Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off - Chapter 178

178: Chapter 178: How many cubs is Qinglan-jie carrying?

178: Chapter 178: How many cubs is Qinglan-jie carrying?

The days began to pass quickly.

The entire tribe was buzzing with frantic energy.

Everyone was working hard, preparing for the upcoming long rainy season.

After multiple large hunts, the tribe’s food stores were massive.

They had almost five hundred prey now.

All the meat was smoked and dried so they could eat it later, safe from the coming floods.

All the beast hides had been carefully tanned.

These hides would be exchanged for rice with the Fat Bull Tribe.

Today was the important day.

They were going to the Fat Bull tribe for the exchange.

Only Su Qinglan and Xuan Long knew the exact location of the Fat Bull tribe.

Su Qinglan could not go.

Everyone had strictly forbidden her from traveling far because of her condition.

The important task fell to Xuan Long.

Su Qinglan felt this was good.

The exchange would be done smoothly.

The Fat Bull beastmen were already familiar with Xuan Long.

She gave Xuan Long her final instructions.

Xuan Long listened carefully, his expression reluctant to leave her side.

But the mission was important for her and the tribe; he could do anything to make her happy.

After she sent him away, Su Qinglan walked toward the clearing.

The tribe was calm now.

Bai Lianhua had been sent away.

Not once did Xu Meiyan or her so-called fake mother come to disturb her.

Life was peaceful.

Su Qinglan’s belly was starting to protrude now.

She was already naturally chubby, so it was not immediately noticeable.

But now, her belly definitely looked pregnant.

Bai Ling’s belly looked even more noticeably pregnant than hers, even though Bai Ling’s pregnancy was later than hers.

Bai Ling was quite thin, so her growing belly was more prominent.

In these past days, Su Qinglan had healed quite a few females.

Today, she was healing another female.

Many of the females were happy with her treatments.

They noticed remarkable changes in their bodies.

Whether they could successfully get pregnant or not depended only on time and fate.

Just as the females were chatting happily, Liu Shan joined them.

She was healthy and radiant now.

Before, she had been quite gloomy and hardly interacted with the other females.

Now, she was happy and engaged.

Su Qinglan had told her to focus on her mood and happiness.

Only then could she be healthy enough to give birth to a chubby cub.

Liu Shan was willing to do anything for her baby.

And also she was trying hard for a baby with her beast husband, Zhao Mu.

All the females were playing together now.

They were busy cutting and drying fruits and vegetables.

They needed to preserve them.

When the rainy season came, everything outside would be drowned.

They would hardly be able to eat fresh food.

So they were preserving more and more.

They were even saving some seeds.

They would plant them later when the rains stopped so they could eat fresh food again.

Su Qinglan had taught them all of this information.

Every female in the tribe was eager to learn from her.

She was kneeling on the ground, slicing a sweet root into thin pieces for drying.

Bai Ling was beside her, her pregnant belly making her movements slow.

“Qinglan-jie, I feel my cub moving more now,” Bai Ling said, her face glowing with maternal joy.

“It’s like a little fish swimming inside.” “That is wonderful, Bai Ling,” Su Qinglan replied, smiling.

“Soon you will have your little fish in your arms.” Bai Ling reached out and gently patted Su Qinglan’s protruding belly.

“And soon you will too, Qinglan-jie.

Your belly is getting so big!

How many cubs do you think you carry?” Su Qinglan laughed.

“I don’t know.

I am so chubby already, it’s hard to tell!” Just then, one of the younger females, Xiu Li, came bounding over.

Xiu Li was known for being overly excited.

She was carrying a huge, woven basket of berries.

“Qinglan-Jie!

Look how many berries I found!

They are very sweet!” Xiu Li exclaimed, her arms full.

She stumbled slightly on a loose stone.

To keep from falling, she instinctively shoved the basket forward.

The heavy basket of berries slammed right into Su Qinglan’s stomach.

“Oof!” Su Qinglan gasped, startled.

The impact was not painful, but it was a solid, sudden thud.

The basket of berries scattered everywhere.

“Qinglan-jie!

I am so sorry!” Xiu Li cried out, her face instantly turning pale with fear and worry.

Bai Ling, Lin Muyu, and Liu Shan immediately rushed to Su Qinglan’s side.

“Are you hurt, Qinglan-jie?” Bai Ling asked, checking her stomach with worried eyes.

Su Qinglan waved her hand.

“I’m fine.

It was just a push.

Don’t worry.” But as she spoke, a strange, profound feeling swept through her.

It was a faint, yet undeniable sensation.

She felt a very distinct, gentle flutter deep within her womb.

Then another one.

It was not the pain of the impact.

It was something different.

It was like a tiny fish swimming, just as Bai Ling described.

But there were two of them.

She froze.

Her eyes widened, a look of pure shock replacing her smile.

“Qinglan?

What is it?” Lin Muyu asked, noticing the sudden change in her expression.

Su Qinglan carefully placed both hands on her lower abdomen.

She pushed gently, deliberately pressing her hands deeper into the soft flesh.

As she did this, she felt it again.

Two distinct, strong kicks.

One on the left, one on the right.

They were faint, but definitely there.

They were unmistakable.

Her mind raced.

She was carrying not just one, but multiple cubs.

The feeling was a profound, shocking realization.

She had read about this possibility, but she never expected it.

“Qinglan-jie?” Bai Ling pressed again, shaking her arm gently.

Su Qinglan lifted her head.

Her eyes were shining with overwhelming emotion.

The shock was turning into pure joy.

“I… I think I know why my belly is so big,” she whispered, her voice trembling.

“Why?

Are you hurt?” Xiu Li asked, her eyes full of tears.

Su Qinglan shook her head slowly.

She looked at the circle of expectant, worried female faces.

“No, I’m not hurt,” she said, her voice rising with excitement.

“I just felt them.

I felt the cubs move.

I felt… two of them.” A silence fell over the clearing.

Then, the silence broke into a flurry of excited gasps and shouts.

“Two?” Bai Ling shrieked, her own hand flying to her pregnant belly in shock.

“Twins!

Lan Lan is carrying two cubs!” Liu Shan cried, her face splitting into a wide, happy smile.

The news instantly spread through the small group of females.

They crowded around Su Qinglan, touching her belly gently and exclaiming over the incredible blessing.

Su Qinglan sat there, overwhelmed but blissfully happy.

Two cubs!

Han Jue, Hu Yan, Rong Ye, and Xuan Long were going to be fathers to two naughty cubs!

Her heart soared with joy and a new sense of purpose.

She was going to have even more chaos in her home.

She knew females always carry multiple cubs in the beast world…but for her this feeling was quite novel.

Just thinking about two cute furry tiger babies made her heart swell with happiness; she could not wait to snuggle with them…her babies.