Two months later.

Time in the middle realm had been completely soothing and enjoyable for the family. Qin Mo and Long Zhan had tactfully kept Lin Wan from knowing a single thing about what they and Weiwei had discussed in the kitchen that night.

Because of their silence, their daily life had been quite peaceful, warm, and full of quiet affection.

On this particular afternoon, Lin Wan was sitting down comfortably on a soft lounge chair in the yard, soaking in the warm, bright sun.

Long Zhan was sitting right next to her, holding a large wooden fruit platter. he picked up sweet, juicy pieces of fruit one at a time and fed them directly into her mouth.

Lin Wan chewed happily, her hand resting on her round belly. But suddenly, her eyes went wide. She felt a heavy wetness down below, realizing she was completely soaked up.

A split second later, the whole house went into total alert mode. The calm atmosphere vanished. The heavy footsteps of the men echoed across the wooden floorboards as they realized the truth. It was finally time to give birth.

Thankfully, Lanying had taken a full, intensive course from Weiwei on how to safely birth a child using advanced knowledge.

The process was anything but easy. Lin Wan lay on the bed, her fingers digging tightly into the sheets as she went through the agonizing pain of being stretched completely open. Sweat poured down her face, her breath coming in short, ragged gasps.

She felt it when two eggs slipped out of her. Immediately after the birth was over, Lin Wan raised her tired head just enough to look at the two pitch-black eggs.

They were beautiful, covered in intricate, glowing murals that moved under the light, she could barely keep her hands raised when sheer exhaustion claimed her, and she fell into a deep, heavy sleep.

The moment Lin Wan’s eyes closed and her breathing became even, the warm smiles on everyone’s faces vanished instantly.

The triplets, Xiao Jue Xiao Chen and, Xiao Rui were standing near the foot of the bed, gazing at their new little siblings with wide, curious eyes.

They kept poking the smooth black eggs with their chubby little paws, giggling softly. But behind them, the adults looked incredibly grave. The atmosphere in the room turned completely heavy.

Long Zhan stepped forward, his eyebrows furrowed in deep worry as he stared at the nest. "Weiwei... how are there only two?"

Qin Mo’s face was also completely pale as he looked away from his sleeping wife. "Isn’t it usually seven to ten eggs per birth for serpent bloodlines? That is the standard count even for the lowest-grade beast females in the city. But my Wanwan is a high-grade female with incredible energy. How come it is only two eggs? Are you sure the others are not still trapped inside Wanwan’s belly?"

"Of course I am sure," Weiwei’s voice sounded in their minds, her small black cat form hopping onto the table. "My scans are completely clear. Her womb is empty and healing perfectly."

"Then what is the meaning of this?" Long Zhan asked, his voice low and tight. "Did something happen to the other cubs during the pregnancy?"

It was then that Weiwei explained the shocking truth to them. "The hatchlings inside her belly took care of that matter already. Because their potential was too high, they realized that if so many of them were born together, they would eventually have to fight and kill each other as it’s their heritage So, while they were still developing inside the womb, they started to absorb each other."

Qin Mo’s emerald eyes trembled. "Absorb each other?"

"Yes," Weiwei said, her voice full of a strange pride. "The last ones standing are always the absolute strongest. That is why you only see two eggs today. These two eggs possess the combined power, essence, and life force of ten hatchlings each! Ah! I am so incredibly proud of my lady. Her body created monsters."

Hearing that his children were such terrifyingly powerful entities, Long Zhan couldn’t help but turn his head and give Qin Mo a deeply jealous look. His dragon pride felt a bit stung that the serpent’s kids were already showing such dominating traits.

After seeing and confirming that there was absolutely nothing wrong with Lin Wan’s health, Lanying left the room to go take care of her own plump, heavy babies who were crying in the other room.

Meanwhile, Qin Mo brought in a basin of warm water and a soft cloth, carefully wiping Lin Wan’s body down to clean away the sweat and make her comfortable.

With the delivery completed, Lin Wan officially faced her three months of confinement care period. In the beast world, a newly delivered mother needed absolute rest to rebuild her source energy.

During these months, her primary day-to-day task was simply to look at the two black eggs.

The problem was, the eggs refused to hatch. Even after Qin Mo spent days coiled around them, trying to manually incubate them with his own body heat, nothing happened.

In the end, Weiwei had to build a special, high-tech glass incubator powered by crystal energy and place the eggs safely inside.

"Don’t worry, host," Weiwei had lied smoothly to Lin Wan, keeping her completely in the dark. "The eggs are just slowly digesting the massive amounts of energy they absorbed during development. They will naturally crack open on their own when they are fully done."

Lin Wan believed her, having no idea about the brutal story of the hatchlings absorbing their own siblings in the womb.

Taking care of Lin Wan during this care period became the main priority of the entire household. The family did everything they could to ensure she didn’t lift a single finger.

Once in a while, the triplets would run into the main bedroom, their eyes bright as they tried to climb onto the bed to play with their mother. But Lanying would always appear at the door like a hawk, her hands on her hips as she grabbed the boys by their collars. "No disturbing your mother today! She needs her rest. Come along, let’s go practice in the yard."

Because of Lanying’s strict rules, it was mainly Qin Mo and Long Zhan who took care of Lin Wan’s every single need. They took turns staying by her side, brushing her hair, rubbing her feet, and making sure the room was never too hot or too cold.

Every few days, Long Zhan or Qin Mo would go out into the outside world with Lanying to hunt for rare treasures or food. Whenever the cubs came back from a long haul in the forest, their arms would be full of strange things. They would run straight to Lin Wan’s bedside, dumping their findings onto the blankets to show her.

"Look, Mum! I found a shiny blue stone near the river!" Xiao Jue shouted, holding up a crystal.

"And I found a giant red flower that smells like honey!" Xiao Rui chimed in, his little tail wagging rapidly, while Xiao Chen stood in the back nodding happily.

Lin Wan would laugh softly, her heart feeling incredibly warm as she patted their soft heads, praising them for being such good, brave boys.

The males also spent hours in the kitchen cooking highly nourishing, special foods for her. They would stew rare herbs with premium meat until the bones literally melted into the broth, just to help her body recover its strength.

However, there were minor problem during this care period. One afternoon, the triplets suddenly decided they had a massive craving to eat extra spicy chicken.

Qin Mo wanting to please the boys, made a giant platter of diced chicken covered in bright red chilies and sizzling oil. The spicy, mouth-watering aroma completely drifted through the entire house, making everyone’s throat tickle.

Because Lin Wan had just given birth, her body was still recovering, and Weiwei had strictly forbidden her from eating anything heavy, oily, or spicy.

Her diet was completely restricted to bland, clear medicinal soups.

When the family sat down near her bed to eat, Lin Wan’s eyes locked onto the bright red platter of spicy chicken.

The meat looked so crispy, juicy, and perfect. She sat on her pillows, her hand holding her bowl of clear, tasteless broth, and silently swallowed her saliva as she watched the others eat.

It wasn’t really tasteless but still it can’t be compared to spicy chicken.

Xiao Chen noticing his mother’s intense gaze, picked up a piece of chicken with his small fingers and held it out toward her. "Mum eat?"

Before Lin Wan could even reach out, Qin Mo swiftly caught the boy’s wrist with a stern look. "Your mother cannot eat this right now, little one. It will hurt her stomach."

Lin Wan pouted slightly, looking incredibly pitiful as she swallowed her saliva one more time. "Just one tiny piece wouldn’t hurt..."

"No, Wanwan," Long Zhan said, though his voice was full of gentle amusement as he handed her a piece of sweet melon instead. "Be good. When the three months are over, I will cook an entire mountain of spicy chicken just for you."

It was a deeply heartwarming, silly moment that made the bedroom full of soft laughter, easing the underlying tension that the males were carrying in their hearts.

As the days flew by, the time was drawing closer and closer for the males to leave the house.

On the very last day of her confinement care period, Weiwei entered in the bedroom to give Lin Wan a full, comprehensive health checkup to make sure her spirit core and body had no remaining problems.

What no one in the house knew was that Weiwei had a hidden agenda. While the medical scanners were humming over Lin Wan’s body, Weiwei quietly accessed the backend system controls.