Chapter 1271 Golden Ivory (1/2)

The next day, Steve managed to link himself up with a truck.

Just as Li Du was about to leave in his car, the small white monkey caught up with him. It stood by his feet and looked up at him.

Li Du had stayed there for three days, and during those days, Li Du had been feeding the little monkey. Sometimes, he fed the monkey apples and bananas and other times, he gave the monkey some dried fruits.

The little white monkey enjoyed eating dried fruits. Li Du had been right in guessing that the animal's intelligence was way ahead of other animals. Very quickly, the monkey learned to crack nuts and even knew how to bite on the melon seeds with its teeth.

Li Du took out an apple and passed it to the monkey. Then he put out his hands and said, ”You stay behind here by yourself. I have to leave. But I will probably be back.”

The little white monkey hugged the apple and continued to look at Li Du. Its eyes were clear and it stared at Li Du with seriousness.

Sophie bent down and stretched out her hands to the monkey. Then, she asked, ”Are you willing to leave with us?”

The little white monkey watched her and then looked up at Li Du again. It looked solemn.

Obviously, it had no idea what that meant.

After some thinking, Li Du got Brother Wolf to dig a hole. He wanted to see if they could bury the body of the other white monkey. If the monkey did not allow them to touch it, then they would leave it behind. Otherwise, they would bring the little white monkey along when they left.

The temperature on the surface of the ground was slightly warmer than in the cave. Furthermore, the bodies of the two white monkeys had been exposed to hot air. That had hastened the speed of their decay.

The carrion of the white monkeys was emitting a strange smell. Brother Wolf had dug a hole and put on his gloves. He intended to place the bodies of the monkeys inside the stone cave.

The little white monkey saw that and this time around, it did not stop them.

In fact, ever since the carrion had sped up in its decaying, the little white monkey had stopped going near the bodies, unlike previously. Perhaps its biological instinct had led the little white monkey to stay away from the rotting carrion.

Many animals would naturally avoid scavenging. Carrion contained a large number of bacteria, viruses and parasite eggs, which could easily lead to the death of whoever tried to eat it.

After burying the white monkeys, Li Du gave two peanuts to the little monkey again. The white monkey took them and held one peanut in each of its hands. Li Du opened the car door and got in. Then, the monkey started to hesitate and walked around with the peanuts.

After waiting for some time and seeing that the little white monkey refused to get in the car, Li Du sighed. Then he closed the door and said, ”Let's go.”

Driver started the car and Ah Meow suddenly looked up towards the backseat. Li Du peered out of the car and saw that the little white monkey had appeared by the car door. It was grabbing onto the door with one hand and pulling at the car window with the other. It was trying to climb up, agile and quick.

Even if the heavy-duty SUV were to speed up, it would not be able to shake the monkey off.

Li Du stretched his hand out, and the little monkey promptly jumped up and grabbed onto Li Du's wrist. Just like that, it was in the car.

Inside the car, the little monkey sniffed and spat out a peanut from its mouth. Then it picked it up and passed it to Li Du.

Li Du had no idea what the monkey wanted. Sophie grinned and said, ”That's the monkey acknowledging you. It is sharing its food with you. In the animal world, that's considered accepting you as their partner.”

Hearing that, Li Du could not help but grin. ”That's the food I gave you, to begin with, you know?”

He then took out an apple and cut it in two halves. The little white monkey took one half and jumped onto the headrest of the front passenger seat. Swaying its legs, it started to eat the apple.

The terrain was rough and the car shook vigorously. However, it was as though the little white monkey had a balancing board on its bottom. Although its body swayed with the car, it never fell off the headrest.

Li Du turned to Sophie and asked, ”This little monkey is now part of our family. I want to give it a name. What do you think we should name it?”