187: Chapter 187 I absolutely have to adopt a daughter today!

Xia Li reached out to test the water temperature in the large iron pot.

The temperature was just right, neither cold nor scalding.

She carefully held the little rabbit girl by the waist and lowered her into the warm water.

“Wah—!”

Seeing the steam rising from the water...

...the little one, having just touched the water, thought she was about to be boiled alive and closed her eyes, crying out in terror.

But in the next second...

...she stopped struggling.

This water... it was so warm, so comfortable!

Moreover, the hands of the human sister before her were so soft, and her movements were so gentle.

The little rabbit girl's cries gradually subsided into aggrieved sobs.

Xia Li pulled a bottle of strawberry-scented shampoo from her spatial backpack.

Squeezing some into her palm, she gently applied it to the little rabbit girl's furry head, rubbing it into a thick lather of white foam.

The little rabbit girl was, after all, only a child of three or four.

Watching the colorful bubbles floating before her and smelling that sweet strawberry scent...

...she widened her large, ruby-like eyes in curiosity, completely forgetting that she was currently sitting in a large pot meant for "boiling meat"!

These bubbles really smelled wonderful!

After washing her hair, Xia Li took out a bar of soap and meticulously cleaned the little body, which had been covered in mud and filth.

Finally, she wrapped her in a large, soft bath towel and dried her off.

Xia Li even rummaged around until she found a pink printed T-shirt for a human toddler, plus a pair of mini denim overalls, and dressed the little rabbit girl in them.

Looking at the exquisitely beautiful and explosively cute little rabbit girl before her...

...Xia Li stood with her hands on her hips, a profound sense of accomplishment welling up in her heart.

In another large iron pot nearby...

...Mia was being held down in the water by that mecha girl, who was vigorously scrubbing the bloodstains from her hair.

Through the steam, she stared fixedly at the transformed little rabbit girl in the distance.

That child's name was Duoduo.

Seeing Duoduo dressed in clean clothes, Mia grit her teeth.

Damned humans!

Deliberately washing them so clean and even putting them in beautiful clothes!

What was the purpose of this?

Was it to mask their guilt for eating them, or were they going to keep them as pleasing toys in captivity?

That's right!

Humans were all perverts!

Dressing them up so nicely must be so they could please those men...

But Duoduo was just a child!!!

Pah! Disgusting!

These damned humans!

No matter which it was, they definitely had no good intentions!

An hour later.

Over a hundred Velvet-Ear Tribe girls had all been washed clean.

They were dressed in various clean clothes cobbled together by the female members of the Red Wolf Guild.

Though some didn't fit quite right, paired with those furry long ears and ball-shaped tails, they were simply off the charts in terms of cuteness.

Looking at this group of adorable little rabbit girls standing in a row...

...the rough, burly men of the Red Wolf Guild all stared with wide eyes!

“Holy crap! This... this is way too cute!”

A brawny man with a face full of scars clutched his chest, feeling as though his heart was about to melt.

“Damn! How could anyone bring themselves to use a knife on such adorable rabbit babies!”

“Actually using little rabbit girls as ingredients?! Those savages from the Outer Mongolia District must be insane!”

“Yeah! Those bastards are truly wasting god's gifts!”

“I can't take it! I wanted a daughter before I transmigrated! I absolutely have to adopt one as my daughter today!”

“Go, go, go! Get out of the way!”

A group of female Red Wolf players immediately rushed forward, pushing all the rough men aside.

“Every one of you is so big and clumsy! Stand back!”

“Don't scare our precious daughters!”

Just as the guild members were crowding around the rabbit girls, doting on them...

...a set of steady footsteps approached from behind the crowd.

Lu Yuan walked over slowly, a cup of coffee in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket.

The noisy crowd immediately parted to make a path.

“Boss!”

“Hello, Boss!”

Lu Yuan nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the row of transformed Velvet-Ear Tribe girls.

He frowned slightly.

“Too thin.”

Lu Yuan turned to look at the Logistics Manager, Old Ma, his tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

“Every one of them is skin and bones; their thighs aren't even as thick as Lin Zihao's wrists. They'd blow away in a stiff breeze.”

“Old Ma, go see what they usually eat!”

“Feed them as much as you can!”

“Make sure to fatten them up a bit for me in the shortest time possible.”

Old Ma scratched his head and quickly shouted his assent.

“You got it, Boss!”

“I reckon this Velvet-Ear Tribe should be purely vegetarian!”

“We have plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables in the guild warehouse. I'll go arrange for people to wash them and bring them out right away!”

Lu Yuan waved his hand, settling the matter.

“In short, whatever method you use, fatten them up for me quickly!”

“Otherwise, they just look too pitiful!”

“People might think our Red Wolf Guild is so poor we can't afford to eat!”

Having finished, Lu Yuan turned and went back to the war vehicle to attend to his own business.

His speech was purely out of protectiveness and the pragmatism of increasing the demi-humans' survival rate.

However, to the ears of Mia and the others, it was no different from a death sentence from the Grim Reaper.

Mia felt cold all over, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

Fatten them up?

Fatten them up?!

As expected!

These humans were dissatisfied because they were currently too thin and lacked meatiness!

They deliberately gave them good clothes and specifically fed them their favorite fruits and vegetables...

...just to rapidly fatten them up like livestock!

Once they were fat, that would be the time they went into the pot!

After Lu Yuan left, the female Red Wolf players were the first to start feeding them various snacks and candies.

The Velvet-Ear Tribe girls held the chocolates and biscuits in their arms, looking at one another.

Their clear, large eyes were full of confusion.

“Although, even so...”

“These humans seem different from the ones we've met before...”

One Velvet-Ear Tribe girl carefully tore open a wrapper and licked the chocolate; her eyes instantly lit up.

“They gave us baths, and gave us such sweet food...”

Hearing the wavering whispers of her clanswomen...

...Mia, now dressed in a clean tracksuit, immediately lowered her voice and issued a stern warning.

“Sisters, you must not let your guard down!”

Mia's eyes were red, her gaze filled with vigilance and deep-seated fear.

“Have you forgotten? How did the humans outside slaughter our people?!”

“They are being nice to us now and giving us sweet things to eat only because they've changed the way they're raising us!”

Mia stared fixedly at the chocolate in her hand, her voice trembling.

“Didn't you hear what that demon leader said just now?”

“They are fattening us up!”

“Treating us as high-quality ingredients that can be slaughtered at any time!”

“When we grow fat, that is when we will be eaten by them!”

“Ah?!”

The girl who was eating chocolate was so frightened she spat it out.

“Wuwu... I don't want to eat, I don't want to get fat!”

“If I get fat, I'm going to die!...”

Upon hearing Mia's analysis, the confusion in the eyes of the Velvet-Ear Tribe girls vanished instantly, replaced once more by bottomless fear.

It was true.

How could there be truly kind-hearted people among humans?

So this sweet food was actually a death warrant meant to make them grow meat!

“No, we have to escape!”

“Chief Mia is right, we must escape the first chance we get!”

“Escape! The further, the better!”