Abstinence Admiral Don't Bite, the Softer Mermaid Top Thug

Chapter 165 Wife, wake up! Ruan Bao has hatched.

The name "Little Fish Egg" was given by Jing Xiaoyu.

Originally, Jing Weimian and Lu Lianbai had taken several small fish eggs together.

It was supposed to be a group to name the little fish eggs, but in reality, Jing Weimian came up with the names herself by flipping through books. Lu Lianbai had no opinion on this matter and agreed to whatever she suggested.

Unable to get any advice from Jing Weimian, she had no choice but to ask her baby for help.

So, the mother and son spent two whole days flipping through books together, carefully choosing more than a dozen names.

When it came time to vote, Jing Weimian would occasionally scratch her head and think about the meaning of any of the alternative names she heard, but Lu Lianbai would nod and say "yes" no matter what he heard.

The one that ultimately passed unanimously was the one chosen by Jing Xiaoyu.

Lu Ruan.

Yes, the fish eggs themselves were also included in the voting decision.

The little fish eggs were very clever and quick-witted, staying close to the shell the whole time and listening to the names their mother and brother had given them.

At first, there was no reaction, but when it heard the name "Lu Ruan", the little fish immediately raised its short, shiny white tail and tapped the tip of its tail fin, showing its high approval of the name.

Unlike Jing Xiaoyu when she was hatching and gnawing on the shell, Lu Xiaoruan was particularly timid and delicate.

Normally, it stays obediently in the eggshell, absorbing nutrients and working hard to grow. In the past few days, the small webbed cartilage has grown a little, and even the baby teeth in its mouth have grown to a hardness that allows it to gnaw on the shell.

Even so, without the company of her relatives, Lu Xiaoruan dared not approach the part of the shell she was gnawing on.

Each time, she had to wait until her relatives woke up and took turns holding her, comforting and stroking her in their hands.

Only then did Lu Xiaoruan dare to stretch out her two pink little webbed feet and climb onto the shell wall. Her little tail fin throbbed and twisted vigorously as she continued to gnaw on the shell.

Within a few days, a large circle of crooked tooth marks from the juvenile fish appeared on the shell wall, all of which were painstakingly gnawed out by Lu Xiaoruan.

Jing Weimian thought that she was already anxious enough, waking up every day and eagerly studying the progress of the fish eggs as they gnawed on the shells.

That evening, she picked up the little fish eggs from the seashell crib and stroked them encouragingly for a while. She couldn't help but look up at Lu Lianbai and complain, "Ruan Bao is chewing so slowly, is there something wrong with her?"

Lu Lianbai's expression was slightly somber, appearing much calmer than her, but what he said left Jing Weimian completely stunned—

"It's alright. Ruan Bao ate the shells six more times today than yesterday, which is a big improvement."

Jing Weimian glared at him, remaining silent for a long time, "...How...how did you calculate that?"

Lu Lianbai gently touched the teeth marks on the shell with his finger. "I take pictures of Ruan Bao every day to record the bite marks here."

Jing Weimian: "..."

Well, on the surface, Lu Lianbai didn't seem to show any signs of fluctuation, but secretly he had already started to meticulously count the number of times the small fish eggs nibbled on their shells.

It's clear that Lu Lianbai's anxiety about the fish eggs was far more exaggerated than hers.

Moreover, Jing Xiaoyu is even more adept at supervising her younger sister's hatching than her mother.

Every day after school, she would take the little fish eggs and dive down to the incubation area to incubate them for a while. Even when doing her homework, she was always worried and would rather bring her textbooks to the little seashell bed and study while keeping her younger sister company as she gnawed on the shells.

It can be said that Lu Xiaoruan grew and transformed little by little under the meticulous care and nurturing of her relatives.

Finally, one morning, Lu Ruan hatched.

After getting up, Lu Lianbai sprayed nutrient solution on the surface of the small fish eggs as usual, allowing the eggs to absorb nutrients and replenish their strength to gnaw on the shells through the seeping nutrient solution. In addition, this nutrient solution also helps to soften the shell membrane of the mermaid fry.

Not long after spraying the nutrient solution, Lu Xiaoruan touched her relative's finger with the tip of her fish tail through the thin shell, and soon began her daily routine of climbing up and down and gnawing on the shell again.

Lu Lianbai intended to observe for another half hour before waking his wife, but at that moment, a familiar "click" sound rang out.

The shell is cracked.

Lu Lianbai kept in mind Jing Weimian's instructions to him beforehand, that he should be involved in witnessing the hatching of the fish eggs no matter what. Therefore, Lu Lianbai paused for less than half a second before stepping back to the bedside.

He reached out and pulled his mermaid wife, who was still half asleep wrapped in the blankets, out of bed.

“Lu Lianbai?…”

After being suddenly picked up, Jing Weimian nuzzled his chest with her head, and her pink tail fin instinctively wrapped around his legs.

She was mumbling to herself, not knowing why Lu Lianbai had suddenly picked her up. She was too sleepy to speak clearly and wanted to bury herself in his arms again to continue sleeping.

Then... suddenly, Lu Lianbai's low, tense voice came from above, "Wife, wake up, Ruan Bao has hatched."

Almost instantly, Jing Weimian sprang up from Lu Lianbai's arms, half of her fish tail still hanging on his arm. Following the faint sound of shell cracking, she opened her eyes wide and looked over.

The little fish eggs seemed to have no idea that their shells would completely crack after only a few bites.

The tiny, milky-white tail tip hesitated before poking at the crack, and after a few tries, the eggshell tilted to one side.

Immediately afterwards, the tiny, pearly white webbed feet clung to the edge of the eggshell, which was covered in bite marks. As it arched upwards little by little with its tail fin sticking out, its small, cute, and delicate face was revealed.

Its snow-white little ear fins twitched slightly, and its open eyes shone with a pearly, sweet light. It awkwardly shook its head, as if earnestly sniffing out the scent of its kin in front of it.

"Huh?"

Without thinking, Jing Weimian reached out her hand, "Sweet Ruanbao, want a hug from Mommy?"

Lu Xiaoruan's confused, chubby little face suddenly fell into Jing Weimian's palm. Jing Weimian's heart fluttered with delight at her cuteness, but she held the baby with utmost care.

She picked up the tiny fish, which was only the size of her palm, and couldn't resist leaning down to kiss its clumsy little webbed feet.

As Lu Xiaoruan looked curiously at Lu Lianbai above her head, she spoke softly to her little Ruanbao, "Ruanbao, this is Daddy."

"Bang?"

Lu Lianbai's thin lips curved slightly, "Ruan Bao is so smart."

As if she could hear her relatives praising her, Lu Xiaoruan raised the tip of her milky white tail, feeling very proud.

While Lu Lianbai was making formula for Ruan Bao, Jing Weimian couldn't wait to get out of bed, holding the little fish that was licking and nuzzling in her arms.

"Ruan Bao, come on, Mommy will take you to find your brother! Your brother named you, and he's been waiting for you to hatch every day!"

The baby fish's milk teeth were tender and soft, and it nibbled and chewed on them affectionately and curiously, but they were harmless, leaving a few saliva bubbles on Jing Weimian's fish tail scales.

Upon hearing her mother's words, Lu Xiaoruan seemed to have once again captured the familiar keywords she often heard during the incubation stage.

She opened her little mouth and tried several times, but still couldn't understand it. She just waved her little webbed feet and made little "ee-ee-woo-woo" sounds.

Jing Weimian was able to automatically identify what the little fish was expressing by the frequency of its movements. Just as she was about to teach Xiao Ruanbao to call him "brother," the door was urgently pushed open from the outside by Jing Xiaoyu.