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

Chapter 182 I just... really miss my wife.

Before arriving, Platinum had already arranged for someone to arrange accommodation in the relatively low-density First Street residential area.

After she got the key to the resettlement house from the receptionist, she had just returned to the port platform to meet up with Lu Lianbai when she saw Jing Xiaoyu tilting her head slightly and asking Lu Lianbai something with a worried look on her face.

Bo Lin walked over and glanced at the sky in the direction Lu Lianbai was looking before asking, "What's wrong?"

Lu Lianbai said, "It's nothing."

He looked away, picked up the still bewildered little fish, and headed with Bo Lin to the resettlement housing area on First Street.

Upon arriving at their residence, Lu Lianbai first prepared formula for Jing Xiaoyu and had the little one sit on a small stool while holding the bottle to drink.

He went in first to tidy up the room.

Bo Lin crossed his arms and leaned against the door for a while.

Lu Lianbai remained silent throughout the entire process, making the bed and tidying up his baby's clothes in the room, showing no signs of emotional distress.

Bo Lin didn't quite understand. Her love-struck younger brother was full of hope before arriving at the capital planet, so how come he seemed to have been severely damaged so soon after landing?

Unable to get any answers from Lu Lianbai, Bo Lin went to the little baby in the courtyard who was being held on a small stool and drinking milk to inquire about the situation.

Bo Lin squatted down in front of Jing Xiaoyu, glanced towards the room, and asked in a low voice, "Xiaoyu, what's wrong with your father?"

Jing Xiaoyu, also looking worried, bit her pacifier. Hearing this, she swallowed a couple of mouthfuls of milk, shook her head with a troubled expression, and whispered her aunt's reply:

"Auntie, I don't know either. Dad was perfectly fine at first, but as soon as we left the port, he... he became like this..."

Just then, Platinum's communicator suddenly rang.

Because she had official business to attend to in the city center, she couldn't stay there for long. After hanging up the phone, she saved a contact number in Jing Xiaoyu's bracelet, telling the little one to call her immediately if anything happened.

He then got up, went back inside, told Lu Lianbai, and then had no choice but to leave.

Jing Xiaoyu was very worried about her father's condition. After obediently finishing her milk, she moved the stool to the kitchen sink.

She wanted to help her dad with the housework, so she washed the baby bottle before going to find him.

But just as she wobbled and struggled to stand on the stool, her little hands barely gripping the counter, Lu Lianbai noticed the commotion in the kitchen.

Lu Lianbai immediately came over and picked up Jing Xiaoyu, who had finally managed to straighten her little legs, from the stool. He then wiped the little one's accidentally wet hands clean and gently reminded her:
"Baby, don't stand on the stool by yourself next time. You just differentiated from your fish tail into human legs, and you can't stand for long. You'll easily fall off, understand?"

Jing Xiaoyu obediently stretched out her little hands to wipe her father: "I want to wash the bottle clean."

"It's okay, Daddy will wash the baby."

Lu Lianbai carried the little one to sit on the small sofa in the living room and went to the kitchen to wash the baby bottle.

I also packed a plate of krill snacks for the baby so he could eat while watching TV.

The facilities in the old street resettlement area are far less advanced than those in the city center, but Lu Lianbai has always been very good at taking care of babies.

In less than half a day, he had tidied up the courtyard of his residence, making it clean and brand new.

When I returned to the living room, I noticed that Jing Xiaoyu had fallen asleep on the sofa, clutching her sketchbook.

As soon as Lu Lianbai picked up the little one, the cub's soft little hands curled up around his neck, and it murmured comfortingly, "Daddy... don't be sad..."

Lu Lianbai's calm, deep eyes paused for a moment, then he looked down and saw the little cub patting him with its tiny hand, uttering a soft, indistinct baby voice, "Baby, help Daddy... find... find Mommy..."

Lu Lianbai lowered his eyes and remained silent, his breathing almost inaudible. After a long while, he raised his hand and gently stroked the cub's fluffy head, letting out a slow, deep "Mmm."

He carried his baby back to the tidy room and crib.

The television in the living room was still playing; Lu Lianbai had only intended to come out and turn it off.

As I happened to be coming out, the screen was reporting on the marriage alliance between the Jing family and the Gu family, two of the most prestigious families on the capital planet.

"It is rumored that a marriage between the Jing and Gu families is imminent. The city's central media inquired about this matter with relevant personnel in the Jing family through internal channels, and the Jing family gave their first positive response, confirming the engagement news..."

Lu Lianbai stood in front of the screen, staring at the name that had haunted his dreams for over a year on the headline of the news, alongside the name of another male human he didn't know.

Was it that human who came down from her starship today?

He had repeatedly studied a series of human laws on Planet Gro, and he knew the specific meaning behind the word "engagement".

But before that, before he and his wife separated, those two words were clearly a promise his wife had made to him.

Why is it that after only a year, the promise my wife made has been given to someone else?

Lu Lianbai stared intently at the screen with deep, unblinking eyes until the report ended, until his communicator bracelet suddenly rang.

Lu Lianbai blinked his eyelashes slowly, as if he had just recovered slightly from his suppressed and chaotic thoughts.

Even at this moment, Lu Lianbai was still worried about waking up the baby he had just brought back to sleep in the house, so he had to calm down, turn off the TV, connect the communicator, and walk towards the yard.

The call was from Bo Lin, who was practically bursting with rage. "Lu Lianbai, have you seen the latest celebrity news report?"

When Lu Lianbai heard himself speak, his voice was a little hoarse, "Yes, I just saw it."

"I told you long ago that she had a close relationship with the man in the photo, but you wouldn't believe me. Now the evidence is conclusive, what else do you want—"

“Sister,” Lu Lianbai interrupted her calmly, “The news reports that my wife… her engagement banquet is at a venue in the city center the day after tomorrow. Can I take the baby there to see her?”

Platinum gasped, utterly incredulous:

"She's in this state and you still want to see her? That's an engagement party for a top-tier family. The invitees are all powerful and influential people from the capital planet. How could a newcomer like you possibly be allowed in?"

"Besides, even if you did see her, so what? It's all over the news. The person she's engaged to is Gu Lixi! Not you!"

Lu Lianbai seemed oblivious to Bo Lin's harsh reprimand, remaining silent for a long time before finally tugging at his thin lips and asking again, unwilling to give up:

"Then, should I wait outside the venue? Will I be able to see my wife if I wait outside?"

"Lu Lianbai, can't you even wake up for a second?!"

Lu Lianbai hung up the phone expressionlessly.

He pulled a thin, pure black hair tie from his pocket; it was the hair tie he had braided for his wife to tie her hair back in the forest cabin.

My wife likes it very much.

I always like to use it to tie my hair.

Lu Lianbai lowered his eyelids, clenched the hair tie between his slender fingers, and slightly turned down the corners of his thin lips.

Silent and aggrieved.

I just... really miss my wife.