Lin Xingchi and the other two were quickly carried onto stretchers by the medical staff, loaded into the mermaid ambulance, and taken away.

After the mermaid ambulance left, Zhuang Mu still hadn’t left. He had come to pick up Gu Lin.

The Double-Cap Big Shot and Song Ran’s gazes were both fixed on Zhuang Mu.

Zhuang Mu, however, didn’t mind at all. He looked at Gu Lin and said, “Kid, gege is here to pick you up.”

Gu Lin was about to deng deng deng run over, but Song Ran grabbed his Ultraman backpack, stopping the little cub.

Gu Lin tilted his head back, looking at Song Ran, měng.

Song Ran squatted down and whispered in his ear: “Get the pearls, or your dagege and the others’ legs won’t turn back, and they’ll be sewn up.”

He patted his little head, “Go on, come back soon.”

Zhuang Mu smiled, watching the two whispering in front of him.

Gu Lin ran to Zhuang Mu, his face full of worry, his little voice crisp: “Zhuang Mu-gege, will Doctor-shushu sew up dagege and jiejie‘s legs?”

Double-Cap Big Shot: “.”

Song Ran: “…”

Good grief, he sold him out immediately.

Sure enough, expecting a child less than two years old to keep a secret was completely unrealistic.

Zhuang Mu was also stunned for half a second, then smiled and said, “No.”

Gu Lin breathed a sigh of relief: “Then cub is relieved.”

Zhuang Mu lifted Gu Lin onto the scooter, nodded slightly to Song Ran and the Double-Cap Big Shot, and left with the little cub.

–

Zhuang Mu riding the scooter with Gu Lin once again became a striking sight on the street, attracting a lot of attention.

Passing a street, there was a row of luxury cars parked in front, and a group of well-dressed people gathered. The townspeople all had dark skin. This group obviously looked like outsiders, but they were different from the guests.

That was because they looked extremely wealthy, their clothes and accessories adorned with gold and diamonds, very ostentatious, and their faces carried an air of superiority.

Among them was a man in a wheelchair, wearing a suit, looking to be in his thirties, with prosthetic legs and one blind eye, but his status was clearly higher than the others.

The others all surrounded him, making him the center of attention. They were arrogant towards others, but respectful towards this wheelchair-bound man.

The mermaid town mayor was also there, still wearing his gentlemanly fake smile, warmly greeting the wheelchair-bound man.

Warm greetings were the mermaid town mayor’s specialty. Previously, when he took the four NPCs to greet the ten players, the wrinkled old face had worn the exact same expression, not a bit different.

Gu Lin saw the mermaid town mayor, his big eyes lighting up: “Eh, Mayor-yeye?”

Zhuang Mu’s expression was calm, just glancing lightly in that direction. He was about to take Gu Lin into another street, but who knew, the little cub, seeing a familiar face, waved his little hand and shouted loudly: “Mayor-yeye!”

Zhuang Mu: “…”

Hearing the familiar childish voice, the mermaid town mayor’s face stiffened. He looked in the direction of the sound, saw the little doll standing on Zhuang Mu’s scooter waving at him with a big smile, and then his eyelid twitched.

The others also looked over in the direction of the sound. When they saw Gu Lin, the cub, everyone was stunned.

Then their eyes changed, revealing an unnatural eagerness.

The mermaid town mayor gave Zhuang Mu a look, telling him to take the little doll and leave quickly.

Zhuang Mu understood, immediately riding the scooter, taking Gu Lin away from the street, and soon disappearing around the corner.

After they were far away, Gu Lin’s little ears twitched. He heard the group of people behind them discussing.

“How can there be such a small guest?!”

“There are little mermaids this year? Even if I can’t buy one, just seeing a little mermaid makes the trip worth it!”

“I’m pre-ordering. I’ve never seen a little mermaid before.”

“You haven’t seen one, does that mean others have? The new products at the Mermaid Festival are always awarded to the highest bidder. Pre-ordering is invalid!”

“This little guest is very fei (plump), I’ll say it first, no matter how much others offer, I’m determined to get this mermaid baby!”

The one-eyed monster in the wheelchair sneered, “Overestimating yourself.”

“…” The mermaid town mayor smiled: “Doctor Yu said that the success rate of little mermaids is not high. Whether they can be modified is still unknown. Dear guests, please don’t get your hopes up too high.”

–

Gu Lin heard the conversation of the people behind him and asked Zhuang Mu, “Zhuang Mu-gege, what are guibin (VIPs/honored guests)? Why do they all say I’m a little mermaid? I’m not a little mermaid.”

Zhuang Mu was stunned for a moment, his tone still gentle: “They are all here to attend the Mermaid Festival tomorrow.”

He paused, making sure he hadn’t heard anything, and smiled, asking, “Kid, you could hear them talking? How did you hear them?”

Gu Lin touched his little ears and said, “I used my little ears to hear.”

Zhuang Mu: “…”

[Hahahaha, cub, you are really auntie’s treasure]

[Dying of laughter, the cub’s little ears are also cute and adorable, cute from head to toe]

[The cub is very fei, that guibin wasn’t wrong. Who wouldn’t want a little mermaid baby?]

[Plump and delicious little mermaid, I want to see it now, hurry up, hurry up! [Reward Points x100]]

–

Soon they arrived at the hospital. Zhuang Mu took Gu Lin to the fifth floor.

Yu Youmian wasn’t there. The gray-toned room seemed empty and desolate, lacking any warmth.

Gu Lin put on shoe covers and lalala happily ran in, instantly dispelling the loneliness. The little cub was boisterous, his actions alone making the noise of ten people.

Zhuang Mu looked at the happy little cub and slowly smiled.

Gu Lin saw that Yu Youmian wasn’t there and asked, “Where is Doctor-shushu?”

Zhuang Mu said, “In the laboratory. Doctor Yu is busy preparing for the Mermaid Festival.”

Gu Lin didn’t care much about these things. He still remembered that he had to compete with Zhuang Mu-gege to cry.

His tummy was hungry, he hadn’t eaten yet, and he said urgently, “Zhuang Mu-gege, let’s hurry up and compete to cry, after the competition we chi fanfan.”

Zhuang Mu: “?”

When did they say they were going to compete to cry?

Zhuang Mu’s eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled gently at him: “Why do we need to compete to cry?”

Gu Lin tilted his head.

He also couldn’t understand why crying needed a competition.

Gu Lin: “Song Ran-shushu told cub to compete with Zhuang Mu-gege to cry.”

Zhuang Mu: “…”

9527: ?

Livestream: ?!

What was the difference between this and just asking directly?

Zhuang Mu was stunned for a moment, but he wasn’t angry. Looking at the round-headed cub, he smiled: “Okay.”

Seeing that Zhuang Mu-gege agreed, Gu Lin was confused: “Then how do we compete?”

Zhuang Mu: “…………”

The livestream chat was about to die of laughter. It had only been a short time since he had picked up Gu Lin, and Zhuang Mu had already been speechless many times.

If it had been anyone else, they probably would have gotten slapped twice. Only the little cub, relying on his cuteness to act outrageously!

Zhuang Mu quickly reacted, bending down to lift Gu Lin onto a chair, and said, “Let’s just stare at each other, no blinking. Whoever cries first loses.”

Gu Lin nodded: “Mm-hmm!”

Zhuang Mu’s eyes were sapphire blue. He looked at Gu Lin with a slight smile in his eyes, and Gu Lin looked at him with round eyes.

If you don’t blink for a long time, your eyes will easily become sore.

Gu Lin followed the rules, not blinking, and surprisingly, he didn’t shed any tears.

But Zhuang Mu was clearly very steady as well, with no change at all. His eyes were still a beautiful sapphire blue, with no sign of tears.

He didn’t know how long they had been competing, but Gu Lin’s mind started to wander to other things.

His stomach started to growl.

Tummy was hungry!

He had thought that the crying competition would be over xiu (quickly), but it had already been half a day, his stomach was starting to growl, and Zhuang Mu-gege still wasn’t crying.

“Grumble—grumble—”

Gu Lin’s little tummy was about to be flattened from hunger.

Hearing Gu Lin’s tummy growling, Zhuang Mu couldn’t help but smile.

This little cub was quite persistent.

Gu Lin had initially been staring at Zhuang Mu, but now he was glaring. Why wasn’t he crying?

Seeing the faint smile on Zhuang Mu’s lips, Gu Lin puffed out his cheeks. Oh no, Zhuang Mu-gege was smiling, how could he cry?

Zhuang Mu looked at Gu Lin’s expressive little face, which was subtly treading towards anger. He thought that he couldn’t tease this kid anymore, or he might tease him into crying.

And just then, Gu Lin, seeing that Zhuang Mu still wasn’t crying, finally cried out first, “Wah! I don’t want to play with you anymore!”

Zhuang Mu: “…”

Golden beans rolled down the little cub’s fair cheeks, one by one.

Gu Lin raised his little hand to wipe away his tears, his other little hand covering his growling tummy, crying very sadly.

As he cried, he spread his little hand and covered his eyes, crying wuwu with his eyes closed.

He cried not only because he was hungry, but also because he hadn’t completed the task and gotten the little pearls. Dagege and jiejie‘s legs would never change back!

Zhuang Mu panicked, quickly pulling out tissues to gently wipe away his tears: “Don’t cry, don’t cry, it’s gege‘s fault.”

At these words, a tear slid down from Zhuang Mu’s beautiful sapphire blue eyes.

Gu Lin saw the tear falling from Zhuang Mu, his face still covered in golden beans, but he was stunned.

Zhuang Mu-gege’s tear fell, but it didn’t turn into a little pearl.

Zhuang Mu said, “Kid, you wanted me to cry, did you want little pearls?”

Gu Lin sniffled, nodding meng.

Zhuang Mu smiled gently, raised his hand, paused in the air for half a second, and then slowly lowered it, landing on Gu Lin’s fluffy little head.

“Sorry,”

He said.

“I’m not a real mermaid.”