Hi Master, Little Mermaid Will Support You! 23

Chapter 23

“Which damn employee is this!?”

The roar from the corner startled a passing employee: “Assistant, Assistant Xu?”

Assistant Xu quickly turned off his optical brain with lightning speed. Emerging from the corner, he regained his composure:

“Hello.”

“…Hello.” The employee glanced at the corner. “What were you doing there, Assistant Xu?”

Assistant Xu adjusted his glasses meaningfully: “An urgent matter that required immediate attention.”

The employee blinked in confusion: “Actually, there’s something I’m not sure if I should report to the Admiral. I wanted to ask for your opinion.”

Assistant Xu breathed a sigh of relief: “Yes, go ahead.”

“I’m from the finance department.” The employee looked worried. “The Admiral’s personal account received a strange transfer, an anonymous payment.”

“The Admiral has a renowned sense for investment. It must be dividends from one of his new projects.”

The employee was still concerned: “But…”

“No need to report such trivial matters. Just close the anonymous transfer channel.” Assistant Xu waved his hand. “The Admiral’s time is precious, he has more urgent matters to attend to.”

Such as finding the “traitor” who was slandering Wen Corporation.

Assistant Xu hurried away.

“But…”

The finance department employee opened his optical brain and looked at the strange activity in Wen Ming’s account—

Among a string of eight-figure transactions, there was a tiny 0.5 star coin anonymous transfer, like a fragile little thing surrounded by giants.

The employee scratched his head: “It seems even the Admiral makes bad investments sometimes…”

MuMu’s second livestream wasn’t going smoothly.

First, the Comment Assistant disappeared, then the home butler pulled in another streamer.

Before MuMu could understand what “PK” meant, the other streamer started yelling excitedly:

“Guys, I’ve been matched with the trending king of the past few days—the masked streamer! What luck!”

MuMu gave a polite but stiff smile: “May I ask who you are?”

“I’m Big Tiger.”

Big Tiger spoke rapidly: “We’re friends now that we’ve met, let’s follow each other. My channel is ‘Big Tiger’s Men’s Fashion.'”

He spoke without pausing, like a machine gun.

MuMu didn’t quite understand: “I don’t buy…”

“Okay, okay!” Big Tiger took it as a polite refusal. “I’m already content with being in the same frame as the famous masked streamer.”

[No mermaid language interpretation today? Why is he PK-ing with a shopping streamer?]

[I’m dying of laughter, the masked streamer didn’t choose a livestream tag, so the system automatically put him in the shopping section.]

[You’re right, there isn’t really any other suitable tag for him.]

[They have similar follower counts, why won’t the masked streamer follow back? Getting a little big-headed now that he’s famous?]

[Uh, I think he’s just a little clueless, not on the same wavelength as Big Tiger…]

The shopping streamer immediately brought up MuMu’s advertisement for Wen Corporation’s fish food.

Big Tiger hadn’t promoted Wen Corporation’s products, so he didn’t mention the brand name directly: “So you like that company?”

“I don’t like it at all…”

MuMu, remembering the gloomy Wen Ming, felt annoyed with the company.

By the time he calmed down, he had already thoroughly criticized Wen Corporation…

[I heard Wen Corporation pays well, with overtime pay guaranteed, is that just a rumor?]

[I thought the mermaid language thing was a Wen Corporation marketing strategy, but the masked streamer backstabbed them, how exciting! /Clapping/]

[The streamer is so bold, I love streamers who create drama.]

[You’re finished, streamer, Wen Corporation’s PR is top-notch, and provoking Admiral Wen will not end well…]

Big Tiger didn’t dare continue the topic of Wen Corporation:

“PK time is almost up, let’s begin.”

He muted the masked streamer’s channel and continued with his own livestream.

Leaving MuMu staring blankly at the screen: “Begin what?”

“Guys, we’re in a PK, if you have gifts, send them over, if not, check out link number one!”

Big Tiger spoke enthusiastically, displaying a shiny object to the camera:

“Link number one, luxurious men’s cufflinks!”

MuMu watched, captivated, repeating softly: “Cuff, links…”

[You’re supposed to be PK-ing, not slacking off!]

[Streamer, snap out of it, you’re still live, checking out other channels is the moderator’s job. /Crying laughing/]

Big Tiger put on the cufflinks: “Look, an ordinary shirt sleeve instantly becomes more stylish. If you’re looking for a gift for a man, this is it!”

MuMu’s eyes were even brighter than the cufflinks: “Wow—”

Master always dresses so plainly, he’d look great with something shiny!

Of the hundreds of thousands of viewers in both livestreams, the one most interested in Big Tiger’s product was the other streamer…

Big Tiger continued his sales pitch: “Today, I’ve secured the best price for you guys, only 99 star coins… Hmm?”

[The masked streamer is watching your product!]

Big Tiger finally noticed the comments, unmuted MuMu’s channel, and asked hesitantly:

“Is something the matter?”

“I want to buy the cufflinks, can I pay in installments?”

MuMu counted on its fingers: “I can pay off 99 star coins in less than two hundred livestreams!”

Big Tiger had never encountered such an absurd PK.

He even thought the masked streamer was deliberately humiliating him, taking advantage of his popularity.

He stared into the masked streamer’s eyes—clear and bright like a cloudless sky, without a single blemish.

Someone with such eyes couldn’t possibly be malicious, right?

Big Tiger hesitated: “If you’re serious about buying…”

The masked streamer clasped its hands together, nervously fidgeting.

“I’ll give you one,” Big Tiger said after a pause. “On the condition that you translate mermaid language for me once.”

“Deal!”

The masked streamer jumped up and shouted, eager and afraid that the offer would be retracted.

[I’ll also send a 99 star coin gift, connect with me please! /Screaming/]

[The small gifts in the gift bar are endless, the streamer is actually using a special method to choose who to connect with, such wisdom!]

[Recording started, if he translates successfully this time, I’ll buy a box of cufflinks and wait for him.]

[Is this another staged performance?]

Big Tiger walked towards his mermaid room, explaining:

“The platform’s PK mechanism is random, I can guarantee this is absolutely not staged.”

Before he even reached the mermaid room, the viewers could hear the distant sound of a mermaid wailing.

“And as everyone knows, mermaids are unpredictable, they can’t be scripted.”

MuMu listened attentively: “It’s very angry.”

“Yes.” Big Tiger sighed. “My mermaid is usually very quiet, it’s acting strangely today.”

He opened the door to the mermaid room, and the mermaid’s fins flared, its roars becoming even more frantic.

[The mermaid’s state definitely can’t be faked.]

[Whoa, this mermaid is screaming itself hoarse, much more difficult to handle than Xiao Yu’s, impossible to approach.]

[Raising the difficulty for the arrogant mermaid language streamer~]

[If the masked streamer can calm it down, I’ll believe he understands mermaid language. /Peeking from the corner/]

“Awoo, click—” The mermaid’s cries were sharp and piercing.

The most official mermaid documentary in the interstellar world had analyzed several types of unusual mermaid behavior.

This kind of unexplained, intermittent agitation was the most dangerous and unpredictable, with no known solution.

In such situations, the only thing to do was to leave the mermaid alone and let it calm down gradually.

Big Tiger hesitated: “Maybe we should connect another time, it’s acting too strangely right now…”

“Why?” The masked streamer looked puzzled. “Isn’t this the kind of situation where my translation is needed?”

“That’s true, but…” I’m afraid you can’t do it and will lose face!

“Do you have children at home?”

Big Tiger, still racking his brain for a way to alleviate the awkwardness, was stunned by the question: “…How did you know?”

The masked streamer smiled, his tone casual, like everyday small talk:

“Your mermaid is saying so.”

Big Tiger was silent for a moment, then turned stiffly, pointing the camera outside the mermaid room, where a child was playing with toys.

[Come and worship our god! /Clasping hands/]

[Xiao Yu, I misjudged you. This isn’t about clout chasing, the masked streamer’s ability defies explanation!]

[Do mermaids dislike children? I have a kid too, and my mermaid doesn’t seem to mind.]

Seeing the child, the mermaid thrashed and rolled in the pool, splashing water everywhere.

Big Tiger took a few steps back and activated his mental seascape to suppress it.

The mermaid room became quiet, and the masked streamer lowered his head slightly, his mood mirroring the suppressed mermaid’s…

His expression was so pitiful that Big Tiger felt a pang of guilt.

“…I’m sorry.” He apologized involuntarily. “I shouldn’t have suppressed it? But I was afraid it would hurt my child.”

“I know you didn’t mean any harm, and neither did it.”

The viewers were momentarily stunned.

In the two livestreams side-by-side, the masked streamer and the mermaid had the same eyes, expression, even the angle of their slumped shoulders, as if they were one.

If a director were casting a mermaid, the masked streamer would definitely get the most votes!

“It says the child took its toy.”

“Huh?”

Big Tiger saw the rubber duck toy the child was playing with and burst out laughing.

He took out another rubber duck toy and dangled it in front of the mermaid: “Look, although they look similar, yours is here, no one’s taking it!”

The mermaid finally calmed down, hugging the rubber duck and curling up by the edge of the pool.

[Haha, only feels safe after hugging its toy.]

[Thinking back on its behavior after knowing the reason, it’s actually kind of cute!]

[Mermaids truly are low-intelligence creatures, throwing a tantrum over something so trivial. /Can’t bear to look/]

The mermaid in the video, still hugging the rubber duck, continued to whimper, and Big Tiger said casually:

“Thanks, it’s finally back to normal. I’ll send you the cufflinks after the livestream!”

The masked streamer’s mouth turned downwards, still dejected:

“Can you play with it for a while?”

“What?”

“It says ever since you had a child, most of your attention has been on the child, and you rarely play with it anymore.”

Big Tiger froze, pointing the camera at the mermaid—

It was truly terrible at expressing itself. It clearly wanted to play with him, yet it just clutched its toy, avoiding eye contact.

If it weren’t for the mermaid language streamer, Big Tiger would have continued to dismiss its whimpers as “normal behavior”…

“Play! With! It!”

Assistant Xu adjusted his glasses, wiping the moisture from the corners of his eyes.

He had been so engrossed in the livestream that he hadn’t noticed anyone approaching…

The comments, which had previously complained about the mermaid’s noise, were now filled with sympathy.

The masked streamer’s melancholic tone further heightened the atmosphere:

‘Humans can interact with many others in a day, but your mermaid can only watch the door, waiting for you to come home.’

“Assistant Xu.”

The sudden voice startled Assistant Xu. He choked back his tears and stood at attention:

“Admiral, I’m not slacking off, I heard the masked streamer made some slanderous remarks about Wen Corporation, just checking the situation!”

Wen Ming glanced at his optical brain screen: “Send him a spokesperson offer.”

“…Spokesperson?” Assistant Xu frowned. “But he just criticized Wen Corporation’s treatment of its employees.”

Wen Ming looked away indifferently from the masked streamer on the screen, leaving a single sentence:

“Invite him to the company, I’ll talk to him.”