Chapter 03 Chapter 3
The body temperature of mermaids is slightly lower than that of humans.
Slightly cool.
This was Wen Ming's first feeling.
Water drops hung on No. 55's hands, moist and refreshing, tightly wrapped around Wen Ming's retracted fingers.
The optical computer shielded Wen Ming from the rain falling from the sky, but from the touched hands, another "rain" was sprinkled.
One drop, two drops...
The extremely weak drainage ability was like warm raindrops, light and soft.
There was no stinging, no torment, which overturned all of Wen Ming's cognition about drainage so far.
He shook No. 55's hand with trembling fingertips.
The fish seller broke the silence: "I know this fish has poor drainage ability, but considering the low price, I advise you to reconsider it..."
As the fish seller's voice gradually decreased, Wen Ming let go of the mermaid's hand.
The fish seller looked up at the sky helplessly: It's not selling well... How about reducing the price to 90 star coins?
"Little mermaid." Wen Ming's tone suddenly became serious.
He squatted down and looked at No. 55: "Are you willing to go home with me?"
No. 55 held the wall of the fish tank with both hands, only revealing the upper half of his face to look at him, with a hesitant expression.
The human in front of him was the most special one that No. 55 had ever seen.
The trunk of his spiritual sea was thicker than that of other humans, but it was a cut-down tree...
The trunk fell to the ground, almost completely broken, with the last bit of bark remaining attached to the stump, and nutrients could not be transmitted to the branches and leaves.
The water droplets released by No. 55 during the drainage were immediately absorbed by the dead leaves, which was like a drop in the bucket.
With the weak drainage ability of the low-level mermaid alone, there was no possibility for this tree to revive.
No. 55 can't cure him...
"Customer, do you expect the mermaid to answer you?" The fishmonger laughed a few times, "Buy if you want, don't buy if you don't want, it's okay!"
Between the lines, there is a mocking meaning of "If you are poor, don't waste time. "
No. 55 heard this and grasped the wall of the fish tank tightly with his fingers.
Suddenly, it swung its tail and dug under a piece of fish scales...
"?"
In the puzzled eyes of several people, No. 55 found the metal piece hidden under the fish scales and handed it to Wen Ming.
It was a round metal piece with a trademark printed on the edge.
Wen Ming recognized it at a glance: it was a part that fell off the Qixuan external optical computer.
"Why does it have this thing on it?" The fishmonger laughed even louder, "You don't think it's a treasure, do you?"
Treasure...
Wen Ming suddenly realized: the mermaid might think this piece of metal is a star coin.
The little mermaid was alone in the hands of the stall owner, but she was willing to give him the only "treasure" on her body.
Wen Ming felt a healing feeling that was more soothing than spiritual counseling...
No. 55 stretched out his arms with all his strength and put the "star coin" in Wen Ming's palm, his eyes sparkling:
Is this enough to buy me?
You are the new owner given to me by the raindrops, take me home!
"I'll buy it with this."
Wen Ming said, but he had no intention of handing the metal piece to the fishmonger.
The fish seller raised his eyebrows in annoyance: "Are you kidding me..."
"Ding!" The personal optical computer gave a real-time reminder, which only the fish seller could hear, "'Wen Ming' transferred 10,000 star coins to your account."
Who?
Wen Ming? Admiral Wen! ?
The fish seller was struck by lightning, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
Wen Ming exited the remittance interface of the optical computer, switched to the family smart housekeeper, and sent an instruction to "clean the mermaid room.
" "Expedite the adoption process and conduct a comprehensive physical examination of the mermaid." He glanced sideways, "Is the money enough?"
"Enough, enough, enough!"
The onlookers: Is that broken piece of iron enough... enough?
No. 55: OvO
is great, the star coins picked up are very durable!
*
After the money ability was in place, everything went so smoothly.
No. 55 rolled in the medical examination water chamber, and when he came out, he had already boarded the airship of the new owner.
Two staff members of the Mermaid Center were responsible for transporting it. They chatted in the airship:
"Have you heard that a major accident happened at the high-end mermaid exhibition?"
"Yes, the Mermaid Center suffered huge property losses, and the expensive dresses of the nobles were all soaked. The culprit will pay for it!"
"!"
No. 55 approached the vent of the mermaid cage tremblingly and listened to their conversation.
It seems that it was the one who broke the glass...
The new owner's family is not rich to begin with, danger!
"Hhh I've never been used to Qi Xuan's high-profile style. After this trouble, Qi's official website issued a notice to cancel his qualification as an agent for the fish food project. How cool!"
"Qi's development momentum has been very strong recently. Maybe it can shake Wen's Group's monopoly on mermaid products..."
Hearing that it was not him who "broke" the glass, No. 55's taut fish tail paralyzed and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Forget it, this is not something that a worker with a monthly salary of 3,000 star coins should care about."
The two changed the subject: "Remember xx from the next department, he has been diagnosed with depression!"
"Alas, xx's eyes are always dead, and the family is under too much financial pressure."
"Yeah, if there were suddenly a few tens of thousands of star coins in the account, I could breathe a sigh of relief..."
Depression?
No. 55 thought of Wen Ming's gloomy face and pressed his stomach:
It seems that the new owner is really poor.
It doesn't matter, it can eat less!
...
After arriving at the destination, the two staff members became cautious.
They introduced Wen Ming to the precautions of raising mermaids with a respectful and cautious attitude:
"The mermaid's physical examination report has been sent to your optical computer.
Please be careful of the mermaid's aggressive teeth. It is best not to get close to it before getting familiar with it. For example, when transferring it from the mermaid cage to the mermaid pool, you should use mental pressure..."
The staff member quickly glanced at Wen Ming, paused, and changed the topic: "Excuse me, which mermaid room is it? We will help transfer the mermaid."
Wen Ming did not refuse and led the way to the mermaid room.
The mermaid pool has been cleaned up. It is spacious but without any decorations and is deserted.
"Then we will start transferring the mermaids now. The process will use the spiritual sea, so be careful not to get splashed with water."
No. 55 in the mermaid cage became restless and uneasy...
The feeling of being suppressed by the human spiritual sea is quite unbearable.
The invisible force clamped the body, making the fish unable to move.
No. 55 just heard the three words "spiritual sea" and instinctively made a bluff of resistance.
"Please step back. The mermaid in this state may attack at any time." The staff reminded Wen Ming.
When the cage door buckle was hit, the mermaid inside bumped around more violently, and the mermaid cage shook violently.
The two staff members looked at each other, highly alert, and prepared to activate the spiritual sea at the same time:
"Three, two..."
"Woo woo!" No. 55 closed his eyes and resignedly waited for the pain.
"I'll do it."
Wen Ming interrupted the staff's countdown and stepped forward to open the cage door buckle.
The staff's heart suddenly jumped to his throat, and the words in his heart blurted out: "Don't! Your spiritual sea is defective, it's easy to be seduced by the mermaid..."
The moment the mermaid cage was opened, Wen Ming controlled No. 55's wrist with one hand, and used his skill to transfer the mermaid into the mermaid pool without hurting it.
No. 55 came into contact with the water, flicked its tail, and quickly moved away from the edge of the pool.
It swam out of the range of the spiritual sea of several people, dived into the water, and peeked at Wen Ming through layers of waves:
the new owner with a defective spiritual sea is so gentle...
Everything happened within a few seconds. The staff's words of persuasion circled around his mouth a few times, and he stuttered:
"No, it's okay."
What a terrifying physical technique!
The admiral had a mental problem, but his skills were as sharp as on the battlefield.
The staff carefully glanced at Wen Ming's clothes, and saw that he was not splashed with a drop of water after all the movements, and they admired him even more:
"Then we won't disturb him. Mermaids have poor adaptability and will be very noisy after changing to a new environment. If you have any needs or questions, please feel free to contact the Mermaid Center."
Wen Ming walked out of the mermaid room with them.
When the surroundings became quiet, No. 55 swam out of the water and observed his new home:
the mermaid room has a large window covered by heavy light gray curtains.
Except for the most basic light blue tiles of the mermaid pool, the other main colors are black, white and gray.
The decoration is simple, and there are fewer accessories in the home than in the laboratory where No. 55 stayed before.
In No. 55's poor vocabulary, there is just one word that can describe his new home -
bare walls.
He is tired of saying the word "poor"...
"Squeak."
There is a slight sound of plastic friction outside the door. No. 55's tail rises and falls, and he swims quickly to the edge of the pool, sniffing with his nose.
This sound is what he is most looking forward to - the bag of fish food!
Wen Ming walked in with mermaid food, and at first glance he saw the little mermaid swallowing saliva.
"Wait a moment before eating." He soothed and put the bag of fish food beside him.
The results of the physical examination must be confirmed first, and the little mermaid has no special allergens before feeding.
He turned on the optical computer, and after the physical examination report was loaded, a string of red characters popped up first, all of which were abnormal indexes:
1. A small adult mermaid with a weak body, be careful not to groom it too much;
2. Mild malnutrition, pay attention to reducing the amount of feeding, it is now unable to digest the normal amount of fish food;
3. The tail is burned, accompanied by the loss of fish scales, the mermaid center will prepare a therapeutic ointment and mail it to your home as soon as possible;
...
The more he read, the tighter Wen Ming's brows tightened.
The fish seller said that the injury on the little mermaid's tail was brought on when it was rescued, but the physical examination result showed that it was a "burn" that could be treated with ointment.
What exactly did it go through before?
"..."
No. 55 looked at the bag of fish food eagerly.
The new owner's face was very solemn. Could the family's income and expenditure not support this meal?
It was extremely hungry and whined anxiously.
Wen Ming pressed his eyebrows twice, turned off the computer, tore open the mermaid food bag, and was suddenly stunned.
No mermaid bowl was prepared...
He had never raised a mermaid before, and today was the first time he used the mermaid pond.
The monopolist of mermaid supplies himself actually did not have any mermaid supplies at home.
Even this bag of fish food was bought in a hurry after he decided to adopt a little mermaid.
Wen Ming put down the fish food and prepared to rush for another mermaid bowl.
"Ah!" No. 55 was so hungry that his eyes flashed green. His waist was stuck on the edge of the pool, his upper body was suspended in the air, and he stretched out his fingertips to poke Wen Ming lightly a few times.
Wen Ming sighed very lightly.
He held a handful of food in his palm, and with his other hand, he weakly protected No. 55 to prevent it from falling: "Eat."
The little mermaid ate just like in the aquarium, wolfing down the food.
When the Mermaid Center recommends mermaids to nobles, there are generally several standards: the first is the ability to guide, and the second is "family education."
Family education includes whether the food is eaten at a moderate speed, whether it is kept clean, whether it protects the food, etc.
No. 55 will obviously be given a very low score by the Mermaid Center.
But the point that Wen Ming is concerned about now has nothing to do with those standards——
The little mermaid wouldn't hurt him.
The mermaid's teeth are more aggressive than its claws, so Wen Ming was on guard when he fed it with his hands.
And No. 55 only opened its mouth wide to bite the fish food in the first few bites. When it got close to Wen Ming's hand, it switched to licking the food with its tongue.
Even though it ate in a hurry, scattered it all over the floor, and "frightened" its throat to protect the food, its teeth and claws never touched Wen Ming's skin.
It knew better than any human where its "danger" was...
After the little mermaid finished eating, Wen Ming scooped some more with his hands to feed it.
No. 55 had never eaten such delicious food, and after eating, he couldn't wait to look up at Wen Ming.
Its pupils were as shiny as glass, and the tip of its tail was curled up in anticipation, and it cried "aww" to indicate that it was not full yet.
Mermaid food of different prices has different composition ratios. The nutritional value of the food that Wen Ming feeds is very high.
This is too much for the slightly malnourished little mermaid.
Wen Ming resisted the "coquettish" attack of the little mermaid and sealed the bag of fish food:
"That's all for today."
The tip of the tail that emerged from the water dropped into the mermaid pond in disappointment.
No. 55 took Wen Ming's hand and licked his palm with lingering desire, savoring the taste of the fish food crumbs.
It only ate half full, but it is a sensible mermaid. Its family is so poor that it would be embarrassed to ask for more even if it is not enough.
No. 55's eyes were full of determination to share the joys and sorrows:
Master, it doesn't matter if I'm a little hungry, but we can't let our family suffer!
Wen Ming:?