Chapter 595: Chapter 595: Mr. White Whale
They say a daughter is a father’s lover from a previous life.
Isn’t a son also a mother’s lover from a previous life?
Guan Yue: “I really admire your independence. If it were me, without Shaoheng, I would definitely feel lonely.”
Du Shaoheng’s steps suddenly slowed down.
Guan Yue didn’t notice and continued to sigh: “I used to often joke with Shaoheng. I said, when we grow old, what if one of us leaves first, what would the other do?”
Li Yufei couldn’t help but laugh through tears: “You’re still young, why would you consider such a question?”
Guan Yue opened up: “Maybe it’s related to my cousin! I had a cousin who passed away from cancer a couple of years ago. He was very young, not even thirty, just got married, and hadn’t had any children yet. He had liver cancer, and by the time it was discovered, it was already in the middle to late stages. He and his wife had been together since their school days. The day I attended the funeral, watching her faint from crying several times, I couldn’t help but have such reflections. I always said to Shaoheng, when we grow old, I must go before him, otherwise, if he goes before me, I simply couldn’t bear such a blow.”
Li Yufei said: “Don’t worry, the two of you will definitely live a long life and grow old together.”
Guan Yue sincerely said: “Yufei, thank you, I didn’t expect you would be willing to listen to such childish jokes from me.”
Du Shaoheng slowly caught up, reached out, and wrapped his hand tightly around Guan Yue’s hand.
Guan Yue held his hand back, leaning slightly towards him.
Li Yufei glanced over from the corner of her eye, immediately turned her head, took a few steps back to avoid suspicion, and quickly chased after Junjun: “The two kids have run too far, I’ll go hold onto them.”
“Okay.”
Li Yufei walked over to Junjun and took his hand.
The group got their tickets checked and entered the aquarium.
As soon as they entered the aquarium, the blue world of the ocean, the signs for the various themed areas were clearly marked.
Junjun looked at Xixi: “Xixi, didn’t you say you love penguins the most? How about we go see the penguins first?”
Xixi pointed at the sign and said: “But it says we can’t see the penguins until ten.”
Junjun: “Then let’s go see the dolphins first.”
Xixi: “Sure!”
Li Yufei held Junjun’s hand, while Junjun held Xixi’s hand.
The three of them walked ahead in the distance.
Du Shaoheng and Guan Yue walked behind.
Entering the underwater tunnel, soon, Junjun and Xixi leaned on the glass wall. Through the glass wall, Xixi watched the groups of fish swimming by, and occasionally, a shark would glide past the beautiful coral reef, passing over the fish, causing waves of amazed admiration among the people.
“Mr. Shark is so cool!”
Xixi leaned on the glass wall, looking at the underwater world inside with her beautiful eyes wide open, sparkling.
She suddenly turned her head curiously and asked: “Brother! Brother!”
Junjun was staring at the shark intently and responded with a “hmm?”
Xixi asked: “Don’t sharks eat small fish?”
Junjun: “Yeah.”
Xixi: “But I just saw that Mr. Shark swim past a lot of small fish without eating them.”
Junjun said: “Mr. Shark does eat small fish. Maybe he’s not hungry right now! The aquarium’s staff feed Mr. Shark every day until he’s full, so he doesn’t want to eat other small fish.”
Li Yufei bent down, put her hands on her knees, and looked carefully.
There were a few small fish closely following the large sharks; they were guide fish.
She immediately explained: “Sharks do eat other small fish, but these little fish are guide fish. They are good friends with the sharks.”
Xixi pointed at a group of blue-backed, white-bellied fish and asked: “Auntie, are those small fish the guide fish you’re talking about?”
Li Yufei: “Yes. In the ocean, sharks are very ferocious by nature, and even if they’re full, they’ll sometimes eat other small fish. But these small fish are guide fish, they stick closely with the sharks. Whenever the sharks go hunting, they follow closely behind. Don’t they look like the shark’s escort team?”
Xixi looked: “That’s right.”
Li Yufei said: “Guide fish swim ahead to explore the situation, then return to their position. When the shark makes a kill, it grants the leftover food to them. Apart from eating what Mr. Shark eats, the guide fish also help clean the debris in the shark’s teeth. That’s why Mr. Shark is very friendly to these small fish.”
Junjun suddenly realized: “So that’s how it is!”
Li Yufei: “Of course, you’re not wrong. Every day, the staff feed the sharks until they’re full, but even so, it’s not guaranteed that sharks won’t eat other small fish…”
Li Yufei was patiently educating the two little ones with science lessons.
Xixi turned her head back, listening attentively to Li Yufei’s explanation.
Little did she know, a huge white whale had suddenly swum up to her side. Unlike sharks, the white whale is very friendly to humans, loves people, and will actively befriend visitors, especially children.
It swam up to Xixi, peering curiously at her through the aquarium wall.
Li Yufei suddenly noticed this giant creature, slightly surprised.
Xixi followed Li Yufei’s gaze and turned to look, unexpectedly bumping into the white whale’s gentle large head.
Seeing Xixi finally turn to look at it, the white whale suddenly rolled over in happiness, flipping its white belly upward, and padded its belly as if greeting her.
“Wow!”
Xixi widened her eyes in surprise, pressing her little hands on the glass. She couldn’t resist wanting to touch the white whale’s plump belly, looking very soft to the touch!
“This is a white whale!”
It was her first time seeing such a big white whale!
The white whale rolled over several more times, blew some bubbles, then swam off to another area.
Xixi instinctively chased after in the direction the white whale swam.
Li Yufei said: “Xixi, slow down.”
She held Junjun’s hand and followed along.
Du Shaoheng and Guan Yue had just entered the underwater tunnel, and from a distance, they saw Xixi and Junjun leaning on the glass wall, watching the white whale with great interest.
This white whale seemed to really like Xixi, or maybe found her adorable, that it seriously performed many tricks for her.
Xixi was amused by the white whale and laughed out loud: “Hahahaha! Mr. White Whale is so cute!”
Junjun: “What if it’s not Mister, but a female white whale?”
Xixi: “I can’t tell. I just think it’s so big, so cute, and I really want to touch it.”
Junjun: “Can you swim?”
Xixi shook her head: “I can’t. I’m afraid of the water.”
This wasn’t her first time at the aquarium.
Since she was little, Xixi had been very afraid of water. The first time she came to the aquarium, her mom and dad brought her, and she was so scared of the water she didn’t dare to enter the underwater tunnel. It wasn’t until she grew older that she overcame her fear of water.