Chapter 228 - A Thief Had Broken In (2/2)

“Very well,” Winston immediately replied.

Bai Qingqing heaved a slight sigh of relief. Winston couldn’t have heard things that he shouldn’t, right? She and Parker didn’t seem to have made a loud commotion, so he shouldn’t be able to hear anything from the main room, right?

However, the next thing that Winston said caused her to fall from heaven to hell.

“Your mating ended when it turned dark, so I slept very well,” Winston explained seriously.

Bai Qingqing’s face froze with her lips still in the same state as when she let out a sigh, her expression stiffening up.

“Qingqing!” Parker’s voice rang out from the bird’s shelter. “Did you eat short-winged birds a few days back?”

“I didn’t!” Bai Qingqing shouted out loudly toward the door.

“That’s strange.” Parker laid on the ground, sniffing it, his face scrunching up in disgust.

As they mated yesterday, there was the scent of many beastmen in the vicinity. Parker snorted a few times and then rubbed his legs all around the ground.

Parker brought in a short-winged bird that had been cleaned up. Bai Qingqing asked, “What happened to the bird’s shelter?”

“I think we’re short of one bird. I must have recalled wrongly.” Parker didn’t seem to mind this too much. He frowned and said, “The scent of beastmen are all around the vicinity of the house. I’ll cover up their scent later on.”

Bai Qingqing felt bored anyway, so she got up, took a bamboo basket, and headed out. “I’ll go take a look and pick the eggs while I’m at it.”

Winston and Parker exchanged a glance. In the end, Parker stayed behind to cook while Winston followed Bai Qingqing outside.

After the short-winged birds matured, they would be able to lay one egg every two days. After it snowed, they produced fewer eggs but were still able to lay one every three to four days. With there being 20 to 30 short-winged birds, they could lay about 40 to 50 eggs in a week.

Bai Qingqing entered the bird’s shelter and first went to the nests to look for eggs.