Sheng Qin always pester Hu Li about having a child. He promise to have one child only. Hu Li always think about it but she hear story about giving birth she backs off. She look at her flat tummy and wonder how big it can get to accommodate a child in it. Also the goddess had told her long ago her pregnancy will be unusual.
However Hu Li couldn't resist when Sheng Qin strip down. It makes her excited and wanting to feel him. Her long tails will review themselves to him only. She likes it when he kiss her long and hard with nothing in-between them. Thou he is older and exercise less then the past, he is still strong in the bed. She enjoys the pounding from him. Making her feeling all the emotion in her. Sheng Qin have sometimes read those erotic illustrations to know what others are doing. Without experience, he wants to show that he can do to turn her on. Sometimes he thinks that she is more woman than those woman he see everyday. While whenever she strip down, he notice that she have a more curvy body compare to those flat chest woman. He love more is to lick her areola which are small and rosy. Strangely her slim waist is so long and Her smooth skin is so silky and cold. She is so enticing that she capture his heart. Knowing that she is not human, this will never bother him. She belongs to him, that all it matters.
Every night, they engaged in sex whenever he doesn't travel out for work. Hu Li notice that the more they have sex, the more white hair he have. His beard are too getting white. She look through the books of medicine but there is nothing to reverse this. Even with her magic, it doesn't apply on him. Shen Qin claim that it doesn't bother him.
Three months when he is out traveling in other provinces, she lay on her couch reading. She hear a strange sound. It is coming from the room that she is in. She look around. The sound is rather soft however her ears pick up the sound of it. Six months, still the soft sound can be heard. It seems like she is the only one hearing it. Even her spiritual friends are not hearing anything. She tells Sheng Qin one day and search through the rooms of the mansion but there is nothing moving nor knocking to cause the sound. Hu Li ask her animal friends to find anything strange. The noise is being to bother her. A year pass, the sound remains. However this time there are sound of someone eating near her.
Two years pass, Sheng Qin have another round of promotion. He have gone to the capital to report for work. While they continue to live in this county. He returns every six months. However he stay for only three days. The Lord of the city takes care of Hu Li when his friend is not around. When the old servants pass away one by one, he takes care of it on behalf of Sheng Qin since Hu Li knows nothing about funerals. He make it as grand as possible for them. Hu Li understands that their bodies have not able to move anymore. While their souls leave to the nirvana. Sheng Qin's parents greeted the old servants when they pass away and sent them off. Wishing them a good journey and reincarnate to a good family. The elder Yue En Zhan watch time and time those who leaves. He wish can move on but the responsibility of this family, he must stay. He watch Hu Li day by day. He sense that someone new is developing.
After observing for a long time, Yue En Zhan approach Hu Li. He bow and clear his throat. Hu Li look up and wonder what this elder have to say.
"Master, do you feel strange lately?"
"No, what are you going to say?"
"I sense a new person is joining our family soon."
"A new person? From where?"
He point to her tummy. She look down and wonder why he is pointing there. She look at him with her head tilt. He look frustrated and deeply sigh.
"I feel that you might have a child inside."
At that moment Hu Li hear that sound of a person munching. Her eyes open wide.
"Are you sure?"
"It should be... I always sense it but strange. Why this child takes a long time to develop?"
"I was told long ago my child is unusual."
"Then this child will be the special one in the family."
Another year have pass, Hu Li never tell anyone about what Yue En Zhan had said that night. Everyday she hear the munching sound getting clearer. However her tummy remain flat as ever. She suddenly develop an appetite for food. Thus she begin to eat a lot. The sound of eating is suddenly stop. For days she did not hear anything. Her body feels heavy and she sleeps a lot. However her magic is getting weak. She constantly hide herself in the scroll. Four months later, her tummy suddenly grow bigger. However her actions are still nimble as ever. She continue to attend to her gardening and growing her crops. She does t bother her servants to help with what she is doing. Her spiritual friends often transform and help her out. One of the day, the Lord of the city appears in her little garden. He looks unhappy about something and walk around Hu Li. He sit her little tummy and wonder if she have eaten too much or pregnant. However he doesn't believe that she is pregnant because Sheng Qin is in the capital and he have an issue that comes up. He look at Hu LI for a long while. He clear his throat. He keep doing it till Hu Li actually stop shaveling the soil. She put the shovel down into the soil and look at him.
"What is it?"
He look everywhere and sigh. Hu Li wipe her sweat beat that is dripping down.
"It is about Sheng Qin."
The mention of his name, her heart beats faster than usual. Behind Hou Wu Ban stands someone that she thought will never see again.