Cang Jue waited inside the house, but the two never returned. He scoffed; he knew going into the forest with them wouldn't end well. What did they say about going out to play? They've been playing all this time and still haven't come back.

What are you playing? Going to mate!

Carlos, Mickelson, and the others returned home one after another, all bringing back barbecue, but Guo Xiaoxiao and Arthur were nowhere to be seen, so naturally, they needed to be asked about it.

Where is Xiaoxiao?

Randy: "Your baby has hatched."

Carlos already knew and didn't seem particularly curious. Only Mikkelsen and Nandi's gazes were briefly drawn to the cub before they turned back to ask.

"Xiaoxiao went out with Arthur, haven't they come back yet?"

Cang Jue: "He came back a while ago, then went out again, saying he was taking Xiaoxiao to take a bath, and they've been bathing until now..."

Mickelson was the first to react; he slammed his hand on the stone table.

"They're not going to take a bath, they must be going to mate! He was second in line today, how could he get ahead of me?"

Cang Jue: "Right? I said I wanted to go with them, but they insisted on leaving me behind, so they secretly gave Arthur special treatment."

Carlos was first in line and didn't care about the order of the others, but he felt it was slightly inappropriate for Guo Xiaoxiao to scramble the order again.

It seems Arthur has won Guo Xiaoxiao over very well, and she's willing to do so, even putting him first in the queue.

"Let's eat first. Arthur can protect Guo Xiaoxiao. We can have a proper talk after he gets back."

Randy was furious; his anger was written all over his face. He couldn't even eat. This couldn't go on. He had to go ask Abier. He turned and left, leaving the three of them sitting around the stone table.

Cang Jue: "Did he run out to look for someone?"

Mickelson was sullen and didn't look up.

"He might go for a run, just ignore him."

Carlos sighed, picked up a skewer of meat, and started eating it himself. Since no one else could eat it, he would take care of it.

The little snakes then swam back, greeted Carlos, and then ran to Cang Jue's legs, sticking out their tongues.

He then went back to the corner of the room.

Normally, I sleep in my nest on the third floor at night. Today, having nothing to do, I came back early to say hello, but after looking around, I couldn't find Guo Xiaoxiao.

I planned to stay in the room for a while, then head straight back to the third floor.

When the eight small snakes slithered to the licorice nest, they saw some baby eagles resting with their eyes closed.

Little Snake Ding: "Hey, look! The baby eagle has been born!"

The grass nest was completely surrounded. They were already quite large, and now that they were surrounded, it seemed like even a single bite wouldn't be enough for them to swallow.

Little Snake A: "I thought I'd have to wait a few more days, it's so fast!"

Little Snake C: "They haven't even grown all their feathers yet, they're not as imposing as us. That's why eagles are no good, they're not as good as us snake beasts."

Little Snake B: "I want to lick it..."

His words were utterly dismissive of them; anyone who dared to utter a word would get beaten up.

Cang Jue was incredibly carefree; he watched this horrifying scene without bothering to intervene, believing the little snakes wouldn't devour his offspring in one gulp.

Little Snake Armor: "In my memory, it takes several months for an eagle beast to be raised before it can walk on the ground. It's too inconvenient. Being a snake beast is better."

Little Snake C: "It's not just a matter of a few months before they can walk again; they don't have inherited memories, so everything has to start all over again."

Little Snake Ding: "It means we have to pay for everything we hunt."

Little Snake A: "Yes, it's not like us, who are born hunters. They have to learn to fly and all sorts of other things. They're so hard to manage."

Little Snake Ding: "Indeed, we have to teach them everything. So why don't the females like to mate with us snake beasts? The cubs are easy to raise, and we're powerful too."

Little Snake A: "You don't know your stuff, you definitely don't know your stuff. There aren't many people like us mother beasts who know our stuff. Although we didn't know our stuff at first either, you'll see how high our status is in our mother's heart later."

Little Snake Ding: "From now on, when we look for females, we should imitate our father's methods. Who cares? Just snatch them away! If they already have a partner, we should dissolve that partnership first."

Little Snake Armor: "Yes, yes, according to what you said, we'll have to be burned again. We're still too young; we don't know if we have any inherited abilities. If we're not inherited from a beastman and don't have the resurrection skill like our father beast, then we'll ultimately die."

Little Snake Ding: "Tsk tsk, forget it. I'd better figure out how to please a female. That Irina is not bad, but unfortunately, I'm still too young, otherwise I would definitely snatch her away."

Little Snake C: "Wow, this is incredible! They're already looking for someone. We're at least twenty years behind, so let's just wait and see."

Carlos saw several small snakes huddled near a grassy nest, their tongues hissing as they conversed. He couldn't understand their language; this ability to comprehend spoken language usually fades after adulthood.

Are they discussing which one to eat first? Cang Jue isn't worried, but Carlos is.

"Hey, you guys, get back to your hideout right now, and don't linger here!"

Little Snake Ding: "Oh dear, I can't even watch for a little while. Okay, I'm off."

The eight snakes slithered out of the room again, but didn't choose to go back to the third floor. They'd come back too early today; they might as well go out for another stroll.

Playing until the middle of the night and then coming back

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The two of them finished too. Guo Xiaoxiao was drenched in sweat, and even in the wild forest, she didn't feel the biting cold; in fact, her body temperature hadn't gone down.

Arthur sat up, twisted the animal hide, and wiped Guo Xiaoxiao's body.

Guo Xiaoxiao slept on the animal skin while receiving his services, gazing at the twinkling stars in the sky, thinking to herself, "Oh dear, how am I going to explain this when I get back? I need to think of a good excuse."

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