. Some children might take it, but it didn’t taste great, so kids usually didn’t like it. Therefore, it should be fine.
So, could the problem lie here?
Bai Nuosi opened his smart device and took a photo of the small bottle to search for it, but the search results came back blank.
Bai Nuosi frowned tightly, and his heart sank even more. Why was there no registration information on the Star Network?
Could it be some kind of banned substance? Or maybe an unregulated product?
At first, the panda cub felt nervous when he saw Bai Nuosi going online to search. However, he soon realized that Teacher Bai’s access to the Star Network was insufficient, and he wouldn’t be able to look up anything related to spiritual bodies or mental energy.
The panda cub then sighed in relief and continued to scratch itself.
Bai Nuosi fell silent for two seconds, then suddenly realized that it was likely due to his insufficient access; it seemed this small bottle was not simple.
Bai Nuosi looked seriously at the panda cub. The panda cub felt guilty under his intense gaze, scratching itself while quietly trying to back away, even attempting to sneak off the bed as if it was planning to escape!
Bai Nuosi didn’t dare delay and immediately activated the emergency response system. With a “beep,” the duty medical room received the notification, and within two minutes, the emergency personnel were ready and rushed over in a transport vehicle.
Panda cub: “……”
Damn, it seemed this time there was no escaping!
The panda cub jumped off the bed and rolled toward the door, clearly trying to run away!
Bai Nuosi was quick, and without needing Teng Snake’s help, he swiftly reached out and grabbed the panda cub’s little tail!
It was as if he had grabbed something extremely important!
Still sharing feelings with Chu Jiangting, he suddenly froze, his whole body tensing up as he nervously turned his head to look at Teacher Bai.
Usually gentle and cute, with a smile on his face, Teacher Bai now had a cold expression as he held onto his tail and whispered ominously, “Qiu Qiu, you need to behave. Otherwise, all the sweet milk you like will go to the little snake!”
Panda cub: “……”
Teacher Bai’s tone was serious: Not a single drop left for you!
Panda cub: “……”
So is the little panda truly molting or was it actually just bitten by mosquitos? Either way, it’s most likely related to all the mental/energy boosters both its main body and it takes regularly that affects its proper growth.
Thanks for the chapter! 😀