Chapter 28 (1/2)

A month later.

The weather became even hotter.

During this time, not a drop of rain fell.

Looking across the land, the grassland was already withered.

Except for the forest that was still green.

In the pride camp, the leaves of the two Baobab trees also started to fall.

The herbivores who were once afraid of lions had no choice but to take the risk and go to the bushes to forage.

Some dangerous carnivores would often visit this lush forest to get some shade and catch prey.

Conflicts happened every now and then.

However, the lion did not have much energy to deal with these invaders.

As long as they were not too close to the pride’s camp, the lion would pretend that he did not see anything and only occasionally chase them away to show his strength and status as a lord.

The food was abundant.

The pride could eat fresh meat almost every day.

The female lions and young cubs seemed to be very satisfied with this life.

The lioness Callie, who had once had her children killed by the baboon army, finally recovered from her sorrow and started to go into heat again.

The cold father always stayed with her.

Mei Mei, who was standing on the Baobab tree, immediately stopped practising every time she saw them mating. She raised her neck and widened her eyes, watching curiously.

As for Little Curly Tail, he could not care less about it.

Chu Xiaoye hung the baboon corpse that he had picked up previously on a branch of this big tree.

Now, it was dry and there was no smell of blood.

Perhaps it was because of the bee venom, but it did not decay when it was hanging on the tree previously, nor did it attract any bugs or predators.

As the blood and water in the corpse evaporated, the bee venom in it should have disappeared as well.

Chu Xiaoye knew how terrifying the dry season was and decided to store food in advance.

As for the poisonous bees in the bushes, their venom and the honey on their feet were the best preservatives.

Not only was the dried baboon hanging on the branch, but there were also two dried wild rabbits and a half of a fawn.

He caught the wild rabbits and fawn in the bushes himself.

Then, he took advantage of the night and, with the weaker vision of the poisonous bees, suddenly threw them beside the nest.

When the poisonous bees heard noise, they would immediately swarm out regardless of who it was and attack it with all their might.

Just like that, these two prey were well preserved.

The food now was more abundant.

Hence, Little Curly Tail and Mei Mei were not interested in the dry food on the tree.

What they did not know was that when the dry season arrived and food was scarce in the future, never mind these dry food, they would even wolf down a piece of rotten meat on the ground and fight to the death for it!

In the evening.

The river at the foot of the hill became lively again.

Due to the hot and dry weather, the water provided by their food could not satisfy the animals on the grassland.

Be it carnivores or herbivores, they drank water there almost every day.

At the pride’s camp.

The female lions lay in the shade of the bushes, feeling so hot that their mouths were dry. They wanted to go and drink some water to quench their thirst.

However, the lion and Callie had yet to return.

Lars and Gigi stood on the hill, looking eagerly at the river below and the animals drinking water, pacing impatiently.

They were also thirsty.

Chu Xiaoye, Little Curly Tail and Mei Mei were still panting in the shade of the bushes, doing all sorts of strange actions.

There were no more leaves on the Baobab tree.

The sun was too strong during the day, so they could only go up at night.

When the sky was about to turn dark.

The lion and Callie finally returned together, looking very sweet and loving, like a newlywed couple.