Bottom's point of view >>
"Dad, can you be my wife?"
When six-year-old Jiang Xiaoyu said this, Jiang Hailou knew his parenting had failed completely.
The pretty little merboy blinked his bright blue eyes, as if asking for an ordinary toy.
Jiang Hailou joked, "Sure, if you can make the rain..."
Before he could finish, the storm outside cleared.
?
He repented.
Top's point of view >>
Where is Dad, where is Dad?
Dad is in that scarlet demon town.
Here are red flowers, and green ghosts,
And a little merboy who can sing.
Where is Dad, where is Dad?
Dad is in that deep blue ocean.
Reflected there are white cities and black dragons,
And a little merboy who can sing...
[Bonus Scene]
Jiang Xiaoyu brought a friend home, and Jiang Hailou hurried off to cook. He tossed the octopus brains he'd treasured for years into a pot, where they bubbled in a dark purple broth.
"Wow, Xiaoyu, your house is so big!"
Jiang Xiaoyu picked up his favorite stuffed toy. "This is the room Dad and I share."
"Where's your mom?"
"I don't have a mom."
The children were surprised. "How can that be? We were all born from our moms. Where did you come from?"
The little merboy looked toward the kitchen. "The sea."
"How can you not have a mom? Moms love their babies most of all. Were you abandoned?"
Jiang Hailou heard every word. He peeked through the crack in the door and saw his precious son bury his head in his stuffed toy without saying a word.
His heart ached. In a sudden fit of passion, he rushed in, raised his ladle, and declared, "I gave birth to Jiang Xiaoyu!!"
The children fell silent, staring at him with wide eyes.
A certain fish, woken from a nap, looked up with tearful eyes. "Dad... Mom."
"Shut up..."
Jiang Hailou died of embarrassment and took back his protective-parent declaration.
From then on, word spread around town that the only immortal (a man) could give birth.
Jiang Hailou (bottom): A super-strong sea guard and natural dad, with a great physique and utterly dependable.
Jiang Xiaoyu (top): A beautiful, daddy-obsessed merboy with the luck of the gods, a weather child who acts on impulse.
1v1, both pure, HE. Seventy percent of the story is sweet, adorable father-son daily life. The top is a cute, well-behaved little boy at first (he's not actually well-behaved), and grows up later~
Sea: A son you've raised is like water you've poured out...(wipes away a tear)
Fish: (appears in a flash) Dad, I'm back. (snuggles up)
Sea: Where do you think you're putting your hands?
2025.5.25
Theme: A fish swims in the sea.
