The lock turned softly with a click, and Na'er walked in, her beautiful silver hair gleaming.
"Brother! You're awake." Judging by Jiang Mingyuan's appearance, he had clearly only just woken up too. Na'er hadn't expected such a coincidence.
Brother wasn't half bad. Even after ending up like that last night, he still got up so early today.
Two stunning women followed Na'er inside. The one dressed in purple was Gu Yue Yinhan, nominally Na'er's elder. She was also Zi JI, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Who was the other woman in the green dress?
Na'er introduced her to Jiang Mingyuan. "Brother, this is another elder of mine, Gu Yue Linglan."
Gu Yue Linglan walked over and sat beside the bed, looking at Jiang Mingyuan with a gentle smile.
"Little one, you're really adorable." She reached out and rubbed Jiang Mingyuan's cheek.
"Lie down first, little one. Let Auntie give you a thorough checkup."
In truth, Gu Yuena had practically no hands-on experience, and her theoretical knowledge was sorely lacking too. She didn't understand live birth or egg-laying at all. As far as she knew, if two people kept sleeping together, a baby would pop out one day.
Gu Yuena simply wondered whether Jiang Mingyuan had some kind of illness, since there was a hard lump in his belly.
What did she know about such things? Instinctively, she asked Bi Ji, the most skilled healer among her subordinates.
Upon hearing her lord's description, Bi Ji immediately sensed something amiss. Why did this sound... somehow familiar?
Bi Ji had gone through a period of this herself when she was young. These days, however, she was indeed getting on in years, and it didn't happen often anymore. The last time seemed to have been over