Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The situation would become worse if they lost the water.
Curtis curled up all the remaining things and said to the tiger beastmen, âYou guys can go back now.â
The tiger beastmen were stunned, and all of them looked in Bai Qingqingâs direction, unwilling to part with her.
Bai Qingqing waved her hand at them.
The tiger beastmen walked over in Bai Qingqingâs direction. The tiger beastman in the lead said, âWe know that you wonât become mates with us. After we return to the village, weâll look for other mates. But if you need to increase your mates in the future, please do not forget us.â
Bai Qingqing smiled awkwardly. âI donât think Iâll become mates with anyone else. But I wonât forget about you guys. Thank you for your help.â
The tiger beastmen looked at the femaleâs beautiful smiling face and were all stunned. They then got back to their senses after hearing an enraged shout.
Parker ran over to Bai Qingqingâs side with a cold face, waving his hand, and said, âQuickly go. This half a jar of water...â
He then hesitated. It was fine for them to go without the water, but if they had one jar less, it wouldnât be convenient to set up a tent for Bai Qingqing.
âBring a jar of water with you.â Bai Qingqing continued from Parkerâs words and then knelt by a jar, tugging off the animal skin.
Parker said anxiously, âThis one over here is full! Take the one over there!â
âWe drank half a jar in five days. That jar only has a little left. How would it be enough for them on their trip back?â Bai Qingqing said.
The tiger beastmen smiled and said, âItâs enough. Weâll be able to return to the village in at most three days. Weâll be fine even without water.â
They took half a jar of water with them. Bai Qingqing wanted to get Parker to share some food with them, but the tiger beastmen immediately refused upon seeing that there was only one bag of food left. They ran back in the direction of their village with half a jar of water.
Parker set up the tent again. With one jar less, it could only be made into a triangular one.
Alva stayed behind. He looked at the quicksand river and said, âLetâs change to another place. This quicksand is too scary.â
Curtis held onto the rope and seemed to be lost in his thoughts. He suddenly said, âI want to go down to take a look.â
Bai Qingqing crawled to the sides of the tent and said anxiously, âItâs too dangerous!â
Curtis tossed the rope into the quicksand and said to him, âCome over here and hold onto the rope. Iâll climb up by myself later.â
Parker looked at him as if he was a nutcase. However, he also felt curious about the quicksand and patted Bai Qingqingâs shoulder to console her before running over to Curtisâs side.
Curtis handed the rope to Parker and then jumped into the quicksand river.
Bai Qingqing held her breathing and screamed as she watched Curtisâs tail being engulfed by the quicksand. âCome up quickly!â
Curtis smiled at her, then waved his tail. Half of his body was immediately engulfed by the sand.
Bai Qingqing almost shrieked. Without thinking, she dashed out of the tent and ran toward him.
The sand under her feet felt like a heated iron plate. When she stepped on it, she felt like a piece of meat on an iron plate1.
âCurtis!â
Bai Qingqing jumped her way to Parkerâs side, reaching for Curtis. âCome up!â
Curtisâs body sank, and he was completely immersed in the quicksand.
Bai Qingqing looked at the sand that returned to calmness, unable to believe that Curtis had disappeared just like that.
He wouldnât suffocate to death, right? He shouldnât. He was able to hold his breath in the water for very long.
There was nothing to be scared of, there was nothing to be scared of. She could summon Curtis back. He wouldnât go missing.
That should be possible, right? She wondered if she could use normal spousesâ powers in the same way.
Parker carried Bai Qingqing up and touched her feet, saying angrily, âDo you want to die?â