Chapter 20 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Bai Qingqing held her stomach and said pitifully, “But I’m really hungry. I want to eat rice…” Suddenly recalling that Parker detested females who ate rice, she quickly corrected herself. “I mean, I want to eat meat.”

Parker’s heart softened and he replied, “Then I’ll go and hunt for some smaller prey.”

Bai Qingqing wasn’t used to troubling others. They were some distance away from the forest, and she didn’t have the heart to let Parker go all the way there to get food for her. “Is there any food nearby? There’s got to be fish in the river, right?”

“You eat fish? They taste awful!” Parker stared at Bai Qingqing with an incredulous look on his face. He then remembered something and continued, “Oh right, you’re an ape. Apes are omnivorous. I didn’t know your people liked to eat fish.”

Parker couldn’t believe it. Fish had such a fishy taste to it that he couldn’t stomach it. And there were so many small bones in the meat—how was he going to eat that? Leopards would only catch a big fish when they needed fish the bones, and they’d throw the meat into the river to feed the other fish. Only physically disabled beastmen would gnaw the fish to satisfy their hunger.

“Fish is great.” Bai Qingqing was also confused. However, she recalled that over here, they didn’t even season their meat when they roasted it and understood a bit more. “It tastes good after you put a bit of those medicinal herbs on it.”

“Okay. If you like to eat fish, I’ll go down to the river to catch fishes for you. They’re easy to catch. I’ll be right back.” Parker then took off his skirt in front of Bai Qingqing without a care in the world, transformed into a leopard, and ran out.

Bai Qingqing was now used to seeing Parker’s private parts. Her face flushed for a moment, and then she acted as if nothing had happened.

Before long, a soaked leopard came back with a large, meter-long fish between its jaws, leaving footprints in the shape of plum blossoms in its wake.

Bai Qingqing glanced at it. From its familiar expression, she knew that it was Parker. She gave him a small smile. “That was fast.”

Parker spat out the fish, which was still flopping around despite having been disemboweled. He proudly raised his head, then transformed back into a human, the moisture in the fur instantly squeezed out in the process.

“Splash—” The ground beneath Parker’s feet was cool from the water.

Bai Qingqing consciously turned her head away and looked at the straw pole at her feet.