She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Chapter 288 Likes and Dislikes, Obvious

Li Miao closed the door, and pieces of linen clothing fell off at his feet.

When he walked up to Ruan Xiyue, he was left wearing only an animal skin skirt.

Li Miao rested his arm on Ruan Xiyue's ear, staring intently into her eyes.

Ruan Xiyue also looked into Li Miao's eyes, which seemed to be filled with both purity and cold indifference.

Li Miao twitched the corner of his mouth.

Just as Ruan Xiyue thought Li Miao was about to give a wry smile and get up, he suddenly spoke: "Now that you've achieved your goal, isn't it my turn?"

Ruan Xiyue nudged Li Miao, but he didn't push her away.

Ruan Xiyue curled her lips into a smile, her fingers sliding from Li Miao's eyebrows to his Adam's apple, and then she grabbed his neck.

"Your goal is to replace the leader of the Treasure Rat Tribe. This is because your mother was forced to marry the young chief of the Mongoose Tribe. The Treasure Rat Tribe killed your father so that he wouldn't be the first husband."

"When your mother learned of this news, she almost committed suicide. But when she discovered she was pregnant with you, she barely calmed down. The Treasure Rat Tribe used you as leverage to force your mother to agree to a marriage alliance with the young chieftain of the Meerkat Tribe, promising to take good care of you."

Unexpectedly, after giving birth to you, she still suffered from postpartum depression.

"The Treasure-Hunting Rat tribe finally had a highly fertile female, but she died young. The Treasure-Hunting Rat tribe does not treat you and your brothers and sisters as kindly as they promised your mother."

"You were born with six siblings in your first pregnancy, but they all died one after another. If it weren't for Lu Qixin, you probably wouldn't have survived."

"So, you hate the entire Treasure Rat tribe."

Ruan Xiyue uncovered the deepest scar in Li Miao's heart.

He said coldly, "You are doing this for revenge, while I am doing it so that my cubs can stand on the mountaintop in the future, without having to depend on others, and without becoming thugs for the treasure-hunting rat tribe."

"We each got what we needed, so don't act as if you did me a huge favor and I should be grateful and repay you handsomely."

"I think this is pointless, what do you think?"

Li Miao narrowed his eyes, the complex emotions in them turning into a single abyss.

He stared intently at Ruan Xiyue, his jaw clenched, his knuckles clearly visible as he braced himself against her.

The way he looked at Ruan Xiyue seemed to be so violent, as if he wanted to tear her apart immediately.

However, Ruan Xiyue was fearless. Her superpower level was comparable to Li Miao's, and there was also Duo Duo in her mind.

If Li Miao dares to do anything to harm her, Ruan Xiyue believes that Duoduo will definitely protect her safety if she says she will electrocute him!

The tension in the air had reached its peak.

Ruan Xiyue showed not a trace of guilt for revealing Li Miao's most tragic pain.

Li Miao stared intently at Ruan Xiyue, leaving her confused. She couldn't tell whether he intended to lash out at her because she had so casually exposed his most painful past, or whether he planned to lie low and include her on his list of beastmen he wanted to take revenge on.

Finally, Li Miao chuckled, propped himself up, and said to Ruan Xiyue, "You're right, then let's talk about the next step of our cooperation."

Ruan Xiyue slapped away Li Miao's hand that was trying to touch her cheek and said, "Let's talk business, there's no need to get physical."

Li Miao wasn't annoyed. Instead, he got onto the bed like a rogue, bent one leg, supported his elbow with his knee, propped his head up with his hand, and sat cross-legged on the other leg, looking at Ruan Xiyue.

Ruan Xiyue glanced at it, then looked away.

"You're only wearing a fur skirt, can you please not sit like that?"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow and said dismissively, "It's not like you haven't seen it or used it before."

Ruan Xiyue frowned and didn't say anything more.

“You need an orc who is completely alienated from the Treasure Rat Tribe, yet still belongs to the Treasure Rat Tribe. I fit your criteria.”

"But, can you be a little nicer to me?"

Ruan Xiyue leaned against the headboard of the bed with the animal skin cushions and couldn't help but yawn.

Then, in a languid yet aloof tone, she said, "You want too much, and I, as a female, am very selfish!"

"I absolutely love myself and value my own feelings more than any other orc."

"My love for Qin Ye and Long Ze comes after my love for myself."

"Selfish orcs are bound to be stingy. I'm rather stingy with what I have that I have. I'm also very calculating."

"That's just how I am when it comes to relationships!"

Ruan Xiyue looked at Li Miao: "What you need is passionate favoritism, only then will you feel warmth and satisfaction."

Ruan Xiyue smiled and said, "You may not have noticed, but in this respect, we are frighteningly similar!"

"After Qin Ye's mother almost endangered my life, he still wanted to plead for his mother. At that moment, I put him much lower in my heart."

"The favor I need is selfish, even surpassing his feelings for his mother. And you, you are a beastman like me, so if you don't talk to me about interests and instead involve emotions, we will only end up torturing each other."

Li Miao shook his head and chuckled: "To refuse to develop feelings for me, you've even resorted to the tactic of changing the subject!"

Li Miao smiled slightly, lying down next to Ruan Xiyue, pinching her chin and looking down at her: "You can hide the doubt in your eyes now."

"Want to know if I'm Li Miao or Li Miao? I can answer that for you, but..."

Li Miao's long, slender fingers caressed Ruan Xiyue's features, his thumb gently stroking Ruan Xiyue's rosy lips.

Her lips became even more lustrous and beautiful under his caresses.

Li Miao lowered his head, his breath brushing against Ruan Xiyue's face: "For every question I answer for you, you have to let me kiss you or hug you, and then I'll tell you everything you want to know! How about it?"

Ruan Xiyue narrowed her eyes slightly and nodded: "Okay!"

"I understand what you mean by postpartum depression, and you're using terms like 'misleading' or 'conceptualizing'. Are you surprised?"

Ruan Xiyue raised an eyebrow: "If you ask me a question, I'll answer it depending on my mood, and I don't need to kiss you. If I'm answering your question, I need you to take your hand away and sit further away from me."

Li Miao chuckled softly. When he saw Ruan Xiyue turn her head away, he couldn't stop laughing.

Ruan Xiyue frowned: "Don't laugh in my ear. My answer to the question was that I wasn't surprised. Could you please move aside a bit?"

Li Miao moved back to the middle of the bed, pulled Ruan Xiyue into his arms, pressed his cheek against hers, his lips gently brushing against the downy hair on her face, and whispered in her ear: "Don't fall off."

Ruan Xiyue pushed Li Miao forcefully: "If you can chat, then chat properly! If you can't, then I'm leaving!"

Li Miao pulled Ruan Xiyue into his arms: "Ask away, I'll have a good chat with you!"