Female?
Bai Lou raised his hand to shield his eyes from the glaring sunlight, only then noticing a round, black wolf cub in the courtyard—the chubby little one from Lang Kai and Lang Yue’s family.
Huh? Lang Kai and Lang Yue’s family? Bai Lou finally realized something was off.
Last night at the bonfire party, his attention was entirely focused on the roasted meat and the priest, and he hadn’t paid much attention to the gossip around him. Now that he thought about it, there were cubs so there was no reason for their mother not to come. The tribe probably wasn’t wealthy enough to allow women to remain as young ladies.
There were only two kinds of people here: beastmen and half-beastmen. Lang Kai and Lang Yue seemed to be from the same family and the priest had said he had married into the tribe. Last night, when the party ended, many beastmen and half-beastmen left with a cub.
Bai Lou’s eyes widened, he seemed to have discovered something terrible.
“What’s wrong?” Lang Zhan had been watching Bai Lou since he came out. Seeing his changing expressions at the doorway, and now looking like he’d been frightened, he couldn’t help but ask.
Bai Lou glanced at Lang Zhan, his gaze involuntarily drifting to his lower abdomen. Hmm, who’s giving birth there? Probably one of those half- beastmen? They’re called females.
Lang Zhan, unaware of his wild thoughts, only felt his body stiffen under Bai Lou’s gaze. Even though the sunlight wasn’t shining on him, he felt as if he were on fire.
“Bai Lou!” Lang Zhan called softly.
Bai Lou snapped out of his reverie and looked away.
He couldn’t ask so he had to pretend it wasn’t a big deal.
In reality, it really wasn’t a big deal. In their Blue Star animal kingdom, same-sex predation was common. A man giving birth couldn’t be as strange as transmigration, could it?
After reassuring himself, Bai Lou strolled over and squatted down next to Lang Zhan. “Is Little Fatty eating here tonight?”
The black wolf cub, which had stopped playing and was sitting side-by-side watching him nearby, protested with a soft “woof.”
“I’m not called Little Fatty, I’m called Lang Bai.”
Lang Bai puffed out its little chest, proudly declaring, “I’m not fat. Father said I need to eat more meat to grow into a strong beastman and marry the most beautiful female.”
After saying this, it glanced at Bai Lou with some regret. So beautiful! Why isn’t he a female? If he were, it could marry him when it grew up.
Bai Lou teased it with a grin, “Then who’s the most beautiful female in the tribe?”
“Woo~” It used to be Brother Lang Quan.
“Used to?” Bai Lou asked curiously. He had seen Lang Quan and he was indeed quite handsome.
Lang Bai seemed a little shy, glancing at Bai Lou repeatedly, stammering, “Woo~” You…you’re prettier than him.
Bai Lou was speechless. “I’m male!” He’s a male cat! He can’t have babies!
“Woo!” Lang Bai was slapped on the forehead by Lang Tu, who then grabbed Little Fatty by the ear and pulled it away. “Hurry up, hurry up, brother’s going to get angry.”
A large hand patted his head. Bai Lou turned to look at Lang Zhan, who soothed him by stroking his fur. “Don’t be angry. If you’re upset, I’ll beat up Lang Kai once I’m healed.”
Bai Lou: ???
He quickly stopped him, saying, “No need, no need, I’m not angry. By the way, has the hunting party returned? Can we go and get some fatty meat?”
Lang Zhan didn’t ask what he wanted the fatty meat for, simply nodding and saying, “Sure.”
He went to the kitchen’s small storeroom, tore off a piece of dragon meat, wrapped it in animal hide, and went out.
Bai Lou took a few scallions and two eggs, along with some wood ash, and went to the riverbank, the two little wolf cubs following him trotting along.