Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 366 - 365: Disingenuous
’I never thought a male as endearingly dense and slow on the uptake as Xu Chi could be such a rambler.’
’All his thoughts were about being affectionate with her. No wonder it made Little Hong blush like an apple. Shameless...’
Si Shuo pinched his cheek and pulled him toward the room. "Come on, let’s go inside and talk for a bit."
She turned her head to look at Little Hong, who was covering its eyes with its chubby paws but peeking at them through the gaps in its fingers. Smiling, she playfully wagged a finger at the little one from a distance. "No eavesdropping, or I’m telling your father on you!"
Little Hong froze. ’How could Mother do this? I don’t even have to think about it, Father will definitely take her side. The two of them ganging up on their own cub—real mature of them.’
"I’m not listening! I’m not! It’s just that Uncle Xu Chi was too excited before, it was like he was shouting right in my ear. Now that he’s calmed down, his voice won’t be pouring into my ears anymore."
Si Shuo still wasn’t reassured. After pulling Xu Chi inside, the two of them went into the valley.
The moment their feet touched the ground, Xu Chi swept her up into a princess carry. With a single leap, he flew into his bedroom.
"A shuo, I’m back," he said, nuzzling her nose. "I missed you so much..." ’I stockpiled so much pork, mutton, and beef for A shuo. I even found a freshwater lake on a mountaintop, full of river fish...’
His thoughts buzzed in Si Shuo’s ears. She chuckled and gave him a kiss. "I missed you too, Xu Chi. I missed you the moment you left. And your cooking is delicious!"
Xu Chi couldn’t help but laugh. "As long as A shuo likes it, that’s all that matters." ’Father always said that hard work never goes to waste... The way to a little female’s heart is through her stomach. Now, she’ll think of me every time she eats...’
Si Shuo choked and coughed a few times. ’What in the world? Is Xu Chi’s inner life really this complex? I know that saying. It’s a real saying in my world.’
’But hearing it from him now, it somehow had a different flavor. It was like... ringing a bell to feed a dog. Was he trying to condition me to instinctively think of him every time I ate?!!’
"How did you choke on your own spit?" Xu Chi patted her back helplessly. ’Little females are so fragile. They really can’t be left without a male. She wasn’t even drinking water and she still managed to choke...’
’He might as well just call me stupid!’ Si Shuo thought. ’I never realized Xu Chi was such a silent critic. He really has a lot going on in his head.’
Si Shuo pushed him away a bit, sat up cross-legged, and asked with a light laugh, "Xu Chi, how about we play a question-and-answer game?"
"Alright," Xu Chi said. He paused for a moment before smiling and nodding. ’No, not alright. I rushed all the way back here just to kiss and hug my little female. This is the second time A shuo has pushed me away...’
’He’s saying one thing and thinking another!’ Si Shuo pinched her own hand. ’So all those times Xu Chi went quiet... did that mean he was inwardly resisting while just pretending to go along with me?’
"You don’t seem too happy about it, Xu Chi. Why is that?" Si Shuo decided to just flop back into his embrace, tilting his chin up with her fingers.
Xu Chi’s gaze darkened slightly as he looked at her. "It’s not that. If A shuo wants to play, I’ll play with you. Go on, ask away. What do you want to know?"
’I’m happy doing anything with my little female, I just want to get closer... My little female smells so good~~, I could just eat her up. My whole body wants her...’
’Aaaah!’ Si Shuo wanted to cover her ears. ’If she hadn’t just confirmed this was Xu Chi, she would have sworn it was Xiao Cheng in disguise.’
"I want to know just how much you like me, Xu Chi," Si Shuo said, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Very much. I only like you!" Xu Chi replied without hesitation. ’If the Sumeru Space could hold living things, I’d hide my little female inside it...’
Si Shuo couldn’t help but laugh, burying her face in his neck. ’This... isn’t he just a total creep?’
’I can’t take it anymore! I’m going to devour my little female first and think later!’ Before Si Shuo could even process the thought, Xu Chi pounced on her...
Although she had only borrowed the Mind Reading Technique from Little Hong for fifteen minutes, Xu Chi had astutely gone straight to Gong You and asked for a tenfold Time Array.
In other words, Si Shuo had the Mind Reading Technique for a total of two hours and fifteen minutes. As a result, Xu Chi—who was normally dead silent during their intimate moments, expressing himself only through his breathing—was now giving a running commentary the entire time. It was unbelievably stimulating!
When she woke up, Si Shuo was delighted by the rare sight of Xu Chi there. She couldn’t help but snuggle contentedly against him in his arms, nuzzling him again and again.
Outside the cave, it was pitch black. Gong You had also come over and had lit a bright lamp in the main hall. The cubs had already woken from a nap and were now busy with their heads down, eating their food.
Little Ye and Youyou ate distractedly, glancing over their shoulders from time to time. ’Father is going too far,’ they thought. ’Does he even remember he has two cubs? He comes home and just clings to his little female. Couldn’t he spare us even a single look?’
Now that he was home, Xu Chi’s nerves, which had been on edge for over ten days, finally relaxed. His entire demeanor radiated a lazy contentment.
However, he couldn’t stay for long. The main hunting party was still on the road, and they only got a four-Beast-Hour rest period every other day.
With Yin Jiang covering for him, Xu Chi was able to return for just over two Beast Hours. Within Gong You’s tenfold Time Law, however, that translated to over twenty Beast Hours—more than enough time for him to recover his strength and absorb some Crystal Stones to return to peak condition.
After spending an entire day at home with his little female and the cubs, Xu Chi was reluctantly sent back by Si Shuo.
Yin Jiang was setting up a Protective Shield when he felt a ripple of Spiritual Power. His eyes snapped open, a smile gracing his lips as he saw his little female materialize before him. Naturally, the male standing beside her was nothing more than a background prop in his eyes.
"Shuo’er," he said, standing and pulling her into a tight hug, wishing he could fuse her into his very being. ’I knew it! My little female came to see me! I’ve missed her so much...’
Si Shuo smiled, her lips pressed together, as a pair of cubs with flapping wings popped out from behind her!
Yin Jiang paused. ’Why did the cubs have to come along...?’
Little Hong huffed. "Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking, Father! We’re your very own cubs! You hatched us, you raised us, you cleaned up all our... ahem, you nurtured us! Don’t you miss us at all?"
"So I suppose only your female is actually yours, and my brother and I just belong to somebody else?"
Kunzi, unable to hear his father’s inner thoughts, joyfully landed on Yin Jiang’s shoulder and nuzzled his cheek. "Father!"
Amused, Yin Jiang pulled Little Hong onto his other shoulder. "I do miss you! I miss all of you!" ’How could I not miss them?’ he thought. ’They’re the cubs my little female gave me. It’s just, I’m still new at this father thing. I keep forgetting I have cubs.’
Si Shuo hugged Yin Jiang. "Next time the main party takes a break, come home to rest and recover. We’ll make something delicious for you."
Yin Jiang agreed, pulling a few eggs from his Storage Ring and giving two to each of them.
Si Shuo looked at the oval eggs. She recognized them—Snake Eggs! When she was pregnant with the Hunting Falcon Pups, she’d eaten her fair share of them behind Ji Liang’s and the two Snake Cubs’ backs. She liked them best soft-boiled.
The eggs Yin Jiang had given them were cooked to a perfect tenderness. As Si Shuo savored the fragrant Snake Egg, she couldn’t help but remember the time she had almost boiled and eaten her own Snake Cubs.
