Sweet pet in the animal world: can act like a spoiled child and flirt

"By the way, what are you guys doing here?"

An Lina whispered into Zhou Manman's ear and explained the whole story.

Zhou Manman nodded, "Is that so? But wouldn't this be a bad idea..."

After all, they didn't finish eating.

"Why are you worried about this? They don't think it's a bad thing. They even came to thank you."

"what?"

"They are all over there, look—"

Zhou Manman looked in the direction where Anlina pointed, and saw a number of male orcs standing there, holding various things in their hands.

Somewhat touching.

Zhou Manman looked at the females who were strolling and chatting in the yard.

Suddenly she saw the short-haired girl. She had not been nice to her before, and she remembered it very well. So why did she come here?

Hua was a little flustered by all the gazes she received last week. She forced a smile and turned around.

Zhou Manman felt a little strange, but after all, she had never argued with her directly or made things difficult for her. If she made trouble for her, wouldn't it seem that she was too petty?

Thinking of this, Zhou Manman withdrew his gaze.

"How about it, can we let them come over?"

Zhou Manman shook her head. "Forget it. It's just a small favor. You don't need it."

"That won't do. You cook so delicious food. What if someone comes to bother you in the future? You have to put your position there. You have to pay something for eating my food and letting me cook for you. Otherwise, in the long run, everyone will take it for granted."

Zhou Manman thought about it and realized that it was true.

She hugged Anlina happily and joked, "Have you prepared anything for me too?"

An Lina glared at him, "Why, what's the relationship between us? Are you comparing me with them?"

Zhou Manman smiled and shook her head.

"Mom, mom, mom. We want to eat too~"

Zhou Manman looked in the direction of the sound and saw many young animals outside.

God!

Little monkey, little tiger, little wolf...

Various kinds of baby animals.

They pushed and shoved each other, making humming sounds, blocking the gate of the courtyard, and looking curiously at the things inside with their big eyes flashing in various colors.

They clearly looked like animal cubs, but they could speak human language. It should have been an extremely dreamy scene, but maybe it was because Zhou Manman had stayed in the animal world for a long time, or because their eyes were too smart, Zhou Manman didn't think there was anything wrong.

Zhou Manman suddenly grabbed Anlina's arm and looked at her with bright eyes, "Is your baby in there, Anlina?"

Anlina curled her lips and said, "They all left a long time ago and went to other tribes. Who knows?"

"Huh? Why let them out when they are so young?"

An Lina looked at Zhou Manman and asked, "Manman, how old are you now?"

"About twenty."

"Only twenty..."

"My cub is almost 40 or 50 years old."

what? !

Zhou Manman opened her mouth in shock.

He looked at Anlina in disbelief, then turned to look at the other females in the yard. Suddenly he realized that they all looked about the same age and he couldn't tell who was much older.

"What...what's going on?"

Anlina frowned and looked at her, "Oh my God, Manman, where on earth did you come from? You don't even know this?"

Zhou Manman was shocked and afraid that she would be exposed, so she quickly suppressed the surprise on her face.

"Hasn't anyone told you about these things?"

"Could it be that you have been lost since childhood?"

Zhou Manman nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I was lost when I was a child, and I grew up outside."

Anlina's face flashed with sympathy: "No wonder you know so many edible plants..."

Seeing that she really didn't understand, Alina started to explain to her.

Zhou Manman nodded repeatedly after listening to this. This was really beyond her imagination. It turned out that females and males in this world lived for a very long time, with a conservative lifespan of a thousand years. If their talents were awakened, then the lifespan would only be longer. Only at the end of life, about ten years before the end of life, would they slowly age until they were very old.

As for the cubs they give birth to, when the males grow to a certain size, they have to go out hunting or set up their own families. When they are able to transform, they can no longer live with their parents. If they are gifted and transform early, they can stay until adulthood, but few animal families will keep their cubs until that time. When the males reach adulthood, they can either go out hunting or continue to stay in the tribe after returning.

If you don't go out hunting, you have to go to a tribe with fewer people.

If you encounter them while hunting, you will find that they are fighting for food and their short handles are intertwined, so you can't recognize them as your brothers and sisters. This is why Anlina decided not to have any more children after giving birth to several cubs.

"That kind of pain is too deep, you won't understand it fully."

Whenever Alina thought about her child dying while hunting, she felt heartbroken.

"What about those who have gone to other tribes? Can they come back? Will they call you mom when they see you?"

Anlina's eyes widened slightly, "How dare they not scream!"

Speaking of this seemed to bring back Alina's memories. She smiled gently, with extreme tenderness in her eyes.

"But you know what, this little ball is really cute."

"Even now, he sometimes brings his females to see me."

Oh my God, Zhou Manman looked at An Linna, who looked not much different from her, and looked so young. When she thought about how An Linna had several children in their forties or fifties, Zhou Manman suddenly felt that there was a lot of distance between her and An Linna.

From another perspective, isn't she Anlina's granddaughter...

Beautiful idea...

Zhou Manman quickly shook her head and threw away the thought in her mind.

I didn't expect that even in the animal world, there are females who don't want to have children because of these regulations.

But on second thought, one litter means several babies, and if there are several litters, that would be a lot of people. Plus, the babies born to their babies can live so long, and if they keep giving birth, the tribe basically cannot control them, not to mention listening to the words of the chief alone.

How can this arrangement not be a form of survival of the fittest?

After trying to understand the truth, Zhou Manman felt that the world of animals was truly cruel.

There were a lot of cubs crowded at the gate of the yard. Seeing that no one was caring about them, they suddenly became bolder.

With a cry of "ouch", all of them rolled into a ball.

He cried out "ouch, ouch".

Zhou Manman hurried forward and wanted to help.

"No need, just let them get up by themselves." She was afraid that Xiaomi and Lin would eat her if any of the little cubs came to rely on her.

Only then did Zhou Manman notice that there was not a single female movement.

The little cubs also crawled up and cried, standing still and watching with their big eyes.

No one cried.