bookcurios Chapter 173 What is your purpose?
Chapter 173 What is your purpose?
When Mo Ran stood in front of him, Zi Yi subconsciously thought that he had done something wrong. When he was carefully preparing to ask, he heard Mo Ran speak.
"Have you felt it? Is Jiaojiao carrying a boy or a girl?"
In the animal world, Afu can feel the gender of the cub in the female's belly in advance, so he and Zhutian were sure that He Jiaojiao was pregnant with an egg. After all, if it is a female cub, it will be born in human form and there will be no egg.
"Uh..." Ziyi hesitated and shook his head.
After learning that He Jiaojiao was pregnant, he was so excited that he was thinking about making more delicious food for He Jiaojiao every day. How could he think of sensing this!
However, after being reminded by Mo Ran, he really wanted to know it in advance.
"Why don't you try it now?"
Chi Yan and Zhu Xiong felt speechless. When would Zi Yi become more reliable? It was such a big thing, but he still hadn't thought of doing it.
Zi Yi closed his eyes and used the power of his bloodline to feel it carefully.
After a moment, Ziyi opened his eyes, his eyes full of surprise. So before he even opened his mouth, everyone had already guessed the result.
But now everyone is a little worried. After all, if it is a male, the gestation period is only a few dozen days and nights or more than a hundred days and nights, and the baby will be born quickly. But it is different for females. Maybe Jiaojiao will have to wait until next year's hot season to be born.
This means that the next partner who wants to have a baby will have to wait a long time.
Some were happy, others were sad. Zi Yi excitedly turned into a tiger and roared to express his excitement, although he was slapped by Mo Ran the next second. Chi Yan and Zhu Xiong, who had no cubs, couldn't help but feel a little worried. Everyone else already had cubs, so what were they going to do?
"Moran..."
Zi Yi opened his purple eyes and looked at Mo Ran aggrievedly, not understanding why he hit him.
"Jiaojiao is still resting, do you want to wake her up?"
Zi Yi was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth. Just as he was about to transform back into an orc, he heard a noise from the inner room. As a result, Zi Yi's head was instantly hit by three critical hits. One was Mo Ran, and the other two were Chi Yan and Zhu Xiong.
Ziyi lay on the ground with a wronged look on his face, his two furry ears deflated.
"Aran, what happened?"
He Jiaojiao was awakened by Zi Yi's tiger roar and asked in panic.
The next second, Mo Ran appeared in front of him. He quickly bent down and held He Jiaojiao's hand, saying in a gentle voice, "It's okay, it's okay. Zi Yi just lost control for a moment and was a little too excited."
excited?
He Jiaojiao looked at Mo Ran in confusion, and Mo Ran quickly took the initiative to explain the whole story.
He Jiaojiao was so happy when she found out she was pregnant with a female cub. God knows how much she longed for a female cub after having so many male cubs at home. This way, they could talk to each other privately. Although they could talk to their friends, it was completely different!
Ever since they learned that He Jiaojiao was pregnant with a female cub, her companions seemed to pay more attention to her. They even seemed to lower their voices when speaking, for fear of scaring the cub in her belly.
This made He Jiaojiao very happy, but she actually enjoyed being treated this way by her partners.
The days passed one by one, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, a big event happened in the tribe.
That day, He Jiaojiao had just gotten up, washed up and was ready to eat when a strange voice came from the door, saying that the clan leader would be here soon and wanted to let her know in advance.
"What is the patriarch going to do?"
He Jiaojiao took a bite of the baked potato in her hand in confusion, then lowered her head and took a sip of the thick porridge.
The companions looked at each other, all puzzled. They had been very reserved recently, rarely going out except for hunting, so the clan leader shouldn't have noticed anything.
But at this moment, the system that had been silent suddenly appeared.
[Host, do you want to guess what happened? ]
He Jiaojiao rolled her eyes speechlessly. Is this system too idle recently?
[Why don't you just tell me directly?] He Jiaojiao didn't want to guess. Besides, if she really wanted to know, she would know when the clan leader came. Why bother guessing?
[System friendly reminder, what happened this time is related to what the host did before! ]
He Jiaojiao's mind searched quickly. She hadn't done anything here except...
Could it be that the pregnancy pill I took last time was effective?
Counting the days, it has been almost ten days since I gave them the water containing the pregnancy pill. Logically, it should have been effective.
Just as He Jiaojiao was thinking, the tribe leader came in, followed by several older orcs. He looked very majestic and must be an important figure in the tribe.
"Chief, what happened?"
He Jiaojiao asked pretending to be ignorant.
"Saint He Jiaojiao, do you know? Something big has happened in the tribe!" The chief was quite old and had a goatee. At this moment, his beard stood up with excitement.
"Could it be that my identity as the Saint Female has been exposed?" He Jiaojiao asked in feigned concern.
The clan leader couldn't help but laugh, "It's almost the same actually!"
Now Mo Ran and the others became nervous. They all knew that He Jiaojiao did not want to reveal her identity as the Holy Female. In fact, they didn't want to either, because once it was revealed, there would be more and more males around He Jiaojiao, which was not something to be happy about for them.
He Jiaojiao didn't expect that the matter would involve her identity, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Did you play with the non-pregnant females in the tribe on the beach before?" the chief asked, trying to suppress his excitement.
"Yes!"
He Jiaojiao remained calm on the surface, thinking to herself, "I've given everyone the pregnancy pill, could they all be pregnant? That shouldn't be the case. Is the pregnancy pill really that effective?"
"A total of twenty females went there that day. Except for Que Ling, all the others were found to be pregnant!" The clan leader did not keep the secret any longer, his face was so excited that his voice became much higher.
"Saint He Jiaojiao, can you tell us how you did it?" A shrewd-looking old man stepped out from behind the patriarch. For some reason, He Jiaojiao felt a little guilty when she met his gaze. It was as if he could truly see through a person's heart.
"I don't know either!" To avoid unnecessary trouble, He Jiaojiao could only play dumb and say she didn't know. "I didn't do anything that day. I just told them about my daily habits."
The old man obviously didn't believe it. If just changing habits could make all the females in the tribe pregnant, then the fertility rate in the animal world wouldn't be so low.
"Chief, I wonder what your purpose is in coming here today?" Mo Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at the people in front of him vigilantly.