Yu Chen still had that indifferent expression as if it had nothing to do with him, but his quickened pace betrayed his mood. He suddenly grabbed Mu Mu's wrist and pulled him to the shore.
During this process, Mu Mu had already woken up, staring at Yu Chen with his eyes wide open.
Yu Chen's rapidly beating heart slowed down a bit. He looked at the fish expressionlessly, "...What are you doing?"
Mu Miao had a sad face and whispered, "Yu Chen, I'm so hungry."
Yu Chen saw the lawn on the shore that he had plucked bare, and the grass clippings around Mu Mu's mouth. He pursed his thin lips into a straight line, got up, went back to the house, got a plate of fresh fruit, and placed it in front of Mu Mu.
Mu Miao stared at the plate of fruit but didn't take it. She said embarrassedly, "Well, I'm not a vegetarian."
He is a carnivore!
Yu Chen looked at the grass scraps beside his mouth and asked, "Then why did you go to pull grass to eat?"
Mu Mu noticed his gaze and wiped his hand to his mouth. Seeing the grass crumbs on his hand, he knew that Yu Chen had misunderstood that he was so hungry that he ate grass. He explained shyly, "This is grass for your koi, but they won't eat it."
Yu Chen: “…”
He eyed the difficult fish and for the first time questioned whether he had made the right decision in bringing him back.
After a while, Yu Chen asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Mu Miao glanced at Yu Chen awkwardly, hesitating for a few seconds, "Is anything okay?"
Yu Chen: "Except for the things I can't get."
"No, no." Mu Mu waved his hands and said nervously, "Can I drink some of your blood? Just a little bit, just a little bit will do."
Blood is the carrier of human spiritual energy and contains the most spiritual energy.
Yu Chen pinched his cheek and squeezed it. Mu Mu's plump lips pouted, and the little mermaid blinked in confusion, silently asking Yu Chen why he pinched his face?
Yu Chen just pinched it for a while and quickly put his hand down, without any intention of explaining to him.
Mu Mu eagerly waited for him to feed her. "Is that okay? I really only need a little bit."
He repeated it a little bit at a time, just to prevent Yu Chen from thinking that he was a difficult fish to raise.
Yu Chen went into the house, took a small knife and a small bowl, rolled up his sleeves, and cut his wrist. The bright red blood rushed into the bowl.
"Eh! Too much!" Mu Miao hurriedly stopped him. Seeing the blood flowing, he didn't dare to cover it rashly. He pulled Yu Chen's hand holding the knife and said, "Bandage it quickly. It hurts."
Yu Chen chuckled, "The knife clearly cut into my body, and I haven't cried out in pain yet, why are you crying out first?"
"I'm sorry." Mu Miao felt very guilty. It was he who caused Yu Chen to be injured. He was a bad fish.
"I'll rarely be hungry in the future."
He thought about it over and over but couldn't find a solution, so he could only promise Yu Chen that next time, unless he was on the verge of starvation, he would never ask Yu Chen for food.
Yu Chen was amused by his remarks. It might be interesting to keep such a stupid fish during these boring days.
In that case, he is his fish.
Paranoia and possessiveness flashed across Yu Chen's deep eyes. He rubbed his furry head and said, "This little bit of blood won't be a problem. Remember to tell me next time you're hungry."
At the same time, the wound on his wrist was healing at a speed that was impossible for a human to achieve.
Mu Miao took the bowl full of blood from him with both hands, her heart filled with emotion, and completely ignored the strange changes in Yu Chen's wound.
Yu Chen, he is a very good man!
He would definitely repay his kindness for feeding him, Mu Mu secretly vowed, and had decided to catch the biggest and most delicious fish for him tomorrow and feed it to this kind-hearted two-legged beast.
Mu Mu had never drunk blood before. Although it smelled delicious, he had no idea what it tasted like. He tentatively stuck out his little tongue and licked it gently like a kitten drinking water.
Delicious!
Mu Mu's eyes lit up, and she drank from the bowl bit by bit. Her beautiful tail swayed because of her owner's joy. The blue tail gleamed in the sunlight, making the man next to her feel itchy.
Mumu felt a layer of warm skin covering his tail, and he shook his tail in confusion, trying to avoid it.
Turning his head, he saw Yu Chen's hand on his tail, gently stroking it down along the scales.
He seemed to be very interested in his tail. Mu Mu hesitated for a moment, looked at the blood in his bowl, and finally let Yu Chen continue to touch his tail.
The dense forests on the mountain block out the high summer temperatures, bringing a rare coolness during the bitter summer.
Mu Mu fell asleep to the sound of cicadas. He lay down on the shore in a daze, his tail soaked in the water, and closed his eyes comfortably.
"Are you going to sleep like this?" Yu Chen's hands were wet. He stroked the soft veil on Mu Mu's fishtail. His eyes dimmed slightly. He leaned over to Mu Mu's face, his gaze sweeping over her bright red lips, small nose, and curled eyelashes...
Mu Mu was sleeping soundly, but he vaguely felt a gaze that he could not ignore, and he shrank back into the water uncomfortably.
Suddenly, a powerful force came, and he flew up into the air, changing his position to sit firmly on the man's lap. Mu Miao lazily lifted his eyelids to take a look, and when he saw it was Yu Chen, he let down his guard and fell asleep again.
"Yu Chen, please stop bothering me. I'm so sleepy."
His voice was nasal and sleepy. Mu Mu's sticky voice was right beside his ears, and Yu Chen felt like his heart was being tickled by a feather, light and itchy.
Yu Chen's voice was a little hoarse, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, go to sleep."
Mu Miao nodded randomly and found a good position to sleep, with his head nestled in Yu Chen's neck. The human body is always more comfortable than hard stone. Mu Miao rubbed it subconsciously and fell into a deeper sleep.
Yu Chen couldn't explain why he did this. Perhaps he couldn't bear to see Mu Mu sleeping so soundly and wanted to wake him up on purpose. However, Mu Mu's coquettish behavior made him helpless, so he could only let Xiaoyu sleep in his arms.
Well, it’s all because this fish is so good at acting like a spoiled child, Yu Chen thought.
Yu Chen lowered his eyes, looking at Mu Mu's dependent look and peaceful sleeping face. He had to admit that his heart, which had been calm for a long time, beat heavily.
Time passes quietly.
Mu Mu didn't know how long he slept before the voice in his head woke him up.
[Ding—The B-level dungeon "Misty Fishing Village" is officially open.]
Background: Yujia Village has been a fishing village for generations. This isolated village near the sea attracts thousands of people from far and wide. However, every night, a thick fog begins to spread across this beautiful village, and figures hidden in the mist flash by, lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
[Number of players: Five]
[Mission: Protect the Fire]
[Task duration: seven days]
[Beep—NPCs are in place, players are in place, the game officially begins.]
The cold voice was completely different from 001. After comparing them, Mu Mu felt that his 001 was more advanced and its voice sounded more like that of a living person.
"Are you awake?"
Mu Mu's eyelashes were flicked, and he realized that he was still sitting in Yu Chen's arms. He shook his body, raised his eyes and said to Yu Chen, "I'm very heavy. If you keep holding me, your legs will go numb."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
The voice of the person outside the door was old, "Achen, are you home?"
Yu Chen put Mu Mu into the pool and tapped his head with his finger. "Go in. If you don't want to be discovered, get under the water and don't stick your head out."
Mu Miao nodded obediently, "I will hide well."
Although he was slow to react and his brother often said that there was a clear stupidity in his eyes, he was not completely ignorant.
Mu Miao knew that his identity in this copy was a bad fish NPC, the kind that wanted to eat people, and Yu Chen was on the human side. Just because Yu Chen didn't kill him didn't mean that other humans would be nice to him.
Maybe once discovered by others, Mu Mu will really become a dish.
Mu Miao quickly dived into the water and hid.
Yu Chen looked at him deeply, stood up and opened the door. A white-haired old man was standing outside the door. He was leaning on a cane, and his face was full of wrinkles brought by the passage of time.
When the old man saw Yu Chen's young and handsome face, he tightened his grip on his cane and took a few steps forward. "Achen, you're home."
Yu Chen's expression was indifferent. "Well, is there something wrong?"
The old man's name was Yu Fan, the village chief of Yujia Village. He usually made all important decisions in the village. But at this moment, he lacked the composure expected of an elder. His mouth moved, as if he was about to speak but stopped.
After waiting for a few seconds, Yu Chen began to get impatient. "If you have something to say, just say it. I don't have the ability to read minds, so I can't guess what you're thinking."
Yu Fan looked embarrassed. "Achen, a few outsiders just came. I just wanted to ask you if you can let them stay..."
His voice became softer and softer, until it was as low as a mosquito's hum.
Yu Chen chuckled softly upon hearing this, his dark eyes revealing no emotion, "As you wish."
He dropped these two words and turned to close the door.
Yu Fan stood outside the door in silence for a long time, sighed, and limped down the mountain with his crutches.
The temperature remained high in the afternoon. Perhaps because of the stuffy weather, few adults came out of Yujia Village. Only a few restless children did not want to take a nap and ran around everywhere.
At this time, they were all hiding by the wall, looking at the strangers outside. There were more than a dozen people coming this time, most of them were ragged and covered in dust. They looked more like they were here to escape than to travel.
One of the boys, who was wearing sportswear and a mask and looked energetic, didn't react to the people around him as he suddenly appeared here.
"Damn! Why aren't you wearing masks? Red code or green code?"
"Huh? What are you wearing? Cosplay?"
Li Cong pinched his mask and looked up and down at the boy next to him. The boy looked about the same age as him, but he was wearing a rough, retro-style gray and white linen suit.
The boy shuddered after hearing his voice, and bent his legs to kneel down, "It's my fault! Please don't blame me, sir! Please don't blame me, sir!"
"Damn it! Are you going to kneel down?" Li Cong quickly grabbed him and blurted out in shock, "Dude, it's over so early in the morning!"
Every move here is reflected in the eyes of the players in the central hall, and countless large floating screens are playing the copies that different players are currently performing.
Players who are watching the [Misty Fishing Village] dungeon left messages in the live broadcast room.
[Holy crap! This dungeon is actually open! Click here, I'm going to check it out!]
[Huh? What's going on upstairs? Isn't this just a B-level instance? What's so special about it?]
[What kind of idiot doesn't even know about the Misty Fishing Village dungeon? No one has ever cleared it since it was released. Wouldn't an A-rank dungeon be lost there? How could anyone look down on this dungeon?!]
[Hahahahahahaha, this new guy is really miserable, as soon as he enters the game he is faced with this devilish dungeon.]
【Let's bet on which night they will be completely wiped out?】
[I bet ten points! Game over on the first night!]
[I bet twenty points! No more the next day!]
【……】
Compared to the lively atmosphere in the live broadcast room, the atmosphere on the scene was much duller.
The other veteran players simply glanced indifferently at the farce here.
The children hiding behind the wall watched with wide eyes, some of them hugged their shoulders like adults with expressions of disgust.
"So many outsiders are here again. It's really annoying."
"Why are all of them coming to us? I hate these outsiders the most."
"That's right, are the cities outside so good that they can't accommodate them? They have to come here and look down on us for being poor. It's really annoying. I don't know when these people will leave."
"Brother Yu Kai, did your grandfather agree to let them stay?"
The boy called Yu Kai is about eleven or twelve years old. He is the grandson of the village chief and is usually the most mischievous one.
He was absent-minded now, and his friends had to call him several times before he finally came back to his senses.
The friend asked worriedly, "Brother Yu Kai, what's wrong with you? You've been absent-minded since this morning."
Yu Kai seemed to have been hit in the heart, and he shouted loudly, trying to hide his guilt, "What could happen to me? You are so annoying, a bunch of little brats, I don't want to play with you anymore!"
After saying that, he turned and ran away.
The children who stayed behind looked at each other, scratching their heads, not knowing what to do.
Yu Kai unknowingly came to the gravel road leading to the mountain. He looked at the mountain and recalled the scene he saw in the morning.
He was playing hide-and-seek with his friends here at the time. He saw Uncle Yu Chen coming from afar and out of fear of him quickly hid behind a tree.
It was because of this that when he saw Uncle Yu Chen and the mermaid in his arms, his grandfather told him that those non-human beings all ate human flesh and drank human blood, were cruel and bloodthirsty, and none of them were good people.
But the one in Uncle Yu Chen’s arms—it’s so beautiful.
She looked delicate and weak, with her pretty fish tail curled around Uncle Yu Chen's legs. She tilted her little head back and opened and closed her mouth as she spoke to the man holding her.
So well-behaved, not at all like the scary monster grandpa described.
Yu Kai was at the age when he was fearless and young. The little boy was always curious about those magical alien creatures, not to mention that it was an incredibly beautiful mermaid.
Yu Kai hesitated for a moment and did not tell his grandfather about this. Instead, he couldn't wait to run up the mountain.
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