She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Chapter 36 Turning the Tables (Bonus Chapter 1 for Votes)

Ruan Xiyue looked at Qin Yue and asked, "Was it done by the wandering beastmen or by the guards?"

Qin Yue put down the stone bowl and hurriedly rushed to the entrance of the beast cave. He then came back and pulled Ruan Xiyue to Qin Ye's room, asking in a low voice, "You disappeared that day. Did you go to find my brother?"

Ruan Xiyue sat next to Qin Ye, releasing her healing power on him as she said, "Yes, I shot and killed the Holy Female."

Qin Yue was so frightened that he quickly covered Ruan Xiyue's mouth and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense! That day you just went out and picked up a high-level male and then you became his mate! If someone calls you to the clan leader later, that's what you should say!"

"And another thing!" Qin Yue quickly repeated Cong Xian's guess, then added, "Cong Xian has disappeared. Everyone now suspects that he killed the Holy Mother!"

Ruan Xiyue frowned and said, "Then wouldn't I be making him take the blame? I guess that's what the wandering orcs were planning."

Qin Yue grabbed Ruan Xiyue's arm and asked in a low voice, "Who else has seen the dagger you gave to my brother and the bow and arrows you used?"

"The wandering beastmen and my second beast husband," Ruan Xiyue said nonchalantly.

Qin Yue frowned and said, "Who is your second beast husband? It wouldn't be... Long Ze, would it?"

Ruan Xiyue touched Qin Ye's forehead and found it wasn't as hot as before. She said, "Yes. You know about him too?"

Qin Yue sighed and said, "The first person he saw was me. I mistook him for my older brother. You know... they look exactly alike."

Ruan Xiyue forced a smile, her face pale from exhausting her powers, and asked worriedly, "Why hasn't Qin Ye woken up yet?"

Just as Ruan Xiyue was asking, Qin Ye slowly woke up, and a beastman came to the door to inform Ruan Xiyue to go to the chieftain's beast cave.

Ruan Xiyue kissed Qin Ye's forehead and said, "I'll be right back."

Qin Ye grabbed Ruan Xiyue and whispered, "Don't admit it carelessly."

Ruan Xiyue nodded: "Go back now, the kids are waiting for you at home."

As Ruan Xiyue passed by the stone house, she said to the person inside, "Darling, I'm going to see the clan chief. I'll be back in a bit, don't worry."

Qin Ye spoke with the Qin family's beast mother for a while before preparing to return to the stone house. However, Qin Ye's father said, "Xi Yue has married her second beast husband, you..."

The Qin family's beast mother sighed and said, "It's good, there are people helping out."

Qin Ye nodded: "I found that for her, because she's pregnant again now. I thought that when I left..."

The Qin family's beast mother was utterly astonished. She couldn't help but ask, "Did she know that herself?"

Qin Ye's lips curled into a smile, but it lacked warmth. He disliked his family having opinions about his little female. Even knowing the danger, she still went to him. She was only at the Azure Rank, a Saintly Female at the Orange Rank. She knew she was no match for him, yet she still went to him.

So no one has the right to think she's bad; she's the best. She's the little female he cherishes most in his heart.

"Didn't Mother say she ate too many energy fruits and that's why she fell into a coma and couldn't come to see me? If she didn't know, why would she have eaten energy fruits?"

Everyone in the Qin family's beast cave could tell that Qin Ye was unhappy. They also realized that the day Ruan Xiyue disappeared, she probably didn't just go to find another beast groom, but rather went after Qin Ye.

Qin Ye got up and returned to the stone house. When he saw another male appear in the house where he used to be alone with the little female, it would be a lie to say that he was not moved.

But, since he has the exact same face as her, does that mean the little female still likes him a lot?

Qin Ye suddenly sensed something was wrong. He strode up to Long Ze, grabbed his arm, and found that the mark of exile was gone.

Qin Ye's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he said angrily, "How could you let her do this? Heartfelt words will damage your very foundation!"

Qin Ye gripped Long Ze's neck tightly with his hand, but Long Ze didn't even try to break free.

Qin Yue came in after hearing this. He originally wanted to explain to Qin Ye why his mother was feeling uncomfortable.

Who would have thought that he would hear Qin Ye shout those words to Long Ze?

Long Ze said, "She didn't discuss it with me beforehand."

With Qin Yue pulling him, Qin Ye finally let go of Long Ze.

Although Qin Ye was angry, the deed was done. The little female had already used her heart's blood to remove the exile mark from Long Ze, and there was no point in saying anything now.

Qin Ye's biggest concern right now is whether the little female will be bullied by the guards' beastmen.

His delicate, helpless little female was so kind and endearing. If the guards were to use Cong Xian as an excuse, he might find her innocent and forced to be treated as a wandering beastman. He wondered if his fragile little female would say something that would harm her.

Qin Ye looked at the cubs whose energy seemed to be fluctuating, wrapped them in animal hides, and carried them out.

"Brother, where are you going?" Qin Yue asked.

Without turning his head, Qin Ye said, "Go prove that my little female doesn't have time to run around."

Qin Yue quickly caught up and whispered, "We were afraid something might happen, so we didn't make a big fuss about looking for Little Sister... Sister-in-law. So, as long as you don't talk about it, no one will know about this."

"Why did the guards call her that?"

"This……"

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"Because the guard needs to investigate the orcs who have the strongest motives against the Holy Mother. And Xi Yue happens to be one of them."

Ruan Xiyue shrugged and said, "Have you found out the results yet?"

"You didn't find any results, yet you whipped my first beast husband. And you even said that the male from the Lion Clan might be the murderer of the Holy Queen? Is it acceptable to make accusations without any evidence?"

"Could it be that the death of the Holy Maiden was also part of your scheme? After all, where did the Cheetah Tribe get such a fine dagger? How did it end up on my Beastman? It's really hard to say, isn't it? I heard it's a dagger that can cut through bone like mud. Have you inquired about it? Has anyone in the Cheetah Tribe ever seen my Beastman use that dagger? Or have you asked the beastmen of the Cheetah Tribe if they've ever heard of anything ten times more powerful than a bone knife?"

"None of us have described what this dagger looks like, so how could the female Xi Yue know that it can cut through bone like mud?"

Ruan Xiyue shrugged: "I've not only heard that this dagger can cut through bone like mud, but I've also heard that the arrow that killed the Holy Mother was made of the same material as the dagger. Besides, do you know that framing someone always has to be done properly? My beast husband has woken up, and he said that the Holy Mother's wound came from the top of her head. But Cong Xian is a male lion, so how could he have gotten to the top of her head to shoot an arrow?"

Ruan Xiyue looked at the chieftain: "Chieftain, my suggestion is that the four tribes unite. I estimate that the male behind the Holy Female has a large amount of bamboo resources, and the male from Xian might not be wrong at all. They want to defeat our four tribes one by one and then turn us all into enslaved beastmen, making us tools for them to make money!"