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

Chapter 178 Taking the baby to find Mommy!

The vines that had been wrapped around the wooden ladder slowly climbed up, following the scent of the little mermaid cub.

The little fish was confused and aggrieved. It lifted its webbed feet and rubbed its wet eyes, still wanting to cry.

But when she touched her flat, hungry little belly, she was afraid that she would cry herself out and not have the strength to even crawl.

She only dared to hug her trembling little tail and sob softly.

Until the climbing vines stretched out their long leaves and patted the little fish on the back.

"Woo?"

The little fish opened its bright red eyes and saw the vine leaves stretching out in front of it. They swayed, and the tendrils slowly reached out to the little fish's cute, snow-white face.

Then, as if comforting a baby fish, gently wipe away the tear stains from the corners of the little fish's eyes.

Since hatching, the baby fish has been cared for and raised by its father.

When Dad finishes feeding the fish and works in the courtyard of the forest cabin, the baby fish are placed in the best spot under the trees to bask in the sun.

At this time, the vines would enthusiastically climb over to tease him.

Over time, the little fish also came to regard the vines as relatives other than their father.

Every day after drinking her milk, she would mimic her father's actions by dragging the wooden watering canister with her little tail, wobbling as she watered the vines.

Even though the vines were doing everything they could to amuse and make the little fish laugh, as always, the little fish was still twitching and shivering, making babyish noises, "Papa, papa, papa..."

Her face was also filled with tears, and tiny, solidified pearls kept rolling down her cheeks.

The vines spread out their leaves and collected a heavy bag of tiny pearls in less than half a day.

This is the first time the baby fish has cried so pitifully and sadly since it was born.

The vines anxiously circled around the baby fish, spinning around in a panic, causing leaves to fall to the ground in a flurry, as if they didn't know how to soothe the little creature.

However, the little fish didn't stay there and keep shedding its pearly tears.

He then used his webbed to touch the anxiously flailing leaves of the vine, and in a childish, indistinct voice used a few simple Hertz bands to express that he was alright.

She bravely wiped away the last trace of tears from her face and decided to go find her father.

The vines were worried and followed closely behind the little fish the whole way, afraid that the little fish would get hurt in the slightest.

The little fish, having followed its father down the mountain to the deep sea to learn every day, was also very clever and quick-witted, and naturally knew the route its father had carved out for it well.

However, unlike before when he was always carried down the mountain in his father's arms, this time the little fish waded down the mountain by himself, sticking out his little tail fin.

The little fish hadn't climbed very far along that familiar mountain path when it was blocked by an invisible barrier.

At that time, the little guy did not know that it was an energy barrier that the mermaid had set up within its territory to protect the safety of its offspring.

This was to prevent and eliminate any danger from approaching his cubs when he was not around.

The little fish curled its tail and frantically patted the barrier for a while, when suddenly it vaguely sensed a familiar scent near the forest.

The little fish tilted its head, following the faint scent, its wet, red eyes glistening with a watery light. "Plop?"

Sensing that its father was likely nearby, the little fish was overjoyed.

The two halves of its tail fin excitedly patted the grass, then belatedly realized that its tail fin had been hit and hurt, so it immediately picked itself up, licked it, and breathed on it.

Once the pain subsided, she mustered all her strength and, following the faint, familiar scent, climbed over with the vines.

Soon, outside a rocky cave in a mountain stream, the baby fish discovered the trails left by its father's long tail.

The little fish pushed its head aside the grass blocking the entrance to the cave, curled up its tiny, smooth tail, and slid inside through the cave entrance in the rock wall.

With a "plop," the little fish plunged into the dark, cold entrance of the cave.

Before the little fish could even soothe its own webbed feet from the fall, it saw a section of its father's long, blue tail dangling at the cave entrance. The scales on the tail had lost their luster, indicating that its father was deeply depressed and downcast...

"Beep beep?..."

The baby fish, with its short tail, moved over.

At the very back of the cave, a completely different world suddenly came into view.

The mermaids built their nests here.

The nest was filled with many things that the baby fish had never seen before...

At this moment, the mermaid seems to be trapped in a dream.

The fish tail curled up, its head drooping, clutching a black vest tightly, burying its entire face in it.

His breathing was deep, heavy, and somewhat disordered.

The little fish thought something was wrong with its father, and tried its best to shake his arm with its webbed feet, but it wouldn't budge.

Then it stuck out its little short tail and slapped its father's chin wildly.

They managed to wake Lu Lianbai from his sleep by slapping him awake.

Lu Lianbai subconsciously tucked the vest he was rubbing against his face back into his clothes. He opened his eyes, only to be slapped back by the cub's tail, as if afraid he might not wake up again...

“…Baby.” Lu Lianbai was forced to wake up and pressed down on the tip of the cub’s tail, which was still trying to swing back forcefully.

Hearing his father call him, the little fish immediately turned and jumped into his father's arms, "Papa, papa."

The little fish, its head a jumbled mess, nestled against its father's chest, expressing in broken, intermittent Hertzian frequencies, "Baby thought, bastard's dead..."

"...Dad is not dead."

Lu Lianbai wiped the little one's tear-stained face, "How did you find your way here, baby?"

"Baby, hungry, babbling is gone..."

Lu Lianbai was slightly taken aback, realizing that he had stayed in the nest for too long this time and hadn't made it back in time for the baby to wake up and eat.

Because he was afraid that his longing for his wife would affect his care of the baby, Lu Lianbai only dared to come to this nest that belonged to him and his wife when the baby was asleep.

Holding the few odds and ends his wife had left him, he could barely fall asleep, deeply inhaling the increasingly faint scent emanating from them.

He never expected that he would be trapped in a dream about being with his wife for so long this time, so long that the baby was so scared that it crawled out to find him.

Lu Lianbai wiped away the tear stains from the little fish's wet eyes and held the baby, comforting it again and again.

Only after calming the little fish down did she take him out of the cave.

Seeing the vines guarding the cave entrance, presumably having followed the baby all the way here, I felt a little relieved.

As Lu Lianbai walked along the path he used to take with his wife back to the forest cabin, his eyes dimmed slightly.

Looking down, Lu Lianbai saw the baby blinking its big, curious eyes and looking up at him with concern. He had no choice but to tell the little one the truth.

"I'm sorry, baby. Daddy missed Mommy so much that I couldn't come back to be with you soon."

The little fish, now held by its father, nestled obediently on his shoulder, twitching its tiny tail and asking curiously in a Hertzian-wave pattern:

"Baba, the clothes you're holding inside the hole, are they Mommy's?"

Lu Lianbai lowered his eyes and softly hummed in agreement.

The little fish scratched its head and thought for a moment, then hugged its father's neck and shook it, "Looking for, Mommy!"

"Ok?"

"Beep beep, take the baby to find Mommy!"