Chapter 170: Just Bear With It

Although Shen Zhiqiu had a bit of a worldly, street-smart edge to her, she seemed willing to follow the rules and do her job well.

In that case, Gu Weilan felt that giving her a chance wouldn’t be a bad idea. The opportunity was right there. Giving it to other Beastmen was the same as giving it to Shen Mianzhou’s maternal family. So, she might as well give this chance to Shen Zhiqiu.

After Shen Zhiqiu finished discussing the matter with Gu Weilan and received Shi Lingfeng’s approval, she found it a bit awkward to bring up the topic of naming the cubs again. However, Gu Weilan still remembered it. Both Samuel’s father and Shen Mianzhou’s father kept stealing glances at her from time to time.

Gu Weilan looked at Shen Mianzhou and said, “Little Seventeen will be named Gu Mianqing. Little Eighteen will be named Gu Mianxun. I’ll leave Little Nineteen for you all to name yourselves!”

Shen Mianzhou assumed that Gu Weilan had looked at the Incubation Pod and knew that Little Nineteen belonged to the Dream-Eating Tapir Clan, intentionally leaving it for the Shen Family to pass down their surname. He was deeply moved.

But Shen Mianzhou’s father knew that the Incubation Pod displayed that the female Nightmare Beast with awakened ancient bloodline had an even nobler lineage! He wanted that eldest granddaughter to take the Shen Family surname.

Seeing her Beast Husband’s expression, Shen Zhiqiu knew exactly what he was thinking and couldn’t help but kick him. She also shot him a fierce glare.

Knowing when to be greedy and when to stop while ahead was a street-smart art! Failing to master it would only make one detestable!

Shen Zhiqiu was already extremely happy that Gu Weilan was willing to let a female cub take the Shen surname! Between her belly and the Incubation Pod, she had a total of six cubs! Of the four cubs in the Incubation Pod, two had already been confirmed as females! Shen Zhiqiu could wake up laughing from her dreams!

She still knew exactly who had given her the ability to have this. No matter how much she prayed for cubs over the years or how many methods she tried, she just couldn’t get pregnant. And now, with this one try, she had six cubs! When she returned to the Dream-Eating Tapir Clan, she could tilt her head back and look down her nose at the clan leader, and the clan leader would still have to worship her and give her the best treatment!

Therefore, Shen Zhiqiu was very clear that although her second son’s female cub was surnamed Shen, it was her son’s Shen. It was done so that her son wouldn’t have to bow his head in front of the other Beast Husbands.

If they stared greedily at that Nightmare Beast with awakened ancient bloodline cub and insisted it take their Shen surname… Heh— Even without putting herself in the other’s shoes, she wanted to slap to death any Beastman who would dare make such a request. How could anyone be so shameless?

Shen Zhiqiu was very tactful. She looked at Shen Mianzhou and said, “You name your own daughter. Mother won’t interfere with this. It’s not that I don’t like my granddaughter. As for our family’s future money, Mother will definitely leave a share of shares for your daughter.

“Later, when we finalize the contract with the male Shi Lingfeng, Mother will set aside shares for the little cub. You can rest assured about that.”

Gu Weilan gained an even deeper appreciation for Shen Zhiqiu’s street-smart slickness. Sometimes, street-level greed could make people uncomfortable, but who would hate this kind of street-smarts that knew its boundaries? After all, it was all just for the sake of making a living.

Shen Mianzhou looked at Gu Weilan and said softly, “Then let’s name our Little Nineteen Shen Weiqing?”

Gu Weilan nodded to show that it was fine.

Seeing that everything had been settled on their end, Samuel’s father spoke up. “On our side… for the Sea Horse Clan cubs, we agreed that the first three Sea Clan cubs would take our Sea Clan’s surname.

“There are already two now, and we are especially grateful to Weilan Female. Our Sea Clan is willing to take out ten percent of the Sea Clan’s industry shares and put them all under Weilan Female’s name.

“In addition, I learned that Weilan Female needs Insect Clan Poison Sacs for medicine. We have already used half of this year’s profit to purchase Insect Clan Poison Sacs, and they can be delivered tomorrow!

“The cubs’ names will be Mary Samuel Riel and Arthur Samuel Riel.”

Gu Weilan had no dissatisfaction with this. After all, she knew very well how hard it was for Samuel to carry the cubs.

Lu Xuyin was dumbfounded throughout the meal. Especially after seeing Gu Weilan’s sixteen lively cubs—none of whom had any genetic breakdown disease, with some even possessing awakened ancient bloodlines—he was in a bit of a daze!

While everyone was still eating, Gu Weilan quietly went and fed a set of cub potions to each of Shen Mianzhou’s three cubs. They were immediately able to freely switch between their Beastman Form and cub form.

Gu Weilan went to Samuel’s room. After some thought, she also fed the two little cubs a set of potions designed for cubs to improve their aptitude, enhance their appearance, boost their intelligence, and strengthen their bodies. Her cubs deserved the very best. Even if they were going to be taken to the sea region, then her cubs would become the strongest cubs in the sea region!

When night fell, Zhan Heng and Xie Jing found Gu Weilan. They pursed their lips, looking at her with extreme reluctance to part.

Gu Weilan had just finished soaking in the Body Refining Bath, and her body’s recovery speed was truly much faster! She looked at Zhan Heng and Xie Jing in confusion. “What’s wrong?”

Zhan Heng wiped Gu Weilan’s hair and then used a hair dryer brush to gently comb through it.

“My younger brother and I have to make a trip to the Resource Star under our name. Some Insect Clan members have appeared there,” Zhan Heng said, his eyes full of reluctance.

Gu Weilan reached out and held Zhan Heng’s fingertips, saying softly, “Bring more Beastmen with you. Go ask Shen Mianzhou if any of his brothers from the Hunting Team are willing to go with you.

“For those willing to go, we’ll give each Beastman a set of Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid!”

Zhan Heng was just about to open his mouth, but Gu Weilan said in an unquestionable tone, “This isn’t about the Resource Star right now; it’s about your lives and safety!

“The Interstellar Alliance classifies Resource Stars as the Beastmen’s own assets. When an Insect Clan invasion occurs, the Alliance will send some support, but it mostly relies on your own protection of your properties.

“That means you will face great danger.

“It’s most important that you find more helpers and ensure your own safety!”

Xie Jing looked at Zhan Heng. “Brother, Lanlan is right. We really should find more Beastmen. The Insect Clan fled through a wormhole this time, and there are a full ten thousand of them that ran to our Resource Star.

“Our cubs haven’t even grown up yet! You can’t…”

Gu Weilan patted the hand Xie Jing was using to apply body lotion on her. “Don’t say such ominous things.

“You can also offer Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid to the legion. If they wholeheartedly help you wipe out the Insect Clan, we might not be able to produce many sets of Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid this time, but we can establish a collaboration with their legion.

“In short, the prerequisite for everything is that you must be safe!”

Zhan Heng picked Gu Weilan up and held her in his arms. A thousand words of gratitude were caught in his throat; he could only kiss Gu Weilan over and over again. How fortunate was he to receive the favor of such a Female Master?

Xie Jing looked at Zhan Heng with restraint. “Brother, Lanlan’s body can’t handle anything overly stimulating right now.”

Gu Weilan couldn’t help but ask Pomegranate Seed, “Ah? Is that true?”

Pomegranate Seed sighed, “Yes. Your meridians are undergoing reorganization and repair. What exactly were you planning to do right now? Just looking is enough.”

Gu Weilan pursed her lips, “Do you not need me to work hard to earn points anymore? You actually didn’t give me the energy to repair my body all at once.”

Pomegranate Seed put its hands on its hips. “Just endure it a little. After your meridians are repaired this time, there will be huge benefits. Wait… how can you still lock me in the little dark room? You can’t even…”

Gu Weilan enjoyed Zhan Heng’s service, completely lacking the time to pay attention to the system anymore.

Meanwhile, on Lu Xuyin’s side, after finishing with the Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid, he wrapped himself in a bath towel but felt it wasn’t reserved enough. He changed into pants but then felt that was too hypocritical. He fiddled around for a long time before eventually changing back into the bath towel. Propping his head up with one hand, he struck a pose and lay on the bed.

He felt that even if he couldn’t serve in bed today, he would still leave a beautiful impression on the Female Master!