Oh no! I've been kept as a pet by a stray killer whale!

Toy?

Playing with prayer beads?

I'm starving, do you think I'm looking for toys?

Are you suggesting I polish this rotten piece of wood covered in barnacles? Wouldn't that rub the bark raw?

"Big brother..."

Jiang Che was both amused and exasperated when his stomach growled again.

He looked at the expectant little whimper, sighed helplessly, pointed to his stomach, and said weakly:

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want it."

"I'm hungry. I want to eat. Fish, you know? Meat!"

However, it is clear that a huge gap still exists in cross-species communication.

In Yingyingguai's view, Jiang Che's lack of immediate interest in playing with the piece of wood, and his subsequent expression of "disdain," was clearly because...

"Oh? You're still embarrassed?"

The whiny girl tilted her head, her inner thoughts filled with mockery:

"Stop pretending! I saw you drooling over the seaweed just now. Isn't this piece of wood more fun than seaweed? Here, take it! It's yours!"

It even patted the water with its tail and pushed the log closer to Jiang Che's feet.

Jiang Che broke down.

This isn't giving a gift; it's blatantly pushing junk!

The stench hit him right in the head, making his already empty stomach churn violently.

"I'm not playing! And I'm not eating wood!"

Jiang Che finally lost his patience.

Hunger made him irritable. He bent down and used all his strength to lift the heavy, rotten log.

"Get out of here!"

He roared and, in a discus-throwing motion, hurled the log back into the sea.

Pfft!

Water splashed everywhere.

After throwing it away, Jiang Che rested his hands on his knees, panting heavily, feeling a sense of peace in the world.

He waved his hand: "Stop giving me this nonsense, hurry up and go, don't keep me from finding something to eat."

however.

He was very wrong.

If what happened before was merely a "gift being rejected," the current situation, in the eyes of the orca, has completely changed.

The moment that piece of wood fell into the water.

The little sea sprite's eyes lit up instantly!

It was a light that was frighteningly bright even under the midday sun!

Holy crap!!!

A scream filled with surprise exploded in Jiang Che's mind:

"A catch-the-ball game?!"

"He actually wants to play catch with me!!!"

"Wow! This pet is so smart! I just gave him the toy, and he knew to throw it back for me to fetch! What kind of amazing teamwork is this!"

Before Jiang Che could even react to what this thought meant...

Whoosh—!

The whimpering monster, which was originally dozens of meters away, was like a torpedo that had been launched, and it started moving instantly!

Its speed was astonishing, leaving a white afterimage in the water.

Less than three seconds.

It rushed to where the log had fallen into the water, opened its mouth wide, and bit down on the rotten log.

Immediately afterwards, with an extremely smooth turn, it accelerated and swam back.

"Here it comes! I got it!"

"puff!"

Another muffled sound.

The rotten log that had just been thrown out, now laden with seawater and saliva, once again landed precisely on Jiang Che's foot.

"Ouch!"

Jiang Che cried out in pain and jumped up, clutching his foot.

He looked down at the "ill-fated relationship" that had returned, and was completely dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, in the sea, the whimpering monster had most of its body upright on the surface of the water, its mouth wide open and its tail wagging like a propeller.

"Quick! Throw it again! Throw it farther!"

"That was too close! Not challenging enough! Throw it into deeper water! Hurry up!"

Jiang Che: "..."

He looked into those big, clear, foolish eyes and felt his blood pressure soaring.

"I...I'm not playing with you..."

Jiang Che tried to explain, but the other party had obviously entered "game mode" and automatically blocked out all noise.

The viewers in the live stream were completely speechless with laughter.

[Hahaha! Help! I never expected this plot twist!]

[Anchor: I'm so hungry I want to eat people. Orca: Come on, let's play drop the handkerchief!]

Is this orca a reincarnation of a husky? What's with this familiar "you toss me, I fetch me" vibe?

[Anchor: I don't eat wood! Orca: I know, it's a frisbee! Throw it!]

[This is hilarious! Who's the pet here? The streamer is just passively playing along!]

[Orca: This two-legged creature is so much fun! It even throws toys back at us. There aren't many pets these interactive anymore.]

[The poor anchor, already bored, is now forced to accompany the prince in his studies.]

At this moment, the commotion also alerted several other orcas that were sunbathing not far away.

Big Fatty and Grandma swam over to watch this "human-whale interaction".

Seeing how much fun the whiny girl was having, Big Fatty smiled with the satisfaction of a loving father.

"Oh dear, young people are so energetic. This little pet was so listless when I was scrubbing it, but it's really energetic playing games now."

"It seems he's not hungry. Since he has the energy to play, let him play with the third child a little longer; it's good for his physical and mental health."

Upon hearing this heartfelt sentiment, Jiang Che nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

I'm not hungry?

I'm starving!

He really didn't want to play, but looking at the whiny girl's "I'll keep watching you until you throw it" attitude, and that rotten log that kept pushing him into the sea...

Jiang Che knew that if he didn't throw it away, this guy might just climb ashore and stuff the wood into his mouth.

"Fine...you're ruthless."

Jiang Che gritted his teeth.

Since you want to play, I'll throw it far away! So you won't be able to retrieve it!

Anger transformed into power.

Jiang Che took a deep breath and picked up the rotten log again. He took two running steps, using all his strength, pushing with his core—

Get the hell away from me!!!

whoosh-

The log spun in the air, flying more than twenty meters before landing on the outer edge of the deeper coral reef.

Jiang Che sat down on the ground after throwing it, thinking that things should finally quiet down now.

however.

"Wuhu—! It's so far! But it's so exciting!"

The whimpering monster let out a cheer and shot off like an arrow.

Five seconds later.

"Splat!"

The log fell in front of Jiang Che again.

"Again! Again! That pose was awesome! One more time!"

Jiang Che closed his eyes in despair and roared to the sky:

"What a tragedy—!!"

"Someone please save me! I just want to eat!!"

On this deserted island beach filled with joy, a human and a whale embark on an endless game full of misunderstandings, yet also extremely harmonious.

In the back-and-forth struggle, Jiang Che did not notice.

Big Fatty had been quietly observing from the side the whole time.

A thoughtful glint flashed in its seemingly simple-minded big eyes.

"That's not right..."

Big Fatty muttered to himself:

"The little guy's stomach was growling the whole time he was throwing the wood. And the way he looked at the wood, like he was looking at his father's killer?"

"Could it be... he wasn't just playing around? Was he really looking for food?"

As the head of the family, Da Pang's IQ was clearly a little bit higher than Yingyingguai's.

It recalled Jiang Che's movements as he turned over stones on the beach, and then looked at his shriveled belly.

"broken!"

Big Fatty slapped the water's surface hard:

"Silly child, you've misunderstood! The pet is hungry! It doesn't want to play with the wood!"

"He was so angry he threw things!"

Realizing this, Da Pang immediately switched into the role of "caretaker".

It glanced at the whining monster that was still foolishly picking up wood, and snorted in disgust.

"You can't count on someone who has no sense of right and wrong."