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

The day after Qin Ye returned, the Zhou family's beast mother came knocking on his door.

She stood at the door, yelling, "You're just holding a grudge because your female originally had her eye on my Zhou Peng! Otherwise, why didn't you save him! You were nearby, and you even watched him get hurt! What were you thinking!"

Ruan Xiyue's belly didn't look bigger this time than it did with her last pregnancy; in fact, it seemed smaller.

However, when Ruan Xiyue pushed open the door and came out, Zhou's beast mother still reflexively took a step back.

She didn't want to be sent to the Cold Wind Cave again. If she was sent to the Cold Wind Cave three times, and then made a mistake a fourth time, she would be sent to the Female Cave! And she had one last chance to be sent to the Cold Wind Cave.

Ruan Xiyue looked at the Zhou family's beast mother and asked, "Aren't there any other males around Zhou Peng?"

Zhou Peng's beast mother remained silent, while Ruan Xiyue nodded and said, "It seems so. So, you came to cause trouble for my beast husband because our family is easy to bully?"

The Zhou family's beast mother quickly waved her hand and said, "Qin Ye's male ability is at the Yellow Rank. If he's willing to help my cub..."

"Don't say such things. My beastmen listen to me whether they're out or at home. I tell them their first priority is to take care of themselves. What if my beastmen get injured while saving your son? I told them to mind their own business. If you think that's wrong, your own beastmen aren't gone. Next time your son goes hunting, just tell your own beastmen to protect him!"

"Stop nagging! My stomach is already upset. If you keep making a fuss, I'm going to see a witch doctor."

Qin Ye rushed over to support Ruan Xiyue, fearing that what she said was true.

The Zhou family's beast mother glared fiercely at Ruan Xiyue in fright, but before leaving, she peeked into the stone house.

Ruan Xiyue walked back to the stone house, and Long Ze anxiously grasped her hand, asking, "Are you really alright?"

Ruan Xiyue was afraid that Long Ze would rush out if he heard her say she had a stomachache. Long Ze's reclusive lifestyle had already attracted the attention of many people with ulterior motives. If Long Ze appeared wearing a hood, someone would definitely use that as an excuse to cause trouble.

For example, the Zhou family who have been keeping an eye on her. Or perhaps someone secretly has some kind of marriage connection with the guards. Or maybe there are other reasons, but Ruan Xiyue doesn't want to take that risk at all.

Ruan Xiyue held Long Ze's hand tightly and asked Qin Ye, "The guards have their eyes on Long Ze. They want to shirk their responsibility for failing to protect the Holy Maiden, so they'll definitely look for all sorts of clues. Long Ze's idea is to leave the tribe and us. I don't want him to leave."

Qin Ye glanced casually at Long Ze and Ruan Xiyue's clasped hands and said, "There are two ways."

Ruan Xiyue looked at Qin Ye curiously, and Qin Ye said, "Do you want to take Cong Xian in? If you do, when he comes, you don't need to build a house here. We can move directly to his tribe. He can come back to stay occasionally."

Ruan Xiyue fell into deep thought, while Qin Ye continued, "Another method is more difficult. We could have my mother acknowledge Longze as her child, saying that after the witch doctor delivered the baby, it was stolen. My mother was already weak at the time, and to avoid causing her worry and anxiety… no one told him. And now Longze has been found…"

Long Ze frowned, pinched the bridge of his nose, and said, "I really find it hard to believe... that such a ridiculous idea full of flaws came out of your mouth!"

"After males reach the Yellow Rank, they can sense their own bloodline. What about females? Or do shamans have any medicine that can detect whether they are connected by blood?" Ruan Xiyue asked.

Long Ze nodded and said, "There is such a medicine, which is why I said Qin Ye's suggestion was full of flaws."

"Duoduo, can you tamper with the medicine that checks bloodlines?" Ruan Xiyue asked.

Duo Duo replied, "But without any trickery, they must be from the same parents."

【？？？】Ruan Xiyue stared at Qin Ye with wide eyes in shock.

"Does Qin Ye know about this?" Ruan Xiyue asked.

Duoduo: [If you need to delve deeper into the other person's memories, you'll need 20,000 points, host.]

Ruan Xiyue fell silent. She didn't dare look at the answer.

After a while, Ruan Xiyue asked again: "But isn't it always the witch doctor who helps with the delivery when the female gives birth? How come Qin Ye and Long Ze, who are clearly brothers, were taken away and raised by someone else? Could the witch doctor be an accomplice?"

Duoduo: [To access someone's memories, simply approach them and stay there for three minutes. It's a special offer of 20,000 points per visit, host. Each person can only have their memories accessed once. The memory lock-in period must be within the last six months.]

"So, you've always known that Qin Ye and Long Ze are twin brothers?" Ruan Xiyue asked calmly.

But Duoduo sensed danger, danger, danger, and quickly said, "I thought you knew that too! Although twin sisters have very similar genes, their children can still have genetic variations and individual differences. Identical twins generally have 90-95% DNA similarity, but there are still subtle differences. This is middle school biology, honey... I really thought you knew that..."

Ruan Xiyue's flicker of anger was suddenly extinguished. She'd forgotten! Who would remember this knowledge after so long?! Who?!

Ruan Xiyue pursed her lips, while Qin Ye, seeing her look at him in shock earlier, fell into doubt and contemplation. Qin Ye was somewhat puzzled.

Just as Qin Ye was about to ask, Ruan Xiyue spoke first: "Who was with your mother when she gave birth?"

Qin Ye thought for a moment and said, "I think I heard my father say that all three of my fathers were by my mother's side, and when my mother was feeling unwell, it was..."

Qin Ye glanced at Long Ze and continued, "Aze's..."

Seeing the disgust on Long Ze's face, Qin Ye changed his words and said, "My mother's older sister is with her in the room, the other beastmen are boiling water and cooking porridge, my father went to call the shaman. My other father is out hunting, so only the three of them are with my mother."

"When your mother was pregnant with you, didn't she check if you were twins?" Ruan Xiyue asked.

Qin Ye frowned slightly, looked at Long Ze, then at Ruan Xiyue, and shook his head, saying, "Only females with excessively large or small pregnancies need to be checked. When my mother was pregnant with me, her pregnancy was normal."

Qin Ye narrowed his eyes, squatted down in front of Ruan Xiyue, held her other hand in his own, and asked, "Yue'er, what do you mean...?"

Ruan Xiyue said, "When you were talking, you actually noticed something was wrong, right? At that time, only her older sister was with your mother. And if your mother laid an egg, and since it was her first time laying eggs, she didn't know what was going on, so it's not impossible that her older sister took the egg away."

Because twins born to the same person will only resemble each other, not be exactly alike.