Chapter 83 Meeting the Parents (Revised)
No matter how explosive the Star Network was, Yu Mian in the study was rolling up his sleeves and trying to reach out to pull his golden conch shell out of the water.
"So it was this conch shell. At the beginning, it was still a small fish..."
Yu Mian, holding the conch shell, tried to explain to Huo Ting from the beginning, but found that Huo Ting behind him was still staring at his ankles.
The feet that turned back from a fish tail still inevitably had a circle of beautiful and dense light golden scales around the ankles, which looked sparkling under the light of the study.
"..."
Is this guy really listening to my explanation?
Yu Mian was stared at so much that she subconsciously wanted to hide her ankles. After all, it seemed strange that she couldn't change back completely. She felt a bit inhuman.
"So after being discovered by Huo Yan, you followed him to help with the parents' meeting?"
However, after noticing Yu Mian hiding her ankles, Huo Ting retracted his gaze and looked at Yu Mian in front of him.
In fact, I have guessed a lot, but I really didn't expect that the unexpected sense of familiarity would appear here.
"And you clearly knew me and Hals at the time, but you pretended not to know us."
Yu Mian:!
Yu Mian, the fish in the fish, was suddenly mentioned to her face by Huo Ting as if he was "calling a blaming army" and her ears instantly became hot.
Why doesn't this guy let people speak in order?
Let the fish make another excuse -
"I just couldn't get two legs at first, so I could only stay in the study. Later, I gradually became able to do so, so I asked Huo Yan to take me out for a walk, and then I didn't expect to run into you..."
"And if I said I knew you, wouldn't it be really weird and scary for someone else to suddenly appear in the study?"
Yu Mian was embarrassed and tried to explain in a nagging manner. Huo Ting caught some information from this long paragraph, and his eyes finally fell on the golden conch shell in Yu Mian's hand.
After thinking for a while, he looked up at Yu Mian in front of him.
Is it weird?
If you believe in your grandfather's legend from the beginning, then everything seems to have an incomparably perfect explanation.
But Huo Ting gradually became convinced that Yu Mian in front of him didn't seem to know what his grandfather said.
Because Yu Mian was holding the conch shell very frankly, and continued to talk about his "business history", from the first book "Agreement Marriage" to "Star Soldier King"...
"So he took the initiative to approach me and Hals at that time, it turned out to be to collect writing materials."
Huo Ting, who had been listening quietly and patiently, summed up thoughtfully, and instantly made Yu Mian stuck.
"EM... I don't mean that!"
I don't know why Yu Mian always has a weird sense of guilt as if he was condemned.
As if he was a scumbag.
"And I've been paying the rent."
Yu Mian, sitting on a chair, hugged the golden conch shell in his arms, trying to hide his embarrassment of wearing a vest.
However, the next second, instead of listening to Yu Mian's "excuses", Huo Ting finally squatted down and looked at the scales on Yu Mian's fish feet.
"So these can't be completely changed back, and they will fall off."
The content is a question, but the tone is a statement.
"Uh... yeah, will it be weird?"
Yu Mian was suddenly so close to him, and he was a little nervous subconsciously.
"No, it's very beautiful."
But unexpectedly, Huo Ting, who usually doesn't talk much, responded to Yu Mian's nervousness very calmly for the first time.
For a moment, the study room suddenly became quiet.
Yu Mian inexplicably felt like running away from the study.
"So you're not surprised?"
Recalling the shocked expression on Huo Yan's face when he first found out that he was a mermaid, Yu Mian realized that something was wrong after he met Huo Ting.
Huo Ting's emotions were surprisingly stable from beginning to end.
"...I picked up a piece of scale before, so I guessed a little bit."
Huo Ting paused for a moment and then told the truth.
Yu Mian:! ?
Yu Mian was already deeply shocked.
Had his scales fallen to this point before...how could someone pick them up?
Tragic case of sashimi.
"Go see a doctor next week."
But Huo Ting was still very concerned about the circle of scales on the ankle of the fish in the study.
After all, most special races cannot completely hide the racial signs, which often means that there is a disease in the body.
"See a doctor?"
Why did the topic suddenly change to seeing a doctor?
Yu Mian admitted that whether in his previous life or now, he was more or less afraid of seeing a doctor, otherwise he would not have stayed up late to catch up with the deadline and died suddenly.
"I don't think..."
"Go over or come home next week? I've already made an appointment. After all, the previous skin care products cannot replace medicine." Although
Huo Ting directly followed up with the second half of the inquiry when Yu Mian tried to evade.
Originally, he planned to write a small note to the other party before the guest left, but now it seems more convenient.
Yu Mian: ...
Yu Mian finally hugged the conch shell in his arms with a headache, feeling that everything was completely different from what he had imagined. He
was caught and taken to the hospital for treatment for his tail inexplicably...but Granny Delangi had clearly said before that he was just growing.
"Shouldn't we think about how to respond now?"
"How do you want to respond."
Huo Ting, who realized that Yu Mian was compromising, inexplicably raised the corners of his lips.
"I actually have a plan, would you like to listen to it? It's the materials you gave me before..."
Yu Mian obediently picked up the materials on the desk, that is, the ingredient list, and turned on the optical computer to let Huo Ting look at the outline of his new book.
Huo Ting watched Yu Mian, who was like a fish, turn on the optical computer with ease, and gradually understood how this resident had been "starting a business" in the study.
No wonder he had to agree with him on the time to use the study.
Yu Mian then explained his plan seriously.
"...In this way, after writing it in the book, we will shoot a teaching video, and more people will definitely know how to cook." "
And if the two of us appear on camera together, everyone will definitely believe that we are not the same person, but we don't need to show our faces, just show our hands."
Although Yu Mian realized after he finished speaking that the only key point of his plan was that Huo Ting was willing to accompany him to implement it.
This guy is usually very busy with work, will he have time to participate?
And it's something that sounds a bit unserious, like cooking.
"Okay."
But just when Yu Mian was a little nervous waiting for the answer, Huo Ting had already agreed.
"Just tell me one or two days in advance, and what preparations need to be made."
Yu Mian subconsciously turned his head and looked at Huo Ting behind him, but found that Huo Ting was also looking down at him.
Subconsciously, he wanted to shake his fish tail, but then he remembered that he had turned back to two legs.
"Then we have a deal..."
Yu Mian whispered as he looked at the last explanation Xingbo released on the Star Network, and had to face the most terrifying thing.
"But how are we going to explain this to grandpa... This is too weird!"
When the old man went out, his grandson suddenly had a friend staying in the study.
The key has not been exposed until now, and Huo Ting has taken the blame for himself.
If I were Huo Ting's grandfather, I would definitely wonder if I was a monster.
However, when Yu Mian was having a headache, Huo Ting gently "rescued" the poor conch shell that was about to be crushed by Yu Mian from Yu Mian's hand.
"Maybe he will just be happy."
"Ah?"
Yu Mian looked at Huo Ting on the side, always feeling that this kind of comfort was pale and powerless.
"Do you recognize this conch shell?"
After a long silence, Huo Ting finally asked tentatively.
"Well, it seems that mom and dad sent it to me before, but they are not with me now, and I can't find them..."
Yu Mian did not notice the subtlety in Huo Ting's tone.
Or rather, even if he noticed it, there was no room for speculation.
After all, the parents, who have always been carefree, later forgot to tell their son about the joking agreement.
Maybe being heartless is the characteristic of this family of optimistic parents.
"..."
Huo Ting looked at Yu Mian's explanation without any unnecessary emotions, but the look in his eyes moved slightly.
At least in this way, as long as his grandfather doesn't let it slip, this joking agreement between the elders can be regarded as non-existent.
"Because your grandfather should be able to tell you why this conch shell made you appear in the study."
Huo Ting explained evasively, but succeeded in making Yu Mian look over with curiosity and surprise.
There seemed to be a faint golden color emerging in the amber eyes, and the eyelashes were in line with the consistent characteristics of mermaids, as slender as butterfly wings.
When staring at you intently, there is an indescribable feeling.
Maybe this is the reason why you can't get angry at all, even if in the blink of an eye you have gained the identity of a "great writer".
Inexplicably, Huo Ting wanted to reach out and touch it.
"...Hiss!"
Yu Mian covered his eyes instantly, and Huo Ting realized that he had reached out subconsciously.
"There's a little dust stuck to the end of your eye."
"?"
Yu Mian rubbed his eyes in response to Huo Ting's subtle explanation after he stood up.
There's dust?
"Aren't you leaving?"
"Ah, are you going straight down?"
Yu Mian, who was going to see his grandfather, was really nervous for the first time.
After all, for Huo Ting, maybe it was because the note took so long to write, or maybe it was because he inexplicably felt that Huo Ting would not hurt him, so although it was embarrassing to be exposed, he was not afraid.
But it was really scary to meet the elders...
The key point was that he was Huo Ting's grandfather, and he really had no experience of interacting with such elders.
As a result, when Yu Mian was hesitating, Huo Ting stretched out his hand to signal him.
"..."
The next second, he was dragged downstairs.
Is it too late to escape now?
When he pulled Huo Ting into the study and decided to explain together, he had a sense of calmness of a great sacrifice.
Now that they really went together, Yu Mian was sure that he was really a little scared.
He subconsciously tightened his grip.
Huo Ting's hands were a little rough, and there were even old scabs on his fingertips, which felt completely different from his own hands.
Yu Mian was distracted at the moment and did not notice Huo Ting's slowed down tone.
"It's okay."
You know, grandpa has been muttering this for decades.
And the atmosphere downstairs was indeed extremely subtle at the moment.
After all, the news on Star Network was still heard by everyone in the old house anyway.
First, they heard in disbelief that their young master had become a great writer, and then the latest reply from the author Yu Tang Mian.
But when did such a guest appear in the old house?
But when they thought about Master Huo Ting's instructions regarding the second floor some time ago and even the various abnormalities in the renovation of the fish tank, everyone seemed to be aware of something.
Especially the nanny Qiao Ni, she almost guessed who the express deliveries were for... No wonder she had to deliver them to the study herself?
And all these incredible guesses were finally answered after Yu Mian appeared behind Huo Ting.
"There was indeed a guest at home some time ago."
Huo Ting introduced calmly, and as expected, everyone downstairs fell into a daze.
As for Yu Mian, she was about to slip back into the sea if she hadn't been pulled.
In fact, when grandfather Huo Yuejiang looked at Yu Mian across the dining table without saying a word, after listening to Yu Mian's apology and stumbling explanation...
"Ah... what is there to apologize for, and why move away? Since you are a guest, just stay for a few more months, there are so many empty rooms at home."
Huo Yuejiang, who finally came to his senses after being stunned for a long time, was not satisfied with just speaking softly to Yu Mian, and the next sentence was to "question" Huo Ting.
"Huo Ting, you stinky boy asked the guest to move away?"
Huo Ting was not surprised by her grandfather's reaction, so under Yu Mian's blank gaze, she just picked up the water cup beside her and took a sip with a blank face.
"I actually..."
Yu Mian didn't even tell her grandfather in detail how she came here, and was interrupted when she was about to explain.
"Actually, there's no need to say more, because your parents once talked about such a thing. I didn't expect that it would actually happen after so many years..."
"Have you seen my parents?"
Yu Mian looked at the old man in front of him in disbelief.
So Huo Yuejiang looked at Yu Mian in front of him and repeated the experience of that year in a soothing manner.
Only the key word "child marriage" was finally coughed and vaguely answered by Grandpa Huo under the gaze of his grandson.
"Then can I go there to take a look?"
Yu Mian immediately thought of the sea area that Grandma Delangi had told him about. Doesn't this overlap with what Grandpa Huo said?
If the mermaid couple is really the parents, doesn't it mean that the parents have been to this world?
But didn't they tell me that they were just ordinary maritime civil servants?
In fact, since childhood, Yu Mian did once doubt whether his parents, who often disappeared for half a year, were lying to him.
These two people are always mysterious, and their unreliable personalities don't seem like civil servants at all.
If he hadn't been able to enjoy his parents' public medical benefits every time he went to the hospital when he was sick, Yu Mian would really think that his parents might be unemployed vagrants on the sea.
"But there is indeed no trace of any mermaids in that sea area. In order to find your parents, many people were arranged to look for them."
In response to Yu Mian's expectations, Mr. Huo frowned regretfully.
"..."
This overlapped with what Grandma Delanqi said.
Hope appeared but was instantly disappointed, which made Yu Mian inexplicably depressed.
Huo Ting, who noticed the fish's lost mood, looked at his grandfather.
"Well, but speaking of it, since you're a mermaid, where's your tail? Don't all mermaids have tails?"
Huo Yuejiang immediately changed the subject and looked at Yu Mian with curiosity.
"My tail can turn into legs after a period of time."
Yu Mian was gradually not as nervous and afraid of Huo Ting's grandfather Huo Yuejiang as she was at the beginning. After all, the old man was really friendly to her.
And he was the only one who had met her parents.
"Strange, don't fish like to be in the water? Do you want me to build a big one for you in the old house..."
"No, I'm planning to buy a house, right next to Starry Sky Lake."
Yu Mian felt that he couldn't resist and quickly stopped his grandfather's overly enthusiastic behavior.
Starry Sky Lake?
Hearing this, Huo Yuejiang seemed to be thinking about something.
The next second, without waiting for Huo Ting to stop him, his grandfather slammed the table.
"What a coincidence, doesn't our family have a house over there? I used to go there to soak in the hot springs. The water view there is so beautiful. It's so cramped to stay in the fish tank all the time!"
Huo Yuejiang felt happy just by looking at Yu Mian in front of him.
It was as if a decades-long obsession had finally come true today.
And just as he imagined, the boy raised by the young couple was very handsome.
"?"
Yu Mian looked at the old photos displayed in his grandfather's computer, and felt that this house looked a little familiar.
"Isn't this house for sale recently? The owner left Central Star because of bankruptcy, so he's selling it urgently?"
I even contacted the agent, but I didn't have time to discuss it in detail.
"Huh? When did you sell it, Mork!"
Huo Yuejiang called Mork, who had been with him all the year round. For Huo Ting and Huo Yan, this uncle Mork had watched them grow up since they were young.
"...You might want to ask the eldest young master about this. But the hot spring over there is still being maintained, and you can go there anytime."
Mork looked at the eldest young master with a subtle expression.
I only knew that the eldest young master was suddenly going to sell it, but I really didn't understand the "urgent sale due to bankruptcy" behind it.
I was indeed surprised at the time, but now I seem to know the answer.
After all, the answer was obviously the handsome young man who suddenly appeared in the old house today.
"..."
Huo Ting rarely faced the gaze of the whole room, and he was silent as if he didn't know what to say.
Yu Mian, on the other hand, suddenly seemed to understand something and was stunned.
Huo Ting...had guessed that I might be Xiaoyu before.
That's why he was sure that I would like this house in Xingkong Lake, right?
How could it be such a coincidence?
"By the way, since you are a writer, what kind of books do you write? I am an old man who has been very idle recently and I really want to improve my literary cultivation."
Huo Yuejiang coughed a few times and decided to skip the doubt of "the owner went bankrupt and left Central Star". He immediately recalled the purpose of his return home today.
After all, when he was with a few old friends, he suddenly learned that his grandson had become a "great writer".
Although now it seems that Yu Mian, a young man, wrote it in the study?
But the outside world mistakenly thought that it was written by his grandson.
"Ah... that, no, my books are very rich... some are not suitable for you to read!"
Yu Mian, who was still immersed in thinking about the house in Xingkong Lake, was suddenly mentioned by Huo Yuejiang. He immediately became restless.
After all, the "Rebirth" that he is serializing now... He can't let his grandfather Huo Ting read it even if he dies -
even if it's out of consideration for the old man's heart! ?
"You didn't like reading books back then, so you don't have to look for this topic now."
Huo Ting, who also realized something, coldly exposed his grandfather Huo Yuejiang's lie in a second.
"You little brat, how come you can't like reading books when you're old?"
Grandfather Huo Yuejiang immediately took back his bold words.
After all, Huo Yan's dislike of reading books, the whole family once unanimously suspected that it might have been inherited from his grandfather Huo Yuejiang.
"It's already late today, why don't you rest first? You haven't taken your medicine yet, and the young master will be back tomorrow."
Qiao Ni, who was standing by, reminded him quietly after receiving Huo Ting's eye signal.
Otherwise, judging from the old man's appearance tonight, it seems that he will stay up all night.
As for Huo Yan, who always likes to be lively, he will be very happy to see a mysterious "guest" coming to his house tomorrow.
"That's right, how are you going to rest tonight?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuejiang looked at Yu Mian who was not far away.
"I can just go to the fish tank."
"How can this be appropriate? At least we should get a guest bedroom, or let's go to Xingkong Lake tomorrow to look for a house we like?"
After retirement, Huo Yuejiang, an old man who was free and idle, was now very excited to find a new business.
Yu Mian looked at Huo Ting on the side for help.
"Go back and rest first, I will take care of this matter."
As soon as Huo Ting spoke, Huo Yuejiang looked at his grandson strangely.
Speaking of which... Huo Ting's reaction this time was also very strange.
In the past, he would have left with a cold face.
"Well, then you young people can handle it by yourselves. I, an old guy, won't interfere too much."
Although Huo Yuejiang also realized that as an elder, it seemed a bit stressful for him to be overly involved.
It was not until his grandfather was coaxed back that Yu Mian, who finally returned to the fish tank in the study, breathed a sigh of relief.
At least this hurdle at home seems to have been barely passed? Although Huo Yan will probably still have trouble when he comes back tomorrow.
But he unexpectedly learned the secret of the conch shell. It turned out that this was given to Huo Ting's grandfather by his parents?
"By the way."
Yu Mian pulled Huo Ting's clothes and handed the pearl to him under Huo Ting's gaze.
"Actually, I was planning to give it to you before I left. Now I'm giving it to you in advance. I want to find a new house..."
After all, after knowing that it was my grandfather's house, I always felt that Huo Ting was too reckless.
"When did you cry again?"
Unexpectedly, after seeing the second pearl, Huo Ting frowned subconsciously and asked the question seriously, which made Yu Mian sit up straight in an instant.
How did this guy know that pearls were made from tears?
"Because when you sleep with it under the pillow, you will see the picture of the moment when tears fall."
Huo Ting's explanation made Yu Mian completely confused.
Ah...
Is this pearl so bad?
It even stabbed me in the back!
"Then you should give it to me..." Yu
Mian wanted to pretend to be calm and take back his pearl from Huo Ting the next second.
It would be too embarrassing to be seen falling pearls.
"But won't the next book be about cooking? There's no kitchen at Starry Sky Lake."
Huo Ting, who finally made Yu Mian realize that pearls should not be given away casually, mentioned this topic lightly before leaving.
"And Uncle Harrison will probably want to meet you. His research institute should be able to help make any seasonings and kitchenware needed for the new book."
Huo Ting seemed to be aware of Yu Mian's hesitation and finally added.
"..."
Yu Mian held the pearl in his hand and fell into deep thought for a while.
Does it really sound tempting?
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