Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âWhy is she still crying?â Bai Qingqing was baffled. Clearly, her leopard cubs would become obedient after drinking their fills. Was Anâan feeling unwell?
Just as she was pondering the possible reasons, Bai Qingqing heard Parker wrinkling his nose, then suddenly enlarged his eyes.
âCould Anâan be...â
Parker had already reached out to remove the animal skin wrapped around Anâan, revealing a bruised and tiny body.
Shockingly, the umbilical cord was still coiled on her round tummy. After the course of a night, it had already shriveled up.
Bai Qingqing was dumbfounded. Is it okay to leave this thing on her tummy? She had an urge to cut off one section!
Anâan straightened her legs, and an awful stench floated into their senses.
Indeed, she was pooping.
Bai Qingqing gazed at Parker, then at Curtis, not knowing what to do. Should she throw away this animal skin, or wash it and continue to use it? This was something worthy of deeper consideration, for this was only the beginning of a not-so-short period.
She suddenly felt that it was better to give birth to males, for they would defecate in the soil and bury their poop themselves. Though they would still frequently do it in their grass nest and bury it with the grass, and Parker would wallop them because of this.
âWhy donât... we wait for Winston to come back and handle this? Change a fresh piece of animal skin for Anâan first,â Bai Qingqing said meekly.
Parker paused for a moment, then wiped Anâanâs little buttocks without a change in his countenance using the clean side of the stained animal skin. After which, he folded it and set it aside.
âNo need, I can take care of her.â Parker placed Anâan on the blanket and revealed a happy smile. âAnâan is our familyâs female, not just Winstonâs alone.â
With that, he got up to look for clean animal skin.
Still, Bai Qingqing felt bad about letting Parker do this. Even she couldnât quite bear to handle these chores, yet she was asking someone who wasnât related by blood to Anâan to do it.
âAh~ Ah~â Anâan let out two one-syllable sounds with her eyes shut, attracting Bai Qingqingâs attention.
After making all that noise, it was apparent Anâan had woken, but her eyes were closed throughout.
âWhy isnât Anâan opening her eyes?â
Bai Anâan couldnât help reaching out to try and open her eyelids. However, Anâanâs eyelids seemed glued. Fearing she would hurt the baby, Bai Qingqing didnât dare to exert too much force, and, after Anâan struggled a few times, she let go.
Parker came back and wrapped Anâan in a fresh piece of animal skin. âI think sheâs dozed off again.â
âMm.â Bai Qingqing didnât put too much thought into it and merely placed Anâan inside the blanket, and the mother-and-daughter duo fell asleep with their heads leaning against each other.
The odor of baby poop permeated throughout the tree hole. Unable to tolerate it any longer, Curtis chased Parker out of the tree hole.
Things revolved around Anâan in the time that followed. After washing the animal skin, Parker had just returned to the tree hole when Anâan got hungry again.
They didnât wake Bai Qingqing. Curtis was in charge of helping Anâan drink the milk, and after she drank her fill, she peed again.
Parker ran out to wash the animal skin again. And when he returned, Anâan was asking for food once more. After which, she pooped with great regularity.
Rinse and repeat endlessly.
Curtis and Parker were speechless.
Parker had just gone out to check the fire under the smoked meat, and when he returned, he found himself faced with four to five soiled diapers. Sighing, he helplessly carried the animal skins to wash at the waterhole.
The water at the waterhole was clear and blue, but as the animal skin was washed in the water, a light yellow color started spreading out.
Pinching his nose, Bluepool went far away. In a low muffled voice, he said, âHey! Whatâs your problem!? Why do you keep pouring feces into my water! Donât pollute my water source! Now the water smells heavily of poop!â
As though he didnât hear him, Parker continued scrubbing the animal skins. When he finally could be bothered to look towards him, he said, âWerenât you eager to see the female baby? Here, this is the female babyâs poop. Look at it all you want.â