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The roasted sweet potato tasted even sweeter and was also more fragrant. Even though Bai Qingqing had changed to have a preference for meat after her pregnancy, she still finished one.
The next day, Parker entered the mountains excitedly to dig for sweet potatoes. He came back with a pack basket full of sweet potatoes and had even plucked back quite a lot of the leaves.
âQingqing!â Parker put the pack basket outside and entered the bedroom with a big bunch of potato leaves. âDo you want to eat the leaves today? I picked the nicer ones.â
Bai Qingqing was still chewing onto jerky when she saw the leaves in Parkerâs hands, and there was a hint of aversion in her eyes. It wasnât because of any other reason, but that those leaves really didnât look like vegetables.
Curtis threw a glance at the sweet potato leaves, then picked up a palm-sized jerky, handing it to Bai Qingqing. âHave meat.â
âEn.â Bai Qingqing opened her mouth and bit into the jerky Curtis passed her, chewing as she said, âWhy not plant the leaves outside? We might have sweet potatoes growing outside this year.â
âAlright.â Parker left with the leaves but encountered a beastman he wasnât expecting to see.
âBai Qingqing is pregnant?â The ape king was holding onto a bamboo pole that had a bunch of leaves tied to it. It was just nice to protect his head from the rain.
The ape king was the beastman with the most amazing medical skills in the City of Beastmen. Whenever a female in the tribe was to be pregnant, he would go and check on the femaleâs health. Parker was stunned for a moment, then let the ape king into the house.
âThatâs right. Qingqingâs stomach is a little bigger now.â Parker was quite happy about the ape kingâs visit. He called out toward the bedroom, âQingqing, come out for a minute. The ape king is here to take a look at you.â
Bai Qingqing had just stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth. When she heard what Parker said, she quickly chewed on the food and swallowed it, wiped her mouth, and got up. âOh, Iâll be right out.â
Curtis frowned impatiently and got up as well.
Bai Qingqing didnât have a good impression of the ape king because of the matters with Winston. She assessed the ape king after coming out.
The ape king looked to be in his thirties or forties, but on a closer look, his slightly balding head made him appear old. His skin condition wasnât different from that of someone in their twenties or thirties. His face looked quite handsome as well, appearing amicable. He didnât look as aggressive as carnivorous beastmen.
However, in Bai Qingqingâs opinion, compared to ferocious carnivorous beastmen, he was someone that shouldnât be offended even more. He was like a real human being, knowing how to put on a disguise and scheme. She couldnât tell from the ape kingâs expression whether he liked or detested her.
âHello.â Bai Qingqing smiled and greeted the ape king, wearing a sweet smile.
Like the ape king, Bai Qingqing also concealed her emotions. As a human, she was born with a layer of outer shell. The only difference was that some people used it to protect themselves, while others used it to scheme against others.
The ape king was stunned momentarily after seeing Bai Qingqingâs face and quickly returned to his senses under the cold gaze of the four-striped beastman in the room. He wore a gentle and refined smile. âYou look really beautiful. Probably even the females from the merfolk tribe canât compare with you.â
As Bai Qingqing wasnât from the ape tribe, she was sensitive and felt that the ape king seemed to be testing her with his words. He might be suspecting that she was from the merfolk tribe.
âIs that so? I havenât met the beastmen from the merfolk tribe before,â Bai Qingqing shrugged and said, smiling.
The ape king went with the flow and said, âI havenât seen them before either. The merfolk tribe keeps their females very well protected, and no beastman has met a female from the merfolk tribe before. They look upon the females from other tribes in disdain, and even if the poorer tribes were to use their females to exchange for salt from them, they would reject without any hesitation, even if itâs just a jar of it. Thatâs why I think that their females must be extremely beautiful.â