The word "first" is often quite special.
Although they will have babies in the future.
Xu Qiaoqiao naturally heard Jun Qi's shout, but she didn't want to move for the time being, so she nestled in Jun Qi's arms, blinked her eyes, and had no thoughts in her mind.
After some time, Jun Qi glanced at the little ones playing and frolicking in the water. They had already swum a whole circle around this area and were probably about to start swimming back.
"Giggle." Qiaoqiao...
Jun Qi leaned close to Xu Qiaoqiao's ear and whispered something.
Three seconds later, Xu Qiaoqiao turned around in Jun Qi's arms and uttered a muffled call, as a response to his call.
Jun Qi chuckled, patted Qiao Qiao's head, his eyes overflowing with doting affection. He rubbed his face against her black feathers, his voice still soft: "Qiao Qiao, if we don't leave now, these little ones will come ashore, and then we won't be able to leave."
Once you see that little brat Sui Sui's eyes, it would be strange if you could bear to leave.
Moreover, that guy could also tell that these adult emperor penguins were leaving, and they might follow them, which wouldn't be good.
Upon hearing Jun Qi's words, Xu Qiaoqiao lifted her head from Jun Qi's embrace. She looked at the sea and found that it was indeed as Jun Qi had said. The leading emperor penguin was her child, and he was leading the other emperor penguins to swim towards the shore.
"Gah..." It seems so.
Xu Qiaoqiao murmured something, patted Jun Qi's arm, and turned her gaze towards him. Their eyes met in the air.
"Gah." Let's go then.
It was really time to go. Xu Qiaoqiao patted her head and stretched out her arms. Seeing this, Jun Qi immediately stretched out his arms as well.
It's like holding hands.
"Giggle." They're really gone.
—Yes, they're really gone.
The sound of the wind gradually drowned out their cries.
A few minutes later, the chicks jumped ashore without any instruction, glided a short distance on the ice using their bellies, and then turned around to find that the group of emperor penguins standing there had disappeared.
"Gah...?"
As more and more emperor penguin chicks came ashore, they stared blankly at the empty ice surface, standing there motionless, unsure of what to do.
Sui Sui was the last to come ashore. Looking at the emperor penguins who were standing there motionless, he had a bad feeling. So he hurriedly took a few steps forward and found that the emperor penguin parents were gone.
"..."
Have they left?
Sui Sui stood there blankly, her beak tightly shut, staring at the road and the sky ahead, her mind blank with confusion.
He looked down at his little wings and the gray downy feathers still on his belly, then raised his head to look at everyone around him. The black feathers on his back were now very clear.
Everyone has really grown up a lot.
She already looks just like her parents.
So, they will leave me when I grow up.
Sui Sui raised her head, looking at the azure sky, clear and bright, with the bright sun shining on the earth, never to be extinguished, truly radiant.
...
This is the first time everyone has had a baby, and it's also the first time they've left them. They feel a lot of reluctance, but they still have to eat.
With their mates by their side, and now that it's January, they'll probably have to separate from their mates in two or three months when the polar night arrives. A year has passed, and it's time for them to find new partners.
Out with the old, in with the new.
Time slowly passed, and the polar day ended, followed by the polar night.
This land was plunged into a period of perpetual darkness, with the surroundings turning pitch black. Only their companions could bring them warmth and comfort.
This was also the first large-scale breakup scene that Xu Qiaoqiao witnessed.
These emperor penguins seemed to have lost their memory; all their previous reluctance vanished instantly. After amicably parting ways with their current partners, they began looking for new mates.
Male emperor penguins still have no shortage of mates; the competition is fierce among the female emperor penguins. The female emperor penguins who failed in the previous courtship attempt are all cheering themselves on, hoping not to fail this time.
Hopefully, this time, I can successfully snag a male emperor penguin as a mate.
So they stood tall and proud, striding confidently toward the male emperor penguins they had their eyes on.
"quack--"
The calls of emperor penguins filled the space.
Xu Qiaoqiao: "..."
It's a bit magical.
She shrank slightly closer to Jun Qi.
Jun Qi turned his head and glanced at her, without saying a word. He stretched out his arm and pulled the little fool into his arms. Then he buried his head in the thick feathers on her back, yawned, and planned to take a short nap.
Feeling Jun Qi's breathing gradually become even, Xu Qiaoqiao knew that he was asleep. Instantly, her gaze softened, and she raised her little wings to touch the soft feathers on Jun Qi's back.
Listening to the emperor penguins' quacking, their calls during mating season are always particularly loud.
Once these emperor penguins find new mates, they naturally develop a bond, and then begin to have babies together. This process is quite arduous and requires cooperation from both partners.
Then, life after that was just a replay of what had happened a while ago.
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