Chapter 164: In That Case, Do You Still Want To Stay With Me?
Su Ran gazed at the werewolf’s pair of green eyes that were fixed intently on her, and took another step forward.
She leaned forward slightly, extending her left hand to the top of the werewolf’s head, and gently pinched the soft ears there:
“Ears are different, tail is also different.”
She then took the werewolf’s hand, pressing her fingertip against its sharp nails: “Palm is also different.”
Then she raised her head, looking at the werewolf, her whole body dejected: “Werewolf, we are different. So, there probably won’t be little beastmen later.”
“In that case, does the werewolf still want to continue being with me?”
This long string of words from Su Ran was somewhat difficult for the werewolf to understand.
It sat there, looking at Su Ran, pondering for a good while before the expression on its face slowly changed.
“No no, not right!”
It suddenly began shaking its head vigorously, then raised its hand to touch its own ears as well.
“Werewolf, ears, woo~ A Jin ears! Xiao Ju ears! Tail is different!”
“Xiao Ju has little beastman woo~”
“Woo~ Qing Yu tail, Yao Yao tail is different, Qing Yu and Yao Yao will also have little beastmen woo~”
Its two hands remained raised at the top of its head, gripping its own ears, its back straight, gaze firmly fixed on Su Ran.
And this sudden rebuttal from it reminded Su Ran.
Right!
If Xiao Ju and A Jin, one a cat-type beastman and the other a lion beastman, could have a chance of producing offspring because they were both feline beastmen, that made sense.
But Qing Yu and Yao Yao were different!
Qing Yu’s beast form was a peacock, while Yao Yao was a white fox.
And there were many beastmen in the settlement who were also beastmen of different races, forming families with each other.
But they all successfully gave birth to little beastmen.
So, was it actually possible for her and the werewolf?
“But werewolf…”
Su Ran licked her lips, still somewhat worried and puzzled: “We’ve been together for so long, if you and I could have little beastmen, it wouldn’t be possible to not have any after so long…”
“No no! It is very slow woo~”
Before Su Ran could finish speaking, the werewolf shook its head again.
It seemed because it understood the reason for Su Ran’s worry, the expression on its face relaxed a lot.
It sat on the edge of the heated brick bed, reached out to pull Su Ran in front of itself, gazing at her: “Xiao Ju and A Jin’s little beastman, very fast! But werewolf and Ran Ran will be very slow, Qing Yu and Yao Yao also very slow.”
“Xiao Ju and A Jin, one winter.”
“Woo~ Ran Ran and werewolf, Qing Yu and Yao Yao, two, three winters then have little beastman woo~”
It looked at Su Ran’s thoughtful expression and continued to explain:
“Because Xiao Ju A Jin are the same…”
At this point it hesitated for two seconds, then suddenly shook its head again: “No, they are a bit the same! So quickly have little beastman woo~”
“But Ran Ran and werewolf are different, Qing Yu and Yao Yao also different, takes a long time to have little beastman, little baby woo~”
Listening to the werewolf’s explanation, Su Ran was surprised and almost in a flash, understood the deeper meaning in the werewolf’s words.
First,
Among beastmen, reproduction, the early stage of nurturing life, is inherently a long process.
And it’s not just the differences between Su Ran and the beastmen; among the beastmen themselves, there is actually also reproductive isolation.
It’s just that this isolation can be broken!
Xiao Ju and A Jin, being both feline beastmen, might break it relatively quickly, so they nurtured life quickly within a year.
And this short year, twenty-four months, was already very fast for reproduction speed among beastmen.
Unlike Xiao Ju and A Jin, Su Ran and the werewolf, Yao Yao and Qing Yu, were completely different species in terms of beast forms.
So the reproductive isolation between them was even more thorough!
And to break this isolation, it probably required the two companions to live together for a long time.
Subtly, perhaps certain factors on each body, or certain substances in the body, changed, causing the cells or elements in each other’s bodies to change toward the other’s form.
Ultimately breaking the isolation.
Of course, this was just Su Ran’s guess.
She had once seen an explanation of couple’s resemblance in her original world.
Couple’s resemblance was actually because couples live together for a long time, with the same routines, same food, same water quality, and over time, the pigment deposition in their bodies becomes similar.
In appearance, it gives people a sense of similarity.
And in daily life, both spouses influence each other’s speech and actions, so their temperaments and habitual body language become similar, giving the feeling that their faces resemble each other.
Su Ran felt that the principle of “breaking” reproductive isolation in this world was probably similar to the principle of couple’s resemblance.
Although this guess seemed very far-fetched and fantastical, according to the werewolf’s statement, Su Ran couldn’t imagine any other explanation.
So how long would it take for her and the werewolf to break this isolation?
Su Ran stared fixedly at the werewolf in front of her; its light green eyes were filled with her reflection.
“Werewolf, so we will have little beastmen, little werewolf, little Ran Ran, right?”
She asked softly, still wanting to hear confirmation from the werewolf’s mouth once more.
However, the werewolf’s attention was not on the main point of her words at all!
“Woo? Little werewolf? Little Ran Ran?”
It widened its eyes slightly, its ears at the top of its head twitching lightly, looking at Su Ran with doubt:
“No little werewolf little Ran Ran woo~ only little beastman, baby woo~”
Its attitude in correcting Su Ran’s words was serious, yet it looked a bit adorably silly.
But it was enough to make the stone in Su Ran’s heart settle!
For herself, having offspring or not didn’t matter much.
But she didn’t want the werewolf to have regrets in its heart, and even less did she want to lose the werewolf because of this matter.
Even calculating by Earth’s time, she and the werewolf had only been together for a year, but the werewolf’s sincerity and simplicity were enough to move her.
So naturally, she was more willing to accommodate and care for it more and more in their time together.
Su Ran looked at the werewolf still with a serious expression, couldn’t help leaning in to kiss its lips.
A moment later.
Su Ran was gasping for breath, sprawled on the werewolf’s body, her clothes disheveled.
And just as she caught her breath and wanted to get up from the werewolf’s body, the werewolf suddenly reached out to press her lower back, pulling her back in one motion.
“Werewolf?”
Su Ran lay on the werewolf’s chest, couldn’t help pulling down the hem of the werewolf’s clothes that she had lifted, smoothing it out, then looked at it with doubt.
“Woo~”
The werewolf’s tail behind it extended a little bit out from the heated brick bed, the tip moving, slapping right on Su Ran’s thigh.
It looked up at Su Ran, its gaze holding a steady determination Su Ran had never seen before.
“Ran Ran not afraid woo~”
“No little beastman, also not afraid woo~”
“Werewolf and Ran Ran always together woo~”
