Chapter 284: Strict Husbands!

Chapter 284: 284: Strict Husbands!

"....."

Sunnie gasped as she blinked, staring down at her stomach and then staring up at the beastmen staring at her.

She was speechless. She had forgotten this prominent feature that was reoccurring whenever she was pregnant—something the rest had picked up.

Sunnie wanted to keep the pregnancy a little secret and surprise everyone when they arrived back at the tribe.

But she guessed her plan had already failed because she was busted.

"You..." Zayn blinked as Karl slowly leaned closer. He rested his ears close to her stomach while Zayn also did the same. The two of them felt through her stomach and could tell in an instant.

"My cub..." Zayn and Karl had said at the same time. Immediately, they stared up at Sunnie, surprise on their faces.

"This is...?" Karl raised an eyebrow, surprised.

"My cub..." Zayn had said.

Sunnie guessed she had no choice. They had already discovered the truth, and it wouldn’t make sense to lie. She casually smiled as she said, "Well... congratulations."

"...." Zayn and Karl were both speechless. Their eyes were wide in shock as they stared at the female. They didn’t know what expression to show.

They were certainly thrilled and excited, but they didn’t know how to show it. They simply stood and stared at the female for a long time.

The rest stared at each other, confused.

"Did we hear it right...?" Eris asked. "Did the two of them just say ’my cub’?"

Azure slowly nodded. "I also thought I was hearing things for a while now. They surely did say that."

"So does that mean...?" Luka tilted his head as he said, "The female is bearing both their cubs at the same time?" He was shocked at his own revelation.

Little Black blinked without saying anything.

Eris folded his arms with a smile as he said, "Well, I guess someone was working hard."

Zayn and Karl stared at each other with the same shocked expression on their faces. They didn’t know how to react or show how thrilled they were.

They simply stared down at her stomach again. Karl ran his hand through her stomach, and Zayn did the same.

"You can’t walk all the way back home at all," Karl said, shaking his head. "It’s certainly not good for your body."

The tiger nodded profusely. "I agree. You can’t walk such long distances like this. You need to stay back. We all will stay back here until you deliver safely."

The two of them nodded in agreement.

"...." Sunnie stared at them, speechless. "No, we’ll be heading home. I’m fine. It’s not like I’m going to die or something."

Zayn insisted, "But walking isn’t good for you and the baby at all. It’s stressful and will hurt you."

Sunnie raised an eyebrow. "It’s good. I need to get some exercise, at least."

"But..." Karl wanted to suggest.

But Sunnie firmly said, "You should know by now that my energy goes overboard when I’m pregnant. So this shouldn’t be anything at all."

They stared at her, blinking. She was right, but they were still worried.

"You’re bearing two of our cubs, so it’s not so good for you. Listen to us and let’s stay back..." Zayn tried convincing her.

But she said otherwise. "Don’t worry, I’ll be okay. Let’s get going." She turned, about to carry up the meat.

But Karl instantly rushed to the scene and picked it up himself. "Okay, then. If you won’t listen to us and stay back, then at least you should do this. We won’t let you do any hard work at all."

Zayn folded his arms as he said, "Exactly. You can’t strain yourself with such work. You need to get all the rest you need. We’ll do the hard work."

Karl nodded. "Yes. We’ll do all the hard carrying. You do nothing. And also, we’ll take turns carrying you so you don’t walk too much."

"I agree with this," Zayn nodded firmly. He didn’t seem like one to compromise at all.

"..." Sunnie guessed she had gotten herself some really possessive, dramatic, and pampering beast husbands who were about to be worse than the others.

These two didn’t seem to want any compromise at all. They wanted to make sure she did nothing.

She blinked as she said, "But I..."

Zayn placed a hand over her lips so she couldn’t speak. She stared at him as he said, "Listen to us. We promised to take care of you and our cub, so let us do that."

Sunnie guessed there was no convincing at all. She simply stared as Zayn turned to the rest and began passing down the information he had for them.

He told them that for the journey, no one would let Sunnie do any hard work or stress herself at all. He explained that the beast husbands would take turns carrying the female from time to time.

"...That way, she won’t have to stress herself to walk that far at all. Rather, she’ll be under our careful care," he added. "And she also won’t carry any hard stuff."

The other beast husbands slowly nodded in agreement. They had no objections to it.

But Eris leaned closer to Luka as he said, "I guess the tiger is talking more right now because the female has his cub too."

Luka nodded profusely as he said, "True. I guess scary Zayn is back."

They nodded while taking orders without questions as well.

After Zayn was done giving orders, everyone began making preparations to leave. They took the packages and goods they had and set off to leave.

While Sunnie stood there, Zayn walked up to her and swept her off her feet.

"Hey!" Sunnie let out in shock while Zayn carried her firmly in his hands like a crate of eggs—holding her like a fragile egg that could break anytime soon.

Sunnie wrapped her arms around his neck while staring at him. "This is... don’t tell me you’re being serious?"

Zayn stared at her as he said, "I’m always serious when it comes to you." He said as he continued moving.

She blinked. Indeed, she had gotten herself some strict, serious husbands.

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They hit the road, heading back to the tribe.

Their journey back was rather a fun and lively one. There was a lot of fun talk and conversations going on while they headed back.

Zukka and Little Black had their moment of talking and bickering. Soon, it was Little Black happily broadcasting the news to Sunnie about how he went hunting with them.

He explained how fun it was and how he had caught some pretty decent catches.

Sunnie smiled with a nod, still in Zayn’s arms. "That’s cute."

Sunnie turned to Zayn and asked, "We’ve been walking for ages now. Don’t you feel tired or anything? You can drop me now. I can pretty much walk."

But Zayn shook his head as he said, "I’m okay. Even if my arms hurt, I won’t drop you."

"...." She was speechless indeed.

Soon, they changed places as Zayn handed Sunnie over to Karl. Her legs didn’t even touch the ground as she was transferred to another beast husband while Zayn carried the foodstuff.

They continued moving and discussing. Luka and Eris had a lot of entertaining stories to share with them, and it was one that kept the atmosphere fun and lively as they moved.

When they had walked for a long time, they decided to take a break. They all sat down under a tree and ate some fruits to gather some energy.

"Thirsty?" Zayn asked as he stared at Sunnie.

Sunnie ran a hand through her stomach, looking around. "Well, I am thirsty, though, but it doesn’t seem like there’s any water around here to rely on."

"Don’t worry. I’ll get you clean water to drink," Zayn said firmly as he got up to his feet and left.

"....." They watched him leave as Eris asked, "Do you think he’ll find anything to drink around here?"

Luka shrugged. "Never underestimate the power of stubborn Zayn."

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Zayn took a while but soon returned with a huge bowl of water. He sat down beside Sunnie while handing it to her. "Here, drink. It’s fresh and clean. I made sure of it."

Everyone was surprised as to where he went to find the water. They stared in awe. As Sunnie stared closely, she saw some scratches on his hand.

"You’re bleeding..." She pointed out, holding onto Zayn’s hand.

Zayn smiled as he shook his head. "Never mind. I had to fight an alligator before I could get the water. I guess he’s not so good at sharing."

"....." Sunnie was speechless. He just fought an alligator to get this water for her.

"So don’t worry about me and drink up so you can get your energy to continue the trip," he said.

Sunnie didn’t even know whether to laugh. What energy? It wasn’t even as if she was walking or anything. What energy did she need to refill?

She sighed as she took Zayn by the hand. She looked around in search of some herbal medicine. When she saw some leaves around, she squeezed the liquid out and applied it on Zayn’s injured hand.

Zayn said nothing. He kept his calm face while staring at Sunnie with rapt attention as she applied medication on his hand.