Chapter 360 - Curtis Ought to Have Reached by Now (1/2)

As for Bai Qingqing, since that day, she felt as though she had transformed into the female lead of a weepy movie. Her everyday life summarized by five words and a punctuation mark: Tolerate tolerate tolerate tolerate tolerate!

Bella got increasingly overboard as the days went by. Not only did she order her to roast meat for her, she even made her wash her clothes for her now. The most irritating thing was hearing her shrill rants every single day.

“Bai Qingqing! When is my roast meat ready!”

Look, there she goes again.

Holding her five to six months’ pregnant tummy, Bai Qingqing said as she strode out, “There are no more condiments for roasting the meat. I’ll go out and find some.”

“Hmph.”

Even though she stood far away, Bai Qingqing could hear that “hmph.” She glumly exhaled a murky breath, before jogging out.

A male peacock glanced at Bella, a helpless look in his eyes as he flew about gathering firewood and placing it in the spot where Bai Qingqing roasted meat.

Upon seeing this, Bella scoffed again. “She’s so ugly, yet males are helping her.”

Muir continued standing beside the river, a tough animal skin around his waist as he stood tall and straight, like a warrior who fought alone.

Muir’s face revealed a smile at the sight of Bai Qingqing. He briskly walked towards her.

“Slowly. Your tummy is so big already, don’t run so quickly. Do your feet hurt?”

Panting heavily, Bai Qingqing said with a smile, “It’s alright, I’m used to it. My feet don’t hurt either. The ground here is very clean.”

“Still, you need to move more slowly.” Muir wiped away the sweat and some of that purple ink on Bai Qingqing’s face with his fingertips. “You’re even sweating already.”

Bai Qingqing, too, touched her face and saw that her hand had turned purplish-red. She said, “Bring me more purple balls next time. When the fire is burning, it gets too hot, so I keep sweating. There were several times when my disguise nearly came off. Thankfully, I always walked around with my head lowered, so no one noticed my face.”

“Burning fire?” Muir asked doubtfully. “Is the food I brought for you not enough?”

“Ah…” Bai Qingqing averted her gaze, before replying smoothly, “Sometimes I would cook when I have a sudden craving. It’s not because I’m hungry.”