dognovel Chapter 123 Laying snake eggs
Chapter 123 Laying snake eggs
Before Yao and the others could object to or agree with Ye's view, Lin Ni herself said unhappily, "I don't want to look anymore!"
She lost Feng, the one who had stirred her heart, and she felt she would never be attracted to any other beastman again. To call it being moved was akin to the initial spark of love, wasn't it? Only after losing Feng did she realize she also loved him; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so concerned about his feelings. It was just that her attachment to Yao had temporarily clouded her judgment of her own heart. But now, whether she loved him deeply or superficially, it was all meaningless. He would never appear before her again.
Now she has Yao, Ye, Bai, and Yan, and Linni feels that's enough. She can't quite explain her feelings for them, but they are all very important to her, and she can feel their love for her, which is no less than Yao's. So, if she really has to stay on the Beastman Continent, the four of them are enough.
To put it another way, if one day she were to leave the Beastman Continent, she shouldn't seek out more partners; it would only be disappointing a few more devoted men. She didn't have the desire to experience every kind of man. Actually, she had already experienced enough, hadn't she? The gentle yet passionate Yao with his long golden hair; the attentive yet strong Ye with his silver hair and silver eyes; the enthusiastic yet somewhat childish Bai with his white hair and black eyes; the puppy-like Yan with his black eyes and black hair; and the shy yet cool Feng with his short, light yellow hair—enough was enough.
Yao affectionately patted her head: "Let's not look for someone. We'll consider it when a suitable person comes along."
Linni nodded.
With Yao speaking as the primary partner, Ye and Bai stopped fighting over sleeping next to Lin Ni and obediently took turns according to his rules.
Linni wondered if they listened to him so much because Yao's words made sense, or because a woman's first partner held a superior position in the family. But thinking about the partner marks on their arms, not just hers, but all the women had them. The first partner's mark was on top, and the marks of the other partners extended outwards below it to form a circle. So, it seemed understandable that the first partner held a superior position.
Thinking of the mate mark inevitably brings to mind Feng, whose mate mark is to the left of the Night's mark, its color appearing slightly lighter than before. Linni remembers Aya from the Gorilla Beast Tribe saying that one of her mates had died, so surely the mate mark wouldn't disappear? Aside from the carving on the large rock in the Moonlit Pool at their first meeting, the only proof of Feng's existence on the Beastman Continent is the mate mark on her own arm. She doesn't even dare to imagine how she would face Mei, this beautiful and loving mother beast, if she were to return to the towering Tiger Beast Tribe one day.
That day, Linni stood at the cave entrance, looking outside. It had rained for over an hour that morning, but the rain had stopped, and the sun was peeking over the east. Linni felt much better. She touched her protruding belly, which was still about the size of a four-month pregnant belly in the human world, more like the belly of a slightly overweight middle-aged woman, not at all like someone about to give birth. She remembered one of her teachers; her belly was enormous. At seven months, it was already as big as a twenty-pound watermelon inside. Silently calculating the days, she realized she was about 175 days pregnant now—not quite six months, but almost there.
Just as she was touching her stomach, a sudden urge to urinate came over her. Before Lin Ni could turn around, she felt a stream of water flow out from below, running down her trouser leg and onto the floor. Lin Ni looked down in shock at the puddle on the floor. What happened? Had she wet her pants?! But the smell didn't seem like urine. Panicked, she called out, "Yao, come quick!"
Today it was Yan's turn to go hunting, Ye went out to do laundry, and Bai transformed into two white tigers. One of them ran away, while the other stayed by her side. Only Yao, a humanoid companion, was in the cave.
Yao was preparing lunch when he heard her voice and rushed over, grabbing her hand and asking, "What's wrong?"
Linni looked at the water on the ground with a panic and helplessness: "I don't know! I don't know what happened!"
Yao looked down and said, "You must be about to give birth. I'll carry you to your bed." He then picked her up and carried her inside.
Bai Shu, standing beside them, said, "I'll send Bai Ji to retrieve Ye!"
Yao nodded: "Let's boil some more water."
Lin Ni lay on the bed, feeling both nervous and scared. Had her water broken just now? As soon as she lay down, she grabbed Yao's hand and said, "Yao, I need to use the restroom."
"Wait a minute." Yao first helped her take off her wet pants, then carried her to the litter box placed to the side. Lin Ni was a little embarrassed, but she didn't care about that at the moment. She sat on the litter box for a while, then helped Yao stand up. She couldn't expel anything, but the urge to defecate was very obvious.
Yao had Bai fetch a fur skirt for Lin Ni and then carefully helped her put it on: "Why don't you lie down for a while longer?"
Linni said, "I still have some leftover porridge. Let me have some first."
Wasn't childbirth supposed to require a lot of strength? She'd just eat a little more? Actually, she was terrified, but there were no midwives in the beastman continent; births were handled by partners or older females. She'd thought Night's mother could be the midwife, but she hadn't expected this to happen. Speaking of which, she was about to give birth to Night's baby, and he wasn't even there! Men are so carefree! Why is it women who give birth?!
Linni ate her porridge, her mind wandering, and she even felt a little like crying. After finishing a bowl of porridge, Linni still felt the urge to defecate, so she sat down on the litter box. Just as she sat down, Ye and Baiji returned. Ye rushed in and grabbed Linni's hand: "Lin, did you lay an egg?"
Why does that question sound so unpleasant? Lin Ni angrily pushed him away: "Go away!" She really misses him when he's not around, but gets angry when she sees him.
Ye was a little confused, not knowing why she was angry, and stood helplessly to the side.
Bai transformed into human form and stood to Lin Ni's right, while Yao remained to her left, one hand supporting her back and the other holding her hand tightly.
With three men surrounding her while she relieved herself, Lin Ni was even more unable to go. She thought it best not to come back at all! She considered going back to bed, and before getting up, she strained, then felt something pulling at her lower body, causing a sharp pain. Lin Ni gripped Yao and Ye's hands tightly, her face turning pale, and cried out, "Ah—!" Then she felt it come out, but why wasn't it in her back? Wasn't she supposed to be trying to defecate?
Bai, standing anxiously to the side, scratched his head and asked frantically, "How is it? Lin, what do you think?"
Linni glared at him, annoyed: "It's not like I'm giving birth to your baby, why are you so nervous?!" Then another wave of pain hit her, and she passed something again, after which she felt completely relieved.
At that moment, Bai said from the side, "Lin, you've given birth!"
It's already born? Snake eggs are really easy to lay!