The little fish was born unexpectedly, not only scaring his two fathers, but even his biological brother was confused.
The little fish didn't understand why he just went to the yard to play for a while, and when he came back, his father told him that he had a new brother or sister.
It is the round, crystal clear little fish egg in front of you.
The little fish patted the little fish egg in front of it with its fins, and the little fish egg flickered slightly and then stopped moving.
It's quite cute.
is the little fish’s first impression of his younger brother.
Because Jingli laid the eggs too hastily, Qin Zhao's previous preparations and plans were disrupted. The family had to stay in Yunguan Temple for another half a month until Jingli recovered and said goodbye.
When we got back on the ferry to the county town, the little fish egg was already able to follow his brother around in the water.
It's a replica of a little fish.
Jing Li looked at the small fish eggs, which were obviously much darker in color than half a month ago, and became deeply worried about her future survival.
He has not forgotten how much fright the little fish brought to them back then.
"That's why I want a girl." Jing Li held the fish tank, poked the little fish eggs with his fingers, and was unhappy, "How come a little brother came out?"
Jing Li had repeated these words countless times in the past few days. Qin Zhao had long been accustomed to his insincere words. He was obviously not willing to sleep all day long while watching over his second child, but he always complained.
Qin Zhao comforted him, "The little fish hasn't hatched yet, so it may not be a boy."
"Little Fish keeps calling me brother, how can he not be a boy?" By now, Jing Li had gotten used to his child's habit of getting whatever he said. He withdrew his hand, shook off the water droplets on his fingers, and sighed, "Besides, have you ever seen a girl as naughty as this?"
While they were talking for a while, the small fish eggs swam back to the small fish cubs, and the two cubs rolled around in the water, playing together.
I can't stay idle for a moment.
Qin Zhao suddenly felt that what Jing Li said was very meaningful.
The fish eggs hatch into a small fry about one month after birth.
The little fish is thinner than the little fish, and is covered with bright red scales, which makes it pretty and cute. Although it is thin and small, its flexibility is not much worse than that of its brother. Every day, it jumps and skips with its brother, trying to run outside in various ways.
But this is not the most troublesome thing for the two fathers.
The baby fish will transform into human form in one month, but it has been nearly half a year since the little fish hatched, and there is still no sign of transformation.
"You say, he won't just be a fish from now on, right?" Jing Li became a little worried when this matter was mentioned.
Qin Zhao sat by the pond, looking at the three little koi in the water that looked extremely similar in every way except for their size, and sighed.
In fact, even if Xiao Xiaoyu could never transform into a human form, Qin Zhao would not care. Whether it was a human or a fish, they were both his and Jing Li's children, and he would love them well.
But as long as the little guy doesn't transform into a human form, they won't be able to return to the capital.
They now rent a house in the county town.
Almost a year had passed since he left Beijing. During this period, the little emperor had written many letters urging Qin Zhao to return to Beijing as soon as possible, but Qin Zhao refused all of them on the grounds that her husband needed to take care of the pregnancy, that she had just given birth and needed to adjust her body, and that the child was too young to travel long distances.
Qin Zhao informed the little emperor of the news that Jing Li was pregnant not long after leaving Beijing.
According to his original idea, a normal person takes ten months to give birth, so as long as they wait until ten months before returning to Beijing, everything will be fine.
But unexpectedly, the little fish did not follow the routine and was reluctant to transform into human form.
Even Qin Zhao didn't know what to do.
The former regent, who was always well prepared, was completely helpless against his own son.
"Everything will work out when the time comes, don't worry too much." Qin Zhao comforted.
Fortunately, the young emperor was always afraid of him. Although he often wrote letters to urge him to return to the capital as soon as possible, he did not dare to force him. Moreover, Qin Zhao did not ignore the situation in the court during his absence from the capital. Without the interference of him and the queen mother, the young emperor grew up rapidly and gradually emerged in political affairs.
From this perspective, it might not be a bad thing for Qin Zhao to leave the capital at this time.
"I'm not worried."
A flash of red light flashed in the water, and Jing Li's upper body turned back into human form. He casually put on the robe placed beside him, and reached out to take the cake next to Qin Zhao. He took a bite first, then broke it into pieces and fed it to the two cubs beside him: "I have thought it through. If Xiao Xiaoyu still doesn't transform into a human form before he turns one year old, I will send him back to Yunguan Temple. Let him practice well there, and when he becomes an adult, I will take him back."
Jing Li smiled and said to Xiao Xiaoyu: "Is it good?"
The little fish was originally eating a snack with its mouth open, but when it heard Jing Li's words, the whole fish was frightened and looked up at Jing Li in a daze.
"No!" another voice shouted in a childish voice, "Daddy, don't send my brother away!"
The little fish swam anxiously around Jingli's tail.
Jing Li continued to tease the kid: "Then you have to teach your brother to transform into a human quickly. He can't learn to transform into a human, and we can't take him away."
Little Fish: "I will teach you!"
"Alright." Qin Zhao couldn't bear to watch it anymore and interrupted, "Daddy was just joking. He won't send my brother away."
The little fish cub obviously no longer trusted what he said, he hummed: "I will teach him a lesson today!"
After saying that, he didn't even eat the snacks. He swam to the little fish, arched his head over his brother's body, and swam away quickly.
It was as if he was afraid that his father would take his brother away.
The house was not big, with a total of three courtyards. A pond ran through the inner courtyard and the side courtyard, and there were rockery and stone bridges, which was why Qin Zhao fell in love with the house at first sight.
The little fish pulled his brother and swam away quickly. Jing Li finished the remaining cake and said excitedly, "The little fish didn't even want to eat it. It seems that he really likes his brother."
Qin Zhao was helpless: "You bully the child all day long, and then you scare him to tears. Aren't you the one who feels sorry for him?"
"Sons are there to play with, aren't they?" Jing Li sat on the stone steps beside the pond, his tail swaying nonchalantly on the water. "I think it's because the fish cub and I always turn into fish to play with him that the little fish doesn't want to turn into a human. If we scare him, maybe he will really learn to turn into a human."
There is a possibility.
The little fish cub has liked the human form since he was young. Even though he could only be a baby with limited mobility after his transformation, he rarely turned back into a fish.
Although Qin Zhao felt that the little fish probably just thought that he could eat more delicious food in human form.
Little Fish is completely different. Perhaps because his father and brother often play with him, the little boy likes the feeling of being a fish very much and chases and plays with his brother in the water every day.
"If Xiao Xiaoyu doesn't want to become a human, there's no need to force him." Qin Zhao said, "If you really don't want to, just lie and say that you're sending the child to foster care somewhere else. It shouldn't be difficult to hide it from outsiders."
"Just pamper him..."
Qin Zhao chuckled. He leaned forward slightly and pinched Jing Li's cheek: "There are 2 koi fish in the house. Isn't that the one I pamper?"
"I haven't seen how much you dote on me." Jing Li muttered softly.
But it is such a huge injustice.
It is well known that the former regent and current prince dotes on his husband. In the whole world, I am afraid that only Jing Li would dare to say this openly.
Qin Zhao knew her husband was acting like a spoiled child again, so she didn't refute him. She leaned back on the recliner and waved, "Come here, I'll spoil you now."
The little fish cub led the little fish to swim behind the rockery in the side yard.
He poked his head out to look, and when he saw that his fathers had not come after him, he turned back. His silly brother was still wagging his tail, wanting to go back for some cakes.
"Don't be greedy!" The little fish said earnestly, "If you can't learn to transform into a human, your father will send you away!"
Xiao Xiaoyu looked at him in confusion, not knowing whether he understood or not.
The little fish cub patted his silly brother's head with his fin, and said seriously like a little adult: "Become a human. I taught you before. You must learn it today. If you learn it, I will take you to the river to play."
Xiao Xiaoyu understood what he said and nodded vigorously.
Just because you can understand what you hear doesn’t mean you can do it.
The atmosphere was silent for a moment.
"Hurry up and change." The little fish waved its fins and danced in the water. "Just like I taught you last time, think in your mind, I want to become a human, I want to become a human, and then you can change!"
Little Fish: “?”
Under the eager anticipation of his brother, the little fish imitated his brother, gently shaking his fins twice and spitting out only a string of bubbles.
Little Fish: “…”
The little fish seemed to have great interest in the bubbles it blew out. It spun around in the water, blowing bubbles and having a lot of fun playing with itself.
The little fish looked at his simple, innocent and silly brother, and a great despair emerged in his heart.
What should I do? I still can’t learn it.
My little brother is really going to be sent away...
The little fish became sadder and sadder the more he thought about it, and suddenly he burst into tears.
The crying was deafening, and not only scared Xiao Xiaoyu who was playing with bubbles, but also startled Qin Zhao and Jing Li who were separated from them by a wall.
The two thought that the two cubs were having a quarrel, so they hurried over.
Jing Li was still barefoot. He squatted down and picked up the little fish from the water: "Don't cry, Daddy is here, what's wrong?"
"My little brother still can't learn to become a human. He's so stupid." The little fish cub sobbed aggrievedly, "Daddy, please don't dislike him, okay..."
Jing Li: “…”
He didn't know how to respond!
Jing Li raised his head and exchanged a glance with Qin Zhao, who gave him a look that said, "I told you it would be like this."
Yuzai curled up in Jingli's palm, crying his heart out. He didn't usually cry like this, but once he started crying he couldn't stop. Jingli tried to comfort him for a long time but it didn't work.
At this moment, a faint red light flashed in the pool in front of him.
The little fish looked up at them in the red light, its body floated up and turned into a pink and tender little baby.
The baby's transformation was not very successful, with some bright red fish scales still attached to his porcelain-like skin, and his lower body was still a fish tail, only his upper body had become human. But he was very beautiful, with long eyelashes, delicate features, and a certain resemblance to Jing Li between his eyebrows.
The little fish lay on the edge of the pond, stretched out his hand, and his soft little hand touched the body of the little fish.
“Ah…ah…”
The little fish felt the touch from his brother, raised his head, and for a moment he even forgot to cry.
"Wuuuu wuuu, brother!" The little fish happily jumped into his younger brother's arms. The little fish that had just turned into a human form couldn't control its body yet, and the two cubs fell back into the water with a splash.
Jing Li looked at the two cubs and his eyes widened in shock.
What was surprising was not that the little fish suddenly turned into a human form, but more importantly...
How come his little fish seems to be... a girl