Picked up a deep sea lord

"Leave him here, will you take good care of him?"

"of course."

As soon as Ye Jian finished speaking, Gu Mei said without hesitation.

"I know that mermaids are very fragile pets, so we will do our best to provide him with the best living environment, clean water, and three meals a day. You don't have to worry about these."

"Besides, you have just come to this city not long ago, and you don't have a stable residence yet? Don't worry about this either. As long as it is what you need, we can help you solve it—this is our sincerity."

Ye Jian nodded lightly: "Very good conditions."

"However, I refuse."

"……why?"

Gu Mei did not hide her surprise at all, and immediately stepped forward: "You need a pass, don't you?"

Ye Jian: "Yes."

Gu Mei: "Then you can completely trust me, we will—"

"The little mermaid will be sad to know that I have left him."

Ye Jian interrupted her, lowered her eyes, and calmly looked at Luo Ling in her arms.

"I promised him I wouldn't leave him alone."

"But, it doesn't matter." Gu Mei still wanted to persuade him, "If your pet stays here, my people will be very careful..."

"He's not a pet," Ye Jian said indifferently, "He doesn't like others treating him as a pet."

"Goodbye."

Gu Mei was stunned, but Ye Jian had already turned around and walked out without any hesitation.

"……and many more!"

After staying in place for two seconds, Gu Mei suddenly stepped forward.

"In this case, Mr. Ye, I agree to your request!"

Ye Jian turned her head sideways.

"We need you," Gu Mei said earnestly, "I hope you can join our team and go out hunting with us."

Ye Jian: "Can I bring my mermaid?"

"Yes!" Gu Mei said, "I will find a solution to the problem of water sources. As long as you agree to leave the city with us, I will start preparations immediately."

Ye Jian's expression remained unchanged.

Allowing him to take Luo Ling with him shows that Gu Mei's goal is not this little mermaid. From her words, it can be inferred that her strongest motive is to "get out of the city".

Why go out of town, what is there outside the city?

Ye Jian thought of what Gu Mei heard from outside the house when they arrived just now.

[The nest appears. 】

The nest... should be a key piece of information.

Ye Jian: "I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

Gu Mei was a little disappointed when she heard the words, but she quickly covered up her emotions.

"Leave me your address and contact information." The captain smiled and said, "I'll look for you tomorrow, so I don't trouble you to come."

So, Ye Jian and Gu Mei exchanged contact information with communication bracelets and left here.

The wind and sand rolled across the street corner, Ye Jian wanted to give Luo Ling a quilt, but when she lowered her head, she met a pair of silent eyes.

For some reason, Ye Jian noticed that Luo Ling's face was a little pale.

"What's the matter?" He said gently, "Is there any discomfort?"

Luo Ling looked at Ye Jian without blinking, and shook her head.

Ye Jian: "Then, did I disturb you just now?"

"No."

Luo Ling whispered, then lowered her head and buried her face in Ye Jian's arms.

Rub it lightly, rub it again.

Although it was still uncomfortable, at this moment, his heart was at peace that he had never had before.

Ye Jian said that he is not a pet.

Ye Jian also said that he would not be left alone.

Ye Jian, Ye Jian...

A warm current gushed out from his chest, and as the name filled Luo Ling's heart, even his cold limbs seemed to warm up.

Ye Jian found that the little mermaid was rubbing back and forth on her body.

After a while, he laughed sullenly.

Ye Jian blinked.

Hmm... My mood has improved, and my spirit has recovered a little.

He raised his hand to touch Luo Ling's head, and that hand was quickly held by Luo Ling, rubbing against his face.

Clingy.

"You want to ask me a question." Ye Jian said, "In the morning, you were a little absent-minded."

Luo Ling froze for a moment, but shook his head with his face still pressed against Ye Jian's palm.

In fact, in the morning, he just felt uncomfortable, that's why he wasn't in the right state.

Of course, he also cared a little bit about Ye Jian's refusal to tell him about the conversation with the shop owner... only a little bit.

But now, he doesn't think about it anymore.

Because he knew that Ye Jian would not leave him.

Luo Ling flicked her fish tail lightly, Ye Jian noticed the change in the little mermaid's mood, and opened her eyebrows.

"Actually, the reason why the shop owner came to me this morning was not only to ask me to pay the rent, but also to tell me one thing."

He decided not to hide it any more, because he found that sometimes concealing wouldn't make the little mermaid feel at ease, it would only be counterproductive.

"Some strange people have coveted you recently, so they often pass by the hotel."

"I didn't want to worry you, so I didn't tell you."

After listening in a daze, Luo Ling realized something, and immediately felt a little guilty.

Ye Jian: "Ah, look, this is the expression."

Luo Ling: "..."

Luo Ling restrained her expression and puffed up her cheeks.

Ye Jian raised her eyebrows and poked his bulging face lightly.

"Then," Luo Ling said, "what does Ye Jian plan to do in the future?"

Ye Jian: "Find out Gu Mei's purpose before joining the explorer team."

He wanted to find out what the "nest" was, and why Gu Mei, the leader of the explorer team, was so nervous.

Of course, for that pass, even if he had to risk going out of the city, he was willing to give it a try.

Luo Ling nodded, and said in a low voice, "I can stay out of the water for a long time, so Ye Jian doesn't have to worry about me."

"I know," Ye Jian said, "You are a powerful little mermaid."

Luo Ling was a little happy immediately.

An ordinary mermaid's life would be in danger if he was out of the water for more than a day, but he is a special little mermaid, otherwise he would not be able to survive the pursuit of his own kind.

However, this ability is still useless to him, it can only keep him from holding Ye Jian back.

It would be nice if I could become an adult earlier and wake up earlier.

Luo Ling had this thought again.

In this way, he could help Ye Jian instead of just hiding by Ye Jian's side.

He... wanted to protect Ye Jian.

Luo Ling suddenly lowered her head.

Ye Jian: "What's wrong?"

"……nothing."

Luo Ling muttered softly.

His tail hurts again.

But it doesn't hurt as much as last night, so it doesn't matter.

Ye Jian still wanted to ask, but Luo Ling had already raised his face, looking at him innocently as if nothing had happened: "Brother."

Ye Jian's attention was immediately taken away by the soft "brother": "Huh?"

Luo Ling blinked her eyes: "I want to eat candied haws."

Ye Jian: "Okay."

So, the two went to the commercial street near District C to buy candied haws, and passed by another store during the process.

This is a newly opened cake shop, and there are exquisite cakes in the clean window, which is very eye-catching.

Ye Jian stopped: "Want to eat?"

Luo Ling gnawed on the candied haws, obediently shaking her head: "I don't want to."

He is a contented little mermaid.

Moreover, he felt that the scent of the cake was too sweet, not as good as candied haws.

Ye Jian fell silent, didn't leave, and looked at Luo Ling without saying a word.

Luo Ling and Ye Jian looked at each other for a few seconds, blinked, and swallowed a candied haws.

"I want to eat now."

"That's great," Ye Jian immediately said with a smile, "Let's go buy it."

The two turned into the cake shop and came out with two small cakes in their hands.

The honey cake is golden in color and has a gold-like liquid flowing when cut.Luo Ling lay on the side of the small table in the hotel room, picked up a small piece with a fork, and put it into her mouth.

"So sweet!"

The honey cake was too sweet for the little mermaid in the deep sea, and he grinned and wrinkled his face.

Ye Jian: "Is there?"

He took a bite.

"It's not sweet at all," he said, "it's delicious."

Luo Ling was shocked.

A second later, he silently pushed the cake out: "Brother, eat it, I don't want it."

Ye Jian: "Really not?"

Luo Ling shook his head like a rattle.

Ye Jian: "Good."

Under Luo Ling's admiring and somewhat incredulous eyes, he ate both honey cakes.

Ye Jian likes sweets... well, scary sweets.

Luo Ling thought silently.

record.

After eating the cake, Ye Jian put Luo Ling back in the bathtub, clicked on the communication bracelet beside him, and searched for something.

Luo Ling didn't disturb Ye Jian, and sank into the bathtub silently, revealing a pair of dark eyes, looking at the people around him without blinking.

Then start gurgling and bubbling.

Ye Jian caught a glimpse of this scene from the corner of her eye and was about to laugh when she saw Luo Ling's head popped up and said very seriously: "I want to practice blowing bubbles."

Ye Jian: "Huh?"

Luo Ling's tail fin rippled with the water: "When I learn it, I will be able to blow beautiful bubbles for Ye Jian!"

Ye Jian thought for a while: "I want that kind of connected heart-shaped bubbles."

Luo Ling nodded firmly and confidently.

Then buried in the bathtub again, gurgling.

Ye Jian took a sneak peek and saw that they were all ugly bubbles.

After a while, he found the information he wanted, turned off the communication bracelet, and took another peek at Luo Ling's bathtub.

Still a bunch of ugly bubbles.

Ye Jian: "Pfft."

Luo Ling: "?"

He looked up at Ye Jian.

Ye Jian said righteously: "I didn't laugh at you."

Luo Ling: "..."

He didn't believe it.

He will definitely blow nice bubbles!

...Although after that, Luo Ling practiced hard for a whole day, but couldn't blow a good-looking bubble.

not a single one.

At night, Ye Jian saw the little mermaid floating on the water, and patted him with a smile: "It's okay, it's only the first day, you can practice a little more, you'll be fine."

Luo Ling let out a muffled "Oh", then raised her hand and lightly pulled Ye Jian's cuff.

"Can Ye Jian accompany me tonight?" His tone was soft, "I think I can see Ye Jian until bedtime."

He thought Ye Jian would ask the reason, but the other party nodded after hearing this sentence: "Okay."

Luo Ling raised her eyes, took Ye Jian's hand, and shook it slightly.

As the night darkened, in a dark room, a little mermaid was lying in the bathtub, sleeping peacefully.

One of his hands was still gently grabbing Ye Jian's sleeve, and he could push it away with a simple movement.

But Ye Jian didn't.

He rested his jaw and closed his eyes by the bathtub.

——This night, he had another dream.

In the dream, there was a very cute little mermaid lying down by the lake and calling him softly.

"Brother, I have grown legs!" The little mermaid said happily, "I will be a mermaid from now on!"

Ye Jian was very surprised: "Really? Let me see."

The little mermaid sank to the bottom of the water shyly, and after a while, gurgling and floating... a fish head rolling its eyes emerged.

Ye Jian: "?"

The fish head winked at him cutely (?), and stretched out a pair of black hairy legs.

Ye Jian: "???"

Ye Jian was awakened.

The first thing he did when he opened his eyes from the dream was to check the situation of the little mermaid around him.

Luo Ling just woke up, and opened her eyes in a daze: "Ye Jian?"

Ye Jian: "Have you grown your legs yet?"

Luo Ling glanced down, a little regretful: "No."

Ye Jian was silent for a few seconds, clicked on the search box of the communication bracelet, and entered "mermaid".

Coincidentally, the first picture that popped up on the search page was the mermaid with fish head and hairy legs in his dream.

There is also a matching word next to it: an adult mermaid, a beauty.

Ye Jian gasped.

Luo Ling: "?"

Luo Ling felt something was wrong!

Just as he was about to say something, Ye Jian turned to him, her face was pale, and she said softly, "Otherwise, you'd better grow up later."

"I can keep you forever," Ye Jian said angrily, "It's okay."

Luo Ling: "???"