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

Ruan Xiyue's favorite animal to rub is the baby iron-eating beast. She loves pandas so much, she can't rub herself, can she?

"Ruan Gang, Ruan Gang—you must be fierce and cute from now on! Eh? Do you even know how to be fierce? Come on, be fierce for Mommy~" Ruan Xiyue said, pouting as she held the iron-eating beast cub that was about to open its eyes in both hands.

Long Ze watched Ruan Xiyue play with the baby dragon and thought for a moment. Luckily, the baby dragon was born as an egg, otherwise... judging from the fact that Ruan Xiyue always made him transform into a beast form and sleep next to her, the baby dragon might have had a bumpy childhood.

Qin Ye looked at Ruan Xiyue cuddling the baby with a doting expression, not thinking that Ruan Xiyue was doing anything wrong. He patted Ruan Xiyue's head and said, "Qin Yue and I are going out with the hunting team for a few days. Winter is coming soon, and these wild animals will travel quite far. They may not be back for two or three days."

Ruan Xiyue nodded and said, "Then be careful and come back soon!"

Qin Ye kissed Ruan Xiyue's cheek and said, "You also need to take good care of yourself. If there's anything you need, just ask Long Ze to do it."

Ruan Xiyue nodded, nudged Qin Ye, and said, "Okay! Go ahead, don't worry about me, taking care of yourself is the most important thing!"

Long Ze coldly watched Qin Ye and Ruan Xiyue being affectionate for a while. After Qin Ye left, he immediately hugged Ruan Xiyue and kissed her until she was weak all over before he was willing to let her go.

Ruan Xiyue glared angrily at Long Ze, then went back to playing with her daughter and son.

Qin Ming, Qin Ying, and Ruan Ling felt incredibly sorry for Ruan Gang. The three little ones were able to open their eyes on the fourth or fifth day after birth, but Ruan Gang couldn't open his eyes and was always being played with like a toy by his mother.

The three little ones lay there obediently and sighed in unison, thinking in unison: "If Mom plays with my younger brother/older brother, then I can't play with mine!"

Long Ze was making braised pork according to Ruan Xiyue's instructions when he suddenly heard the footsteps of orcs approaching their house. Long Ze quickly slipped into the second bedroom, took out his hooded cloak, put it on, and then continued cooking.

Luo Yurou was stunned for a moment when she came in. When she lifted the animal skin curtain and entered Ruan Xiyue's master bedroom, she couldn't help but take another curious look at Long Ze.

"Chu Jiayun gave birth to a male and a female cub. I just came from her place. When are you going to see her?" Luo Yurou asked.

Ruan Xiyue was poking Ruan Gang's little bottom, and without looking up, she said, "Let's do it later. I get hungry as soon as I move around. I get hungry too quickly."

Luo Yurou stepped forward, sat on the edge of the bed, and slapped Ruan Xiyue's hand away, saying, "I've never seen a mother beast like you. Why do you always bully your cubs? How old are you!"

Ruan Xiyue pouted and said, "Aren't cubs just for playing with? Otherwise, what's the fun in having cubs?"

Luo Yurou seemed to be hearing such remarks for the first time, and was so shocked that she couldn't utter a single word.

After a while, she finally found her voice and said, "Don't let the witch doctor see you treating the cub like this, or you'll definitely get a scolding!"

Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but poke Qin Ying again, saying, "Before, when I poked them, they would resist and play with me. Now when I poke them, they're too lazy to even move. Aren't cubs supposed to be very lively? I think my brother-in-law's cubs are very lively."

Luo Yurou rolled her eyes and said, "You've annoyed all the cubs with your poking, that's why they ignore you, right? Seriously, even your beast husband doesn't do anything about you! By the way, what does your second beast husband look like? He always wears a black hood, and practically no one has ever seen what he looks like!"

Ruan Xiyue shook her head and said, "He's as beautiful as an angel, so I'm not letting him show you!"

Luo Yurou became even more curious and asked, "Who is the Celestial Fairy? Is she beautiful?"

Ruan Xiyue scratched her head: "It just means good-looking. By the way, I heard you're about to advance in your cultivation level?"

Luo Yurou sighed and said, "I thought you were already at the Azure Rank, so I wouldn't need to work hard to advance anymore. But my father said that just to be on the safe side, I still need to work hard to advance. How about you? Are you confident that you can advance before the Holy Female Selection next year?"

Ruan Xiyue frowned and said, "I've absorbed quite a few beast cores and eaten a lot of energy fruits. I just don't feel like I'm about to advance."

Luo Yurou covered her mouth and said, "You're being too wasteful! You can't just eat energy fruits like that! I've only eaten two low-grade energy fruits recently. First, energy fruits are hard to find. Second, eating too many is impossible to digest. You're not pregnant with four again, are you? You can eat so much! I can hear your stomach rumbling!"

Ruan Xiyue nodded and said, "Who knows? Maybe it's because it has good aptitude. Anyway, I get hungry and upset if I don't eat for a while. Now I don't even have time to play with the cubs."

Luo Yurou rolled her eyes dramatically, speechless, and said, "Can't you act like a normal mother beast? Luckily you're always hungry, I feel like you've petted your cubs too much!"

Ruan Xiyue turned her head to quickly look at the cub's fluffy fur, then gave Luo Yurou a speechless look with dead fish eyes.

Luo Yurou insisted on staying and finishing her meal with Ruan Xiyue before helping her to Chu Jiayun's place. She whispered to Ruan Xiyue, "I think your second beast husband's jaw looks like Qin Ye's. If I hadn't seen Qin Ye and my brother go hunting together this morning, I would have thought that the person sitting there just now was Qin Ye."

Ruan Xiyue retorted to Luo Yurou in an annoyed tone, "What's wrong with you? Why are you staring at my beast husband all the time!"

Luo Yurou said angrily, "I was just curious. Who told you that no one has ever seen your second beast husband? Everyone asked the witch doctor, and the witch doctor only said that he was a handsome male. He wouldn't say anything else. He wouldn't even say what his beast form was. By the way, what kind of beast form is your second beast husband?"

Ruan Xiyue rolled her eyes at her: "You're so gossipy! I'm not telling you! Ugh—you're going to be so impatient!"

Luo Yurou gritted her teeth in anger and said sullenly, "Only you dare to talk to me like that! Let me tell you, all the other females treat me with utmost respect! With your stinky temper, who would want to be your friend besides me!"

Ruan Xiyue scoffed: "Tch—do I care?"

Luo Yurou was furious. After calming herself down for a while, she said to Ruan Xiyue, "Hey, do you know what? Many females have started having their beastmen learn to cook like your family, and several have gotten pregnant! Everyone says your method is very effective! You're already considered a fairly well-known female in the tribe! Almost second only to me!"

Ruan Xiyue looked at Luo Yurou with disdain. Luo Yurou glared at Ruan Xiyue and said, "Do you still remember Zhou Peng?"

Ruan Xiyue looked puzzled and quickly searched for the name in the original owner's memories.

Luo Yurou was so angry she wanted to pinch her philtrum. She said irritably, "This morning when he went out with the hunting team, he glared at Qin Ye fiercely!"

Although Ruan Xiyue remembered who Zhou Peng was, she looked at herself like an old man looking at his phone on the subway and asked, "Wait, what makes him so special? Is he crazy?!"