Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Great Emperor Master, It’s a Real Flood Dragon Cub, and It’s Your Child

At that moment, Wubao and Liu Bao were roughhousing right in front of the slope, and Dabao and Si Bao were also very close by.

Er Bao and Sanbao were a bit farther away, playing in the water.

This scene was exactly the same as in her dream last night.

She instantly looked up the slope. A massive boulder was perched precariously at the top, looking as if a single gust of wind could send it rolling down.

Shen Yue’s breath hitched. She instantly dropped the crab in her hand and dashed forward.

”Wubao, Liu Bao, look out!”

Just as she sprang up, by a terrible coincidence, a gust of wind blew through the mountains. The boulder on the slope shifted, showing signs of falling.

Shen Yue’s heart leaped into her throat. She shouted as she ran:

”Get out of the way! Move, Wubao, Liu Bao!!”

Shen Yue’s voice nearly cracked from the strain.

Just then, a few small pebbles propping up the boulder loosened and rolled down in front of the still-playful Wubao and Liu Bao. The two little ones immediately looked up.

As the pebbles slid away, the giant boulder on the slope came crashing down like Mount Tai, rolling straight toward them.

The two little ones were so scared their fur stood on end. They turned to run.

But it was too late.

The boulder was about to crush them.

Dabao and Er Bao cried out in alarm and were about to rush over.

”Wubao! Liu Bao!!”

In the nick of time, Shen Yue lunged forward, snatched up Wubao and Liu Bao, and threw them out of the way.

”Dabao! Er Bao! Don’t come over here!!”

Dabao and Er Bao stopped in their tracks, terrified, and screamed:

”Female mother!!”

Having been thrown a safe distance, Wubao and Liu Bao scrambled up from the ground, looked back, and shrieked in terror:

”Female mother, no!!”

The boulder was already descending upon Shen Yue’s head, pressing down with the force of a hurricane. Her heart seized. ’Is there really no escape?’

’No, I can’t die.’

On pure reflex, she covered her head and rolled her body as much as possible, trying to reduce the chances of being crushed to death instantly.

Even if she were maimed or crippled, she could use Vitality Water to recover. But if she died outright, there would be no coming back.

This was what Shen Yue was thinking at that moment. She hoped to save herself and was prepared for the possibility of being crippled and in immense pain.

She closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to hit.

’I can do this.’

She never imagined that she, who had once been so carefree, would one day be so unafraid of death for the sake of a few children!!

But...

Just as the boulder was about to crush her, as the cubs’ terrified cries rose all around...

BANG!

The great boulder seemed to have been pierced by some immense force. It exploded in an instant, the fragments grazing past her head.

The excruciating pain she expected never came. Her eyes flew open.

She saw shattered fragments of rock scatter everywhere, yet not a single one hit her. Only a few small, sharp pieces scraped her arm.

The cubs reacted with lightning speed, all dropping to the ground to avoid the spray of debris.

Still shaken, she didn’t have time to figure out what had just happened.

The cubs scrambled up and threw themselves at her.

”Female mother!”

”*Sob sob*, female mother!”

”Female mother, are you okay? Does it hurt, female mother?”

”Female mother, you’re bleeding! *Sob*, Er Bao doesn’t want female mother to bleed!”

The group of little cubs was terrified, wailing their eyes out.

Even the usually cold Sanbao stood beside her with a pale little face, gripping her sleeve tightly with his small hand and staring at her blankly, terrified she would disappear.

Shen Yue’s eyes reddened. Just a moment ago, she truly believed she would be dead or crippled, that she would never see her adorable cubs again.

She sat on the ground and pulled the little ones into a tight hug.

”Female mother is fine. What about you? Are you hurt? Quick, tell female mother!”

”Wubao, Liu Bao, are you hurt? Female mother just threw you. Did it hurt when you fell?”

Shen Yue ran her hands over the little ones, checking them for injuries, her heart filled with worry.

”Female mother, Wubao doesn’t hurt!”

”Liu Bao is okay too, but female mother is hurt!”

”WAAAHH!! I don’t want female mother to be hurt! Er Bao doesn’t want female mother to be hurt!”

Among all the cubs, Er Bao’s cries were the loudest. He clung to her, his tears nearly soaking her clothes.

Shen Yue let out a sigh of relief. They were all okay. Her babies were all okay. Thankfully, they had survived the disaster.

While comforting the little cubs, she looked at the shattered rocks scattered by the riverbank, her heart still pounding with fear.

’What exactly happened just now?’

’How could such a huge rock suddenly explode into pieces like that? And how did its trajectory change right before it hit me?’

’Unless there was some external force involved.’

Her gaze swept suspiciously over her surroundings. ’Could someone have secretly intervened to save me?’

Mu Silin also let out a long breath. It was a good thing he had acted in time.

Just now, he had sensed a powerful aura appear nearby. As he was about to investigate, the shocking scene below had unfolded.

If he had acted even a second later, he couldn’t imagine how severe the consequences would have been.

His subordinate, having just completed the task he’d been given, returned to his side and was also stunned.

”General, what happened? Why is Miss Shen Yue injured?”

Mu Silin replied, ”A rock just fell and almost hit her.”

”Huh?? So it was the General who saved Miss Shen Yue?”

”Obviously. Who else would it be?”

Mu Silin shot him a look, then a thought occurred to him.

”Did you sense anyone else’s aura around here just now?”

Hearing this, the subordinate quickly focused his spiritual power to scan the area, then shook his head.

”No, I didn’t sense anything. It seems like the only auras in these mountains are yours and Si Muye’s!”

Mu Silin frowned.

’My senses are never wrong.’

’There was definitely someone nearby just now. The fact that my subordinate couldn’t detect them probably means their spiritual power is too strong, and they deliberately concealed their aura.’

’It’s possible that person’s strength is on par with mine, or they might even be a bit stronger.’

「At that moment.」

On another side, two figures stood in the void.

Huang Ziyue’s dark red cloak billowed without any wind, and currents of air swirled through his ink-black, slightly curled hair.

His exquisitely handsome and wicked face held a hint of surprise.

His dark red pupils were fixed on the naked Little Flood Dragon standing next to Shen Yue below.

The aura around him fluctuated with his emotions, revealing the tempest raging in his heart.

’It really is...’

’...my cub.’

The subordinate beside him was also stunned.

”G-Great Emperor Master, it really is a Flood Dragon cub... it’s your child...”

The Flood Dragon Clan truly had a new cub!

Huang Ziyue’s eyes narrowed, his gaze fixed on the woman below.

He had just followed the pheromones of the Flood Dragon Horn to this place. Before he could get a clear look, he saw the woman risk her life to save the two little cubs in her arms as the rock came tumbling down.

The situation had been extremely dangerous.

But he hadn’t planned on intervening. After all, the moment he arrived, he had noticed several other unusual auras around the woman.

Sure enough, someone hidden in the shadows had acted in time.

It also allowed him to see that person’s identity—they were from the Black Panther Royal Family.

At the same time, it let him witness the heartwarming scene below. He saw the woman holding all the cubs, hugging his son tightly and constantly fussing over him.

Although her back was to him and he couldn’t see her expression or her face, he could tell from the pheromones his son was emitting that the boy’s current mood was one of happiness and joy.

He could also sense that his son was extremely fond of this woman.

And from the woman’s voice and actions, he could tell that she, too, cherished these cubs deeply.

He saw the blood flowing from the woman’s arm, a cut from the shattered rocks, yet she paid it no mind, focusing only on caring for the cubs.

’This is his son’s female mother? The woman he had mated with?’

Below, she was hugging the Little Flood Dragon and saying:

”Sanbao, don’t be scared. Female mother is here. Female mother is okay.”

’So his son is the third oldest??’