Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 339 - 338: A Night Owl

The live prey Yin Jiang hunted was delivered directly to the valley by Tuanzi.

For this reason, Yin Jiang even dragged Gong You back with him to dig a few more caves next to their own. These were specifically for raising the live animals and storing various types of fodder!

Seeing him so busy that he was reluctant to come back even at night, Si Shuo couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy. She poked her belly. "The cubs are being too picky, aren’t they? Look how busy they’re keeping your Father.

When I was pregnant with the Horned Deer, Iron eating Beast, and Snow Leopard cubs, I don’t remember them being this picky."

She glanced at the Snake Cubs lying off to the side and whispered in Zhi Le’s ear.

’What sorts of things did I have to eat just to have these Snake Cubs...’

Zhi Le smiled and said, "The cubs with better aptitude and higher talent tend to show how high-maintenance they are early on, even in their Mother’s womb.

Our kitty probably likes fruit, which is what the Horned Deer Cubs enjoy. As for the Iron eating Beast Cub, as long as it’s tasty, it isn’t fixated on bamboo—you ate quite a few bamboo rats during that time.

The Snow Leopard Cub’s tastes are similar to our kitty’s, so it’s not as noticeable."

Si Shuo nodded. That explanation made sense. The Snake Cubs were cold-blooded beasts, and the Hunting Falcon Pup was a Flying Beast, so it was perfectly normal for their habits and dietary preferences to be different from the others.

She slept a lot during the day, so by night, she wasn’t the least bit sleepy.

She poked Zhi Le and whispered, "Big Cat, will you take me for a run on the prairie?" It had been too long since she had galloped across the grasslands on the back of a Snow Leopard.

In Guangshou City, everyone was constrained, but they were Beastmen, and freedom was in their bones.

Zhi Le’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He grunted his assent, and the two of them turned invisible. With a flutter from the rootless flower spirit, they landed gently on the grass.

As he transformed into a Snow Leopard, Zhi Qi also split off, holding the little female tightly.

Si Shuo pursed her lips and chuckled. "I’m not going to sleep, you don’t have to split off." ’A lone male and a lone female, out on the vast, open prairie at night... something is definitely about to happen.’

Remembering the experience from right after she gave birth to the Horned Deer Cub, she trembled slightly.

Zhi Qi held her, nuzzling her neck, and whispered, "But I want to do something to my kitty."

Si Shuo bit her lip. ’Is it what I think it is?’ She’d heard of getting it on in all sorts of places, but she never imagined that after coming to the Beast World Continent, there would be no ’most thrilling,’ only ’more thrilling’!

Sensing the little female’s shyness and fear, Zhi Qi let out a low chuckle. He gripped her waist with a bit of force, turning her to face him.

Si Shuo watched the moon all night. It was as if it were submerged in water, rippling wave after wave. The strong winds alone blew in three separate gusts...

「The next morning」 Si Shuo had only just fallen asleep when the sound of fluttering came from outside the cave. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

The males exchanged a look. Xiao Cheng’s lips curled slightly as he transformed into his half-beast Snowy Owl form and rubbed some of Brother Xue’s scent on himself. "Brothers, keep the cubs hidden. I’ll watch over Sister and Yuanyuan."

He gently nuzzled Si Shuo and, seeing she was sleeping soundly, left the bedroom. He walked to the cave entrance and looked coolly at the male and female Beastman duo.

"Who are you? Where’s my Second Brother?" the male asked, frowning as he peered into the cave.

"He’s out hunting for his female. Is there something you need?" Xiao Cheng leaned against the stone wall, admiring his sharp talons and making a couple of gestures in the air.

"I’m Wei Ling, my Father’s second son. My sister-in-law should be here, right?" Wei Ling watched Xiao Cheng warily. "This is my Mother, the Female Saint Yun Mei. My Mother was busy and not at home the other day, so my sister-in-law didn’t get to meet her.

My Second Brother treasures his sister-in-law so much that he’s only brought her to my family’s home once. So, my Mother had me bring her over to see my sister-in-law and nephew."

As he spoke, he held up a string of writhing field mice. "A snack for my little nephew."

"She’s sleeping. My little female is a Cat Beastman, a real night owl, so she’s sleepy during the day. If you want to wait, you can wait until she wakes up," Xiao Cheng said with a shrug.

"She doesn’t even go out to hunt, so what’s the point of being a night owl?" The woman beside him, Yun Mei, was displeased. She snorted coldly. "I see. You just don’t have any respect for me, your Third Aunt, do you?"

"You must be joking, ma’am. We don’t even know who you are, so why would we ’have respect’ for you? This is the first time you’ve ever shown up, isn’t it?

How ridiculous, showing up first thing in the morning looking for a scolding? My little female sleeps whenever she wants to sleep. Aren’t you overstepping your bounds?

What, is it because your own son can’t find a female that you’ve come to bully your nephew’s female and throw your weight around like a mother-in-law?

Tsk tsk tsk, I wonder what female would dare to be with your son in the future..." Xiao Cheng was never polite with outsiders.

The caves in this area were clustered closely together, and bird-type Beastmen were natural gossips. One by one, they began craning their necks out of their cave entrances.

Yun Mei was both furious and embarrassed. She bit out each word, "Fine. We’ll wait here until she wakes up!"

’We’ll just see if that little female can sleep with a clear conscience.’

Xiao Cheng nodded. "Suit yourself."

With these two Gate Gods standing guard outside, the Beast Husbands and cubs inside had to stay invisible and eat within a Protective Shield.

Gong You applied the Time Law. One Beast Hour, or two hours, passed outside, while less than a quarter of an hour went by inside the Array.

The wait was long. At first, the two Beastmen stubbornly held their ground, but after less than half a Beast Hour, they were getting restless.

Yun Mei’s eyes darted around. She decided to simply sit down at the entrance and start chatting with a female from a neighboring cave who had stayed home.

"Sister, have you stockpiled enough supplies for winter this year? Look, the sky’s getting overcast. It’ll probably snow in three to five days..."

"What’s ’enough’ and ’not enough’? In winter, everyone’s cooped up at home not moving around much. We eat one or two meals a day, and the food has to last for six months..."

"Sigh, I’m already worried. We have two new cubs at home, and they’re at that age where they eat a ton and grow fast..."

Yun Mei just had to get the ball rolling, and soon everyone was engaged in a lively chat.

The CHIRPING and CHATTERING gave Xiao Cheng a headache, but Zhi Le, holding Si Shuo, had set up a Protective Shield that completely blocked out the noise.

After they finished discussing winter supplies, a topic everyone could relate to, Yun Mei shifted the conversation to how she painstakingly cared for her blind mother-in-law.

Beastmen also loved local gossip, especially in this kind of weather when the females were stuck in their caves with nothing to do. Listening to something new gave them something to talk about.

Everyone started complimenting Yun Mei on her kindness, saying that an old female of her mother-in-law’s age shouldn’t have been brought back home if she already had males providing for her. Even if she didn’t have males to support her, sending her to the female cave and just visiting her often with food would have been acceptable, and no one would have said a thing.

Yun Mei smiled. "Sigh, I just feel that while a Beastman’s life seems long, we go through so much. How many males truly stay with a female for their entire life?

Most females, once they can no longer bear children and have grown old, find that their Beast Husbands have all gone to report to the Beast God. They can only go to the female cave and wait for the tribe’s pity.

I support my mother-in-law because I know it wasn’t easy for her to raise my Wei Cang and his brothers, but more importantly, I want to set an example for the younger generation... I watched Yin Jiang grow up, and now that he has his little female, I haven’t even had the chance to meet her yet.

It’s just such bad timing. Ling’er and I brought food to visit her, and she’s still asleep..."