Chapter 15: The Little Cubs Gather
Do you know how strong Korulu's affinity for nature is?
As long as they come into contact with the soil, flowers and trees, they can seize this opportunity to get out of danger. Because it is difficult to catch and has special abilities, it is very sought-after by the Kruru people on the black market.
The auction continues, but the finale items are only merfolk.
The masked staff member carried a huge water tank up, and the poor mermaid cub showed its head slightly. He had short blond hair, close to the appearance of a human cub of four or five years old, and his face was pale.
Merfolk are a species favored by nature, their appearance is the envy of the world, and their songs make passing travelers kill them.
The mermaid cub was still very young, but it was enough to see how beautiful he would be.
The ice-blue scales reflected the moonlight, and the tail fin occasionally swayed, and everyone below was amazed.
"I'll give 100,000 gold coins."
The first to ask for the price was a noblewoman, richly dressed, with the words "I am rich" written all over her body.
100,000 gold coins is not low, after all, mermaids are difficult to raise, and they are still cubs all the time.
"I'll give 110,000."
"One hundred and fifty thousand."
"Sixteen-five thousand."
"Two hundred thousand."
The cries of selling one after another continued.
The little mermaid cub listened numbly to the noise of the crowd, and after being caught, he fell into the hands of many people, and there was no hope of returning home.
Chishi has been waiting for the final bid. Although the grocery store here sells little, it is all treasures, and there are many purchases, plus the income from the Yuehe Department Store and the purchase and sale of the cement factory and the steel yard, her small treasury can be enriched a lot.
The asking price became higher and higher, gradually approaching two million, and finally sold for 2.1 million yuan.
Everyone was in an uproar, although the mermaid was precious, two million and one million was too much, not to mention that it was still a cub.
Someone regrets, someone gloats. No matter what, in their eyes, Qianshi has become synonymous with stupid people and a lot of money.
Chiyo tried to ignore those strange eyes, paid and walked to the stage.
[Host, you are a loser. γThe 2399 system hides in the corner and draws a circle for a thousand generations.
[Don't you see how pitiful that little mermaid is? If it were replaced by you, leaving your parents and being auctioned by others, the future would be uncertain......]
[......] has a point, and it cannot be refuted.
At this time, the 2399 system also felt that the little mermaid cub was very pitiful, and shouted for Qianshi to take him home quickly.
Qianshi didn't hide her strength, feeling those eyes that were secretly watching, she directly grabbed the edge of the tank and teleported back.
She has now become synonymous with being stupid and having a lot of money, and if she really goes back slowly, she will probably be stopped halfway. Although she was not afraid, there were mermaid cubs, and she was afraid that she would not be able to worry about it.
The people on the stage disappeared out of thin air, and even the host was surprised, looked at the place where they disappeared, and smiled.
Those who had already moved their minds looked at each other, glad that they hadn't done it yet, otherwise, they wouldn't know how to die.
The little mermaid Enge only felt a flower in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, he was in another place.
"What's your name?" Chiyo changed his clothes and asked him.
The little mermaid just stared at her blankly and didn't speak.
Chiyo was a little helpless, and after thinking about it, he took some cakes and cookies from the shop and gave them to him.
Enge was indeed hungry, and in order to prevent him from escaping, they always gave him very little food.
Watching the mermaid cub take the cake and biscuit and eat it, Chiyo breathed a sigh of relief.
[I feel that the mermaid cubs are so cute!] γ
[Is there any cub in your eyes that is not cute?] ] The system expresses disgust.
[Yes, such as you.] γ
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2399 system: What should I do if I suddenly want to change hosts?
Ignoring the system's grievances, Chiyo continued to appease the mermaid cubs.
"You sleep here tonight, and I'll find you a new home tomorrow, okay?"
Chiyo touched the head of the mermaid cub, and it was very soft. He flinched a little, but he still didn't dodge, and he probably felt the kindness released from Chishi's body.
Seeing the mermaid cub nodding, she went back to bed to rest.
It's really tiring to stay up late in a row!
"It's suffocating me!"
The calm water suddenly made waves, and two green umbrella hats, one large and one small, emerged, which were the Koruru people who had run away.
It was so chaotic that Siri didn't dare to run around for fear of losing his cubs, so he had to hide in the water tank of the mermaid cubs.
Siri examines the little cub and is relieved to find that it is okay. Although they are highly attached to nature, they prefer dirt to water.
"Papa, I'm hungry."
The little cub looked at his father and cried softly.
He didn't know what danger he was in, he just followed Papa.
"Xixi, papa, I'm going to find you something to eat."
Although the Kluru people feed on soil and plants, they can also eat human food.
Enge looked at the cub and gave him his cake.
"Oh, little friend, thank you so much." Ciri wanted the little mermaid to thank him and handed the cake to his child.
The cake was too big for the Kruru cubs, and in the end the father and son ate it together.
"What is this place?" Ciri asked the little mermaid.
Enge shook his head, he didn't know where it was.
"Okay, you two stay here, I'll sneak out first."
βpapaβ¦β¦β
Ciri calmed his child, handed him over to the little mermaid, and snuck out.
However, the palace was too big, and Xili, who was less than one meter tall, walked for a long time, but he didn't reach the end, so he could only go back decadently.
"Forget it, rest first, Papa will protect you." He touched the cub's umbrella cap, but Lulu cub had just been born for a long time, and it was still very immature. Ciri's heart was soft-hearted, and he slept with his child in his arms.
Enge is also tired, there are so many things that he has experienced today and he needs to rest.
At the moment, it seems that the person who bought him is not a bad person.
Chiyo didn't know what happened during the night, and slept comfortably until dawn.
When she was woken up by Yuexun, she was still in a state of confusion.
"Her Majesty will not get up again, your cubs will be hungry."
"You mean the merfolk? I bought it on the black market and got him some food and water. β
She got up and said as she put on her skirt.
"Is it just a merfolk?" Yuexun is a little hard to say.
"Or else...... What else? β
At last night's auction, she only bought one mermaid, could she have remembered it wrong?
Looking at Qianshi's puzzled look, Yuexun said, "You better go and see for yourself." β
When Qianshi felt it, looking at the water on the ground and the crazy flowers on the table, she suddenly stopped talking.
Merfolk still have this ability?
When she saw the two umbrella caps under the water, she understood everything.
"Say, how did you two get in?"
Two umbrella hats were lifted out and stood in front of Chiyo. There was still water on the umbrella cap, but the Lulu cub was too immature and swayed from side to side by the pressure of the water.
Siri frowned, picked up the child, and cleaned the water from the umbrella cap for him.
Qianshi kept smiling, still pretending to be serious on his face.
"You brought us back." Ciri replied.
"I remember I just bought the mermaid."
"No, to be exact, you bought the big tank, and we happened to be in it."
Although it was an unpleasant thing to be auctioned, he now had to admit it.
"Alright then, you can stay here."
Chiyo nodded, a smile overflowing from his eyes.
"I can work for you, but my children want to be free." Ciri said solemnly to Chiyo.
"Okay."
It was originally an unexpected joy, and there was nothing to worry about for a thousand generations.
A lot of ingredients are grown in the manor, and the arrival of the Kelulu people is very timely.
As for the little mermaid, Chiyo wanted to keep him by his side, and there were two pools in the dormitory, one cold and one hot, so let him live there first for the time being.
The merfolk are fragile as cubs, and only when they reach the age of sixteen do they conjure human legs and show the lethality of their singing voices.
Siri dragged the Kruru cubs away with Tsuki-Xun, and they will go to the manor to grow food.
The little mermaid was placed in the indoor pool, obediently, he was given to many people, and now that he has met her, he does not bully him like the previous people, he does not want to be sent away by her.
The little mermaid is very insecure, and Chiyo can probably understand his feelings.
When the construction of the country is better, I will definitely help him find his relatives.
Li Guo needs a person in power so that she can have more time to conduct field research and planning.
Chiyo bought a coral pearl bed for the little mermaid, and at the bottom of the pool, there are many cubs and favorite toys. The pool was rebuilt and dug deeper. In this world, it's really convenient to have abilities.
Enge liked this gift very much, it would fill his stomach every day and not be sent around, so it would be nice to stay here. He gradually expressed his closeness to Chiyo, and Chiyo noticed it and felt that his efforts during this time were not in vain.
At night, Chiyo sat at the table and wrote a letter that it was the first queen and the nominal mother of the body who put her on the throne.
Liguo needs people, and Qianshi doesn't mind inviting her back.
She wrote a letter and handed it to the guards.
When the woman returned, Chiyo personally went to the city gate to pick her up. Don't look at Qianshi's steady and self-contained face, in fact, he is panicked in his heart.
[System, she won't find anything abnormal, right?] γ
[No, the original owner has lost his soul, and you just make up for it, so you won't find out.] Even if you find out, you haven't done anything harmful to the country, what are you afraid of. γ
"You're doing a great job."
The first thing the queen said was to praise her, and then she walked silently towards the palace without saying a word, making Qianshi even more weak-hearted.
The queen and Chiyo have the same long silver-gray hair and ice-blue eyes. She looks beautiful, like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.
"I would like to ask you and several ministers to join forces to help with the day-to-day affairs of the Li Kingdom, so that I can have more time to personally plan the future of the Li Kingdom."
She said it sincerely and straightforwardly, and the former queen Eliza was a little stunned.
But he quickly reacted, thought for a while and agreed: "I will help you deal with government affairs, and you can implement your plan with peace of mind." β
In fact, Chiyo felt a little embarrassed to stay with her, after all, she was not her daughter.
"You rest early."
Eliza saw Chiyo's discomfort and asked her to go back to her room to rest.
Qianshi obediently answered and went back.