In a moment of emotional outburst, Qiao You used a bit of force when he swung the tail, but he regretted it as soon as he did.

"Here, have this." Qiao You racked his brains and came up with this idea, giving Helian Jue a piece of mango.

Helian Jue accepted it quite naturally, "Thank you, baby."

Qiao You glanced furtively at the spot where he had just flicked his brother's thigh with his tail, feeling a little guilty. He then stealthily glanced at Helian Jue several more times.

"Youyou, eat quickly, don't mind your brother." Lan Ruozhi stood up for the cute little fish.

Qiao You hummed in agreement twice and continued eating the pudding.

But I still remembered to check on my brother that night to see if he had any injuries.

Qiao You guessed that his brother's thigh must have at least one red mark, and he was very confident in his tail.

It was because of this tail that it earned the title of "Little Tyrant of the Sea"!

"How about we have hot pot tonight? Your uncle hunted a deer, it'll be perfect for hot pot." Lan Ruozhi sat down next to Qiao You, looking at him with a kind expression, holding a handkerchief in her hand, wiping his mouth from time to time.

“Your uncle is unreliable too. He told you to come today, but he went out hunting early this morning and hasn’t come back yet.”

"Youyou, your little bunny has already given birth to babies. A litter of white bunnies, they're so cute!"

...

Qiao You gets excited when rabbits are mentioned!

After finishing the remaining pudding in a few bites, Helian Jue went to see the rabbits with Lan Ruozhi, leaving Helian Jue alone in the restaurant.

Su Wangqiu walked down from the second floor. "Have you finished eating?"

Helian Jue stood up. "Hmm."

"Let's go then."

The grandfather and grandson, without tacitly agreeing, went up the stairs from the porch of the old house to the attic, which was the place Su Shu mentioned in her letter.

"Shushu, this is the place I'm talking about." Su Wangqiu's voice was somewhat deep. If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have given the key to the attic to Su Shu in the first place.

Although this is an attic, it is a very large space. The entire floor is filled with various protective shelves, which are densely packed with paper books.

This is more than the paper documents Helian Jue saw in the archives of the Imperial Palace. All the books here are arranged in chronological order.

Helian Jue followed Su Wangqiu to the innermost part of the house. "The books placed further inside are the ones that the Su family ancestors brought from Earth."

Su Wangqiu sat down on the sofa at the far end of the attic and began to tell the story of the Su family.

The Su family, as the oldest family on Yunlai Star, has a family lineage that can be traced back to the ancient Earth period.

"The ancestor of the Su family was named Su Xuanyu. He established the Su family after landing on Yunlai Star," Su Wangqiu recounted. This was the content dictated by the previous patriarch when each new patriarch took over the heavy responsibility of the Su family.

“Today’s interstellar people, tracing back, almost all came from ancient Earth.”

“You know the current state of ancient Earth,” Su Wangqiu added. “Back then, the living environment on ancient Earth gradually deteriorated, and human survival was put to the test.”

"With the advancement of science and technology, ancient Earthlings embarked on the 'Great Exploration' program."

"Let countless pioneers explore and search for planets suitable for ancient Earthlings to migrate to."

The first planet chosen for migration was now Bluewater, and the first group of ancient Earthlings who participated in the "Great Exploration" project gradually settled there.

Yunlai Star was the second planet to be confirmed, and Su Xuanyu was among this group of settlers.

"To commemorate their past life on ancient Earth, the head of the Su family oversaw the construction of this old house."

"The Su family has passed it down from generation to generation."

"Do you know why your mother established the Spirit Pet Pavilion?" Su Wangqiu asked Helian Jue.

Helian Jue replied, "Interstellar human mental power..."

“That’s not the whole reason,” Su Wangqiu interrupted directly. “Shushu did it to protect the merfolk.”

"Among all the creatures in the interstellar space besides humans, only merfolk are similar to humans, with similar faces, similar thoughts, and some merfolk are even more intelligent than humans."

“At that time, some extremists were afraid. They wanted to solidify the unique position of humans and were afraid that the merfolk would replace them.”

“A small group proposed a ‘plan to exterminate merfolk.’ This was the most heated debate when Shushu had just started high school.”

"Shushu has loved reading here since she was little. She loves the ancient Earth mermaids described in the books and has a strange fondness for the merfolk."

The plan to eliminate the merfolk... Helian Jue couldn't believe it. Were these people crazy back then?

"Grandpa, the plan to eliminate the merfolk... and then what?"

Su Wangqiu's gaze slowly shifted to the window, "It was suppressed on the surface by the then-ruling powers of the Empire and the Alliance."

"Shushu must have started to take this matter to heart around that time."

Later, when the interstellar people's mental energy went berserk, the merfolk gained the ability to soothe them. Su Shu established a spirit pet pavilion, and at the same time, in order to prevent the merfolk from becoming too outstanding, she also selected snake and bird spirit pets.

"That's about all I know," Su Wangqiu said. "There's a lot of information here that should be helpful to you."

"You can take a good look, but you can't take it out of here."

Helian Jue replied, "Okay! Thank you, Grandpa."

The front row of bookshelves contains many books about mermaids from ancient Earth.

Helian Jue chose a book, intending to read it carefully. The book cover featured a picture of a mermaid with black hair and a white tail. "Grandpa, did our ancestor Su Xuanyu have any connection with mermaids?"

"Was there a mermaid who saved Patriarch Su Xuanyu back then?"

Su Wangqiu's eyes sharpened instantly as she looked at Helian Jue, utterly shocked. "How did you know?"

He hadn't told anyone about this. The last time on Yunlai Star, when Helian Jue mentioned the statue on the porch, Su Wangqiu just laughed it off.

Helian Jue suddenly remembered everything. Xiaoyu had accidentally saved Su Xuanyu on ancient Earth, which was why Qiao Shen had his personal guard take Qiao You to find Su Xuanyu when the mermaid race was going through a major upheaval. Little did he expect that Xiaoyu would end up here by mistake.

"I guessed." Helian Jue didn't tell the truth; he didn't dare to take the risk with Xiaoyu.

Su Wangqiu just stared at Helian Jue, and Helian Jue didn't flinch, meeting her gaze directly.

Two or three minutes later, Helian Jue was defeated.

“Grandpa, I meant no harm,” Helian Jue explained, “I just can’t tell you right now.”

Su Wangqiu sighed and didn't ask any further questions.

“Since you already know, your grandfather won’t hide it from you.” Su Wangqiu continued, “Patriarch Su Xuanyu was indeed saved by a little mermaid.”

"I have great respect and love for mermaids."

Su Wangqiu took down the portrait of a mermaid's back from the opposite side of the first bookshelf, and pressed some button, which revealed a small compartment.

"These are the words of Patriarch Su Xuanyu, passed down through generations of the Su family." Su Wangqiu took out a small player. For thousands of years, each generation of the Su family head would periodically re-record this, just so that it could be passed down from generation to generation.