Dinner - 164

As the deer walked towards Zhou Fan while moving its head, the chicken and the fox finally noticed them.

Despite the new people, the chicken and the fox were too attracted by the music to pay them any attention.

The deer and the butterfly on its head were the same, ignoring the fox and the chickens presence.

Once she had come within ten feet of Zhou Fan and the harp, the deer curled up its legs and layed on the ground while listening. The butterfly remained on its head.

As the deer and the butterfly listened more and more, they seemed to be gaining intelligence faster. Zhou Fan could only guess that the song was clearing their minds and speeding up the intelligence-giving process as a result.

Instead of almost an entire day, the deer and the butterfly's eyes cleared up within an hour. Still, they simply sat and listened to the music.

Not long after, what seemed like moving dirt made its way towards the harp. As the dirt reached within ten feet of Zhou Fan, it stopped moving. Then, a head popped out of the dirt pile. The mole left its lower body below the ground while its head moved to the rhythm of the song. It too gained intelligence within an hour.

By that time, Zhou Fan was ready to stop for the day. He soon struck the last note of the song and stopped moving his fingers.

After a minute, the animals around him left their trance.

"Wow, that was really good!" The deer said, speaking her first words.

"I agree!" The high pitched voice of the small butterfly said.

"Same." Said the deep voice of the mole that gave the illusion it was bigger than it actually was.

"It was okay." Said the fox.

"I think it was absolutely enthralling." Said the chicken.

Although Zhou Fan wasn't much for flattery, he couldn't help but enjoy hearing the chickens' words.

"Thank you all. Would you three like to stay for dinner?" Zhou Fan asked while looking at the newcomers.

"Sure!"

"Sure!"

"Sure."

The three newcomers spoke at the same time. Zhou Fan walked through the path that led towards the waterfall with the 5 animals following behind him.

"Here is some water. I will go prepare some food for each of you." Zhou Fan said before walking back through the path and heading to his main house. Although he could have instantly brought it over, he wanted to let them get to know each other.

While he was gone, the five animals started speaking to each other.

"My name is chicken. You all can call me Big Brother Chicken." The chicken said proudly.

"Ok big brother chicken." The deer and the butterfly said in unison. The mole simply nodded.

"My name is fox. You all can call me Miss Fox." The fox said arrogantly.

"Yes miss fox!" The deer and the butterfly said in unison. Once again, the mole merely nodded.

"We don't have names, do we make them ourselves?" The butterfly asked after realizing that they couldn't introduce themselves.

"Just ask brother Fan when he returns. I'm sure he has a name for all of you." The chicken said.

"That sounds good! Should we also call him brother Fan?" The deer asked.

"Just call him whatever you want. I'm sure he doesn't mind." The fox responded.

"What do you call him miss fox?" The butterfly asked.

"I just call him mister Fan." The fox said.

The deer and the butterfly thought about it for a while, but they eventually spoke. "I think Brother Fan sounds good." The deer said, speaking for both of them.

After some chatting, Zhou Fan returned with two plates. One was full with meats, while the other was filled with plants. Naturally, Zhou Fan had avoided using the meats of certain animals such as chicken or deer.

"Here you go. Try some of both." Zhou Fan said.

Although butterflies weren't usually meat eaters, these animals were different. They had yet to choose between meat and plants, or both. It wasn't in their genes like it was in most animals.

As the butterfly came up to try the meat, Zhou Fan cut it into tiny pieces so that she could fit it in her mouth.

Before she took a bite, she asked Zhou Fan a question. "What's my name?"

Zhou Fan thought for a second before he answered. "Your name is butterfly."

The butterfly nodded happily and ate the meat bits.

The other animals also came up, with the mole and the deer asking for their names. "Your name is deer, and your name is mole." He had said.

After a couple minutes, the animals had eaten their fill. Surprisingly, every single one of the animals liked both meat and plants. He didn't know why some animals on earth had evolved to not like meat, but he assumed that it was because it was hard to get for them.

Before they left, Zhou Fan grabbed the chicken and forcefully cleaned it with the water. It struggled for a while until it realized that it was hopeless. If Zhou Fan hadn't strengthened the space, it would have been shattered from his resistance.

Afterwards, he grabbed the fox, who hissed at him, and forcefully gave her a bath as well. She struggled much less, but the brief anger on her face showed how mad she was.

Sensing their impending doom, the butterfly, the deer, and the mole started to run away. Sadly, Zhou Fan caught them all and dragged them back. He first gave a bath to the deer, who accepted her fate.

Next, he cleaned the mole. It was by far the dirtiest since he had been digging underground before. He too accepted his fate and got cleaned.

As for the butterfly, Zhou Fan simply gave her a couple drops of water since she wasn't dirty at all. He only did it to be fair.

By the time he was finished, there were 5 wet and upset animals glaring at him.