Chapter 35: Horrible Oceanarium (11) People who act like spoiled brats have the best luck...
On the velvet sheets, the very handsome young man's long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, and he slowly opened his eyes.
The light in the room was dim and the surroundings were very quiet. No noisy sounds could be heard. He turned his head to look at the pillow and saw a handsome young man lying next to him.
The light was dim, but in Tan Yue's eyes, his lover's beauty was still shining.
No children, no little mermaids, no one calling daddy.
He looked a little dazed and thought: Fortunately, it turned out to be a nightmare.
The moment Tan Yue woke up, Guan Shan reacted. He opened his sapphire-like eyes and looked at him.
Tan Yue reached out his hand to Guan Shan's belly, and the originally slightly convex part became flat: "Is the baby born?"
Or maybe, in fact, there was no child at all, and these five days were just a very long and real dream.
Guan Shan moved closer, and the scent of ocean mint on his body became much stronger, mixed with a little bit of milk fragrance, which immediately made Tan Yue's heart skip a beat.
Guan Shan's next words almost made Tan Yue faint again: "Are you so happy to see the child? When you reunited with me before, you were not so happy to see me."
His tone was still a little sour, but Tan Yue didn't bother to coax him at this moment. Instead, he confirmed it again: "Do we really have 1,000 children? A thousand, so many? Mermaids shouldn't be mammals. Mammals generally don't give birth to so many children."
He thought that even if they were children, they should only be a few. But mermaids give birth to children just like other fish lay eggs. They gave birth to so many at once. Although not as scary as hundreds of thousands, a thousand is a scary number in itself.
The god finally tasted something else from Tan Yue's wildly fluctuating emotions. The human lover in front of him didn't seem too happy: "Don't you like our child?"
Of course, the gods would not like Tan Yue to pay too much attention to children, but human books also say that if you love someone, you will love the derivative products brought by the other party, especially the fruit of their love - children.
If Tan Yue doesn't like their child, does it mean that Tan Yue may not like Him that much?
However, before the god could get angry, the human leaned on him and said in a painful tone: "I like it, but it's too much. I don't think I can support them even if I work 100 jobs a day."
The child is a four-legged gold-eating beast. Of course, his child is a mermaid, with only a fish tail and a gold-eating beast. But no matter what form of gold-eating beast it is, raising 1,000 of them is too terrifying.
"I'm a little scared." Tan Yue said, "I'm only nineteen years old. If we have one or two children, when they are young and the most difficult to raise, we can ask grandparents for help. When they are a little older, I will try to balance family and work. But a thousand..."
When Tan Yue thought of this, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes. He felt like a miner sentenced to death. This was a task that he would never be able to finish even if he worked for 100 years.
Dreams and life seemed to be far away from him. If he was an irresponsible person, he could have just ignored them, but he was not that kind of person. He tried to take on a burden that he could not lift, and he was crushed in no time.
Guan Shan touched the boy's soft hair, as if he was touching a pitiful little animal. He had never seen Tan Yue so vulnerable and pitiful, and he felt distressed and cute.
Well, a 19-year-old human is still a baby in terms of long life span.
After stroking Tan Yue for a while, Guan Shan said, "Don't worry, they can take care of themselves and don't need you to take care of them."
Tan Yue, who had gone from leaning on Guan Shan's shoulder to lying on his thigh, sat up and said seriously, "They are our two children, how can I ignore them? I have to earn money for the children's milk powder."
If you want a child to eat better, the milk powder you buy may cost 5,000 yuan a month on average. If you have 1,000 children, that would be 5 million yuan.
5 million a month, even if he sells his current body he still can’t make that much.
Oh, maybe I can still make some money. If I exchange the ghost coins into human currency, the ratio is one to ten thousand, which seems just barely enough.
Do all the creatures in the aquarium give birth to so many? That's why the ghost coins are valuable. But the otter they bred before only gave birth to three babies.
And these are all the most basic material issues. Raising children is not his sole responsibility, and his dear wife seems to be very wealthy.
If we share the burden, maybe we can feed the children.
But parent-child education is also very important. Among a thousand children, if you spend a little time on one of them every day, all the time in his life will be completely compressed.
Naming a thousand children is a huge project. Then you have to remember so many children who look similar. What if they play a game like "Guess Who I Am" with their parents? It's scary to think about it.
And I heard that families with twins or triplets sometimes fight. If a thousand children fight, it would be a group fight. If this happened in ancient times, it would be considered a small war.
It’s a terrible thing to think that your life has just begun and you are about to be overwhelmed by your children.
Tan Yue sighed deeply, and imagined that the sadness and pressure almost overwhelmed him, and he looked broken and pitiful. He said that the invisible pressure was pressing on him, like a mountain that could not be moved.
Guan Shan said: "They don't eat human food, so you don't have to work hard to earn money for their milk powder."
Tan Yue asked back, "But didn't you ask me to prepare 1,000 bottles and 500 cans of milk powder?"
"It's just to let you experience the sense of ceremony."
From the beginning to the end, Guan Shan never thought of letting Tan Yue work hard to raise a child. Besides, those little mermaids are not ordinary children in the true sense.
The god gently patted Tan Yue's chest and said, "Just think about it. Human children take 10 months to give birth, and then they have to be carefully cared for. It takes nearly a year for them to speak, so it's very hard. They are born in five days, can speak at birth, and can take care of themselves. They don't need you to take care of them and spend time."
The existence of children is an experiment and to enhance feelings, not to take away Tan Yue's time and feelings. How could the gods, who are so overbearing, tolerate such a situation?
He comforted Tan Yue and said, "The children will grow up very quickly, and eventually they will become one. They will hunt by themselves, and eventually they will become several... one, so you don't have to worry, don't worry about them."
When talking about children, the god's tone became very indifferent and cold, as if the little mermaids were not important at all.
When Tan Yue thought about 1,000 turning into one, a word suddenly popped up in his mind: raising Gu. The process of raising Gu is to turn many into one.
His heart trembled: "Since they can hunt on their own, can't they be allowed to hunt separately? How can they become one?"
Although he had fainted due to the great impact before, now that Tan Yue was leaning on his lover, he felt that he had drawn a lot of strength from Guan Shan. His body and mind were supported.
Thinking of those little mermaids that grew from the size of a thumb to the size of a palm, each one was so cute, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
"By the way, where are the children now? Who is taking care of them now?"
He seemed to remember that the aquarium was closed today and the part-time employees had their contracts terminated, leaving only a few old employees.
There are so many newborn babies around here, it wouldn't be so quiet.
Guan Shan said: "Don't worry about them, they will find food in the aquarium by themselves."
The god comforted his human lover: "Mermaids are not humans. They must live in the sea and eat what marine creatures eat."
He said meaningfully: "They were born to eat those things."
"By the way, you've been unconscious for a day, you must be hungry, eat something first."
During the time when Tan Yue was unconscious, Guan Shan did not go anywhere and stayed with him the whole time.
Tan Yue said: "I want to go see the child first."
Guan Shan expressed some dissatisfaction with his disregard for his health: "When can you not take care of the child? You want to take care of the child even though you haven't eaten. As soon as you wake up, you think of the child. You always talk about the child, and you always say that I am the most important. Now you don't even care about your own health, or you don't trust me at all."
This round of fighting and defense left Tan Yue speechless. He immediately raised the white flag of surrender: "Then I'll go cook."
"I've asked someone to order food to be delivered. Do you want me to feed you in bed, or do you want to go out to eat?"
He thought Tan Yue was not in a good condition to cook, so he was afraid he would cut his fingers.
Tan Yue responded, very touched: "Brother, you are so good to me."
"It's enough for you to know who is the most important person to you in this world." The book also says that many humans often ignore adults because of their children after they are born.
Guan Shan does not use this to test mankind. He eliminates this possibility from the root.
The meal was very sumptuous, but because he was worried about his children, Tan Yue ate much less. He used to eat two buckets of rice, but now he only eats one bucket.
"Eat more, or I won't let you look after the kids." Guan Shan was very dissatisfied with his greatly reduced appetite.
This conversation felt a bit weird, as if he and Guan Shan were divorced, and the other party threatened that if he did something wrong, he would not be able to see the children, but the content of the threat was to ask him to eat more.
Tan Yue couldn't help but smile. The overwhelming pressure seemed to be relieved a little. He ate another half bucket: "I really don't have much appetite today. I can't eat much anymore."
Acting like a spoiled child still worked well for Guan Shan, and the god relented and held out his hand to the other party: "Let's go."
Tan Yue skillfully put his arm around hers, interlocking his fingers tightly with his lover's.
But after leaving the lounge where the two of them were, he couldn't help rubbing his eyes hard.
He stood at the door and looked back at the furnishings in the lounge. Everything in the lounge was very familiar, and there was no change from before. However, after leaving the lounge, the scene in front of him was extremely unfamiliar.
"Has the lounge moved? Is this still the oceanarium?"
He began to doubt how long he had been unconscious. How could a building as big as an oceanarium be completely changed in just one day? How could it be that it was transformed from an oceanarium into a research institute in an instant?
Although there are many large glass windows in the aquarium, which makes you feel like you are walking in a deep-sea tunnel, the overall feeling is warm and lovely. Unlike now, it feels cold and deserted, like a biological research institute.
Previously, Tuntun said that the museum would be closed for maintenance. Even if it was for maintenance, with one day's work efficiency, it would not be possible to complete such a large project as the one we have now.
Guan Shan said: "Actually, it hasn't changed much, it's just the lighting that changed, and that's the illusion you got."
Tan Yue looked up, then observed carefully: "It seems so."
If you simply switch the lights, there really isn't much work to do, and some lights already have several colors. Simply pressing a button on the master control desk will allow thousands of lights to change colors at the same time.
The originally warm-toned lighting turned pale and green. The same video, with different filters and lighting, will give people a completely different feeling.
No, Tan Yue was very sure that it was not just the lighting that had changed. He could still feel the difference in the details when he walked out. The places where there were originally signs with XX animals and introductions were now all turned into a cold number.
Number 00001, number 00002... there are thousands and thousands of them.
Tan Yue stopped to look and found that many of the numbered boxes were empty. There was only the blue sea and some swaying seaweed.
But because the box only had a number, he didn't know what was inside it before.
Tan Yue held Guan Shan's hand tightly, with a straight face, and continued to walk forward in silence.
As he walked along, the aquarium was particularly quiet. He thought of something and took the time to check his work group.
The last time someone sent a message in the group was almost two days ago. It was a message from the HR manager, Tuntun, saying that the aquarium was closed for maintenance, and no one spoke after that.
Tan Yue was a little uneasy, but Guan Shan still led him forward quietly. The numbers increased from where they came out, from 1 to 02156.
At this time, the sea water finally had other colors, dark red, with strands of red, as if a killing had occurred in this area some time ago.
Tan Yue became more nervous: "The children are so young, is it safe to leave them in the sea water?"
Except for human society, forests, deserts and oceans all strictly follow the law of the jungle. The animal world is very cruel, and in the ocean world, body size often represents hunting ability.
Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps. When he fainted, I remember that the children were only the size of a palm.
"Don't worry, our children are very good at hunting." Guan Shan squeezed Tan Yue's hand and comforted him, "Mermaids are the kings of the deep sea. No matter their size, other marine creatures must submit to the king. At least in the sea water, mermaids have no rivals."
After hearing Guan Shan's explanation, Tan Yue breathed a sigh of relief: "It sounds like mermaids are amazing."
Yes, the little mermaid in the fairy tale appears weak, but in fact, mermaids have always been very cruel hunters, it’s just that their overly beautiful appearance can deceive people.
After walking slowly for most of the distance, Tan Yue finally saw the "missing" children.
Just one day had passed, and the palm-sized children had grown proportionally. Their stature had increased several times, and they were about as long as a 27-inch computer, like a larger Barbie doll.
“Dad…Dad”
Many little mermaids swam up and put their little hands against the cold glass. Normally, the sound insulation effect of this kind of glass is very good, but the mermaids' overly penetrating voices still came through.
Their voices are intimate and dependent, and they call out to humans in sweet voices: "Daddy, Daddy..."
Tan Yue was very excited and moved closer. His hands were not particularly big, but compared to the mermaid's small hands, they looked particularly big.
Dozens of little mermaids put their hands close to him, and some even put their faces close to him, trying to feel the warm body temperature of "Dad" through the glass.
Because the little mermaids occupied too much area on the palm at the beginning, the little mermaids that came later pushed away the previous little mermaids.
Then in the end, everyone didn't press their entire bodies against the palms, but instead all used their small palms to press against the big palm of the human father.
A bunch of extremely beautiful little mermaids surrounded the palm, with their heads in the palm and their tails facing outwards, turning into a blooming mermaid flower. Their beautiful tails floated in the sea, looking ethereal and extremely moving.
"So cute!" Tan Yue turned his head and looked at his lover, "They are really cute."
When humans see super cute and adorable creatures, they can't help but get excited, especially when this group of super cute and adorable creatures are trying to please them in every way, it simply melts one's heart.
But Guan Shan was not excited at all, instead he said in a sarcastic tone: "Not cute at all."
Tan Yue quickly came over and held Guan Shan's hand: "You are the cutest in the world, and the children are the second cutest."
"I am the father, and you are also the father of the children."
“Mama, mama, mama…”
Faced with the god who created them, children instinctively feel fear. They dare not get close to the god, let alone get too close to him.
Dad is a gentle and harmless human being, fragrant, sweet and very delicious.
But "Mother" is a god, majesty, an irresistible existence, killing and destruction.
They want to be close to their human fathers, but they don’t dare to be close to gods.
Guan Shan snorted, and the mermaids who had been clinging here suddenly scattered. They looked at Tan Yue reluctantly with their watery eyes, then quickly swam away with their tails.
Tan Yue looked at it for a while and felt much better than before.
After all, looking at this situation, the children can indeed support themselves. Maybe they will grow up in a few days and be able to earn money for milk powder by themselves, so he won't need to worry too much.
Because the life of these little mermaids was quite easy from pregnancy to birth to growing up, Tan Yue naturally couldn't develop too strong feelings for them.
Feelings are meant to be cultivated bit by bit. He and Guan Shan fell in love at first sight, but the two had been together for a long time and had experienced a lot, whereas Tan Yue's actual contact time with the little mermaids was too short.
It's impossible for him to become a father in such a short time.
Rather than being children, the little mermaids are more like beautiful little pets, the kind of beautiful and dreamy pets. And because there are so many of them, it is impossible to pour a lot of affection into them.
This is also why the gods chose to create a thousand mermaids instead of just one at the beginning.
Scarcity makes things valuable. If there are too many things, they are worthless. The same is true for children in some ways. In human studies, they often value only children more than multiple children.
When it comes to love, a thousand added together does not necessarily equal more than one.
Tan Yue couldn't help but sigh and said, "They grow up so fast. Will they grow as fast as us tomorrow? But it's not enough to just grow in height, they also need to grow in brains. Do they need further education when they grow up?"
It is not enough to rely on the two of them to educate the children at home. In this case, we can directly set up a school to teach the children.
Guan Shan said meaningfully: "It depends on how hard they hunt. If they work hard enough, they will grow fast."
Tan Yue and Guan Shan continued to walk forward. The little mermaids behind them did not come close to them. Instead, they gathered into a school of mermaids and followed Tan Yue for a while. Then, when they touched the glass, the mermaids could no longer move forward. They watched Tan Yue's figure disappear, and then they swam away, swinging their tails.
When they were out of Tan Yue's sight, these cute little mermaids let out extremely shrill screams.
Those prey that hid from them had their eardrums perforated and blood spots burst out on their bodies. The mermaids swarmed over the bleeding areas.
The mermaids' hands were not like the ones Tan Yue had seen. They were small and thin like human hands, pink and tender, and very cute.
They have extremely sharp claws, and they tear their prey into pieces like tearing paper, dismembering their prey brutally.
Every time they successfully eat a little prey, the group of mermaids will grow a little bigger.
The prey were all large white fish. After being torn into pieces, the white fish skin fell off and deposited on the bottom of the fish tank glass.
But these fish skins don’t look like skin. They look like torn white coats with dots of red on the white, some are dark red, some are bright red, just like a blood-stained white coat.
As we walked further forward, many of the marine creatures we had seen before shrank. However, the aquarium itself is very large, so it was normal that we couldn't see them unless they swam over.
At this time, he thought of his part-time job: "I haven't fed them for a day."
Guan Shan said: "You don't have to feed him anymore."
Facing Tan Yue's slightly shocked look, Guan Shan said, "They were fine before you came. There are others who will feed them, so don't worry."
They are already fattened up, so there is no need to bother feeding them if they are going to be eaten.
Guan Shan held Tan Yue's hand and walked to the screening room at the end: "We haven't watched a movie together yet, how about watching a movie today."
When he said that, Tan Yue inexplicably felt a little guilty. His wife was so pitiful. She could only listen to him talk about the prosperity outside, but she couldn't leave and enjoy it with him.
He agreed without hesitation: "Of course, the rest of my time is yours."
The two entered the screening room, which had dozens of seats. They chose a seat in the middle, around the third row. The screen hanging on the wall, which looked like a multimedia projection, lit up: "Institute of Marine Biology 1937"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
