Ruan Mingchu said, "Then Mu Yu, Tu Aotian, and Men Hao can stay in the aircraft for now, and I'll go to town with you."
After speaking to Meng Shuo, he turned to face Mu Yu and saw Mu Yu's embarrassment clearly, assuming that he was marking him as a sign of rejection.
He assured her, "Don't worry, there will definitely be other ways. I won't do that to you."
Mu Yu gave a muffled "Oh," as if the education Omega received indeed prohibited marking Alphas. Those despicable Alphas only knew how to brainwash Omegas. He seemed to remember reading something about how it was outrageous and against moral principles for an Omega to want to bite an Alpha's glands.
How could he tell Ruan Mingchu that he didn't care about these things? As long as both parties were willing, it didn't matter who marked whom or who bit whom.
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Author's Note:
Presented to Cui Jiang, a recluse from Yuanzhou, who consults the Book of Changes.
He could retire from officialdom despite his family's wealth and influence; his family's tradition of fishing and woodcutting was even more remarkable.
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43 marked it so that Mu Yu wanted to keep it in this state forever.
About two kilometers from the city, there was a small grove of trees. Ruan Mingchu ordered the aircraft to stop, leaving Mu Yu, Tu Aotian, and Men Hao there.
"I'm going for a walk with him, we'll be back in an hour, please be careful."
Mu Yu nodded reluctantly and also reminded Ruan Mingchu to be careful.
Meng Shuo rolled her eyes. Why not just leave a mark and go together? I really don't understand what kind of romantic game they're playing.
After Ruan Mingchu and Meng Shuo left, Tu Aotian flapped his ears and flew in front of Mu Yu: "Are we really going to stay here for an hour?"
Mu Yu turned away and ignored him.
Rabbit Aotian flew to Mu Yu again: "No way, no way, can someone really be afraid of a bunch of stinky fish?"
"Oh my, I thought you were some kind of powerful Alpha, but it turns out you have to hide away when you get to other places, and you don't even dare to leave the house. You're just like the noble ladies of ancient times who never left their homes."
Mu Yu suddenly revealed a ferocious smile, grabbed Tu Aotian by the neck, and covered its mouth with his two long ears.
"You look exactly like a brainless villain jumping around like that right now."
Rabbit Aotian: "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! You're the one who's brainless!"
Rabbit Aotian whimpered and Mu Yu released it only when it was tired.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Rabbit Aotian spat several times, "My mouth is full of rabbit fur."
"You're complaining about your own fur now." Mu Yu rolled his eyes.
Tu Aotian rolled his eyes at him in return.
"So you really don't plan to go out?" Rabbit Aotian poked Mu Yu's thigh with its paw. "What a great opportunity! As long as you want to go out, that guy surnamed Ruan will definitely mark you."
Mu Yu blushed: "I didn't want his mark!"
Tu Aotian chuckled twice, his face lewd, "We're practically family, I've heard you talking in your sleep several times already."
Mu Yu blushed instantly, trembling and unable to utter a rebuttal.
Rabbit Aotian knew he had guessed correctly, and immediately began to laugh without restraint, "Hahaha!"
Mu Yu realized that he hadn't slept much at all, so how could he be talking in his sleep!
"Rabbit! Arrogant! Heaven! I'll kill you!"
"Hehehe~"
Men Hao, who had been lying on the seat next to him, rolled over, clicked his tongue, and shook his head. "What a group of energetic young people."
The city is called Obsidian, and there is a fountain in front of the city gate. A tall obsidian mermaid statue stands in the pool, its raised tail spraying water.
Nine out of ten mermaids who pass by will stop and stand still for three minutes with their eyes closed when they pass by.
Meng Shuo said, "This is a prayer to their great Blacktail Fish God." It sounded like Meng Shuo, with his blue tail, was quite disdainful of the Blacktail Fish God.
Ruan Mingchu hummed in agreement.
He walked up to the statue and wanted to stop, but before he could even stand still, Meng Shuo pulled him away.
Meng Shuo whispered in Ruan Mingchu's ear, "Only the black-tailed mermaid has the right to pray!"
Ruan Mingchu: ...What era are we living in that skin color discrimination is still so serious?
He simply sensed a strange power surrounding the statue and wanted to take a closer look. But he wouldn't tell Meng Shuo any of this; the mermaid's recent behavior was far too suspicious.
Perhaps I can take a closer look later tonight.
Once inside the city, the number of people increased significantly.
Pedestrians can be seen everywhere on the street. Most mermaids have turned their tails into legs, but you can still see many mermaids with tails driving cars on the street.
The vehicle resembles a scooter, but with a much wider base and a water tank on top.
Ruan Mingchu was just about to examine the car's structure closely, thinking he could make a few for Liya and the other modified mermaids when he got back, when Meng Shuo pulled him away again.
Meng Shuo looked somewhat disappointed, "Can you please stop staring at other people's tails like that?"
"Any mermaid who dares to show her tail in the street is a married mermaid!"
"Or they're the kind of professionals!"
Ruan Mingchu turned his head and glanced back. The owner of the car he had just been staring at gave him a flirtatious flying kiss.
Ruan Mingchu: ...
Customs and cultures are truly different!
This time, Ruan Mingchu had to explain, "I was looking at the car he was standing in."
Meng Shuo gave a perfunctory "oh, oh," as if to say, "I'll listen, but I don't believe it." She thought to herself, "No wonder I didn't bring Mu Yu along; I never expected him to be this kind of person."
Alright, from then on, Ruan Mingchu kept his eyes straight ahead and stopped looking around.
The Mermaid Continent lacks a strong sense of technology; most shops on the street are two or three stories high, with only the occasional shop having more than five stories.
The tallest building in the entire Obsidian City is the clock tower in the city center, and there is also an obsidian mermaid statue on the top of the tower.
Meng Shuo led Ruan Mingchu through a maze of twists and turns into a narrow alley, saying, "Let's see if there's anything you want in the shops on both sides."
Ruan Mingchu didn't ask Meng Shuo why he brought him to such a remote place; instead, Meng Shuo took the initiative to explain.
“Those shops outside only serve Blacktail and his relatives.”
Ruan Mingchu thanked him.
After looking at several stores, Ruan Mingchu walked into one that seemed to have a relatively complete selection of goods.
As soon as I approached the store, a child who was about 1.2 meters tall came up to me and said, "Welcome."
The child's smile was sweet, his voice was childlike, yet he pretended to be mature and serious.
Ruan Mingchu subconsciously softened his voice: "I want a map of the entire continent, some clothes suitable for travel, food and basic medicines, and preferably a large backpack."
The child nodded eagerly: "Yes, yes, my shop has them all. Please wait a moment, I'll go get them."
His face was filled with joy. He knew he had listened to his mother. Even though the goods had been stored in the warehouse for so long, they would eventually be profitable.
Before Ruan Mingchu and Meng Shuo had been waiting long, the child came out pulling a small cart.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaving a mark on his forehead with his dusty little hand.
"My shop has two kinds of maps: a regular paper world map and a portable one that is accurate down to the village level, which is the most convenient for travel."
"Which one would you like, sir?" The child looked at Ruan Mingchu nervously, desperately hoping he would buy the second one.
Ruan Mingchu looked at Meng Shuo, who stared back at him for three seconds, feeling frustrated, before giving up.
Meng Shuo: "I want the second one."
The child jumped up excitedly: "Great! Three hundred copper fish coins!"
Meng Shuo pulled out a silver fish-shaped coin from somewhere and tossed it to the child, saying, "Use the rest of the money to make up for what he wants."
The child looked at the silver fish coin, carefully put it into his chest pocket, and said with obvious delight, "Okay, please wait a moment, sir. You can take a look at the clothes over here. I'll go get you the food, medicine and backpack."
The child went into the back, and Ruan Mingchu went to look at the clothes hanging on the wall.
Meng Shuo followed behind him, hesitant to speak, but finally asked, "You didn't bring anything of value with you?"
Ruan Mingchu turned around and smiled at him: "Isn't it because of you? I've been eating and drinking for free for so long, you wouldn't just leave without saying anything, would you?"
Meng Shuo gritted her teeth: "I just spent one silver fish coin on you!"
“Mmm,” Ruan Mingchu nodded perfunctorily, “I know, I know.”
Mengshuo: Damn!
Of course, Ruan Mingchu had brought all the valuables with him. His mecha was filled with various ores and potions, but he hadn't yet taken them out to test whether they would change their nature in another world.
Ruan Mingchu initially planned to find a small place to work for a few days after arriving on the Mermaid Continent, so that he could both understand and integrate into this world and earn some money at the same time.
But now that Meng Shuo insists on following, if we don't kill him now, when will we?
Meng Shuo, who had been ripped off, shed tears of heartache for his wallet. Even though a silver fish coin was nothing to him, it still hurt his heart to spend it on Ruan Mingchu.
Losing money is better than making him feel comfortable by spending it.
Every day, I curse my past foolish self.
Although the child was small, he was very quick and nimble, and soon he came out pulling another cart.
Sweat streamed down his face and soaked into his clothes. "Sir, what would you like?"
Ruan Mingchu looked through them for a few seconds and confirmed that they were all simple, filling foods and basic medicines. "I'll take all of these, and those few pieces of clothing too."
As he spoke, he pointed to a few pieces of clothing on the wall, "One size fits all."
After saying that, Ruan Mingchu glanced at Meng Shuo, signaling him to continue paying.
Mengshuo: ...
The child did the math in his head and then smiled brightly: "Alright, you have twenty-five copper coins left from your one silver fish coin. Do you want it?"
Ruan Mingchu: "Take something else of equal value."