Chapter Eighty-Three, Part 2
Bo Chi suspiciously pestered Yu Zhao and asked for a long time. After confirming that she didn’t mean it, she let go, and continued to ponder: “We also have to prepare baby clothes.“
Yu Zhao opened the smart computer, opened the shopping interface in front of her, and said reservedly: “Buy whatever you want.“
Seeing her acting like a nouveau riche, Bo Chi was belatedly surprised: “Didn’t you go kill space pirates? Where did you get so much money? Did you rob their homes?“
Yu Zhao was noncommittal: “Robbing their homes is one part, the rest is the bounty from the underground black net. Those space pirates caused trouble everywhere, and offended many people. Plus, they’re good at escaping, so the bounty kept increasing.“
Bo Chi was amazed: “There’s even such a thing as a black net? That’s really interesting.“
Yu Zhao smiled slightly: “Every planet has many interesting things. I’ve already talked to His Majesty, and postponed your trip to the front lines. After you give birth, I’ll take you out to play.“
Bo Chi subconsciously asked: “Then who will take care of the children? Your parents?“
Yu Zhao paused: “My parents died on the battlefield many years ago, and I don’t have any other elders, so the children can be taken care of by the robot.“
Bo Chi regretted her careless words after hearing the beginning, hugged Yu Zhao to comfort her, and then, hearing the second part, she couldn’t help but say: “Huh? Can robots take good care of children?“
Yu Zhao nodded: “Many nobles do this. Judging from the fact that those children are still alive, there shouldn’t be any problems.“
Bo Chi: “…Using ‘alive’ as the criterion is already very problematic!“
Yu Zhao looked innocent.
Forget it.
Bo Chi sighed in her heart.
The children’s mother was unreliable, so she had to be more attentive.
There were many baby clothes on the smart computer. Bo Chi put the ones she liked into the shopping cart.
She originally wanted to wait until after dinner to slowly choose, and try to pick out the ones that were both good-looking and cheap. As a result, after dinner, when she leaned against Yu Zhao again, she saw that the hundreds of clothes in the shopping cart were all gone!
She immediately burst into tears: “Is it stuck? Why are they all gone? I spent the whole morning looking at the shop, how come there’s nothing left?“
Yu Zhao was surprised: “Left what? I bought them all with one click, and they’ve already been shipped. If there are any you don’t like, you can just throw them away.“
Bo Chi’s crying stopped abruptly, and she looked up at her in confusion: “What did you say?“
Yu Zhao: “Just throw them away if you don’t like them—“
“No, no.” Bo Chi sat up straight in shock: “You bought all those baby clothes? Hundreds of them, big sister! You bought them all?!“
Yu Zhao reacted, rubbed her head with a smile, and said: “I told you, I can support you now. Not to mention a few hundred little dresses, even buying dozens of villas is not a problem.“
Bo Chi’s expression became strange, and she said with emotion: “No wonder ancient emperors loved to confiscate property… I would too.“
The clothes were all prepared, and there were even more.
Bo Chi originally emptied a wardrobe to store the baby clothes, but now she had to clean up another empty room, and like stocking up, she filled all the space with express boxes.
After dealing with the clothes, Bo Chi turned her head and asked Yu Zhao: “Is there anything else we need to prepare?“
Yu Zhao, who was also a newbie, pondered for a while, recalled the lecture at the Mermaid’s Home that she attended halfway, clicked on the baby stroller interface on the smart computer, and said uncertainly: “Shouldn’t we… buy a baby stroller?“
Bo Chi lifted her arm, snuggled into her arms, looked up at the screen, and pondered: “Then what kind should we buy? This cloud one looks pretty good, but it’s a flying vehicle, can children drive it? Don’t they need a driver’s license?“
Yu Zhao rested her chin on Bo Chi’s head, clicked on the cloud car interface, and studied it for a while: “This is a self-driving car, children can sit on it and press a button to go.“
“But I still don’t think it’s safe.” Bo Chi thought for a while, and shook her head: “No, no, let’s choose a land vehicle.“
Yu Zhao obediently turned the page, and then her eyes lit up: “How about this prison wagon?“
She pointed at the picture, and then read the words beside it: “Prison wagon for the condemned, inspired by the scene of ancient death row prisoners being locked in a wagon on their way to the execution ground. There are chains in the car to bind the hands and feet, which can keep your child stable. There are simulated horses under the car, authentically reflecting the ancient characteristics. The steering wheel also has a movable mechanical arm that randomly throws eggs at the child, restoring the most realistic prison wagon experience, so that the child can also have interactive fun during the boring ride.“
Yu Zhao smiled with interest: “It looks quite interesting, should we—“
As she spoke, she lowered her head to see what Bo Chi thought.
Bo Chi had turned her eyes away at some point, no longer staring at the smart computer screen, but looking at Yu Zhao faintly. When Yu Zhao met her gaze, Bo Chi smiled sinisterly: “If you dare to buy it, I dare to put you in it.“
“…” Yu Zhao coughed lightly: “This is a baby stroller, I can’t fit in it.“
Bo Chi raised her small fist and waved it threateningly: “If you buy it, I can make you fit in it, do you believe me?“
Yu Zhao was silent for a while, grabbed her pink and white little fist and kissed it, and said helplessly: “Okay, I’ll listen to you, let’s change to another one.“
She looked at the prison wagon reluctantly, and finally changed to another batch.
There were still quite a lot of baby strollers on land. After excluding those strange vehicles, Bo Chi bought a small train carriage, which had about four seats, fulfilling Yu Zhao’s need for a ‘family of four’.
They were quite lucky. This store seemed to be having some kind of promotion. After they placed their order, they generously gave them a locomotive. The two together looked quite impressive.
The afternoon sun was lazy and warm. Bo Chi snuggled in Yu Zhao’s arms, and bought a lot of things with her.
The delivery speed in the interstellar world was extremely fast. Those things were delivered that day. Bo Chi wanted to help Yu Zhao organize them, but Yu Zhao was worried about her pregnancy, and carried her to the pool to rest.
The brand new pool gave Bo Chi a great sense of happiness. She ate wherever she swam, and after tasting a variety of fresh fish fillets and shrimp, she opened her smart computer with satisfaction – Yu Zhao bought one for her as soon as she had money, but Bo Chi wanted to be clingy with Yu Zhao, so she had been looking at things on Yu Zhao’s smart computer all afternoon.
Now that Yu Zhao was busy, she browsed the Starnet for things to pay attention to during pregnancy.
Since mermaids generally had low intelligence and didn’t know much about pregnancy, it was up to the nobles to pay attention to these things. After entering the keyword ‘pregnancy’, a bunch of posts popped up on the screen. Bo Chi clicked on them one by one and read them carefully, seriously remembering the key points.
After soaking in the pool for a long time, probably enough to last a night, Bo Chi went ashore to eat dinner, and after eating, she rolled onto Yu Zhao’s bed.
Yu Zhao held her, her face calm and indifferent, but in her heart, she was reciting the Great Compassion Mantra, trying to calm herself down.
Halfway through the recitation, she keenly noticed that Bo Chi’s hand was moving, and she couldn’t help but open her eyes and look at her: “What’s wrong?“
Bo Chi was startled, quickly withdrew her hand, blushed, and said: “You, you’re not asleep?“
Seeing her big reaction, Yu Zhao’s eyes darkened slightly: “I was thinking about something, what about you… what were you doing under the quilt just now?“
The tips of Bo Chi’s ears turned red, she refused to tell her, and stammered, looking for an excuse: “I, I was picking my feet!“
Yu Zhao: “…”
The clever commander didn’t believe the little mermaid’s words. She approached the girl, held Bo Chi’s hand, gently caressed it, and said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile: “If you were picking your feet, then why are you blushing? I guess… you were counting your scales, right?“
Bo Chi was stunned: “Why would I count my scales?“
Yu Zhao said matter-of-factly: “Because you’re curious. You must be like me, you’ve long wanted to count how many scales there are on your fishtail. This kind of thing isn’t childish, there’s no need for you to hide it from me, I’ll turn on the light and count with you.“
She seemed to be speaking calmly, but in fact, the eagerness in her tone was almost overflowing.
Bo Chi couldn’t bear it anymore, pulled her back, and said angrily: “Who said it’s not childish? It’s super childish! And don’t accuse me, I’ve never had such a boring thought.“
Yu Zhao turned over and pulled her into her arms, her red lips slightly parted, gently biting her earlobe, and said with a smile: “Oh? Then tell me, what were you doing just now?“