Chapter 81
TW: Graphic birth.
“Ngh~ It hurts…” Shu Jintian restrained his pained cries. At this time, he was already sweating all over, large beads of sweat hanging on his face.
Shu Jintian was leaning against the bed pillar, his bare legs open wide. The space between his legs was dripping wet, moistening the soil under his body. Clearly, his water broke. This appearance made Shu Jintian unable to look at himself, and he evasively turned his head away.
“Baba, baba…” Guoguo kneeled by Shu Jintian’s side. Seeing Shu Jintian’s current appearance, he was a little at a loss, and could only stickily call him.
“Guoguo… Ah.” Shu Jintian forced a smile at Guoguo. Before he could say any more, there was a stab of pain in his belly and Shu Jintian shouted, throwing his head back. The beads of sweat on his jaw slid down along his neck and disappeared into the animal hide’s fur. Shu Jintian’s eyes were also blurred by sweat, his vision turning blurry.
Guoguo restrained his voice, afraid of interrupting Shu Jintian. His small body crawled between Shu Jintian’s legs, carefully looking at the place that was still gushing with fluids. Extending a white little finger, he carefully poked it.
“Ah, what are you doing, Guoguo? Hurry up and come here!” Shu Jintian’s chrysanthemum unconsciously tightened as he was both astonished and infuriated, yelling at Guoguo.
Guoguo was yelled at by Shu Jintian for the first time and jumped in surprise. Then his little mouth shrivelled up as he aggrievedly crawled out. Sob sob sob… baba was fierce to him, baba was actually fierce to him!
Seeing Guoguo obediently come out, Shu Jintian sighed in relief.
“Ngah~~ So painful…” Shu Jintian’s whole face scrunched up in pain as he grasped the bedsheet under his body tight, not noticing Guoguo’s mood.
Guoguo shot a look at female father and turned back to his snake form, obediently nestling against Shu Jintian’s body and coiling himself up. He occasionally gently rubbed his head against female father’s flank.
“Ah~~ Hanyu…” Hanyu, where are you? Why aren’t you back yet?
Shu Jintian felt regretful, regretting that he sent Shu Hanyu away. It would be great if big snake was here, if only big snake could hold his hand.
Shu Jintian endured the pain and regulated his breathing, attempting to push down the child in his belly. But with just the slightest effort, he would immediately become weak from the pain.
After several attempts, Shu Jintian found the best way to exert himself and alleviate the pain.
“Huu~ Ah…” Shu Jintian took a deep breath and bore down with the help of this breath. His sweat-covered hand tightly gripped the animal hide blankets, the veins at the back of his hands protruding.
Guoguo looked at female father, spitting out his forked tongue with a hiss. After a while, he couldn’t resist crawling down to look at Shu Jintian’s legs, then sneakily crawling back to Shu Jintian’s side before Shu Jintian noticed, gently licking Shu Jintian’s cheek. Shu Jintian turned his head, feeling incredibly comforted upon seeing the little snake’s appearance and he returned a weak smile at Guoguo.
Time passed bit by bit, and Shu Jintian was in so much pain he was almost out of strength, his whole body wet as if he was just fished out of water.
Finally, Shu Jintian felt his entrance fully dilating. Shu Jintian wailed in pain, and a round head was pushed out of his body.
Shu Jintian also turned limp on the bed, panting weakly.
Hearing the motions, Guoguo looked at female father. Seeing that he wasn’t paying attention to him, he then stealthily crawled to his lower body. Seeing that little female still connected to female father’s insides, his eyes widened in amazement. Most of the little female had emerged, and there was just a small part that still hadn’t come out.
Guoguo’s mouth fell open in astonishment and he carefully wrapped his snake tail around the small baby’s upper body, gently pulling the baby out.
“Wahhhhhh~” The baby hurt by Guoguo opened his mouth and began crying. His voice was resonant and his lungs were ample; he was very healthy.
Shu Jintian was temporarily out of strength, his mind completely vacant. His empty eyes were staring lifelessly upwards, up until he was awakened by this clear infant’s weeps.
It’s born? Shu Jintian began to struggle, doing his best to get up.
Guoguo curiously looked at the little brother female father had just given birth to, gently curling around him. But unexpectedly, the umbilical cord on little brother’s stomach was still connected to female father’s inside. Guoguo accidentally tugged on it and pained the small female, and the female instantly cried even more powerfully.
Guoguo’s snake tail curled around little brother paused, so surprised he didn’t know what to do.
“Child~” Shu Jintian’s voice was so weak it almost couldn’t be heard, trembling as he pushed himself up with his arms.
He wondered what the child looked like; was he like big snake? Shu Jintian’s heartbeat abruptly quickened, and he was even more nervous than when giving birth.
Baba! Guoguo was delighted, spitting out his forked tongue and licking Shu Jintian’s leg before curling around the little baby and raising him to place on Shu Jintian’s stomach.
The instant the child appeared before his eyes, Shu Jintian’s eyes suddenly widened and his mind exploded, his breathing stagnating.
He really wasn’t big snake’s? Why was his hair red? Shu Jintian’s body turned weak, and he could only brace himself with his elbows.
The child was covered in blood and its original colour couldn’t be seen. Even their sparse hair clearly wasn’t pure black; perhaps because it was saturated with some blood, it appeared rather red. At this time, Shu Jintian was in weak health and his sight was fuzzy, and at first glance, he assumed the baby’s hair was red.
How could it be? Impossible, impossible! This couldn’t be. At this time, Shu Jintian was very weak, and his vision was also a little blurred. Before he could take another look, he passed out from the heavy physical and psychological attacks.
“Baba~ Baba…” Guoguo hastily carried little brother from female father’s body and he himself crawled to Shu Jintian’s belly and turned to his human form, lying on Shu Jintian’s chest and softly calling him. Guoguo’s body that was stained with the blood on the baby had now transferred to Shu Jintian. The family of three were now all bloodstained and looked quite terrifying.
Guoguo earnestly stared at Shu Jintian’s face, his eyes opened into wide circles. He quietly asked, “Baba, are you asleep?”
Shu Jintian did not reply to Guoguo. Guoguo could only come down, kneeling between Shu Jintian’s legs to pick up his little brother.
Shu Hanyu was swiftly travelling through the wilds. Thinking of how Shu Jintian was about to give birth, Shu Hanyu found the food Shu Jintian wanted to eat, then rushed back urgently.
Before he entered the cave, a strong smell of blood flooded the air. Shu Hanyu was startled, the food in his arms falling to the ground.
Tiantian! With a flick of his snake tail, Shu Hanyu dove into the cave like a shot arrow.
At this moment, Guoguo was sitting upright between Shu Jintian’s legs, holding the female little brother whose navel was still connected to Shu Jintian’s rear entrance.
And Shu Jintian was half-naked, the space between his legs bloodstained. Even his upper body was covered in blood, and his face was so pale there wasn’t a trace of blood, as if it had all flowed out.
The sight before his eyes made Shu Hanyu’s heart practically turn to ice, his whole body going cold. Shu Hanyu’s breathing froze and an unprecedented fear engulfed him, his body trembling slightly.
“Tiantian!” Shu Hanyu roared with a hiss, rushing over with large steps.
【Father! Female little brother.】When Guoguo heard male father’s voice, he turned around in surprise and happiness, holding the just-birth little brother in his arms.
Due to crawling here and there in the moist ground, a lot of mud and blood was stuck to his legs. His ragged appearance wasn’t any better than Shu Jintian.
Shu Hanyu merely gave the two children a cursory glance before reaching out to support Shu Jintian, anxiously patting Shu Jintian’s face.
“Tiantian, wake up, what’s wrong with you?”
Shu Jintian’s lips were dry and pale, his lips trembling as he murmured, but there was no sound.
Shu Hanyu stuck to Shu Jintian’s lips, sensing the weak and warm exhales from his mouth.
Shu Hanyu huffed a breath from the lingering fear, his heart thumping.
“Tiantian, you must not have a problem. Don’t scare me again, okay?” Shu Hanyu tightly pressed Shu Jintian in his embrace, burying his head in Shu Jintian’s hair.
【Male father. 】Guoguo quietly called, looking at Shu Hanyu pleadingly.
Why was male father ignoring female little brother? Little brother wasn’t even finished being born ah! Guoguo looked at the umbilical cord still connected to female father, and became tearful from helplessness.
Shu Hanyu noticed Guoguo and the newborn baby. Seeing the small meaty body in Guoguo’s hold, he couldn’t help being dumbfounded on the spot.
Tiantian unexpectedly birthed a female.
The Spiritual Snake Clan almost never had females. Perhaps only one female would be born within a few generations of the clan, and was much rarer than the females of other beastman clans.
Shu Hanyu finally reacted and gently took the little female from Guoguo’s arms.
The little female’s body was bright red, his skin a little wrinkly and his eyes tightly shut. His little mouth was ruby-red, and some saliva flowed out of the corner of his lips, appearing as if it was sound asleep.
Shu Hanyu only took a glance to take a liking to this frail little female. Similar to Tiantian, especially the mouth; they were both so vibrant.
Under Guoguo’s alarmed gaze, Shu Hanyu carefully dragged out the placenta still remaining within Shu Jintian, then tore off the umbilical cord.
“Ah!” Seeing the strand on little brother’s belly cut, Guoguo couldn’t help crying out. After being given a glare by Shu Hanyu, he immediately fell quiet.
Shu Hanyu tied a knot on the little female’s belly with clumsy skill.
After dealing with the umbilical cord, Shu Hanyu left the cave and boiled a large pot of water. The little female was passed to Guoguo’s hands.
Guoguo was very curious, staring wide-eyed at his female little brother…’s protruding belly button. It turned out it could be broken ah. He even thought it was little brother’s tail. Like he said, why didn’t it move at all ne!
Guoguo still hadn’t reached adulthood and had not awakened to the relevant Spiritual Snake reproduction inherited memories. Now, Guoguo was just like an ordinary child, harbouring great curiosity over something he did not know.
Shu Hanyu carefully cleaned up Shu Jintian and the small female, carrying them to sleep in the bed with newly changed bedsheets. As for the similarly dirtied Guoguo, he was directly tossed into the river to freely swim about.
After tidying up everything in the cave, Shu Hanyu picked Guoguo up and entered the bed together, the family of four squeezing into a pile of large bedding.
Shu Hanyu tightly held Shu Jintian’s body, clingily breathing in Shu Jintian’s scent.
How great, Tiantian was fine and just fell unconscious. Tiantian birthed this female and won’t have to continue birthing eggs in the future, and he wouldn’t have even more children fighting with him for Tiantian.