After the doctor finished speaking, the live chat paused for a moment, then froze due to the sheer volume of comments.
"Wow, pregnant on the first try? That's definitely bragging!"
"That's so lucky! It's been years since we've seen an unplanned pregnancy."
"? Isn't the streamer male? Does that mean male plant-type beast masters can get pregnant?"
"Streamer, tell me, how much chili pepper did you eat?"
Xie Sen was completely stunned after hearing about the pregnancy; his mind went blank, and he didn't even look at the comments.
The contracted beasts cheered. For them, offspring were important; the appearance of new life was something to celebrate.
The giant armored beast gently touched Xie Sen's foot with its sharp snout: "Ah Sen, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were pregnant, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have formed a bond in front of you."
Xie Sen blinked, snapping out of his daze, and pursed his lips, replying in his mind, "It's okay, it has nothing to do with you."
He took a deep breath and gently pushed Maine's shoulder: "I want to stand."
Maine looked at him intently, her expression tense. Seeing his firm attitude, she slightly loosened her grip on him and helped him stand up.
Xie Sen acted as if nothing had happened, looking at Lu Qingxing: "Let's form a bond now."
Lu Qingxing said gently, "It's fine later, you should probably go to the hospital for a checkup."
"No need," Xie Sen immediately retorted, realizing his tone was too harsh, he softened his tone, "Thank you, I'm perfectly healthy."
Lu Qingxing looked at him with confusion, then at the giant armored beast, nodded, and completed the bond-forming ceremony with the beast.
After their bond-forming ceremony, Xie Sen had his contracted beasts play with the fans as planned. Some fans were worried about his health, but he said he was fine. Seeing that he looked good, the fans were relieved.
The contracted beasts, knowing he was pregnant, were incredibly excited and played even more enthusiastically.
Fans rode on the backs of the contracted beasts, screaming loudly as they sped by.
The giant bear beast imitated a dancer's moves, eliciting laughter from the onlookers. The giant bear beast grabbed a person and carried them on its shoulder, causing another round of screams.
Those unsuitable for vigorous activity sat on the back of the giant elephant beast, suddenly getting soaked, and then accidentally being lifted up by its trunk after getting off, causing even more laughter.
Viewers in the live stream watched with envy, wishing they were as lucky as the lucky ones. Meanwhile, newlyweds and couples who had been married for a long time without children focused their attention on Xie Sen and Mei Yin, asking various questions about the pregnancy.
Mei Yin stood in a corner with Xie Sen in her arms, watching the contracted beasts play with the fans. Since standing there, Xie Sen hadn't said a word. Maine couldn't hide his worry: "Shall I carry you back to rest?"
Xie Sen shook his head: "I'm not tired, I'll stay here."
Maine became uneasy, wrapping his arms around him, hesitant to pull too hard, resting his chin on Xie Sen's shoulder: "I'm sorry, if you don't want the child," he clenched his fist, his expression pained, "I'll find a way."
Xie Sen grabbed his arm: "What way are you going to find?" He took a deep breath, "Don't mention it, at least not now, let me calm down."
Having been a man for so many years, the sudden mention of pregnancy was a huge shock to him.
The thought of his belly growing bigger and bigger filled him with a nameless fear. He kept reminding himself that he was female now, that this was normal, not a monster, to calm himself down.
He focused his attention on his contracted beast and his fans, not wanting to think about this seemingly joking topic.
Maine noticed his hand trembling slightly and felt a pang of heartache, taking his hand in hers: "Don't be afraid."
Xie Sen turned his head; Maine's face was tense, his eyes filled with complex emotions—worry, unease, self-blame, and obvious helplessness.
Xie Sen forced a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine, nothing's wrong."
Maine gently stroked his cheek with her finger: "They're going to play for another two hours, you can't stay here forever. If you're worried, can you go home and watch the security camera in the living room?"
Xie Sen thought for a moment, about to speak, when his bracelet rang. As soon as he answered, Long Teng's loud voice came through: "Ah Sen! You're pregnant? Hahaha, you're amazing! Open the door, I want to come in."
Xie Sen's face stiffened slightly. Maine gave Long Teng access to the door and said: "I've given you access, just come in. Remember to close the door properly, don't let anyone sneak in."
"Okay." Long Teng hung up the call, and soon after, a dragon's roar came from the doorway. A few seconds later, the flying dragon beast landed in front of Xie Sen, and Long Teng and Bai Jiao jumped off its back.
The flying dragon wrapped its whiskers around Xie Sen's wrist: "Ah Sen, congratulations on your pregnancy."
Xie Sen: "...Thank you."
The flying dragon released him, turned around and mingled with the contracted beasts, then carried two braver people on its back, flying around in the air a few times.
"I burst out crying, I want to ride a flying dragon too!"
"I'm so jealous, so annoyed, from today onwards, I'll brush my face with a brush every day, I refuse to believe I'm that dark!"
"The lucky audience this time is so lucky, watching the contract formation live, and even finding out the streamer is pregnant, so many contracted beasts, and the flying dragon came too, I'm so envious!"
Bai Jiao smiled and said to Xie Sen: "Congratulations."
Long Teng smiled brightly, revealing a set of white teeth: "Congratulations to you two, you're really amazing, now that you're pregnant, when are you planning to get married?"
Xie Sen found it inexplicably funny, with a very absurd feeling, as if everyone was happy, including the contracted beasts. He clearly didn't want to mention the pregnancy, but it was brought up again and again.
Seeing their sincere congratulations and the joy on their faces, and hearing the cheers of his contracted beasts, his previously panicked heart suddenly calmed down.
Both his human and contracted beast friends were happy for him; this wasn't a terrible thing, was it?
He smiled: "Let's get married after I receive my graduation certificate."
Maine, who had been intently watching him, brightened at these words. Asen wasn't angry with him; he was even willing to marry him! Such a wonderful Asen! His fingers twitched slightly; if the occasion weren't inappropriate, he would have wanted to kiss him deeply. Bai Jiao's
gaze fell on Xie Sen's abdomen: "How are you feeling? Can I get a checkup?"
Xie Sen was a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and reached out: "I feel great, no different from usual."
Bai Jiao held his wrist: "Your physical condition is very good, but pregnancy makes the body weaker than usual. It's best to go to the hospital for a thorough checkup." He sensed the tension and smiled, "My family has a private hospital; I can go with you."
Xie Sen pursed his lips: "Can we go tomorrow?"
"Of course," Bai Jiao smiled, reassuringly saying, "Don't be nervous. Although you're young, you're healthy and nothing will happen."
Xie Sen nodded, and Long Teng asked curiously, "How old is the baby?"
Xie Sen shook his head, and Bai Jiao smiled, "It's probably not even a month old yet. We'll have to go to the hospital for a checkup to find out." He said to Xie Sen, "Go and rest. A-Teng and I will watch over them for you. They're very obedient and will be fine."
Xie Sen looked at Maine, seeing his worried expression, and nodded, "Thank you for your trouble."
Long Teng laughed, "It's no trouble at all!" As he spoke, he darted into the group of contracted beasts and started playing with his fans.
Maine and Shesen returned to the apartment. Shesen sat on the sofa with his head down. After a while, he leaned back against the sofa, lifted the hem of his shirt, revealing a slender figure with a flat stomach, without an ounce of fat.
He patted his belly, feeling nothing at all. He found it incredible—was there really a child inside?
Maine knelt in front of him, taking his hand.
Shesen was startled, looked up, and saw Maine's lips pressed into a straight line, his jaw tense: "Even if you don't want a child, don't hurt yourself."
Shesen blinked, looking at Maine's tightly gripped hand, and understood. He leaned forward, poking Maine's chin with his finger: "I was just curious, don't be nervous. I... I'm just so surprised, but I definitely won't hurt myself."
He took a deep breath and patted the seat next to him: "Let's learn about physiology together!"
Maine got up and sat beside him. Shesen opened his bracelet, his expression serious as he searched for information about female anatomy, then carefully examined it. After finishing, he breathed a sigh of relief. Female anatomy differs from male anatomy; pregnancy is normal.
Next, he looked up detailed pictures and texts about the changes in a woman's pregnancy. Watching the tiny dot in his belly slowly grow into a baby felt both magical and perfectly natural.
He used the most authoritative information to confirm his pregnancy. Although he still felt a little awkward, he was no longer flustered.
At the end, there was a note: During pregnancy, as the baby grows, females become more sensitive and their sexual needs increase. Don't be shy; let the male satisfy you, and childbirth will be smoother.
Xie Sen felt inexplicably ashamed and immediately closed the page to search for nutritional needs during pregnancy.
Mei Yin looked down at his reddened ears, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes. She opened her bracelet and saved the pregnancy precautions.
Xie Sen looked at the search results, pursed his lips. Nutritional supplements during pregnancy mainly came from a special nutritional solution, which cost three times more than ordinary nutritional solutions and needed to be taken every two days.
The main ingredients of the nutritional solution were various vitamins, in low concentrations, all extracted from various tall, inedible plants, and it was a mixed liquid.
He learned during his research that the current nutrient solution was a new product from the 27th generation, much better than the first generation.
Looking at the pregnancy nutrient solution, its color was even darker than the regular one, and just looking at it reminded him of its awful taste. He absolutely couldn't stand drinking nutrient solution all the time!
He thought for a moment, then opened the system panel and redeemed one of each of the activated edible plants. Now he had a total of 70 plants, 42 of which were edible, including grains, beans, and onions, ginger, and garlic.
He arranged the 42 plants one by one on the coffee table. After a careful examination, Maine asked in surprise, "Are all of these edible?"
Xie Sen nodded, "The nutrient solution tastes terrible, and the nutrition isn't comprehensive. I don't want to drink it."
Maine frowned, "How can there be so many? Did they all grow from contracted plants?"
Xie Sen: "...Yes." That wasn't entirely wrong, but Adan was a system, not a contracted plant.
Maine put his arm around his shoulder and said in a deep
voice, "We can't let anyone else know." Xie Sen replied, "Yeah, I know, but we can't keep it a secret forever. If these plants can be grown, they can improve our diet." He tilted his head and thought for a moment, "I have an idea, I'll talk about it later, let's see how things go first."
At 11:30, he went to the contracted beast accommodation area to announce the end of the meet-and-greet. The fans had a great time and left satisfied, except for Lu Qingxing.
Maine closed the door, and Lu Qingxing looked at Long Teng and Bai Jiao, then at Xie Sen, his expression hesitant. Xie Sen quickly guessed what he was thinking: "You want to ask why you can communicate with the giant armored beasts?"
Lu Qingxing was slightly surprised: "You really know."
Long Teng smiled: "Big Black can also communicate with me because they are very intelligent."
Xie Sen said: "Teng is right, you can understand it this way, their intelligence is higher than that of ordinary contracted beasts, just like humans."
A gentle smile appeared on Lu Qingxing's lips: "I felt it when I watched the live stream, I'm really lucky," he said apologetically, "Most of my family's property is antiques, I can't afford that much right now." "Cash, can I pay a few days later?"
Xie Sen waved his hand: "No need to be polite. Just be good to the giant beast. Its choice of you has nothing to do with me."
Lu Qingxing said: "How can that be? Two days is fine."
Xie Sen said: "If you insist on paying, a little less is fine. I might need your help."
Lu Qingxing said solemnly: "Just tell me what kind of help you need. I don't need the contract fee to pay. The kindness of the contract cannot be measured by money."
Xie Sen's impression of him improved even more, and he smiled: "Let's exchange contact information. I'll contact you when I need it."
Lu Qingxing nodded, and the two exchanged contact information. Lu Qingxing then left with the giant beast.
Xie Sen invited Long Teng and Bai Jiao to lunch. The four returned to the apartment, which was filled with the aroma of food. Long Teng cheered and ran to the kitchen, "It smells so good! Sen, what did you make?"
Xie Sen replied, "You'll see when you see it."
Bai Jiao's gaze fell on the coffee table. After a slight pause, she quickened her pace and walked over. She squatted down to examine it carefully and looked at Xie Sen in shock, "Where did you find this?"
Xie Sen said, "It's hard to explain, and I hope you'll keep it a secret."
Bai Jiao asked, puzzled, "Then why did you take it out?"
Xie Sen said, "I want you to help me analyze its components. I... I'm pregnant and need to supplement with different nutrients. Eating vegetables and fruits is the best way. I plan to select some suitable ones to plant in the ground."
Also, when I have enough energy to exchange for food, I'll know what to eat.
Bai Jiao suddenly realized, her eyes burning as she looked at the various plants: "We can plant them all!"
Xie Sen shook his head: "The land isn't big enough, planting them outside would be too conspicuous and inconvenient to manage. But I've thought of a way, and soon we can grow them openly."
Bai Jiao carefully put the plants away: "Analyzing the components is simple, I'll give you the results as soon as possible."
Xie Sen thanked her and exchanged honeysuckle and licorice from the system: "Both of these should be usable in medicine, though I'm not entirely sure of their specific medicinal uses. You can try planting them."
Bai Jiao's eyes lit up instantly: "Thank you."
Lunch was plentiful, with two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup, and the four of them ate with great relish.
Long Teng sat on the sofa: "Ah Sen, I might as well stay at your place, your food is so delicious."
Xie Sen cut a plate of dragon fruit and put it on the coffee table, amused: "Staying here isn't possible, but you can come over every day. By the way," he took out several kinds of food available in the market and exchanged them for two portions, one for Long Teng and one for Bai Jiao, "If you have land, you can grow them too, so you don't have to fight for what's sold in the supermarket."
Long Teng smiled: "Thank you, Ah Sen, I'll take it back to my grandfather."
Bai Jiao asked doubtfully: "Can you grow them directly? The plants grown at the research institute have special fertilizers."
Xie Sen smiled: "Yes, you can, just plant them directly."
The four chatted for a while longer, then Long Teng and Bai Jiao said goodbye and left, while Xie Sen and Mei Yin took a nap together.
When Xie Sen woke up, Mei Yin was lying on her side, propping her head up with her hand and looking at him intently. Their eyes met, and Xie Sen subconsciously smiled: "You didn't sleep?"
Mei Yin said: "Not sleepy."
Xie Sen sat up, and Mei Yin rose and pulled him into her arms, holding his hand and resting her chin on his shoulder, saying softly, "Thank you."
Xie Sen raised an eyebrow: "Thank you for what?"
"Thank you for accepting the child," Mei Yin gently squeezed his fingers, "I thought you would blame me and not want the child."
Xie Sen kicked his legs, shifting his body from vertical to horizontal, lying across Mei Yin and looking up at him. Mei Yin relaxed his abdominal muscles to make him more comfortable.
Xie Sen said, "The situation that day wasn't entirely your fault. I've accepted my pregnancy now, but," he pointed to his belly, "maybe I'll feel very uncomfortable when it gets bigger, maybe my temper will become very bad."
Mei Yin gently stroked his hair: "It's okay."
Xie Sen snorted softly: "Anyway, you're not allowed to dislike me!"
Mei Yin lifted him up and kissed him: "Never."
They exchanged a tender kiss, and Xie Sen sat up, clinging to his shoulders: "What do you think of Lu Qingxing?"
Mei Yin's eyes narrowed slightly: "Are you interested in him?"
Xie Sen put his hand on his shoulder: "What are you thinking?" " If you need anything, ask him for help."
Mei Yin said, "The Lu family is a famous archaeological family. They are relatively low-key, but they are very popular in the academy. Many important documents lost in various disciplines were found by them. Lu Qingxing is the only son of the Lu family. He is very capable in his field, and he is low-key and humble. People around him have always had a good impression of him since he was a child."
Xie Sen raised an eyebrow: "How do you know so much? Is their family that famous?"
Mei Yin half-closed her eyes and squeezed his palm: "You specifically exchanged contact information with him, so I definitely need to know more about him."
Xie Sen laughed and looked down at him: "Are you jealous?"
Mei Yin gently squeezed his palm. His chin creased, his eyes focused: "Yes."
Xie Sen leaned in and kissed him: "Jealous bastard, didn't I tell you? We need to see him. He's an archaeologist, he'll definitely be examining various sites, right? Besides ancient documents, finding some lost seeds is quite normal, isn't it?"
Maine immediately understood his meaning and pondered, "I'll keep an eye on him and talk to him only after I'm sure he's reliable."
Xie Sen hummed in agreement: "I was worried about him being unreliable, that's why I didn't say it directly. If so many plants get out, all originating from my place, it'll definitely cause trouble."
Maine: "I'll find a way to contact him."
As they were talking, Xie Sen received a call... In Mu Lin's communication, Mu Lin got straight to the point: "There are many people online speculating whether plant-type males can get pregnant, and some are questioning whether we've misidentified you. Perhaps we might need to reveal your female identity."
Xie Sen shrugged: "Then let's reveal it. I'm already pregnant; there's no way to hide it, and there's no need."
Mu Lin said: "Okay," he chuckled, "Thank you for last time. Can we visit your home? We want to obtain data on the gestation period of plant-type beast owners. Your current situation is special, so coming to the research institute might not be convenient."
Xie Sen thought for a moment: "The day after tomorrow, I need to go to the hospital tomorrow, I don't know when I'll be back."
"Okay," Mu Lin replied, hanging up the call.
Soon, the Contract Beast Research Institute revealed Xie Sen's identity. Because he was a special plant-type beast owner, to ensure his safety, his gender was specifically listed as male, but he was actually female.
Xie Sen glanced at the comments; the top one was: "I knew it! How could there be such a short male!"
He pouted, decisively turned off his bracelet, and stopped reading.
The next day, Xie Sen and Mei Yin went directly to Bai Jiao's private hospital. As soon as they stepped off the shuttle, a group of people rushed over. Mei Yin's face darkened, and she pulled Xie Sen behind her.
"Mr. Xie, how far along are you in your pregnancy?"
"Could you share your experience? How did you conceive?"
"Yes, what position? When did you have intercourse? How long did it last? What did you eat?"
"Is it related to chili peppers? Did you eat chili peppers a while ago?"
A barrage of questions followed, the noise chaotic and disorderly. Xie Sen's expression was complicated. He thought, "These can't be some legitimate media company, asking all this nonsense!"
Security guards quickly arrived to maintain order, and Bai Jiao and Long Teng also rushed over. Seeing that Xie Sen seemed normal and not frightened, Bai Jiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Sorry, reporters are not allowed in the hospital. These people are all pretending to be patients."
Xie Sen understood after a moment's thought: "It's okay, too many people watched the live stream yesterday, they all heard us."
With tens of millions of viewers, it wasn't surprising to see a bunch of reporters pretending to be patients, or perhaps some curious viewers.
Xie Sen followed Bai Jiao to a ward on the second floor, where a gentle-looking middle-aged man stood. The man was about 1.78 meters tall and female.
"This is my uncle, a specialist in fertility," Bai Jiao introduced. After they introduced themselves, Bai Jiao's uncle began examining Xie Sen.
The results came back quickly, and Dr. Bai smiled, "You are very healthy, and the baby is less than half a month old and also very healthy. You can't feel anything yet, but your resistance to stimulation will be weakened, so be careful not to get any stimulation. After the baby is a month old, you will gradually feel him. Come back for another check-up then, and then once a month thereafter. You can contact me anytime if you feel unwell."
Xie Sen thanked her, and Mei Yin took down Dr. Bai's phone number. The group then left the ward.
Bai Jiao handed Xie Sen a white bag, her eyes shining: "The things and the information you wanted are all in here."
Xie Sen hadn't expected her to be so quick: "Thank you, you've worked hard."
Bai Jiao smiled: "You're too kind, I've also learned a lot."
The four chatted casually for a few minutes, then Xie Sen and Mei Yin returned to the apartment together. Seeing Mei Yin following him, Xie Sen said, "Go do your own thing, the doctor said I'm fine, I don't feel anything, don't worry."
Mei Yin was a little uneasy. Xie Sen touched the sunflower on his left shoulder, and the sunflower flower pointed towards Mei Yin, shooting out a seed that flew past Mei Yin's ear and embedded itself in the wall.
Xie Sen raised an eyebrow at Mei Yin, who chuckled and ruffled his hair: "Then I'll go out, find me if you need anything, the courtyard wall is already in protection mode."
Xie Sen nodded. After Mei Yin left, he looked through the plant components Bai Jiao had analyzed, selected three leafy greens—Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and spinach—and five fruits—apple, banana, pear, dragon fruit, and cherry.
He ordered the seeds to be separated from the fruit, put the remaining pulp in the refrigerator, and then took some leafy greens and a small shovel and went directly to the soil outside.
He didn't know what the best growing conditions were for these foods, so he could only plant them randomly, hoping for the powerful vitality of the system's plants.
The leafy greens were just ripe when he redeemed them from the system, but they didn't have seeds, so he planted the mature ones directly in the ground, intending to let them grow longer to get seeds. After planting the vegetables, he started planting the fruit.
After planting, he thought for a moment, then took a ladle from inside the house and watered the seeds.
While he was planting, his contracted beasts watched him curiously from a short distance. Seeing him scoop water, the giant elephant beast came over, dipped its trunk into the water, and then turned around and sprayed the water onto the ground.
The water it sprayed was a fine mist, very even. Xie Sen glanced at the ladle in his hand and immediately felt inferior.
The elephant's tail brushed against Xie Sen's feet: "Ah Sen, pregnant humans are very fragile. I'll help you water them; you go and rest."
The giant crocodile beast crawled over: "Stand on my back, I'll carry you, I'm a very steady climber!"
Xie Sen was both touched and amused: "No need, I'm perfectly healthy. Where did you all hear this from?"
The giant crocodile beast said, "We heard you had a baby, and we were curious, so we had Big Black ask its owner if there were any videos about human pregnancy. Big Black's owner then tuned me in."
Xie Sen: "...You don't need to know this."
"If we have an owner in the future, we can even help take care of their mates!" The giant crocodile beast wagged its tail. "Right now, we have to take care of Asen."
A soft sound came from the air. Xie Sen looked up and saw the flying eagle beasts flying down, perching on its head and chirping.
The flying eagle beasts turned their bodies to the right, and a pile of red fruits rolled off its back. It stretched out its wings, and Xie Sen placed his hand on them. The Flying Eagle Beast said, "Ah Sen, these were picked near our old place, they're delicious! I've never seen them before!"
Xie Sen immediately thought of the Crimson Energy; these fruits must have grown under its influence. "Thank you," he said.
The Flying Eagle Beast added, "Ah Sen is pregnant, you should eat more good food."
"Chirp~" Tuan Tuan chirped and nodded.
Xie Sen was deeply moved; his contracted beast friends were truly wonderful!
He picked up the fruits; there were three kinds, but he only recognized mulberries. He glanced back and saw that the soil was already moist, so he quickly said, "That's enough, no need to water anymore."
The Giant Elephant Beast shook its trunk, gently nuzzled Xie Sen's hand, and went back to play by the artificial river.
Xie Sen, carrying the gourd and wild fruits, led Tuan Tuan back to the apartment.