"Your Highness, in this interstellar world, all people with the surname Yu are your subjects."
“You are not alone, Your Highness. We are willing to support you for life.”
Yu Peiyi stood up again and performed the kneeling ceremony for Qiao You, a member of the mermaid clan.
"Your Highness, your people live on forever."
Qiao You wagged its tail and struggled to help Yu Peiyi up. "Grandma Yu, I don't deserve this..."
Yes, what merit does he possess? He is the young prince of the merfolk, yet he has not sought any benefit for his people.
In ancient Earth, all the people loved and protected him, and would not allow him to suffer even the slightest harm.
When the merfolk were in trouble, everyone asked the Emperor to send him away first. Even when the great tsunami came, the guard uncle held him tightly in his arms, trying to exchange his own body for his safety.
The Yu clan has a history of over a thousand years, with strict rules within the clan, all for the sake of preserving the merfolk. After a thousand years, he is still protected by his clansmen.
He doesn't deserve this...
"Your Highness, you are the symbol of the mermaid race. As long as you are here, the mermaid race will never disappear."
As long as there is even one mermaid, the mysterious mermaid race will continue to stand.
After clarifying everything, Helian Jue had the housekeeping robot lead Qiao Peiyi to the guest room to rest, and then asked Su Yinchen to send a maid over to take care of Yu Peiyi's daily life.
"Brother," Qiao You called softly to Helian Jue, holding him tightly.
Helian Jue responded to Qiao You, "Brother is here."
The Yu family waited for a thousand years, just for that tiny, even negligible, possibility.
“I am not worthy... to be their little prince.” Qiao You was very disappointed. “I have done nothing for them.”
"They don't need to protect me..."
It's clearly me who's been bothering them all along...
Helian Jue could understand what Qiao You was thinking at this moment. The Su family and the Yu family had been passed down for thousands of years just to wait for such a tiny opportunity.
"I saved Su Xuanyu, but he had already repaid it back then." Qiao You said. At that time, he was still young. He saved Su Xuanyu and didn't know what to do, so he gave the water-repelling pearl in his arms to Su Xuanyu and took him back to the Mermaid Palace.
What followed was communication between his father, mother, and him.
All he knew was that from then on, Su Xuanyu would send a lot of things from the mainland every few days.
It has everything: food, toys, and daily necessities.
He even helped the merfolk integrate into the ancient Earth's network. All that he did was to repay the life-saving grace he received back then.
As a member of the Yu clan, he was born as a source of hope and brought miracles, but these were not things he did; they simply came with him. Strictly speaking, they cannot be considered his contributions.
“Baby, listen to your brother.” Helian Jue bent down and cupped Qiao You’s face, saying gently, “You are warm-hearted, kind, obedient, considerate, capable, and thoughtful. These are all your strengths.”
"You are you, you are the little fish that everyone likes, so don't think like that, okay?"
"Your good little fish will do a good job, right?"
Qiao You looked up at Helian Jue, "Brother, do you know what I want to do?"
"Of course I know, brother." Helian Jue patted Qiao You's head. "Brother is the one who understands Xiaoyu the most."
Qiao You snuggled closer to Helian Jue once more. "Brother, if they're willing, I hope to become a mermaid like me... or even in human form..."
Qiao You spoke softly, as if he thought the idea was a pipe dream, a pipe dream...
"Baby's idea is great." Helian Jue gave Qiao You 100% affirmation.
"The ancient and mysterious mermaid race should not simply disappear into the river of time."
"Your brother will always be with you."
Yes, that's my brother; he'll never deny his naive ideas.
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