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Holding up Bai Qingqingâs legs, Cortis flicked out its slim, long, and icy-cold tongue to lick away the blood.
âDonât do this, my feetâs dirty.â Bai Qingqing shrunk her feet back as she couldnât bear to see him lick her feet.
With her feet lifted off the ground, she had no choice but to prop her hands against the ground to maintain her balance. And she also had to use one hand to hold her skirt down, lest she expose herself.
âNot dirty.â Cortis gently caressed the slim, long, and warm legs in his hands. Although this pair of feet had run all over the place, because the ground was covered with tree leaves and dew, not only did it not get mud on, the bottom of her feet was also fair and clean. With the trace of blood, there was a fragile aesthetic beauty about it.
The speechless Bai Qingqing tensed her calves and protested in silence.
Cortis looked up at Bai Qingqing and suddenly said, âHm? Why are there fewer black dots on your face now?â
âMm?â Bai Qingqing hurriedly sat upright, retracting her hands to touch her face.
She couldnât feel if it was indeed the case, but the slightly protruding eyeliner dots had protruded, and it felt like it would melt off any instant.
She didnât dare touch it any longer, so she twisted her head away from Cortis.
Cortis set down Bai Qingqingâs legs and pinched Bai Qingqingâs chin with one hand, forcing her to face him.
âLet go of me!â Bai Qingqing glared at him. She tried, but she wasnât able to shake off the ice-cold hand on her chin. Instead, the terrifying Cortis now held her chin with a more forceful grip, causing her much pain.
Cortis caressed Bai Qingqingâs face with his hands and, with a gentle smudge, saw that the patch of skin now looked fair and flawless. There was amazement in his red eyes. Cortis cupped Bai Qingqingâs face with his large hands and easily wiped away all the black dots on her face.
When he got a proper look at Bai Qingqingâs real appearance, Cortis went into a trance, murmuring, âYouâre really good looking...â
So a female was actually this tender. He had merely pinched her chin gently, and it already turned red.
Cortis suddenly felt like his past thirty-five years as a beastman had been lived in vain. He ought to have, like the other homeless beasts, snatched a female early on. Of course, his target would still be Xiao Bai. At most he would just slowly raise the young Xiao Bai until she grew up.
âHmph!â Bai Qingqing yanked her head away furiously, finally managing to break free of his hold. Yet, she couldnât relax.
Damn. Since in this world even Sister Feng can join the coterie of beautiful dames, Cortis must be even more fond of me now.
Cortis was snapped out of his trance by Bai Qingqingâs scoff. He resumed a cold expression. âLetâs go home.â
âThatâs not my home!â Heart in throat, Bai Qingqing put up a strong resistance.
Cortis ignored her, however, and simply carried her and swam back to the waterfall. On the way back, they ran into a super big white rabbit, so Cortis conveniently curled it up with his tail and took it with him.
When they reached the waterfall, the antelope had vanished completely, and all that was left were traces of blood.
Cortis set Bai Qingqing down on a patch of grass, then brought the live prey in his tail to her.
âEat.â
Bai Qingqing and the white rabbit stared at each other. The rabbitâs size was like that of a wolfhound, and it had long ears and red eyes, its white fur reminding one of a mop.
Is this thing really a rabbit?
âIâm not eating this.â Bai Qingqingâs stomach growled uncooperatively at this moment, giving the huge rabbit before her such a fright that its ears stood up on end.
Cortis knew that Bai Qingqing was putting up a brave front, so with one hand holding the huge rabbitâs neck, he slit it with his sharp nails with the other hand. With a loud shriek, the fur on the huge rabbitâs neck became drenched red by its own blood very quickly.
Cortis brought the rabbit to Bai Qingqing once again. âEat it.â
Bai Qingqing was speechless.
Was this fellow asking her to eat this thing raw?
Wait a minute. Thereâs no firewood and no flint in Cortisâs nest. Has he been eating animals raw like that?
Bai Qingqing was shocked by this speculation. All of a sudden, she felt that Cortis was even more terrifying now.
She hadnât wanted to eat it initially, but just to take a secret jibe at him, Bai Qingqing said resolutely, âI donât eat raw things.â
Cortisâs red brows furrowed. He thought for a minute, then said to her, âWait here.â
Just as he was about to leave, something suddenly struck him, so he looked towards Bai Qingqing. âStop trying to escape. You wonât be able to get out of my territory. Be good and stay here. Iâll be back in a jiff.â