Beauty and the Beasts

The cubs, however, didn’t slow down. Third, running at the forefront, collided into Bai Qingqing when he dashed over.

Following that, the other two cubs knocked into her as well.

Bai Qingqing fell sitting on the floor on her butt. Thank god the ground was dry because it didn’t rain today.

She smacked their heads in annoyance and admonished them. “I told you three to slow down. Disobedient!”

With the soundly asleep An’an in his arms, Parker easily shoved the little leopards away with his leg and said, “I’ll carry An’an to bed. You can stay outside and play for a while longer. Come back and eat later.”

“Got it,” Bai Qingqing said with a smile.

Parker left with An’an. Curtis quietly stood next to Bai Qingqing and said nothing, looking a little silly.

Bai Qingqing rubbed the leopard’s fur vigorously and said to Curtis, “You should go back too.”

Curtis merely glanced at the village with beastmen coming and going, and Bai Qingqing understood what he meant right away. She said embarrassedly, “Alright, let’s all go back together.”

Bai Qingqing’s concession, however, induced heartache in Curtis. Smoothing her hair, he said, “Just play in the village as you wish. I’ll go back first.”

Delighted, Bai Qingqing nodded vigorously. “Mm. I won’t talk to other males!”

Curtis swept a final, threatening gaze at the males secretly peeking at Bai Qingqing from outside, before leaving with a tense face.

Once he left, males came over to chat her up immediately.

Bai Qingqing lowered her head and ran off with her cubs without talking to them.

She ran to an empty plot of land blooming with morning glories and finally didn’t see any males.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The cubs had a merry time sprinting and rolling around the sea of morning glories.

Seeing her kids having so much fun, plus considering morning glories were quite aesthetically pleasing, Bai Qingqing thought of growing them in her own courtyard.

She found a sharp rock, then chose a morning glory with simpler vines and started digging.

“Do you need my help?”

Parker’s voice rang from above. Bai Qingqing looked up at him. “You finished cooking so quickly?”

“Parker” paused for a moment. After rolling his eyes around in thought, he then replied, “No. It’s still early, so I’m thinking of leaving the cooking till later.”

Bai Qingqing, engrossed in digging, wasn’t paying any attention to Parker initially. But the Parker before her eyes felt way too strange.

Bai Qingqing, about to lower her head, looked up instead. Staring at “Parker”, she noticed that this pair of eyes was of a dimmer color, not as good-looking as Parker’s.

Following that, she immediately noticed that his hairstyle was very normal. Although a layer of hair had grown over Parker’s shaved hair, his bowl cut was still there. However, the “Parker” before her had the hairstyle of an ordinary leopard.

Speculation arose in Bai Qingqing’s heart. She widened her eyes and covered her mouth with soil-stained hands.

Th-Th-This… is Parker’s brother, isn’t it!

Though, there were also three animal stripes on his face. Wasn’t it said that Parker was the strongest in his litter?

Back then only Parker was a two-striped beastman, and the rest were all one-striped beastmen. How come when Parker became a three-striped beastman, his brother became a three-striped beastman as well?

“Parker’s” gaze started flickering. Was he busted so quickly?

“I… I’ll be right back. Wait for me!” “Parker” said in a panic, then turned around and ran off.

Bai Qingqing let out a suspicious “Eh”. She got to her feet and chased two steps after him. “Parker” hid behind a large tree, then jumped out immediately.

“I saw a pretty flower just now and wanted to give it to you.”

“Parker” walked over with a morning glory, a toady smile on his face.

It was a smile that reeked of sneakiness. Parker, who had an extraordinarily high opinion of himself, had never acted in such a lowly manner before. This strong contrast stunned Bai Qingqing quite badly.