After opening the window, Lang Yin walked over to Bai Jiaojiao.
He wanted to reach out to her but hesitated, afraid Su Cha wouldn’t allow it.
At a loss, he could only repeat, “Jiaojiao, it’s okay, it’s okay.
You’ll be fine.”
“Come here.
Keep her talking and don’t let her fall asleep again,” Su Cha said after checking the patient’s pulse.
She called Lang Yin over and placed Jiaojiao’s hand into his.
Then, she encouraged Bai Jiaojiao, “Don’t worry, you won’t be in any danger.
There’s a very good chance I can save your female cub, too.
Your males are all here by your side, waiting for you to safely deliver the baby, so you mustn’t give up.”
Su Cha’s voice was calm but highly soothing, bringing a great deal of comfort to Bai Jiaojiao and her males.
Crushing the painkillers, Su Cha mixed them into the herbal juice and instructed Xiong Lie to feed it to Bai Jiaojiao.
“From now on, all of you just need to trust me.
No matter what I do or say, just cooperate.
Don’t act surprised, and don’t interrupt me.
Otherwise, all our efforts could go to waste in an instant.”
Despite being the most petite female in the clan, she inexplicably exuded a convincing, authoritative aura.
The three males nodded, and Bai Jiaojiao let out a weak sound of agreement.
Su Cha took a deep breath.
She cut open a section of the female’s animal-skin skirt and inserted the slender silver needles one by one.
Lang Yin was just talking to Bai Jiaojiao about their past, fantasizing about what would happen after their female cub was born.
The males’ breath hitched at the sight of the needles, but they all tacitly refrained from making a sound.
Xiong Lie and Hu Yang could clearly see that the bleeding beneath Bai Jiaojiao had stopped.
Under their shocked gazes, Su Cha began to press down on Bai Jiaojiao’s lower abdomen.
“Ah!” Bai Jiaojiao cried out in pain, sweat and tears pouring down her face.
“Bear with it, it’ll be over soon.
Push when I press down,” Su Cha instructed as she felt around, adjusting the fetus’s position.
Fortunately, it wasn’t a breech birth; the baby was just slightly out of position, so a C-section wouldn’t be necessary.
Bai Jiaojiao’s agonizing screams rang out again and again.
Though her voice gradually weakened, the sheer agony in it was still palpable.
The crowd outside heard the commotion as well, and anger surfaced on the faces of several beastmen.
“Su Cha is being completely reckless!
How can we let her torture another female like this?”
“Exactly!
Can’t she just let Bai Jiaojiao spend her final moments in peace?”
“She’s a monster!
This is blatant murder!”
The comments grew increasingly vicious.
In an unnoticed corner, the Witch Doctor revealed a cruel smile, thinking how dare Su Cha challenge her authority without even knowing her own limits.
The situation spiraled out of control.
They were this close to charging in and dragging the murderous Su Cha out.
The Clan Leader’s brow was furrowed so deeply it could crush a mosquito.
Caught in a dilemma, he tried his best to pacify the beastmen who were crying out against the perceived injustice.
Only then did the Witch Doctor speak up in satisfaction.
“Clan Leader, maybe we should…”
Before she could finish, she was cut off by the sudden sound of the door throwing open.
“Quick!
Who has warming grass and rabbit pelts?
Please, let me borrow some!”
Lang Yin’s voice trembled with excitement.
His hands shook, and his eyes overflowed with irrepressible ecstasy as he swept a pleading gaze over the beastmen present.
At the same time, a cub’s weak cry reached everyone’s ears.
Pairs of shocked eyes immediately locked onto the space behind the open door.
“There’s still some in the storehouse.
Xiong Qi, take some people to fetch it,” the Clan Leader was the first to react, giving the order with a hint of excitement.
“Lang Yin, was the female cub born?” a beastman stepped forward and asked.
“Yes, she’s born!” Lang Yin replied quickly before darting back inside.
Inside the room, Su Cha was slowly adjusting the silver needles while instructing Hu Yang and Xiong Lie on how to wash the grime off the little cub.
After explaining the post-care instructions to the males, Su Cha finally removed all the silver needles and stored them in her spatial dimension.
“Alright, Bai Jiaojiao is out of danger.
She needs to rest now, so just leave one person here to take care of her.
The female cub is also healthy.
Everything is fine now.”
Holding the wrinkled little cub wrapped in an animal pelt, Lang Yin dropped to his knees before Su Cha with a loud THUD.
The other two males immediately followed suit, kneeling before her.
“Su Cha, we are so sorry.
We shouldn’t have doubted you earlier.
You saved us.” Lang Yin’s eyes were filled with sincere gratitude and remorse.
Su Cha was somewhat speechless.
Why did the beastmen here like to drop to their knees at the drop of a hat?
“Get up.
There are still many people worried outside.
Take the cub out to show them, and remember to use extra warming grass.”
When Lang Yin carried the female cub outside, many people crowded around.
Some offered congratulations, while others were just curious.
It was a lively, chaotic scene.
“So this is a female cub!
I’ve never seen what a newly born female cub looks like before!”
“Congratulations, Lang Yin.
You’re truly a lucky beastman.”
With a new female cub added to the clan, the majority of the beastmen were delighted.
Of course, there were exceptions.
The Witch Doctor’s face was grim as she flicked her sleeves and stormed off amidst the crowd’s excitement.
Leaning against the doorframe, Su Cha looked at the bustling scene before her, feeling somewhat gratified.
The intense pain radiating from her arm persisted.
After performing two highly difficult surgeries, the original owner’s fragile, untrained body simply couldn’t handle the strain.
The moment Mo Ze turned his head, he saw Su Cha sliding down the doorframe, her breathtakingly beautiful eyes having already fluttered shut in exhaustion.
Lang Yin, who had just uttered “Thanks to Su Cha,” simultaneously noticed her about to collapse onto the ground.
Mo Ze was the first to rush forward and catch her, while the other beastmen also hurried over.
“Witch Doctor!
Where’s the Witch Doctor?” Lang Yin looked around, only to realize that the Witch Doctor, Hu Luoluo, and their group had long since disappeared.
“There’s no point looking for the Witch Doctor.
She said she wouldn’t treat Su Cha,” Yang Ying’s male stepped forward and said.
The Witch Doctor had said it herself the last time Yang Ying went to fetch her.
The scene once again fell into an eerie silence.
Three Days Later
Meanwhile, Cang Yuan sensed that Su Cha had left the house but hadn’t returned for a long time.
The bowl and chopsticks he had finished using were still sitting untouched on the cabinet nearby.
He told himself he didn’t care about her whereabouts and pulled out an animal pelt to continue sewing, but he remained awake the entire time.
When noisy commotions erupted in the courtyard, Cang Yuan’s gaze sharpened.
There was a chaotic mix of beastmen’s scents.
A moment later, his bedroom door was pushed open.
Cang Yuan saw Xiong Lie walk in, carrying the unconscious Su Cha in his arms.
Cang Yuan furrowed his brows, coldness gathering in his eyes.
He despised others entering his territory.
“Cang Yuan, Su Cha likely passed out from overexhaustion after saving Bai Jiaojiao and her cub.
Please take care of her.
We’ve already fed her a Crossing Spirit Fruit, so she should be fine,” the Clan Leader spoke first.
Xiong Lie carried Su Cha to Cang Yuan’s bed and said bluntly, “Get up.
Su Cha passed out, let her lie down here.”
Cang Yuan didn’t move.
With a dark face, he simply stated, “Her room is next door.”
Upon hearing this, Xiong Lie instantly grew furious.
Su Cha had just saved his female’s life!
“Hey!
What kind of male acts like this?!
As her…”
Seeing Cang Yuan’s expression turning increasingly foul, the Clan Leader quickly interrupted Xiong Lie and rephrased it more tactfully, “Su Cha’s body is very weak right now.
It’s too risky for her to be alone just in case something happens.
You are her male, so please look after her.”
After saying that, he instructed Xiong Lie, “Cang Yuan’s legs are injured, making it inconvenient for him to move.
Just place Su Cha on the inner side of the bed.
Isn’t there plenty of space?”
Xiong Lie glared at Cang Yuan.
Completely ignoring Cang Yuan’s expression—which was now dark as a thundercloud—he placed Su Cha directly beside him.
Cang Yuan was speechless, gripped by the sudden urge to murder someone.
If only his legs could move…