Holding up Bai Qingqing's legs, Curtis flicked out his slim, long, and icy-cold tongue to lick away the blood.
"Don't do this, my feet's dirty." Bai Qingqing shrunk her feet back as she couldn't bear to see him lick her feet.
With her feet lifted off the ground, she had no choice but to prop her hands against the ground to maintain her balance. And she also had to use one hand to hold her skirt down, lest she expose herself.
"Not dirty." Curtis gently caressed the slim, long, and warm legs in his hands. Although this pair of feet had run all over the place, because the ground was covered with tree leaves and dew, not only did it not get mud on, the bottom of her feet was also fair and clean. With the trace of blood, there was a fragile aesthetic beauty about it.
The speechless Bai Qingqing tensed her calves and protested in silence.
Curtis looked up at Bai Qingqing and suddenly said, "Hm? Why are there fewer black dots on your face now?"
"Mm?" Bai Qingqing hurriedly sat upright, retracting her hands to touch her face.
She couldn't feel if it was indeed the case, but the slightly protruding eyeliner dots had protruded, and it felt like it would melt off any instant.
She didn't dare touch it any longer, so she twisted her head away from Curtis.
Curtis set down Bai Qingqing's legs and pinched Bai Qingqing's chin with one hand, forcing her to face him.
"Let go of me!" Bai Qingqing glared at him. She tried, but she wasn't able to shake off the ice-cold hand on her chin. Instead, the terrifying Curtis now held her chin with a more forceful grip, causing her much pain.
Curtis caressed Bai Qingqing's face with his hands and, with a gentle smudge, saw that the patch of skin now looked fair and flawless. There was amazement in his red eyes. Curtis cupped Bai Qingqing's face with his large hands and easily wiped away all the black dots on her face.
When he got a proper look at Bai Qingqing's real appearance, Curtis went into a trance, murmuring, "You're really good looking…"
So a female was actually this tender. He had merely pinched her chin gently, and it already turned red.
Curtis suddenly felt like his past thirty-five years as a beastman had been lived in vain. He ought to have, like the other feral beasts, snatched a female early on. Of course, his target would still be Snow. At most he would just slowly raise the young Snow until she grew up.
"Hmph!" Bai Qingqing yanked her head away furiously, finally managing to break free of his hold. Yet, she couldn't relax.
Damn. Since in this world even Sister Feng can join the coterie of beautiful dames, Curtis must be even more fond of me now.
Snapped out of his trance by Bai Qingqing's scoff, Curtis resumed a cold expression. "Let's go home."
"That's not my home!" Heart in throat, Bai Qingqing put up a strong resistance.
Curtis ignored her, however, and simply carried her and swam back to the waterfall. On the way back, they ran into a gigantic white rabbit, so Curtis conveniently curled it up with his tail and took it with him.
When they reached the waterfall, the antelope had vanished completely, and all that was left were traces of blood.
Curtis set Bai Qingqing down on a patch of grass, then brought the live prey in his tail to her.
"Eat."
Bai Qingqing and the white rabbit stared at each other. The rabbit's size was like that of a wolfhound, and it had long ears and red eyes, its white fur reminding one of a mop.
Is this thing really a rabbit?
"I'm not eating this." Bai Qingqing's stomach growled uncooperatively at this moment, giving the huge rabbit before her such a fright that its ears stood up on end.
Curtis knew that Bai Qingqing was putting up a brave front, so with one hand holding the huge rabbit's neck, he slit it with his sharp nails with the other hand. With a loud shriek, the fur on the huge rabbit's neck became drenched red by its own blood very quickly.
Curtis brought the rabbit to Bai Qingqing once again. "Eat it."
Bai Qingqing was speechless.
Was this fellow asking her to eat this thing raw?
Wait a minute. There's no firewood and no flint in Curtis's nest. Has he been eating animals raw like that?
Bai Qingqing was shocked by this speculation. All of a sudden, she felt that Curtis was even more terrifying now.
She hadn't wanted to eat it initially, but just to take a secret jibe at him, Bai Qingqing said resolutely, "I don't eat raw things."
Curtis's red brows furrowed. He thought for a minute, then said to her, "Wait here."
Just as he was about to leave, something suddenly struck him, so he looked towards Bai Qingqing. "Stop trying to escape. You won't be able to get out of my territory. Be good and stay here. I'll be right back."
Bai Qingqing was speechless. After Curtis left, she soaked her feet in the lake water, wanting to wash away the snake's scent.
She had feared snakes from a young age and dared not even step on somewhere a snake had slithered past. She wouldn't even touch the soup of a snake steamboat. Yet now, she was being trapped by a giant snake. This to her was the most terrifying nightmare possible.
Very soon Curtis returned. Seeing Bai Qingqing obediently sitting in his abode, an inexplicable satisfaction welled up in his heart.
"I'm back."
Bai Qingqing ignored him.
Curtis brought back two white rocks and very quickly started a fire. He then skinned the rabbit and put it to roast on the fire. As the wood used to start the fire was a moist piece of rotten wood, the thick and black smoke that rose from it gave off an awful smell.
Bai Qingqing said, "I'll bet it tastes horrid."
"Then what do you like to eat?" Curtis asked seriously.
Bai Qingqing replied wilfully, "I want to eat rice!"
Curtis didn't show a hint of displeasure and instead, agreed readily. "Okay."
Bai Qingqing was caught by surprise. Wasn't it said that planting rice easily led to deaths? The only time Parker flared up at her it was because of it. How could a coldblooded feral beast be so kind?
But then again, when she recalled Parker saying that many males had planted rice in order to please females, she had some understanding of this. It was just that such emotions seemed too out-of-place in a giant snake that had kidnapped her.
As the aroma of meat gradually wafted through the air, Curtis reached his hand into the fire wanting to get a piece of meat but was instantly burned by the fire. With a hiss, he retracted his hand. Clearly, snakes weren't suited for such chores.
However, he reached his hand into the fire once again. This time though, using his sharp nails, he rapidly sliced and obtained a smooth piece of rabbit meat.
"Eat." Curtis handed the meat to Bai Qingqing.
Bai Qingqing didn't pretentiously refuse either—she chomped on the meat when it was given to her.
The meat tasted awful—the smell of smoke was intense, and with the meat in her mouth, she even felt like smoke was going to come out of her nostrils. However, Bai Qingqing said nothing. She ate whatever Curtis brought to her, until her stomach was filled up.
Curtis was shocked by Bai Qingqing's tiny appetite. "You're only eating so little?"
He rarely came into contact with other beastmen. Whatever common knowledge and language he knew he had learned from a legacy in their bloodline. But many details were still buried among the information. For instance, a female's appetite.
Using his own appetite as a standard, he ate about 50 kg of meat for a meal. In his eyes, the few mouthfuls that Bai Qingqing ate was as good as nothing.
Bai Qingqing replied coldly, "I'm full." She then walked to the river and cupped up some water to drink.
Gazing at the barbecued meat, Curtis thought to himself, I have got to find rice for Snow as soon as possible. She's already eating so little, I can't let her suffer in terms of taste as well.
After she was done drinking water, Bai Qingqing saw Curtis in a daze as he stared at the grilled meat. Her thrifty nature made her ask, "What do we do with this meat?"
Curtis replied, "Just leave it be. If let outside, animals will naturally come and eat it."
The skies had already darkened. Because there was a large lake, they could see a clear night sky from there.
"Time to sleep," Curtis said.
Shivering, Bai Qingqing hurriedly shook her head. "No. I want to look at the night scenery."
Curtis was very indulgent towards Bai Qingqing's small requests. He transformed into a snake and curled up around Bai Qingqing, forming a circle, then rested his head on his body and gazed at her.
Bai Qingqing felt terrible seeing the black and red snakeskin and coldness spread throughout her body from her pores. She hurriedly looked up at the skies—as they say, out of sight out of mind.
Countless stars twinkled in the azure blue skies. As it turned out, there were three "moons". Some were round and some were curved, but all three were of different sizes and colors. The largest silver moon was two to three times that of the moon on Earth. The smallest orange moon was slightly smaller than the one on Earth. While the third moon was the prettiest looking, in a shade of gold.
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