Beauty and the Beasts

Bai Qingqing focused her attention, thinking of Curtis’s figure, but didn’t sense anything even after very long.

“Close your eyes and point in any direction. We’ll just go around randomly,” Parker then said.

“I’ll give it a try.” Bai Qingqing closed her eyes and could sense that Parker was moving. She felt that any direction would be possible and felt at a loss. Therefore, she wasn’t anxious to point in a direction.

After walking for over ten minutes, Bai Qingqing put out her hand. “That side.”

Parker immediately walked in the direction she pointed to. Not long later, a river appeared in front of them.

“It’s water in front.”

Hearing that, Bai Qingqing was elated and quickly opened her eyes. “Curtis likes to swim. He must be in the river.” Bai Qingqing was overjoyed. She moved her legs and wanted to get down.

Parker put her down and ran over to the river to take a look.

“He hibernated in the water? If he was scalded, then it’s very likely that he dived into the water. I remember that he often soaked in the water. Can he breathe underwater?”

“I don’t think so. He didn’t mention it in detail, but he’s definitely able to stay in the water for a very long period of time. Let’s search along the river for now.” Bai Qingqing suggested.

“Okay.”

Parker broke off a straight branch and walked as he poked it to test out the water’s depth. He’d go down to take a look when he felt that something didn’t feel right. They walked all the way to the seaside.

This was a river that flowed to the sea.

The white sand reminded Bai Qingqing of the scorching feeling she had felt in the past, so she tried stepping on the sand under the sunlight. The sun today wasn’t too strong, and the sand was warm instead of scorching hot. Only then did Bai Qingqing get onto it.

“He couldn’t have been washed into the sea, right?” Bai Qingqing narrowed her eyes as she looked at the sea.

Parker felt happy at the thought of an unconscious Curtis being washed into the sea. Seeing Bai Qingqing’s worried expression, he held back his smile and analyzed. “If he’s been washed into the sea, he might be too far and thus wasn’t able to sense you.”

Bai Qingqing couldn’t help but pause in her footsteps, an anxious feeling rising up within her.

“He has really been washed into the sea.” Bai Qingqing covered her mouth, seeming as if she was on the verge of tears. “Otherwise, why hasn’t he come to look for me?”

After Parker said that, he regretted it. He held onto her shoulder and consoled her. “I was just shooting my mouth off. Think about it. If he can’t sense you, then it’d be impossible for you to sense him. This means that we were wrong to take this route.” “Is that so?” Bai Qingqing’s heart felt a little more at ease and slapped her forehead. “I’m so stupid.”

“Meow_”

The leopard cubs felt that the adults weren’t walking anymore and started calling out.

“Let them out to take a walk. They should be pooping soon,” Bai Qingqing said to him.

Parker released one side of the animal skin, and the three leopard cubs fell onto the beach with their feet in the air.

They waved their limbs about like tortoises, then Eldest and Second climbed up almost at the same time. They felt that the soft sand under their feet was novel and started running

Although Third had special attention from his mother, he was still slightly smaller than his older brothers, and his reaction was slow as well. He only managed to get up after a while, then ran after his brothers.

Seeing the children playing happily, Bai Qingqing smiled and said, “This is really a great place. It’s convenient for the children to play, and we don’t have to worry that they have hidden somewhere and we can’t find them.”

Parker looked around warily, especially at the places where plants were growing.

“Then, we’ll come here more often in the future.”

“Mm.”

Bai Qingqing tidied her dress and sat on the sand, using her sharp nails to draw a heart shape on the white sand.