Chapter 204: Labor Approaching
“Good daughter, Mother didn’t misjudge, right? Have you been reborn again?”
“Mother, you're talking nonsense! Of course, it's little Zhenzhen! Did Mother forget me after a nap?”
Zhenzhen jumped into Sang Luo's arms, stretched lazily, and then found a comfortable position to bury her head in her arm, saying in a muffled, childish voice, “Daughter slept so soundly this time, my body feels so good! I really want to fight someone.”
“...When we get back to the Eastern Continent, Mother will let you go out to kill magical beasts, kill as many as you want.”
Sang Luo carried her to a frozen river. Little Zhenzhen looked down at the reflection on the ice and grabbed her furry face in astonishment, “Huh? Is that me?”
The originally dull gray Bixi cub was like a pearl wiped clean of dust, revealing its original dazzling appearance. Its entire body was as fiery as fire, and every red fluff seemed to retain a trace of flame. The thin scales on its feet and tail had turned into a shimmering golden-red color, and there was even a golden flame mark between its eyebrows, sacred, noble, and extremely dazzling!
This was the true Divine Remnant King Beast!
So, it was dull gray before because it didn't have enough energy.
Sang Luo circulated her spiritual power through little Zhenzhen's body and discovered that it had gained another innate ability called [Source Fire].
It now had three innate abilities, one more than other King Beasts of the same realm, comparable to an Emperor Beast.
Sang Luo took little Zhenzhen back to the Eastern Continent. Si Ye almost didn't recognize his own daughter and was dumbfounded.
“This, this is really my ugly daughter? How did she become so beautiful?”
“...You said before that your daughter takes after you and is very beautiful.” Sang Luo chuckled.
“I only said that because she was too sad. She never thought she was ugly since she was little. Of course, whether she is beautiful or ugly, my daughter is the cutest cub in my heart. If it comes to beauty, she can only be second,” Si Ye said with a smile, taking little Zhenzhen from Sang Luo's arms. He looked at her, his amorous peach blossom eyes slightly curved, “The most beautiful is you.”
“You flatterer!”
He lowered his head and rubbed her hair, whispering, “What exactly happened?”
On the way, Sang Luo told him everything that happened in the Northern Continent in detail. Si Ye nodded in realization, “So that's how it is. If I had returned earlier that year and given you that fire crystal stone to eat, Zhenzhen wouldn't have lacked the source fire power.”
“It was destined for her. It's not too late this time.”
As they were about to reach the entrance of the palace, Si Ye remembered something and said, “The Sea Emperor came last night. Are you going back to the Marquis's residence? Or are you going to see him?”
“Did Aze finish dealing with the matters in the Sea Emperor's Palace?”
“He should have finished. He came to accompany you during childbirth.”
“Let's go see him first.”
“Okay.”
Si Ye knew that Lou Xian Yue had taken care of Sang Luo when he was not by her side during her last pregnancy, so his attitude towards him was rarely good.
The two went to the main hall, where Fei Yuan and Lou Xian Yue were, having just finished discussing matters.
“Sang'er, how are you feeling? Is the little one troubling you again?” Lou Xian Yue, upon seeing her, couldn't care about anything else and quickly stepped forward to hold her hand, his voice gentle.
Sang Luo shook her head, “The little one you carried has always been very stable. This baby isn't causing much trouble either. Recently, the frequency of fetal movements has increased a lot. It's almost time.”
“There's still more than a month until the birth. Stay in Phoenix Palace. Don't run around during this time,” Fei Yuan said, walking over leisurely.
Sang Luo was very confident in Fei Yuan's midwifery skills. If she could stay in Phoenix Palace to give birth, she would give birth here.
She stayed, and Lou Xian Yue didn't go back either, taking care of her personally in the palace.
The Sea Emperor was a guest of honor. Fei Yuan, as the host, had already instructed people to prepare a refined palace for the two to reside in.
Lou Xian Yue nodded and excused himself, then carried Sang Luo away first.
“...There's nothing for me to do. I'll take Zhenzhen back to the Marquis's residence,” Si Ye said, watching the two figures disappear, then turned and left with the child.
Fei Yuan didn't miss the disappointment in his eyes. He shook his head, still too young.
...
In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.
This little cub didn't seem to be in a hurry to come out.
Sang Luo calmed her mind and ate and drank as usual.
She had Lou Xian Yue bring little Lan An to Phoenix Palace to play.
Fei Yuan and Si Ye saw this little merman for the first time and both gave many gifts.
Fei Yuan especially liked little Lan An... He liked other people's children.
Moreover, mermen were very rare. Fei Yuan had lived for hundreds of years and was seeing a merman cub for the first time.
If Lou Xian Yue hadn't been glaring at him warily, Sang Luo would have wanted to snatch the child away, seeing his fiery, greedy gaze.
After playing in Phoenix Palace for a few days, Lou Xian Yue sent little Lan An back to the South Sea first, as he still had a lot of homework to learn.
When Si Ye had nothing to do, he would bring little Zhenzhen to the palace to find Sang Luo.
Little Zhenzhen was very close to Lou Xian Yue. As soon as she saw him, her eyes would glaze over, and she wouldn't be able to walk, insisting that he carry her out to play.
Si Ye, the biological father, was jealous.
He tried to comfort himself, “It's all my fault that I couldn't be with you two when you were pregnant with little Zhenzhen. This merman can be considered half of her adoptive father. It's normal for her to be very close to him.”
Sang Luo, “Is there a possibility that she's just simply lustful.”
Both of the female cubs she gave birth to liked Aze.
Aze was indeed beautiful.
It would have been fine if she hadn't said that, but after she said it, Si Ye visibly became even more unhappy.
“Do you think I'm not as good-looking as that merman?” His tone was dangerous.
“Cough, you're good-looking too, each with your own charm!”
“Hmph, you're good at coaxing people. Let me taste if that's true or false.” Si Ye's jade-white slender fingers pinched her chin, kissing her extremely soft red lips, savoring slowly. Finally, he licked her lips and looked at her seductively.
Sang Luo's face flushed, and her soul was gone. If she wasn't about to give birth, she would have dragged him to bed to do something.
“Daddy, what are you doing with Mommy?”
Not far away, Lou Xian Yue walked over with the child in his arms.
Zhenzhen covered her eyes with her paws, peeking through a crack, “Huh, why didn't Mommy and Daddy continue biting?”
Si Ye's face turned red, “You brat! Come here!”
Zhenzhen nimbly jumped from Lou Xian Yue's arms into Sang Luo's arms, lazily dozing off, not even looking at her biological father.
She had deliberately taken Uncle Lou away to give Daddy and Mommy time to be alone! She didn't want to see Daddy looking lost every time he returned to the Marquis's residence, even spilling the milk powder when making it.
...
Days passed, and Sang Luo had been pregnant for almost a year, longer than expected.
As the day of delivery approached, Sang Luo became more and more calm. Having given birth to eight children, it was hard not to be calm.
But the three men were more nervous than each other, unable to sleep at night, taking turns keeping watch with her, afraid that she would suddenly go into labor.
One morning, after Fei Yuan finished performing a full-body examination on Sang Luo as usual, his brows furrowed and then relaxed, “The last day. She will give birth tonight.”
Si Ye, “Are you sure it's accurate this time?”
“Yes.” Fei Yuan looked at Sang Luo on the bed, “Is your belly feeling bloated and painful?”
Sang Luo felt it for a moment and shook her head.
“At the latest, it won't be later than dawn tomorrow. I'll go prepare some medicine for you.”
Fei Yuan left first. Si Ye glanced at her and also left.
Leaving the key day to her and the child's biological father to be alone.
Lou Xian Yue sat on the edge of the bed, handing her a jade lotus root.
When Sang Luo took it, she noticed that his distinct fingers were trembling slightly, and his hand was cold.
His body temperature was usually low, but not this pale and cold.
She smiled, “It's not the first child, why are you so nervous?”
“I was also nervous when you gave birth to little Lan An...” Lou Xian Yue gazed at her tenderly, but she didn't know it back then.
Sang Luo prepared for the labor at dawn tomorrow. After finishing lunch, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach.
She cried out in agony, her face pale and sweating, tightly grabbing his sleeve, “Aze... It seems like I'm going into labor!”
Lou Xian Yue quickly carried her to the delivery room.
