Afterward, it placed the mouse's corpse on the ground.
It was as if it were inviting Lin Xuan to eat with it.
"Little one, you really shouldn't eat this thing."
Having spent so many days with Xiao Qing, how could Lin Xuan not understand what it meant?
Mice—especially house mice—carried many viruses. He had no desire to get sick from eating mouse meat.
After all, as creatures that had existed on Earth for thousands of years, mice carried a variety of viruses transmissible to humans.
First was Yersinia pestis, the culprit behind the plague. Once infected, a person could develop high fever, vomiting, and fall into a coma. It could also spread from person to person, causing widespread epidemics.
Second, mice carried hantavirus, a highly lethal virus that could cause hemorrhagic fever.
Besides that, scientists had also found rat lungworms in mice's lungs. Rat lungworms could spread through mouse droppings and cause meningitis.
So if someone accidentally came into contact with a mouse in daily life, they had to disinfect themselves properly.
(The streamer, Xiao Qing treats you so well, and you actually turned it down.)
(Wow, Xiao Qing is so gentle. I'm crying.)
(Us little mice, we're getting eaten today.)
Jokes were jokes, but everyone knew this kind of mouse was not edible.
So they were only teasing. If the streamer really intended to eat it, they certainly would not agree.
After all, mice carried no small amount of bacteria.
"Xiao Qing, thank you for inviting me to eat, but I really don't dare eat this thing. If you want it, go ahead."
Normally, Lin Xuan also checked the little ones' health and dewormed them whenever necessary.
After all, since they stayed by his side, he had a duty to take care of them.
However, the mountain rats found