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

Chapter 137 Jealousy, is it not acceptable?

Ruan Xiyue looked at Jiu Chen's deep, narrow peach blossom eyes beneath his thick eyebrows and subconsciously avoided his gaze.

Jiu Chen's lips dipped a little further.

"I...I didn't. I was just...afraid that A-Ye would hold me accountable, so I didn't tell him about our partnership. And I was also afraid that you guys would keep asking me about the little male at the door..."

Jiu Chen's voice, reminiscent of a classical piano, was slightly deep: "So, you and that male... really have something going on."

Before Ruan Xiyue could speak, Jiu Chen gently placed her in the bathtub and looked away, saying, "I know I have no right to ask, but... if you want to take him as your sixth or seventh beast husband, you'd better tell the other beast husbands first."

Just as Jiu Chen turned to leave, Ruan Xiyue grabbed his arm: "What do you mean you have no right to ask!"

“I don’t really like that scheming little boy! At first, he pretended to be lost at our door. I thought he was still a teenager, so I took him to the square.”

"I don't want a beastly husband like that!" Ruan Xiyue pulled Jiu Chen into the bathtub.

Jiu Chen leaned against the edge of the bathtub, looking intently at Ruan Xiyue: "You... the water temperature will drop, and soaking in the bath for a long time is not good for your health."

Ruan Xiyue looked dejected, but Jiu Chen lifted her out of the bathtub, dried her off with a linen towel, and carried her back to the room.

Ruan Xiyue remained silent, letting Jiu Chen feed her.

Jiu Chen watched Ruan Xiyue eating angrily, wiped the rice grains from the corner of her mouth with his thumb, and put them into his own mouth.

"Want some water?"

Ruan Xiyue ignored Jiu Chen until she finished eating, when she reached for a water glass on the bedside table herself.

Jiu Chen took the water glass and was about to hand it to Ruan Xiyue, but she refused to take it.

Jiu Chen had no choice but to hold the water and feed it to her.

"I know you're angry that I didn't take a bath with you. But I was really worried that you'd catch a cold."

"Drink slowly... You're drinking so fast, it's all spilling."

"Then you can help me wipe it, and I won't be angry that you didn't bathe with me."

"Okay, I'll wipe it for you." Jiu Chen always seemed to be like this, always fulfilling Ruan Xiyue's requests.

He kissed away the water stains on Ruan Xiyue's lips.

"You want this, right?" Jiu Chen put his arm around Ruan Xiyue and let her sit on his lap.

Ruan Xiyue turned around, bit Jiu Chen's lip, and gently pushed him down onto the animal skin cushion.

Ruan Xiyue's act of taking health-enhancing pills and multiple-birth pills in her spare time made Jiu Chen realize her lack of focus.

"You're already losing focus before you've even finished what you were doing? Looks like I'll have to work even harder to get your attention on me."

"So that you won't be thinking only about envying your beast husband."

Ruan Xiyue shook her head, but Jiu Chen kissed away all her objections, leaving her like a lone boat, at Jiu Chen's helmsman's mercy.

Ruan Xiyue then realized that Jiu Chen wasn't just gentle and tolerant towards her!

She almost forgot how completely she was subdued by Jiu Chen on their first day together.

Ruan Xiyue shook her head with tears in her eyes, but it was all too late.

The next day, Ruan Xiyue finally had time to ask Duoduo: "How many kittens are you pregnant with this time?"

[Four, host. And Qin Ming and Qin Ying will be one year old in a little over two months...]

Ruan Xiyue gasped: "So, my one-year wedding anniversary with Qin Ye has already passed?"

Yes, only a few days have passed...

[Okay, this place uses fifteen months in a year, and it's made me lose all sense of time. But from now on, you absolutely have to remind me every time it's our anniversary!]

[Okay, host! I've got it all figured out!]

Ruan Xiyue was taken care of by Jiu Chen for three days without leaving the house, and she felt that the health-building pills were no longer enough for her.

Finally, Jiu Chen stared wide-eyed at Ruan Xiyue's belly and fell silent.

Xian knocked on the door and came in.

He smelled the scent of photinia flowers in the room and frowned as he looked at Jiu Chen.

"So, the day I thought you weren't paying attention, you were actually eating something that could make you pregnant, right?" Jiu Chen pursed his lips, his expression a little serious.

Ruan Xiyue nodded: "I know all my other beast husbands."

Jiu Chen took a deep breath and looked at Cong Xian: "She's giving birth to cubs so frequently, didn't any of you beastmen try to persuade her?"

Cong Xian felt somewhat guilty: "We tried to persuade her, but then we found that Yue'er was indeed different from other beastmen. The more cubs she gave birth to, the better her constitution became. That's why we let her be."

Jiu Chen thought for a moment: "I'll take some time to learn some high priestly knowledge. I know you don't want more orcs to know your secret. So, I'll learn it, and I'll take care of your body. Is that alright?"

Looking into Jiu Chen's worried eyes, Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but smile and nodded sweetly.

"It looks like you'll have to postpone your departure for a few days. I need you to help me find some energy fruits nearby. Only pick the whole, intact plant. I need them."

Cong Xian didn't take it seriously: "I came to find you to tell you that our trip may be postponed for several days, or even a month."

"Why?" Ruan Xiyue pulled Cong Xian to sit next to her.

"Because the Treasure Rat Tribe sent orcs to contact us, asking if we wanted sea salt. Their orcs will bring some sea salt to discuss trade matters."

"If they arrive late, we might be able to leave together with the arriving Spirit Fox Tribe!" Cong Xian explained to Ruan Xiyue.

Jiu Chen, however, did not miss a single expression on Ruan Xiyue's face.

Ruan Xiyue pinched Jiu Chen's slender fingers and glared at him.

Ruan Xiyue said seriously, "Some of the things you've built are to guard against the Spirit Fox Tribe. I don't have any good feelings towards any of their beastmen for the time being."

"I asked them to send people to help build the Beast City, purely to complete this massive project as quickly as possible."

"Plus, there's the Spirit Fox Clan and the Beast King—their relationship is a bit complicated. We must be wary of them!"

Cong Xian nodded, understanding why Ruan Xiyue had insisted that the beastmen of the Spirit Fox Tribe leave as soon as possible.

Firstly, they didn't want to delay the recruitment of a group of workers.

The second reason was that he, the chieftain of the Lion Clan, and the chieftain of the Cheetah Clan began to secretly discuss many details that needed attention during the construction of the Beast City.

Ruan Xiyue turned to look at Jiu Chen: "Are you still getting jealous for no reason?"

Jiu Chen looked directly into Ruan Xiyue's eyes, his ears turning slightly red: "Isn't it normal to be jealous? The spirit fox is so cute, it will be overshadowed."

Ruan Xiyue really has no way to deal with a straightforward player like Jiu Chen.

Ruan Xiyue pinched Jiu Chen's burning earlobe and turned to look at Cong Xian: "Try not to let them meet here! Because we have other guests, and I don't want them to know."