Sang Luo glanced at him. "What’s with the surprise?"
"You just gave birth to Little Zhenzhen not long ago," Si Ye said, displeased. "It takes too great a toll on your body."
Sang Luo was a little surprised. She’d thought he was unhappy out of jealousy, but he was actually concerned about her health.
"I have a Healing System Talent Ability. My body recovers very quickly. If I wanted to, I could get pregnant with the next one right after giving birth," Sang Luo said with a faint chuckle.
She didn’t miss the flicker of dejection in Si Ye’s eyes.
She stood up, wrapped her arms around his lean waist, stood on her tiptoes, and planted a smacking kiss on his handso face. "Ah Ye is the best~ You even care about my health. How about I have a baby for you one of these days, hmm?"
"...I don’t want one." He turned his face away.
"Hm? You really don’t want one?" She pouted and leaned in again, teasing him cheekily.
Si Ye pressed her into his embrace, the tips of his ears turning red. "You’re still ssing around even while you’re pregnant. We’ll talk after you’ve given birth."
Sang Luo was held tightly in his arms for a long mont. She buried her face in his chest, sniffing his scent like a puppy and letting out a contented sigh. "...Ah Ye, I haven’t seen you in so long. I really missed you."
"You’d better have actually been thinking of every day," Si Ye snorted softly. He carried her over to a flat rock to rest. Before long, he felt her dozing off in his arms and thought, ’She must have been running herself ragged these past two months to be this exhausted.’
He felt a surge of exasperation. His long fingers tilted her face up. Sang Luo drowsily opened her eyes again and blinked her limpid, dark eyes at him.p>
"..." Seeing her charming and beautiful face, Si Ye’s mood helplessly improved. He asked, "Whose child is it? Fei Yuan’s?"
"No, it’s Ah Ze’s. The South Sea r King."
"Lou Xianyue?"
"Mhm, Ah Ze is a nickna. It’s what I usually like to call him."
Si Ye frowned. "I know of him. I heard that after the r King awoke two years ago, he secretly brought back a pure-blooded heir from the outside. He personally watches over the child more closely than anything, not letting a single whisper get out. It wasn’t until the birthday celebration a year ago that outsiders learned of this Young Master’s existence... Was that child yours, too?"
"Hee hee, guess~"
Si Ye lowered his head and gave her lips a light bite, both angry and resigned. "Just how many children are you planning to have?"
She claid her recovery ability was strong, but Si Ye had seen for himself how weak she was postpartum. Even with the help of a Painless Pill, her face had been as pale as paper. It was easy to imagine how arduous childbirth was. Seeing her go through one pregnancy after another like this truly made his heart ache.
"...To be honest, I don’t know either. I’m just thinking about climbing up as fast as I can. The higher, the better. That’s the only way to get closer to that place." Sang Luo nestled in his arms, her eyes closed, her soft voice laced with a hint of dejection and exhaustion.
Si Ye rarely saw her like this. His heart twisted painfully. He wanted to say sothing, but he saw that she had slowly fallen asleep in his arms.
Si Ye’s breathing softened.
When Sang Luo woke up, it was the next morning. Seeing that he was still in the sa position as last night, not having moved a muscle, she asked, "You didn’t sleep, did you?"
"I’m not tired."
Si Ye nodded. He had been worried that the High-level Demon Clan mber from nearby would return for revenge, so he hadn’t slept all night.
The two of them went to the river to wash up.
Sang Luo wanted to stay for another two days to see how things developed.
Si Ye felt this place wasn’t very safe.
If Sang Luo weren’t pregnant, he would have been happy to wander around outside with her for a few more days, enjoying their rare ti alone. But she was pregnant, so it was best not to stay out. Returning to the East Continent was safer.
Si Ye transford into his Phoenix Body and flew her back to the Central region.
Sang Luo lay on his back and slept for another two days.
...
「Phoenix Palace.」
Fei Yuan had just co out of seclusion when he received news that the two had returned. Seeing Si Ye carrying Sang Luo to the bedchamber, he followed them.
Si Ye tucked her in, then turned his head to the newcor. "She’s pregnant."
Fei Yuan’s phoenix eyes brightened slightly. "Mine?"
"Then you’re in for a disappointnt. It’s not your child. It’s the South Sea r King’s."
Fei Yuan was stunned, his expression darkening. Refusing to believe it, he walked to the bedside. "Little Luoruo, you sneak out while I’m in arduous seclusion, and you co back carrying a child?"
He looked at her, his voice full of grievance,
"Tell , this is my child, isn’t it?"
Sang Luo took a crisp, refreshing bite of fruit. "Why don’t you see for yourself, Your Majesty?"
Fei Yuan sat on the edge of the bed and touched her flat abdon. After sending out a tendril of Spiritual Power to check, his phoenix eyes dimd abruptly. He truly could not sense his own bloodline’s power.
"I worked so hard for so long. Why isn’t it my child you’re carrying?"
It was the first ti Sang Luo had seen such frustration and pain on his face. Fei Yuan usually wore an aloof, mocking expression, but this ti, he seed truly hurt.
’It’s not that Fei Yuan had actually expected her to get pregnant so quickly. But if she couldn’t conceive his child, how could she conceive another Male Beast’s? Especially when he had been watching her so closely. Soone had managed to squeeze in, and it was utterly infuriating.’
Si Ye looked at the two of them. "Luoluo, I have to step out for a bit. I’ll co see you tonight."
"Go on," Sang Luo nodded.
Fei Yuan sat on the edge of the bed. When they were the only two left in the hall, he sighed.
"Little Luoruo, why? Don’t you want to have a child with ?"
Sang Luo shook her head. "I genuinely want to bear an heir with Your Majesty, but I just haven’t been able to conceive. That’s a question for you, Your Majesty. You’re both Emperor Rank, after all. I conceived with Ah Ze, and I’ve spent much more ti with you than with him..."
She ventured tentatively, "Your Majesty... you can’t really be... incapable, can you? The rumors outside all say you can’t have children..."
Fei Yuan’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, his voice low and dangerous. "After you give birth to this child, I’ll show you whether I’m ’capable’ or not!"
Sang Luo was not the least bit intimidated, smiling brightly. "Then Your Majesty will have to work harder~ Try to conceive the next one sooner, before soone else beats you to it again. I still want to have one for Ah Ye, you know."
’This exasperating little creature! She’s provoking !’
Fei Yuan was fuming, yet helpless. He took one of her slender, pale hands and squeezed it, his voice pleading. "Little Luoruo, I was arrogant and flippant before. I said sothing wrong... I want your heart. Can I have it?"
"Your Majesty, it takes a true heart to win a true heart. If you want mine, it depends on whether you have given yours."
"Is what I’ve given you not sincere enough?" Fei Yuan gazed deeply at her, his voice low and rich. "Whatever you want, I will give you. Anything I have is yours. And what I don’t have, I will strive to get for you."
"Has there ever been a precedent for an Emperor Beast to share a wife with other Male Beasts? And to be ranked below his own nephew? I don’t even mind your other Beast Husbands and their children. I’m even willing to love them for your sake and offer my help."
This was the first ti in his life he had ever been so invested in a female.
"Is this still not enough? Little Luoruo, what more do you want to do? Tell . I truly want to just rip out my heart and show it to you," he said, his voice laced with extre bitterness.
"Your Majesty, in my experience, the Beast Husbands who only want children have the hardest ti getting them. Those who offer their true hearts, on the other hand, have a much easier ti conceiving," Sang Luo said teasingly. "Your Majesty, what you truly love is the child, not ."
’I’m the one being loved by association.’
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