After I Dumped 7 Beast Husbands and Ran

The male’s face was pale. He leaned weakly against the stone wall, his voice a faint whisper. "I was the one who pursued her. She didn’t think I was good enough."

He wasn’t good enough. His health was poor, and he was ugly.

It was only natural that she wouldn’t want him.

Fox Zi froze, then said angrily, "Are you crazy? You’re still hung up on that wild female?! She used you and tossed you aside! What’s so good about her?"

Hu Bai’s eyelids drooped. He spoke slowly, but with great sincerity,

"I love her. I’ve never met a female like her. I don’t know where she came from or where she was going. All I know is that I love her..."

"I’ve never regretted loving her. And I’ve never regretted being with her."

"Fox Zi. Sis. You should all go. I will never break the mate bond on me! COUGH... COUGH COUGH..."

Fox Yue’s heart ached for her brother’s health. She tried to persuade him, "Hu Bai, why must you suffer like this? If you just agree to Fox Zi’s proposal, she’ll find a way to get you the medicinal herbs to heal your body."

"Once you’re healed, Fox Zi’s mother will help you break the mate bond. Then you can take Fox Qi and join Fox Zi’s family."

"Hu Bai, life is hard for a Male Beastman without a family."

Hu Bai coughed weakly a few times, as if he didn’t even have the strength to speak anymore. "No need. COUGH COUGH COUGH..."

Little Fox Qi ran through the crowd to Hu Bai’s side and threw himself into his arms. "Father!"

Seeing his cub had returned, Hu Bai managed a smile. He could see her features in Fox Qi’s eyes and brow.

He smiled at Fox Yue. "Sis, I can’t break my mate bond with her. It’s the last thing I have to remember her by..."

"As for Fox Qi... after I die, let him join your family... For the sake of our bond as brother and sister, will you help me raise him?"

Fox Yue fell silent.

Fox Zi trembled with rage. "Hu Bai, even now, you’re still unwilling to give her up?"

"...Fox Zi, you should let go."

"Why aren’t you willing? You weren’t willing five years ago, and it’s been five years since! In all that time, has she come to find you even once? To see you even once? What is there to remember about her? How is she better than me?!"

At this thought, Fox Zi grew even angrier. "You’ll do it whether you want to or not!"

Seeing she was about to lose control, Fox Zi’s males called out a warning. "Female Master!"

Fox Zi snapped back to her senses and reined in her emotions slightly. "I will beg my mother to save you, but once you’re saved, you’ll owe me your life. You will be my male!"

Hu Bai began to cough violently. "No, don’t save me."

Fox Zi looked at Fox Yue. In the end, Fox Yue couldn’t bear to let her brother die, so she nodded.

Fox Zi gave the order, "Take him to my mother."

"Father!" Fox Qi cried out.

’What do I do? What do I do? I don’t want Father to die, I don’t want to lose my father.’

’But Father really doesn’t want this. He’s so sad, he’s suffering!’

"I have medicine! I came back with herbs!" Fox Qi cried out. "We don’t have to join another family, Father doesn’t have to suffer..."

Hu Bai suddenly stopped struggling. He looked at Fox Qi with difficulty. "COUGH COUGH... Aqi, you... you went to gather herbs?"

Fox Qi nodded through his tears. "The witch doctor taught me about the herbs, and I gathered them. Father, you can be saved, you can be!"

Hu Bai, who had been struggling, now felt his mind go blank.

He clutched his chest. As he coughed, a trickle of blood escaped the corner of his mouth.

’I’m so useless. I let my five-year-old cub go up the mountain late at night to gather herbs for me...’

’If Aqi had run into danger, if Aqi was gone... what would I have done?’

"Silly child, Father is fine. I’m not going to die." Hu Bai gently caressed Fox Qi’s cheek. "Don’t do something so dangerous again."

Little Fox Qi couldn’t stop crying. "You’re lying! You just told Aunt you were going to die. I don’t want to go with Aunt, I just want to be with you..."

Little Fox Qi glared fiercely at the Fox Beastmen in the cave. "Go! All of you, go! Our family doesn’t need you!"

Fox Zi said, exasperated, "Hu Bai, this is your last chance. Think it over carefully. Don’t regret this!"

Hu Bai’s gaze toward Fox Qi was filled with apology. By refusing Fox Zi, he had been true to everyone except Fox Qi.

’If I die, what will happen to Little Aqi?’

He gritted his teeth and said, "Go. All of you, just go. Fox Zi, I won’t regret it. The Beast God is watching over us from the heavens."

Fox Zi said glumly, "Why bring up the Beast God out of nowhere? It’s been ages since the Beast God appeared. Who knows if the Beast God is even dead or alive."

Fox Zi’s head Beast Husband quickly covered her mouth. "Female Master, you can’t say such things. Let’s go, let’s leave first."

Although the Fox Clan’s Priest had indeed said they hadn’t been able to communicate with the Beast God for the last few hundred years, if the Priest found out about Fox Zi’s disrespect, she would likely face punishment, even as a precious female.

With that, Fox Zi shot them a look, and she and her Beast Husbands left the cave together.

After giving her brother Hu Bai an apologetic glance, Fox Yue also turned and left.

Only the two Fox Beastmen, Fox Qi and Hu Bai, remained in the cave.

Fox Qi smiled through his tears, offering the Isatis root to Hu Bai. "Father, we’re not scared. We have medicine."

Hu Bai smiled gently. He weakly raised his hand to pat Fox Qi’s head, then put the unprocessed Isatis root into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed.

"Is it working?" Fox Qi asked expectantly.

"It is. Thank you, Aqi."

...

As Nan Zishi cut open the she-wolf’s belly, the Wolf King grew agitated. He couldn’t stop himself from baring his teeth, but his body remained frozen in place, watching tensely.

As he watched, he pawed at the ground with his front claws before finally lying down, whimpering softly.

Nan Zishi pulled the wolf pups out one by one. She handed the pups to the male wolf while she quickly stitched the she-wolf closed.

Faced with the tiny pups, the male wolf was at a complete loss. Nan Zishi couldn’t help but scold him, "You don’t know how to be a father, do you?! Lick off the amniotic fluid! Lick the pups’ mouths and noses so they can breathe! Leave the placentas and umbilical cords for me to handle."

The male wolf scrambled to do as he was told, getting scolded and scorned by Nan Zishi the entire time. Yet he didn’t dare get angry; after all, the lives of his mate and children were in the hands of this female human.

After stitching up the she-wolf, Nan Zishi came back to help with the pups. Five of them were fine, and after Nan Zishi dealt with the placentas and umbilical cords, she moved them to their mother to nurse.

But the sixth was blue and purple all over. It looked like it wasn’t going to make it.

Seeing that Little Lao Liu was unhealthy, the Wolf King immediately chose to abandon it.

The she-wolf, who was still somewhat conscious, didn’t even give it a second glance, also choosing to abandon Little Lao Liu.

In the natural world, when wild animals have large litters, the weaker cubs are often difficult to raise, and abandoning them is common.

But Nan Zishi was unwilling to give up.

She wiped its mouth and nose with a clean gauze pad, then used a suction device to clear the amniotic fluid from its airways. After that, she supported its spine and head and swung it through the air.

After about ten minutes of resuscitation, Little Lao Liu finally, slowly, began to move.

Nan Zishi quickly performed the final procedures, rubbed it warm, and then placed it beside its mother.

The Wolf King and the she-wolf were astonished!

Wasn’t Little Lao Liu already dead? It actually survived?!

"AWOO!"

The she-wolf’s maternal instincts were triggered. Enduring the pain, she leaned over to look at the little pup. When she saw it was truly nursing, she gently nudged Nan Zishi’s palm as if to express her gratitude.

"You’re a great mother." Nan Zishi stroked the she-wolf’s head. "The incision isn’t large, but it was a C-section, so your stomach will be a little sore. Don’t move around too much, and don’t lick it. It should heal in about seven days."

"AWOO!"

Nan Zishi left the cave with She Yang, and the Wolf King quickly called over a few young wolves to escort her out.

The Wolf King’s attitude was completely different from before. The female leader had saved his mate and pups; she was the benefactor of their entire family.

Now, the Wolf King was genuinely and completely in awe of her.

"AWOO, AWOO, AWOO."

"Good dog!" Nan Zishi patted its head.

The Wolf King sat before her, mouth open and tongue lolling out, looking obedient and well-behaved.

Nan Zishi looked up at the sky.

"I don’t know why, but my right eyelid keeps twitching."

The fox-shaped mark under Nan Zishi’s clothes dimmed, signifying that her Fox Clan Beast Husband was in mortal danger.

But she didn’t notice.

She rubbed her eyelid and said, "I’m a little worried about Little Aqi. Let’s go find him."

Little Snake Yang gazed at her with a look of pure adoration.

’This pretty sister isn’t just beautiful, she’s also incredibly powerful! She’s like the Beast God, able to save a beast’s life. She even brought a dead wolf pup back to life!!’

’Bringing a dead cub back to life... that’s something not even a witch doctor can do!’

’It’s a miracle!’

’The pretty sister must be connected to the Beast God! This is her secret, and I won’t tell anyone!’

The little blue snake, gazing at Nan Zishi with worshipful eyes, quickly nodded his small head.