Beauty and the Beasts

“En.” Bai Qingqing hesitated for a short moment before agreeing. She wouldn’t be able to eat much, anyway.

Parker placed the food on the floor. He had only brought a big spoon with the plan of using food to separate Winston and Bai Qingqing. He didn’t expect that this would get them closer together, taking turns to take a bite using the spoon. He was furious.

Parker suddenly had an idea and spoke up, “Qingqing, the rain has stopped. Let me bring you to a place.”

Bai Qingqing’s eyes gleamed and turned to listen. She really couldn’t hear the rain anymore. “Where?”

“You’ll find out after you get there.” Parker used a piece of animal skin to wipe Bai Qingqing’s mouth. She smacked her lips as if she hadn’t had enough, then hesitantly looked toward Winston, who was still eating.

Of course, Parker wouldn’t let him interrupt their alone time together. He carried Bai Qingqing by the waist and stood up, saying without holding back, “Take good care of An’an. It’ll rain any moment. Don’t let her get drenched from the rain.”

Parker had hidden intentions behind his words. He meant that it might rain at any moment, and he was reminding Winston to not think about bringing An’an to go look for them. He’d be able to spend some alone time with Qingqing, then.

Winston looked at Bai Qingqing silently, then nodded.

Bai Qingqing also felt that what Parker said made sense. Moreover, Winston had just woken up, and it was best to let him stay at home to recuperate. It wasn’t easy for the day to clear up, and she couldn’t bear to waste such a good time. So, she went out with Parker excitedly.

The heavy rain that had continued for half a month washed away all of the heat from the hot season. The air was neither cold nor hot, but it was very refreshing. There was ample oxygen in the air, and it was exceptionally penetrating.

A gust of wind brushed past Bai Qingqing’s skin, bringing away a bit of her body warmth. It made Bai Qingqing squeeze toward Parker’s warm embrace, replacing the hint of coldness with warmth.

“Where on earth are we going? You’re being so mysterious.” Bai Qingqing circled her arms around Parker’s neck and played with his hair.

En, the tuft of hair on the back of his head was finally as long as the hair on the top of his head. Bai Qingqing felt consoled.

Parker smiled mysteriously, not replying to her. His long and slender legs moved quickly and steadily.

The plants on both sides moved backward at a rapid speed. They passed through a stretch of messy and densely-packed thorn forest. Then, a gust of faint and elegant floral fragrance gushed over.

That fragrance was light and elegant, transient yet uninterrupted, staying around the tip of her nose.

Only a large sea of flowers could bring about such a packed fragrance. Bai Qingqing thought to herself, feeling extremely curious as she turned and looked to the front.

Upon doing so, Bai Qingqing was stunned, and her eyes gradually opened wider. Her moist eyes were covered by a layer of romantic purple.

It was an endless stretch of Chinese wisteria waterfall. “Endless stretch” didn’t refer to its width, but its height. They looked as if they had fallen from the heavens.

The light purple flowers fluttered with the wind, their white centers showing a hint of pure white, looking exquisite yet adorable. They were densely-packed in many layers, stacking together, hovering from several hundred meters in the sky all the way to the ground. It was breathtakingly beautiful.

It was like the silk woven by a goddess, hung in the sky to dry after being washed, draping down to the mortal world. There was one stretch here, another stretch there, decorating the earth into a maze made from a sea of flowers. Once one entered by mistake, they’d be lost within it.

Bai Qingqing was one such person. She pushed Parker and got off from his embrace, seemingly having blanked out as she stepped forward.

A gust of wind blew and the Chinese wisteria waterfall rippled, shaking off many water droplets infused with the floral fragrance and landing onto the ground. Even the sound of the water droplets landing sounded so beautiful.

“Why is there such a beautiful scene here? To think that I hadn’t noticed it.”