The first whale shark cub was born in July, around the time Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi returned to the Caribbean Sea.

Perhaps it was because the place was familiar enough that, although there were some dangerous fish here, they were no problem for Jun Qi, especially for Jun Qi who had regained his memories.

This child, well, his arrival was very sudden.

When Xu Qiaoqiao expelled the baby whale shark, she didn't realize what was happening at first. It was Jun Qi who noticed and reminded her.

Xu Qiaoqiao looked at the baby clinging to her left pectoral fin. It was really small, not even as big as her own pectoral fin, and looked to be only about fifty centimeters long.

It's really...so small.

I wonder if he can even see me?

Will it be conscious?

Xu Qiaoqiao couldn't help but recall the time when she was just born. The circumstances were special then, and so was hers.

She flapped her pectoral fins: Junjun, we have a baby.

Jun Qi seemed quite calm. He swam down to Xu Qiaoqiao's abdomen and gently kissed her a few times, as if asking her if she was in pain.

Xu Qiaoqiao didn't see it clearly, but he saw it very clearly. For no reason, the thing in her stomach came out. He wondered how Qiaoqiao was feeling now.

Jun Qi's actions tickled Xu Qiaoqiao, and she shook her tail uncomfortably, but Jun Qi immediately took it into his mouth. The message from him came through immediately: Qiaoqiao, are you feeling uncomfortable right now?

Xu Qiaoqiao blinked, the tip of her tail gently brushing against Jun Qi's upper jaw, waving her pectoral fins: No, I feel great today.

Except for a small thing on the pectoral fin.

Jun Qi released his mouth, swam to Xu Qiaoqiao, looked at her carefully, and found that she was indeed fine. He relaxed and kissed her.

child?

He's so young, let's see if he'll pay attention to them when the time comes. If he's like his previous brothers and sisters, not reacting to anything he says or does, then he won't invest much emotion in them.

The experiences from the previous worlds are still there. Since they will be separated sooner or later, why invest so much emotion? His and Qiaoqiao's situation is different from that of ordinary animals. Their memories will preserve these things for a long time.

Even after so long, I will never forget it, even after entering the next world.

Therefore, to avoid unnecessary sorrow, it's best not to do this, Jun Qi thought coldly. He only wants Qiao Qiao.

Xu Qiaoqiao didn't seem to think that way. Having traveled through so many worlds, she was used to giving her feelings, whether it was family or friendship. She knew that the other person would leave sooner or later.

However, she didn't want to close herself off because of this; she still wanted to love the world.

This whale shark calf was just the beginning. In the following months, Xu Qiaoqiao gave birth to several more calves, which seemed like a lot, about seventy or eighty, but Xu Qiaoqiao could sense that there were still more.

After all, a whale shark litter usually produces about three hundred babies.

Xu Qiaoqiao: Sweating.

Looking at the little ones surrounding Xu Qiaoqiao, Jun Qi was extremely impatient. He forcefully resisted the urge to drive them away, thinking that Qiaoqiao seemed quite happy.

Indeed, she was genuinely happy, which is quite rare.

These newborn calves are very attached to her and not to their father. I think it's probably because the father didn't do much work, and usually after whale sharks mate, the males just leave.

So it seems that whale shark mothers spend more time with their cubs, and gradually, after the cubs are born, they become closer to their mothers.

My lord, my lord.

Jun Qi received Xu Qiaoqiao's message and immediately looked up at her. Xu Qiaoqiao slowly extended her pectoral fins towards Jun Qi, indicating that he should come closer.

Jun Qi did as instructed.

When their skin touched, Xu Qiaoqiao was especially happy. She slowly moved towards Jun Qi, but because there were many baby whale sharks around her, she was still a little cautious in her movements.

Jun Qi didn't understand the meaning behind Xu Qiaoqiao's action, so he tilted his head, blew out some bubbles, and conveyed his confusion to Xu Qiaoqiao.

Xu Qiaoqiao's eyes were full of tenderness. She glanced at Jun Qi and felt very happy, but she didn't say it out loud. Instead, she asked Jun Qi to wait.

Jun Qi: Okay.

Their pectoral fins were pressed together as they slowly swam in the ocean. Jun Qi turned his body slightly to the side, which made it easier for him.

As time slowly passed, the babies clinging to Xu Qiaoqiao began to gradually move towards Jun Qi, even though the other's aura wasn't as comfortable as the one on their mother's body.

However, after spending these past few months together, we've become familiar with each other, and he's not in any danger.

When Jun Qi felt these little ones bouncing around on his back and dorsal fin, his heart was filled with complicated emotions. To be honest, his first reaction was to swat them with his tail and kill them.

Fortunately, Xu Qiaoqiao doesn't have mind-reading abilities.

Otherwise, they would definitely quarrel for several days. With this body, there's not much to hunt; it's mostly small fish and shrimp, and you can't catch many.

It was already winter, but only early winter, and the temperature wasn't very low. Due to the environment, it was a good time for the babies to be born.

Seeing many babies jumping towards Jun Qi, Xu Qiaoqiao found it very interesting. Ever since her first child was born, she had felt that something was wrong with Jun Qi, but she couldn't figure out why.

As the number of babies grew, Xu Qiaoqiao noticed something was wrong: Junjun showed no interest in getting close to the babies.

This puzzled Xu Qiaoqiao. Why?

...

Everyone was very frustrated about losing track of Jun and Qiao. The ocean is so vast, it would be extremely difficult to find them.

The research conducted by other whale shark groups was proceeding in an orderly manner, which made the contrast between them particularly stark.

After a while, their team was disbanded, and the experts who were conducting research outside had to be recalled. With so many people, how could they just sit around waiting to find Jun and Qiao?

Of course, a new task needs to be assigned.

So, because they lost track of it and couldn't find it during the subsequent search, the research was suspended, and nobody knows when it will be restarted.

Time moves slowly forward, and soon, ten years have passed, fifteen years have passed, and twenty years have passed.

Many of the experts who conducted these studies have passed away, and those strong young men have all entered middle age.

When two more little creatures were discovered in the Caribbean Sea twenty years later, everyone could only sigh. Many of the researchers from that time were no longer around, either due to illness or old age.