Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âHow can you doubt my feelings toward you? Youâre so beautiful. How can such an ugly female compare against you?â
Alva glared at Bai Qingqing and then looked toward Bella again. âThereâs no way that Iâd take a liking to her! If you donât believe me, Iâll throw her out immediately.â
Bai Qingqingâs heart skipped a beat and she quickly looked up.
It was one thing to be forced to watch others showing off their love, but she hadnât expected that beastmen would go back on their words as well. If she were chased away, with Muir not around, what could she do?
âHmph, forget it.â
Bellaâs words relieved her. She held onto her stomach and leaned against the railing.
Bellaâs gaze landed on Bai Qingqingâs skirt, and she raised her finger to point at her. âYou ought to give us something for staying here. Your clothes look quite nice. Give them to me.â
Bai Qingqing hugged tightly onto the package wrapped in leaves, looking troubled.
If she were to take off the skirt, sheâd only be left with her underwear. She wasnât wearing a tube top either. Moreover, the tube top no longer fit either.
Alva said impatiently, âQuickly take it off. Iâll give you a new animal skin later on.â
Bai Qingqing opened up the package she was holding and took out the tube top. She walked to the door and handed it to Bella without even raising her head.
âThis and the clothes Iâm wearing are both made from snakeskin. Iâll give you this. The reason Iâm wearing a long one is that my stomach has gotten big and I want to know how ugly I look. If you were to wear it, itâd hide how beautiful your body is.â
Bella felt that it made sense and took the tube top happily, immediately turning over to change into it.
Bai Qingqing heaved a big sigh of relief. She managed to escape from this predicament. She hoped that Curtis wouldnât feel angry after finding out.
Uhh⦠She should feel worried about Bella instead. Curtis wasnât a generous male.
Bella was flat-chested, but her body was a lot fatter than Qingqing, so the tube top fitted nicely. She quite liked it and tugged at Alva excitedly, asking him if she looked nice.
Alva looked at her in adoration, speaking in an intimate tone, âIt looks nice. You look nice no matter what you wear.â
Bai Qingqing shuddered. She held onto her stomach and looked up toward the sky, feeling speechless.
Ahhh, she really wanted to fight alongside Muir instead!
âHey, didnât you say that you were going to peel pine nuts for me? Come quickly.â
Alva had never treated Bai Qingqing with any courtesy. He walked out of the wooden house and said, wearing a displeased expression, âHelp me to peel pine nuts for Bella first. Iâll go look for food for you.â
âAlright.â Bai Qingqing immediately agreed. It was very normal for her to use labor in exchange for food. She had no complaints.
Alva took a strange look at Bai Qingqing, sighing in his heart. This female was really docile. It was a pity that she was too ugly. Otherwise, heâd quite like her. Her scent didnât seem bad either.
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There was a big fruit shell in front of Bella, filled with plump pine nuts. These pine nuts were a lot bigger than what Bai Qingqing had seen before, with each of them being the size of a fingernail.
The floor was put together from wooden rods. Bai Qingqing sat down next to Bella and picked up a pine nut. Seeing that there werenât any openings on them, she asked, âHow do I peel this?â
Bella looked up and Bai Qingqing followed her gaze to see two rocks. She immediately understood. She put a pine nut on the big rock and used the smaller one to gently smash down on it.
âBe quick. Iâm famished.â Bella urged.
âEn,â Bai Qingqing answered softly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Smashing the pine nuts required an accurate control of strength. If she used too much strength, the pine nut would be crushed. If she used too little strength, she wouldnât be able to pry it open. After trying a few, Bai Qingqing found the trick to it and was even able to keep up some small talk.
âDo you eat only pine nuts when youâre hungry?â