94. The Platinum Little Prince, The Lost Brother
โโฆโฆ Is this what it looks like? Ji Mo stared at Xiaolong in surprise and joy.
The old priest was right, as long as the child was born smoothly and peacefully, he would feel that all the suffering was worth it, and the happiness and satisfaction of successfully giving birth to a little life belonging to himself and his partner would bring great tolerance and relief.
Ao Bai carefully held the little dragon with both hands, not daring to relax at all: "Well, it's a little orc, and it looks different from what we imagined before." โ
The little white dragon's face was full of pampering about to overflow, looking at his partner for a while, and looking at the young dragon for a while, the joy of becoming a father for the first time was fully revealed.
Xiaolong's appearance is indeed a bit far from the couple's previous reliable or unreliable speculations:
The first child of the first dragon king of the Sicilian Sea was curled up obediently at this time, lying on Ao Bai's palm, born in the shape of a dragon, his body was only the thickness of Ji Mo's forearm, and the length was less than Ao Bai's arm, such a thin guy! No wonder when he was in the gestational sac, Ji Mo's belly never bulged extraordinarily.
The most wonderful thing is the color of the scales on his body, although the newborn little dragon is curled up restlessly, but everyone can also see clearly, most of the scales on the little guy's body are white with Ao, which is a smooth silver white, but there is a dazzling and pure golden yellow on the back line to the dragon's tail!
Born like this, it seems that the two scale colors blend particularly naturally on the body of the little dragon, which is particularly eye-catching.
Ji Mo's heart "pounced" on the ground, sighed, and rejoiced in a weak voice: "Oops~ Fortunately, it is neither a zebra dragon nor a cow dragon!" Oops~ My son is quite handsome, hahaha......"
Ta quickly restrained the mermaid who couldn't get out of it, "Don't move, rest for a few days, and let the wound grow back quickly." After speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the little dragon who was very tightly protected by Ao Bai, and muttered in his heart: It turns out that the dragon orcs were born like this? Hmm~ It's really well-behaved and likable.
Ao Bai held the child wrapped in warm animal skins and put it next to Ji Mo, and the husband and wife looked at the little guy and laughed and laughed, it was no exaggeration to be silly.
"Huh?" Ji Mo's heart jumped, and he asked urgently: "Tower priest, why didn't the child say a word after birth?" Oh my god, how did I forget this! โ
I'm sorry, baby, Dad is also giving birth for the first time, so he doesn't have much experience......
Ta sneered playfully, "Your mother-father is really slow to react, just ask now!" โ
Qing Zhe was helping to clean up the mess in the house, and he also explained with a smile: "It seems that you were dizzy for a while, right?" The tower priest has already checked your cubs, he is very good, his breathing and heartbeat are normal, and his movements are also very powerful, some cubs in our tribe are born without crying, the same health! โ
Ao Bai also hurriedly reassured: "The child is fine, I have seen the little dragon of the eldest brother's family before, it was like this when he was born, and it will take a while to become lively and active." โ
"So? Is that really the case? Ji Mo said half-incredulously, because in his limited cognition, doesn't the birth of new life have to be accompanied by a crisp cry? Croaking or something......
"Of course it's true, where can this be used as a joke." Ao Bai leaned over, lowered his head and kissed his partner's sweaty forehead several times, and said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work and giving birth to our child." โ
At this time, the little dragon, who had been lying quietly for a long time, finally seemed to wake up, perhaps because he was surrounded by the smell of his parents and felt safe enough, the little dragon slowly stretched out his body, raised his head, and swayed the golden dragon tail little by little, as if he was looking for something.
Although Ji Mo was so tired that he could fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes, he still looked at the child's movements with great concern, and asked in a low voice, "What does he want to do?" Hungry? But I didn't...... Ahem cough ~ Do you know what children should eat? โ
What the crossing fish almost blurted out was: But I don't have milk for him.
Ao Bai stretched out a finger and led the little dragon to raise his paw tremblingly and put it on it, feeling the child's weak grip with satisfaction.
Before the little white dragon could answer, Ji Mo asked again: "The child has never opened his eyes, are other little dragons like this?" I wonder what color this child's eyes are? โ
After saying that, the mermaid raised her hand worriedly and touched the dragon's head, seemingly aiming at the other's eyes
- "Hey~! Stop! What do you want? โ
The old priest quickly pulled back Ji Mo's hand, and stopped him with a headache: "Just look at him, don't touch him, especially the eyes, although I don't know what is going on with your little dragon of the Sea Clan, but it will take a while for the land cub to open its eyes when it is born, and he will naturally open it when the time comes, you must take care of your hands, don't touch blindly!" โ
"Hiss~ Don't, my hand!" Ji Mo gasped and reminded, and Ao Bai hurriedly helped to take his wrist back.
"When Ji Mo fell, his hands were on the ground, his wrists were bruised and swollen, is there anything the tower priest can do?"
After a cursory examination, Ta said indifferently: "Small injury, I'll ask Qingzhe to find you some herbs, mash them and apply them a few times." โ
"Hey~ Tower Priest, when will my child open his eyes?" Ji Mo's focus is still on the previous question.
At this time, Xiaolong had already relied on his instinct to slowly move to Ji Mo's arm, close to him, and kept rubbing his mother and father with his head, his small body trembling pitifully, as if he was pleading.
Taai said helplessly: "If it is a land cub, it will be ten days and half a month, and it will be able to open its eyes in three or five days, but I don't know the situation of your sea tribe - but don't worry, I still say the same thing, take care of your own hands, don't touch what you shouldn't touch, and don't be anxious, so as not to cause irreparable damage to the cub's body." โ
Ji Mo tried his best to turn his head to look at Xiaolong, he was rubbed by Xiaolong's head and his heart was sour, and he eagerly urged Ao Bai to say: "I think the child should be hungry, don't patronize it, go find a way to get him something to eat first!" โ
Oh, my God!
Crossing the fish control zhรฌ couldn't help but think: Why is my son so cute? You can't find anyone more cute than him in the whole sea, right? Oops......
Unexpectedly, Ao Bai picked up Xiaolong and stood up.
Ji Mo: "??? โ
"Okay, I'll go get some water first, let him swim twice, and find him something to eat by the way." Ao Bai announced.
Ji Mo was almost so frightened that he bounced up from the bed, pulled the wound and gasped in pain, he asked in disbelief, "What?" Swim and swim two laps? Where to go? โ
Could it be the Holy Lake?
Are you crazy dragons? The child is just born and wants to be carried out to swim in the ice lake twice?
Ao Bai said as a matter of course: "Well, we are sea tribes, and the young dragon should have been born in the water, but the water temperature here is too low, I will go and get him some warm water, and the little dragon will be happy when he sees the water." โ
High, happy?
Qing Zhe looked at the thin little dragon waving its claws and struggling with disapproval, and gently reminded, "Ao Bai, do you want to take it out now?" Wouldn't it be too rushed? It's still snowing outside. โ
โโฆโฆ Are you sure? Ji Mo asked cautiously, he also wanted to get up and follow, but now he was too tired, and the wound had just been treated, so it was not appropriate to move.
The little white dragon on the palm of the little white dragon suddenly struggled vigorously, jumped out of the animal skin, and fell down suddenly-
Ji Mo and the others were so frightened that they wanted to scream, but before they had time to scream, they saw Xiaolong raise his tail sensitively, hooked Ao Bai's forearm, and then quickly climbed up and lay firmly on Ao Bai's shoulder, his movements were naturally skillful and natural, and there was no trace of panic.
Ji Mo and the others silently shut up.
"See? The little dragon is not as weak as you think, he has a certain ability to protect himself, I guess he doesn't like to stay in animal skins. Ao Bai couldn't hide his smugness and said proudly, "Ji Mo, don't worry, when my eldest brother's young dragon was born, I observed it very carefully, and I basically knew what to do." โ
After hearing this, Ta urged angrily: "Ji Mo has us to take care of, you hurry up and feed your cubs something to eat, we don't know about the sea clan cubs." โ
Ao Bai thought about it, and then looked at the little dragon who kept grinding his claws on his shoulder, he had no choice but to say, "Then please help me take care of Ji Mo, and I'll go out and find something to eat for the child." โ
"Okay, okay, you can go," Qingzhe looked at Xiaolong sympathetically, and did not forget to advise: "It's better to be careful, after all, he has just been born." โ
Ji Mo was so tired that he couldn't open his eyes, and he tried his best to maintain his last sobriety and admonished his dragon: "Hey~ Don't mess around, you, the child is still so young, you have to be very careful, do you know?" Although I am not in favor of spoiling children, we can't be too harsh......"
Before he finished speaking, he couldn't hold it anymore and fell into a deep sleep.
- In the final analysis, it's because Ji Mo believes in Ao Bai. This dragon has always been very reliable, and he won't do things that he is not sure of. The most important thing is that he knows that Ao Bai's love for Xiaolong will definitely not be under him, so what is there to worry about leaving Xiaolong to his partner to take care of?
Ao Bai nodded and said politely to Qing Zhe: "Then trouble you, I will be back soon." โ
Although he said it harshly, Ao Bai was always reluctant in his heart.
Before he went out, he found a soft and dense animal skin and wrapped the little dragon, and then carefully put it in a wide basket, which was packed up by Ji Mo when he had nothing to do before, jokingly called a crib, which was covered with thick long-haired animal skins, which was very warm and soft.
"You're not going to run around, are you?" Ao Bai asked uncomfortably stroking Xiaolong's back.
"......" The little dragon looked very uneasy, he closed his eyes tightly, constantly moving in the pile of animal skins, and in a hurry, the little golden tail swung particularly anxiously.
"You're hungry, aren't you? Father will go and prepare food for you right away. Ao Bai stood in front of the basket and stretched out his fingers to reassure the little dragon, his voice couldn't be softer.
"......" Although Xiaolong didn't open his eyes and couldn't speak, he could distinguish the breath that belonged to the blood relatives in front of him.
"Alas~ It's really naughty......" Ao Bai sighed with a smile.
His fingers were grabbed by the little dragon's two claws, and coaxed and coaxed couldn't make the little guy let go of his claws, and the little golden tail waved pitifully with a little force, waving the little white dragon's heart completely hard.
Qing Zhe watched with a smile from the side, he stirred the fire next to him, so that it continued to burn vigorously, and by the way, he opened a thin crack in the door to let in some fresh air.
"Your cub is really clinging to you, you see he won't let go!" Qingzhe said with a smile.
He can completely understand the mood of the little white dragon at this time, most of the orcs who have just become fathers are like this, they are cautious and don't know how to pamper their cubs.
"He's hungry and wants food from me, but he doesn't want me to leave." Ao Bai smiled and whispered.
After a while, he simply lifted the basket directly, his fingers still holding Xiaolong, and went out like this.
As soon as he walked out, Xitu was the first to come over, and asked with bright eyes, "Where is the little dragon?" What about the little dragon? I want to see it, show me! โ
Ao Bai felt the temperature difference between the inside and outside, and found that the living room outside was also quite warm before he dared to carry the basket out.
Rong Tuo stood in the far corner, thinking about it but not daring.
Ao Yang was also very interested, he beckoned directly, "I heard that Ji Mo gave birth to a young dragon?" Congratulations, show me what it looks like. โ
The little white dragon couldn't hide his joy and walked to the side of his brother with the basket and sat down, carefully lifted the hide, revealing the little dragon that was still moving lively, and said, "Big brother, you see, this kid has a lot of strength, and he won't let go of anything he says when he grabs my fingers. โ
Xitu eagerly squatted next to the basket and looked closely, and was very happy: "Oh, this is really a little dragon, what a small one!" Hey? He doesn't look like you, and the scales on his tail and spine aren't white. โ
Ao Bai explained with a smile: "My father is a golden dragon, so it is not surprising that my child has the characteristics of the dragon of the East China Sea royal family. โ
Ao Yang looked down at Xiaolong's every move, he couldn't see the expression on his face, he also wanted to stretch out his finger to tease Xiaolong, but the strange and powerful aura on his body immediately made the little guy in the basket hurriedly hide back, desperately moving closer to Ao Bai's side, this is the vigilance and distress skills in the young dragon's nature.
Ao Yang's fingers paused and silently retracted.
"Hey~ Don't be afraid, this is my father's eldest brother, your elder." Little White Dragon hurriedly explained to Little Dragon, as if he could understand it.
Seeing this, the little tiger cub was playful, and wanted to stretch out his claws to test it, but as soon as he moved, he was stopped by Qing Zhe who came out, "Xitu, don't touch Xiaolong first, wait until he grows up." โ
Rong Tuo quietly walked over and stood next to him and stretched his neck to look.
- Blessed by the god of the sea! It seems that my prayers are still useful, and Ji Mo is really safe for mother and son! Hahaha~ And the little dragon born is so special, it is actually platinum scales, I just don't know what color his eyes are.
It is absolutely impossible to say that Ao Yang does not envy his brother and does not desire to be a father.
Qing Zhe saw Ao Yang's complicated expression in his eyes, and his heart was also very uncomfortable, he sighed, turned around and went to help Ji Mo prepare the herbs for wrist bruises.
"Rongtuo." The corners of Ao Bai's eyes twitched, and he called.
"Where am I, am I here, is there anything I need help with?" Rong Tuo quickly stepped forward to answer.
Ao Baizheng washed his hands, found a large wooden basin, poured half of the cold water into it, added half of the hot water, and after feeling that the water temperature was right, he put Xiaolong in.
"Ahhh Xitu stared excitedly.
As soon as the little dragon entered the warm water, it naturally swam around, and its posture was quite skillful, so looking at it, the wisp of gold thread on the back of the silver and white dragon's body, with the thin and shining golden tail, was really cute.
"Hmph~ What's all the fuss? Are there any dragons that can't swim? We sea tribes originally lived in the water. Rong Tuo couldn't help but choke on Xitu.
The little tiger cub looked at it and couldn't help but want to stretch out its claws to scoop up the little dragon.
Ao Baiyan quickly stopped him: "Xitu, he's still young, you let him swim by himself, and when he grows up, you can take him to play together, okay?" โ
"Well, I'm sorry, I'm just so happy......" the little tiger cub said abruptly.
Ao Yang also advised: "We are all happy too, but the newborn little dragon is still very fragile and can't play with you for the time being." โ
"Oh, I see, don't worry, I'll just watch him swim." Xitu said sensibly.
Ao Bai smiled approvingly, and instead began to peel the shrimp, ready to mash it as food for the little dragon.
"Wang, I know it's wrong," Rong Tuo was treated coldly for a moment, he couldn't stay still, and opened his mouth to admit his mistake, "Last night, I brought water up to play around, and accidentally wet the floor outside, causing Ji Mo to fall down due to ice, but I really didn't mean to ......"
Ao Bai listened carefully to the other party's explanation, he was not very angry at this time - having a son is enough for everything, and after becoming a father, the mentality of thinking about problems is different.
"Big brother, what do you think?" Ao Bai asked Ao Yang again.
Ao Yang came back to his senses from staring at Xiaolong in silence, and said in response: "Forget it, Rong Tuo is so natural and not intentional. Besides, your little dragon is so cute. โ
"Thank you, Prince." Rong Tuo immediately whispered his thanks, and he stood quietly, waiting for Ao Bai's statement.
The little white dragon groaned, carefully put the peeled shrimp meat into the wooden bowl, and carefully pounded it into a paste, he glanced at Rong Tuo again, and did not speak for a while.
At this time, Xitu was overjoyed and shouted, "Look, the little dragon is about to climb out of the tub!" โ
Ao Bai hurriedly turned his head to look at the side:
Xiaolong probably smelled the fragrance of food, couldn't stay in the small wooden basin, and was trying to stretch out his paws to climb, at this time his head was already out of the wooden basin, accurately "looking" in the direction of Ao Bai, and there was a posture to continue to climb out.
"Hahaha~ Why is he so smart? You don't even open your eyes to know the food is there. Xitu said happily. He was already in a state of ecstasy, ecstatic for the addition of a new friend from the Sea Clan, so no matter what the little dragon did, he found it funny.
Ao Bai also smiled, he quickly stopped Xiaolong, picked up a spoon and fed it with shrimp soup, Xiaolong immediately opened his mouth little by little and began to eat.
"He eats raw meat?" Xitu asked curiously.
Rong Tuo answered Xitu with an expression of "why are you so stupid": "Of course, can you make a fire to barbecue meat under the sea?" โ
Cetu silently shut up.
Ao Bai fed softly, coaxing from time to time: "Don't worry, eat slowly." โ
"Wang, I, I really know it's wrong, no matter what, Ji Mo fell because of me, you punish me." Rong Tuo said dejectedly.
Ao Yang hugged his arms and didn't speak again this time. What this dragon thought to himself was: If it was my partner who gave birth to such a cute little dragon for me today, where would I still be in the mood to lose my temper?
"Ji Mo fell? When? It was only then that Xitu noticed that there was such an accident.
At this time, after Qingzhe and Ta took care of Ji Mo, they walked out one after another.
"You fell in the morning, and you weren't awake yet." Qingzhe explained simply.
Ao Bai first asked, "How is Ji Mo doing now?" โ
"I cleaned up, the wounds were all medicated, and I fell asleep. You stew this soup and give it to him when he wakes up, what he needs now is rest. โ
Ta briefly explained, then leaned over to the side of the large wooden basin, tested the water temperature, nodded approvingly: "Yes, this temperature is just right, it seems that you do have a lot of experience." โ
"I can't say that I have experienced, but I have seen the little dragon at home from afar, and this water temperature is the temperature of the deep sea in my hometown." Ao Bai continued to feed, and thanked him with a smile: "Thank you so much today, I really don't know what to do without your help." โ
The old priest rubbed his wrist wearily and said, "Thank you, don't forget my fruit." Hey~ This little dragon is really interesting, yo yo look at how energetic this little tail is, and it will eat by itself, so good! โ
โโฆโฆ Know, I'll remember. Ao Bai was choked again by the old priest's straightforward reminder.
Most of the older people love cubs, although they are the young dragons of the Sea Clan, but as long as there is no prejudice in their hearts, they will feel that they are actually worthy of pity.
After Ao Bai fed a few spoonfuls, he put down the wooden bowl, and he just prepared so many shrimp soups.
โ๏ผโ Xiaolong waited quietly for a while, but found that his father had not fed him any more food, he shook it from side to side a few times, whipped his tail, and began to lose his temper.
Ta is experienced and naturally sees it, he happily soothes: "Okay, okay, you can't eat too much for the first time, your body has to have a process of adaptation, and you will continue to eat the next meal, ah~"
Although Ao Bai dotes on Xiaolong, he will never spoil him.
"Okay, there's no use making trouble." Ao Bai sternly stated that he put the little dragon back into the water and let him swim a few laps to eliminate food.
Rong Tuo had been waiting anxiously, and then couldn't help but ask again: "Wang, you haven't been angry with me again, have you?" โ
Ao Bai raised his head and asked calmly: "What do you say?" โ