Chapter 17 (2/2)

“I don’t believe it.” Qin Xiaoyu threw herself on and wrapped herself around the egg, her face pressed against the shell. She first tried to use her nails to scrape it, and then it turned to a pat, a poke, and at last a smash. Still nothing. As if it truly was a stone.

Just when she was about to give up, the inside thumped.

“That is…”

Qin Xiaoyu pressed her ears against the shell.

Thump… Thump thump…

It thumped again.

Her eyes became wide open once she realized what that meant.

“Qingchen,” she pointed at the egg. “It has a heartbeat. It’s alive.”

The smile suddenly disappeared from Mu Qingchen’s face. He pulled Qin Xiaoyu to behind him and swung his sword at it, but the egg remained unscathed.

Qin Xiaoyu tilted her head from behind and stared at the object with her bright, round eyes. Nothing? Did I hear it wrong?

Just when she was about to dust off and come out from behind Mu Qingchen…

It sounded again.

Mu Qingchen froze.

So did Qin Xiaoyu.

Thump.