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

Chapter 168 Deliberate

Ruan Xiyue looked shocked: "Ah Ye...you...who did you learn this from? You've gone astray!"

Qin Ye raised an eyebrow, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at Ruan Xiyue: "What do you think? My wife has already taught me a lot about negotiation. If I don't learn even a little bit of the essence... wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Ruan Xiyue took a deep breath: "Okay! If you do a particularly good job with the assignments this time, you can make a request that's within my capabilities! How about it?"

Qin Ye swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded: "That sounds reasonable!"

"When the leader of the Holy City handed over the reins to me, he didn't make things too difficult for me. He just advised me to take care of you. Getting you pregnant so often is not something a good beast husband would do."

Ruan Xiyue nodded, her chopsticks stopping as she eagerly awaited Qin Ye's next words.

Qin Ye placed a piece of food on Ruan Xiyue's plate: "Keep eating! If you don't eat properly, I won't continue the conversation."

Ruan Xiyue pouted before continuing to eat.

Qin Ye tucked a strand of hair behind Ruan Xiyue's ear before continuing, "After handing over the beast skin scroll from the bamboo forest, he gave me all the beast cores."

"The guards of the Holy City didn't leave; they seemed to want to see how I handled the aftermath. I don't know if they wanted to assess whether my presence would hinder Xia Weier, or if there was some other reason. They just sat there waiting for me to finish distributing the spoils before leaving with me."

Ruan Xiyue nodded knowingly and thoughtfully picked up a piece of fried meat.

Qin Ye continued, "I've been keeping an eye on the slave market in both Bright Moon Beast City and Lier Beast City, as well as the average price for hiring guards."

“I have summoned the Lion Clan Chief, Cheetah Clan Chief Luo Qizhao, the leader of the Spirit Fox Tribe who fought alongside us that day, and the guard leader that Xia Weier left for you.”

"I paid them three times the market price for hiring guards."

Qin Ye rested his chin on his hand, his narrow phoenix eyes glancing at Ruan Xiyue, and said, "Don't worry, I'm speaking very eloquently. After hearing so many eloquent words from my wife, even a fool would learn to be sweet-talking."

Ruan Xiyue narrowed her eyes: "Tell me! Are you making sarcastic remarks about me? Saying that I only know how to talk nicely!"

Qin Ye raised an eyebrow: "If you're going to misinterpret my meaning like that, then I'll just have to refute you verbally later."

Ruan Xiyue immediately pointed at Qin Ye and said to Long Ze, "Look! Look, he seduced me! It's not my fault!"

Long Ze shrugged and tilted his head: "I think A Ye handled it quite well. So, even if he seduced you, you must obediently sleep in our arms until you give birth to the cubs, and you are not allowed to do anything!"

Ruan Xiyue pouted. She was just too bored. When she was free, she wanted to play with her beast husband. What was wrong with that?

But then, Ruan Xiyue frowned: "That's not right! The beastmen from the Spirit Fox Tribe didn't find any problems? They didn't reject the beast core or say anything high-sounding. Instead, they made some demands? That doesn't seem right!"

Qin Ye looked intently at Ruan Xiyue and nodded, "As expected of my wife! She's incredibly insightful! They brought it up!"

Ruan Xiyue's eyes lit up: "What did they say?"

Qin Ye continued eating, speaking slowly and deliberately: "You asked me to tell you how I handled it, and I did. If you want other details, that's a different price."

Ruan Xiyue's almond-shaped eyes widened as she pointed at Qin Ye: "Why don't you learn the good things from me? You only learn the bad things from me! You're not allowed to learn from me!"

Qin Ye raised an eyebrow: "You said that the more you like someone, the more you'll resemble them. I think I've learned from you quite well. That means I love you so much that I've mastered such a fine essence."

Ruan Xiyue looked shocked: "What kind of twisted logic is this! Ah Ye! You've really gone astray! You can't just learn my shameless and unreasonable side! Learn my good side!"

Longze put down his chopsticks and said, "I think this is all part of your cuteness! And... I've never seen your unlovable side."

Ruan Xiyue frowned: "You mean to say that you've never seen me when I'm not shameless, right? Right? Is that what you mean?"

"Don't misinterpret what I mean. If you're going to misinterpret it like that, I'll teach you how to interpret every word I say after you give birth to your cub." Long Ze pinched Ruan Xiyue's cheek.

Ruan Xiyue was furious, but Qin Ye interrupted, "What? Do you still want to hear what the Spirit Fox Tribe has to say, and what I replied to them?"

Ruan Xiyue turned her head away, raising her chin: "You won't tell me unless I give you something in return? Then I won't listen! Li Miao will definitely go, I'll just ask him then, it'll be the same!"

Qin Ye's smiling face instantly darkened. He looked at Long Ze, then lowered his head to eat.

Long Ze crossed his arms: "Really? You're planning to ask about the beastman Tanuki, but you won't even ask Qin Ye?"

Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but shrink her neck and fiddle with her fingers: "I was wrong, I was talking nonsense. Whatever benefits A Ye wants, I'll give him. I won't ask any other beastmen... Besides, his name is Li Miao. Li as in dawn, Miao as in surname."

"Oh—" Qin Ye also put down his chopsticks: "You remember his name so clearly. Looks like you're thinking of getting together with him?"

Ruan Xiyue shook her head: "Whether I become his partner or not depends entirely on the attitude of the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe! If they can keep the Spirit Fox Tribe in check, then I will become his partner."

"But why do you all look so jealous? I clearly hate orcs who have no sense of propriety. I don't believe you don't understand me!"

"Tell me! Are you two just looking for trouble because I've been exploiting you too much these past few days?"

Qin Ye's upturned smile betrayed his thoughts.

Long Ze, however, pretended to be bothered: "Oh, you're about to marry a raccoon, and you can't even let us feel uncomfortable for a moment? Is that so domineering?"

Ruan Xiyue pounced on him and straddled Long Ze's lap: "Are you looking for trouble? If you keep doing this, I'm going to do something bad!"

Qin Ye swallowed the last bite of rice: "Do you still want to hear what the Spirit Fox Tribe has to say?"

Seeing the cubs staring wide-eyed at their conversation, Ruan Xiyue quickly sat up straight, behaving like a good little child, and said, "Listen!"

"Dong Songlin from the Spirit Fox Tribe said there's no need to be so polite. He left a few young beastmen from the Spirit Fox Tribe here to help you solve your problems."

"He wanted to exchange this favor for another favor, not a beast core. After he proposed this, neither the Lion Clan nor the Cheetah Clan wanted to use beast cores to settle this debt of gratitude."

"However, I told him that we also remember your kindness, and we can't skimp on the benefits that are due to the warriors. Otherwise, we'll be too embarrassed to ask for your help again next time!"

"They accepted it, but how they distributed it to the orcs who were present that day, I have no idea!"