But... chimpanzees are social animals!
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Tang Mo really didn’t want to make enemies of them and stir up trouble.
She still had to find people in the rainforest; being surrounded by enemies was not a good omen.
Tang Mo’s successful dodge enraged the chimpanzee even more. It pounded the ground with its long arms, making the earth BOOM and sending a shower of fruit clattering down from the nearby trees. The scene was quite terrifying.
The long arms swung at Tang Mo again, but this time, before she could even move, the little chimp leaped off its father’s back and jumped right onto her.
It wrapped its arms tightly around Tang Mo, then turned its head to the big chimpanzee and said, "No, no."
Then it looked at Tang Mo and held up the empty milk carton.
"Mi... lk."
This human had such a delicious drink; Xiao Hua couldn’t bear to let her papa pummel the woman into paste with a single punch.
"Xiao Hua... want... drink... milk."
The little chimp looked at its father—who was so worried he was baring his teeth—and spoke word by word in a babyish voice.
Seeing its little treasure acting like this, the big chimpanzee’s fiery anger was instantly extinguished.
It extended two fingers, picked up the milk carton, and brought it before its eyes, examining it cautiously.
It was afraid the human had poisoned Xiao Hua.
But even if chimpanzees were the most intelligent of all mutant beasts, they had never been to school, after all. There was no way it could read.
So, after looking and looking, it couldn’t make any sense of it.
It could only toss the milk carton aside and continue roaring at Tang Mo.
"Give Xiao Hua the milk."
"I have a few friends who wandered in here by mistake a few days ago. I just heard from Xiao Hua that they were taken by someone. I hope you can tell me about their situation."
Since the other party wanted something from her, Tang Mo naturally began to bargain.
She had sized up the chimpanzee’s power. If they fought head-on, she would most likely be toast, but she was confident she could escape if she needed to.
Hearing Tang Mo’s words, the big chimpanzee thought for a moment, and its already unpleasant face turned even uglier.
"We didn’t take them. Now give me the milk."
"Then I’ll have to trouble you to tell me what you know about them."
Tang Mo could tell the chimpanzee had only told her half the story and was holding something back.
’It seems Qin Ling’s group has definitely run into trouble. I have to rescue them as soon as possible.’
"You’re in no position to negotiate."
The big chimpanzee was no dumb brute.
In an instant, dozens of huge, black, furry heads popped up from the fruit grove around Tang Mo.
The big chimp’s ground-pounding earlier had clearly summoned its companions.
Tang Mo calmly scanned her surroundings.
And came to a conclusion:
OK. No way out.