Muir half-knelt next to Bai Qingqing and embraced her tightly. He was so forceful that there wasnât any gap between the two of them at all, as if he wanted to merge her into his body. âIâve finallyâ¦â Muirâs voice choked as if a ball of cotton was stuck in his throat. He rubbed his head against Bai Qingqingâs. âI really love you a lot⦠Thank you.â
Bai Qingqing felt perplexed. âI didnât do anything, so why do you like me so much?â âHavenât you done enough? Everything that you do makes me feel very warm inside. Makes me infatuated.â Muir recalled all the things from the past and broke into a blissful smile.
He found it very strange that Bai Qingqing didnât realize it. Had she forgotten that she had saved him back when she still didnât know him? From then on, his life didnât belong to him anymore.
To the beastmen, Bai Qingqing was really not like a female at all. Which female would think that doing their own laundry was something normal? Which female would help add firewood when they were roasting meat at home? Which female would think of every single mate of theirs when they were eating things?
Males and females were never equal. This was a logic that Bai Qingqing, who was born in a civilized era, would never be able to learn.
âMeowââ
A cheeky cub climbed onto his leg. Muir was afraid that heâd fall and thus let go of Bai Qingqing, then placed the cub on the floor. âThereâs something I need to go out to attend to.â
âWhat is it?â Bai Qingqing asked.
âItâs a surprise,â Muir said this, then added uneasily in his heart: Itâs also a shock.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Surprise? In their monotonous lifestyle in the world of the beastmen, other than children and green crystals, what other surprises could there be?
Bai Qingqing seemed to have a faint idea what the surprise would be and urged, âQuickly go, then. Come back earlier.â
Could it be that Parker and Curtis had come? Or maybe a peacock beastmen had seen them and spread the news to Muir.
Muir turned into his beast form and anxiously flew out of the village. The moment he left, he cried out loudly.
âScreech-â The eagle beastmanâs cry resonated in the forest.
After circling around the village for a few rounds, Muir still didnât see any sign of the leopard beastman. He felt perplexed.
Wasnât Parker staying on guard outside all the time previously? Why had he suddenly disappeared? What on earth was he doing?
Muir rested on a branch, not noticing that a yellow figure was silently closing up from behind him.
It wasnât until he heard the sound of the wind behind him that Muir instantly raised his guards. All the feathers on his body instantly stood up, and he jumped forward.
In order to leave his spot, Muir didnât even spread out his wings. However, it was still too late. He only managed to avoid damage to his critical spots, but when he wanted to spread his wings, he was bitten.
âHowl!â
The leopard bit onto the black eagle, and both of them fell to the ground. However, the leopard slyly made the black eagle act as a cushion for his fall.
âCooââ Muir spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Leopard beastmen tended to swing their prey around after biting down onto them. Muir was also an expert amongst three-striped beastmen, and he had a tenacious character as well. He decisively made a sacrifice, stepping onto the leopard as if he wasnât feeling any pain, tugging out his wings from his mouth.
âGah,â
The vague sounds of shattering bones rang out, covered by the eagle beastmanâs sharp, coarse, and agonizing cry. The eagle beastmanâs claws were sharp as metal knives. Parkerâs body shot out in reflex, avoiding the sharp claws. Muir took this opportunity to escape, his right wings dangling down at the side like sleeves, while his left-wing flapped at high speed. His body flew up a notch higher in an unbalanced manner.
The leopard pounced forth again, but only managed to bite off a mouthful of blood-covered, black tail feathers.