Chapter 87 Mermaid on the Shore 9 “…I couldn’t have done this…
087 Mermaid on the Shore 9
Suddenly, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
All the servants were sent outside, leaving only two trusted guards guarding the door. When they heard this, they were stunned for a moment, then opened their mouths in astonishment.
……Pregnant? !
Whose baby is this——
They looked towards Wei Nan Tower.
Wei Nanlou was silent for a long while before he opened his mouth and said slowly, "Is his symptoms also related to pregnancy?"
"Yes," the doctor said slowly, "In the early stages of a mermaid's pregnancy, her physical condition will be very unstable, and she will have a great need for a partner. Although some herbs can be used to suppress it, to truly solve the problem, we still have to rely on..."
"Will it have any effect on his body?"
The doctor understood clearly that what the Duke was asking was not "Will these symptoms have an impact on the mermaid's body?", but whether the intimate behavior performed to satisfy the needs would affect the other party.
He said, "The body structure of mermaids is different from that of humans. Your Excellency the Duke can rest assured. Just be a little careful and don't be too aggressive."
"Okay," Wei Nanlou said, "Xingjiu, Xingbei, go get the medicine with the doctor."
"Yes!" The two guards came to their senses and responded quickly.
The doctor stood up and before leaving, he paused and said, "Your Excellency the Duke, this mermaid is probably less than a month pregnant."
"I know."
The Duke said so.
The doctor cupped his hands.
…
After the three men left, only two breathing sounds were left in the room.
Lu Jiu lay quietly on the bed, his brows slightly furrowed, and he seemed to be vaguely uncomfortable even in his sleep.
Wei Nanlou gently stroked his face and moved his gaze to his lower abdomen covered by the quilt.
Of course, there is no visible ups and downs.
Even when Lu Jiu was still sober, he still hugged that waist, which was so thin that no clue could be seen.
...Under that belly, a little life has already been quietly nurtured.
After a while, Wei Nanlou's gaze fell back on Lu Jiu's face.
He stared for a moment, leaned down, and quietly kissed Lu Jiu on the forehead.
*
After Lu Jiu fell into a coma, he had a messy dream.
During this time, he vaguely felt that his body had undergone some turbulent changes, but because the dream was so chaotic, he couldn't tell what it was.
I just felt that after the turmoil, the chaotic dream finally calmed down...
I don’t know how long it took, but a bitter taste appeared in my mouth.
It was warm water, bitter water, accompanied by a lingering kiss.
The kiss was like a candied fruit after taking medicine, gently soothing his taste buds when he was so bitter that he wanted to stick out his tongue.
Then, the restlessness of his body subsided further, the dream disappeared, and he fell into a real sleep.
…
When I woke up, I felt that the light was very dim.
It was like night, but there was a faint light on the ceiling.
Lu Jiu opened his eyes drowsily for a while before he remembered where he was - he was taken back to the mansion in Mermaid Town by Wei Nanlou.
This bed belongs to the Duke.
He immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the light.
The room is very large, with a row of bookcases against the wall in the diagonal corner. But perhaps because the owner of this place does not often live here, there are very few books on the cabinets, only a few scattered books.
There is a large desk in front of the bookcase, with a candle on the desk. The flickering candlelight is the source of the halo on the ceiling.
The Duke was sitting behind the desk, wearing a black nightgown, writing something with his head down.
The belt of the nightgown was not tied tightly, but slightly loose, so that the collar of the nightgown was open, revealing the strong chest underneath.
Lu Jiu propped himself up.
When the Duke, who was reviewing official documents, saw the empty bowl on the bedside table, he also looked up.
"woke up?"
Wei Nanlou put down his pen and stood up.
Lu Jiu looked at this guy in a daze, blinking once, and blinking again.
...Is he seeing right? Why is there kiss marks and tooth marks on this guy's neck, and even the corner of his mouth is broken? ?
As the man approached, the belt of the nightgown was further untied, and Lu Jiu even saw suspicious scratches on both sides of the guy's waist...
"…………Where have you been?" he asked in his soul.
Wei Nanlou sat down beside his bed, raised his eyebrows, laughed, and repeated those three words: "'What are you going to do'?"
Lu Jiu: “…………”
Lu Jiu: "...I couldn't have done this, could I?"
"Jiujiu, you are really forgetful and really strong." The man looked at him and said these words calmly, which made Lu Jiu's mouth twitch fiercely.
Then, this guy started.
He raised his hand and gently wiped the corner of his lips with his thumb.
"I told you to stop moving and I would help you, but you refused to listen. Jiujiu, my tolerance isn't that strong."
Lu Jiu suddenly curled up his fingers.
A suspicious picture flashed through my mind. In the picture, his legs were spread apart and the man was bowing his head in a very exciting posture.
"You said you couldn't make it to the end today, but you wouldn't give up. As soon as your finger went in, you came down my throat."
Lu Jiu's buttocks suddenly tensed.
He recalled the moment when dream and reality alternated, and how he felt at that moment.
As Wei Nanlou spoke, he glanced downward and a playful smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"How can such neatly trimmed nails scratch so hard?"
Lu Jiu's toes also clenched.
"...Why can't you wake me up before you do anything?!" His cheeks were hot and he cursed in a low voice.
The man's face showed an expression that said, "Oh, after taking all the blame, you're now trying to shirk responsibility?" and "If I could wake you up, you would have woken up a long time ago."
The corners of Lu Jiu's mouth twitched wildly again, feeling guilty and ashamed, and whispered: "...You can also wait until I wake up naturally before doing it!"
"Can your body wait that long?" Wei Nanlou said slowly, "Jiujiu, you know."
You know you are pregnant.
This one sentence made Lu Jiu stop talking instantly.
He fell silent for a moment, then glanced at the empty bowl on the bedside table.
"…Machu herbal soup?"
Machu grass, a herb that can only reduce internal heat for humans, has a special effect on mermaids.
It can calm the mermaid's hunger during the restless period after pregnancy.
"yes."
"...Have you consulted a doctor?" Lu Jiu said uncomfortably, "I wanted to tell you once my body was in a more stable condition."
I didn't want to hide it.
"Only relying on herbs?" Wei Nanlou looked at him, "You should have come back with me last night."
"…I'm afraid of hurting you."
When the Duke heard this, he laughed jokingly again.
"...Why are you laughing? Do you think I can't hurt you?" Lu Jiu felt that he was being mocked. "Don't you look at what you look like now?!"
The Duke smiled and said, "Well, it looks like it has been destroyed by you."
“…………”
Why doesn't he just scratch this guy to death?
Lu Jiu rolled up the quilt, fell down and closed his eyes, and said unhappily: "Forget it, I won't chat with you, you go to work, I'll continue to sleep!"
"Don't want it anymore?"
The wine on land is stagnant.
The man's slow and calm voice came from behind.
"If you want it, just say it. There's no need to hide it."
Lu Jiu opened his eyes, lowered his eyelashes, and rubbed the quilt silently.
…The quilt was very warm when he slept on it. It was smooth and soft, but after all, he was not from a human being and did not have the warm skin of a human being.
It doesn't quench my thirst.
The mermaid's body is so yin.
Once or twice is not enough.
The man reached out from behind him, walked around to the front of him, and held his hand.
Dry, warm hands.
…He let go of the quilt and silently hugged the arm.
Close your eyes, press your forehead against it, rub it gently, and rub your belly against it as well.
Just the friction of their skin made his breathing tremble.
Something in his veins began to beat excitedly again, bursting with crackling sounds.
"...Wei Nan Tower."
He called softly, with a hint of trembling in his voice.
The strong arms then grabbed his waist and pulled him backwards.
The quilt was pulled open and the waist was lifted up.
"Be careful..." Lu Jiu surrendered, panting in the kisses that rained down like raindrops, "...be careful, son."
Wei Nanlou stopped suddenly.
"How do you know it's your son?"
Lu Jiu suddenly sobered up.
...When a mermaid male and a human male fuse, the offspring may not necessarily be a boy.
I almost forgot about this.
He said vaguely: "...Because you and I are both men, I think it is most likely a boy."
Wei Nanlou did not respond for a moment, just stood there. His strange reaction made Lu Jiu's eyes gradually show confusion.
However, before he could ask anything, the kiss continued.
So, this question was thrown aside.
*
For the next few days, neither of them left the house.
I hardly even left the room.
If one had to describe what they did in one word, it would probably be "hanging out."
...I stayed in bed most of the time, with food and water brought in by servants, and medicinal soup also delivered at regular intervals every day.
The bed sheets were changed over and over again, but the clothes were never worn properly.
Probably no one had ever seen or imagined that the Duke would have such a bohemian side. When Lu Jiu occasionally saw those servants, he saw awe on their faces.
...It really shocked others in a weird way.
Lu Jiu was speechless.
However, care during pregnancy is a long-term battle that cannot be resolved in the short term.
A week later, Wei Nanlou decided to return to the capital.
Lu Jiu propped up her weak body - not because of pregnancy reactions, but because of exhaustion from exercise - to say goodbye to Wen Ling.
When Wen Ling saw him, he didn't have time to feel happy until he heard the purpose of his visit and showed a lonely look.
Lu Jiu paused, and then said, "There will always be a chance to come back in the future. Wen Ying will definitely be out of prison by then, and I will come to play with you guys."
Wen Ling finally perked up: "...Yeah!"
He looked at Lu Jiu with a complicated expression: "I wish you happiness."
…
The carriage prepared by Wei Nanlou was truly luxurious.
They could almost lie down in it.
In fact, it was just to allow them to lie down.
“…They will hear it!”
"You could keep your voice down, Jiujiu."
"…Is this something I can whisper?!"
"So, stop?"
…
"Wei Nan Tower..."
A chuckle.
"If you can't bear it, bite me."
*
Capital, Imperial Palace.
The young boy was sitting on a chair with his legs on the table, cutting a piece of paper in his hands.
A row of servants bowed their heads to the ground. Among them was an orc with a pair of white wings on his back, who was in the same posture, showing his docility.
Another guard half-knelt in front of the young man and reported in a low voice.
"He stayed there just for a mermaid?" The young boy didn't even turn his head. He focused his eyes and manipulated the scissors along the lines on the paper. His hands kept moving, clicking, "What kind of mermaid is it? Is it pretty? Did you see it?"
"It's a male mermaid. We didn't see the mermaid's tail, but the mermaid's appearance is... quite handsome."
"Oh, no wonder you want to play a trick on me," the young boy said in a cold voice, "You said you wouldn't intervene in the auction house, but you turned around and replaced the judge and the administrator. Is it because the auction house case involves a mermaid?"
After he finished speaking, he paused.
“——Could it be the mermaid from the auction house? ...Ha, ha!”
The boy's angry laughter made everyone in the room tense.
The scissors were smashed to the ground, the tips digging into the fabric of the carpet.
The boy suddenly stood up from his chair, kicked it away, and paced around the room with an angry look on his face.
"That mermaid was supposed to be mine! It was mine! How could he just take it away without saying a word?!"
"Is he going to grab everything?! How far will he go to grab enough?!"
No one dared to speak.
The young man cursed with some vicious words, but naturally no one dared to tell others about them.
It took a long time before the anger was finally vented.
The young man sneered again: "Uncle is really two-faced. He seems to have no interest in raising orcs, but he still does this kind of thing?"
He sat back in his chair, put one foot on the table, thought for a moment with a gloomy face, and slowly raised the corners of his lips.
"Spread this news and let everyone know that Duke Wei Nanlou also has a pet!"
*
It took five days to travel from Mermaid Town to the capital, stopping and starting several times.
Not long.
When the carriage entered the prosperous capital, Lu Jiu lifted the carriage curtain and squinted his eyes when he was exposed to the bright sunlight.
...It didn't seem as prosperous as he had imagined, but the people and carriages coming and going on the street did look quite wealthy.
The carriage galloped all the way and finally stopped in front of a luxurious mansion.
This is the real Duke's residence.
In fact, Wei Nanlou mentioned on the way that he had his own fiefdom, which was the place that truly belonged to him.
It's just that due to various things happening within the royal family in recent years, he will temporarily stay in the capital. He settled in Mermaid Town some time ago to handle some affairs. Mermaid Town is a very convenient transit station.
Wei Nanlou led him out of the carriage and walked him into the mansion. Along the way, Lu Jiu looked at him curiously, and the servants also looked at him curiously.
Passing through halls and corridors, Lu Jiu almost lost track of the way and finally arrived at the end of the mansion.
He stopped in shock.
...Here there are clusters of flowers, shaded by green trees, and a dazzling variety of exquisite sculptures. It is so beautiful that it seems like a paradise.
In the center of the huge courtyard there is a huge swimming pool, filled with water so clear that you can clearly see the bottom of the pool.
The breeze caressed the water, creating ripples in the sunlight.
"...Your house actually has a swimming pool? Is it so luxuriously equipped? That would be too much of a luxury!"
"Huh?" Wei Nanlou looked at him in confusion, "I don't have a hobby of playing in the water."
"???" Lu Jiu turned her head and looked at him blankly, "What about this swimming pool...?"
"There are several of my subordinates on the white boat you saw. They were responsible for coming back to arrange the affairs of the mansion. The swimming pool was started after they came back and was just completed the day before yesterday."
Lu Jiu opened his mouth.
So, it was because of him...?
This handwriting is too...
"…So you were certain from that time that you would bring me back?"
A smile played across the man's lips.
"Yes," he looked at him and said, "I have made up my mind to take you away."
Lu Jiu's heart inside his chest thumped and beat heavily.
"Do you like it?" The man put his arm around his waist and looked at the swimming pool. "You can go down and try it. It's not using seawater at the moment. If you're not used to it, you can find another way. There's some technology used under the pool that can control the temperature. It won't be too cold even in winter."
Lu Jiu had already excitedly unbuttoned his shirt.
Wei Nanlou said this while giving his servants a look.
The servants immediately lowered their heads and retreated from here.
Lu Jiu took off his clothes and pulled down his pants.
He took off his shoes, ran naked to the swimming pool, made a diving motion, and fell into the water with a splash.
Water splashed everywhere, a pink and blue fish tail appeared in it, and a dreamy light flowed on the fish scales.
Wei Nanlou stepped down.
The mermaid swam happily in the pool. The spacious space was enough for him to roll around freely in it.
He was like a little animal that had finally returned to its nest, so happy that he flew with joy.
Wei Nanlou sat down sideways by the swimming pool.
The water in the swimming pool was turbulent, and the mermaid was swimming around changing her posture and blowing bubbles excitedly.
After a while, the surface of the water in front of Wei Nanlou was broken, and the mermaid poked his head out. Drops of water kept falling along his black hair and cheeks, like tiny diamonds rolling down.
Lu Jiu raised her head and looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"Like?" Wei Nanlou chuckled.
"like."
Lu Jiu propped herself up with both hands, closed her eyes, and kissed the man on the lips.
"I like it very much. Thank you, Wei Nanlou."
*
The news of the Duke's return to the capital quickly spread throughout the aristocratic circle.
In the evening, someone came to visit.
Wei Nanlou met the other party in the central hall.
After the nobleman bowed respectfully, he sat down at the seat arranged by the servants. While he was greeting, he secretly looked at the man in front of him.
...and he seemed no different from before he left. The Duke was calm, his expression showed no emotion, and his face was peaceful, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Although it has been some time since the capital, the Duke obviously knows everything that happened here.
The noble originally wanted to find out something, but after a while, he gave up the idea.
He had already put a lot of effort into answering the Duke's questions.
During this time, the servants kept moving back and forth, shuttling between the back and the front, and no one knew what they were busy with.
At one point, the Duke put down his teacup and looked away.
"apple?"
Upon hearing the Duke's words, the nobles immediately stopped talking, and a servant who had just passed by also stopped in his tracks.
In his hand he held an exquisite silver plate, on which were three fresh red apples.
The attendant quickly said, "Yes, you said to send some fruit over."
The Duke tilted his head, as if thinking.
This rare gesture attracted the attention of the nobles.
Then the Duke said, "Let's change it. He doesn't like apples. Do you have any grapes?"
"have!"
"Take some of the other snacks too and let him choose."
"good!"
The Duke raised his chin, and the attendant quickly turned around and left.
The nobles saw this scene and were secretly surprised.
At this moment, he heard faint sounds of water splashing behind him, as if someone was playing in the water.
"…There are children in the Duke's Mansion?"
He asked even though he knew the answer.
The man heard it and looked back.
This glance startled the nobleman, and cold sweat immediately broke out on his back. He smiled apologetically to show that he had asked an inappropriate question.
The Duke obviously saw all his little thoughts, but he didn't seem to care.
The slender and beautiful hand picked up the teacup again.
The Duke took a sip of tea and chuckled:
"child?"
"There is one."
…
Late at night, at a luxurious banquet, people were drinking and chatting.
"So the Duke brought back a mermaid?"
"Yes, there is no doubt about it, the rumor is true!"
"I always thought the Duke was different from us, and never dared to mention the interesting stories of orcs in front of him. It turns out it was all a lie! He is the same kind of person as us!"
The wine glasses clinked together, filled with the joy of thinking that they would be free in the future.
"No, no, no, you are wrong. It is said that the Duke treats the mermaid very well and does not treat her as a pet as the rumors say!"
"What are you talking about? If you don't treat orcs as pets, can you still treat them as friends?"
"The Duke has brought the mermaid into his mansion. What else could it be but a pet? How could he allow someone who is just a friend to live in his mansion?"
"And who would consider an orc as a friend?"
"But this is what Ba Qing saw with her own eyes. The Duke piled all the goodies in front of the mermaid and even dug a swimming pool for her in the courtyard. Who here would do this to a pet? Think about it, if the Duke was interested in raising a pet, why would he wait until now? Over the years, how many people have tried to give him orcs? Has the Duke ever accepted any?"
"...I don't believe it, I don't believe it. Is the Duke crazy?"
The sounds of cutlery colliding stopped at this moment, and everyone at the table had different thoughts.
“…I always have a bad feeling.”
"Don't panic," someone said, "the banquet will be held in a few days. Give the mermaid an invitation."
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