Chapter 71

◎This is love◎

The two mermaids lived in a large clam shell, which must have been a large bed given by a neighbor.

At this moment, the clam shell was half-closed, and the female mermaid sat inside with her arms folded: "If you don't admit your mistake, don't even think about entering this house today!"

The male mermaid was so angry that he laughed. He flicked his tail and said, "Why don't you tell me what I did wrong?"

"Isn't it wrong for you to add my full name? Isn't it wrong for me not to be the first one to add it?"

"That's all I know," the male merman said. "Being able to write your name correctly is already pretty good. Besides, I added the Divine Lord in the first place because he was right here. If I have any questions later, can't I just ask him? And what's wrong with adding the Divine Lord? Didn't you add him too? Can you please be reasonable?"

The mermaid became even angrier: "You're trying to reason with me now? Did I argue with you just to listen to your reasoning?"

The male mermaid simply sat down, as if he was going to try to get his reputation back. After a moment's thought, he said, "Wait a minute, could you please give everyone earplugs? If we continue to argue, we'll probably get complained about again."

"How would I know where you put your earplugs?"

"In the little conch shell behind the pillow."

"Oh, I found it." The mermaid turned around and found the small conch, and shook it out all at once. The small earplugs flew out one by one and automatically ran to the residences of other monsters.

The other monsters who had been quarreling for a long time were in tears: It’s too late for you to remember it now!

Even the demon gods who came to mediate received it.

Lian Jiu was fine, and was not irritated by the mermaid's voice, but she herself had never been a peacemaker, so how could she persuade someone about family matters?

If you get involved and they reconcile or break up, it's your own fault.

This is more difficult to deal with than the affairs of the demon world.

After thinking for a while, she asked the experienced Henshui and the others, "How do you usually persuade people when you come here?"

Shu Henshui: "We always encourage separation rather than reconciliation."

She felt a headache just thinking about it. "But after so many times of persuading them, they still didn't actually break up! So I just made a lot of earplugs and told them to give them to the monsters around them whenever they quarreled."

She said: "Sometimes they remember, and that's fine. But if they don't remember, we have to come down and distribute it ourselves, because persuasion is no longer effective."

Lien Jiu: "..."

It's true, but it would be tiring to be together if we kept quarreling like this.

She walked forward, holding her earbuds.

The male mermaid saw that the earplugs had been distributed and casually pulled a few seaweeds from the side and started playing with them. "Okay, go on, tell me something cruel."

Lien Jiu: "?"

The mermaid took out a piece of seaweed, which seemed to be densely covered with many symbols. She glared at her husband and said, "Then I will start from last time."

Male mermaid: "Okay."

So the mermaid started from the beginning and reasoned one by one: "I couldn't sleep a few days ago, and you actually fell asleep before me!"

"When we were watching the live broadcast at sea, we agreed to say good morning and good night like humans, but you didn't even say good morning to me yesterday!"

"When the blue whale died, I cried my eyes out, but you didn't cry with me and instead laughed at me!"

"Look at Bai Xiong. Xin Shang knows how busy he is every day and loves his wife, but you, on the other hand, are trying to snatch a single fish from me!"

…

"It's not a big deal!" Lin Qi was stunned. "Why would you argue about this?"

"That's right." Henshui agreed, "Let's get divorced right away."

They are all straighter than each other.

Only Lian Jiu seemed bewildered as he listened, and even forgot to step forward to persuade him.

I've heard of couples bringing up old issues after an argument, but I've never heard of them being able to restart things in stages.

So the last settlement was completed, and this time the accumulated amount needs to be settled again?

Lian Jiu asked in confusion, "Does this couple always quarrel like this?"

"Yeah," Henshui said, "usually I'm the one who mediates, but they always bring up old issues. My ears are getting calluses from listening to them. So, I just started wearing earplugs and waiting for them to finish arguing. They're going to finish it anyway."

“…”

The female mermaid had finished reading by now, and the male mermaid nodded: "That's all?"

“No more.”

So the male mermaid picked up the seaweed he had been playing with. At some point, he transformed the seaweed into flowers. He stuffed a flower into the clam shell with each sentence he spoke. "I'm going to sleep first because I learned how to make breakfast during the live broadcast. I have to get up early to make breakfast for you, otherwise I won't be in time for work."

"I didn't say good morning because you were so anxious those few days and finally fell asleep, so I was afraid of waking you up."

"I'm also sad about the blue whale incident, but since you cried like that, I have to be stronger so that you can feel supported when you're sad."

"I didn't try to steal the fish from you. You're so careless that you can't tell the difference between fish with so many bones. Last time, you choked for a long time after eating it, and your voice became hoarse. All the monsters in the sea were frightened by your voice."

…

By the time the male merman finished speaking, he had already stuffed a lot of flowers into the clam shell.

The mermaid said nothing, but picked up the flowers and stuck them on a large coral nearby.

Lian Jiu then discovered that the corals in their home were different from those in other places. The flowers on them were densely packed, and it was obvious that they had been accumulated for a long time.

She was silent for a long time before she said in a complicated tone, "Is it popular now to trick dogs into coming in and kill them?"

Several demon gods who were unfamiliar with this internet term were confused: "Dog? Sea dog?"

"Single dog." Lian Jiu turned around, pinching his earphones, and said expressionlessly, "This isn't a quarrel at all. Any quarrel that doesn't involve divorce is just a show of affection."

Several demon gods looked at each other, not understanding.

Lian Jiu choked, but suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "You demon gods, is it possible that none of you have ever fallen in love and gotten married in the past?"

"Get married? Like those mortals?" Jiang An didn't understand the concept of dating, but he understood the concept of marriage. He shook his head like a rattle and said, "Then I don't want to."

Hate Water also said, "I don't want it either."

"Why, weren't you human once?"

"I'm not really human," Henshui said. "I'm a descendant of Shennong. The people of our ancient tribe were born with the spiritual energy left over from the beginning of the world. As a princess, I'm naturally the most special. Otherwise, I wouldn't have turned into a divine bird after death."

Lian Jiu was very clear about this, because there was a lot of spiritual energy when the world was first created.

That's why so many demon gods were born at that time.

She asked, "But shouldn't some people in the tribe get married and have children?"

"Yes." Henshui blinked, "But isn't that for future generations?"

Lian Jiu widened his eyes slightly: "For future generations?"

Henshui nodded: "There were very few humans at that time, and everyone got together for the purpose of reproduction. Anyway, I don't want to do that."

"She was just a little girl when she died," Lin Qi said. "Because of her noble status, she had never experienced such a thing."

People in ancient times were only concerned with survival and perhaps had no idea what emotions were. Emotions were too far away from them.

"What about you?" Lian Jiu looked at the other demon gods. "You've been in the human world for so many years, haven't you ever tried to understand these things?"

"Although they live in the human world, they don't come into such close contact with humans, let alone understand each other," Lin Qi explained. "Although we have seen humans combine with each other, to us, demon gods and humans are always different. They are different species and have different goals."

"Demon gods don't need to reproduce, nor do they need human companionship, so they don't have any desire to mate."

All in all, they are just a group of thousand-year-old single demon gods.

Gossip is human nature. Lian Jiu asked curiously, "So among you demon gods, are there no ones who are attracted to each other and want to be together?"

The demon gods looked at each other for a moment, then looked away at the same time: "Yue."

Okay, the answer is clear.

Henshui squatted there, his head propped up, his eyes clear and pure, a rare sight. "There's a difference between demon gods and ordinary monsters. Ordinary monsters retain their animal nature before they transform, and after they transform, they naturally begin to combine."

"But the demon god has its own consciousness since birth and will not be influenced by nature."

Jiang An, who was more of a blank slate in comparison, looked up with a strong thirst for knowledge and asked, "So, Jiujiu, what do you mean by single dogs and dating?"

"You're still young, you don't understand." Lian Jiu covered her ears and turned to look at the merman couple. "But I think the merman couple has a very good relationship. It's just that because of their nature as monsters, this way of maintaining their relationship is a little unfriendly to others."

"You're still in a good relationship even after arguing like this?" Jiang An didn't understand. "Jiujiu and I have a good relationship, but we never argue."

"Because you don't understand love."

"Love?" Lin Qi asked, "Isn't that also an emotion? Isn't it enough to just be happy together?"

"It's different." Lian Jiu shook his head. "You have little contact with humans and are without a father or a mother, so you may not understand the complexity of it to some extent."

Just like Jingwei said, the demon gods have knowledge when they are born.

However, he has never experienced the company of his parents, and later he has not had any further communication with humans. His understanding of monsters can only be seen from the perspective of animal nature, so he is much simpler.

"There are many kinds of emotions." Seeing that there was a temporary peace over there, Lian Jiu said gently, "There are affections between parents and children, family members, friendship between friends, love between lovers, and so on. Otherwise, how can we say that people have seven emotions and six desires?"

Jiang An nodded, his attention completely distracted: "That's why people are so complicated, they have so many tricks up their sleeves."

But she was still a little curious: "What is the relationship between me and Jiujiu?"

Lian Jiu couldn't really put her finger on it for a moment. Jiang An was different from other demon gods. He was more like a child who hadn't grown up yet. Sometimes he even needed her to guide him. After thinking for a while, she chuckled and said, "It's family affection. You're like my sister."

Jiang An asked again: "Which is more important, family affection or other affections?"

"They are all important." Lian Jiu said, "You will meet many people and many monsters in the future. As long as the other person is special to you, no matter what kind of feelings they have, they are all equally important and you can't let them go."

"Just like you and I are family, and I have friendships with other demon gods, but we are always together, it's all the same."

Jiang An understood, but was not very happy.

It means I’m still not special enough!

She wants to be the most special one!

Lian Jiu saw the eager light in her eyes and knew that she might not have fully understood it yet, but he did not rush her: "But it's still a little abstract now. You will understand it slowly in the future."

On the other side, the mermaid couple had already started to cross out the original "accounting" seaweed head by head, and intended to find a new seaweed to record the next quarrel memo.

When the couple turned around, they saw several demon gods standing behind them, and the director was also there!

The two monsters hurried out of their large shells, feeling a little embarrassed when they remembered what they had done before. "Did we disturb other monsters and get complaints again?"

The male mermaid said, "It's all my fault. I forgot to distribute the earplugs to everyone earlier."

Henshui was merciless: "You even knocked out several experts and photographers from the human world."

The couple felt even more guilty.

"I'm so sorry." The male merman said nervously, "How about we move to the farm?"

Although they are all in the demon world, this is actually the only seabed suitable for demons to live in.

Other places will need to be developed in the future, and if monsters live there, they may be affected.

Lin Qi raised an eyebrow and suggested, "You two have been arguing so much, are you really not considering separation?"

The two mermaids said in unison: "No!!"

It’s just as the principal said.

Lin Qi asked: "Why?"

"I can't live without Yinyin," the mermaid said. "Even if she nags me like this every day, I'm happy with it."

Yu Yin lowered her head: "Me too... I wouldn't bother him if I didn't care about him."

Hate Water: "Is this love?"

"The headmaster said that you two are close friends." Henshui approached suspiciously, "Why can't I see it?"

The couple was stunned and looked at Lian Jiu in surprise.

Lian Jiu smiled slightly. "I've often heard that if you quarrel to dissipate past love, then you shouldn't. But if you quarrel to make your future life better, then quarreling can also be a kind of fun. I think you two are the latter."

The male mermaid is called Yu Le. He is a monster. He doesn't know the complicated words of humans and doesn't understand what love is.

Yinyin and I have been arguing for so many years that the neighbors around us can't stand it anymore and have said more than once that they want to separate Yinyin and me.

But he just didn't want to. Every day he wanted to be with her more than before.

He couldn't explain why before, but it seemed that what Director Lian Jiu said was right.

He nodded and said, "I just want to keep walking with Yinyin, and see things getting better and better."

"Because of our special hearing, mermaids are very sensitive to noise. We are often disturbed by noise and easily irritated, especially females," said Yu Le. "So Yinyin suffers from insomnia and discomfort every once in a while. I'm worried about her, so I asked her to write down any unhappy things and tell me when she feels uncomfortable."

Lian Jiu understood: "So you guys keep it in mind on the seaweed? You have a fight every now and then?"

"right."

Lin Qi was surprised: "Even if those reasons are unreasonable, you can accept it?"

Because some things seem really small to him and not enough to be a reason for quarreling.

"Of course." Yu Le nodded, turned his head and glanced at his wife with a smile, and said, "If she is unhappy or uncomfortable about this, or if we will separate because of these things in the future, those things are not important at all. As long as I can be with her every day and she thinks the same as me and has me in her eyes, other things are trivial."

He looked at Lian Jiu: "So this is what Director Lian Jiu was talking about, love?"

Yu Le nodded firmly: "Then I love her very much."

Lin Qi was still a little confused. He turned around and asked Si Lan, who seemed to have taken a mute medicine: "Do you understand?"

Si Lan lowered his eyes, not knowing where he was looking, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.

Just when Lin Qi gave up asking him, he suddenly heard him say, "I understand."

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