Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 164 - 163: We Can’t Say It to Their Faces
Si Shuo had been in intermittent pain all day and thought she wouldn’t go into labor until the next morning. But just after dinner, the contractions started coming fast and hard.
Yimei quickly ushered Zhi Le and the others out, telling them to boil some water and be on standby.
"We’ll have two or three of us stay in the room to help you," the males said, unwilling to leave. They insisted at least two of them had to stay by the young female’s side.
Xu Chi, for his part, was already sitting by the bed, clutching Si Shuo’s hand. He was like a wooden statue, deaf to everything being said.
Yimei was at a loss and could only let them be. She watched Si Shuo’s condition closely, occasionally casting her Healing Technique to help ease the pain.
’I look a mess right now, I need to protect my image and get these men out of here!’—such thoughts never even crossed Si Shuo’s mind.
’Giving birth isn’t my burden to bear alone. As their Father, Xu Chi needs to remember the pain I’m in right now!’
She wasn’t some magnanimous saint who suffered in silence. Just as the squeaky wheel gets the grease, she was going to make sure they all knew exactly how much she had done and how much she was enduring.
"Xu Chi, it hurts..." Si Shuo felt like the pain was endless, coming in one wave after another. Even her whimpers were trembling and weak.
Xu Chi’s eyes reddened with heartache. He offered the back of his hand. "A shuo, bite my hand. Whenever it hurts, just bite down hard. I’m right here with you!"
Si Shuo opened her eyes, her vision blurred by what could have been sweat or tears. She opened her mouth and went to bite the back of Xu Chi’s hand, but she couldn’t bring herself to use any force. Instead, she just gave it a little lick.
Not knowing what else to do, Xu Chi kissed her forehead. He placed his other hand on her stomach, channeling his Spiritual Power into her as he silently urged the babies to hurry up and come out, to stop tormenting their mother.
As if they actually understood, the babies began to cooperate, pushing hard from the inside.
Si Shuo’s face flushed slightly. She had the distinct feeling that she needed to take a dump!
Yimei couldn’t help but exclaim, "Si Shuo, I can see the baby’s head! In a moment, when I tell you to push, you push. When I say stop, you hold back a little..."
Over the past ten days, thanks to Kouba and Hang He spreading the word, news that Yimei was a Female Saint who could use a Healing Technique had traveled throughout the entire South City District.
She had delivered more than a few babies for the young females, accumulating experience specifically so she could help Si Shuo have a smooth delivery!
Si Shuo nodded, pushing in time with Yimei’s instructions.
"It’s out! A beautiful little female—" Yimei smiled as she looked at the human-shaped baby in her arms, but she trailed off. She realized the baby was actually a little male, complete with a pair of small deer antlers and two bare, fleshy wings on his back! "A male baby?"
Xu Chi’s attention was entirely on Si Shuo; he didn’t even spare the baby a single glance.
Suppressing her astonishment, Yimei held the baby up by his feet and gave his little bottom a gentle slap.
The baby’s mouth puckered and his little brows knitted together. He couldn’t help but open his mouth and let out a couple of cooperative WAILS!
Zhi Le, who had also been waiting in the room, stepped forward and carefully took the infant. The baby wasn’t even as big as his palm and was already hungrily gnawing on his own tiny hand. Zhi Le froze, too scared to move, his eyes fixed on Si Shuo, who was still pushing.
A mere five minutes later, the female baby announced her arrival!
Zhi Qi held the female baby preciously and couldn’t help but smile. "She looks exactly like our kitty."
Aside from being a little tired, Si Shuo felt fine. Hearing this, she couldn’t resist asking to see the babies.
They were just a pair of wrinkled "little old man" and "little old lady." How did they look anything like her? "So ugly?"
The two babies had only cried when they were slapped, and had been very well-behaved otherwise. But upon hearing those two words, they both burst into tears without a moment’s hesitation.
Zhi Le couldn’t help but rock the baby, chuckling. "How are they ugly? The babies haven’t filled out yet. They’ll be beautiful in a couple of days."
Zhi Qi nodded as well. "That’s right, kitty. The babies can understand you. Even if they are ugly, we can’t say it to their faces."
The babies, who had just been on the verge of calming down, heard this and were so indignant they started crying all over again.
Si Shuo looked in amazement at the two expressive little things. "Zhi Qi, you’re saying they can understand me? How is that possible?"
’I was only pregnant for two months. Their heads are so tiny, they should only know how to eat, drink, and sleep. How could they possibly understand what I’m saying!’
Yimei finished cleaning Si Shuo up and nodded with a smile. "From the moment they’re born, babies carry their parents’ lineage. They can understand speech and already have memories.
Besides, Si Shuo’s babies are exceptionally well-developed. They were nourished with Twelfth level Crystal Stones every day. Wouldn’t one day of their growth be equivalent to seven or eight days for other babies?
The male baby even completed his Transformation into human form while still in the womb."
She lowered her voice and said, "A baby’s aptitude, good or bad, all depends on how early of a head start they get.
Whether on the Southern Continent or the Central Continent, not many male babies are born in human form. Every single one who was became a famous Warrior, and which one of them didn’t reach at least Level 15 in Combat Power?"
Hearing the commotion, the other males all came inside. Seeing the young female’s smiling eyes and rosy complexion despite her fatigue, they let out a huge sigh of relief before finally turning their attention to the babies in Zhi Le and Zhi Qi’s arms.
"This is the male baby?" they asked, both amazed and overjoyed as they looked at the pair of fuzzy little horns on the little guy’s head.
Only then did it belatedly dawn on Xu Chi that these two little things were his own babies. He looked from them to the young female beside him, a goofy grin spreading across his face, one that was completely at odds with his otherworldly good looks. ’This must be the pinnacle of a beast’s life,’ he thought.
Yin Jiang was overjoyed, but his expression was solemn as he whispered, "We have to keep the fact that our male baby was born in human form a secret, at least for a month.
That’s the earliest a talented baby from one of the great families in Beast City has ever achieved Transformation. We can’t let it be known that he surpassed that!"
’He never expected their young female to be so incredible. Not only could she Teleport with her males and grant them a second superpower, but now the male baby she’d given birth to was born already having undergone Transformation.’
’If any of this information got out, the young female would become a target for every major power! An endless cycle of pregnancy and childbirth would be all that awaited her.’
The males all nodded vigorously, promising that aside from going to the Beast Soldier Camp, they would stay home and not go anywhere else.
Si Shuo grew nervous too. "We’ll just say that the babies and I are weak and can’t be exposed to the elements. I have to stay inside to recover for ten days anyway. When I can finally go out, I’ll have Xu Chi use his Invisibility to take us for walks around the courtyard.
Every day we can keep this secret is another day gained!"
Yimei said softly, "I won’t tell a soul. Just pretend I never knew." She would even keep it a secret from her own Beast Husband. The fewer people who knew, the less danger there would be.
Si Shuo smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Yimei."
"It’s the least I can do. I’ve told you before, my life is yours. I’m more than happy to do anything I can for you.
Now then, aren’t you going to name the babies?"
Si Shuo turned to look at Xu Chi and chuckled softly. "We’ve already discussed it. The girl will be called Xuyou. The ’You’ comes from ’youyou,’ the belling of a Deer. And the boy will be called Xu Ye!"
