Chapter 88 Have a Baby
After talking with Zhai Wenxi, Qi Sheng returned to the dormitory with the fruit he liked.
The moment you open the door.
Before Qi Sheng could even open his mouth, he froze in place as if under a spell, his blood almost freezing.
Yu Li was sitting sideways on the sofa in the dormitory, his fingertips casually sliding across the armrest of the sofa.
Next to him sat another "Yu Li".
Although the clothes worn by this "Yu Li" are different from his, the entire appearance is a one-to-one replica, and the facial features are portrayed lifelike.
Qi Sheng had secretly made the silicone doll the last time they went out to make figures together.
"Qi Sheng?" Yu Li looked up at Qi Sheng, pointed at the puppet next to him, and said, "What is this? Why does it look exactly like me?"
Qi Sheng's Adam's apple rolled. He wanted to find a reasonable excuse, but found that he couldn't come up with one on the spur of the moment.
He walked into the room, placed the fruit plate in his hand on the coffee table, and then explained: "...It's just an ordinary doll, made casually by the craftsman. The resemblance is just a coincidence..."
"Oh." Yu Li stood up, walked to the side of the doll, raised his hand and touched the doll's cheek. The touch was almost the same as real human skin, and even the temperature had a bit of simulated warmth.
He turned to look at Qi Sheng, "But even our hands and feet are the same size, as well as our height, the number of scales... there's no difference."
Qi Sheng walked around quickly and reached out to move the doll away, but he was a little flustered because of his nervousness: "I really didn't do it on purpose. I just wanted to give you a surprise and asked the craftsman to make a decorative piece. I didn't expect it to be so similar..."
Qi Sheng didn't want this thing to continue to cause problems between the two of them, so he opened the cabinet and put it back in its place.
It's just that he was a little reckless when closing the door, and the gills of "Yu Li" were caught outside the cabinet door.
"Really?" Yu Li asked in confusion. He bent down and picked up a thin booklet from under the sofa and shook it towards Qi Sheng.
There was a line of small words printed on the cover: Instructions for use of custom dolls.
He slowly flipped through the pages, his fingertips pausing on a certain page. He looked up at Qi Shengshi and said, "But the instructions are very detailed. This ornament has great practical value."
Qi Sheng: "I haven't seen that thing before. Bring it over here so I can take a look."
As he spoke, he was about to reach out and grab it.
Yu Li snatched it away and refused to give it to him.
"I don't quite understand."
Yu Li deliberately slowed down his speech and pointed at the diagram in the manual. "It says to unlock its joints and keep it in the 'kneeling, buttocks raised' position..."
"But the tail vertebrae structure of us mermaids is different from that of humans, so it's difficult for us to kneel for long periods of time. Doesn't this craftsman understand the physiological structure of mermaids?"
"I already have you. I'm not interested in mermaid toys." Qi Sheng looked at him calmly.
"Have you used it?" Yu Li asked.
The corners of Qi Sheng's lips twitched imperceptibly, "Of course I haven't used it!"
Yu Li blinked: "...Really?"
He walked around the coffee table, slid past Qi Sheng, then took his hand, only to find that his palms were sweaty.
Yu Li gently scratched Qi Sheng's palm with his fingertips and said with a smile: "I didn't say you used it before, why are you so anxious?"
"I……"
Qi Sheng looked at the smile in his eyes, and the worries in his heart gradually dissipated. "I lost my memory before, couldn't remember what you looked like, and couldn't find you. I found it in the basement."
"Later, after looking at it for a long time, I slowly thought of you, but I couldn't find you. When I missed you, I could only look at it, as if you were still by my side."
He put his arm around Yu Li's waist and rested his chin on the top of Yu Li's head, as if he was acting coquettishly: "Now that you're back, nothing else matters."
Yu Li leaned in Qi Sheng's arms, listening to the grievance that could not be hidden in his voice. The curiosity in his heart completely disappeared, leaving only a soft heartache.
He raised his hand and patted Qi Sheng on the back, as if comforting a fussy child, his tone was exceptionally gentle: "Don't be sad, I'm back, and I'll always be here."
Qi Sheng tightened his arms and hugged him tighter, rubbing his nose against the gill slit beside his ear, greedily inhaling the pleasant scent from his body.
This is the smell of Yu Li, which is more effective than any soothing agent and can calm his panicked heart instantly.
"Well, I really love you."
His fingertips gently stroked the gestational sac lines on Yu Li's waist and abdomen, but he was absent from Yu Li's life for two years.
Qi Sheng hesitated, but couldn't help asking, "How were you doing during the time you were away from me? Can you tell me about it?"
Yu Li's body paused for a moment, then relaxed again.
He looked up at Qi Sheng and whispered, "Actually, I left you because my clan leader couldn't find me. He came to the area where humans live and left me magnetic field wave signals along the way. I can follow his trail and return to where we live."
"I also have a mission that I must complete, Qi Sheng, can you understand?"
Qi Sheng listened quietly and responded affirmatively.
"My life over the past two years has been nothing special. I followed the tribe leader back to the mermaid settlement and did the same things every day.
We mermaids like quiet and peaceful places. We live in the deep sea. Every day we just look at the seaweed, catch fish with our companions, and occasionally bask in the sun..."
He talked about his daily life, which was insignificant, and never mentioned the hardships he had gone through in raising the child, nor did he mention the baby that was neither pure human nor pure mermaid.
He was afraid that Qi Sheng was not ready to accept a child who suddenly appeared, and he was even more afraid that Qi Sheng would dislike him after knowing it.
He is a major general, and even if he wants to have a child, he has many options around him.
Qi Sheng held his arms tighter. How could he not hear that Yu Li was trying to escape?
He saw the trauma marks on Yu Li's gestational sac and the examination report, and knew that Yu Li must have suffered a lot.
But Qi Sheng didn't ask any further questions. Since Yu Li didn't want to say it, he would wait until the day he was willing to say it.
The past is past. Now he just wants to take good care of Yu Li and make up for the time he missed before.
"That sounds quite relaxing."
Qi Sheng followed up on his words, pressing his fingertips lightly on his waist, "Next time you go home, send me your location so I can find you wherever you go."
"If you want to go back to your parents' home in the future, can I go with you?" Qi Sheng said.
Yu Li felt a little itchy on her waist because of his hand, so she turned sideways and snuggled into his arms: "I'll take you to see it when I have the chance in the future."
The two chatted casually and before they knew it, it was midnight.
The moonlight from outside the window shone through the gaps in the curtains, casting tiny shadows on the ground. The dormitory was so quiet that only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard.
"The base gate should be closed." Qi Sheng glanced at the sky outside the window and said helplessly, "We can only make do here for one night."
There is only one single bed in the dormitory, which is not very wide, so it is inevitable that it will feel a bit cramped for two people to squeeze together.
Qi Sheng lay down first, then carefully pulled Yu Li into his arms, letting him rest his head on his arm, trying to give each other physical space.
Yu Li adjusted himself to a comfortable position, with his back against Qi Sheng's chest, feeling his warm body temperature and strong heartbeat.
My heart is full of satisfaction and happiness.
In the dark night, no one spoke, only the sounds of each other's breathing intertwined.
After a long time, Qi Sheng spoke softly, his voice filled with uncertainty and tentativeness: "Yu Li?"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Yu Li's voice was lazy and muffled, as if he was about to fall asleep.
Qi Sheng's fingertips gently drew circles on his waist and abdomen, and he was silent for a long time.
I finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Can you give birth to a child for me?"
Yu Li's body froze instantly, and even his breathing stopped for half a second.
He turned around abruptly and looked into Qi Sheng's eyes in the dim moonlight, his tone full of surprise: "...Ah?"
Qi Sheng was a little nervous when he was looked at by him. His Adam's apple rolled and he repeated it again, his voice more serious than before: "I want a child that belongs to both of us, with beautiful scales like you, and who can protect you like me."
He had actually thought about this a long time ago, but he hadn't found Yu Li before. Later, he was afraid that Yu Li would not be able to adapt after just returning, so he didn't dare to say it.
But just now when he was holding Yu Li, he looked at the sleeping face of the person in his arms, and suddenly he wanted to have a little home of their own.
There is him, Yu Li, and a little kid who is as soft and cute as Yu Li.
Going home every day and seeing their smiling faces is the life he wants.
Yu Li looked at the expectation in Qi Sheng's eyes, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
He didn't mean he wanted one child, he wanted a child for both of them.
Will Qi Sheng accept that naughty two-legged beast?
Yu Li opened his mouth, wanting to tell him everything that had happened.
But he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
That child's existence is so special.
Saying it out loud now might disrupt the peace.
He just wanted a child, but not right away.
"Why aren't you talking?"
Seeing him silent, Qi Sheng felt a little panicked. "It's okay if you don't want to have a baby. I was just saying it casually. I was just imagining our future."
Does he only want to have children with other mermaids of his own kind and not with me?
His silence was a clear rejection.
Yu Li buried her head in the crook of his neck before speaking, "I just feel... it's a bit sudden."
Qi Sheng felt the wetness on his neck, and his heart tightened. He quickly patted his back to comfort him: "Okay, I respect you. When you want to have a baby, we can have it again, okay?"
"Yeah." Yu Li responded sullenly.
After some time, when Qi Sheng completely accepts him and their relationship becomes more stable, he will tell Qi Sheng about the child.
Maybe Qi Sheng wouldn't dislike that child.
Maybe they can really form a family.
Qi Sheng held the person in his arms, feeling his dependence, and he felt as if time had stopped at this moment.
He lowered his head and placed a gentle kiss on the top of Yu Li's head, whispering, "Go to sleep. I'll take you to the base's cafeteria for breakfast tomorrow. The seafood porridge they make is pretty good."
"Okay." Yu Li responded, gradually relaxing and his breathing became steady.
In the dark night, the two hugged each other tightly, and the moonlight shone on them, which was the hope that they could still see tomorrow.
Yu Li closed his eyes. "I suddenly miss that two-legged beast. Is he able to speak now? Is the tribe leader doting on him too much? I'll go back and check on him later..."
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