Pearl Necklace

Three months later.

Chi Li was at the base keeping Eggy company when he suddenly received a call from the butler, asking if he had time and urging him to hurry back. Si Jinyan had been in his susceptible period for several days.

Chi Li froze, then immediately got to his feet and headed for the door.

In the center of the incubation room, the egg in the nutrient fluid did not look much different from three months ago. Chi Li studied Eggy closely and felt that the cracks seemed smaller than before, while the white membrane was no longer as transparent.

Back then, after Eggy gave Chi Li its most important scale, its heartbeat had stopped several times.

Si Jinyan had someone set up the incubator, recreating the original maternal growth environment before placing Eggy inside.

Lu Jiu had also said, "It lacked pheromones before. We can try giving it some, after all, the nutrient fluid can't provide all the nutrition it needs."

After hearing that, Chi Li had come to sit in the incubation room every day from then on.

When Si Jinyan had removed his scales shortly before reaching adulthood, he had been severely injured. They all knew that for a juvenile Mermaid that had yet to hatch, it was an even greater threshold between life and death. Perhaps Eggy would remain like this until its life ran out.

Yet a few days ago, as Chi Li sat before the incubator, he suddenly heard a heartbeat—rapid and strong. His eyes widened sharply. Maybe it had been an illusion, but ever since then, Chi Li had even stayed here at night.

He had a vague premonition—

Eggy was doing better than before. It was slowly recovering.

After receiving the call, Chi Li hurried home.

On the spaceship, he