Introduction
Was it just her eyes playing tricks on her?
The woman rubbed her eyes.
Ox-Nose was staring at the goldfish again.
Thinking of Ox-Nose's "history" and the lizard he'd just eaten...
Ugh.
She hated lizards.
But watching Ox-Nose toss the lizard into his mouth...
The shock of the scene had almost overwhelmed her disgust for lizards...
Even watching Ox-Nose swat the lizard dead wouldn't have shocked her this much.
How...
could anyone eat a lizard raw?
Ox-Nose had eaten a little goldfish raw before...
But goldfish were fish...
Fish were common fare on the human dinner table.
Lizards weren't.
Nobody ate lizards—
Ordinary people didn't eat lizards.
Lizards weren't something people served at the dinner table.
So Ox-Nose eating a lizard raw had shocked her far more than Ox-Nose eating a goldfish raw.
Xu Hao pulled the corners of his mouth back.
He touched his ear.
A lizard this big...
If the woman saw it...
He couldn't imagine how loud she'd scream.
But a lizard this big...
A trace of hunger unconsciously showed on Xu Hao's face.
Would it taste different from a little lizard?
As if sensing danger, the lizard, which had been lazily sprawled on the ground, quickly scurried into a corner.
"Dad! Mom!"
the little boy called.
"Keep your voice down."
The woman reminded him. "What is it?"
The woman and the man went over to the boy.
"The lizard was crawling so fast just now!"
The child turned to look at his parents, his face full of excitement.
"It zipped right past!"
The child gestured with his hand.
It was the first time he'd seen a lizard crawl so fast, so it was no wonder he was excited.
The lizards he'd seen before at the reptile house had all