Chapter 141: The Abandoned Dragon Egg

After Wu Na left, Zhang Fan closed all the doors and windows at home, then pushed a small cart together with Fei Er to Fei Er's house.

Upon arriving at Fei Er's house, Zhang Fan did not treat himself as a guest at all; after entering the courtyard, he didn't need Fei Er to greet him and simply found a place to sit down.

What Zhang Fan didn't expect was that Fei Er didn't treat him as a guest either! As soon as he saw Zhang Fan sit down, Fei Er put on a sour face, wrinkled his nose, curled his lips, and with a "hmph" threw down his own small cart.

Fei Er stepped lightly, two steps at a time, and with a "deng deng deng" ran to Zhang Fan's side, pulled over a chair, sat down with arms crossed, showing no intention of pouring tea for this "guest" Zhang Fan.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan couldn't hold back a laugh inside, but on the surface he pretended to be concerned, frowning and began lecturing Fei Er.

"Fei Er, what are you doing? Don't you know I'm a guest? Don't you have any basic hospitality? Even if you don't have the nice flower tea I have at my place, you could at least pour me a cup of plain water! Just letting a guest sit there doing nothing—what's the point?"

When Fei Er heard Zhang Fan start speaking, it was a nonstop "patter-patter" lecture. He was speechless, rolled his eyes at Zhang Fan, and was about to retort when Zhang Fan cut him off.

"Enough! Don't say another word! I know, I know everything! I know just sitting here doing nothing is boring. So, as this guest, may I ask the host to pour me a cup of water?"

At this moment, Fei Er once again felt the deep malice from the universe, and more aptly felt how troublesome a person Zhang Fan was.

"All right! It's just a cup of water—do you really have to make such a fuss? Humph! You say my house doesn't have good flower tea? What a joke! My flower tea all comes from your place."

After saying that, Fei Er still got up and went to the kitchen to start preparing hot water for Zhang Fan to brew flower tea.

As soon as Zhang Fan saw Fei Er leave, he could no longer hold it in, clapped both hands over his mouth, and began to sneak laughter in the courtyard.

After Zhang Fan had laughed his fill, he then got up and went to the kitchen to start helping Fei Er.

Not long after, the flower tea was ready, and Fei Er went to the storeroom to fetch some snacks and dried fruit, which he set out on the stone table in the courtyard along with the tea.

Thus, the whole morning passed with Zhang Fan and Fei Er doing nothing else, just sitting in the courtyard chatting, drinking tea, and eating snacks and dried fruit.

So, when it was time for lunch, Zhang Fan, unable to restrain himself, had eaten too many snacks and didn't want to eat rice.

But Zhang Fan never expected that his suggestion to skip cooking rice at noon would be agreed to by Fei Er, the big eater! He actually agreed! This was something Zhang Fan never imagined.

Fei Er has always been a big eater; for a tasty bite, he would rather burst than let food slip from his lips! Regarding Fei Er's behavior today, Zhang Fan found it very abnormal!

Damn it, the person sitting in front of him now, unmoved by delicious food, is this really Fei Er? It made Zhang Fan think that even if he beat Fei Er to death, he still wouldn't believe it!

Of course, Fei Er doesn't know Zhang Fan thinks this way; if he did, who knows what trouble he might stir up. So, regarding these words, Zhang Fan wisely didn't utter a single one.

Thus, when the whole tribe had smoke rising from the houses where people were, Zhang Fan and Fei Er were still sitting on the stone bench eating snacks and chatting.

Moreover, the two of them talked about nothing but Wu Na, and most importantly, it was almost always Fei Er doing the talking while Zhang Fan sat there helplessly just responding.

For example, Fei Er said, "Fan Fan, do you feel that Wu Na has gotten much thinner?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan's inner self was in turmoil! "Please! Anyone with eyes can see that Wu Na has gotten much thinner, okay?"

Yet he replied on the surface with a calm: "Yeah."

Another example, Fei Er said, "Fan Fan, do you feel Wu Na's belly is huge? I heard he said it's been two months, but I remember that a two-month-old fetus shouldn't make the belly that big!"

This time, before Zhang Fan could even answer "uh," Fei Er seemed to have thought of something and suddenly got excited. He started putting down his teacup, then vigorously shook Zhang Fan's arm, gesturing wildly as he said:

"Ah! I've got it! Wu Na must be carrying a female baby! Exactly! That's the only way—otherwise she wouldn't have such a big belly!"

By this point, Zhang Fan also caught the meaning in Fei Er's words. "Damn it, this isn't just openly wanting a child, but specifically wanting to give birth to a female baby!"

But unexpectedly, Fei Er suddenly shifted the topic and turned it toward himself.

Fei Er silently lowered his arm, slowly covered his belly, lowered his head, and with a face full of anticipation, smiled as he looked at his still-flat stomach.

Looking at Fei Er at that moment, Zhang Fan inexplicably had the four big characters "maternal radiance" pop into his mind. And it felt completely natural! Even though to him Fei Er looked obviously masculine, the words "maternal" seemed mismatched.

But he didn't know why there was no sense of discord at all; on the contrary, it made Zhang Fan feel warm.

Zhang Fan still didn't realize that soon he too would become someone emanating a "maternal halo."

By the time ordinary people had already started lunch, Zhang Fan and Fei Er also began clearing away the snacks and such left uneaten on the stone table.

After tidying up, Zhang Fan then said goodbye to Fei Er and returned home.

After arriving home, Zhang Fan hadn't even had time to tidy up when a sudden wave of sleepiness stopped him in his tracks.

Zhang Fan thought it over; since there was nothing special to do in the afternoon anyway, he simply washed up and went to sleep.

At that moment, outside the tribe, Ba Ke Er had just managed to hunt enough game for him and Mo De to have a full meal.

Ba Ke Er then brought the game back under the big tree and only then called Mo De over to eat together.

Moreover, what they ate wasn't just today's lunch but also provisions to sustain them for the next several days. Furthermore, to balance safety and mission, Mo De and Ba Ke Er had already been eating raw meat continuously for a long time.

Although eating raw meat is instinctive for them in beast form, this time eating so much also required great courage.

After all, everyone is already used to eating meat cooked over fire; suddenly asking them to eat this much raw meat is also a hardship for them.

With great difficulty, Ba Ke Er barely suppressed his nausea and finished his portion of raw meat. Then, in front of Mo De, he transformed into a half-beast, flapped his wings, and flew up to the tree he usually rested in.

After Ba Ke Er steadied himself on the treetop, he changed back to beast form, lowered his body, and lay on the tree to begin resting. However, although he was resting, his state at this moment was more like a light doze.

Because at this moment Ba Ke Er's whole body was relaxed, and his pair of beautiful azure eyes were tightly shut, yet his ears remained straight upright, constantly paying attention to the movements of the Exquisite Dragon Beast herd.

Not long after, Mo De also finished his food, cleaned up the leftovers, and entered a light doze just like Ba Ke Er.

Before the two had rested well, they heard a rustling under the tree. Ba Ke Er and Mo De were instantly startled, lowered their heads to look—and saw that the Exquisite Dragon Beasts had begun a new movement!

See, under the leadership of a young head dragon, a large group of Exquisite Dragon Beasts were actually circling a colorful dragon egg. This gave Ba Ke Er and Mo De new insight.

However, what happened next was even more shocking, leaving Ba Ke Er and Mo De with jaws nearly dislocated.

After the Exquisite Dragon Beasts had circled the dragon egg for who knows how many rounds, the egg slowly floated up.

Although it didn't fly high, from Ba Ke Er and Mo De's perspective they could still faintly see that the egg was indeed flying under its own power.

Ba Ke Er and Mo De exchanged a glance, each seeing in the other's eyes the comical sight of their own shock, jaws still unclosed.

But the egg hadn't flown long before it suddenly dropped. What's strange is that, although it fell, the dragon egg was completely unharmed, without a single crack, and even smashed a pit into the hard ground.

Upon seeing this scene, the dragon beasts roared out even though the head dragon had not given an order. But after roaring, the Exquisite Dragon Beasts instantly scattered like birds and beasts.

When Ba Ke Er came to his senses, the entire Exquisite Dragon Beast herd had vanished, leaving only that dragon egg lying quietly on the ground.

Only then did Ba Ke Er and Mo De realize that the dragon egg had been abandoned by the Exquisite Dragon Beasts, and even its parents had no intention of leaving it behind, but without hesitation followed the main flock and flew away.

Just then, Lei Ya quietly appeared again. But today Lei Ya was not his usual pleasant self; instead he wore an angry expression.

"You two, what's going on? How did you let those Exquisite Dragon Beasts run away? And you're not even going to chase them!"

Saying this, Lei Ya also noticed that Ba Ke Er and Mo De's thoughts were completely elsewhere at the moment.

Lei Ya looked in the direction Ba Ke Er indicated, and happened to see the abandoned dragon egg. She was startled, and also guessed why Ba Ke Er and Mo De had reacted that way.

Lei Ya snapped back, kicked Ba Ke Er hard with a leg, and said somewhat exasperatedly, "All right! Hurry up and retrieve the dragon egg! Once it grows, whether it's a beastman or a female, it will be a formidable figure!"

Ba Ke Er, upon hearing Lei Ya's words, immediately jumped down from the tree, transformed into a half-beastman, and retrieved the egg.

At that moment, Ba Ke Er and Mo De recalled Lei Ya's earlier mention of the Exquisite Dragon Beast herd; they were about to give chase when Lei Ya stopped them.

"All right, I've already sent people to pursue the Exquisite Dragon Beast; the urgent priority now is to bring the dragon egg back to the tribe and let the chieftain arrange things. All right, you two head back to the tribe first!"

Having said that, Lei Ya waved a hand, reverted to her beast form, spread her wings, and flew off.

Only Ba Ke Er and Mo De remained, staring at each other. Not long after, once they realized they could return to the tribe, they were overjoyed and began busily gathering some fine, tough vines, weaving a net bag just large enough to hold the dragon egg.

After placing the dragon egg into the net bag, Ba Ke Er, with Mo De's help, slung the egg and net bag onto his back, then transformed into beast form and walked toward the tribe together with Mo De.