199: Chapter 199 "Does she really look exactly like me?"

Tudou climbed up from Tang Ruan's body.

She smoothed out her hair, clenched her small, chubby hands into fists, placed them on her knees, and sat up straight.

She looked at Tang Ruan, hesitating several times.

It made Tang Ruan think she was going to confess her feelings to her.

"Are you finally planning to take in Lang Chi?"

"Did you secretly give birth to a Cub?"

The two spoke at the same time.

Tang Ruan blinked: How did Tudou know?

She chuckled and patted Tudou on the back, "You're well-informed!"

Tudou's small eyes widened into perfect circles, and she stammered, "Is it true?"

"It's true!"

Tang Ruan's face was beaming with a happy smile.

Tudou felt depressed.

"Do your Beast Husbands know about this?"

"They do!"

Why was Tudou asking such a strange question?

Did she need them all to raise their hands and vote in agreement before she could give birth to a Cub?

"Then... then..."

Tudou's expression looked absolutely horrified.

She lowered her voice and asked, "Does the Beast God know too?"

"Yeah."

Tang Ruan tilted her head, unable to understand why Tudou was reacting so strongly.

Also, who did she hear it from?

Lang Lie was not the type of beastman who liked to gossip about family matters everywhere.

That meant it was possible he had accidentally mentioned it to Lang Chi, and then Lang Chi told Tudou?

Tang Ruan raised an eyebrow with a gossipy expression, "Did Lang Chi tell you?"

This time, it was Tudou's turn to look confused.

Tudou lowered her head and thought for a moment.

She figured it out.

She said anxiously, "Tang Ruan! I'm not joking with you! Did you give birth to a Cub?"

Tang Ruan didn't understand why she looked so anxious.

"Yes! It's in Dragon Valley... it hasn't hatched yet. Am I... not allowed to give birth?"

Tudou closed her eyes, crossed her arms, turned her back, and ignored her.

She looked like she was truly angry.

Tang Ruan: ...

Could it be that her best friend was heartbroken because she had lost a Cub before? Was she afraid she would be in pain if she gave birth again?

The logic didn't seem to hold up, though...

Tang Ruan reached out and poked Tudou's round little shoulder.

"You traveled thousands of miles to find me; you have to tell me why you're angry."

Tudou still kept her back turned, "Your Beast Husbands have already brought a Cub to Dongdong Valley! And you're still in the mood to joke around!"

"What?"

Tang Ruan stood up abruptly, then sat back down, realizing what had happened.

Tang Ruan: "That joke is so fake."

Tudou turned around, grabbed Tang Ruan's shoulders, and said excitedly, "That means you didn't give birth to a Cub, right?"

Looking at Tudou's serious expression, Tang Ruan finally believed she wasn't joking.

She said seriously, "I did give birth. I had an egg with Fentian, who is the Beast God. It hasn't hatched yet, and it's in Dragon Valley."

Tudou let out a sudden sigh of relief, "That's good. That guy really is a liar!"

"What exactly happened?" Tang Ruan asked curiously.

Tudou explained the whole sequence of events.

A few months ago, the Sheep Tribe living above Dongdong Valley found a young Male Beastman and a female Cub who looked only three or four years old near the volcanic hot springs.

The female Cub couldn't speak and looked a bit dull and silly, but anyone who saw her would think she was carved from the same mold as Tang Ruan.

Plus, Yan Qing was a hopeless romantic who had carved portraits of himself and Tang Ruan on the stone walls of almost every city.

Almost everyone in the Beast Kingdom knew what Tang Ruan looked like.

So, the Sheep Tribe members who found these two immediately couldn't stay calm.

They hurriedly brought the two to the city lord's mansion and questioned them about their relationship with you...

"That Male Beastman said the Cub was yours," Tudou said indignantly.

"Are you kidding me!" Tang Ruan slammed the table and stood up, "He's trying to scam me!"

If the Beast God found out, he wouldn't leave even a speck of ash left of him!

Oh! No!

He would definitely be tortured for three days and three nights first, and then burned until not even a speck of ash remained.

Tudou nodded, "Exactly."

She continued to recall—

That Male Beastman said the Cub was Tang Ruan's, but he didn't explain his own relationship with her.

But that hesitant look on his face...

It made people think he was probably just afraid of Tang Ruan's Beast Husbands.

Furthermore, he was from the Jiao Clan, and the Jiao Clan's Mistress contract is invisible.

It only appears during mating.

Therefore, even if Tang Ruan didn't have a Jiao Clan mark on her body, it didn't necessarily mean she had no connection to the Jiao Clan.

That Male Beastman claimed he had taken advantage of the recent chaos in the Jiao Clan to run away.

"The Jiao Clan..."

Listening to Tudou's account, Tang Ruan thought of that sea again, the Kun that had turned into bones, the chains shackled to her feet, and the Jiao Clan Seal on her body...

Tang Ruan suddenly wasn't sure anymore.

The Fortune Teller said she had five Beast Husbands.

Could the last one really be from the Jiao Clan?

Her previous memories were missing; could she really have a Jiao Clan Beast Husband, and even a Cub?

Tang Ruan panicked a little.

No! The timing didn't match up.

"Are you sure that female Cub is three or four years old?"

"Yeah!" Tudou nodded seriously.

"My mother and the leader of the Sheep Tribe have had a very good relationship over the years.

The leader of the Sheep Tribe hasn't told the Beast King about this yet; he told my mother first.

My mother asked the leader of the Sheep Tribe to find a Witch Doctor who could determine a beastman's age, and they confirmed she is at most four years old."

Tang Ruan took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Then it's definitely not it.

If I had given birth to her before I lost my memory, she would be at least seven or eight years old."

"Exactly."

Hearing Tang Ruan say this, Tudou's tone instantly lightened up quite a bit.

They were all worried that it was a child Tang Ruan had with another Male Beastman behind the Beast King's back while she was with him.

This Male Beastman was not as outstanding as the Beast King, the Wolf Tribe leader, or the Lord of Red Fox City, let alone the current First Beast Husband, the Beast God.

He was a particularly scrawny Male Beastman.

Whether viewed from the aesthetic standards of the Marmot Tribe or the Sheep Tribe, he couldn't be considered outstanding.

If Tang Ruan's Beast Husbands found out that Tang Ruan had taken a liking to someone like that, they would be furious to death.

If the Beast God were to punish her, it would be even more terrifying.

"I'm relieved it's not you," Tudou said.

"He probably just saw my statue and wanted to use the Cub to beg for food!" Tang Ruan guessed.

Although she didn't know what the situation with the Jiao Clan was right now.

But the Merfolk Princess is the heir to the Jiao Clan, and the King of the Jiao Clan has been asleep for many years.

Therefore, the Merfolk Princess is effectively the King of the Jiao Clan.

If the King is gone, the kingdom must be in chaos.

Furthermore, beastmen on land currently despise the Jiao Clan.

So, it makes sense that he would lie using his daughter's appearance.

However, Tang Ruan was quite curious: just how much did that female Cub look like her?

Tang Ruan said to Tudou, "When you go back, tell Mama Marmot that as long as that Merfolk tells the truth, don't give him a hard time.

After all, he has a Cub with him, so he might be desperate."

Also, from what Tudou said, that Cub not only couldn't speak but also wasn't very bright.

"I know," Tudou nodded, "The Cub is innocent.

If he insists on claiming a relationship with you, we'll kick him out and keep the Cub.

We won't let her starve."

"Yeah."

Tang Ruan was still very curious.

"Does she really look exactly like me?"

"Yes! It's just that her eyes are deep purple."