Chapter 147: The Child's Mother
This night, Hao Ren basically didn't close his eyes.
The little mermaid was completely stuck to him after eating and drinking, and he couldn't shake it off or put it down, not to mention that his whole body was only half a foot long, but the little guy's chopstick-thin arms were really sturdy when he hugged him - and to be honest, Hao Ren didn't dare to pull Doudou off his arm, he was afraid of hurting this skinny little bit, but it was not a problem to consume it like this!
Early the next morning, Hao Ren appeared in front of everyone with black circles under his eyes, and Doudou was still hanging on his arm, looking like an armband from a distance. Because this little guy refused to let go, Hao Ren didn't even change his clothes yesterday, so he just lay down all night, plus he was afraid that he would press the little guy when he slept, so he slept for two or three hours, and naturally yawned all day after then.
Lily was packing up her things as if she was preparing to go out to work (a few dogs in the back street should be vaccinated), and she was shocked when she saw Hao Ren's appearance: "Ah! Landlord, you just let her hang up all night? ”
"What if you don't hang up," Hao Ren raised his arm, "I was better before I fed her yesterday, why did she get more and more clingy after that?" Not even a basin of water is willing to go. ”
The little mermaid wasn't actually so clingy when it first hatched, and Hao Ren remembered that he could easily transfer the little guy to the basin, and the latter himself would jump out of the water and wander around like an explorer, but as time went on, Doudou's stickiness rose unusually, and it was obvious that hanging on his arm all night like this had reached some extreme. Now she refuses to go to the basin of water, refuses to act on her own, and refuses to even let go - the little one can stay by himself for a while yesterday when Hao Ren went to the house to fetch her something to eat.
Nangong May also felt that Doudou's situation was not quite right. She stepped forward and cautiously put her finger in front of the little one's eye, who stared at the finger very cleverly and turned his head around. Her tail fluttered happily, too, but other than that, she still wouldn't let go. I didn't immediately rush to the novelty as I did yesterday.
"It's very mental, and the body should be fine," Nangong May gently touched the smooth scales of the little mermaid, "It should be a psychological condition...... She seemed to be confused by her surroundings, so she found what she was most familiar with and held onto it. ”
"Confused?" Hao Ren was a little surprised, "Confused about what?" ”
"First, the environment here is not the bottom of the sea after all, and the little guy must feel a little weird around him," Nangong May analyzed. "Based on the rapid growth of this child after hatching, the cub of this mermaid race has a high level of intelligence, and can judge the surrounding situation at birth, she probably slowly found that this place is not suitable for survival...... It can't be said that it is unsuitable for survival, it should not be in line with the environmental characteristics recorded in her genetic memory. The second and most important thing is that she can't communicate with us. As I said earlier, Doudou is quite intelligent and has a very high IQ when it first hatches, and I guess that the cubs of this race should be able to communicate with other adult individuals for a certain amount of time as soon as they are born, but we can't even understand her grunt. She doesn't know what we're doing. ”
"So she's scared?" Hao Ren said as he guided Doudou to a comfortable position and lie in the crook of his arm, after all, the little guy should be quite tired from hanging there like this all the time. From Doudou's appearance, there is no sign that this guy is afraid: she is still curious and excited, and she makes a "purr" sound when she lies down. It seems to be an expression of satisfaction.
"Think about what it was like when you were a child when you were first led to the zoo by your mother, and did you hide in your mother's arms at that time," Nangong May crossed her waist. "The most important thing now is to find a way to figure out what this little guy is thinking, it's too difficult to raise children across races."
Hao Ren nodded hurriedly. The language difference is the biggest difficulty in front of these half-hung guardians: if you can communicate with the little mermaid, it won't be a problem, as long as the little guy solves the puzzle, she shouldn't be so clingy. But the problem is that the little one can't speak at all - the cub who has just been born for a day. How do you communicate?
At this time, Lily suddenly said next to her, "Why don't you talk to the raven?" ”
Hao Ren was stunned for two seconds, and he couldn't wait to hit his head on the tofu: he didn't expect such a simple thing to be reminded by a husky!
Lily spread her hands: "I'm just two, I'm not stupid......"
"Terminal, pick up Raven 12345." Hao Ren yelled at himself, and the number terminal immediately floated out of it and began to dial, Doudou immediately became happy when he saw this strange glowing thing, and patted his tail and asked Hao Ren to catch the terminal for her to taste salty, but was ignored.
"Hao Ren? What's the matter? Raven 12345's voice sounded a little anxious, as if he was busy, "What's wrong with that egg?" ”
"It's hatched!"
"Huh?!" Raven 12345 exclaimed, and then Hao Ren heard an explosion and a strange air scream in the background, and he was shocked: "What are you doing over there?" ”
"It's okay, I'm going to duel with someone, you said yours," Raven 12345 said quickly, "Hatched so soon?" ”
Hao Ren knew that Raven 12345's daily life could not be measured by common sense, so he didn't ask what the duel was about, but took the time to introduce the situation of the little mermaid, and finally mentioned the problem of not being able to communicate and being mistaken for a mother by the baby mermaid: "The biggest difficulty now is that none of us can understand what this little thing is saying - she can't understand us either." The little guy doesn't seem to realize that this is where she will live for a long time in the future, and now she will hang on me and refuse to come down. ”
Raven 12345 paused: "Well, it can really be cooked...... But it's a bit difficult for a newborn cub to communicate, but according to what you said, the little one's intelligence should be enough, as long as she can understand you...... Nangong May, you should be able to do it. ”
"Me?" The kraken girl looked stunned, "I don't understand either, and how many times have I said that I am a kraken, not a mermaid!" ”
"It's not about the mermaid, it's your innate ability to communicate with the deep-sea race, the Kraken can communicate with any deep-sea creature, even the deep-sea creatures of another world, but this is a lazy program left by the creator god of another god system a long time ago, it was to test the new creature template, you have evolved for so many years This plugin seems to have been automatically logged out, I tried to activate it for you, maybe it can still be used."
Raven 12345 said so easily and naturally about the Creator God's passive sabotage, which made Hao Ren and Nangong May break out in a cold sweat, and the latter asked with a strange expression: "Then what should I do?" ”
"Go out, find an open place, this goddess will give you a thousand miles...... Well, remote transmission. By the way, removing electronic devices such as mobile phones may be distracting. ”
Nangong May was confused, but thinking that the other party was a "goddess sister", at least in terms of strength, she should be trustworthy, so she didn't think much about it, took out her mobile phone and threw it on the sofa and went out.
Hao Ren thought for a while that the raven might be pheating people again, but before he could call the kraken girl back, he heard a "click" outside the door and a thunderclap on a sunny day.
Nangong May pushed the door in with an explosive head: "...... I will never trust her again. ”
Raven 12345's voice was still shouting beside him: "The method is a little fierce, but the effect is good!" It's been activated, you try it the way I said...... I'm pretty busy here, so I'll hang up first. ”
Nangong May went to the water room to wash her face, and when she came back, she asked Hao Ren to sit on the sofa, and she carefully put her finger on Doudou's head: "I'll try it, don't get your hopes up." ”
Vivian and Yitzax, who had already heard the news, and Lily, who had been watching the excitement, all came up, and a circle of people stared at Nangong May's results of accepting the "Thousand Miles of Transmission", Hao Ren felt that his nervous cold sweat was flowing down his neck - and then when he looked up, it turned out to be Lily standing behind him drinking water again.
The exchange between the big fish and the small fish lasted for more than ten seconds, and Doudou suddenly looked at Nangong May in surprise, and the latter breathed a sigh of relief: "Whew...... Looks like it worked. ”
Hao Ren let out a long breath and immediately urged Nangong May: "Hurry up and let this little guy understand the situation here - the most important thing is to let her understand that I am not her mother!" ”
"Come, let me talk to her slowly." Nangong May nodded, and carefully took Doudou out of Hao Ren's arms, saying that it was strange that after some kind of wonderful connection was established, this little mermaid also seemed to have a high trust in Nangong May, and actually let go of Hao Ren's clothes - although he turned his head and screamed a few times before being picked up, it didn't sound panicked, as if he was just saying goodbye.
Nangong May took the little mermaid to his room to communicate, and it was estimated that the latter would be a little more sensible when he came out. Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, and the first thing he did was to hurry back to the house and change into clean clothes: his clothes were still the same ones he wore when he went to the alien planet before, and he didn't find a chance to change them yesterday!
When he came out, he found that Nangong May was already waiting in the living room with the little guy in his arms, and Hao Ren was a little surprised: "So fast? ”
"It's similar to spiritual communication, the speed is very fast, and she's also very smart," Nangong May's expression was a little strange, "Basically, I explain the situation...... The little ones will slowly get used to this place. ”
Hao Ren was quite happy: "Then she now knows that I am not her mother, right?" ”
"About this...... There is bad news and a good news," Nangong May smiled dryly, "Which one do you listen to first?" ”
Hao Ren's expression froze on the spot, and he felt that the situation might be pitted: "...... Let's start with the good ones. ”
"Doudou really understands that you are not her mother," Nangong May handed the little mermaid into Hao Ren's arms, "She thinks you are her father." And let's be honest - you, as a guardian, are not wrong with that. ”
Hao Ren felt that the news was not good or bad, but he still nodded: "Dad is okay, at least it's not as embarrassing as being a mother, as long as she doesn't get too clingy in the future." And what about the bad news? ”
Nangong May reached out and felt a pot from behind her: "This is the child's mother." ”
Hao Ren: "......" (to be continued......