Hi Master, Little Mermaid Will Support You! 36

Chapter 36

Waking up in the morning with another mermaid, watching Wen Ming leave for work together.

Then, fighting over snacks, sharing the already meager household food supply.

When Wen Ming returned home, he would inject himself with the medicine replicating MuMu’s soothing energy signature, touch the other mermaid for soothing.

Finally, he would gently say good night to both mermaids, giving each a good night kiss…

“!”

MuMu shook its head violently, trying to banish the fantasy from its mind.

No, no, no, how can this family afford two mermaids?

MuMu sharpened its claws against the artificial rock, the grating sound increasing its anxiety, and it started pacing restlessly…

“Beep, welcome home.”

When the smart door opened, MuMu was already waiting by the entrance, sniffing at the crack in the door.

The scent of a mermaid!

MuMu bared its teeth, a hostile growl rumbling in its throat.

Its scooter was blocking the doorway, preventing Wen Ming from even bringing the mermaid cage inside.

“MuMu.”

“Growl!” What!?

MuMu pushed the scooter’s joystick, aggressively approaching the mermaid cage: “Awoo!”

“Awoo?” The mermaid inside the cage, hearing a fellow mermaid, responded happily.

MuMu’s eye twitched: “…”

Hua Hua?

Wen Ming, holding the scooter with one hand and the mermaid cage with the other, pulled them both inside.

“MuMu, this is Xiao Jun’s mermaid. Their family is traveling, so it’s staying with us temporarily.”

“Whoo.” Oh, welcome, Hua Hua!

MuMu’s expression softened, and it opened the cage latch, peeking inside.

The mermaid with the multicolored tail huddled at the bottom of the cage: “Woo!” Who are you? Where’s my little brother?

“Awoo?” Don’t you remember me? You promised to share your protection money with me.

“Growl!” You’re lying, the protection money is all mine!

MuMu: …It really did forget.

Wen Ming’s mermaid room was spacious, the pool large enough for two.

Although mermaids rarely fought each other, they had a strong sense of territory.

This large mermaid room was already MuMu’s territory.

Hua Hua, which had been so boisterous at the entrance, now huddled silently in a corner of the artificial rock after entering the pool.

Wen Ming and MuMu exchanged glances, looking at its trembling tail.

“Awoo!” I didn’t bully it!

Wen Ming nodded: “It’s just not used to the new environment.”

He didn’t try to comfort Hua Hua, leaving a bag of fish food before exiting the mermaid room.

MuMu stared at his retreating figure in disbelief: “Awoo?” You’re just leaving?

Aren’t you supposed to be a gentle human towards mermaids?

MuMu swam towards Hua Hua, blowing a string of bubbles as a gesture of friendship.

The bubbles popped against Hua Hua’s tail, startling it: “Stay away from me!”

“What are you afraid of?” MuMu covered its ears. “There’s nothing dangerous here!”

“Everything is dangerous!”

Hua Hua trembled: “That legged one emits terrifying energy, and so does the pool, it smells like a powerful creature.”

A powerful creature… a Jiao Ren?

MuMu’s eyes darted around: “Be my little brother, I’ll protect you, and no creature will dare bully you.”

Hua Hua was tempted: “But I don’t have any protection money to offer.”

“Just listen to me!”

When Wen Ming returned to the mermaid room, he saw Hua Hua clinging to MuMu, their multicolored and blue tails intertwined, looking very close.

Wen Ming’s face darkened, and he glared at it.

Hua Hua shrieked and hid behind MuMu.

“Gurgle.” Don’t be afraid, I’m here.

MuMu’s gurgling sounds were gentle, comforting Hua Hua just as Wen Ming comforted it.

Wen Ming opened his optical brain and sent Xiao Jun a message:

“I can’t keep it, take your mermaid back.”

“???” Xiao Jun sent a string of question marks. “I’ve already warped to another planet!”

Xiao Jun: “And you agreed, you said you were working overtime a lot lately, and it would be good for MuMu to have company.”

For the first time, Wen Ming regretted his decision.

“Come and eat,” his voice was sharp.

MuMu didn’t immediately swim towards him, but first translated for its “clingy companion”:

“Boo!” Protection money has arrived!

Hua Hua finally smiled, swimming to the edge of the pool to wait for its food.

Wen Ming reached into the fish food bag.

“!” MuMu quickly grabbed the mermaid bowl and pushed it towards him.

Don’t hand-feed it, put it in the bowl!

Wen Ming thought it was eager to eat: “Your fish is in the swimming pool, wait a moment.”

MuMu held the mermaid bowl in one hand and tugged at his arm with the other:

“Awoo!” Don’t hand-feed Hua Hua, you can only feed me like that!

Its voice was almost a whine.

“MuMu, I’m not using your bowl.” Wen Ming took out another bowl from the fish food bag. “This is Hua Hua’s.”

MuMu froze, listening to the fish food pellets falling into the other bowl, and awkwardly jumped into the scooter.

It covered its flushed face: What am I doing!?

I was hoping to earn star coins to buy a high-grade mermaid for Master, and now I don’t want another mermaid here.

Am I a vicious and selfish little mermaid…?

MuMu slapped the water in the scooter, restless.

“Awoo!” Big brother, I can pay my protection money now!

Hua Hua, leaving some fish food in its bowl, also jumped towards the scooter.

The scooter was custom-made for MuMu, only big enough for one, and it could be dangerous for other mermaids to use it.

Wen Ming stopped Hua Hua, pushing it back into the mermaid pool.

“Awoo!” He’s going to kill me!

Hua Hua, terrified by Wen Ming’s mental seascape energy, instinctively bared its teeth and tried to bite him.

“Growl!”

The blue mermaid instantly leaped up and tackled Hua Hua back into the pool.

The two mermaids tumbled in the water, splashing everywhere, a one-sided “battle.”

MuMu pinned Hua Hua down, its eyes narrowed dangerously: “Growl…” Don’t you dare hurt him! Understand?

It was faster and stronger.

Hua Hua, confused by the smaller mermaid’s strength, retreated with its tail between its fins.

MuMu watched it go, its claws fidgeting:

Was I too harsh…?

Hua Hua’s dejection only lasted a few seconds. It quickly started playing with the decorative seaweed and waved at MuMu:

“Awoo!” Big brother, come here, this is fun!

“…You’re definitely lowering the average mermaid memory span.”

Wen Ming observed everything.

Xiao Jun had said that Hua Hua was a mid-grade mermaid, chosen for its lively and intelligent nature.

But its “intelligence” was on a completely different level compared to MuMu.

During Hua Hua’s stay, Wen Ming realized once again just how special MuMu was.

…

“So, did Hua Hua cause you any trouble? It’s very smart.” The first thing Xiao Jun did after returning from his trip was to pick up his mermaid.

Wen Ming gave a perfunctory “mm-hmm.”

Xiao Jun raised an eyebrow: “Can’t you just give me a proper compliment?”

They entered the mermaid room.

MuMu was sitting on the padded wall by the pool, and Hua Hua, holding a seashell in its claws, swam to the edge and offered it to MuMu.

“Awoo.” Playtime’s over.

Hua Hua rolled onto its back, acting coquettishly: “Woo!” One more time, Big Brother, you’re the best!

MuMu helplessly lifted the seashell:

“Awoo—” Ready—go!

It threw the seashell, and Hua Hua excitedly chased after it.

Wen Ming: “Yes, Hua Hua is smart.”

Xiao Jun’s lips twitched: “…Okay, no need to force it.”

He scratched his head in frustration: “I can guarantee that Hua Hua has a normal mermaid intelligence, it’s MuMu that’s abnormal.”

Just then, Hua Hua retrieved the seashell and, surfacing, spotted Xiao Jun at the doorway.

Xiao Jun greeted it expectantly: “Hua Hua!”

“Awoo?” Who are you? Leave me alone!

Hua Hua swam straight to MuMu, its voice turning sycophantic: “Awoo~” Big Brother~

MuMu put away the seashell and pointed at Xiao Jun: “Awoo.” Your little brother is here to pick you up.

Hua Hua suddenly remembered: No wonder he looked familiar!

“Their relationship is so strange.” Xiao Jun rubbed his forehead and asked Wen Ming, “Were you the one taking care of Hua Hua this whole time, or was MuMu helping?”

It felt like MuMu could raise a mermaid on its own!

MuMu glanced at them, jumped into the mermaid pool, leaving Hua Hua yelling at the edge.

“Awoo!” Little brother, where’s my protection money!?

Xiao Jun approached, gave it snacks, and asked Wen Ming curiously:

“Is that the game you usually play with MuMu? Retrieving things in exchange for fish food?”

It was a common training game for mermaid owners.

Wen Ming’s eyelids drooped, as if disdaining such games: “I don’t treat MuMu like a pet.”

Xiao Jun’s eyes widened: “Then what do you treat it as?”

The air stilled.

MuMu also surfaced, and if one ignored its mermaid features, its lively eyes were like those of a vibrant young man.

Wen Ming silently gathered Hua Hua’s things and handed them to Xiao Jun:

“As ‘him.'”

“What him or it!?” Xiao Jun was disappointed. “I’m asking about your relationship dynamics.”

Wen Ming didn’t repeat himself.

Xiao Jun pushed the mermaid cage out the door, still without an answer, and sighed:

“Forget it, there’s a new event in a few days, the Mermaid Soothing Competition, held in open waters, are you going?”

Wen Ming’s mouth instinctively formed the first syllable of “no,” but he didn’t speak immediately.

“I’ll think about it.”

“Are you going to ask MuMu if it wants to go?” Xiao Jun chuckled.

The old Wen Ming would have immediately replied “not interested” without hesitation.

“Wen Ming, you’ve lost your aloofness.” Xiao Jun said meaningfully.

No longer detached, Wen Ming had been firmly anchored to this world by the little mermaid.

Wen Ming raised an eyebrow slightly: “What?”

Xiao Jun shrugged: “Take MuMu with you, let it interact with other high-grade mermaids, it’s so smart, maybe it’ll figure something out and improve its soothing ability.

I’ve sent the event details to your optical brain.”

The Mermaid Soothing Competition’s promotional page loaded on his optical brain. Wen Ming scanned it quickly, his gaze stopping at the organizer—

The Mermaid Center

…

“Little Butler.”

MuMu, in human form, slumped dejectedly: “Ask for me, is a mermaid that doesn’t want its master to raise another mermaid a bad mermaid?”

“Beep beep, no matching results found.

Recommended similar question—Why do I always want to monopolize someone?”

“Yes, yes, that’s similar!”

“Answer: Possessiveness is the beginning of love.”

“?”

Love?

Is that something from the melodramas?