Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off Chapter 873: The Million-Year-Old Husband and the Missing Mate

Su Qinglan suddenly realized that something was very, very wrong here. This father and son duo was not even on the same page!

At the same time, this was her first time hearing that a date system even existed in the beast world.

Without giving the two men another second to freeze up, Su Qinglan immediately grabbed Xuan Long by the arm and dragged him straight out of the small house.

Both husband and wife sat down in a quiet corner of the courtyard to hold an urgent emergency meeting.

Only little Yue Yue was left behind inside the room to appease her confused grandfather. Sitting on the bed, little Yue Yue tilted her tiny head and immediately offered a sweet, toothless smile to Teng Yunxiao.

Teng Yunxiao felt his heart melt instantly. He had never been pampered by such a tiny, soft cub before! He gently stroked her smooth white back, his tense posture relaxing just a little bit.

Outside in the courtyard, Su Qinglan looked at Xuan Long’s completely downcast, heartbroken expression.

"Something is definitely wrong here," Su Qinglan said, her tone serious. "First, tell me: what is going on with this date system? Explain it to me clearly."

Xuan Long swallowed hard and began to explain. "Here in the Lower Domain, people don’t really keep track of years or dates. But in the Upper Domain, we work strictly with a calendar system."

"There are twelve distinct calendar names, like the Azure Dragon Calendar or the Crimson Phoenix Calendar. Each calendar cycle lasts for a long time, and every calendar repeats after one million years."

Su Qinglan felt like passing out right then and there.

A cycle repeating after ONE MILLION YEARS?!

And after all twelve calendars pass, they repeat all over again?!

So according to her father-in-law, it was the Crimson Phoenix year of his era... but according to Xuan Long, a calendar cycle had already passed! The time gap between them wasn’t just a few decades...it was practically an eternity!

Su Qinglan suddenly looked at Xuan Long up and down, her eyes wide with total shock.

"You..." Su Qinglan pointed a trembling finger at him. "You are so old?! You are almost a million years old!"

She eyed him with sheer disbelief. "I am actually married to an ancient old man!"

Xuan Long’s expression fell instantly. He panicked.

"Lanlan! I am not that old!" he blurted out, frantically grabbing her hand and placing it directly over his broad chest muscle. "Look! My skin is so firm! Feel it!"

He even popped his chest muscle twice to prove his point.

Su Qinglan patted his firm chest and gave it a mischievous pinch. "Truly remarkable. I have never seen someone who has lived for nearly a million years and still looks this young and handsome."

Xuan Long froze, suddenly realizing the terrifying truth. Compared to his young, vibrant female, who was only twenty-two years old, he really was an ancient old fossil!

Panic coursed through his veins. He couldn’t be the only old man in her eyes!

In a moment of pure desperation to defend his dignity, Xuan Long blurted out: "Lanlan! An Mo is even older than me!"

Su Qinglan was stunned. "What? How old is he?!"

Xuan Long immediately, without a single second of hesitation, rattled off an exact, mind-boggling number.

Su Qinglan was completely bewildered. When she had previously asked Xuan Long how old he was, he had claimed he couldn’t remember his own age! Yet he remembered An Mo’s age down to the exact digit!

Truly sworn brothers who swore to be buried in the same grave when they die! she thought, amused. Throwing each other under the bus without missing a beat!

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Su Qinglan looked at Xuan Long, noticing that he no longer looked quite as downcast as before.

She leaned in closer and whispered in a serious tone, "Xuan Long, listen to me. Your father has lost his memories. He doesn’t remember anything after that specific day."

Her eyes grew dark with concern. "In fact, I feel like his memories were lost even before he was imprisoned in that mountain. He clearly doesn’t remember ever meeting your mother, let alone giving birth to you. Now we are in a huge dilemma. How are we supposed to find out who your mother is if the only person who knew her has forgotten her completely?"

Su Qinglan stroked her chin in deep thought.

Inside the small house, Teng Yunxiao was gently stroking little Yue Yue’s soft head, but all of his attention was completely focused on the couple whispering outside.

With his powerful, heightened senses, every single word they whispered reached his ears clearly.

Teng Yunxiao sat frozen on the bed, utterly stunned.

I... I lost my memories?

It actually made total sense. According to the young man outside, a million years had already passed! He had forgotten so much of his past.

It was true: he had a fully grown son standing before him, yet he had zero memory of ever taking a female mate!

A sharp ache suddenly pierced Teng Yunxiao’s heart. He quickly pulled back his high collar and inspected his body, frantically searching for any trace of a mate’s totem mark.

His expression fell completely into despair.

There was not a single totem mark anywhere on his skin!

No totem mark meant he had never officially bonded with a female mate... yet he had a biological son!

How was that even possible?!

A horrifying thought suddenly flashed through Teng Yunxiao’s mind, and his face turned ghostly white.

Don’t tell me... was I actually taken advantage of by some shameless woman who refused to take responsibility for me after taking my child?!

Teng Yunxiao felt like a thunderbolt had struck his brain. He, a proud and powerful warrior of the Teng Clan, had been violated by a female hooligan who abandoned both him and their baby?!

Just as his world was spinning out of control, Su Qinglan and Xuan Long walked back into the room.

Teng Yunxiao immediately looked up, his voice tight and trembling slightly as he asked Xuan Long: "I... I heard what you were saying outside. Do you... do you remember your mother?"

Xuan Long stood at the edge of the bed, stunned by the direct question. He slowly shook his head, his dark eyes dimming.

"No," Xuan Long answered quietly. "She abandoned me in this domain when I was just a newborn cub. I was picked up and raised by an elder of the Teng clan."

Hearing those words, Teng Yunxiao didn’t know how to suppress the wild wave of shock and outrage rolling through his chest!

It’s true! Teng Yunxiao screamed internally, his inner world completely collapsing. I was REALLY violated by a shameless hooligan, and then she abandoned our poor cub in the Lower Domain!

He looked at the towering, handsome young man standing in front of him, feeling a complex wave of emotion. So many strange, unbelievable things had happened, and he couldn’t remember a single piece of it!

Yet as he looked at Xuan Long’s steady, respectful gaze, Teng Yunxiao’s heart softened.

Despite the missing memories, he really did have a grown, powerful son right in front of him. He had a lovely daughter-in-law. He had an insanely adorable little granddaughter who was currently resting her head on his knee...

And from Yue Yue’s earlier rambling, he even knew he had another, bigger grandson waiting somewhere outside!