Beauty and the Beasts

Upon hearing this, Parker immediately said, “Fine, let’s just give him some.”

Bai Qingqing sputtered with laughter. This foodie.

In the evening, Parker went out to catch fish. According to Bai Qingqing’s instructions, he especially caught the same large fish that they ate the last time.

When he sliced open the fish’s stomach by the waterhole, he found fish roe to his surprise.

“Wah! The fish roes are really big!” Bai Qingqing exclaimed in a delighted tone. Holding onto her stomach, she squatted down with much difficulty, mouth-watering at what she was seeing. “So much. Just the fish roe alone will be filling enough.”

Parker said happily, “I’ll prepare them all for you.”

“I can’t finish them by myself. Let’s all finish it together,” said Bai Qingqing.

Just as the duo was enthusiastically discussing how to eat up this fat and succulent fish, ripples formed on the water surface, and right after, a merman bubbled up.

“You people are too cruel! How can you eat the babies of fishes?” Bluepool shook his tail vigorously as he swam to the shore, a horrified look in his eyes as he stared at the winter melon-sized balls of yellowish-orange fish roe in the fish’s stomach.

“In a few more days these fish roe will have become countless little fishes!” Bluepool said, feeling great grief. He couldn’t help thinking of the nurseries in his tribe.

Merfolk didn’t even give birth to that many at one go. Natural birth would result in a patch of rainbow colors, which hatched easily when placed upon the fat and thick seaweed. That was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

Looking at the similar fish roe, Bluepool was overcome by the feeling of sorrow.

Gazing at his fishtail, Bai Qingqing bit her index finger in embarrassment. “Err… we’ve already killed them. Even if we regret it now, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

“Eh!” Bluepool looked towards her and let out a big sigh. He turned his head away and dared not look at the fish roe again.

“If you like to eat it, just eat it.” Bluepool said gloomily, “Just take note not to catch fishes like this that have big stomachs.”

Parker couldn’t be bothered with him.

Bai Qingqing nodded and said, “We’re going to make sashimi. Later, I’ll get my cubs to call you up.”

Having been subdued by the food on land, Bluepool immediately agreed. “Okay.”

The leopard cubs detected the fishy odor and found their way to the waterhole.

Howl!

They howled excitedly and sprinted over maniacally. Failing to pull the brakes in time, they bumped into the fish in unison, and when they managed to steady their bodies again, they started nibbling at it.

“Babies! Stop!” Bai Qingqing shouted angrily.

Roar~ The cubs didn’t loosen their bites on the fish, merely raising their eyes at their mother.

Seeing Parker narrow his eyes and walk over, they instantly released the fish and retreated a few steps, swallowing their saliva as they licked their chops.

Seeing a pile of internal organs by the side, they wanted to go over and eat it.

Feeling an even more intense headache now, Bai Qingqing shouted, “You can’t eat that all the more!”

“Ooh!” The cubs let out an aggrieved sound.

Parker continued scaling the fish as he said, “How old are you? If you continue eating them raw, be careful that no female will want you in the future.”

Roar?

The leopard cubs had never seen little females up till now, so they were still clueless about such stuff. But they could tell that their parents didn’t want them to eat raw stuff.

Bai Qingqing motioned for them to go over. “Come.”

The cubs strode towards their mommy, their heads masked with a layer of water that carried a fishy smell. Bai Qingqing wiped their heads and said with a smile, “You can eat raw things, but you must eat them in a pretty manner.”

Roar? The cubs confusedly roared once more.

When Bai Qingqing first arrived at the village, the males she came across, despite their refined and civilized appearance, were wild beasts who secretly ate animal flesh raw and drank their blood. They had only suppressed their true natures in order not to scare the females.

This was a commonly seen phenomenon. To prevent her sons from failing to find a spouse in the future, Bai Qingqing didn’t wish for them to be too different from the rest.

Bai Qingqing said, “That means, you must handle it nicely so that the females can accept it.”