Transmigrated to Raise Panther Cubs novel Chapter 217

Chapter 217 One Sip of Courage

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Zachary held his breath and managed to take one sip, but before he could swallow it, he badly wanted to spit it out. He bent forward, his face looking awful.

It felt as if a snake had slid across his tongue. The moment Zachary closed his eyes, he saw snakes flicking their tongues, their eyes glowing faintly in the dark.

That taste made him reject it with every part of him. Zachary couldn’t describe it. Or maybe it was all in his head. Either way, it was extremely, extremely hard to accept.

Zachary refused to give up and tried several more times. By the end, he could at least hold back from spitting out the snake meat.

Sure enough, human potential was limitless.

But Zachary felt that unless he had no other choice, he still didn’t want to treat snake meat as his food.

Matthew came back with Jaden. The father and son had picked up quite a lot of firewood and had unexpectedly found a nest of eggs. Although there were only three, that was already a nice surprise.

The cave door hadn’t been shut tightly. After Matthew put down the firewood, he didn’t see Zachary, so he went straight into the inner cave.

The middle of the beast–hide blanket was slightly raised.

Matthew casually took off his robe, leaving the cold air from his body outside. Then he walked to the bed and lifted one corner of the blanket.

Zachary wasn’t sleeping deeply. He opened his eyes and met Matthew’s gaze. “You’re back.”

He slowly sat up. “There’s food in the pot. You can eat it after heating it up.”

Matthew held the three oval white eggs in front of Zachary.

“Eggs this big?” Zachary instantly turned into a kindergarten teacher and gave him plenty of emotional support. “How are you so amazing!”

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Matthew smiled. “You can make steamed egg with them.”

Jaden was arranging the firewood neatly. When he saw his Sire come out, the calm expression on his face instantly turned into a smile.

Matthew walked to the stove, ready to heat up the food. He lifted the lid and looked inside, then suddenly turned to Zachary.

“You ate this?” Matthew’s face grew serious at once, and his voice rose quite a bit.

“I wanted to try it.” Zachary tried his best to make his smile look natural and said lightly, “It tastes pretty good.”

Matthew clearly didn’t believe him. “Is there not enough food at home?”

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During this time, he had been leaving early and coming back late. He would spend the whole day in the forest, and he hadn’t looked carefully at what was left in the storage shed. Regret immediately welled up

inside him.

As he spoke, Matthew started to head out. “I’ll go to the chief-”

Zachary quickly reached out and grabbed his arm. “We still have food at home.”

Matthew frowned. “Aren’t you scared of this stuff?”

“It’s already cut into chunks of meat, so it’s okay.” Zachary closed the lid. “Otherwise, how could I have cooked it?”

He knew his acting was terrible. It could even be called clumsy, so he wanted to skip over the topic. “Heat up the food first. Try it and see how it tastes.”

At home, they usually used a stone pot for soup. Right now, there was still a full pot of soup inside, and it was very heavy to move.

Matthew pressed down Zachary’s hand, which had already reached halfway out. He bent down, picked up the pot, and placed it on the stove built from stone. Then he added firewood to the flames.

Zachary sat close to Matthew, hugging his arm with one hand and playing with his fingers with the other. He also rested his head on Matthew’s shoulder.

The cave was very quiet.

The firelight cast a shadow along Matthew’s high nose bridge. His already striking features looked even more handsome and captivating.

Zachary couldn’t help kissing him.

“Why don’t we steam half of those three big eggs and save the other half for omelets tomorrow?”

“Mm.” Matthew tilted his head. His lips brushed past Zachary slashes before landing on the tip of his nose. “Just make some for yourself. Jaden and I can eat something else.”

Zachary said, “The snow is really heavy. Can you not go out tomorrow?”

Matthew took his hand in return. “I’ll stay around the tribe. It won’t be dangerous.”

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Ever since Zachary had gotten very upset over his injuries, Matthew had rarely taken risks. Even when he hunted alone, he wouldn’t go very far. He could almost always come back that same night.

Zachary straightened up. “There’s still a lot of snake meat at home, plus yellow sweet potatoes, dried mushrooms… It’s enough for us to eat.”

He blinked his pretty eyes. “Just stay home.”

Matthew knew he was easy to sway, so he looked away and said gently, “I’ll come back early.”

“It’s a blizzard outside!” Zachary instantly put away the gentle look from earlier. “You’re not allowed to go.”

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Matthew opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

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Zachary immediately turned his face away and even put his back to him. The silver–gray hair at the back of his head trembled slightly. It was very obvious that its owner was upset.

Matthew reached around Zachary’s waist, then licked and nipped at his earlobe. “Don’t be mad. I’ll stay with you.”

“Really?” Zachary asked in a muffled voice.

“Mm, really.” Matthew pressed his warm hand against Zachary’s soft, tender stomach. It was like kneading a piece of bouncy jelly. He rubbed, squeezed, and even pressed downward lightly.

Zachary’s body trembled, and he quickly grabbed Matthew’s hand “Behave yourself.”

“I can go as far as—” Matthew stopped halfway through and suddenly laughed softly.

Zachary blushed. He twisted left and right, trying to break free from the arm around his waist and stand up.

The soup in the stone pot began to bubble, and the food warming in the turtle–shell pot was ready too.

Matthew carried the food to the table. “Time to eat.”

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