The sea breeze was still so gentle, lightly brushing past my ears, carrying a slightly damp and salty scent, and a touch of coolness.
This is a good time to rest, but for the emperor penguins, it's a great time to play. Resting is something they can do anytime; they can just bend their heads, close their eyes, and quickly drift off to sleep.
Time ticked by, and after living in the wild for a long time, my concept of time became increasingly vague. I could only get a general idea and then guess at it.
The most obvious way to distinguish them is during the transition between polar night and polar day. On this day, Xu Qiaoqiao can still accurately tell what month and day it is, but she has to make a little effort to tell which year it is.
So, when the polar day returned, Xu Qiaoqiao suddenly realized something: from now on, she and Junjun were already five-year-old emperor penguins. In other words, emperor penguins reach sexual maturity around the age of five.
Male emperor penguins may be several months late, but the time difference is not significant. Thinking of this, Xu Qiaoqiao staggered to the beach and looked at her reflection in the water. She was very different now from when she was born.
The adorable little emperor penguin has grown up; its downy feathers have disappeared, replaced by a black and white formal suit—elegant, serious, and noble.
The arrival of the midnight sun made the emperor penguins cheer for a few more seconds. Even though they were used to this environment, they couldn't help but feel overjoyed when the light came, and wanted to cheer loudly to celebrate.
The only way to celebrate is to jump into the sea and have a good time. If you encounter seals or killer whales during this time, just run away.
Then we'll move to another area of the sea and continue playing; it won't affect my good mood at all.
Jun Qi watched Xu Qiaoqiao looking in the mirror, walked over, and nudged her: "Qiaoqiao, what are you doing?"
Is it because you're tired or something?
After the thought popped into his head, he immediately dismissed it. If he was tired, why would he look in the mirror? It must be wrong.
Or is there something dirty on Qiaoqiao's face?
This was the first time Jun Qi had seen Xu Qiaoqiao looking in the mirror. The seawater here was very clear, a deep blue, and the surface was calm without a single ripple.
"Giggle." None of those are true.
Before Jun Qi could ask a few more questions, Xu Qiaoqiao dismissed the thoughts in his mind. Although he hadn't said what they were, they had gotten to know each other well after being together for so long. When Jun Qi asked a question and then there was no response...
Xu Qiaoqiao knew that this guy was imagining things.
Jun Qi blinked: "What's that?"
Xu Qiaoqiao stood up, rolled up the front part of her right arm a little, like a small microphone, and put it in front of her mouth, making a few sounds.
Junjun, do you know? We are five years old now.
Five years old?
oh oh.
Then pinch?
Jun Qi listened to Xu Qiaoqiao's words, "Five years old? What's wrong with being five years old?"
Jun Qi had never really paid much attention to time, so when Xu Qiaoqiao said those words, he didn't quite catch on.
Xu Qiaoqiao continued with a serious face and said a few words in a cackling voice: "We're five years old, which means we're already adult emperor penguins, you know?"
Once you're an adult, you can do many things.
For example, letting you incubate babies.
Xu Qiaoqiao dared not say these words aloud, fearing that if she did, Junjun would probably never have the chance to let her and Junjun have a baby.
After listening to Xu Qiaoqiao's words, Jun Qi subconsciously looked at her. She was wearing a black and white dress, and the yellow feather under her neck extended upwards to behind her ears. The color became lighter as she went down, eventually blending into the white.
The two flippers were also black, making the color boundary very conspicuous when paired with the tuxedo.
This appearance was indeed similar to the adult emperor penguins he had seen when he first opened his eyes. Thinking of this, Jun Qi stretched his neck forward and sensed Xu Qiaoqiao's aura for a few seconds.
"Gaga gaga, gaga." Now that I'm an adult, I understand.
When the polar day passes and autumn arrives, the polar night begins to descend upon the earth. The emperor penguins seem to sense this; they know that this year's polar night is different from the usual ones. They have grown up and should do the same things as their parents did.
However, before that, they need to temporarily change their gathering place, or rather, migrate inland.
Braving the bitter cold and blizzard, everyone struggled to walk, but finally found a very suitable place. It was a sheltered spot, relatively open, and perfect for courtship and reproduction.
In an emperor penguin colony, because there are fewer male emperor penguins than females, everyone is relatively calm and reserved. The female emperor penguins, on the other hand, are quite proactive, patting each other. This is when they compete for the male penguins.
Among them, the most popular one is not Jun Qi, but Happy.
That's right, it's Happy.
Jun Qi's past fighting behavior made the emperor penguins both fear and respect him. Even though some female emperor penguins were interested in him, they were really afraid of being beaten up instead of getting a mate.
That would be so embarrassing and shameful.
Therefore, there were no female emperor penguins surrounding Jun Qi, except for Xu Qiaoqiao. Perhaps there were a few who were still hoping, but they only dared to watch secretly from a distance.
Happy is different, after all, he's the class monitor!
He usually manages the Emperor Penguin colony for Jun Qi. He has a gentle and calm personality. The little penguin who used to eavesdrop has grown up quite a bit. His black feathers are shiny and his belly feathers are very soft. He is probably over one meter tall and is a very sought-after male penguin.
Watching the emperor penguins in front of her, especially the female emperor penguins dancing in front of the male emperor penguins to attract their attention and secretly squeezing out their rivals, Xu Qiaoqiao could finally sense that these were a group of rather wicked little devils.
Jun Qi wasn't particularly interested in the scene. He yawned, leaned against Xu Qiaoqiao, hugged her arm, nuzzled her affectionately a few times, hummed a few times, and then fell asleep.
They were probably the first couple to be paired up.
In their early childhood, they were too young to understand things, including love. So when the emperor penguins saw Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi's close relationship, they assumed it was just a simple friendship.
However, after growing up, people have a different perspective and realize that perhaps it's not just a good relationship, but because there is love between them.
Naked love.
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