Back in the Wuling stronghold, Old Black suddenly stopped eating. Her belly swelled like a drum.
Liu Two-Dog panicked; Chen Piggy laughed so hard grease ran down his chin:
"Idiot, she's pregnant!"
Three months later Old Black delivered thirteen jet-black piglets in one go—pink ears, eyes exactly like Two-Dog's when he was small.
Piggy cradled the tiniest one, grinning ear to ear:
"Two-Dog, look at little Thirteen—spitting image of you as a baby!"
Two-Dog held the runt to his chest, eyes suddenly red:
"Piggy… in this life, Liu Rong finally has a family."