Mermaid Town
Zhuang Mu is not a real mermaid, and his tears cannot turn into pearls.
Gu Lin wiped her tears with her chubby little hands, her little voice choked with sobs: "Brother Zhuang Mu, after turning into a fish, can I still change back?"
He didn't want his older brother and sister to be unable to change back.
Zhuang Mu shook his head. Although he didn't want Gu Lin to be sad, he didn't want to lie to him either.
Although the tail of the artificial fish can be split into two halves, it can never be turned back into the original human leg.
Seeing Zhuang Mu shaking his head, Gu Lin burst into tears and stretched out his short hands to Zhuang Mu: "Brother Zhuang Mu..."
Seeing this, Zhuang Mu immediately picked up the kid.
Gu Lin lay on Zhuang Mu's shoulder, sobbing and crying very sadly.
When the aunties in the live broadcast room saw the little cub crying, they were so heartbroken that they kept giving him rewards to comfort him.
9527 also felt distressed: [Little anchor, don’t cry!]
Gu Lin was not a crybaby. He rubbed his face with his little hands and comforted himself. His baby voice was choked with sobs: "Don't cry, baby. You are a big boy now, a little man!"
These words were spoken to him by his brother, but in reality he had no idea what a man meant by that.
Zhuang Mu smiled when he heard this. Gu Lin was less than two years old and could barely walk steadily, but he was surprisingly well-behaved and obedient.
Zhuang Mu took Gu Lin to the bathroom, washed his face, put him on the sofa, and brought him a small cake and milk.
After eating, Gu Lin felt much better and ate the cake with a small spoon.
At this time, Zhuang Mu took out a small bib from somewhere and tied it around his neck.
Gu Lin lowered his head and looked at the small bib tied around his neck, which had a little mermaid pattern on it.
Zhuang Mu smiled and said, "This is what Doctor Yu rushed out for you overnight."
Yesterday, the mayor of Mermaid Town mentioned small bibs and baby chairs. Yu Youmian was quite speechless at the time, but later she sewed a small bib for Gu Lin with her own hands.
Just imagining Dr. Yu sewing a small bib with needle and thread doesn't match his temperament.
His hands usually hold cold and sharp scalpels.
This small bib is called a small bib, but it is actually very crude. It is just a piece of cloth cut from somewhere with ties sewn on both sides.
Wrapping it around the baby's neck like this, and adding a buff that makes the baby's neck almost invisible, at first glance it looks like a barber shop apron.
Gu Lin did not despise it. He poked the little mermaid with his little hand and said in a baby voice: "Yuyu."
Seeing that he was almost well, Zhuang Mu felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
He remembered that Gu Lin had asked him why his fish tail was different from other mermaids:
"Kid, don't you want to know why my fish tail is different from other mermaids?"
Gu Lin ate the cake and looked at Zhuang Mu's beautiful golden fishtail. He blinked his big eyes and asked, "Why?"
Zhuang Mu: "Maybe it's because I was transformed using the serum of a real mermaid."
Gu Lin was confused: "Huh"
Zhuang Mu patiently explained to him: "Only mermaids transformed with the serum of real mermaids will not have their tails split. Now all the mermaids in the town are transformed with secondary serum, because the real mermaid is missing. On the surface, I am Dr. Yu's personal assistant, but in fact, I am the source of the serum for artificial fish."
The smile on his lips carried a subtle hint of self-mockery. "Artificial fish like us are not real mermaids, but we are no longer real humans. We are just monsters."
But in the beginning, they were just like everyone else, ordinary people.
Gu Lin snorted and said in a childish voice: "Brother Zhuang Mu is not a monster!"
Zhuang Mu was startled, then his expression softened. "I heard that pearls transformed from mermaid tears can create illusions."
Gu Lin: “What illusion?”
Zhuang Mu didn't continue talking. He rolled up his sleeves, revealing a string of numbers on his arm. The number on it was 3416.
"The artificial fish all have their own numbers. I am the 3416th artificial fish."
Gu Lin looked at the numbers on his arm and counted in a tender voice: "3, 4, 1, 6."
Zhuang Mu smiled: "You know how to count."
Gu Lin spread out his hands: "Baby, you know the number ten."
Zhuang Mu: “…”
For a kid who is less than two years old, being able to recognize ten numbers is already pretty good.
Gu Lin remembered that Uncle Song Ran and the others said that one of Brother Zhuang Mu and the mermaid in the secret room was a real fish. Now that Brother Zhuang Mu is not a real fish, is the fish in the secret room real?
Gu Lin: "Brother Zhuang Mu, is the fish in the doctor's secret room a real fish?"
Zhuang Mu was stunned. He didn't expect that Gu Lin actually knew about the mermaid in the secret room. The mayor took Gu Lin to the mermaid base yesterday, so it could only be the mayor who told him.
Zhuang Mu quickly came back to his senses: "I don't know either. The mermaid in the secret room is not open to the public. No one has ever seen it except Dr. Yu. I don't know whether the mayor has seen it or not."
Gu Lin couldn't fully digest a lot of what Zhuang Mu said, but there was a question that had been bothering him for a long time.
"Are these fish transformed by the doctor?"
Zhuang Mu was silent for a moment and nodded.
Gu Lin was completely well now, and became lively again, frowning: "Why did the doctor uncle transform so many fish? Is the doctor uncle a bad person?"
Zhuang Mu: “…”
Gu Lin couldn't figure it out because he had always been able to sense the good and evil in others, but strangely, he could not sense any malice or kindness from Yu Youmian.
It's like a cold sculpture, without any emotions or feelings.
But he felt that the doctor uncle and the scar uncle were different. The scar uncle was a big bad guy and killed his sister who gave him a lollipop, while the doctor uncle sewed a small bib for him.
But the doctor uncle turned the man into a fish again.
Gu Lin’s little head was filled with confusion.
Zhuang Mu was stunned for a long time, his azure eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, making it difficult to see clearly:
"Many times, we cannot simply judge a person by good or evil. Humans are very complex creatures. Meanness and nobility, evil and kindness, hatred and love can coexist in the same heart."
Gu Lin was confused after hearing this. This was too difficult for the kid.
Human beings are so complicated. He is trying hard to actively integrate into human society, but he hasn't even learned to count completely and only knows ten numbers.
Zhuang Mu didn't seem to care whether Gu Lin understood or not. He rubbed the kid's head and said, "Eat quickly."
Gu Lin quickly turned his attention to eating and nodded: "Yes!"
He scooped up a big spoonful of cake and ate it in one bite.
Zhuang Mu watched the kid eat, with a smile in his eyes.
After finishing the small cake and milk quickly, Gu Lin said: "Brother Zhuang Mu, when are we going to have dinner?"
Zhuang Mu: “…”
I just ate
Zhuang Mu was only surprised for a moment, then let him play in the living room for a while and went to prepare breakfast for him.
While Zhuang Mu was preparing breakfast, Gu Lin opened the Ultraman backpack and found some snacks for himself.
In the kitchen, Zhuang Mu opened the refrigerator door.
On the first layer of the refrigerator's refrigerator compartment, there is a glass tube containing some unknown blue solution.
Zhuang Mu reached in, as if trying to take the eggs underneath. He was going to make egg custard for the kid.
But when he was about to touch the egg, his finger paused and slowly moved upwards towards the blue solution.
The blue solution made the skin on his fingertips look even colder and whiter.
Zhuang Mu slowly turned his head and glanced at the ignorant cub outside.
The cub was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, holding a snack in his hand. Perhaps he felt his gaze, so he turned his head and looked at him with an innocent smile.
The moment Gu Lin looked over, Zhuang Mu also showed a gentle smile on his face.
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Zhuang Mu prepared another hearty breakfast for Gu Lin, including egg custard, fried steak, and a plate of fruit and vegetable salad.
After breakfast, Gu Lin lay on the sofa like a lazy little piglet, yawning continuously, too sleepy to even open his eyelids.
"Brother Zhuang Mu, I'm sleepy and want to sleep."
Zhuang Mu looked at the breakfast he had eaten up, smiled gently, and said something similar to what he had said before: "Yeah, sleeping pills were added to the cake and breakfast."
Gu Lin didn't hear anything at all. He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, almost falling asleep in seconds.
Zhuang Mu lowered his head and looked at him for a while, then took off the small bib that was still tied around his neck and covered him with a furry blanket.
Gu Lin was sleeping soundly and was completely unaware.
I don’t know how long I slept when I heard two low voices talking next to my ears.
Gu Lin couldn't open his eyes, and vaguely heard that it was the mayor and the doctor who were talking.
"Did this little doll become a little mermaid?"
The mermaid mayor's groaning voice.
Yu Youmian said in a cold voice: "The last tube of real mermaid serum was used on him. If he fails to become a mermaid, it would be better for those VIPs to give up."
Mayor Mermaid: "I originally wanted Zhuang Mu to add some to his lunch, but this little kid eats too much."
Then he sighed again:
"At least the kid still calls me grandpa, I feel bad about it."
Yu Youmian seemed to chuckle: "It's rare that the Mermaid Mayor is thoughtful."
Mermaid Mayor: "..."
"But." Yu Youmian was silent for a moment, then said, "Becoming a mermaid is better than dying. The mist is the condensation of the mermaids' resentment. Except for the residents of the mermaid town, anyone who breathes in the mist will either become their kind or die. The mayor is also saving him."
The mayor of Mermaid Town sighed again: "In Mermaid Town, we can no longer see the stars."
…
Soon, the sound in my ears disappeared again.
Gu Lin fell asleep again in a daze.
I don’t know how long I slept, but when Gu Lin woke up and opened his eyes, a little mermaid baby was freshly born.
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*Meanness and nobility, evil and kindness, hatred and love can coexist in the same heart. ——The Moon and Sixpence
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