Many descendants

Su Yan let Xiao Diandian choose what she liked.

She walked to a stall selling small animals and saw a little lynx with leopard-spotted markings, chubby and round, very cute.

"How much is this?" Su Yan asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper immediately replied enthusiastically, "One tael of silver."

Su Yan took out a gold coin. "I don't have any silver. Would this be alright?"

The shopkeeper took it, bit it... and confirmed it was pure gold. He quickly said, "Yes, yes, but I can't break it."

Su Yan asked, "Are there any other cute little animals?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The shopkeeper hurriedly turned around and took a cage covered with a black cloth from the car. "This good thing was just delivered this morning, and I haven't had time to put it on display yet. If you like it, it can be used to offset the remaining amount."

A small monkey with golden fur all over its body looks very clever.

"It's a little monkey! So cute! Does Little Dot like it?" Su Yan greeted Little Dot.

Little Dot nodded. "I like it."

"Then let's go with this one," Su Yan said with a smile.

After putting the lynx and monkey on the mule cart, Su Yan accompanied Xiao Diandian to buy things.

He picked out a bunch of toys, saying he wanted to give them to his brothers and sisters.

Although they are all ordinary items, they are rare and precious to children who have never seen or played with them before.

Jian paid the money, and the mule cart continued on its way.

Outside the city gate, there was a tea and snack shop where many people were queuing up.

Su Yan glanced at it with some curiosity.

Jian stopped the car and said, "Wait in the car for a while."

"Oh," Su Yan replied.

Seeing that Jian had gone to queue up for tea and snacks, Su Yan asked Xiao Dian Dian, "Do you want some?"

"No," Little Dot replied.

Su Yan: "...Don't you like it?"

Little Dot took out the empty milk bottle from the small storage bag. "I'm full."

Su Yan patted his head, "Little Dot is not greedy."

Little Dot yawned. "Mom, I'm sleepy."

"Go to sleep." The baby animal formula is specially formulated for young animals. After drinking it, the body will enter the absorption and growth stage, and sleeping is the best way to do so.

When Jian bought it back, he saw Little Dot sleeping peacefully in an egg-shaped container.

He handed the oil paper package to Su Yan, saying, "Sweet cake, have a taste."

Su Yan took it, "Little Diandian doesn't really like sweets, he prefers meat."

Jian paused slightly, then smiled and said, "Okay."

The car continued moving forward.

Su Yan ate the hot, freshly made sweet cake. "It tastes good, would you like one?"

“No need, I like to eat meat just like my son,” Jian replied.

Su Yan scoffed, "I can't be bothered with you."

Jian leaned against the large sack behind him, glanced back at Su Yan, and asked, "Are you really not concerned about Zhu Sanlang's matter?"

Su Yan replied, "He's different from you guys."

"What's different?" Jian held the horsewhip in his hand, casually twirling the whip, as if the straw whip had come to life, moving nimbly and at will.

"He... has a gentle nature." Su Yan recalled how Zhu Sanlang was manipulated by her senior sister, and how Shenglong Mountain demanded repayment for their kindness. Even after being expelled from the sect, he still yielded step by step, not daring to refuse. If Shenglong Mountain hadn't offended her, hadn't crossed her like a steel plate, who knows what Zhu Sanlang would be in now. And that half-brother of his, he was bullied to death, yet dared not fight back...

"Then you still gave birth to two more children for him," Jian said with some dissatisfaction.

Su Yan chuckled, "I had a child because the birth system required it, and the birth system only looks at potential genes. To be honest, when I had a child with Wen Jin, it was Xiao Mei sneaking around and tempting me with points."

[Host, Xiaomei isn't sneaking around. Xiaomei is a matchmaker, arranging marriages for you.] Xiaomei protested.

Su Yan slapped it away, saying, "You're kidding me."

"What about my little dot?" Jian looked at Su Yan expectantly.

The cart wheel suddenly ran over a stone, causing the mule cart to lurch. Su Yan lost her balance and fell forward, but she managed to protect the egg case first.

Jian reached out and pulled her and the egg pod into his arms.

Su Yan's eyes met his, and her heart skipped a beat. Then her face darkened. "Drive carefully!"

"This road is broken, you'll have to make do with it," Jian replied.

Su Yan snorted, hugged the egg-shaped cabin, and sat back down. "You knew it was a broken road, yet you still chose to walk on it."

“A broken road is still a road, it’s better than having no road at all.” Jian looked ahead at the rugged, winding road, but on both sides, the crops were growing vigorously and lushly.

Su Yan returned the egg-shaped capsule to her system space, letting Little Dot sleep peacefully inside. She transformed into a guinea pig, sunbathing and dozing off on the burlap sack.

Jian kept glancing at her, and finally couldn't resist the urge to scoop her up in his hands. "Yan Yan~"

"Hmm, I'm sleepy." Su Yan was drowsy, her thinking was much duller, and her demeanor was no longer as sharp.

[You drugged the host!] Several words appeared in the air.

Jian chuckled and said, "Just let her sleep for a while, it's a secret."

What are the benefits?

"Let me tell you a weakness of the First Emperor!"

【make a deal. 】

……

When Su Yan woke up, she found that the mule cart had stopped beside a mountain pool.

She was wearing a piece of clothing.

He transformed into human form, tossed his clothes aside, and looked around.

Jian, carrying a bundle of firewood, came down a small mountain path. "Awake?"

Su Yan moved the already awake Little Dot out of the system space. "He's awake."

"Son, come and help," Jian called to Xiaodian.

The little ones happily circled around him, asking, "Is it going to be a bonfire party?"

"A bonfire party? What's that?"

"It's about lighting a bonfire and playing games around it with your older brothers, sisters, and cousins."

"Is it fun?"

"It's so much fun, Little Dot wants to play it again."

Jian looked at Su Yan.

Su Yan called to Xiao Diandian, "They're all at the Holy Palace. Let's play together when we get back, okay?"

"Okay." Little Dot snuggled into Su Yan's arms and acted coquettishly.

Su Yan hugged him and kissed his forehead.

Little Dot was even happier.

"Where are the little monkey and lynx we bought?" Su Yan asked Jian, the two little creatures were no longer on the mule cart.

"They were released; they were originally creatures of this mountain."

"Yes, it's good that I can return to my tribe."

"How are your two little Qilins doing?" Jian asked. "Is Zhu Sanlang able to take good care of them?"

"Now, Little Twelve and the two sisters are being personally cared for by the First Ancestor Qilin, while Zhu Sanlang can only watch."

"That old guy is a bit stupid, but he's still got some brains to have survived this long."

"Your self-assessment is quite accurate," Su Yan glanced at him. They're both old fogies from the same era, so who's to judge whom?

The little one listened quietly to them talking, blinking her eyes, clearly taking it all in.

Upon noticing this, Jian quickly stopped talking and changed the subject, "Yan Yan, please help prepare the fishing rods."

Su Yan took out two fishing rods, one large and one small, and bait from her system space and handed them to Jian, saying, "There are instructions for use on them."

"Hmm." Jian looked at the tadpole-like characters on it. Luckily, he had learned this kind of writing with Xiao Fengning, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to understand it.

Su Yan stared at the two of them, one big and one small, sitting on the stool fishing, her expression somewhat dazed...

The father and son had a good catch, and Su Yan, worried that Jian might not be careful, took it upon herself to clean the fish.

She walked a little downstream.

And have Jian and Xiaodian prepare the charcoal for grilling the fish.

After the fire was lit, Little Dot jumped into the water to catch shrimp.

Jian came to Su Yan's side and said, "There's a saying among humans that having a stepmother means having a stepfather, and thinking about it, it makes some sense. Why don't you consider taking the little Qilin with you and raising it?"

“If I could have taken them, I would have done so long ago, but the ancestor wouldn’t allow it. Now it seems that he probably saw through Zhu Sanlang’s weak character long ago, which is why he took his three children and lived in seclusion. Besides, I don’t know the Qilin clan’s tradition either.”

"I can."

"...I won't even give you the little dot, and you want to bring the little Qilin? You're dreaming."

"I really can."

“Even if they do, it won’t work. I made an agreement with the ancestor that the three of them would be sent back to me after they finished learning the inheritance. Since we’ve already made that agreement, we have to wait.”

"Send it back?"

"Hmm, do you think I really just washed my hands of this? Alright, alright, stop getting in the way and go see your son," Su Yan said impatiently.

Jian's eyes suddenly lit up, "You admit that Little Dot is my son!"

Su Yan choked, "...You're completely out of your mind!"

The little ones ran and jumped around the campfire, and Su Yan sprinkled barbecue seasoning on the fish, and the aroma exploded instantly.

"Mom, Little Dot wants to eat grilled fish, I'm so hungry!" Little Dot said anxiously.

“Little one seems to have never tasted your mother’s cooking before, but it’s just as good as Uncle Zulu’s!” Su Yan handed a grilled fish to Jian, “Let the child cool it down.”

"No need, hot food enhances the flavor." Jian handed it to Xiaodiandian.

Su Yan picked up another fresh fish and put it on the fire to grill. "Is your beast form the same as Little Dot's?"