She walked up to Rong Kai with a fruit in her hand. She offered it to him and said gently, "I saved this especially for you. If you don't want to eat it, you can give it to someone else, but I suggest you eat it yourself."
Because Rong Kai's stomach was about to burst.
In the end, Rong Kai could only reluctantly give up on the delicious food before him and transform into his snake form, coiling up in a corner.
He had no interest whatsoever in the fruit in Chu Jing's hand, not even wanting to give it a second glance.
Chu Jing wasn't angry about this.
A smile remained on her face, as if she had long expected this outcome.
She just gently placed the fruit in front of Rong Kai, then sat quietly to the side.
Several times, Jiang Ji wanted to take that fruit.
He stared at the fruit as if it were the most delicious food in the world.
But every time he was about to make a move, Chu Jing, who was beside him, would notice in time.
Her gaze held a hint of warning.
After Bai Ling ate the fruit, he soon felt a wondrous change happening inside his body.
When Bai Ling looked at Chu Jing again, his eyes held a newfound admiration.
After Gu Si and Xuyue took a skeptical bite of the magical fruit, they immediately felt the wounds that had been faintly aching begin to heal at an accelerated rate.
At the same time, they were amazed to discover that eating this fruit had absolutely no side effects.
The two quickly exchanged a glance, each seemingly trying to find answers in the other's eyes.
But the moment their gazes met, they both looked away at the same time.
'This Female Master… she really seems different than before,' they marveled inwardly.
The next morning, Chu Jing got up wanting to brush her teeth and wash her face, only to find there wasn't even a toothbrush or toothpaste here.
She felt a bit resigned.
Standing in the yard and looking at the newly risen sun, she was speechless for a moment.
'Why did I even get up so early?'
The other Beastmen had already woken up before Chu Jing.
But none of them wanted to face her.
Although Chu Jing's behavior yesterday had been quite comforting, who knew if she would change back to her old self today.
So, they all tacitly agreed to wait and see how she acted today.
After searching for a long time without finding anything to brush her teeth with, Chu Jing had no choice but to brace herself, go inside, and pull the still-sleeping Jiang Ji to his feet.
'Why not ask someone else for help?'
That was because aside from Jiang Ji, who was difficult to deal with, the other three were still injured.
She didn't want to reach out her hand only to be thrown to the ground the next second.
Jiang Ji, who had just been dragged up, was still a bit dazed.
"What's going on? What happened?"
He rubbed his eyes and asked, looking confused.
Chu Jing led Jiang Ji outside before finally asking, "What do you guys usually use to clean your teeth?"
She remembered that novels about the Beast World often mentioned a certain type of wooden stick.
But reading about it in a book was one thing; being able to recognize it was another entirely.
Jiang Ji understood what she meant immediately. After rubbing his eyes, he replied, "Wait here. I'll go find some for you."
With that, he transformed into his beast form and ran off.
Chu Jing was stunned.
"..."
'When I first heard that, it sounded fine, but on second thought, why does it feel a little irritating?'
Before long, Jiang Ji returned to their temporary camp carrying several thick, sturdy wooden sticks.
Chu Jing took one of them and examined it closely.
'The rest of the sticks are probably for Xuyue and the others.'
But to her surprise, Jiang Ji handed all the sticks to her.
"Take all of these. They should last you a while."
He said this with a fawning smile.
Seeing the usually arrogant Jiang Ji being so attentive, Chu Jing couldn't help but grow suspicious, secretly wondering if this guy was up to something.
So she asked, "What is it you really want? You're helping me so eagerly."
Jiang Ji rubbed his hands together and asked tentatively as well.
"That fruit from yesterday, where did you get it? Can you take me to pick some and try them?"
"It's not that I want to eat it, really. I'm just afraid you might want to pick some but can't reach," Jiang Ji added as an explanation.
Hearing this, Chu Jing couldn't help but laugh out loud, finding Jiang Ji's performance rather comical.
However, this was hardly surprising.
After all, ever since eating that special fruit, Jiang Ji had noticed that the energy inside his body had indeed changed.
Who would have thought that after training so hard with no progress, a single small fruit would cause his energy to fluctuate?
This boost heralded that Jiang Ji's power was about to break through his current four-stripe bottleneck and advance to a Five-striped Beastman.
This was undoubtedly a huge leap.
Seeing that Chu Jing was just smiling, unwilling to reveal the fruit's specific location, Jiang Ji immediately pursed his lips, put on an air of indifference, and said, "Fine. I was just doing it for your own good. It's okay if you don't want to tell me."
After saying this, he left by himself.
It wasn't that Chu Jing was being stingy.
It was because the fruits were all taken from her mysterious space.
Of course, she couldn't tell anyone this secret.
It wasn't just a matter of whether they would believe her; more importantly, the way these people had treated her body's original owner already put her under unprecedented pressure.
'Some things were better kept to herself.'
After washing up, Chu Jing found a moment when no one was around and quietly entered her space.
This space was her private domain, filled with all sorts of fruit trees.
She picked a few tempting, bright red apples from the trees and carefully hid them in her clothes.
She happened to run into Rong Kai on his way out, and a flicker of surprise flashed in his bright eyes.
Rong Kai had always been a man of few words.
'Logically, this guy should have gone out to find food long ago. Why is he still here?'
Rong Kai saw her, his eyes showing no fluctuation of emotion.
His gaze lingered on the apples in her hand for a moment before moving away, as if he hadn't seen them at all.
Chu Jing came to her senses and quickly offered an apple to Rong Kai.
"Hey, Rong Kai, I found some more fruit. Want to try some?"
But this time, Rong Kai still didn't take what she offered and walked straight away.
Chu Jing wasn't angry. She turned and walked into the Beast Cave, dividing the fruit in her hands among Xuyue, Bai Ling, and Gu Si.
"You three should focus on recovering for the next few days. Leave the hunting to us."
Hearing Chu Jing's words, Jiang Ji asked naively, "'Us'? Are there other Beastmen?"
"Chu Jing, did you go and trick some other Beastmen? Who was foolish enough to be fooled by you again?"
There was a hint of suspicion in Jiang Ji's voice.
Chu Jing sighed helplessly.
"I meant you and me, understand?"
Afraid he wouldn't get it, Chu Jing even pointed a finger at him, indicating that she meant the two of them.
Only then did Jiang Ji realize. "You want me to go hunting with you?"
Usually, that kind of work was done by Xuyue, Bai Ling, and Gu Si.
And it took all three of them working together to take down a single prey.
But now Chu Jing was saying it would be just her and him?
'Isn't that just ridiculous?'