Beauty and the Beasts

“What are you looking at?” Bai Qingqing asked, conscience-stricken.

Bluepool moved his blue hair that had stuck to his chest away, revealing his beautiful chest. “Don’t think that I don’t know that you’re trying to push me to that female. I’m telling you, this is impossible!”

“How would you know if you don’t try to engage with her? Or do you only like a female’s appearance?” Bai Qingqing’s tone sounded a little displeased.

Bluepool felt bitter inside as if he had eaten bitter fish gallbladder. For Bai Qingqing’s sake, he had betrayed his village and the female from his village, left with nothing at all.

It could be said that Bai Qingqing was now his only reason for living. How could he possibly give up?

However, he couldn’t say his heartfelt feelings. Otherwise, he’d be killed by the snake beastman.

“I will have a sense of what kind of female I want. Anyway, it won’t be that one,” Bluepool said coldly.

Bai Qingqing felt guilty and thus didn’t say anything else. Seeing that the leopard cubs were still eating meat, she tugged at Parker and said, “Stop feeding them. They’ve only just started to eat meat. Otherwise, they might have upset stomachs again.”

Parker looked at the bird in his hand and realized that he had really given them a little bit too much. He said, “You females are more meticulous.”

Bai Qingqing put her hand to her forehead. “If I didn’t say anything, were you really planning on continuing to feed them? Children won’t ever be full.”

For example, puppies could stuff themselves to death from eating dog food.

“How long do you have to spend plucking out the feathers? There are still so many small ones.” Bai Qingqing was usually only responsible for eating and hadn’t paid attention to how Parker had handled the feathers.

Parker already had developed his way of doing things. He said, “It’s about done. I’ll go heat it a little, and the feathers will be gone.”

“I see.”

After saying that, Parker placed the bird in the water and moved it around a little. Foul water rippled out, and Bluepool quickly dodged, bellowing, “Hey! I remember there’s a river on the side! Don’t dirty my water.”

Parker looked at him with his brows raised. “If I don’t come here, Qingqing won’t come as well. Do you want clean loneliness or lively impurity?”

Bluepool came to a realization and immediately changed his stance. “You better continue to come here.”

Bai Qingqing nudged Parker with his elbow, saying to Bluepool, “I’ll ask him to wash the meat in the river. I’ll come and visit you again next time.”

Bluepool looked at their intimate interactions, his eyes revealing an envious gaze as he sent the two of them away.

Curtis was curled around their tree, his black and red colors standing out a lot. All the beastmen who passed gave him a wide berth.

It was strange. Although they knew that he was a snake beastman without any animal stripes, they kept having the feeling of wanting to stay far away from him.

Although the tiger beastmen didn’t say anything, all of them thought of the same thing: it could be that this was how a snake beastman’s disposition was.

When Curtis saw Bai Qingqing, he raised his head, flicked out his tongue, and then stretched out his body, turning into his human form.

Bai Qingqing smiled at him, then ran over the fire site to arrange the firewood.

After the fire was started, Parker placed the featherless bird on top. After the skin was roasted to a yellow color, he tore the bird up into several pieces with great familiarity. He didn’t put any oil and just fried it dry on the pot.

Two hours later, a pot of fragrant chestnut chicken was done.

The taste had completely immersed into the chestnuts, having a hint of sweetness amidst the saltiness. Bai Qingqing ate a few of them, treating it as the main dish, then tried the bird meat.

The bird meat was too firm, and the flesh hadn’t been stewed soft yet. However, the flavors had been completely absorbed.

After Bai Qingqing gave it a taste, she filled up a bowl, planning to send it to Becky.

Curtis stopped her. “It’s okay to give to others, but you eat first.”

“Becky just stays over there. I’ll be back very soon.”

As Bai Qingqing said this, she quietly sat down under Curtis’s “absolutely not” gaze.

However, there wasn’t a need for her to bring it over. The food’s fragrance spread out in the village, and many beastmen were looking from afar. Ford bravely walked over to their terrain.