The lobsters in the basket climbed up, making âthud thud thudâ sounds as they moved, and it looked like they were about to overturn it.
Bai Qingqing quickly poked those lobsters back down.
Parker was speechless.
Cortis was speechless.
Meeting their astonished gazes, Bai Qingqing laughed dryly. âHur hur hurâ¦â
Bai Qingqing now recalled that Eve frequently used a rattan basket to bring her leopard cubs out to play in the mountains, but she didnât give this too much thought back then. She was surprised that this tiny detail implicated the customs in the beastmanâs world.
âStop poking itâ¦â Parker could sense the vibration in the basket. His hands shook a little, and as he lowered his head and saw the lobsters in the carrier used for cubs, goosebumps rose all over his body.
Parker was about to pour out the lobsters from the basket, when Bai Qingqing hurriedly held it down and said, âLetâs just put the lobsters in there for a while. After weâve picked enough lobsters, weâll pour them out at home. Itâs fine.â
âButâ¦â Parker gazed at his surroundings. It was a rare sunny day, and the beastmen had all come out, but they hadnât noticed them for the time being.
âWeâll be ridiculed by others,â Parker said worriedly.
Bai Qingqing pouted.
Cortis ruffled his hand through Bai Qingqingâs fringe that had been made messy by the wind and said indulgently, âIf you wish to use it, just use it. No need to care about how others will look at you.â
Before the anxious Parker could speak, he heard Bai Qingqing say in a soft voice, âForget it, gossip is a fearful thing.â
It wasnât that Bai Qingqing was making a concession. Lobsters were living creatures, after all. This was probably the equivalent of people in the modern ages putting their dogs in baby prams. But then again, dogs were humanâs best friends, so it was perhaps common for dog lovers to do this. However, if you place a bunch of lobsters in a babyâs pramâ¦
It was a pretty scary thought.
Parker instantly ran back and brought over a stone basin. âAlright, Iâll go and catch lobsters now. Qingqing, donât move about. Be careful of their pinches.â
âItâs okay, Iâve been pinched so many times Iâm experienced now,â Bai Qingqing said cheerfully, bending over and looking for lobsters.
Lobsters werenât on beastmenâs menu as they had little meat and tough shells, so eating river prawns was preferable to eating lobsters. Hence, Bai Qingqing and her familyâs act of catching the lobsters garnered the beastmenâs attention very quickly.
As there was a four-striped snake beastman amongst them, the other beastmen only dared to look from afar and dared not get near. By now, Cortis was famous for being protective of his female.
A bear beastman stared for a good while and finally couldnât resist getting near.
âBai Qingqing, why are you catching lobsters?â Tony asked, scratching his fluffy head.
Upon hearing his voice, Bai Qingqing straightened her body. When she saw that it was Tony, she greeted him with a smile. âAh, itâs you, Tony. Iâm catching them to eat.â
Tony didnât register anything the female said. He was stunned the moment he looked at the femaleâs face. His hand was placed behind his head, and his body was completely frozen.
So, so, so, so beautifulâ¦
Other than these words, Tony couldnât hear anything else. He felt like he had sunk into fluffy clouds, his body feeling so light that he might fly any moment.
But suddenly, Tonyâs body shook. He felt an icy-cold and stiff hand land on him, causing him to shift his gaze. He found himself looking into a pair of murderous blood-red eyes.
Cortis, standing behind Bai Qingqing, was staring mercilessly at the bear beastman gazing dreamily at his female.
Cortis had only shifted his tail a little, and Tony seemed to instantly recover the ability to move now. He turned around and started running, like a rat being chased after by a cat, crying in fear as he turned around. âOhââ
Can you imagine what a bear crying in fear sounds like? Itâs like a young ladyâs delicate voice that had its pitch lowered. It sounded like that voice was forcefully made to sound like the deep and masculine voice of a male.
It made oneâs ears feel like vomiting.