The beastman's eyes turned red. No, he couldn't let Yueyue continue like this!
He went into the yard and roared towards Bach's cave.
The sound was so loud that half the tribe could hear it, yet Shuyue did not wake up.
The tribesmen who heard the roar looked in this direction, not understanding what had happened.
Bach knew it was the child calling him and hurried over, climbing over the wall. "What's wrong, Wente?"
Wente, with a solemn face, said to Bach, "Father, can you do me a favor?"
Seeing his expression, Bach felt that something must have happened. "What favor? Tell me, and what happened?"
Wente briefly explained, "Yueyue has been sleeping for three consecutive days and cannot be woken. The witch doctor's help was useless. No matter how we call her, she won't wake up, and we can't feed her anything. I want Father to help me pick some Snow Crystal Fruits to sustain Yueyue's life."
"Oh, right, the witch doctor said Yueyue is pregnant with cubs. Father, Yueyue and the child must not have any accidents!"
"..."
"Alright, I'll go right now!" Bach didn't have time to ask too many questions, afraid that if he was too slow, his grandchild would be gone!
Wente watched his father's departing figure, hoping his father would find enough Snow Crystal Fruits to support Yueyue until she woke up.
...
On the fourth day of her slumber, everyone in the tribe knew that Shuyue had contracted a strange illness – the inability to wake up!
And they saw that in the afternoon, their chief had brought back many Snow Crystal Fruits to sustain Shuyue's life.
The tribesmen marveled, as they rarely saw even one, and now the chief had found so many for Shuyue...
After receiving the Snow Crystal Fruits, Wente fed them to Shuyue one by one and refused everyone's visits. If Yueyue couldn't be saved, he didn't want anyone to disturb their last moments together.
...
In her dream, Shuyue finally found her people. Everywhere were white fluffy balls, and she couldn't tell who was who. At this moment, she seemed to have forgotten all her troubles, happily rolling around with the white fluffy balls and playing freely.
After playing for a very long time, she saw several old white fluffy balls. They nuzzled her affectionately, and Shuyue felt the concern and reluctance of elders.
As she was wondering, everything in front of her disappeared. She heard someone gently calling her name, a voice both strange and familiar. Familiar in feeling, though the person's voice was so hoarse she couldn't tell who it was.
Gurgle~
Gurgle~
Shuyue felt dizzy with hunger and weakly opened her eyes.
Whoa! Who is this savage?
Wente, with his face covered in stubble, could hardly believe his eyes. His Yueyue had woken up?!
"Yueyue, Yueyue!" Shuyue was suddenly pulled into the beastman's embrace, her head shaking nauseatingly.
"Wente! Let go of me, I'm starving! Hurry and roast some meat for me, I want to eat a lot!" Saying this exhausted her greatly!
The beastman was too much, tormenting her for seven days and not letting her eat. Outrageous!
The weak voice sounded like heavenly music to Wente's ears. He patted his face to clear his head, knowing it wasn't a dream, and then shot out like an arrow!
He rushed straight to Bach's cave. Under Bach's astonished gaze, he grabbed the meat from the cave and flew back home, quickly cleaned it, and put it on the fire to roast.
Bach followed and asked curiously, "Wente, what are you doing?"
Wente excitedly replied, "Father, Yueyue is awake!"
"Hurry and help me roast the meat, I'm going in to be with Yueyue!" With that, he ran back into the cave.
Bach froze for a moment, then went into the cave to check. Seeing that Shuyue was indeed awake, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He then retreated and went to roast meat for Shuyue.
Shuyue was somewhat bewildered and angrily pushed the beastman who was hugging her. "Wente, how long has it been since you showered? You stink!"
"And stop hugging me, okay? I'm dying of heat!"
Wente, with his stubbled face, rubbed against the female's face, afraid he was dreaming and that in the next moment, the female would still be lying in bed asleep...
Shuyue was extremely helpless, feeling weak from hunger. If he wanted to hug her, so be it. He was becoming more and more clingy!
After a few minutes, she couldn't stand it anymore and roared angrily, "I'm so hot, are you trying to make me overheat to death!"
Wente finally let go of her, kissed her face fiercely, and then went to prepare a bowl of cool leaf water for her.
Shuyue was a bit speechless. "What's wrong with you? You just finished yesterday, and today you're so clingy, you even forgot to make me food."
"..."
The beastman's eyes turned slightly red upon hearing this, and his voice was extremely hoarse. "Yueyue, you scared me so much. Do you know you slept for seven days? I was so afraid you wouldn't wake up. Fortunately, you're awake now..."
His hoarse voice masked his choked sobs, and neither of them noticed.
Shuyue was stunned when she heard this. What? She had slept for seven days?!
"Is that true? I slept for seven days?" She found it hard to believe.
Wente sat beside her and lifted her wrist to show her. "I'm not lying to you. Look, you've lost weight from hunger."
Shuyue looked down at her noticeably thinner wrist and was astonished. She had really lost weight!
"What's going on! How could I have slept for so long?!" No wonder she was so hungry; she almost slept to death!
The beastman shook his head, blaming himself. "If only I knew the reason."
"..."
Shuyue was dizzy with hunger and didn't have the energy to ponder the reason for sleeping so long. She only remembered that she had a dream...
Never mind, she would eat first and then think about the problem.
Soon, the aroma of roasted meat wafted into the cave, making her stomach rumble incessantly as she swallowed her saliva.
Wente, afraid she would starve, went to peel walnuts for her. After eating a few walnuts, the roasted meat was ready.
Shuyue ate like a refugee who hadn't eaten in a lifetime. The beastman cut her a piece, and she wolfed it down. She consumed nearly thirty pounds of meat.
Bach watched with relief from the side. Being able to eat meant her body was recovering, which was a good thing.
After eating her fill, Shuyue wanted to ask about the events of the past few days, but she started feeling sleepy again. Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead, and she tilted her head, resting on the beastman's shoulder.
Before falling asleep, she mumbled, "I'm so sleepy, I'll sleep for a bit. Don't worry too much..." Her eyes closed as she finished speaking.
This terrified the beastman. "Yueyue, Yueyue!"
Shuyue, drowsy to the point of death, forced herself to sleep and grunted, "Don't call, I'm sleepy."
However, Wente couldn't rest assured and kept calling. But as long as Shuyue could respond to him every now and then, he felt slightly relieved. As long as there was a response, it was fine.
Bach looked at the scene with a worried expression. He had been roasting meat since he came in, and no one had paid him any attention. Wente's eyes were entirely focused on his female, and he didn't even notice when Bach left.
He sighed silently, looking at the yellow moon in the sky, feeling an unspeakable heaviness in his heart!
Thinking of Shuyue's pregnancy, he secretly made a decision in his heart.