Chapter 449: The Tribe Yearns for Better Days

"Is there any good solution?" Nan Qinghuan inhaled deeply, "I'll go find Rongdi and have a proper talk."

"But what if…"

"There's no 'what if'; I trust he won't do that. Alright, it's windy here, shall we head back?"

ChaoJi saw her say there was a way and said no more, her gaze gently turning to her belly; the Goddess's belly was growing larger.

"Goddess, it seems the witch was right; you really are having twins."

Twins? Nan Qinghuan merely lowered her head, gently stroking her own belly. Indeed, the belly seemed to have grown a lot.

Twins.

She grew a bit worried; now Axi's belly was also large, and only Youchao Xuan could deliver. At that time… no, she needed to ask whether any other tribe members could deliver.

"Be careful."

"Qinghuan."

From not far away came Axi's voice; Axi's belly was also showing, and they walked more slowly. Seeing Axi arrive, Nan Qinghuan hurried forward, "What's wrong?"

"Look who's coming?"

Nan Qinghuan hadn't expected senior brother to arrive with Duo Luo; when she saw them she was very pleased and immediately ushered Li Xiang and the others into her house.

"Senior brother, why did you come?"

Inside the house a warm charcoal fire was still burning, very cozy.

Duo Luo, seeing her belly so large, was delighted, "Nan Qinghuan, congratulations; your child is about to be born."

"What, about to be born?"

Duo Luo nodded, "If you follow my guidance, this child will be born within at most two months. How wonderful."

"Two months?"

Nan Qinghuan was completely stunned. How could that be? Do Ancient People only carry children for seven months? Seven months would be premature, right? This made her a bit worried. Then Li Xiang, noticing her fear, coughed, "Alright, stop scaring her; the child will be full-term. Qinghuan, what about Ying?"

Nan Qinghuan hurried to brew tea for them; A Mu had taken the ancestors out to haul coal, so now only they were in the house.

"Ying and Yao went out; why did you come?"

Duo Luo and Li Xiang exchanged a glance; Duo Luo reached out to stoke the fire. And, not to mention, the charcoal fire was truly warm, far better than firewood, and after coming here she had witnessed many different things.

Here, people had actually opened shops—yes, shops—and some places to eat; this place had truly become a Small Town.

The changes here finally made Duo Luo understand why the tribe had moved, because on the way she had also seen some tribe members; they had already bought houses here and started businesses, wearing fine clothes and eating delicately.

She almost didn't recognize that those were their former tribe members.

So she could now understand, but… what about Rongdi? "Here's the situation, Nan Qinghuan: when we arrived, the Giant Tribe people went to look for Rongdi. Li Xiang feared Rongdi might cooperate with them, which would be detrimental to you, so we came to you, hoping you'd go personally to meet Rongdi. I think only you can persuade him here."

When the matter was mentioned, ChaoJi also nodded, "Goddess, I'm afraid only you can resolve this; Rongdi only listens to you."

Nan Qinghuan finally understood Li Xiang's meaning; she clenched her teeth, "What people came from the Giant Tribe?"

"We heard she's called Aurora, a woman."

"A woman?"

Nan Qinghuan inhaled a cold breath, slowly stood, "What is Rongdi thinking now?"

Li Xiang also rose, his expression complicated as he glanced at her, then murmured, "I tried to persuade him to come to the Small Town and be with you, but he was reluctant; he can't bear to abandon those things, and the land there."

Hearing this, Nan Qinghuan fell silent for a moment, about to speak, when suddenly Duo Luo began to feel like vomiting.

"Duo Luo, what's wrong?"

Duo Luo felt terrible, covered her mouth and vomited on the ground, spitting out sour liquid; Li Xiang hurriedly said, "Qinghuan, take a look at her; she's been like this for over a month."

Seeing Duo Luo's condition, ChaoJi knew it; she herself had been the same when pregnant, so she straightened her legs and stood, "Oh, Li Xiang, you can't be about to become a father, can you? That's a good thing!"

How could Li Xiang not guess? He had come here for another reason: to have Nan Qinghuan check whether Duo Luo was truly pregnant.

"Pregnant?"

Duo Luo was also startled; she recalled her own that hadn't come for a long time.

"Li Xiang, am I pregnant?"

She had been so foolish these days, thinking she just gained weight, only to realize she was pregnant? "Come, sit down first, let Qinghuan examine."

Nan Qinghuan promptly took Duo Luo's pulse; a quick check revealed the result.

It wasn't a joyous pulse—what is it? "Congratulations, senior brother, you're going to be a father."

Great!

Senior brother finally also gained happiness.

"Duo Luo, did you hear?"

Duo Luo happily grabbed Li Xiang's hand; the couple embraced tightly.

Nan Qinghuan let out a deep sigh, "The child is still very young, only a little over two months old; senior brother, you need to be more careful."

"Don't eat cold foods, and also, your Treehouse is too high; climbing up and down is inconvenient. Senior brother, why don't you move to the Small Town?"

Mentioning this, Duo Luo's smile gradually faded, and instantly the atmosphere in the house became somewhat tense.

"Qinghuan, we won't live here; wherever Rongdi is, we will be there. We must guard the land left by our ancestors."

Hearing this, Nan Qinghuan took a deep breath, "Then, I'll go see Rongdi."

Even if Rongdi refuses to come here, that's fine; she won't force it, but Rongdi must not break the oath made that day.

If he betrays them, she will cut off his wings with a knife.

Just as she finished speaking, Ying's voice came from outside, "Qinghuan."

Ying had returned? When they went out they hadn't expected to see Rongdi.

Indeed, it was Rongdi; Rongdi captured Aurora and brought her to the Tulou here, giving the people to them.

"Qinghuan, look who we captured?"

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