Chapter 289 - The Light Rainy Season Ended Early (1/2)

Bai Qingqing smiled in relief, then reached out to hold the snake and gently placed it on a rock.

“Put out the fire. The eggs should be fully cooked by now,” Bai Qingqing said without raising her head and used her arm to shield the little snake from the fire.

The little snake raised its head slightly, then fell back asleep after glancing at Bai Qingqing.

Curtis’s expression darkened and he didn’t move.

How could this happen? It was written in the legacy that when snake beastmen brought their baby snakes outside, they would slither off on their own. But they fell asleep after eating their fill.

Is it because we’ve raised them for too long? Did we cause them to develop a habit of sleeping after eating?

Although Curtis didn’t have any feelings of kinship towards his offspring, he felt that this wasn’t right. At this rate, the baby snakes would lose their ability to survive.

If throwing away the little snakes would cause Bai Qingqing to resent him, he would rather destroy them. I’ll just raise them like this, then. Snow likes them anyway, and they’ll remind her to think of me more often.

Parker put down the wood ear and quickly put out the fire. He said, “I saw many little snakes when I was picking wood ear. I’ll go look for them right now.”

“Mm.” Bai Qingqing nodded gratefully.

Parker wasn’t displeased that he had to look for the snakes alone. Someone had to remain by Bai Qingqing’s side and guard her, after all.

Bai Qingqing pulled out an egg from the pile of charcoal and quickly peeled it, ignoring the heat as she did so. She then wrapped it in a leaf and passed it to Curtis. “Here. Be careful. It’s hot.”

Curtis reached out his arms and pulled Bai Qingqing against his chest instead of taking the egg. He pressed his head against hers and said, “There are only two eggs. You can have them instead.”

“I don’t like to eat egg yolks. Help me to eat them.” Bai Qingqing looked up and smiled at him.

Before long, Parker returned with all the little snakes, who slept amongst the rocks. Bai Qingqing and Parker went to the fields to check on them while the snakes napped. When the two of them returned, the snakes were already awake, and the family returned to the City of Beastmen.