Beauty and the Beasts

“Howl—” The wolf pup howled in a soft and adorable tone, staring at Bai Qingqing with its big and watery eyes.

The wolf pup, that was only half a month old, had very round and slightly downturned eyes. With its clear and bright gaze, the way it looked at people was incredibly innocent.

Parker took the wolf pup and placed it next to Bai Qingqing’s head for comparison.

“What are you doing?” Bai Qingqing asked, dumbfounded. From the shape to the expression, the eyes of the human and dog were shockingly similar.

Parker and Cortis burst out laughing at the same time.

“Yes!” Parker said, trying to stifle his laughter. Cortis’s face was pretty much expressionless, but there was a hint of a smile in the depths of his eyes.

Bai Qingqing paused for a moment, then grabbed the wolf pup from him. She scolded with a smile. “You two are bullies!”

Because she knew that Cortis and Parker weren’t scolding her, Bai Qingqing wasn’t angry. She took another look at the wolf pup and asked, feeling perplexed, “In what ways do I resemble a dog? Oh no, this is a wolf.”

So the reason she had been called this was that she really resembled a dog?

Cortis pointed at the wolf pup’s eyes, his cold voice making her feel particularly comfortable this time. “Your eyes look very much alike.”

“Ah, I see.” Bai Qingqing finally knew why. Seeing that the wolf pup’s eyes were extremely adorable, she no longer minded anymore.

“Err… that’s my pup.” A female voice was heard from behind.

Bai Qingqing turned around and saw a middle-aged female, and only after pausing a good while, realized that this was the wolf pup’s mother, as well as the mother of that grown beastman earlier.

“Here. It seems to be hungry. It’s been sniffing around, but it didn’t eat the meat I offered.” Bai Qingqing quickly handed the wolf pup to that female.

The female carried her pup, and with a nasty expression, said before leaving, “If you’re capable, go and give birth to one yourself. It’s too much of you to snatch someone else’s pup away from her.”

The speechless Bai Qingqing pouted in an aggrieved manner, murmuring, “I was just playing with it.”

Bai Qingqing realized that in this world, females were perhaps the only ones who could upset a female.

Parker quickly went up to Bai Qingqing and comforted her. “Qingqing, don’t be sad. The next time you go into heat, we’ll give birth to a litter of leopard cubs. Those females won’t dare to look down on you then.”

Bai Qingqing thought to herself, So that female really was looking down on me. I thought it was just my own imagination. Is being able to give birth something to be that proud of?

Cortis coldly glanced at Parker.

He must do it with her before the leopard did. The first time was always more memorable to a female. He must let Xiao Bai give birth to his eggs first. Right now, the leopard still thought that Xiao Bai going into heat was her suffering from a miscarriage. He would definitely be able to accomplish that before the leopard.

“I’m so thirsty. I feel like drinking water,” Bai Qingqing said, licking her lips.

Parker, who was most familiar with this place among them, pointed with his finger. “There’s a river there, I’ll bring you there.”

Bai Qingqing gazed over and said, “No need. It’s just a stone’s throw away. You two don’t have to get up.”

Cortis also looked over and saw that it was indeed a short distance away. Hence, he didn’t object.

Bai Qingqing cupped some water to drink by the river, then felt like relieving herself. Hence, she asked someone beside her, “Is there a toi… sandpit here?”

The person she asked was a handsome wolf beastman with two animal stripes. He stared at Bai Qingqing for a while, seemingly in shock that a female would take the initiative to speak to him. It was only when Bai Qingqing asked again that he snapped out of his trance and immediately pointed in a direction. “There.”

“Thanks.”

He had wanted to offer to bring the female there, but Bai Qingqing ran away before he could do so.

“She has two mates.”

The wolf beastman was startled by the voice coming behind him. He instantly turned around. When he got a proper look at who it was, he instantly straightened his body like a soldier. “Ape king!”

The ape king said, “One is the descendant of the leopard king, a two-striped beastman. The other is a four-striped homeless snake beastman. You like her?”