Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Lei Zhe and Jia Li found that Zai Zai was a little listless after returning from the island. At first, they thought he was tired from playing, so they didn't bother Dong Zai and asked him to have a good rest.

But for the next few days, the winter cub was wilting, and even the bright night pearls couldn't make him happy. He stayed in the shell bed every day and refused to go out. The two silly fathers finally realized that something was wrong.

Jiali pretended to pass by the window sill countless times and quietly glanced into the small house with his peripheral vision. At this time, Dong Zai was sitting on the shell bed. He held his chin with his hands, his eyelashes trembled gently like thin wings, and he frowned from time to time.Sighing from time to time, as if thinking about something.

"Zai Zai, come here and eat some meat paste." Lei Zhe held the shell bowl and waved to Dong Zai.

"Okay~" The winter cub slowly got up and swam out with its little tail fin shaking.

Now Dong Zai can eat half a fish in one meal, can speak two words in two words, and has grown to the length of a hand.Compared with other little mermaids, Dongcub is still too small. For new fathers, every time Dongcub grows taller, it is a matter of joy.

Mermaids grow very fast, especially Han Zhan, who often doesn't have enough to eat. The body size is close to one meter a year after hatching. At present, it seems that it will take a long time for the winter cubs to grow to one meter, so the fathers are not worried at all.

After eating a bowl of meaty paste, Dong Zai wiped his mouth, said hello to his father, and swam to the coral reef to play with a few small fishes. But after a while, all the small fishes were scared away, leaving Dong Zai alone who looked particularly lonely..

Seeing the little mermaid's sapphire-like eyes dimming immediately, Jia Li felt inexplicably sad, thinking that when he was a child, he had many little mermaid playmates and never felt lonely. This was the first time he experienced the feeling of loneliness from Zaizai.

Jia Li squatted in front of Dong Zai and said in a coaxing tone: "Zai Zai, do you want to go out and play?"

Dongzai thought for a while and said in a soft voice: "It's so cool."

Jiali picked up the little mermaid and put it on her shoulders, "We're about to set off, hold on to daddy's hair so it doesn't fall."

Jia Li was impatient. He stretched out his hands and swung his long red tail, shooting out like a sharp arrow.

The whole body was immersed in the clear and transparent sea water, and the surrounding scenery was retreating rapidly. The winter cub felt like he was flying.

"Yeah!" Dong Zai had to hug his father's neck tightly to prevent him from being washed away by the turbulent water.

After swimming a long distance, Jiali slowed down and his clear voice whispered, "Are you happy, Zaizai?"

"Yeah!" Dong Zai nodded happily, and his father did it again.

"Hold on." Jia Li used her strength again and jumped out of the sea. The red fish tail drew an arc in the air, and then fell lightly into the sea, leaving patches of white waves on the sea.

"Jiali—Jiali—"

The nearby mermaid caught a glimpse of the red fish tail and called Jiali's name with a smile.

In this sea area, Jiali is the only one with a red fish tail, and there is no other mermaid except him.

When Jia Li heard someone calling his name, he turned around and swam over with the little mermaid. The silver fish tail not far away shone in the sun. Jia Li called to him, "Long Hui, why are you here?"

Long raised his chin and said, "Like you, take my little mermaid out to hunt for food."

On the sea, a golden little mermaid and a ferocious big fish were biting each other. The scarlet blood mixed with the sea water. Several shadows loomed under the sea. They were all sea beasts attracted by the smell of blood. They were dormant quietly, waiting.When one of the parties loses, they pounce on each other and share a bite of the meat.

ah!Dong Zai covered his eyes, it was so scary.

Jiali stretched out her finger to poke at the timid mermaid Zaizai, and said with a little resentment: "Zai Zai, please try your best for me."

Long Hui laughed softly, his voice a little hoarse, "We haven't seen each other for a few days. The little Zai Zai has grown up again, but he is still so timid."

His pride was hurt, Dong Zai buried his little head in Jiali's father's hair and refused to come out.

Whenever Long Hui saw the little mermaid from Jiali's family, he couldn't help but want to tease him, preferably until he blushed with shame, and when he glared at her with watery eyes, he was so cute that people wanted to steal her away.

Of course, Jia Li can't let Jiali know about this little thought.

At this time, the little blond mermaid who had returned home swam back. He was dragging a swordfish that was bigger than him, and it was effortless at all.

"Dad, let me give you the fish to eat." The little blond mermaid is like a smaller version of Long Hui. Long Hui has a cold temperament, but the little blond mermaid has soft facial features and is as warm as the sun when she smiles, which makes people fond of her.

"No, you keep it for yourself as a snack." Long Hui crossed his arms to show that he was not interested. Such a small fish was not enough to fit between his teeth.

The little blond mermaid looked at Jia Li, and it took him a while to recognize the red mermaid in front of him. After all, he had just broken out of his shell when he met Jia Li for the first time. "Uncle Jia Li." At this time, the big fish in his arms straightened up., he hugged the big fish tightly to prevent it from escaping.

"Hey! Xiao Yuanxi can catch food on his own, that's awesome." Jiali picked up his shy little mermaid and brought it to Yuanxi, "This is my cub, called Dongchen."

When Dong Zai could say two words in a row, he told Lei Zhe and Jia Li's two fathers that his name was "Dong Chen". Most of the little mermaids chose names by themselves. Lei Zhe and Jia Li naturally had no objection and felt that Dong Zai wasAs long as Zai likes it, of course dads prefer to call him "Zi Zai".

"Brother Dongchen." Yuan Xi pursed her lips and smiled, greeting Dong Zai.

Dongzai looked up at Yuan Xi, who had a pair of beautiful green eyes and long golden hair that was wet and sticking to his cheeks. Although he looked embarrassed, he still couldn't hide his gentle temperament.

Yuan Xi is also a little mermaid born this year. She hatched three months earlier than the winter cub, and her height is almost as long as an adult fish's arm.

Dong Zai leaned on his father's hand and shouted obediently: "Brother."

Long smiled back, and just as he was about to say something, his eyes suddenly stopped and fell on the sea not far away. He stared at the bottom of the water.

At this time, under the calm waves, a long black shadow suddenly appeared, grabbing one of the sea beasts, opening its mouth to grab the body of the sea beast, and swallowing it into its throat before it could struggle.Its neck is very long, and the sea beasts hidden in the seawater will be caught and eaten by it if they escape a little slower.

The moment the sea monster appeared, Jiali smelled the rancid smell he hated most. He narrowed his narrow eyes and popped out his sharp fingernails in a defensive posture.He pushed Dong Zai and brought him to Yuan Xi, "Yuan Xi, take Dong Zai over there to play for a while."

Yuan Xi didn't know what happened. He caught the winter cub in a daze and subconsciously let go of the swordfish in his arms. He faced Jia Li and Long Hui, his golden tail paddling in the water, and slowly swam away.

"Dad..." Dong Zai's immature face showed a bit of worry. He could feel that there was danger under the water, and there were big monsters.

At this moment, the ferocious head broke through the water. Its neck was very long, raised high, and its roar was like a dragon's roar.

Yuan Xi's face turned pale, "It's a plesiosaur!"

Yuan Xi had heard his fathers mention the Dragon Clan many times, but he never expected that the first time he saw the Dragon Clan would be in this situation.

The plesiosaur had a long neck, a wide and flat body, and flippers on its limbs. It lived in the ocean all year round and fed on fish."Note"

Mermaids are also one of their foods.

However, the mermaid tribe and the dragon tribe are both overlords of the sea, and they have always kept a close eye on each other. The mermaid tribe will stay away from the plesiosaurs when they see them, and the plesiosaurs will rarely attack mermaids when they see them.

And this plesiosaur seems to have been hungry for a long time, and all swimming fish are food in its eyes.It turned its neck, and after locking its eyes with the two adult fish, it opened its mouth and hissed, revealing the teeth on its jawbone.

Just as they were stunned, the plesiosaur turned its head and swooped down towards Jiali.

Jiali dove into the sea and swam to the feet of the plesiosaur's fins in the blink of an eye. She dug her claws into its short legs and jumped up onto its back.

The plesiosaur was huge, with thick skin and a flexible neck. It lowered its head, opened its mouth, exposed its sharp and slender teeth, and bit the red mermaid on its back.

Jiali flicked his tail, turned into legs, grabbed the plesiosaur's neck and climbed up.

The plesiosaur twisted its neck wildly, trying to throw off the mermaid crawling on its neck.

"Dad—" Dong Zai seemed to jump out of Yuan Xi's arms as if on conditioned reflex.

Yuan Xi hurriedly hugged Dong Zai, "You can't do that, brother, it's dangerous there."

Next to him, Long Hui opened his thin lips and sang melodiously.Yuan Xi subconsciously covered Dong Zai's ears to prevent the mermaid's singing from affecting him. Most of the little mermaids who had just broken out of their shells could not withstand the powerful power of the mermaid's singing.

Yuan Xi thinks that he is an older brother and has the responsibility to protect his younger brother, but he forgets that he is also a little mermaid who has only been out of his shell for three months. The mermaid's "war song" contains powerful power, which hits the eardrums of the little mermaid, and Yuan Xi starts to feel a little uncomfortable..

"Brother?" Dong Zai patted Yuan Xi's arm with his little hand, a little confused as to why Yuan Xi's brother wanted to cover his ears.

Yuan Xi was so frightened that she tried to comfort Dong Zai, "Don't be afraid, brother, dad and the others are very powerful."

Dong Zai looked at Jia Li's father anxiously. He clenched his little fists and had a strong impulse to help his father fight the big monster.

Suddenly, ripples appeared on the originally calm sea surface. The waves hit fiercely, then fell gently, picking up the two little mermaids and taking them away from the plesiosaur's attack range.

The song reached the ears of the plesiosaur, and soon its eyes lost focus, and it became a little dizzy, and its neck was swaying, as if it was unsteady and about to fall.

Jia Li speeded up and climbed onto the plesiosaur's head. Her nails were like sharp claws and she easily tore the plesiosaur's neck. Bright red blood splashed on Jia Li's body, making her gorgeous face even more coquettish.

The severe pain made the plesiosaur gradually wake up, and at this time Jiali's claws dug into its throat from its chin. The plesiosaur shook its head vigorously, and it opened its mouth to scream, but its vocal cords were all broken and it could not speak.Any sound.

The plesiosaur twisted its neck and rushed into the sea in an instant, its broad flippers hitting its neck.

Jiali released his claws, moved his arms upwards, and his tail swung at a high frequency.

The plesiosaur stretched out its neck to pursue the red mermaid figure.The long neck was pecking in the water, but its neck was seriously injured and its movements were obviously not as flexible as before.

Jiali swam under the plesiosaur's flippers, and when the plesiosaur bit it with its mouth, he turned around and swam to its tail, whetting the plesiosaur's appetite again and again, and escaping from its mouth again and again.

At this time, Longhui sneaked behind the plesiosaur without anyone noticing, and then climbed up. Longhui opened his mouth and bit the plesiosaur's neck, tearing off a piece of meat with all his strength.

The plesiosaur exhaled hot air from its nostrils, knowing that it was no match for the two mermaids. It tried its best to throw off Long Hui, and paddled its four flippers to escape in embarrassment.

The meat of the plesiosaur was very hard and sour. Long Hui raised his hand to wipe the foam from the corner of his mouth, "Bah! It tastes terrible."

Seeing Jia Li chasing after him and determined to fight to the death with the plesiosaur, Long Hui had a headache and quickly called him, "Jia Li, forget it, stop chasing him."

Jiali had just chased him not far away when he heard Long Hui's voice and swam back immediately.

"Are you okay?" Long swam back to Jia Li and looked him up and down.

"It's okay." Jia Li waved his hand. He was not injured at all, but a few scales were rubbed off his tail and a few pieces were bald at the tail fin, which looked ugly.

Remembering that Zaizai was still waiting for him, Jiali swung her bare tail fin and swam quickly to the sea.

Dong Zai was so anxious that tears were welling up in his eyes. When he saw Jia Li coming back, he burst into tears, his soft voice filled with tears, "Dad, Zai Zai is scared."

Jiali quickly picked up the tearful little mermaid and coaxed in a gentle voice: "Don't be afraid, dear, daddy is going to fight the big monster."

Yuan Xi also tightly wrapped her arms around Long Hui, which really frightened the two little mermaids this time.

Seeing Dong Zai crying and hiccupping, Jia Li couldn't help but said to Long Hui: "I'm going back first."

"Jiali." Long called him back, "What did Lei Zhe think about what I told him last time?"

"Okay, I'll go back and ask him." Jia Li hurriedly responded, picked up the winter cub and swam back to the small stone house on the seabed. Before he could enter the door, he shouted angrily: "Lei Zhe, come out quickly!"

When Lei Zhe heard Jia Li's panicked voice, he rushed out immediately and noticed Dong Zai's red eyes.

"Dad..." Dong Zai cried until his voice became hoarse. When he saw Lei Zhe opening his little hands for a hug, only Lei Zhe's father could give him a sense of security.

Lei Zhe took the little mermaid, straightened his black hair, and said softly, "Why are you crying?"

"We encountered a plesiosaur just now, and I had a fight with it, which scared Zaizai." Jia Li scratched his chin, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Lei Zhe raised his finger and rubbed Dong Zai's little face, "Isn't the plesiosaur only found in the Yuhe sea area? Didn't you see any other plesiosaurs?"

"I just saw one, and nothing else. I wanted to chase it, but the winter cub was still nearby, so I didn't pursue it." Jia Li lay down on the stone bed and shook his tail fin a few times.

Lei Zhe's eyes paused and stopped at Jiali's tail fin. The scales fell off and the baldness was particularly obvious. Lei Zhe's face changed slightly, "Is your tail injured?"

Jia Li hugged the tail fin and sighed, "It was rubbed off by the big guy's fin feet."

It was just a few scales that fell off, and there was no injury. Jia Li didn't care. She felt that it was like losing a few hairs. It would grow back soon anyway, so it was nothing to make a fuss about.

Jiali turned over and collapsed on the bed like a dead fish, "Long Hui asked me to ask you, how do you think about things? What did he tell you?"

Lei Zhe picked up the little mermaid and placed it on the stone bed. "They are planning to go to the Great Trench and asked me if I can go?"

"Then are you going?" Jia Li raised her eyes and looked at him, "If you go, I will go too."

"I didn't plan to go there before. Many dragons have come to the sea recently. I want to see what's going on. I hope it's not a problem with the Great Trench."

The Great Trench connects countless sea areas and is an important passage for the mermaid tribe. Many sea beasts, including dragons, travel to and from various sea areas through the Great Trench. If there is a problem with the Great Trench, his mermaid tribe will have to swim a long way to go to other sea areas., and there is a possibility of getting lost along the way.

Dong Zai tried his best to listen to the conversation between Lei Zhe's father and Jia Li's father, but he was too sleepy. As soon as he heard the words "big trench", his eyelids began to lose control.

After a while, Dongcub fell asleep holding his little tail.

When he woke up the next day, Dong Zai heard a shocking news.

Jia Li touched Dong Zai's little head and said earnestly: "Zai, your father Lei Zhe has been away for a few days, and we are the only ones left at home."

Dongzai pursed his lips, "Dad, are you coming back?"

"Daddy won't be back soon." In fact, Jiali was also very depressed. Yesterday he proposed to go with Lei Zhe, but Lei Zhe said no, Zaizai was still young and needed someone at home, so Jiali had to stay with Zaizai.

"Are you hungry, Zaizai?" Jiali picked up the little mermaid and held up the shell bowl in her right hand, "Eat some meat paste."

The bowl of meat paste was finished quickly, leaving nothing behind.Jia Li thought happily, Zai Zai's appetite has increased a lot, and it seems that she will soon be able to catch up with the other little mermaids.

"Jiali - are you at home?" Fia's voice came from a distance.

Jiali was overjoyed, "I'm at home——"

"Wait a minute, I'll go find you -"

After a while, Fia swam into the small stone house, followed by a string of little mermaids. The little mermaids entered the door one by one. The first one came in was the little mermaid with blue hair and black tail, and then the little mermaid with blue hair and blue tail.

When he saw a little mermaid with blond hair and a golden tail swimming in at the end, the blue eyes of the winter cub were slightly bright, ah!It's Brother Yuanxi.

Fia pointed to a few little mermaids, "Longhui and the others are going to the Great Trench. Yuanxi is staying at my house temporarily. This is my brat named Sotu, and that one is my Gloria's cub named Dongkui.".”

"Ah? Zaizai." Dongzai expressed slight doubts. He pointed at himself, meaning that his name was similar to that of Dongzai.

Dong Kui is a little mermaid with blue hair and a blue tail. He looks somewhat similar to Suo Tu. He swam up to Dong Zai, lifted up a strand of Dong Zai's hair, and asked with a smile: "Little cutie, what's your name?""

Zaizai blinked, "Me? Dongzai."

"Uncle Feiya, this little mermaid is so cute, can I take it home?" Dongkui ran over and asked Feiya.

Before Feiya could say anything, Jiali looked at Dongkui warily and said angrily: "My Zaizai will not be given to others."

"Okay." Dongkui spread his hands and expressed regret.

"No, Zai Zai." Dong Zai pouted, and he decided not to talk to them.

Merfolk who want to steal winter pups are bad guys.

At this time in the room, Dongkui glanced at Dongzai secretly, and deliberately said to Suotu: "It's so boring here, let's go outside to play."

Dong Zai and Dong Zai really want to go out and play.

Dong Zai looked out the door longingly, and suddenly a small black fish tail flashed outside, "Brother?"

The little tail fin of the winter cub swayed slightly in excitement. He swam out quickly and bumped into Han Zhan. The winter cub held the little head that was stunned by the collision, tilted his head, and asked in confusion: "Brother?"

Han Zhan's mind paused, and he spread his right hand out in front of Dong Zai as if on conditioned reflex.The winter cub happily got into Han Zhan's hand and coiled its tail.

The winter cub has grown much taller after a few days, and Han Zhan can no longer hold the little mermaid in his palm.

Two days ago, he heard Uncle Lei Zhe accidentally mention, "Zai Zai has eaten a bit too much recently."

Han Zhan kept it in mind. He knew that Uncle Lei Zhe was going to the Great Trench in the next few days.Before going to bed at night, Han Zhan thought uncontrollably that if Uncle Lei Zhe was not at home, the winter cub would not have enough to eat and would be so hungry that it would chew the backbone of the fish like before.

Han Zhan often went hungry and knew what it felt like to be hungry. That delicate little mermaid would probably shed tears.Thinking of the little mermaid's small baby teeth, which can only make the meat mushy, I wonder if Uncle Jiali will mash the meat for the winter cub.

Han Zhan patted the fish's tail and thought indifferently, why should he care whether the little mermaid would be hungry.

On the way out to hunt for food, Han Zhan unknowingly searched for traces of bighead fish. Recently, the number of bighead fish has dropped significantly, and their hiding skills have become better and better. Han Zhan searched for a long time before he caught a fish.

Han Zhan came to the small stone house by a strange messenger. He stopped at the door with a cold face. He was about to leave the fish and leave, but he was discovered by Zaizai just in time.

Dongkui was not happy, he liked Dong Zai, but Dong Zai ignored him because Dong Zai was so close to a stranger fish.Dongkui squeezed forward and looked at Han Zhan with hostile eyes, "Dong Zai, who is he?"

Dong Zai's eyes curved into crescent shapes, "It's my brother!"

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Han Zhan: Zaizai, how many good brothers do you have?!