Arc 6: Chapter 19
521 was stunned in the air. Senior was going to have a baby? Then… it would soon have a little nephew! A fur ball system like it actually has a future nephew!!
521 was so excited it screamed loudly in circles: “Ahhhhhh!! Senior, you quickly find a safe place to sit down! Beastmen are all large and clumsy, what if they bump into you? Quickly, quickly, quickly, sit down!”
Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow and said calmly: “Don’t be so excited yet, I’m just guessing. Help me give my body a scan.”
521 smiled sheepishly and knocked its head: “Hehe, I forgot I had this ability.”
It immediately scanned through Lin Yuan’s body and became even more enthusiastic: “Ahhhhhhhhh! Senior! I’ve detected a fetal heartbeat! I’m going to be an uncle!!”
Lin Yuan felt a little incredulous. There was actually a baby in his belly? His and Yue’s baby?
521 swayed in front of Lin Yuan’s stomach and said happily: “Senior, what do you think the baby will look like? I bet they would look similar to me, round and cute!”
Lin Yuan glanced at 521’s spherical and furry body, and then glanced at his tall and handsome husband and couldn’t bear to tell the truth: “Should be…? Well when I was a system, I looked the same as you but a different color. But I think the baby would look more like his dad.”
521 selectively heard the first part, and was very happy and satisfied. It touched Lin Yuan’s belly gently: “Baby, I’m Uncle 521. I’m the first to meet you, even before your dad, you’ll like uncle the most in the future right?”
Seeing 521’s doting appearance, Lin Yuan laughed softly and said meaningfully: “521, I remember that a few days ago you were still cursing my husband to only last for ten minutes, what about now? The baby in my belly is the result of Yue’s hard work oh~.”
For the sake of its nephew, 521 felt it was worth it to eat cold wind outside for so many days and nights: “Senior, I was wrong, I won’t curse your husband from now on. I… I bless him to hold on for ten hours in the future, how about that?”
Lin Yuan’s expression turned subtle. He didn’t want 521’s blessing.
The bloody smell around them was too heavy, and Lin Yuan couldn’t stand it any longer and walked away.
When Yue came to find him, his body carried the scent of blood. Lin Yuan covered his mouth and nose and looked at the man aggrievedly: “I… I can’t smell blood right now, you go take a shower. I have something to tell you after, it’s good news, really really good news.”
Yue nodded with expectation and quickly left to shower. When he came back, his skin was still cool and damp, and there was no more smell. Yue casually combed back his wet bangs, revealing his handsome and deep facial features.
Lin Yuan stared at his husband and felt his heart skip a beat. He quickly looked down, a little embarrassed for some reason. But what came into his sight made his heart beat even louder, seeing the man’s chest and abdominal muscles and firm and strong V-lines.
Lin Yuan looked at this almost perfect body in daze, and subconsciously thought it was such a pity cameras weren’t developed yet. His husband definetly would be the perfect model.
Yue walked over and squatted down in front of Lin Yuan. He lifted his little female’s chin and asked: “Why don’t you look at me?”
Lin Yuan’s cheeks were flushed pink, and seeing the man’s handsome features even closer made him even more shy: “What… I… anyways, I have big news to tell you.”
Lin Yuan grabbed Yue’s hand and placed it on his slightly bulging lower stomach. His eyes were full of warmth and soft light: “Actually… I’m not fat, it’s because… I’m pregnant with a cub…”
Yue suspected that he was having auditory hallucinations. His gaze that looked at Lin Yuan’s stomach could burn, and he said every word with difficulty, like a broken machine: “Sui Sui… you… what did you say…”
Lin Yuan rubbed his face against Yue’s hand and repeated: “I said, I have a cub in my stomach. We have a child, you and me. Did you hear clearly this time?”
Yue’s heart seemed to beat with a deafening roar against his ribs. At this moment, the coldness of his wet skin contrasted sharply against the warm and dryness of Lin Yuan’s body.
“Sui Sui…”
“You’re pregnant…”
Lin Yuan saw that Yue’s brain was turning a little stupidly and felt a little helpless. He nodded obediently and kissed the man’s palm again: “En, I am. Me, you, and our cub, we’ll be a family of three in the future.”
Yue felt as if Lin Yuan’s words were like something hot pouring into the depths of his heart, making it hurt as if it was about to explode with fullness.
He instinctively raised his hand to cover the slave mark on his forehead, covering the mark that represented his dirtiness and inadequacy.
No…
He can’t let his child see this mark…
This thought was like a twisted disease embedded deep into his bones. To the point that even if all of his skin and flesh were peeled away, it would still be impossible to pull out.
Although he couldn’t see it, the presence of the mark scalded him like molten lava. Yue pressed his palm against his forehead and couldn’t help but wipe it once, twice, three times, ten times. He rubbed his forehead as if he was possessed, his movements getting faster and fiercer.
So filthy…
【Di! Please pay attention host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 37%.】
【Di! Please pay attention host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 59%.】
【Di! Please pay attention host, the villain’s blackening value has risen to 91%.】
Lin Yuan was completely shocked. This was completely different from the happy and excited mood that he expected Yue to be in.
521 couldn’t even react before the blackening value shot up to a dangerous range and it collapsed in the next instant: “Ahhhh! Senior, what’s wrong with your husband? How come his blackening value is rising? Senior, think of a way, think of a way!”
At this moment, Yue’s dark eyes were empty and unfocused, as if no light could pierce through. His fingers scraped his forehead roughly, almost about to draw blood.
Lin Yuan looked at the red skin around the slave mark and realized what was going on. But obviously they were going to restore his status to an ordinary beastman after the Beast God Festival, why was Yue like this now?
Was it because of the child?
Lin Yuan anxiously grabbed Yue’s icy hand and said softly: “Yue, don’t be afraid…”
Yue heard his voice and slowly turned his pupils. The veins in his eyes were red and bloodshot.
Lin Yuan forced Yue to touch his stomach, and when the man wanted to break free, he could only threaten: “If you move then I’ll leave you, I’ll find someone else to have babies with!”
Yue was silent and stiff all over. He watched his hand that touched the dirty mark cover the little female’s belly, extremely close to his child.
Lin Yuan used some strength to push Yue to sit on the ground, and sat on Yue’s lap. He held the man’s cold face with both hands, and coaxed gently: “Don’t be afraid, you don’t have to be afraid of anything. I like you as an ordinary orc, and I like you as a slave. I only like you.”
Lin Yuan kissed the man’s pale lips, and then kissed up the bridge of his nose, eyes, eyebrows, and finally his forehead, the source of all of Yue’s pain and tragedy.
When he pressed his lips against the mark, he clearly felt Yue tremble, as if he was breaking into pieces.
Lin Yuan felt his eyes sting with heartache, but he tried his best not to cry. He whispered softly: “I was angry just now because you didn’t listen to me, so I lied. I’ll never leave you, I can’t bear to at all. I… I’m the one who’s afraid you’ll leave, afraid that one day you’ll not like me anymore…”
In the past, Lin Yuan didn’t understand these feelings of fear. He used to act recklessly and impulsively, but it was Yue who made him timid.
Love gave birth to fear.
Lin Yuan was afraid of many things now. He was afraid of entering a new world, afraid that after he tried hard to get close, the person he loved might no longer like him.
But what he feared the most was the unknown future. In a new world, the person he loved would carry scars and pain that he knew nothing about, and he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to save him.
But he couldn’t do anything to prevent these dangers. All he could do was treat him even better, and love him well for the rest of his life.