"Da Bao?"
A weak call suddenly came from inside the room.
The children were startled, then simultaneously rushed into the house.
In the blink of an eye, only Shen Miao was left. She touched her nose, not in a hurry, picked up the cricket cage that the little ones had thrown down in their excitement, and put it in a small basket under the eaves.
This basket was also woven by Shen Miao, and was specially used to hold small toys for children.
After doing all this, Shen Miao slowly walked to the door.
Inside the house, Qingchen had already woken up, and the children were asking him about his condition with concern.
"Father, are you alright now?"
"Daddy, please don't faint anymore, the children are so scared."
"Father, the bad guys have been driven away."
The little ones chirped and chattered like a flock of sparrows. After watching for a while, Shen Miao saw that everything was normal, the little ones and their father were fine, and they didn't need her for the time being, so she went to the kitchen.
Even though he was being bothered by hundreds of sparrows, Qingchen didn't feel annoyed at all. He was just grateful that his four cubs were standing there unharmed. This was the greatest blessing the Beast God had ever given him.
Qingchen listened patiently to and answered the children's questions, his gaze sweeping over their faces.
Seeing the injuries on the children's faces, his expression immediately darkened.
It's his fault for being useless; he couldn't even protect his own child, and people bullied him right at his doorstep.
Suppressing his dejected mood, Qingchen tried to speak calmly, "How did you manage to drive the bad guys away?"
He knew that the snake-beastman was not weak, and with these few cubs, he was definitely no match for him. Moreover, the cubs had been captured in the first place, and the snake-beastman had even threatened to eat his cubs.
Upon hearing this, he became so enraged that he vomited blood and fainted.
I don't know what happened after that.
The children quieted down and didn't say anything. Qingchen turned to Dabao, who reluctantly said, "It was a vicious female beast. After she came back, she beat up the snake beastman."
Da Bao recounted how Shen Miao saved them, while Er Bao and San Bao added their details.
Compared to Da Bao's reluctance, Er Bao and San Bao seemed very excited, and even started gesturing in front of Qing Chen.
"That's how it happened. The vicious female beast picked up a wooden stick and rushed over, slapping the snake-beastman with a loud crack, making him howl in pain."
Not to be outdone, Sanbao hurriedly added, "Then we rolled down, and she hugged us."
Erbao chimed in, "The snake-beastman was so scared he collapsed to the ground. And that little snake cub who stole things—humph, when he saw his wicked mother, he turned into a dead little snake cub and didn't dare to be arrogant at all."
“Some uncles spoke up for us, and the vicious female beast made my brother thank them one by one. She even gave the venison that the snake beastmen gave us to the uncles who helped us.”
"Father, the wicked female beast said we didn't do anything wrong this time. If others bully us, we should retaliate, but if others haven't provoked us, I can't bully them either. Is that right, Father?"
Qingchen was stunned. He felt that the vicious female beast the children were talking about was someone else entirely.
But a voice inside him told him no, that this was something she would do, because she had changed so much recently.
"Father?"
The little ones called out worriedly.
Qingchen snapped out of her reverie, smiled faintly, patted the heads of the children, and said, "She's right."
The cubs looked bewildered, seemingly unable to understand why the female beast, who used to beat and scold them, was now properly educating them.
Not only the children, but Qingchen himself couldn't understand it either.
But as an adult orc, he couldn't understand things and would hide his emotions, so you couldn't tell anything from his face.
He turned his gaze to Xiao Sibao, who had been hiding in the back, looking sullen. He beckoned to him and asked, "Sibao, what's wrong? You haven't said a word. Are you unhappy to see your father wake up?"
"Happy." Xiao Sibao rubbed against Qingchen, said two words, and then fell silent, his little head drooping.
Unable to get any information from Qingchen, he had no choice but to seek help from the other children.
Da Bao took the initiative to say, "Dad, Xiao Si Bao made a mistake today. Er Bao, San Bao, and I have decided to punish her and ignore her until she admits her mistake."
"What mistake did Sibao make?" Qingchen asked in surprise.
He said that Xiao Sibao was a little different today because she had made a mistake. However, the children are always very united, and the older brothers take good care of their little sister. What did Xiao Sibao do wrong to make her usually tolerant brothers so angry?
Erbao blurted out, "Sibao's name is Vicious Beast Girl!"
Qingchen: "..."
Qingchen's relaxed expression slightly softened.
The children realized he was angry and immediately dared not utter a sound.
The children's fear of Qingchen is different from their fear of Shenmiao. Shenmiao would hit them, and they felt fear and hatred towards her, but they worshipped and looked up to Qingchen.
In their hearts, Qingchen was incredibly powerful, and they wanted to become beastmen like him. Now that this beastman was angry, they were filled with fear.
"Sibao," Qingchen comforted the youngest cub first, "You did the right thing. She is your mother, and it is right for you to call her mother."
Xiao Sibao's eyes lit up, but the other cubs stared in surprise. Why did Daddy say that? The vicious female beast wasn't good to Daddy either. Daddy used to hate the vicious female beast and told them not to go near her.
Qingchen praised the four little treasures, but then sternly reprimanded the other three little ones: "First of all, Shen Miao will always be your mother. Secondly, she may have treated you badly in the past, but that's all in the past. Now she has saved you and protects you in every way. She has done what a mother should do. You can no longer treat her like before, and you can no longer call her a vicious female beast. Do you understand?"
The children seemed to understand, but not quite.
Qingchen added, "And there's Xiao Sibao. She's your little sister. You must treat her well and not isolate her, or I'll send Sibao away."
"No, Father, don't send Sibao away. We will treat Sibao well. She is our sister. We were wrong. We will never ignore Sibao again."
The little ones spoke anxiously, then reached out and took Xiao Sibao's hand, surrounding him in the middle, and the little ones made up again.
When Shen Miao entered, this was the scene she saw. The children also saw her and lowered their heads in embarrassment. Shen Miao acted as if nothing had happened and cheerfully greeted them, "I made some food, come and eat."
The children carefully walked past her, and Shen Miao turned to leave, but then stopped and said to Qing Chen, "I'll bring it to you after I finish eating."
"Mm," Qingchen responded quietly.
Shen Miao was in a daze and almost tripped on flat ground when she went out.
That main villain, instead of ignoring her, actually responded to her words. Has the sun risen in the west?
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