My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband-Chapter 724 - 723: The Ancient Dragon Pond is actually here
Lu Jinyi was still asking, "So where exactly is Dragon Pond? Why have we never heard of it before? How come you know about it? It’s not fair! We’re all Dragon Clan, so why is the information disparity so severe?"
Bo Leng shot Lu Jinyi a look as sharp as a blade.
That gaze felt like a thunderbolt strike, suffocating and immensely oppressive.
Lu Jinyi prudently sealed his lips, but his heart rebelled, and his eyes secretly sought answers from Sheng Liuyun and Yun Yin.
Sheng Liuyun and Yun Yin wore similarly gloomy expressions. They felt embarrassed that, as members of the Dragon Clan, they didn’t know where Dragon Pond was. It was truly shameful. Moreover, they felt Bo Leng was being unreasonable for not even giving them a heads-up about such an important matter.
Mo Yinhe leaned over, picked up Xiaobai, and said, "Enough talk. Take us there."
Mo Yinhe asked Fengjue to prepare the aircraft.
Soon, the group boarded the UFO-shaped airplane. Even Tang Zhou managed to quickly sneak on board.
The pilot didn’t know the destination.
Bo Leng stood tall and imposing in the cockpit. He opened the global map, selected a location, and tapped it with his fingertip.
Lu Jinyi, Sheng Liuyun, and Yun Yin, like three curious children, stood beside Bo Leng, sneaking peeks at the spot on the map. They discovered that Bo Leng’s finger was pointing to Shendu on the Mu Continent—Bo Leng’s territory.
Lu Jinyi expressed his surprise, "Dragon Pond is in Shendu? This location seems close to the Third Military Base in Shendu, right? You’ve been secretly hogging Dragon Pond without telling anyone. What are you playing at?"
Sheng Liuyun also said sourly, "What’s inside Dragon Pond? Does the Prince Regent know it’s in Shendu?"
Yun Yin said, "This is too much! Are you planning to hog it all for yourself?"
Bo Leng ignored the sour complaints of his three brothers. After setting the destination, he went to the rest cabin to recuperate.
To reduce Bo Fengyin’s fever, Bo Leng had transferred a large amount of his vital essence to him and now needed to rest properly.
He reclined his seat, lay back, crossed his hands over his chest, his cool lips slightly pursed, and closed his eyes to recover his strength.
The dutiful Little Fengyin ran over to his uncle, giving him a shoulder rub and a leg massage with great enthusiasm.
Bo Leng lazily opened his eyelids to see Fengyin’s diligent efforts. He didn’t refuse but closed his eyes again and pointed to his right shoulder. Little Fengyin immediately went on to massage his uncle’s right shoulder.
Sitting nearby, Mo Yinhe watched his son’s fawning display of filial piety and felt a twinge of jealousy. He huffed and said, "I haven’t even enjoyed such treatment, and he’s already taking it for granted!"
Si Mingjing heard Mo Yinhe’s bellyful of complaints, turned her head to see the dutiful Little Fengyin, and chuckled softly. "Fengyin was raised by Big Brother; of course, he’s devoted to him. Are you jealous about this too?"
It wasn’t exactly jealousy, more like envy.
Mo Yinhe held the unconscious Ye Nianbai tightly in his arms and said reflectively, "If I had known earlier, I would have sent Xiaobai to be raised on the Mu Continent. Anyone would have done a better job raising him than I did! At least he wouldn’t have developed panda blood."
Si Mingjing wrapped her hands around Mo Yinhe’s arm and rested her head on his shoulder, saying, "Don’t think like that. My biggest regret is never having witnessed any of our children grow from tiny babies into the smart and clever people they are now. Don’t miss out on that, not even for one of them."
Mo Yinhe didn’t think so. Compared to witnessing his child grow up, he wished even more that someone could save his son in a life-or-death situation, rather than him holding his child in his arms, utterly helpless, as he was now.
He reached out to wipe the cold sweat from Xiaobai’s forehead and said, "The first time Xiaobai fell ill was in the third month after his birth. Late one night, he suddenly came down with an unrelenting high fever. Si Yuan knocked on my door in the middle of the night to tell me about it. Later, we called the family doctor, who said the child was too young for medications or shots, and suggested we use fever-reducing patches for physical cooling..."
Back then, Si Yuan was the one who took care of the children.
Si Yuan, an unmarried young woman, took on the burden of looking after the children for her brother and sister-in-law.
Caring for children is very demanding. One shouldn’t expect to sleep soundly at night, as you often have to get up many times to prepare baby formula or to change diapers.
The family could have hired a nanny, but Si Yuan didn’t trust outsiders, saying a nanny wouldn’t be as dedicated as family.
On the way to Shendu, Mo Yinhe shared stories about Xiaobai’s childhood with Si Mingjing.
Before Xiaobai turned one, he always slept with Si Yuan. After he turned three, Ye Shen took on more of his nighttime care. He, on the other hand, as the father, seemed to have shouldered little responsibility, merely enjoying the authority of fatherhood.
"Don’t say that. Xiaobai is so sensible; you surely deserve some credit. There’s a saying: ’Instruction by word and example.’ Every time this little fellow does something, he likes to say, ’My daddy says...’ This shows he takes your words to heart and even emulates you."
Si Mingjing’s hand caressed Xiaobai’s cool and adorable face. "If he hadn’t felt a father’s love, a child wouldn’t constantly treat your words as gospel and repeat them."
「Eight hours later, the plane arrived at the Mu Continent, Shendu.」
About ten kilometers north of the Third Military Base in the suburbs of Shendu lay an undersea mountain range.
Tens of thousands of years ago, before the Mu Continent sank beneath the sea, this place was a continuous range of towering, cloud-piercing peaks.
There are many mountain ranges deep in the ocean, especially in the Pacific Ocean, where the number of undersea mountain ranges is astonishing—nearly thirty thousand of them. Some of these ranges have their tops exposed above the water, forming islands of various sizes.
The Hawaii Islands, Azores Islands, and Bermuda Islands were once undersea mountain ranges.
In the suburbs of Shendu, there was a continuous mountain range. Before being submerged by seawater, these mountains were named Jianglong Mountain, characterized by dense forests, fragrant flowers, and the songs of birds.
After the great flood tens of thousands of years ago, Jianglong Mountain sank to the seabed. The once-dense forests were long gone, the ancient towering trees had vanished, and in their place grew seaweed and other marine vegetation. Yet, Dragon Pond still existed!
This was because Dragon Pond was hidden within the very rock of Jianglong Mountain—a massive, ancient cave, artificially excavated.
After the great flood engulfed Jianglong Mountain, the cave was never opened again.
As long as it remained closed, the seawater could not enter.
Following the coordinates, the UFO-shaped aircraft landed on an undersea plain near the ancient cave, at the precise location Bo Leng had designated.
The group disembarked, moving directly through the water.
Bo Leng led the way at the front. Mo Yinhe carried Xiaobai, swimming behind him. Si Mingjing held hands with Little Bo Fengyin, followed by Sheng Liuyun, Yun Yin, Lu Jinyi, and an excited Little Jinli.
Other accompanying personnel, including Fengjue, were ordered to remain on the aircraft on standby and were not permitted to follow.
After swimming underwater for about ten minutes, they reached the entrance to the ancient cave.
On the mountainside was a huge stone door, five meters high and three meters wide, completely overgrown with seaweed. If Bo Leng hadn’t pointed to it, they would have scarcely been able to distinguish it as a door.
Bo Leng said, "Here we are, this is the place!"
