Chapter 171: The Pants That Were Made Bigger

Although Zhang Fan thought this in his heart, he did not directly say his thoughts out loud. After all, now only Ba Ke Er knows that he is male.

Fei Er and the others didn't know this; they probably never doubted their own "female" identity! Thinking this, Zhang Fan smiled at Fei Er and didn't say more.

After Fei Er and Nuoya left, Zhang Fan finally relaxed his breath and began to complain to Ba Ke Er.

"Huh! Ba Ke Er, I only now realize that Nuoya can be as talkative as Fei Er! Do you think I should tell everyone that I am male?"

Ba Ke Er panicked upon hearing this, saying, "If that were said, it would be disastrous! Fan Fan is clearly pregnant yet refuses to admit it, insisting he is male! You say if he said this at home to his partner, it wouldn't matter much."

"If he said that outside, wouldn't people laugh their heads off? Without even discussing whether he's actually pregnant, just the scent he emits would let everyone clearly know he is definitely a female!"

"Fan Fan, I think we shouldn't. The fact that you're not female is something we just need to know ourselves; there's no need to go around saying it. Besides, the tribe's people have long regarded you as female, so if you suddenly say you're male..."

"Wouldn't everyone then think we two husbands have gone mad? Moreover, even if everyone had already gotten used to treating you as female, if you now reveal your "male" identity, then those female's male partners, whose private matters you once listened to among the females, would surely tear you apart!"

After Ba Ke Er said that in such an alarmist way, Zhang Fan really did dismiss the idea of exposing his true identity. For no other reason, just because Ba Ke Er's last sentence said he would be torn apart by male Beastmen!

Although Zhang Fan isn't afraid of those male Beastmen, that doesn't mean he wants to use his frail little body to fend off their fists!

So Zhang Fan absolutely refuses to admit he's afraid of those Beastmen! Absolutely not!

Over the next few days, Zhang Fan stayed at home, because whenever he had the thought of going out, Ba Ke Er would suddenly fall ill.

If he hadn't really seen it with his own eyes—Ba Ke Er coughing in front of him, unable to catch his breath, then suffering from severe coughing that left him gasping for air—Zhang Fan would truly have thought Ba Ke Er was faking illness.

Each time, when it reached this point, Ba Ke Er couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart! Good thing his reaction was quick and his actions swift! Each time he managed to slip a Cough Relief Tonic into his mouth before Fan Fan noticed.

Of course, this Cough Relief Tonic here is not the medicine used on Earth to treat coughs! It is a non-toxic, harmless, pure natural, additive-free green food secretly developed by the brothers Dier and Wei Er, and its sole purpose is—to fake illness!

Zhang Fan had no idea about any of this; if he found out, who knows, there might be another bloody storm!

Time passed day by day; in the blink of an eye, another month had gone by. The weather had now entered the winter season, and snow began to fall from the sky.

Moreover, that not-so-large tribal war had already ended on the third day after it broke out. The remaining outsiders were also absorbed into the Heaven Lion Tribe.

The reason is simple: the remaining outsiders were all females and children not yet grown. If left unattended, who knows how many might return to the Beast God's embrace in this cold season.

Thus, the population of the Heaven Lion Tribe swelled by several hundred. Most of them were females, and a large portion were widowed females who had lost their partners, while the number of children was small.

Zhang Fan didn't pay much attention to this, because! While taking a bath, he actually discovered that the pants he bought during the harvest season no longer fit! The pant legs were the right size, but he couldn't figure out why the waist was so much smaller!

And most importantly! He himself didn't feel he had gained weight—his arms were still the same arms, his face still the same face—yet he couldn't understand why his waist had become so much thicker!

He had never noticed anything wrong before! Thinking this, Zhang Fan furrowed his brow and took off the pants he had been wearing for a long time but never actually put on.

And while taking off the pants, Zhang Fan felt he had overlooked something. After a moment of thought, he walked straight to the side, took out the pants he had removed before bathing from the wooden basin, and compared their waist with the one he held in his hand.

Not comparing them, he wouldn't have known, but once he did—wow, it really gave him a fright! It turned out that the waist of the pants he had just taken off was at least ten centimeters larger than the new pants he had bought during the harvest season!

At this point, Zhang Fan finally realized his belly had truly grown! And more importantly, Ba Ke Er had secretly enlarged his pants by quite a bit!

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan's anger flared! He stripped naked, grabbed a beast‑skin coat, wrapped it around himself, took the two pants, and marched to Ba Ke Er's face to start questioning him.

"Ba Ke Er, can you first explain to me what's going on with this?"

Ba Ke Er lifted his head and saw Zhang Fan's bare feet on the icy floor, frowned, and said with concern, "How did you forget to wear shoes again?"

And when he saw Zhang Fan's body wrapped in that beast‑skin coat, his heart ached even more!

"Good heavens! Fan Fan! How can you be so careless with your body? You haven't even dressed properly, yet you ran out! Come, hurry to the bed to warm up!"

Saying this, Ba Ke Er had already lifted Zhang Fan from the ground onto the bed.

Zhang Fan looked at Ba Ke Er, who kept changing the subject, suppressed his anger, took a deep breath, and said, "Ba Ke Er, I want the explanation you owe me? Can you answer my question first before worrying about anything else?"

Ba Ke Er saw there was no way to change the topic anymore, and he stopped struggling desperately. He let out a deep sigh, somewhat helplessly, and said:

"Fan Fan, I'm sure you've also noticed what's happened to your waist, right? Otherwise you wouldn't be questioning me about the pants."

Zhang Fan didn't speak; he just gave Ba Ke Er a look, letting him figure it out himself.

Seeing this, Ba Ke Er stopped beating around the bush and straightforwardly explained everything he had discovered over the past month, as well as the recent 'case details'.

"Actually, it's like this: a month ago, didn't I tell you you were pregnant? Although you don't want to admit it, it's indeed a fact! Fan Fan, you are truly pregnant!"

You must also feel deeply the changes in your body, right? Don't you feel that even though you hardly exercise, you can still eat a lot of food?

Moreover, you clearly don't like sour foods, yet in the past month you've become addicted to sourness? Also, you clearly enjoy cooking, but in the last one or two months you've avoided the kitchen because you dislike the smell of cooking oil.

If these still can't prove you're pregnant, then the only two things that could explain it are your waist growing day by day and your belly bulging day by day.

Having said that, Ba Ke Er deliberately paused, lowered his head to look at Zhang Fan's expression, then sighed and continued:

"Actually, I noticed your belly gradually getting bigger and thought your original pants would surely not fit, so I took the chance when you weren't paying attention and secretly altered the waist of your pants."

As for the pair you have in your hand that hasn't been altered, perhaps you stored it too well and I couldn't find it, so it remained unchanged.

As soon as Ba Ke Er finished speaking, he saw Zhang Fan had already taken off his coat and curled up under the blanket. Not long after, Ba Ke Er heard soft sobbing coming from inside the blanket; looking down, he saw the spot where Zhang Fan lay quivering with each soft sob.

Seeing this, Ba Ke Er felt heartbroken and hurriedly also crawled into the blanket, reaching out to pull Zhang Fan into his embrace.

After placing his shoulder on Zhang Fan's head, Ba Ke Er sighed softly and said, "Fan Fan, I know that as a male, letting you bear a child is extremely hard on you, but you should also think more about our child!"

"He is the crystallization of our love! Think about it—we are both males, so having a child that truly carries both of our bloodlines was originally a luxury."

"But now, this once‑unattainable luxury has suddenly become reality—don't you think this is a blessing bestowed by the Beast God? Perhaps it's a gift the Beast God gave us, the two husbands."

Zhang Fan had been softly sobbing, but upon hearing Ba Ke Er whisper those words in his ear, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall what exactly he had forgotten, so Zhang Fan gave up, thinking he'd think about it tomorrow when he had time.

Thus, Zhang Fan cried until he was exhausted, and exhausted to the point of falling asleep.

Ba Ke Er only let out a quiet sigh of relief in his heart when he heard the sobbing fade.

He thought to himself: "Alright, finally no more trouble—indeed Father was right! Pregnant females are notoriously difficult to serve! Even our own gentle and virtuous partner is like that."

At that moment, Lei Ya, who was engaging in loving exercise with his beloved female partner, suddenly sneezed and couldn't help but think:

"Which bastard is this? Not sleeping in the middle of the night, not exercising with his own female, muttering about what trouble he wants to cause! Can't people just understand each other a bit more?"

He didn't realize that the little bastard he was cursing was actually his own son, who was thinking of him; if he knew, he'd surely not have scolded him like that. He would have stormed straight to Ba Ke Er's house, dragged the Ba Ke Er lying in bed out to the yard, and given him a beating!

Knowing the exercise was over, Lei Ya also didn't expect to find out who was thinking of him, which almost made his beloved partner dislike him.