She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Chapter 235 Something's Wrong (Bonus Chapter for Ling Dang)

When Jiu Chen arrived with a multi-race orc resistance force, he was covered in dust and looked haggard.

His hurried steps seemed to carry a journey of worry and longing. He suddenly stopped in front of the tent, as if afraid of disturbing the people inside.

He carefully pushed open the tent door, and upon seeing the sleeping Ruan Xiyue, his steps involuntarily became lighter, as if each step carried endless tenderness.

His eyes were full of concern, and his tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly when he saw that Ruan Xiyue was safe and sound, as if a heavy stone had finally been lifted off his feet.

He gently sat down next to Ruan Xiyue's sleeping bag, and just as he reached out his hand, he quickly withdrew it as if afraid of disturbing her.

He silently traced her sleeping face with his eyes, his gaze filled with deep affection and longing, as if in this brief moment of gazing, he wanted to etch every detail of her into his heart.

That gentle gaze, like a ray of warm sunshine, softly fell on Ruan Xiyue's face, causing a faint blush to rise on her cheeks.

Ruan Xiyue felt a familiar presence beside her. She closed her eyes and softly called out, "Jiuchen?"

Jiu Chen responded softly, "Okay. You should sleep a little longer."

After saying that, Jiu Chen got up to leave.

As a result, Ruan Xiyue reached out and grabbed his animal skin coat tightly. This caused Jiu Chen to stumble, and he braced himself on Ruan Xiyue's sides, trying to avoid crushing her.

She wrapped her arms around the back of Jiu Chen's neck, opened her eyes, and pouted, "Kiss me."

Jiu Chen smiled helplessly, rested his elbows on the fur mat, and gently kissed her lips.

The kiss was brief yet tender, filled with deep affection.

A moment later, he gently pulled her arm off his neck and tucked it back into his sleeping bag, his tone tinged with reluctance: "It's cold outside. Get some rest, then go back with Long Ze and the others."

Ruan Xiyue pouted, a hint of grievance in her eyes: "Don't you miss me? Don't you want me to be with you?"

Jiu Chen's heart trembled slightly. He pulled her, sleeping bag and all, into his arms and spoke in a deep voice in her ear, filled with undisguised longing: "How could I not miss you? These past few days without you by my side, I have finally come to understand what it means to be lovesick to the bone."

His fingers gently stroked her cheek, his eyes tender and deep: "I want you to stay, I want you to be by my side. Even if you do nothing, I'll be happy as long as I can see you when I turn my head."

Ruan Xiyue was touched by his words and was about to respond when Jiu Chen sighed softly, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness and worry: "But you're about to give birth to a baby, my wife."

Ruan Xiyue then suddenly remembered that she was pregnant.

Since Duoduo started using the portable baby care device to help her conceive, she sometimes even forgets that she is pregnant!

Duoduo rolled its eyes in Ruan Xiyue's mind: [Honorable host, your due date is 18 to 28 days away.]

She pouted, reluctantly kissed Jiu Chen's angular jawline, and muttered softly, "Alright then."

Jiu Chen kissed Ruan Xiyue's cheek, pressed his chin against her face, and reported to her: "When Qin Ye, the beastman husband, took the beastmen back, he instructed all the beastmen not to leak any information about your presence here."

"But the guards sent by the Beast King are already very worried. They haven't seen you for days and are always loitering around our doorstep."

Ruan Xiyue sighed, "We can't drag this out any longer, it's so annoying! I can't even spend time with my beast husband properly! I don't know if these guards are here to protect me or to spy on me!"

Jiu Chen pinched Ruan Xiyue's little face: "With them here, the tribe is more secure."

"Qin Ye only encountered a few stray orcs on the road, not groups of them. Before I set off, there was no indication that the tribe was under attack."

"I don't know what exactly is going on."

Ruan Xiyue frowned; she felt something was off.

On her way to and from the Red Fox Tribe, she killed nearly two thousand wandering orcs.

In addition, there were more than a thousand wandering orcs that Longze and his men had surrounded and killed in the canyon.

In addition, there were the beastmen that Longze and his group encountered when they set off to face the beast tide. In total, they wiped out a maximum of four thousand wandering beastmen.

There are still over a thousand wandering orcs!

Raiding a tribe is not the same as attacking it!

If a thousand orcs wanted to raid and plunder the Lion Clan or the Cheetah Clan, it would be an easy task!

Why haven't they taken any action yet?

Ruan Xiyue was a little annoyed. These trivial matters always kept bothering her while she was enjoying her time with two women on either side!

Ruan Xiyue lightly bit Jiu Chen's chin, crawled out of her sleeping bag, and said with a hint of ruthlessness in her voice: "If we catch them, we'll kill them all!"

After Ruan Xiyue finished packing, she didn't wait for Long Ze and Jiu Chen to hand over the supplies, nor did she even glance at Qi Heng and Li Miao. She transformed into a round, iron-eating beast and ran off into the distance.

Long Ze frowned slightly, and Jiu Chen also felt something was amiss.

Qi Heng glanced at Long Ze and Jiu Chen, then at the fox-like beastmen in the surrounding ranks. He wanted to step forward and chase after Ruan Xiyue, but Long Ze stopped him: "You guys guard the four points, just hold them."

Li Miao, on the other hand, had no such concerns and transformed into a palm-sized treasure-hunting rat, darting towards the place where Ruan Xiyue had disappeared.

Ruan Xiyue asked Duoduo: "Have you spotted any stray beastmen around here?"

[Host, a few scattered individuals have been detected! They're still quite far away!]

Ruan Xiyue frowned: [This shouldn't be happening! Aren't they planning to ambush us? This is so strange!]

Ruan Xiyue completely ignored Li Miao, who was rapidly catching up behind her. She transformed back into human form, took out empowered wings from her storage bag, and flew straight into the sky.

She quickly circled the area and found only a few dozen or so wandering orcs, scattered around.

Ruan Xiyue pursed her lips and contacted Long Ze through her earring: "I'm going back to the tribe first. I feel a bit strange! After you've finished the handover, just lead the team back!"

Long Ze remained silent for a moment. Apart from being extremely worried and having to indulge Ruan Xiyue, he had no other thoughts: "Okay."

Ruan Xiyue didn't need to rest; she flew at high speed day and night, and returned to the tribe in just over two days.

Along the way, there were only a few scattered orcs, no groups of them at all!

This is unscientific!

When Ruan Xiyue returned to the Lion Clan tribe, Qin Ye excitedly ran out the door, took advantage of the moonlight, hugged Ruan Xiyue tightly, picked her up, and carried her home.

When Ruan Xiyue returned home, she released all the cubs. They were very well-behaved and didn't fuss about coming out because Ruan Xiyue was busy.

Now that they're finally home, they're running around having a blast.

"We've been on high alert lately. The patrols and guards may look relaxed, but they're actually very tight on the inside. You don't need to worry!"

Ruan Xiyue nodded: "You've been taking care of the cubs at home these past few days, and I might go out for a stroll tomorrow. I also have to go to the Beast Tide Land in the middle of the night. I feel like something's not right."

Qin Ye frowned slightly, gripping Ruan Xiyue's hand tightly: "You're just an orc..."

Qin Ye realized that the reason his elder brother was most favored by Ruan Xiyue was because he almost never advised Ruan Xiyue.

Long Ze always supported whatever she wanted to do, but he secretly considered many bad outcomes and then made corresponding arrangements to deal with them.

Qin Ye swallowed back what he was about to say and instead said, "Then I'll make you a good meal now! So you won't be too tired to kill the wandering orcs when you go out."

Ruan Xiyue nodded and kissed Qin Ye.

Qin Ye then carried Ruan Xiyue to the changing room and went to prepare something delicious for her.