Chapter 85
Li Yu could only tell that King Jing wanted to help, so he laughed and teased, “What can Your Highness help me with? Actually, it’s not a rush, I can do it myself. ”
He had even laid the most incredible fish eggs, so it wasn’t difficult for him to incubate the little fish.
King Jing pursed his lips and shook his head gently. He asked Li Yu to repeat the things he needed to pay attention to, then he dipped one hand into the fish tank and carefully held the fish eggs in his hand.
The fish eggs were still too small, so an adult’s hand was enough to hold all four of them. King Jing remained motionless in his holding position. After a long while, he carefully and slowly switched to the other hand, still holding the fish eggs in the water.
The hand he switched to was already a little white, so King Jing wrapped it in a cloth and waited for the next time before switching to the other hand.
Li Yu didn’t understand what he was doing at first, but after he repeated it a few times, Li Yu let out an “ah” and softly cried out.
King Jing wanted to use the warmth of his palm to incubate the little fish. Not only was he willing to believe anything he said, but he was also willing to help him incubate the fish eggs …
How could there be such a considerate person in the world? Li Yu was extremely touched.
You’re tired, rest.
King Jing smiled without any reservations and looked at the empty chair beside him.
“Your Highness!!”
Li Yu shouted and pounced on him, but he didn’t sit on the chair. Instead, he threw himself behind King Jing and hugged him tightly from behind.
King Jing was lightly bumped by the force of his pouncing, so he hurriedly protected the fish eggs in his hand. His free hand wanted to hug Li Yu, but it wasn’t warm yet and was a little cold.
King Jing had always been calm, but at this moment, he actually panicked.
“Your Highness, it’s okay, you’re so nice …”
Li Yu’s cheek pressed against his broad back and rubbed comfortably against it, wiping away a little bit of moisture at the corner of his eyes.
Ever since he found out that he was pregnant and had to lay the fish eggs alone, he had suffered a lot of grievances and shock.
But when he saw the blissful smile on King Jing’s face, Li Yu also smiled, he felt that this was nothing.
No matter if he was a human or a carp demon, no matter if he could give birth or not, at least King Jing would always trust him and be his warm harbor.
Li Yu gave up on the empty chair next to him and casually squeezed into the same seat as King Jing.
King Jing didn’t hesitate. He let him sit in his arms and kissed him on the lips. Then, he held him with one hand and hatched the fish with the other.
You should rest.
King Jing let Li Yu sleep on his shoulder again.
Li Yu hurriedly said, “Your Highness, I’m not sleepy, really!”
He had only started incubating for less than two hours, and he had been lying on the silver stone bed the entire time. He was not tired at all. Moreover, he was already sitting on King Jing. If he continued to lean on King Jing, wouldn’t King Jing be tired?
But no matter how he tried to explain, King Jing still insisted on letting him lean on him.
Li Yu couldn’t refuse and could only agree. He leaned on King Jing’s body and watched him incubate the fish. When King Jing changed hands, Li Yu took the initiative to help wipe off the water stains. He cupped King Jing’s cold hands and put them in his arms to warm them up.
The fish eggs should be incubated for four days, so King Jing guarded them for four days. During this period, if there was any urgent business that needed to be dealt with, he would ask the servants to put it outside the door. When the servants left, he would bring the business in and deal with it while incubating the fish. When he was done, he would put it back the way he came.
Li Yu received the main reward, and the duration of his transformation had doubled. Now, he could maintain his human form for four hours. Originally, he wanted to take turns with King Jing, but King Jing kept insisting that he had enough. Li Yu urged him to rest, but King Jing only slept for two hours and then hurriedly woke up. The first thing he did when he woke up was still to incubate the fish.
King Jing was so dedicated. Li Yu had been jealous of himself before, but now he felt that even the fish eggs were more favored than him. He soaked in vinegar and had a lot of fun.
On the fourth day, Li Yu accidentally fell asleep, even though he had promised to watch the little fish hatch with his own eyes.
In his sleep, he felt as if something was scratching his face. Li Yu rubbed his eyes and sat up.
King Jing was standing in front of him with his hands behind his back. He had a childish look of pride on his face.
Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. “Are they finally hatched?”
King Jing nodded and coughed softly. Under Li Yu’s expectant gaze, he slowly withdrew his hands from behind his back.
He opened his fingers slightly, and in his palm, there were four inch-long transparent baby fish swimming around!
Li Yu shouted excitedly. King Jing put the baby fish in his palm and let Li Yu look at them for a while.
Although Li Yu was King Jing’s father, he couldn’t tell the difference between the four baby fish at all. However, King Jing insisted that the four baby fish looked very similar to him.
Li Yu was speechless.
Wake up, Your Highness. How can a fish look like a human? If you want to brag, you should at least wait until these baby fish can transform into a human form, right?
King Jing found a teacup prepared for Li Yu and put the four baby fish in it. Although the fish tank was bigger, he was afraid that it would be difficult to find these baby fish in it.
Li Yu could now both transform and cancel his transformation. He playfully winked at King Jing.
Being a fish wasn’t without its benefits. In the next moment, he transformed back into a fish and jumped into the teacup.
Would the baby fish recognize him? Would they — talk to him?
Li Yu slowly swam closer to the four baby fish.
The baby fish quickly discovered him and swam towards Li Yu. Li Yu affectionately rubbed his mouth against the baby fish one by one.
He was still very young. If he hadn’t transmigrated into a book and become a fish, he probably would never have had this experience. He didn’t know how to get along with the baby fish. But the moment he saw the baby fish, he knew that he loved them. Whether they were fish or humans, he would do his best to protect them.
The baby fish couldn’t communicate yet. Their bodies were almost transparent, and their eyes were pitch-black. They swam around Li Yu and were very lively.
Li Yu had already learned from the system in advance how to feed such small fish. King Jing followed his instructions and wrapped the boiled egg yolk in gauze. He gently shook it in the water and sprinkled a lot of soy milk into the water.
Three of the baby fish were immediately attracted and scrambled to eat. The last one was still foolishly circling Li Yu. Li Yu gently pushed it with his mouth and it plunged into the soy milk.
The system prompted, “Congratulations, Host. Your current mode has changed to team up. Your children, baby fish, have joined the team.”
Li Yu, “…”
How could this work? Was he bringing the baby fish to team up for a mission?!
He remembered that the system said that the Soul Imprint was only effective for the first time. After that, it would be normal pregnancy. But even so, if he was hit by four baby fish at once, he would have a lot of babies, right?
When the baby fish grew up, they would also have offspring. Maybe he would have a tank of fish and grandchildren in the future. Tsk, tsk. Raising fish would really revitalize the family.
This team was probably going to be a group.
Other families would have one or two groups to revitalize the family.
His family had one or two.
King Jing should be able to afford to raise so many baby fish …
After experiencing childbirth once, Li Yu was already very used to it. He even felt that it was quite interesting. If he wanted to have more babies in the future, he would ask King Jing to work hard.
Although the pregnancy period for fish was not long, it still took nine months for a baby fish to become a real baby. It was about the same as a human pregnancy period. The next few days were the time when the baby fish grew up, so it was especially important.
King Jing had specially asked someone to take a look and confirmed that the four baby fish were all small male fish. In other words, they would all grow up to be boys in the future.
After the gender was confirmed, King Jing also began to name the baby fish. The next generation of the royal family followed their hearts. King Jing circled the baby fish with four words: Kai, Xin, Wei, and Heng. Li Yu could not tell the difference between the baby fish at the moment, but King Jing was very clear about it. He even knew the order in which the baby fish hatched, so he set the ranking accordingly.
King Jing wanted official names, so Li Yu wanted nicknames. He picked a few cute nicknames, but there might be more baby fish in the future. To save trouble, Li Yu unified the nicknames into Da Bao, Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao. It was enough to use the nicknames when the baby fish were young. When they grew up and became adults, they would use the official names King Jing gave them.
Li Yu thought that he was done with the naming and the order, but King Jing took out a thick stack of paper from his sleeve and stuffed it into Li Yu’s hands.
The children of the royal family had to learn a lot of things from a young age. Now that they were in the western border, their conditions were not as good as those in the imperial palace. However, King Jing would not let the baby fish suffer. When they could speak, King Jing planned to invite two of the best teachers from the imperial city to teach them.
King Jing had thought about a lot of things when he hatched the baby fish. He wrote them down one by one and made a stack of paper, then handed them all to Li Yu to look over.
Li Yu, who thought that raising baby fish was just raising baby fish, was shocked!!!
So, this was how the baby fish should be raised?
Looking at King Jing’s high fighting spirit, as if he was going to the battlefield, and then looking at the four baby fish fighting over the egg yolks, Li Yu felt as if he was looking back at his bitter school days.
With a fish father who did not have good grades, how could the baby fish do well?
Cough, should he tell King Jing that the baby fish had already been sold and that there was no return or exchange for them?!
Li Yu flipped through the papers and found a piece of red paper.
He was wondering why there was an extra piece of paper that was completely different and particularly eye-catching. Was there something on it that he needed to pay special attention to?
Li Yu took a closer look and was stunned. This piece of red paper was stamped with King Jing’s official seal, and the words “A good marriage forever” were written on it.
“Your Highness, what does this mean?”
Li Yu looked at King Jing, and King Jing was also looking at him expectantly. There was deep affection in his eyes, as if he wanted to sweep him away.
King Jing took out the jade statue and stone fish that he had given him on the day of the consummation and placed them on the red paper.
On the side with the official seal was the jade statue. On the other side, the fish statue was still empty.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu had always had a good imagination. The red paper and a pair of tokens, could it be what he was thinking?
“Your Highness, you …”
Li Yu blushed and asked excitedly, “Are you asking for my hand in marriage?”
He thought that he was very rational about marriage, but when he knew that he might be the one being proposed to, he could not help but be overjoyed.
It was a marriage proposal. King Jing’s handsome face was solemn.
In the past, to protect Xiaoyu, he had not given her a status in time. However, plans could not keep up with changes. He already had a child, and he could not let Xiaoyu and the child be criticized.
