Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 248 - 247: I Remember a Rogue Beast

Seeing the flamboyant Three-tailed Blue Fox rushing toward him in the market, Ji Liang shot to his feet, instinctively looking around.

Last night, Yin Jiang hadn’t mentioned Xiao Cheng. ’Could he have Teleported here with Si Shuo? No, she’s still pregnant with the cubs.’ He immediately dismissed that possibility.

Ji Liang felt a pang of disappointment. He looked helplessly at the androgynous young man with light blue hair, who was in his Beast Form. "How did you end up here too?"

But then, his pinky finger was hooked??!!

He froze on the spot, his golden eyes narrowing drastically. His hand instinctively flipped over and grasped that softness, rubbing it in disbelief. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

It was his little female! He wanted to let go but couldn’t bear to. Head slightly bowed, he absentmindedly caught up with Xiao Cheng. "Is everything okay back home?"

Xiao Cheng glanced at Ji Liang’s hand hanging by his side, feeling a twinge of jealousy. He waved his hand to set up a Protective Shield. "Everything’s great. My sister gave birth to a pair of male Iron-eating Beast cubs. She named them Tuanzi and Yuanyuan."

Ji Liang silently repeated the names. ’Tuanzi... Yuanyuan... *Tuanyuan*? Reunion?’

Si Shuo pinched Ji Liang’s hand. Ordinarily, he would have pulled her into his arms the moment the Protective Shield went up, not just hold her hand.

Ji Liang took the opportunity to let go of her hand, his expression indifferent. "Mm, that is good news." Inwardly, he felt a mix of sorrow and relief. ’It’s a good thing my little female and I don’t have cubs, otherwise...’

Si Shuo nudged Xu Chi, who immediately understood. The two of them revealed themselves.

It had been twelve or thirteen days since he had last seen his little female. He had been thinking about her, missing her constantly. When he looked up at the sky, the moon looked like her face, the stars like her smiling eyes gazing at him with joy, and even the sound of the wind was like her sweet nothings whispered in his ear.

Rogue Beasts were selfish and cold-hearted by nature, and he was no exception. The little female who could make him willingly sacrifice half his life and half his cultivation was undoubtedly the one he loved to the bone.

Seeing her now, as fair and delicate as ever, every part of her just the way he loved, the longing he felt was like a rising tide, crashing against him in wave after relentless wave.

Seeing his cold and distant expression for the first time, how he stood there all alone with his back ramrod straight, any trace of annoyance in Si Shuo’s heart vanished. She sighed softly, stepped forward, and wrapped her arms tightly around his waist, burying her head in his chest.

Si Shuo let out a contented sigh. "Ji Liang, it’s so hot outside. It’s much cooler and more comfortable next to you. I’ve ’unloaded the cargo’ now—I gave birth to a pair of male cubs. I thought they’d be in human form like Little Ye and Youyou.

"It was such a waste of all those Level Sixteen attributeless crystal stones I consumed. And they haven’t even opened their eyes yet!"

His little female’s intimate complaint pulled Ji Liang back into the familiar feeling of their time together. He clenched his fists and said with difficulty, "Si Shuo, the fact that you came here... Yin Jiang must have told you everything, right? I knew the Bird Clan were a bunch of blabbermouths."

Si Shuo was in the middle of coaxing him, trying to figure out how to change his way of thinking. Even if he didn’t have a Beast Mark for now, it shouldn’t affect their relationship.

’At worst, after the Female Saint Conference ends, I’ll just ask the Beast God for a favor. I’ll get Ji Liang’s ’friend’ added back... Ugh, no, I mean his Beast Mark!’

But when she heard him call Yin Jiang a blabbermouth, she almost lost her composure. Xiao Cheng, however, burst out laughing without reservation.

"The Bird Clan? Blabbermouths? Yin Jiang?! WAHAHA..."

Indeed. Before Wei Ce’s arrival, Yin Jiang had the highest Combat Power Value in their home. Plus, he was a Hunting Falcon from the Eagle Falcon Clan; arrogance was etched into his very bones. Who would ever pin the label of "blabbermouth" from the Bird Clan on him?

Thrown off by Xiao Cheng’s random outburst, Si Shuo couldn’t hold it in any longer either. Hugging Ji Liang, she also burst out laughing, "PFFT HAHA."

Xu Chi tilted his head and glanced at his own back. ’I have wings. Does that make me a bird?’

Ji Liang sighed softly. He couldn’t help but hug Si Shuo and transfer some Spiritual Power to her, lest she laugh herself breathless and start hiccuping.

"Si Shuo, I’m a Rogue Beast now. I don’t have a Beast Mark to give you anymore," he said faintly.

Those words were like flipping a switch. They shattered Si Shuo’s laughter in an instant, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

She remembered when they first got together, he had said, "I still have my Beast Mark. Can I give it to you?"

He had said... Si Shuo looked up, pulled the Human Skin Mask off his face, and gazed at his familiar features. Her hand couldn’t resist caressing his face as she repeated his past words, word for word:

"I remember a certain Rogue Beast who, during my Mating Period, stubbornly stayed outside my door and refused to leave. He told me he would be good and asked me not to be prejudiced against Rogue Beasts.

"He said that he became a trader so that when he met a female he liked, he could stand before her with his head held high and tell her that he was different.

"He said he was as loyal and righteous as Zhi Le, that he would always help when he saw injustice... He also said that he had never done anything evil, that he still had his Beast Mark, and that he was trying his best to learn the ways of the world...

"He even said that since he worked so much harder than everyone else, how could he not be worthy of standing by my side?"

By the end, she was crying so hard she could barely breathe. Back then, she hadn’t understood how difficult life was for a Rogue Beast, nor did she realize just how much effort it took to be a good one.

She didn’t know what all his "hard work" truly entailed.

Ji Liang’s hand trembled as he wiped away her tears, his voice choked with emotion. "But, Little Shushu, I don’t have a Beast Mark anymore. I won’t be able to follow you wherever you go.

"When you need me, I won’t even know..."

Si Shuo covered his mouth. "None of that is important. I only have one question for you, Ji Liang. Are you really planning to give up on me?"

The little female was crying so hard that the tips of her eyebrows and nose were pink. Her fair little face was a picture of grievance and sorrow, as if she would cry herself to death right then and there if he so much as nodded.

Ji Liang’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his eyes turning red. "I... I’m afraid I’m not worthy."

Si Shuo pushed him. "So you are planning to give up on me?!"

Ji Liang held her tight and refused to let go. "Little Shushu, I’m petty and insecure. I’m afraid that when I’m out on the road as a trader, people will slander me. Even if you trust me, over time, our relationship will be worn down by all the uncertainty.

"The only thing I had to offer, my Beast Mark, is gone..."

’In the end, he’s even more hung up on the Beast Mark than I am!’

Si Shuo stood on her tiptoes and bit his neck. She applied a little pressure, then slowly ground her teeth against his skin, tormenting Ji Liang until he let out a muffled groan, but he let her do as she pleased.

"After the Female Saint Conference, after we crush the Winged Dragon and the Golden Python Clan’s conspiracy and perform a great service, I’ll ask the Beast God to grant you another Beast Mark, okay?"

Ji Liang froze, a blush creeping up his face. "I... Little Shushu, you and I have already... I can still get a Beast Mark?"

Si Shuo found this amusing. ’He lost his Beast Mark and suddenly learned how to be shy?’

She leaned in and whispered in his ear, "That’s right. And when that time comes, you can offer me your mark one more time, okay?"

Ji Liang hugged her tightly and hummed in agreement. But in his heart, he was thinking, ’The Beast God might favor my female, but what if this doesn’t work out?’

’I’ll just treat this time as something I extravagantly begged for. I’ll give myself this one chance. The worst that can happen is that I’ll go back to watching over her from afar.’

Having finally coaxed the Big Snake Beast, Si Shuo felt her eyes were all swollen. She decided not to use the Spring Breeze Technique to heal them, instead parading her puffy eyes in front of him to make his heart ache for her.