Chapter 444 - Curtis Is Here (1) (2/2)

“You broke through from four animal stripes to five?” Bai Qingqing’s mouth opened so wide that a quail egg could be stuffed into it. “But why aren’t there any animal stripes on your face?”

Parker was also so astonished that he lost the capacity to speak. Then, he suddenly said in enlightenment, “All along I’ve heard that there exists a level beyond four animal stripes, but no one has ever seen it. So it turns out that beyond four animal stripes, one ceases to have any animal stripes.”

“Is that so?” Bai Qingqing asked as she gazed at Curtis’s face. He was handsome in a soft and gentle way, so a clean and stripeless face like this suited him more.

No idea if it was because it had been a long time since she saw him, but after she recovered her vision, Bai Qingqing was once again stunned by Curtis’s striking good looks—he didn’t pale in comparison with the merfolks, and he even had an additional hint of inexplicable charm.

It was as though he had restrained his s.h.i.+ne, and there was something wonderful about returning to simplicity.

“Mm.” Curtis spat out a one-syllable reply, answering them in the affirmative.

His voice sounded very vague in Bai Qingqing’s ears. She shook her head and covered her ears with her palms.

“What’s the matter? Are you not feeling well?” Curtis asked instantly.

Bai Qingqing replied, “Water got into my ears and is causing me a headache. I can’t hear quite clearly as well.”

Recollecting that instant she fell into the water, Bai Qingqing couldn’t help but s.h.i.+ver. When the seawater surrounded her body, she had felt as though she was enveloped by death. Water had gushed into her mouth, nose, and ears then. It was completely different from being soaked in river water.

The water pressure was indeed too scary. Thankfully, the water level wasn’t that deep. If it were in the depths of the ocean where even light couldn’t penetrate, she would definitely not have survived.

“I’ll help you take a look.” Curtis turned her head around and flicked out his tongue into her ear ca.n.a.l.

Bai Qingqing let out a startled cry, “No!”

She put up a great struggle, and as Curtis also felt that he couldn’t squeeze his way in, he let go of her.

Bai Qingqing stood up the moment she regained her freedom. Now that her range of sight had widened, she noticed that not far away stood a merman.

Alva was initially there too, but when he saw Bai Qingqing wake up he flew away. Bai Qingqing’s mates forbade them from transforming into their human forms and revealing their reproductive organs. As he didn’t want Bai Qingqing to see his naked b.u.t.t the instant she opened her eyes, he decided to flee before she saw him.