Linley muttered to himself as he slowly slipped out of the ancestral hall.
After Linley left, Bebe waited a little longer and looked around. Unable to resist the temptation of the wild rabbit meat, he pushed off with his hind legs and darted over to it. Then he stood up on his hind legs and bounced around excitedly.
After happily hopping about, Bebe let out a cheerful cry, then lowered his head and began tearing into the rabbit meat. He was still very young, but his teeth could chew through stone, let alone rabbit meat.
Before long, he had eaten a rabbit larger than himself, leaving nothing but fur—not even a scrap of bone.
After finishing the rabbit, Bebe patted his belly in a very humanlike way, then jumped excitedly again.
After all, compared to stones, rabbit meat was delicious beyond measure.
Bebe also glanced in the direction Linley had gone, as if he wanted to keep Linley in his heart.
Back in his room, Linley was worried about whether the Shadow Mouse had eaten the rabbit.
Zhao Nan could tell that Linley was distracted, but he didn't ask. He simply watched Linley quietly.
The next day, Linley went to the ancestral hall again. Seeing that only the rabbit's fur remained, he was delighted.
He went and caught another rabbit, then brought it back to feed Bebe.
From then on, Linley fed Bebe one rabbit a day.
As the days passed, six days went by in the blink of an eye. Bebe, a young magical beast who had never known affection, began to lower his guard around Linley.
By the eighth day, Linley hadn't even put down the rabbit before Bebe rushed straight over to him.
On the tenth day, Linley brought Bebe roasted rabbit meat.
After tasting the roasted