Becoming a Kindergarten Teacher for S-Class Spirit Beasts – CH41

Chapter 41

Bai Nuosi hadn’t expected that the little black snake, as a beastman baby, would actually shed its skin!

But how to care for a snake during shedding, or what to pay attention to—none of that had been covered in the training before he started working. Bai Nuosi had no idea where to begin.

Feeling lost, Bai Nuosi turned to Huo Ranchuan and asked, “Director, did you know the snake baby was going to shed its skin, so you came specifically to pick it up?”

If that’s the case, the director might seem a bit rough, but he’s actually pretty thoughtful.

The Teng Snake sheds two to three times a month, though the timing isn’t always predictable. However, as the Teng Snake’s main body, Huo Ranchuan’s mental energy would be affected each time the snake shed its skin.

Huo Ranchuan nodded. “I didn’t want you to worry, so I’ll take it back and care for it.”

In truth, Huo Ranchuan was tempted to just take the Teng Snake away for good. Having the Teng Snake by Bai Nuosi’s side every day was like him being around Bai Nuosi all the time, cared for by him. He had never been this close to anyone else before, much less lived and eaten with someone for this long.

Now, every time he saw Bai Nuosi, he felt a bit awkward.

Although Bai Nuosi was reluctant, he really didn’t know how to care for a snake shedding its skin. So, he quietly said, “Director, please wait a moment. I’ll wrap the snake baby in a small blanket—it’s too cold outside.”

Huo Ranchuan nodded silently.

The Teng Snake had tough skin and scales and had endured years of missions, crawling through rough terrain. It could sleep peacefully even in icy conditions during field training.

But now, with Teacher Xiaobai caring for it, even the early autumn breeze was considered too cold, and it had to be wrapped in a blanket.

Having someone to love and care for it really made a difference.

No wonder the little black snake didn’t want to go back.

In the past, Huo Ranchuan would scold his Teng Snake, telling it not to overdo the “baby act.” But now…

Well, he couldn’t say anything—he was starting to envy the Teng Snake.

Bai Nuosi carefully wrapped the sleeping snake baby in a small blanket and carried it out. The snake baby seemed exhausted, and though Bai Nuosi was holding it, it didn’t sense any danger, likely because it was so familiar with his scent. The Teng Snake didn’t even open its eyes.

Bai Nuosi lowered his head to inspect the snake baby closely. Its skin did indeed look dry.

It hadn’t been noticeable earlier in the day.

Nervously, Bai Nuosi brought the snake baby over to Huo Ranchuan and whispered, “Its skin looks really dry, almost white.”

Huo Ranchuan nodded. “Yes, that’s normal before shedding. Once it sheds, it’ll be fine.”

In fact, the Teng Snake’s skin always became dry and flaky a couple of days before shedding, but Bai Nuosi took such good care of it—bathing it daily, massaging it, and even applying moisturizing oil afterward. That’s why Bai Nuosi hadn’t noticed the shedding signs earlier.

Huo Ranchuan watched as the snake baby, wrapped in the blanket, snuggled in Bai Nuosi’s arms. He reached out and said, “Give it to me. It’s late, and you should get some rest.”

Bai Nuosi hesitated, looking at Huo Ranchuan’s hands, remembering how he had casually lifted the little black snake with one hand the last time they met. His expression grew a bit uncertain.

Huo Ranchuan: “…”

Feeling a bit awkward, Huo Ranchuan realized he had clearly earned himself a spot on Bai Nuosi’s blacklist when it came to caring for the baby animals.

Rubbing his nose, Huo Ranchuan said somewhat guiltily, “Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of it.”

He stared at the Teng Snake in Bai Nuosi’s arms, and due to their close connection, he could even sense Bai Nuosi’s warmth and light scent.

Actually, the Teng Snake didn’t need much care during shedding. It usually curled up in a corner, slept for a bit, and when it woke up, the shedding was done.

But Huo Ranchuan couldn’t tell Bai Nuosi that.

Seeing Huo Ranchuan’s awkward expression, Bai Nuosi also felt a bit embarrassed.

Huo Ranchuan wasn’t just the director; he had raised the snake baby himself. Surely no one knew better than him how to care for it.

Bai Nuosi’s worry was unnecessary.

Reluctantly, Bai Nuosi placed the snake baby into Huo Ranchuan’s hands.

As soon as the atmosphere around it changed, the Teng Snake immediately sensed something. Its eyes snapped open with a swish, staring directly at Huo Ranchuan, who was holding it.

Teng Snake: “…”

The Teng Snake stared at Huo Ranchuan for a long moment, squirming uncomfortably.

So… what was its master doing?

Why was he suddenly holding it so gently? What was his intention?

Was he trying to scare it? QAQ

The Teng Snake wriggled again, trying to slip out of Huo Ranchuan’s grasp.

Huo Ranchuan tightened his grip, firmly holding the blanket-wrapped snake and smiling down at it. “Don’t move, little one. I’m going to take you home now.”

Teng Snake: “…”

Feeling even more anxious, the Teng Snake pitifully turned its head to look at Teacher Bai.

It didn’t want to leave Teacher Bai! Once it left, there would be no more milk, no one to lull it to sleep, and no more cuddles with Teacher Bai!

Teacher Bai, help!

However, Teacher Bai didn’t snatch it back from Huo Ranchuan’s hands like last time.

Bai Nuosi looked at the snake baby and softly said, “You need to go with Director Huo and get some rest. Don’t worry, Teacher Bai will visit you every day.”

Teng Snake: “…”

The Teng Snake’s pupils shook in disbelief!

Just because it was shedding its skin, Teacher Bai didn’t want it anymore!

Its face fell instantly, taking on a look of utter despair. Even its tail drooped down naturally, clearly planning to play dead to make Teacher Bai feel sorry for it!

But Huo Ranchuan was quick to hold it in his arms, nodding to Bai Nuosi, “I’ll take it from here. You should get some rest.”

Bai Nuosi nodded and followed behind Huo Ranchuan as he left, walking with him to the small garden. He showed no signs of stopping, clearly intending to escort them all the way to the gate.

Huo Ranchuan looked at Bai Nuosi, who was still wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and house slippers, following him all the way to the garden. Although Huo Ranchuan knew it was because Bai Nuosi was reluctant to part with the Teng Snake, his heart began to beat a little faster, and his expression grew slightly unnatural.

Turning back, Huo Ranchuan said, “Teacher Bai, you should go back. You can visit the snake baby whenever you want.”

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Bai Nuosi stopped in his tracks. At this moment, he felt like an anxious mother who couldn’t let go of her child.

Bai Nuosi pursed his lips and nodded, “Alright, Director Huo, take care. Good night.”

Huo Ranchuan replied, “Good night.”

With that, Huo Ranchuan disappeared into the night, carrying the Teng Snake.

It had been almost a month since Bai Nuosi officially started his job, and the snake baby had always been by his side. Even when the little black panther had been taken away, the little black snake remained.

Huo Ranchuan had comforted him before, saying that the snake baby would always stay with him.

But now, even the little black snake had been taken away.

Though Director Huo had said it was only temporary and that the snake would be brought back after shedding, Bai Nuosi stood at the doorway, looking back at the direction they left, feeling an unavoidable pang of sadness.

However, the beastman babies were only living here temporarily. Once they grew older or if their families had better conditions, they would definitely take the babies back home.

After all, what parent wouldn’t want to spend more time with their child?

Bai Nuosi closed the door and poured the instant noodles he had made into a bowl. Sitting alone at the kitchen island, he ate quietly. After finishing, he brushed his teeth and returned to the nursery. He lay down next to the panda baby, who was fast asleep, its little paws clutching a plush bunny, drooling slightly.

Bai Nuosi gently wiped the drool with a tissue and looked at the panda baby for a long while, before sighing softly.

At least he still had the panda baby to keep him company. He wasn’t completely alone.

With a rare moment of free time, Bai Nuosi logged into his star network account. He rarely had time for the star network due to taking care of the babies, but now that he had some free time and didn’t feel like doing anything else, he decided to stay up late browsing the news.

His account had many restrictions, and there were many things about the Beastman Galaxy that he couldn’t see. Unless he stayed in the Beastman Galaxy for five years, passed the personal contribution evaluation, secured a stable job, and had his workplace provide sponsorship, he wouldn’t be eligible for a temporary residence permit. Only then would the restrictions on his account be lifted.

But Bai Nuosi figured that, even without thinking about other things, just the contribution points requirement alone would likely disqualify him.

He was just an ordinary child care worker. What kind of major contributions could he possibly make to the Beastman Galaxy?

He would be content just to settle on the Beastman Galaxy as a regular worker. Hopefully, he could stay for three to five years, long enough to avoid the marriage matching age.

Bai Nuosi logged into his account and, due to the restrictions, couldn’t see many comments. However, he noticed that the eating broadcast video of Naby, the little bunny, had gained significant popularity. In less than two hours, there were already hundreds of comments!

Bai Nuosi was overjoyed. So everyone likes Naby too!

It was his first time having so many fans, and seeing all the praise and requests for more content made him a little shy. He quickly opened the screen and started responding to each comment.

As he replied, Bai Nuosi thought that he could share more of Naby’s daily eating routines in the future. He could also share the two small roses he was growing—judging by the response, it seemed like everyone enjoyed watching.

Meanwhile, Supervisor Mons looked at Bai Nuosi’s account, which now had over ten billion followers, and fell into silence.

Bai Nuosi’s popularity was soaring, nearly rivaling that of top celebrities.

This was beyond anyone’s expectations. They had anticipated that any livestreams featuring the spiritual entity nursery would attract a lot of attention, but reaching this level of popularity was unimaginable.

The key point was that not only were the spiritual entity cubs in Bai Nuosi’s livestreams getting popular, but Bai Nuosi himself—and even the little bunny he raised—had garnered countless viewers.

In just two hours, the little bunny’s eating video had garnered over ten billion views, with billions of reposts and billions of comments. This demonstrated just how much the people of the Beastman Galaxy adored Teacher Bai.

Although the child care workers could freely manage their own accounts, the collaboration with the star network platform was still handled by the Rose Nursery.

As the administrator of Bai Nuosi’s livestream, Mons looked at the payment report sent over by StarNet and once again fell silent.

It had been less than a month, yet the rewards from Bai Nuosi’s livestream, even after StarNet took its 50% cut, still amounted to nearly one billion star coins!

This was an enormous sum. To put it into perspective, Bai Nuosi’s annual salary, including bonuses, was only five million star coins.

This showed just how crazy the viewers in Bai Nuosi’s livestream had become.

Teacher Xiaobai was just too lovable. The moment people entered his livestream and saw him gently caring for the babies, they simply couldn’t stop themselves from sending rewards!

Technically, the livestream was managed by Rose Nursery, and all the rewards from viewers were supposed to go to the nursery. After all, when signing the contract, it was clearly explained to the employees.

However, considering how hard Teacher Xiaobai worked, Mons thought it would be a good idea to allocate a portion of the rewards directly to Bai Nuosi as a bonus.

After all, Teacher Bai had taken such good care of the little black panther and the little panda, and he certainly deserved some extra compensation.

But this wasn’t something Mons could decide on his own, so he needed to get approval from his superior. Mons called his boss, Huo Ranchuan, to ask about it.

Huo Ranchuan’s tone was cold: “This is Teacher Xiaobai’s hard-earned money. Are you thinking of pocketing it?”

Mons: “…”

Mons was extremely embarrassed. “No, sir. According to the rules, this income should go to the Rose Nursery’s account to be used for daily necessities.”

Huo Ranchuan’s tone remained harsh: “The nursery doesn’t need that money.”

Mons: “…”

Mons was speechless.

The Rose Nursery was entirely Huo Ranchuan’s project, one he had pushed through despite widespread opposition. Even though the royal family had approved it, they hadn’t provided any funding, so all expenses were covered by the Huo family.

Since Huo Ranchuan had said they didn’t need the money, what else could Mons say?

Although Mons was sometimes slow to react, he had long noticed how special Teacher Bai was to his boss!

So now he quickly responded: “Understood, sir. From now on, the livestream earnings of the caretakers will be directly deposited into their accounts on payday, without going through the nursery’s accounts.”

Huo Ranchuan replied indifferently: “Do as you see fit. By the way, keep a close eye on the Golden Eagle while the Teng Snake is shedding its skin.”

During the shedding process, the Teng Snake’s mental strength would weaken, and there was a risk that someone might take advantage of the situation to disrupt the Golden Eagle’s mental sea.

A few days ago, Chu Jiangting had been approached by the eldest son of the Han family at the training ground to discuss a partnership. Chu Jiangting didn’t hide the matter and reported it directly to his superior.

As the chief instructor, Huo Ranchuan immediately became aware of the situation.

The Han family wasn’t much of a threat, but with so many powerful families in the empire opposing the Rose Nursery and targeting Huo Ranchuan, he had to stay vigilant.

After hanging up the phone, Huo Ranchuan lay on his spacious bed in his bathrobe, while the Teng Snake curled up on the windowsill in the side room.

The process of shedding was always unpleasant, and the Teng Snake hated it every time. But this time, it just wanted to finish shedding quickly so it could return to the gentle Teacher Bai.

It had only been an hour since they parted, and the Teng Snake already missed Teacher Bai terribly!

That night, Huo Ranchuan also found it difficult to sleep.

Aside from some restlessness from his spiritual entity, most of it was due to not hearing Teacher Xiaobai’s bedtime story, not hearing his lullaby, and missing his soft-spoken voice and gentle embrace.

Before this, Huo Ranchuan’s spiritual entity had always stayed by Teacher Xiaobai’s side, and his mental sea was closely connected to the Teng Snake. At this moment, it wasn’t just the Teng Snake missing Teacher Bai—Huo Ranchuan couldn’t help but miss him too.

Lying in bed, Huo Ranchuan found himself repeatedly watching the only video on Teacher Bai’s StarNet account: a short clip of Naby, the little bunny, eating a sweet fruit.

He couldn’t stop himself from watching the 20-second video over and over again.

As he had thought when he first saw that cute, fluffy little bunny, Teacher Bai would definitely like it.

The next morning, Bai Nuosi slept deeply and was only woken up by the panda baby, who shook him awake because it was hungry after sleeping through the night.

Bai Nuosi abruptly opened his eyes to find a giant panda face close to his, and the panda baby cutely said, “Love, kiss!”

Then, with a “mwah,” it kissed Bai Nuosi on the cheek.

It took Bai Nuosi a few seconds to realize that the panda baby was saying, “If you love me, give me a kiss.”

His heart melted—panda baby was just too adorable!

Bai Nuosi immediately hugged the panda baby and kissed its forehead with a “mwah.” “I love Qiuqiu! Good morning, Qiuqiu.”

The panda baby shyly lowered its head, its little eyes peeking at Bai Nuosi. “Morning, Teacher.”

Yawning, Bai Nuosi hugged the panda baby a little tighter and said softly, “Can Teacher Xiaobai sleep a little longer?”

It was still so early, and Bai Nuosi had been feeling so exhausted lately, much more tired than usual, always feeling drowsy.

Wait, Bai Nuosi suddenly opened his eyes, hesitating. Hmm, this kind of state—could it be that his heat was approaching?

Oh no, he needed to stock up on suppressants quickly. After using the last dose, he didn’t have much left.

However, the suppressants on this Beastman Galaxy weren’t compatible with him, so he would have to go to a designated store to purchase them, and they were much more expensive than in his home system, the Blackbird Galaxy.

But that wasn’t a big problem, considering his income here was much higher than it had been in the Blackbird Galaxy.

While Bai Nuosi was checking the supply of inhibitors on his wrist terminal, he realized that as he lay on his side, the panda cub was pushing him with its tiny paws.

The panda cub gently nudged Bai Nuosi, its big eyes looking up at him, full of pitiful longing: “Milk, wake up!”

Bai Nuosi: “…”

Amused and helpless, Bai Nuosi got out of bed and affectionately ruffled the panda cub’s head a few times, smiling as he whispered, “Alright, alright, I’ll go wake up the milk and make your sweet bowl of milk, Qiuqiu.”

Excited, the panda cub immediately turned and cheerfully followed Teacher Bai, watching closely as he picked up the bowl. Its eyes sparkled with excitement.

Bai Nuosi couldn’t help but laugh at its eager expression.

The panda cub was just too cute! How could there be such an adorable little beastman baby in the world?

Bai Nuosi couldn’t resist its overwhelming cuteness.

Carrying its bowl of sweet milk, the panda cub carefully walked outside, into the little garden by the door, taking small, cautious steps on its hind legs.

With precision, it reached the little bunny Naby’s nest, sat down, and sipped its milk while using its foot to nudge open the door of Naby’s rabbit hole.

Sunlight flooded in, forcing the little bunny to wake up. It stumbled out, looking up in annoyance at the panda cub sipping milk at the entrance, its ears twitching as it got agitated and thought about biting the panda.

The panda cub, with milk all over its face, looked up after a few sips and grinned at the little bunny: “Naby, wake up!”

Little bunny Naby: “…”

After speaking, the panda cub buried its head back into its milk bowl. Only when it had licked the bowl clean did it raise its head again, licking the milk from the corner of its mouth, and proudly said to Naby: “Milk is mine, not Naby’s.”

Naby didn’t have any milk to drink, and even if the milk woke up, it would still belong to Qiuqiu. Poor Naby could only watch Qiuqiu drink it.

Little bunny Naby: “…”

At that moment, Bai Nuosi, who had just finished changing into his uniform, came out with a warm towel to wash the panda cub’s face. Seeing the cub’s smug attitude made him want to laugh.

No wonder it was always getting into fights with the little black snake. The panda cub’s personality was similar to that of the black snake.

Bai Nuosi walked over: “Qiuqiu, time to wash your face and brush your teeth.”

Because the panda cub’s first task every morning was to find milk to drink, nothing else would work until it had its bowl of milk.

So Bai Nuosi had to give it milk first, then brush its teeth, and later in the evening, brush again after bath time.

Bai Nuosi wasn’t worried about much, but he did fear the little one getting cavities. If it did, they’d have to visit the dentist, and heaven knows the terrifying stories that unfold in pediatric dental clinics every day.

After drinking its milk, the panda cub was in a great mood and obediently let Teacher Bai wash its face. Just then, a sudden loud boom came from the southeast:

Boom!

It felt like an earthquake, and the ground shook violently.

Bai Nuosi’s heart skipped a beat, and he lost his balance, falling to the ground. Instinctively, he wrapped his arms around the panda cub.

The panda cub, sensing something, looked fearfully toward the mountains in the southeast.

What terrifying thing had awoken there?