Chapter 120 Chapter 120 Aquaman Dad 9
A dreamlike crystal palace appeared before his eyes. Zhuozhuo, who had almost fallen asleep due to the silverfish's nagging, immediately became alert. He swam across his arm impatiently, wagging his tail, and rushed towards the crystal palace like a water arrow.
Then he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the palace. "Who are you? You can't just come in here!"
The shrimp soldiers and crab generals looked at her blazing black hair and golden tail, and did not dare to shout or drive her away violently. Instead, they frantically guessed her species and origin.
Zhuozhuo blinked. "My name is Zhuozhuo. How do I get in?"
Shrimp soldiers and crab generals: "..."
I've never heard of it, so I can't get in.
Silverfish, who arrived just in time, said, "No need to question her. I'll take her in."
The shrimp soldiers and crab generals said in unison: "Yes! Lord Yin."
Then they retreated to both sides and made way.
Zhuozhuo looked at Yinyu in surprise. He couldn't believe you actually...
Silverfish twitched his lips and volunteered, "It's not that I'm so special. My father is a silver wizard from the Mermaid Kingdom. He's very respected, and that gives me some privileges."
"What is a Silver Witch?"
Silverfish said mysteriously and proudly, "The silver witches of the Mermaid Kingdom can not only predict good and bad luck, transform decay into magic, but can also know the past and the future."
Zhuozhuo didn't understand but cheered: "Wow."
9972 said childishly, "Baby, I can also calculate the good or bad luck of certain events based on the database, and use ordinary raw materials to create extraordinary potions. The main system is a higher-dimensional being, able to see any fragment of the past, present, and future at any time. I can make a request to it, which is equivalent to knowing the past and the future."
"Wow, Tongtian is really awesome." Zhuozhuo was even more surprised and asked, "Tongtian, is it dangerous if we go to this beautiful house?"
[Damn! Based on the personal experiences of 392 hosts, the Mermaid Palace is a high-risk map. The Mermaid King is a high-risk character, the First Prince is a medium-risk character, and the Second Prince is a high-risk character... Baby, let me turn on the auxiliary radar for you. It will show the danger level of every location and character within sight. It may not be accurate for you, but it's quite fun.]
"OK."
As he finished speaking, small squares of varying shades of red floated above the heads of the people before him, labeled "Low Risk," "Medium Risk," and "High Risk." The beautiful, clear, and beautiful Crystal Palace, emitting a faint blue light, now glowed red, like a low-quality haunted effect.
Zhuozhuo didn't dislike it, but found it very interesting. He floated up and poked the small box above everyone's head. His hand could pass through it without any obstacles. It was transparent and had no substance.
9972: [Don't be afraid, baby. Based on your mission experience, everyone will like you. You can always turn danger into safety. Go ahead and have fun!]
Zhuozhuo wanted to explore around by herself, but the silver fish begged her not to run around, so she had to swim back and forth around the silver fish. Suddenly, two big fish, one gold and one red, rushed over from the front. The golden mermaid intercepted Zhuozhuo in a flash and looked at her with sharp eyes.
Zhuozhuo was not afraid at all and looked back sharply.
9972: [Baby, this is the Mermaid King. But don't be afraid, he's henpecked.]
Zhuozhuo's eyes were almost sore, and he hesitated whether to splash water into the Mermaid King's eyes. It would be useless if he did. The Mermaid King retreated first. He turned his head as if he had escaped a disaster and looked at the beautiful red mermaid who was silently angry beside him. "Queen, this is not my child, this is Ellen's child."
The mermaid royal family has special bloodline identification skills, which can clearly identify a mermaid's direct blood relatives. However, the blazing golden fish tail came from the system and had nothing to do with Eren, so no one knew why the mermaid king lied.
The queen's face lit up: "Who is Ellen?"
The Mermaid King whispered, "It's my brother. He was taken away by the abyss."
Zhuozhuo didn't hear anything, so he went to ask 9972. Not only did he repeat their whispers, but he also gave them some additional information: "The Abyss is a one-meter-wide but infinitely long crack on the ocean floor. Mermen believe it connects to Hell. Worried about demons emerging from it, they hold a ritual every ten years, throwing direct descendants of the Mermaid Kingdom's royal family into the Abyss as sacrifices. "Taken by the Abyss" actually means they died as a sacrifice."
[But in reality, the abyss is the center of the earth, and the sacrifices were burned to death by the fire of the earth's core. In the original plot, the male protagonist Cheng Su took the initiative to jump into the abyss and reach the center of the earth.]
Zhuozhuo shuddered. It was so painful to be turned into a grilled fish. She wanted to stay away from the abyss.
The Mermaid King and Queen resolved their relationship crisis and, despite the "high risk" in their minds, began to plan Zhuozhuo's future. They said they would declare her their sixteenth child, doting her as a mermaid princess. Tomorrow, they would hold a banquet in the palace, with Zhuozhuo as the main attraction.
9972 sighed, "This treatment is really good." [Baby, if you don't want to explore other maps, it's not bad to stay here until the end of the story.]
Mermaids have a well-developed food culture, comfortable living environments, and a lack of intrigue and deception. It's the perfect place for children without parents... Hmm? Parents?
Wu Jingqiu!!!
9972 suddenly remembered the tool man who was still in the swamp, and was struggling over whether to remind Zhuozhuo.
Zhuozhuo was held by the queen's hand as she toured the palace. She chose a large room as her bedroom, ate many delicious foods she had never seen before, and received exquisite clothes and delicate toys. She happily hugged the queen and said, "You are so kind. I like you."
The queen, whose youngest child was already seventeen and who hadn't been hugged in years, felt her heart warm. "I like you, too."
The Mermaid King said with relief, "Zhuozhuo, from now on, we are your parents. We also want you to be our child. You must change your name to call us Father King and Mother Queen."
Zhuozhuo said nothing, her expression defiant. Parents and children couldn't change, so how could she just say she wanted something? And when it came to parents, the first person she thought of was Cheng Su. She'd let it slip that he was her father in this little world, and that was why she teased him so recklessly.
Even if it's first come first served, Cheng Su is still in the front.
Zhuozhuo suddenly thought of Cheng Su. Although Cheng Su was a bad guy and she had already unilaterally broken off her friendship with him, she still thought of him.
Silverfish observed Zhuozhuo's expression and, based on his previous conversation with Zhuozhuo, speculated, "Zhuozhuo seems to have been raised by a male seahorse before, so perhaps he can't adapt to his new identity right away."
The Mermaid King said, "Zhuozhuo, we will take your seahorse benefactor here and thank him."
Zhuozhuo blinked, unhappy. Why did the Mermaid King make the decision without asking her? But she really wanted to see Cheng Su, so she didn't object.
Soon, the Mermaid King and Queen went to do other things, leaving Zhuozhuo to play on his own and slowly adapt. Silverfish also went home to find his father, and Zhuozhuo's side suddenly became quiet.
She lay on the bed of pearlescent shells and slowly curled up into a ball.
9972 said softly: [What's wrong with the baby?]
Zhuozhuo unconsciously pouted, and after a while she said sullenly, "Tongtong, this isn't my home, and they aren't my parents. It's beautiful here, and Zhuozhuo likes playing here, but she doesn't like sleeping here. She can't stay here forever."
Zhuozhuo spoke haltingly, but 9972 understood.
The Mermaid Palace is very beautiful, and the Mermaid King and Queen are very welcoming, but Zhuozhuo does not feel a sense of belonging to them. In her opinion, she can play with them here, but she always has to go home to find her parents.
Where is Zhuozhuo's home in this small world?
For the umpteenth time, 9972 realized that his original plan of "traveling in this small world" had a huge flaw. Adults could travel for months or even years, but children only went out to play during the day. They had to go home when it got dark, when they were hungry or tired, when they were wronged or happy.
But 9972 did not prepare a home for her.
Zhuozhuo has been wandering in this world for so long. Although she looks happy and cheerful every day, her anxiety is growing day by day, until at this moment her deep-buried vulnerability bursts out.
9972 felt extremely distressed, and was only thankful that in the previous few worlds, it had accidentally told Zhuozhu where her home was and who her father was, giving her a sense of belonging.
Zhuozhuo had no energy to play, and couldn't sleep either. She felt like she had been abandoned by the sun. 9972 tried to distract her by talking to her, "Baby, I wonder if Cheng Su has finished giving birth yet."
Zhuo Zhuo huffed, "Cheng Su, you bad guy, you don't want Zhuo Zhuo anymore since you have a new baby."
"How dare he! Besides, there's no baby in his pouch at all. He's just being controlled by the contract to experience it. He can only produce a ball of air!"
Zhuozhuo's pouting lips softened a bit as she asked doubtfully, "Why didn't Cheng Su come to see me? He hasn't gotten any benefits yet."
9972 was shocked: [What benefits? When did Cheng Su tell you that? Trash male protagonist, avoiding the system to plot against the little kid!]
Zhuozhuo thought about it carefully, "Cheng Su didn't say that. But, there's no benefit for him to take me with him, so he won't take me."
[……]
9972 Silent crying!
It's heartbreaking to see children without adult protection mature so precociously!
Zhuozhuo, at such a young age, actually understood that there is no gain without pain. Even though Cheng Su used all kinds of excuses and sweet words to decorate himself, Zhuozhuo had already seen through him with the simplest and most straightforward logic!
9972 didn't speak for a long time. Out of boredom, Zhuozhuo left the room and wandered around. She met two golden mermaids who claimed to be her fourteenth and fifteenth brothers and wanted to play with her.
Zhuozhuo said, "Okay, hide and seek."
The two brothers readily agreed, and thinking they were few, they called three more brothers. Five more brothers arrived midway after hearing the news. The brothers hid, and Zhuozhuo searched. She searched the Mermaid Palace over and over again, finally exhausted, and went back to her room to fall asleep.
The next day, the banquet was held as scheduled. Zhuozhuo wore a layered princess dress and a small crown on her head. She appeared at the banquet cutely and was praised by everyone.
Zhuozhuo had long forgotten yesterday's emo moment and was happily enjoying himself at the banquet. Suddenly, he noticed a flash of worry on the queen's face. "Tongtong, what's wrong with her?"
9972 analyzed the gossip she had just heard while following Zhuozhuo. "Princess Bethany didn't come home last night. She sent people looking for her but couldn't find her. The Queen was very worried. But Princess Bethany often ran away from home, so the Queen wasn't particularly anxious."
"Can you find them all?"
The queen was kind to Zhuozhuo, and Zhuozhuo wanted to repay her.
[I can only scan the male protagonist's location... I'll do my best.]
Regardless of whether Cheng Su awakens or not, his fate with the heroines in the original plot seems to be unbreakable, and they will always meet. As long as you find Cheng Su, you should be able to find Bethany.
"Okay. Let's go find it after dinner."
Zhuozhuo gobbled up the last piece of cake on the plate in one gulp. The brothers waiting in line next to him immediately showed their plates and said, "Zhuozhuo, eat mine!"
Zhuozhuo said calmly, "Don't panic, eat them one by one!"
9972: […Baby, your stomach is about to explode. You can’t eat anymore.]
"N-hiccup——"
Zhuozhuo covered his mouth, with a look of pain on his little face.
9972 was in a state of confusion, "Baby, you can't eat anymore. You burped and the cakes all came up your throat! Don't sit here anymore, get down and walk around, and ask the maid to rub your tummy."
Zhuozhuo slowly slid under the chair and was quickly picked up by his fourth brother. He was so excited that he lifted Zhuozhuo up and shook him.
shining:"……"
yue!
Zhuozhuo, looking down from above, spit on Fourth Brother's head.
Zhuozhuo was so upset that tears welled up in her eyes. A group of people hurriedly surrounded her, wanting to take her to take a shower and change clothes. She subconsciously pointed to the dessert table and said vaguely, "There's no rush to take a shower. I'm hungry now, and I can still eat—"
At this moment, a loud shout came from the door, "Let her go!"
The next second, the brothers around Zhuozhuo screamed and were blown away by the invisible wind, leaving only her sixth brother still standing. She turned her head in a daze and saw Cheng Su rushing over in a white robe and snatching her away from her sixth brother's arms.
Cheng Su looked nervous and worried, "Zhuozhuo, what's wrong? Did they beat you?"
Zhuozhuo touched his stomach aggrievedly, "My stomach feels uncomfortable. I vomited my food, but I still want to eat."
She pointed to the dessert table.
[……]
The brothers and guards reacted and rushed over, "Who are you? Let go of my sister/princess!"
Cheng Su also realized that he had misunderstood and looked at Zhuo Zhuo expressionlessly. Zhuo Zhuo looked back at him innocently.
At this moment, a coquettish voice rushed over from afar, "Angus, is this your sister?"
Zhuozhuo leaned forward and saw a beautiful golden mermaid looking at her with curiosity.
[Baby, this is Bethany. She's back with Cheng Su. We don't have to go out looking for her.]
After looking at Zhuozhuo for a few seconds, Bethany leaned closer to Cheng Su, her chest almost touching his arm, and said in a friendly tone, "You don't have to worry about me now that you've found my sister. You can stay in the palace and stay with me."
Zhuozhuo looked at Bethany and then at Cheng Su. Her clear big eyes made those with dirty minds dare not look directly at her!
Cheng Su felt that he had a clear conscience, but he still avoided looking at Zhuo Zhuo and took a big step to the side to distance himself from Bethany.
Bethany ran after him as usual, muttering, "Why are you shy?"
"cough!"
The mermaid king and queen arrived, glared at Bethany, and said majestically, "Follow me."
A large group of people left the banquet. The queen wanted her maid to take Zhuo Zhuo to change clothes, but Zhuo Zhuo grabbed Cheng Su and refused to let go, "You come too."
Cheng Su was afraid of this little ancestor and didn't dare to provoke her for trivial matters. After hesitating for a moment, he followed her obediently.
However, no one thought it was wrong, as brothers should care about their sisters in this way.
With the help of eight maids, Zhuozhuo took a bath and put on a new princess dress. She trotted to Cheng Su who was waiting outside the door and opened her arms for him to hug her.
Cheng Su looked at the little girl running towards him, and for some reason his nose felt sore and his heart wanted to cry. He picked her up and lifted her up before she could stand firmly.
He was lucky this time, as Zhuozhuo, who had already vomited once, did not vomit again.
Not only did she not vomit, she even hugged his neck in dependence and called out softly, "Cheng Su."
Cheng Su's slight dissatisfaction with the seahorse giving birth to a child immediately disappeared. He just felt that the little guy was so cute and so quirky, but he was still not tolerant enough and didn't spoil him enough.
Back in the palace, the Mermaid King and the others looked more serious than before, while Bethany looked stubborn and unruly, stiffening her neck and staring at the Queen.
[Ooo ...
9972 gloating.
Zhuozhuo tilted his head and waved, "Hello everyone?"
Everyone was amused. "Zhuozhuo, this dress looks really good on you."
The Mermaid King said, "Zhuozhuo, this is your first time meeting Sister Bethany. Go play with her first. Your father wants to talk to your brother."
Zhuozhuo shook his head.
Bethany said, "What's something I can't hear?"
Zhuozhuo nodded, "Yes, yes. Cheng Su listens to Zhuozhuo."
Bethany asked curiously, "Why?"
Zhuozhuo was in a good mood and was willing to talk about the past again. She said loudly: "Because Zhuozhuo is the mother, Cheng Su is the son. An unfilial and bad son."
Dozens of pairs of eyes fell on Cheng Su.
Cheng Su smiled: "..."
After experiencing social setbacks many times, you get used to it and become thick-skinned enough.
Now everyone was curious and asked, "Why?"
What's so surprising about this? Zhuozhuo said matter-of-factly, "Let's play a game. Zhuozhuo plays the mother and Chengsu plays the son. Do you want to play together? I don't want Chengsu as my son anymore. I'll give him to you as your son."
Cheng Su: “…”
Thank you.
Bethany quickly spoke up for her lover, "Zhuozhuo, Cheng Su is an adult. He likes you so much that he's willing to play games with you and act like your son. You can't just give him up without you saying goodbye, or give him away without you saying goodbye. He'll be sad."
Cheng Su looked at Bethany seriously for the first time. This spoiled and brainless mermaid princess in the original book could actually say such respectful words.
Cheng Su's confusion deepened as he recalled how the people and events he'd encountered since his awakening didn't match the book's descriptions. Was the original book true or false? Was he truly awakening, or was it a conspiracy by someone or some higher being? And what was going on with Zhuo Zhuo, shrouded in mystery, and her mentally retarded system?
But no matter what, he would never end up like in the original book.
Zhuozhuo pondered Bethany's words, looked at Cheng Su with a confused look, and asked childishly, "Are you sad?"
Cheng Su said, "I know Zhuo Zhuo doesn't really want to hurt me, so I'm not sad. But if Zhuo Zhuo doesn't give me away, I'll be very happy."
He silently added in his heart that he would be even happier if Zhuozhuo could be his daughter and listen to him in everything.
9972 doesn't know Cheng Su's evil ambitions, [As expected of the male protagonist, his language skills are perfect.]
Zhuozhuo was also very satisfied. Since Cheng Su was not sad, she could do whatever she wanted in the future.
The Mermaid King once again drove them away and said majestically, "Bethany, take Zhuozhuo to the garden to play."
Zhuozhuo spoke again, "No, Zhuozhuo doesn't want my sister, I want Cheng Su."
The Mermaid King deliberately said, "Zhuozhuo is still too young to be without adults."
Provoking someone is useless.
Zhuozhuo didn't leave with Bethany to prove that he wasn't a little kid anymore. Instead, he nodded confidently, "Yes, yes, Zhuozhuo is a little baby and wants to be with daddy."
The stern-faced Mermaid King smiled faintly and raised his hands helplessly, "Since you can't leave, then stay. I'll hold you..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Zhuozhuo shaking his head like a rattle, "I don't want you! I want Father Cheng Su!"
The Mermaid King's smile broke, and the others were also shocked. The fourth brother spoke quickly and asked in disbelief, "Zhuozhuo, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."
Zhuo Zhuo shouted, "Cheng Su is my father!"
Everyone: “…”
9972:[……]
Woo woo woo, the baby needs parental care after all. Although Cheng Su is a bastard, he has never hurt Zhuo Zhuo, so let him be the father for a while.
Bethany glared at Cheng Su, "Tell me, what is your relationship?"
Cheng Su glanced at Zhuo Zhuo, suppressing his shock and joy. His voice was steady. "Zhuo Zhuo is my child. We were separated in the sea before. She has a golden fish tail under my magic, so I wanted to come to the Mermaid Palace to find her. But the palace is heavily guarded, not everyone can enter. I'm sorry, Bethany, I took advantage of you."
"You bastard!"
Cheng Su was silent.
Zhuozhuo nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice.
Bethany couldn't bear it any longer, so she rushed over and snatched Zhuozhu away, saying viciously, "But Zhuozhu is my sister now, don't even think about taking her away!"
Zhuozhuo, who had suddenly become the focus of the war, looked bewildered. After thinking for a moment, he said to Cheng Su, "I want to live here. The people here are nice, the clothes are nice, the food is delicious, and the beds are comfortable to sleep in."
With Cheng Su's arrival, everything in the Mermaid Palace became a pleasure, and Zhuozhuo was reluctant to leave.
Cheng Su was speechless. It seemed that nothing he offered her was good enough. But when he thought about it carefully, he really hadn't given Zhuo Zhuo anything.
Well, he failed in his duties as both a filial son and a loving father.
Hehe, this little devil took the initiative to call him daddy, and even announced it in front of so many people. Did she always think of him as her daddy? Otherwise, why did she only bully him and not so many others?
The little devil doesn't demand that others not lie to her, nor does she get angry or sad because of others, nor does she quarrel or have a cold war with others, and she won't give others so many chances and forgive them again and again.
Cheng Su felt a mixture of joy, heartache, and pride, all of which ultimately transformed into pity and care for Zhuo Zhuo. This tiny little creature, living with a mentally retarded system on his own, must have had a very difficult life, enduring countless hardships and being bullied by many.
From now on, he will protect her from wind and rain.
With the cooperation of the hostage Zhuozhuo, the father and daughter successfully stayed in the Mermaid Palace. At night, Cheng Su found an opportunity to be alone with her. Before getting down to business, he explained inexplicably, "Bethany and I don't have any bad relationship. She invited me to be a magic teacher in the palace."
As for what Bethany thinks, he can't control it.
[Quotes from Aquaman.]
Zhuozhuo didn't understand, "What?"
[Not important. Baby, ask Cheng Su what he's doing here.]
After explaining that he had no intention of finding a stepmother for Zhuozhuo, Cheng Su felt relieved and began to beg her sincerely, "Zhuozhuo, I'm worried about you. Can you tell me what happened to you after we separated?"
"OK."
Zhuozhuo spoke intermittently, not wanting to say more when she couldn't remember what she was saying, but Cheng Su somehow found a way to control her. He placed Zhuozhuo on the bed, squatted beside it, looked up at her slightly, and said pitifully, "Think about it carefully and tell me, okay, Zhuozhuo?"
shining:"……"
Good, good, good!
But there were some details that Zhuozhu couldn't remember, so he called out to 9972 in his mind: "Tongtong, can you tell me?"
[…Okay, okay!]
With the help of 9972, Zhuozhuo retold his experience in full, even the dialogue was correct.
Cheng Su thought for a while, looked at Zhuozhuo's golden fish tail and asked, "Zhuozhuo, are you really Allen's child?"
Hi Ellen, Zhuozhuo is adorable and is now my daughter.
Cheng Su's mixed feelings of gratitude and apology towards Ellen twisted into the pleasure of snatching someone else's child.
Zhuozhuo shook his head, "Of course not."
Cheng Su calmed down in a second: "Oh, then what's wrong with your tail?"
"hey-hey."
Zhuozhuo showed off the toys like elf ears and red wings, touching them one by one with love. "Ears, wings, tail, buy them all for me."
9972 was very calm about Zhuozhuo's behavior of casually blurting out system secrets. He was even thinking, "You're sweating profusely, kid. Look at how much money I spent on Zhuozhuo, and then look at you!"
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