Chapter 15 Chapter 15

"Dingding."

Assistant Xu knocked twice when he entered Wen Ming's office and placed the coffee in front of Dai Rong:

"Ms. Dai, are you going to wait for the admiral here?"

Dai Rong nodded gracefully in thanks, her hairdo looking perfect from every angle: "When will he be back?"

"Soon." Assistant Xu glanced at the computer and changed his words bitterly, "...should be soon."

Dai Rong picked up the coffee and took a sip:

"Every time I go to him to discuss spiritual sea treatment, he's never very active."

"The admiral encountered an emergency today." Assistant Xu explained, "the meeting has been postponed."

The hot steam from the coffee rose up, blurring Dai Rong's expression: "Then please cooperate with me."

Assistant Xu pushed up his glasses: "?"

"Don't be nervous, just some simple questions."

Dai Rong asked, "Has Wen Ming's spiritual sea fluctuated recently?"

Assistant Xu recalled, "It's been very stable during this period."

Did the thunderstorm have no effect?

​​Dai Rong's expression flashed with surprise: "He has raised another high-level mermaid who can be used for counseling?" "

Again?" Assistant Xu pondered, "As far as I know, the admiral only has one mermaid."

Speaking of mermaids, he became more talkative:

"The admiral is very concerned about the mermaid. In the past, he never talked about anything other than work. The company's employees said that he is getting better and better..."

The coffee cup was placed on the table with deliberate force:

"You mean, Wen Ming's condition has improved because of the counseling of a low-level mermaid?"

Wen Ming's eyebrows followed hers. The mother and son just raised their eyebrows slightly, and their momentum suddenly became stern.

Assistant Xu stood straight as if facing his boss:

"It has nothing to do with counseling.

The admiral never mentioned the counseling ability of the mermaids he raised. When we occasionally talked about the techniques of raising mermaids, his expression was... full of energy."

"Assistant Xu, you may not understand what I am asking about."

Dai Rong regained his composure: "From the time Wen Ming was born to now, I have been trying to find a way to heal his spiritual sea. Do you think the existence of a mermaid can heal him?"

Assistant Xu waved his hand: "No, no, mermaids can't cure the admiral, they just make him want to live."

"..."

Dai Rong's mouth twitched a few times, and he suddenly couldn't speak.

In the awkward silence, the office door was opened.

The fabric on one of Wen Ming's shoulders was slightly wrinkled, as if something had leaned on it, which was very rare on Wen Ming.

When Assistant Xu saw his savior, he immediately went to greet him: "Admiral! You're finally back. Your mother has been waiting..."

Dai Rong stood up and interrupted: "The company must be very busy. I heard from Assistant Xu that there is a meeting."

Assistant Xu laughed dryly: "No, it won't affect you..."

"I won't disturb you at work."

Dai Rong talked to herself and walked past them: "Wen Ming, let's talk about the treatment after work is over. I'll wait for you at your house first."

Wen Ming stroked the folds of his clothes with one hand and said casually:

"Mother, the mermaid at home is a little shy."

Dai Rong heard the meaning of the words and said directly: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to your mermaid."

Dai Rong was born into a noble family, and her pride would not allow her to lie.

"Of course I believe you." Wen Ming replied, "Just a reminder, it is not a docile mermaid, but as long as you don't hurt it, it won't hurt people either."

Mermaid hurts people?

Dai Rong snorted and laughed nonchalantly: "Anything else you want to remind me?"

Wen Ming paused:

"Its name is Mu Mu."

*

Dai Rong's first feeling when she entered Wen Ming's house -

quiet.

The interior of this big house that everyone envied was like a still painting, with all the pigments having low saturation and stiff brushstrokes.

Just like the owner of the house, he was as cold as frost and snow, and kept people away from him.

And today was even quieter than usual, and the family robot did not come out to greet the guests.

Dai Rong walked all the way to the door of the mermaid room, but did not find the family housekeeper.

She pushed open the door of the mermaid room with doubts.

The breeze playfully blew the curtains, then came through the gaps, and greeted the guests in the mermaid room.

The still painting moved.

Just like blue paint splashed on a painting, the mermaid room was dotted with blue everywhere.

The curtains were sea blue, the custom cabinets for mermaid supplies were azure blue, the embroidered blankets by the pool were lake blue...

The most lively blue was the mermaids in the water with gradient colors.

Dai Rong couldn't help but take a step back:

Did I enter the wrong house?

How could this style appear in Wen Ming's home?

"Ding! Welcome."

Cotton's electronic voice broke this "underwater fairy tale". The mobile function of the family butler was damaged and stayed in the mermaid room waiting for repair.

Dai Rong could barely recognize that the unrecognizable machine was the housekeeper of Wen Ming's family.

"It's really Wen Ming's family..."

"Ha--yawn."

Mu Mu stretched his lazy waist and turned out of the water, sleepy.

It saw who was coming and shrank back to the corner of the mermaid pond calmly.

The master's mother who wanted the master to raise a high-level mermaid...

Dai Rong walked straight to the window and traced the shell pattern on the curtain with his fingers.

'No, no, mermaids can't cure the admiral, they just make him want to live.'

Dai Rong felt the reality of this sentence.

She stood quietly in front of the curtain for a long time, and Mu Mu couldn't bear it anymore:

"Hmm!" If you want to open the curtain, just open it. Don't hesitate so long. I can sleep at night.

Dai Rong certainly didn't understand. She came to the mermaid pond, picked up a piece of seaweed snack, and tried:

"Mu Mu, here, are you hungry?"

"..." Mu Mu swam to a distance of more than one meter from her, and the inspector took it with his arm.

"Ahhh." The master is just like you. He didn't understand what I said and guessed that I was hungry.

Dai Rong responded politely: "Well, you're welcome."

Mu Mu blinked and quickly added: "Ahh!" Thank you!

Dai Rong smiled faintly: "Smart mermaid."

She also raised mermaids, but the mermaids at home could not give her the same sense of interaction as Mu Mu.

The wind from the window disturbed the surface of the pool, and the water rippled and slapped the pool wall again and again.

The small blanket placed by the pool was in a very dangerous situation. If the water splashed higher, it would get wet.

Dai Rong picked up the blanket, turned around and walked out the door...

A force quickly stopped her steps and pulled her across the blanket.

Dai Rong looked back and saw the mermaid grabbed a corner of the blanket and pulled it hard like a tug-of-war.

"Hoo!" Its attitude towards Dai Rong took a sharp turn for the worse, and it bared its fangs and let out a hostile growl from its throat.

Dai Rong relaxed her strength. The blanket material had a strong skin-friendly feel, and it slipped smoothly from her hands and fell into the water...

Mu Mu turned her hands around and rolled up the blanket before it fell into the water.

Then Mu Mu lifted it up and swam to the innermost part of the mermaid pool without letting the blanket get wet.

"Shh..."

Even if I'm a low-level mermaid, you can't just take my things!

"Mu Mu, I didn't mean to take your blanket." Dai Rong blurted out. She

was stunned after she finished speaking.

The interaction with this mermaid is stronger than you can imagine...

"Ah!" I don't believe you. You're still quibbling after you've already taken action?

The little mermaid was puffed up and turned her back to Dai Rong to show her determination.

As a researcher, Dai Rong has an "occupational disease" - efficiency in everything.

When she was raising mermaids, she couldn't find any unnecessary behavior. If

the mermaid is hungry, she feeds it; if the mermaid is sick, she treats it... The only interaction between her and the mermaid is counseling.

Now, she was talking nonsense out of character:

"Mumu, I really won't steal."

"Put the blanket back by the pool, it's so tiring to keep it up all the time?"

"Want some seaweed?"

Hearing the friction of the snack bag, Mumu secretly turned his head to take a look, and the rest of the time only left Dai Rong with a back view.

Mumu couldn't imagine how handsome and determined he looked from behind at this moment.

But if he switched to Dai Rong's perspective - facing the wall, arms raised high... he looked exactly like a child who had made a mistake.

Dai Rong coughed lightly to cover up her laughter, took a picture of Mu Mu's back with her computer, and sent a message to Wen Ming:

"It's worried that I might steal its blanket, so it's staying in this position. [Picture]"

She received a reply soon: "Explain it clearly, and it will understand."

Dai Rong: "Can it understand human language?"

Wen Ming: "It can feel sincerity."

"So you can reply to messages in seconds." Dai Rong asked, "Why didn't you reply when I asked you about your spiritual sea?"

One second, two seconds... one minute, and there was no reply in the message box.

Dai Rong exhaled slowly and turned his attention back to the mermaid pond.

Raising mermaids is much more interesting than raising a son!

"Mumu." Dai Rong said sincerely, "If the blanket is placed here, it will easily get wet by the pool water, so I want to take it out. I am rude. Wen Ming must have left a blanket for something useful."

She kept an eye on the mermaid while speaking, and found that when she mentioned "Wen Ming", its tail shook a few times...

Dai Rong continued: "The blanket was given to you by Wen Ming, right?" Mumu

whispered to the wall: It is our family's property...

Its reaction confirmed Dai Rong's idea: This mermaid remembered the pronunciation of the owner's name.

"Housekeeper, connect to my optical computer."

Dai Rong found a photo and the housekeeper projected it:

"Mumu, do you want to see Wen Ming's old photos?"

Interstellar projection technology is quite mature, and the virtual screen "prints" the image in the air, as if the person in the photo is standing in front of him.

Wen Ming looked like he was about 20 years old. He was dressed in military uniform, with shoulder straps and badges that indicated his status as an admiral.

Unlike his current indifference to life and death, the young Wen Ming was strong-willed and full of vigor.

The mermaid room was a little dark because the curtains were not drawn. However, the stars in his eyes, along with his burning fighting spirit, lit up this universe.

"Isn't it dazzling?"

Dai Rong looked at Mu Mu, who had swam to the edge of the pool at some point, and smiled:

"Can you still recognize that this is your master? Compared to now, he is simply two different people."

Mu Mu casually placed the small blanket on the edge of the pool and waved his hands in the direction of the projection:

"Ah!" Master, so handsome!

Dai Rong: "But no matter whether it was back then or now, his life was never as easy as it seemed..."

Mu Mu nodded in understanding:

"Wow..." I know, he is very poor.

Dai Rong: "He is sick."

"......?" Mu Mu was shocked.

He is still sick! ?