Salted Fish Cub is the Team Pet in an Unlimited Game
Salted Fish Cub is the Team Pet in an Unlimited Game Chapter 20: Mermaid Town (20)

Gu Lin looked at the many mermaids in the glass walls. He walked for a long time and still didn’t reach the end.

“Mayor-yeye, why are there so many yuyu here?”

The mermaid town mayor was now lost in a sea of “Mayor-yeye”s, his old face smiling even more kindly: “These are all exhibits for this year’s Mermaid Festival. They are the mermaids that Doctor Yu has most recently modified. Their quality is much higher than in previous years. The last batch of mermaids should be completed by tomorrow night.”

If it were an adult, they might be shocked and chilled by the mermaid town mayor’s words, but not Gu Lin. He automatically filtered out things he wasn’t interested in.

These mermaids were naked above the waist, but in Gu Lin’s eyes, the key areas were covered with mosaics.

Each mermaid had different numbers on their arms. Gu Lin pointed with his little finger, counting along: “6, 5… 6, huh? Why do these two 6’s look different?”

The cub was puzzled, his little face thoughtful.

Why did one have its tail on top, and the other on the bottom?

Mermaid Town Mayor: “…”

He watched Gu Lin read 9 as 6, and he still dared to say he knew numbers?

Then 9527 said: [Congratulations, little streamer, you have obtained a key clue, reward 3000 points!]

Gu Lin was bewildered: [What clue?]

9527: …

It had figured it out. Gu Lin was just here to play.

9527: [A mission clue. These three thousand points are what you’ve earned since leaving the hotel.]

Hearing 9527 mention the mission, Gu Lin remembered, oh right, he still had to find the little pearls!

He had to find the little pearls and give them to his gege to prove his innocence!

With so many mermaids in front of him, there must be many little pearls.

Gu Lin remembered that Mayor-yeye had said earlier that he would give him whatever he wanted. He put down his Ultraman backpack and deng deng deng ran back to the town mayor.

He looked up at the town mayor: “Mayor-yeye, you’ll give cub whatever cub wants?”

He only remembered that Mayor-yeye said he would give him whatever he wanted, but he didn’t remember the precondition that he had to stay and be his grandson.

The mermaid town mayor’s eyes lit up: “What do you want?”

He looked at him encouragingly, as if to say, ask for whatever you want, your Mayor-yeye is listening.

Gu Lin: “I want little pearls. Mayor-yeye, can you give me a little pearl?”

The mermaid town mayor was stunned: “…”

Where did this come from?

The town mayor furrowed his brow: “What little pearls?”

Gu Lin pointed at the mermaids and said, “The tears of yuyu can turn into little pearls.”

Mermaid Town Mayor: “…”

Before the mermaid town mayor could say anything, another low, clear voice sounded from behind them: “These mermaids’ tears can’t turn into pearls.”

The two turned their heads and saw that Yu Youmian had also come down to the mermaid base at some point.

He was still wearing that white coat, white gloves on his hands, tall and slender, handsome and cold, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting the pale blue light.

That was the reflection of the blue solution in the glass walls.

Seeing Yu Youmian, the mermaid town mayor remembered the button that the little cub had poked in with one finger earlier, and raised an eyebrow: “Doctor Yu, why have you come down too?”

He paused, “How did you get in?”

Yu Youmian glanced at him indifferently: “Fingerprint.”

Mermaid Town Mayor: “…”

It seemed that not only had he discovered that the button was broken, but it was also unusable.

The mermaid town mayor let out a “Hmm,” feeling a little guilty.

Gu Lin looked at Yu Youmian in his white coat, still thinking about what he had said earlier, and called out in a well-behaved childish voice: “Doctor-shushu.”

Hearing this crisp address, Yu Youmian was slightly startled. He slowly lowered his gaze, looking at the human cub in front of him.

He was not one to smile, and at this moment, he couldn’t put on a friendly face, but the indifferent aura around him subtly receded a few degrees.

Gu Lin, seeing that he didn’t speak, could only take the initiative to ask: “Doctor-shushu, why can’t yuyu‘s tears turn into little pearls?”

Yu Youmian’s gaze lingered on this cub for a moment, then shifted away, looking at the mermaids in the glass walls.

His eyes were deep, his voice very faint: “Because these mermaids are artificial fish, not real mermaids.”

The mermaid town mayor, seeing Yu Youmian tell this little doll, just raised an eyebrow, not stopping him, as if he didn’t think it was inappropriate.

Gu Lin’s little face was meng[1]T/N: suddenly confused and bewildered: “Ah? These yuyu are fake yuyu?”

Yu Youmian: “…”

Yu Youmian had never interacted with such a small child. This wasn’t his area of expertise, so he looked at the mermaid town mayor, who was just standing to the side with his hands behind his back, not interrupting.

The mermaid town mayor had a look of watching a good show, his expression full of schadenfreude.

The mermaid town mayor didn’t speak. Yu Youmian, looking at this cub who was still obediently looking at him waiting for an answer, said thoughtfully: “These Split-Tail Mermaids are all synthesized, that is, artificial fish. But there are also real mermaids. The first artificial fish were successfully modified using the serum of that real mermaid.

“But as time went on, the concentration of the serum became lower and lower. Now the mermaids only retain a little bit of the genes, and they can’t be considered real mermaids. Therefore, the duration of the tails is very short, and their tears can’t turn into pearls.”

Not to mention Gu Lin, even the mermaid town mayor frowned at these words.

Mermaid Town Mayor: “Doctor Yu, perhaps you should see clearly that standing in front of you is just a little cub who is at most two years old and doesn’t even know numbers.”

Yu Youmian: “…”

Gu Lin spoke up for himself: “Mayor-yeye, cub knows numbers!”

Mermaid Town Mayor: “…”

Yu Youmian’s words, Gu Lin indeed didn’t understand much, but fortunately, the little cub was good at grasping the key points. He immediately grasped the key point in this passage – there were real mermaids.

Gu Lin: “Then Doctor-shushu, where is the real yuyu?”

Yu Youmian pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, “He’s too cunning by nature, so…”

“He’s hidden away.”

The mermaid town mayor remained silent throughout. At this time, he reached out to the little cub.

Gu Lin also obediently handed over his little hand.

The mermaid town mayor pinched his little grandson’s soft little hand and raised an eyebrow at Yu Youmian: “Isn’t there still a mermaid in Doctor Yu’s secret room? Since we’re here, why don’t we go take a look?”

Gu Lin echoed in a childish voice: “That’s right, since we’re here!”

Yu Youmian: “…”

Gu Lin’s echo made the mermaid town mayor burst out laughing, the lines on his old bark-like face deepening.

He bent down and picked up the little doll.

Gu Lin obediently let himself be held. He was already tired of walking, his tummy was also hungry, and he couldn’t walk anymore!

Yu Youmian said: “The mermaid in the secret room is not open to the public.”

The mermaid town mayor raised his eyebrows even higher: “Is there anything that this little guest can’t see?”

Gu Lin nodded his little head, echoing again: “That’s right, is there anything that cub can’t see?”

Yu Youmian: “…”

The livestream chat was about to die of laughter.

[An old one and a young one, singing in harmony, are they performing a shuānghuáng[2]T/N: Shuānghuáng is a form of traditional Chinese performance where one person sings and acts while hidden behind another person who mimes the actions.? [doge]]

[Hahahahahahahaha I’m dying of laughter]

[Doctor Yu is speechless, hahahaha]

[That’s right, is there anything the cub can’t see?]

[The cub’s clue points are already over three thousand. This reminds me of our five friends who slept in the hotel all morning. Without you guys, the cub’s points have been skyrocketing after he acted alone]

[Hahahaha, damn, you don’t have to humiliate people by sending a child out, do you?]

Yu Youmian was extremely composed. He turned around first, completely unmoved: “Zhuang Mu has already prepared the food. I came down to call you to eat.”

After saying that, he left on his own, directly ignoring the mermaid town mayor’s request to open the secret room.

Having been refused, the mermaid town mayor didn’t have any extra reaction, as if he had expected not to be able to see it.

Hearing about eating, Gu Lin was immediately distracted. In his eyes, nothing was more important than eating, and he didn’t want to see the fish in the secret room anymore.

“Mayor-yeye, let’s go chi fanfan quickly. Cub’s little tummy is already flattened from hunger!”

The mermaid town mayor was getting on in years, but he could still hold the baby with one hand, his figure still straight as a pine, not at all showing any stooped old age.

Until that childish voice: “Mayor-yeye, run—”

“?” The mermaid town mayor’s straight figure instantly stooped a few degrees.

References

References
1 T/N: suddenly confused and bewildered
2 T/N: Shuānghuáng is a form of traditional Chinese performance where one person sings and acts while hidden behind another person who mimes the actions.

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