Golden-Winged Bee Queen

The buzz of rapidly beating wings sounded right beside her ear.

But... it didn't seem to hurt?

Qin Yan cautiously opened one eye.

Her dark, glasslike pupil immediately reflected a huge bee right in front of her.

But Little Butterfly was also in front of her, facing off against that bee.

Jinbao watched it warily too, looking ready to tear it apart if it came any closer.

Meimei let out a breath of relief. "Thank goodness, thank goodness..."

But clearly, that relief had come too soon.

The Golden-Winged Bee Queen still remembered who had stolen it away.

Now, disregarding the aura before it that it liked so much, it raised its rear, aimed its sharp stinger at Meimei, and charged at high speed.

Meimei: ━Σ(?Д?|||)━

Oh no, it's coming for me.

Meimei immediately took off running on all four little feet.

"Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz..."

Meimei shouted, "If you're so good at bullying the weak, why don't you go fight that dog one-on-one!!!"

Jinbao simply rolled its eyes and lay down, refusing to get involved.

As long as it wasn't targeting its owner, that was fine.

Qin Yan chased after them on her short little legs.

"Don't sting Meimei."

"Big bee, sting me instead!"

Meimei was deeply touched. All that love it had given the little one hadn't been wasted!

Meimei ran into narrow corners and places like under the bed.

The Golden-Winged Bee Queen pursued it relentlessly.

One ran fast and the other flew fast, careening around Qin Yan's room and knocking over quite a few things.

Qin Yan tried helplessly to stop the fight, but when she spoke too quickly, out came a stream of incomprehensible babble.

Hearing the commotion from downstairs, Fu Nanshan hurried up.

The moment the door opened, Meimei darted out.

"Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz..."

Fu Nanshan: ???

What was that?

Qin Yan cried, "Meimei!"

In the end, it only stopped when Fu Nanshan caught the Golden-Winged Bee Queen.

Meimei panted. "So petty. Your hive is about to produce a new queen anyway. As they say, two tigers can't share one mountain. That queen is still young. You won't be able to beat it in the future."

Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz...

The Golden-Winged Bee Queen grew even angrier. If it could speak, it would definitely have been swearing viciously right now.

Meimei spread its paws, looking utterly shameless.

"Things are already like this anyway. You can only stay here now."

"Otherwise..."

The little mouse made a throat-slitting gesture.

Propping up her little chin, Qin Yan looked at Meimei, then at the Golden-Winged Bee Queen.

Her gaze was bewildered.

"Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz..."

Trapped inside a round, transparent sphere, the Golden-Winged Bee Queen looked pitiful.

Still, it really had suffered quite a misfortune.

It had been minding its own business in its hive when it was stolen away.

Qin Yan gently poked the sphere with a finger.

The furious Bee Queen inside actually began to calm down.

Her glasslike, sparkling eyes watched the Bee Queen.

"Uncle, what do bees eat?"

Fu Nanshan said, "Honey."

Didn't they have honey at home?

Qin Yan ran off to ask the housekeeper.

Then she successfully obtained a small bowl of honey-royal jelly, at that.

"Be good and don't chase Meimei anymore. Shall we let you out?"

Holding the little transparent sphere, she kept her little face serious as she earnestly negotiated with the Bee Queen.

"Nod if you'll be good. Like this."

She nodded her head.

The bee inside actually nodded along.

Qin Yan immediately gave a sweet smile, her eyes curving into lovely little crescents.

"Uncle, it said yes! Can we let it out?"

Holding the little sphere, Qin Yan immediately turned to look at her Younger Uncle.

Fu Nanshan: ...Was his little niece born with some kind of beast taming saint physique?

Once the Bee Queen was released, everyone watched it nervously.

They were afraid it would chase Meimei again.

Meimei also adopted a stance that left it ready to flee at any moment.

Fortunately, perhaps tired and hungry after the earlier chase, the Bee Queen flew over and landed on the back of Qin Yan's hand once it was out.

Now they could really see just how big the Bee Queen was.

And its coloring was especially beautiful.

Its wings were a translucent, glittering gold, with some silvery-white markings.

It even had a ring of fur around its neck, and rings of fuzz around its legs, as though it were wearing little boots.

Qin Yan tentatively extended a finger toward it.

The Bee Queen gently rubbed its somewhat hard head against her tiny fingertip a few times.

It felt a little cool and hard.

"Hello, my name is Qin Yan."

Qin Yan introduced herself to the Bee Queen in her babyish voice.

"This is my Younger Uncle."

"This is Jinbao."

"This is Little Butterfly."

"And there's Tuantuan too."

The little one introduced them one by one, her voice soft and sweet.

The Bee Queen: Sounds lovely. Say more.

"Are you hungry?"

"This is for you to eat."

She nudged the little bowl of royal jelly toward it.

The Golden-Winged Bee Queen flew over, but after merely lowering its head to sniff, it turned away disdainfully and flew back.

Qin Yan: Huh? (?)?

"You aren't hungry?"

Meimei said, "It's not that it isn't hungry. It's clearly turning its nose up at it."

Even the lowest-grade honey that golden-winged bees ate contained spiritual energy.

That went all the more for the royal jelly the Bee Queen ate.

"Just give it some spirit stones to eat."

Meimei huffed. "I'm afraid it'd even turn its nose up at the flowers outside now."

Although it really wanted to leave this Golden-Winged Bee Queen to its own devices, golden-winged bee honey was genuinely excellent. It was good for the little one and could nourish her body.

Qin Yan hummed in agreement and enthusiastically went off to tend to the Bee Queen.

Watching the Bee Queen clutch a spirit stone and gnaw on it, Qin Yan pinched the stone with her fingers.

So hard.

Would its teeth really not break?

There were also the earth dragons.

"Younger Uncle, look!"

She showed Fu Nanshan the earth dragons, as well as the Kongsang Silkworms.

"These are earth dragons. They can loosen the soil."

"These are baby silkworms."

Fu Nanshan stared at them for a few seconds.

Earthworms. Silkworms.

From the Cultivation Realm. Not ordinary.

After reaching that conclusion, he nodded.

Then Qin Yan let the earth dragons out.

"Such big earthworms!"

They had looked tiny in the box, but only after they were released did it become clear that the two larger earth dragons were as thick as two fingers and nearly fifty centimeters long.

Normally, enlarged earthworms would have looked somewhat disgusting.

But these earth dragons had a layer of densely arranged, fine scales on their bodies, earthy yellow in color.

Their Looks weren't especially good, but they weren't disgusting to look at either.

After being released, they began moving, then rushed toward the door at tremendous speed.

With a whoosh, they were gone.

Holding the box, Qin Yan hurried after them. The instant the four earth dragons outside touched the soil, they dug holes as fast as they could and burrowed inside.

In that brief moment, even their tails had disappeared.

Qin Yan was dumbfounded, then looked pleadingly at Meimei.

"Meimei, I'm sorry. They ran away."

They were a gift Meimei had given her. Feeling that she had lost the gift, she was filled with guilt and self-reproach.

Meimei climbed onto her shoulder and nuzzled her cheek.

"Don't worry. They won't run away."

The little mouse promised solemnly, "With you here, they'll definitely only move around nearby."

The pretty little baby's face was bewildered. Why?

Although she said nothing, the question was written all over her face.

Meimei said, "Earth dragons are picky eaters too. They won't be used to eating the soil out there."

Qin Yan only half understood, but as long as Meimei wasn't angry, that was fine.

With the earth dragons gone, she was afraid of losing the Kongsang Silkworms too, so she hurriedly carried them back inside and put them somewhere safe.