A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 484

Coy's IQ was relatively high compared to most kids. After James explained everything in detail, he understood and nodded knowingly. A scene of him fighting against crocodile began to play in his imagination. 'Wow! It's so exciting.'

In the evening, before they went to bed, James assigned bodyguards to guard them from outside.

During the middle of the night, Coy was awakened. He looked at James and saw him sleeping soundly. He then quietly got up and crawled towards the entrance of the tent.

Shortly afterwards, he peered outside.

There were four men guarding the tent. One of them noticed Coy and flashed him a smile.

Out of curiosity, Coy looked around. Moments later, his eyes lit up when saw something in the distance.

The bodyguard followed his gaze and saw an antelope beyond some shrubberies not far away. This animal wasn't aggressive, and it harbored no ill intention towards them, so it didn't approach their tent.

"Wow, it's so cute!" Coy remarked.

There was a faint noise coming from behind him, but he didn't pay attention to it. The following moment, a larger head popped over his little head.

"What are you looking at?"

"It's an antelope, Daddy," said Coy.

"Why are you not asleep and instead looking at an antelope in the middle of the night?"

"Because it's cute!"

Sadly, the antelope went on its way before it overstayed its welcome.

Coy yawned and decided to lay back down. And within a minute, he fell into slumber.

James was at loss for words. His son was capable of falling asleep whenever he wanted.

The next morning, after they ate breakfast, James folded the tent and continued his stroll with Coy. Today, they were following a pride of lions. Along the way, they also ran into some leopards and cheetahs nearby.

When Coy locked eyes with a fierce lion, he was frightened to his core. As he broke into cold sweat, he called out to his father in a trembling voice.

"Don't run, and don't look into its eyes. Just follow me and we'll be on our way," said James. It was useless to pretend to be dead before a lion. The best way to escape was to let the beast feel that they harbored no malice towards it and gradually get out of its line of sight.

Coy held onto his father's hand as tight as he could, following him back unhurriedly. Then, they changed the direction and slowly disappeared from the lion's sight.

On their third day in the African prairie, Coy saw a helicopter in the sky. "Daddy, what are they doing?"

Without raising his head, James answered, "They're volunteers and local rangers. They're riding the helicopter to patrol the prairie and watch out for poachers."

"Poachers?"

"Yes." James looked into the boy's eyes. "Around thirty thousand elephants are slaughtered every year, which means that one elephant is being hunted every fifteen minutes. And so, those people are doing their best to protect the animals." The reason Ethan came here every year was to volunteer as a ranger.

"Why do they kill elephants?"

"They poach elephants for their ivory tusks, and those could be sold for a high price," James explained.

"I see." It was natural for a small child like Coy to be filled with curiosity. "Can ivory tusks be eaten?"

"Nope."

"So, how come people buy them?"

asked Coy. Since his son was so insistent on getting to the bottom of this matter, James patiently explained everything to him in detail.

On the fourth day, he took Coy to see the tamed lions. At long last, he finally got close to the African lions. He pointed at a docile lion, looking quite excited. "Daddy! It's a lion!"

They had been seeing lions for the past few days, but nonetheless, Coy was always so excited to see them. Obviously, the boy was truly fond of lions.

"Go on, touch it if you're brave enough," said James.

"Can I?" Coy asked cautiously.

"Of course, you can! The lions here are good friends with humans. There's no reason for you to be afraid!"

Before long, James was taking photos and videos of Coy playing with the lion and sent them to Maria.

About an hour later, Maria saw the photos and videos he had sent. She could see that Coy was so happy playing with the lion.