Yan swept Sang Luo into his arms and strode into the side room.
The room was tidy and quiet, but a bit damp and cold. Fei Yuan quickly started a brazier of fire and placed it by the bedside, looking worriedly at Sang Luo on the bed.
Her brows were tightly furrowed, her face was pale, and a cold sweat had already soaked the hair on her forehead. She clutched her stomach, groaning from waves of pain.
They were still more than half a year away from the due date Fei Yuan had predicted. Yan’s return this ti had induced labor early.
Fortunately, he carried Painless Pills with him. He quickly took one out and gave it to Sang Luo.
Soon, Sang Luo’s expression cald, and the writhing pain in her abdon gradually subsided, though her face remained pale.
Yan tightly gripped one of Sang Luo’s hands, bent down to kiss her forehead, then held his other arm out to her.
"Bite ."
Sang Luo opened her mouth and sank her teeth viciously into his firm, slender arm, tears instantly streaming down her face.
Even when his arm started bleeding from the bite, Yan’s expression didn’t change one bit. He just continued to soothe her in a gentle voice.
The birth went smoothly. Sang Luo was all too familiar with the process. Close her eyes, and push!
「Suddenly.」
Her belly felt empty.
"WHIMPER~"
A faint, weak, and trembling whimper echoed softly in the room.
Fei Yuan lifted a small, fleshy furball with so stray hairs on its body from the bedding, a smile of imnse relief on his face. He quickly wiped the vernix off the little fox with a towel, wrapped the little bundle in a thick, soft swaddling cloth, and looked at the couple. "He’s out! It’s a male cub."
Sang Luo quickly used her Healing Technique to nd the trauma to her body. Yan also fed her an Elixir of so unknown kind, and her vitality and energy were instantly restored.
She opened her arms and smiled. "Quick, bring him here! Let see!"
Fei Yuan walked over and handed her the swaddled baby.
Sang Luo looked at the little pink bundle in her arms, which was covered in a thin layer of fuzz. He looked a lot like the Wolf Pup did when he was just born. He was tiny, curled up and no bigger than her palm. His eyes were still closed—impossibly fragile and adorable.
He seed to catch his mother’s familiar scent, nudging his small, round, pink nose against Sang Luo’s chest, trying to snuggle into the warmth he was instinctively drawn to.
Yan’s gaze on the child was gentle and emotional. This was his newborn heir, connected to him by blood—the child Luo’er had carried for hundreds of years for him!
Yan wrapped his arms around Sang Luo and the baby, gently kissing her cheek before leaning down to kiss the top of the little fox’s head in his swaddling.
At this mont, he was the happiest Male Beast in the world!
"Thank you, Luo’er. From now on, you and the child are my life!"
His excitent was beyond words. His eyes, fixed on Sang Luo, were filled with boundless tenderness, and his voice trembled uncontrollably.
Sang Luo had never seen Yan so overwheld. She leaned in and kissed the corner of his lips, saying softly,
"You and the child are the love of my heart, as well."
’I knew I shouldn’t have co today,’ Fei Yuan watched, feeling extrely jealous.
"WAAH~"
The little fox cub let out his first real cry.
Fei Yuan looked at Yan. "The baby’s hungry. I didn’t bring any formula this ti. This shabby place you live in is deep in the mountains and old forests. There aren’t any bustling cities nearby, so a shopping trip will take so ti."
"I... I have so milk." Seeing the two Male Beasts blush instantly, Sang Luo added with a bashful pout, "I’ll feed the baby first so he doesn’t go hungry~ You two go buy so formula, and rember to get everything else, like bottles and diapers."
"Alright, I’ll go buy it. You take care of Luo’er and the baby first," Yan said to Fei Yuan.
This new Beast Father was taking his duties very seriously. After morizing the list, he teleported away.
"You! You turn around too while I feed the baby," Sang Luo said shyly to Fei Yuan.
"We’ve known each other for so long, what is there that I can’t see~" Fei Yuan said with a teasing laugh, but he still obediently turned around.
After Sang Luo finished feeding the baby, the little fox cub stopped fussing. He lay still with his eyes tightly shut, having likely fallen asleep.
Fei Yuan brewed a bowl of restorative herbal soup and sat by the bed, feeding it to her until she finished.
After eating a little more, Sang Luo started to feel sleepy too.
She placed the little fox cub beside her and held him close. She had barely fallen asleep when the cub woke up and started crying again.
Fei Yuan expertly picked up the baby and took him out to the corridor to lull him back to sleep.
Yan returned a bit late.
He had bought a huge pile of things, filling big and small bags to the brim. It was all stuff for raising a baby.
Fei Yuan explained all the important points about feeding the baby to Yan.
Yan morized it all.
Less than an hour later, the little fox cub woke up hungry again.
Yan gently and carefully took the cub from Fei Yuan’s arms, ward a bottle, and began to feed him.
The little fox cub had trouble opening his mouth. He resisted the unfamiliar nipple, getting the fur all around his mouth wet as he suckled. He even choked, letting out several sneezes and spitting up all the milk he’d managed to drink.
"Don’t hold him like that; he’ll choke easily." Fei Yuan snatched the baby back into his own arms, adjusted his posture, and positioned the cub with his head higher than his feet to take the bottle. The cub’s seemingly boneless little head rested in the crook of his arm as he was slowly fed a small bottle of milk.
Yan watched with intense concentration.
’Raising a child is a skill, too. It’s no easier than Cultivation.’
Fei Yuan had been a little annoyed at being outranked by the old fox, but now he had finally found his chance to act as the "master"!
...
For the first few days, Yan was flustered and clumsy when feeding the cub, needing Fei Yuan by his side to give him pointers. But he quickly got the hang of it, and soon he was more than capable of taking care of the baby by himself.
He was already well-versed in the dical arts, so he knew the baby’s healthy developnt like the back of his hand. This allowed Sang Luo to confidently leave the baby in his care and enjoy so peace and quiet.
「Several years later.」
Sang Luo was lounging on a hanging rattan chair in the courtyard. The fragrance of the magnolia blossoms above was rich and sweet. Yan had made the chair especially for her, and she spent her days lying there, soaking up the sun and enjoying the breeze in leisurely comfort.
A little snow-white fox ran in from outside the gate, leaped into her arms, and said in a milky voice, "Mother, Sister Zhenzhen is bullying again!"
The little fox had a coat of flawless, fluffy white fur, nine big, bushy tails swaying back and forth, and a pair of round, enchanting fox eyes. The corners of his eyes tilted upwards as if naturally lined, making him unbelievably beautiful!
Sang Luo was completely smitten by her adorable fox son. She hugged him, kissed his fluffy little cheek, and took an intoxicated breath of the warm, sun-baked scent of his white fur. "Oh? How did Sister Zhenzhen bully you? Mother will stick up for you!"
A pretty little girl in a red dress ran in. "Sob! I wasn’t bullying little brother Nuonuo, I just wanted to play a ga with him!"
Little Qi and the others also ca running over in a flash, all of them filthy from having played wildly outside!
Over the past few years, Sang Luo had spent most of her ti living in Qingqiu and often brought the children over to play.
The Divine Venerable Mansion had been quiet for so many years, but now it was livelier than ever!
Sang Luo had given the little fox cub a nickna: Nuonuo.
When he slept, he would curl up with his nine big tails tucked together, looking like a white sticky rice ball from a distance~
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