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

The witch doctor stayed for three more days before reluctantly leaving. If she hadn't left sooner, she would have gone to talk to the Qin family's beast mother about Qin Ye's parenting as a beast father!

But the witch doctor really couldn't bear to part with the seven adorable little cubs! They were just too cute. And they even seemed to understand some of what they were saying—they were absolutely adorable!

Before leaving, the shaman reminded Qin Ye: "Arrange for Xi Yue (female) and Cong Xian (male) to become partners as soon as possible! The first batch of orcs stationed to guard against the beast tide will be gathered and sent out of the tribe in fifteen days."

"Actually, if you don't want the female Xiyue to mate too early, you don't have to send any males out. But this winter may last for another three to five months, and it will be difficult to get through without enough meat. You should make plans as soon as possible."

Qin Ye nodded his thanks to the witch doctor. He took a deep breath, exhaling only white mist. He turned and left the witch doctor's cave, then, after thinking for a moment, decided to go find Cong Xian.

When Cong Xian saw Qin Ye, she was still very excited and quickly stepped forward to say, "I wanted to bring it up myself, but I was worried that Xi Yue, the female, had just given birth and needed to rest well for the next few days. Is it alright if I bring gifts to visit her now?"

Qin Ye nodded and said, "Let her stay in our Cheetah Tribe for the time being. It's not convenient for her to move around right now. After all, it will take some time for her to come from the Cheetah Tribe, and I'm worried she might catch a fever on the way."

Cong Xian nodded and said, "Yes, yes! That's for sure. I'll go get my mother. Please wait a moment!"

Cong Xian's mother was a middle-aged woman who looked very dignified. She had some wrinkles around her eyes, and her smile was kind yet dignified.

"It's our fault for asking you to remind him. I'll prepare the gifts first thing tomorrow morning. There's a set of animal skin clothes and hat that I need you to give to Xiyue today. It will be windy when we go out for the carving tomorrow, so we've prepared a thoughtful gift."

Qin Ye exchanged a few more pleasantries with them before braving the light snow to return to the Cheetah Tribe.

After Qin Ye left, the beast mother from Cong Xian couldn't help but sigh and said, "You should be discreet when you go to form a mate tomorrow, otherwise I'm afraid that little female will insist that you mate with her. Sigh—"

Cong Xian frowned, thought for a moment, and nodded, saying, "It just so happens that I live with Xi Yue, so I can avoid her. She should forget about it eventually. Mother, you should also ask my brother to help find a suitable male and introduce him to her so she can find a mate! She ran away from the tribe and got a fever, yet she still blames me. I've never seen anyone more calculating than her family."

"Hmph! Those two siblings of hers have some good ideas! The brother wants to take your place and form a female mate with Xiyue, and his sister runs up to you directly... Forget it! It's really not going to work out!"

Anyway, once you've found a mate, everyone should know what's going on when we gather at the Cheetah Tribe during the beast tide! Tomorrow, we'll put all the gifts in your brother's storage bag and take them with us."

Early in the morning, Qin Ye scooped Ruan Xiyue out of the warm stone kang. Ruan Xiyue's head swayed from side to side as if it had no support, and Qin Ye dressed her in animal skin clothes and washed her face and brushed her teeth.

Ruan Xiyue clung to Qin Ye, nuzzled his neck, and said softly, "It's all your fault. You made such a ruckus last night, so late! And you left the cubs in the nursery. Did you feed them this morning?"

Qin Ye kissed Ruan Xiyue's forehead, carried her to the bedside, and changed her fluffy slippers into fluffy boots. Then he said, "You can't be with me tonight, so you can't even say I ate well last night?"

Ruan Xiyue quickly covered her ears and said, "Qin Ye! You've changed! You would never have said such things before!"

Qin Ye pinched Ruan Xiyue's nose and said, "I've learned your wicked sense of humor. So this is what it feels like to see someone blush!"

Ruan Xiyue glared at Qin Ye.

Ruan Xiyue had been sitting in the living room for a short while when the Xian family arrived. They solemnly presented their gifts: twenty high-quality animal hides, a bulging bag of animal cores, twenty strips of dried meat, twenty slices of frozen meat, a bag of dried vegetables, and a bag of dried fruit.

Ruan Xiyue vaguely remembered that Qin Ye hadn't prepared this many items back then. However, it was because she was in too much of a hurry at the time, and if she didn't hurry up and get the couple together, it would all fall apart, so she had to hastily cobble together all twelve items.

After exchanging pleasantries with Cong Xian's family for a while, Ruan Xiyue went to the shaman to get her image tattooed and become a couple.

The beast mother, Cong Xian, looked at Ruan Xiyue with increasing satisfaction. After all, giving birth to ten cubs within a year—could any ordinary beastman do that? Only a few beastmen with weaker attack power, such as rabbits, rats, and pigs, could manage it.

Cong Xian's beast mother patted Cong Xian's hand and whispered, "Do your best! I have no other ideas. If I can see my little grandson within five years, I'll be laughing in my sleep! Have you remembered everything your father taught you? Those poses..."

"Mother!" Cong Xian felt his head was about to explode from the heat, and quickly interrupted his mother's lewd words in a low voice.

"Alright, alright, I know you young orcs are shy. Well, Mother's off!" Cong Xian's mother waved her hand nonchalantly and left without looking back.

From that day on, Ruan Xiyue lived a shameless life. It was either Qin Ye or Cong Xian, until it was time to gather the orcs and head to the Beast Tide Valley. Only then did Ruan Xiyue rub her back in relief.

She couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. She'd been pregnant again and again before she'd even had enough to eat. She was really tired of being fed so much. She wanted to rest!

"What do we need to prepare?" Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She had been learning about the beast tide from Chu Jiayun and Luo Yurou these past few days.

Wild animals reproduce rapidly, but food is scarce, so they break out of their breeding grounds and attack tribes. Every year during these wild animal tides, males perish.

However, the Cheetah Tribe and the Lion Tribe are not as worried as in previous years, partly because of Ruan Xiyue.

Because as long as she doesn't die immediately, Ruan Xiyue can generally be saved.

Although the leader of the Lion Clan believed that as long as it was a flesh wound, Ruan Xiyue could keep them alive, and with the orcs' powerful regenerative abilities, they would have a better chance of surviving!

However, what they didn't know was that Ruan Xiyue actually really wanted to go and see it.

She can be a coquettish, wait-and-be-served little woman, but she also never forgets the importance of having the ability to live independently.

Qin Ye looked at Ruan Xiyue and asked her earnestly, "You want to go too?"

Cong Xian glanced at Qin Ye with strong disapproval, and then looked at Ruan Xiyue.

Ruan Xiyue nodded and said generously, "I've never seen it before, and I'd like to see it."

Qin Ye ruffled Ruan Xiyue's hair and said, "I'll ask Cong Xiancai and Huang Jie to take you next year, okay?"

Ruan Xiyue pursed her lips and asked, "Are even Yellow-Rank Beastmen vulnerable to injury in the face of a beast tide?"