Beauty and the Beasts

The happy leopard cubs lay on the floor on the side of their bodies, tilting their heads and crying out at her, “Howl—”

Bai Qingqing smiled and walked over to the stone slab. She wore a pair of furry socks and quickly felt a warm heat creeping up from the base of her foot up her blood vessels. Her legs warmed up.

“Wow! It’s so warm!”

Bai Qingqing wore the same gaze as the leopard cubs and sat down. The warmth instantly went up to her tailbone and even her back warmed up. Bai Qingqing felt so comfortable that she lay down. If it wasn’t because she was carrying An’an, she also wanted to roll on the ground like how the leopard cubs did.

Parker raised his head and took a look at her. He didn’t come into contact with the heat source but was still feeling warm inside.

After washing the diapers, Parker took a large piece of the animal skin seat cover. He gently kicked Bai Qingqing’s arm. “Get up, the floor is hard. Sleep on the animal skin.”

Bai Qingqing felt so comfortable that she didn’t feel like moving. She lazed for a little while before getting up.

After putting on the animal skin, Bai Qingqing sat on the side while patting the space next to her. “You guys get up as well.”

She then looked toward the bed and called out loudly, “Winston, come and take a look at it as well!”

The animal skin curtain draped over the window moved and a big muscular leg stepped in.

When Winston came in, he immediately sensed the temperature change within the room from the outside. He said happily, “The room has gotten a little warmer. I’ll keep the fire on for a little longer. It’ll definitely get warmer.”

“En,” Bai Qingqing replied.

Winston walked over to the floor to test the temperature before going out again.

After An’an had her fill, she went back to sleep. Bai Qingqing checked the temperature of the spot next to her before placing her down.

“With this, An’an won’t freeze. It’s really good.” Bai Qingqing laid on her stomach on the animal skin cover, looking at An’an’s sweet sleeping face.

She touched An’an’s puffy cheeks and felt a milky smooth touch. Her skin felt so tender that it was as if she were to blow at it, ripples would form like on the water surface.

Worried that such toasting would cause An’an’s skin to become dry, she said to Parker, “Parker, go get a basin of clean water and warm it on the bed-stove.”

Parker’s eyes gleamed and he said, “Good idea. By putting it here, you’ll be able to drink warm water any time.”

“En, but I just want to add some humidity to the room.” Bai Qingqing said, “It’s not bad to drink warm water as well.”

Parker immediately got up and went off. Bai Qingqing flipped the animal skin and tested the temperature of the stone slab.

The fire had been on for another ten or more minutes, but the stone slab’s temperature was about the same as before. Stone dissipated heat quickly, and the heat should have expanded across the entire stone. It might be possible for one to keep on sleeping on it.

As Bai Qingqing thought about this, she started to pay more attention to the temperature change of the stone slab until she gradually fell asleep. When she woke up, she was still on the bed-stove.

Bai Qingqing woke up from the heat. Her animal skin clothes had been tugged open while she was in her dreams. An’an was supported by Parker to lay on her chest to drink milk.

The three leopard cubs stopped sleeping on the animal skin and were all lying on the cooler floor. They stuck out their pink tongues, and a layer of sweat had covered their pitch-black nose tips.

It seemed that the temperature in the room was too high. Even the air felt hot.

“It’s so hot!” For a brief moment, Bai Qingqing thought that they were in the hot season now and tugged at her clothes. She decided to remove her coat and just wear thin animal skin clothing.

“Shall I carry you to the bed?” Parker asked gently. He often ran in and out of the room, so his body didn’t show any changes.

Bai Qingqing shook her head. Seeing that An’an was almost full, she put on her clothes again.