Chapter 24

Chapter 24

After eating the mushy meat, Dong Zai yawned with tears in his eyes. He opened his little hands towards Han Zhan to hug him, "Zai Zai, sleepy."

Han Zhan picked up the little mermaid, and at this moment Jiali came out carrying Dong Zai's shell bed, "Han Zhan, Zai Zai will sleep at your place tonight, is that okay?"

Han Zhan clenched his fingers tightly and said, "Okay."

"Dad?" Dong Zai shouted in a daze.

Jiali untied the messy braids on Dong Zai's little head, "Be good, Zai Zai, go to my brother's house to sleep tonight."

Dongzai was too sleepy to hear clearly what Jiali's father said, so he tilted his head and fell asleep in brother Han Zhan's arms.

"Take good care of him." Jia Li nodded to Han Zhan.

"I will."

Han Zhan took Dong Zai's shell bed back to the small house. The first time he entered the door, he saw a bouquet of fresh blue sea flowers hanging on the window sill.

The sea flowers gave off a faint fluorescence. Han Zhan looked down at the little mermaid in his arms, his eyes gradually becoming gentle.After he returned to the shallow sea area, he immediately went to find Dong Zai. He didn't go home because he didn't know what had happened in the house.

It seemed that the little mermaid was not lying, she was really thinking about him.

Han Zhan placed the shell bed on his own stone bed, picked up the soft little mermaid, and carefully placed it on the shell bed.

The little mermaid is very obedient when she sleeps, with her tail slightly curled up and her little, creamy-skinned hands placed next to her cheeks.

Han Zhan looked at the little mermaid quietly for a while, then sat down against the edge of the bed, rested his forehead with his right hand and closed his eyes slightly.

When Dong Zai woke up, he subconsciously looked out the window at the small house next to the gorgonian coral, "Huh?"

Why is my brother's little house missing?

Dong Zai patted his little tail and started to swim. Later he realized that he was at his brother's house.

"Brother~" Dong Zai's little tail started to swim happily.

On the seabed covered with sea flowers, a black unknown object flew up and crashed into the little mermaid.

When he saw clearly what it was, Dong Zai's entire fish froze.

Woohoo~ There are insects.

Dong Zai hugged the fish's tail helplessly, his mouth flat and wanting to cry.

Don't be afraid, Zaizai. Dad said that Chongchong won't eat the little mermaid.

The bugs in the fishing net began to twist violently, and Dong Zai felt his eyebrows heat up. He waved his hand unconsciously, and suddenly a wave of sea water came over and swept away the bugs in the fishing net.

Han Zhan came over with a bowl of shells. He grabbed the fishing net and threw it aside, "Zai Zai, are you okay?"

Yesterday, Ari left the worm-infested sea beast here and forgot to take it away. Unexpectedly, after the worms ate the sea beast, they targeted the little mermaid. Fortunately, they kept biting the fishing net and couldn't get out, otherwise the winter cub would be in danger.

Dong Zai came back to his senses, quickly covered his forehead and hid in Han Zhan's hair, "Woo, there are insects."

Han Zhan didn't see the flash of light on Dong Zai's forehead, "The little mermaid is not afraid of insects if they don't eat them."

When Jia Li saw what happened outside the house, his expression changed slightly, "I'll go to the Great Trench with you."

Lei Zhe held Jia Li's shoulders and said, "Zai Zai needs you."

Jiali struggled in her heart several times and finally compromised, "Okay, you have to be careful."

After the conversation, Lei Zhe went to find other mermaids to "trouble".

Jiali took the winter cub with her and went to the sea to find the bird man. Han Zhan followed him carrying the insects in the fishing net.

The little fat bird didn't come today, but the crane was there. When he saw the bug in Han Zhan's hand, his eyes lit up.

"Throw it to him."

Han Zhan threw the fishing net onto the shore.

Jiali touched Dong Zai's little head and said, "Zai Zai, tell him that the bugs are for him to eat."

Dong Zai's voice was soft, "Please, eat Chong Chong."

The crane picked up the fishing net and opened an opening. Then he grabbed a handful of worms and stuffed them into his mouth. The worms were still squirming. He bit the crane's pointed teeth and started eating them.

"Are there many of these bugs in your sea?"

The winter chicken pecked at the rice and nodded, "Yeah."

Qihe made a "hissing" sound while eating, his tongue was numb, and it was super refreshing. He grabbed the bug again and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "If you can still catch this bug, you can give it to me and I’ll exchange things with you.”

"Dad..." Dong Zai thought for a while, "Chongchong, change something."

Jiali nodded, "That's okay."

"I didn't bring anything here today, why don't I grill you two fishes." Qihe was not a birdie who likes to eat other people's food for free. He said to Jiali, "I think you liked it very much last time."

As he said that, his eyes were filled with sympathy. It was probably that these mermaids had never eaten cooked food before, so they were really pitiful.

Qihe picked up two pieces of flint and rubbed them together to create sparks, which quickly lit up the fire.

Dong Zai pointed at the bonfire, "Dad, exchange meat for meat."

"No, we're going back." Jia Li was going to find the Sharman tribe again and ask them if they wanted more fishing nets.

Dongzai pursed her small mouth and looked at Han Zhan pitifully.

Han Zhan said: "Uncle Jiali, I will take Dong Zai to play here for a while."

Jia Li frowned and thought for a moment, "Okay."

Dong Zai hugged Han Zhan's fingers and smiled like a sneaky cat.

"Hey? Little fish man, is that your father?" Qihe asked.

"Damn it, daddy."

Qihe picked up the grilled fish and gave it to Han Zhan, "If your father doesn't want it, then I'll give it to your brother."

Dong Zai pulled Han Zhan's hair, "Zai Zai, eat meat."

After Han Zhan tasted the grilled fish, he tore off a small piece of meat and brought it to Dong Zai's mouth.

Dong Zai stretched out his little tongue and licked the fish meat, feeling delighted and satisfied just by tasting the taste.

At this time, the atmosphere in the shallow sea area was somewhat solemn.

Lei Zhe didn't say much nonsense and just relied on force to subdue a group of mermaids.

The mermaids filed out of the room, sighing one by one, "Lei Zhe, really can't we discuss this?"

Lei Zhe looked cold, "Stand and wait to be beaten, or go kill bugs, you choose one."

Even if the mermaids were not convinced, there was nothing they could do. Who said they couldn't defeat Lei Zhe?

They knew that Lei Zhe was powerful before, and they didn't expect that even if they worked together, they couldn't beat Lei Zhe. Now the Mermaids and the others were completely embarrassed, and they were beaten in front of their Zai Zai.

The little mermaids were shocked. Dong Zi’s father was so awesome.

The little mermaids were envious of Winter Cub. He had a great father who didn't have to catch fish and had fresh bighead fish to eat every day. Winter Cub was so happy.

Lei Zhe and Han Zhan only stayed for two days before leaving, taking most of the mermaids with them, including Ari and Fiya.

When they left, Dong Zai's eyes were slightly red, and he held on to his father's finger to prevent him from leaving.

Lei Zhe said helplessly, "Zai Zai, be obedient. Dad will be back soon."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"" Dong Zai cried and hiccupped, "I hate it, daddy."

Waves rolled up on the sea, and the cloudless sky suddenly became gloomy, as if heavy rain was coming.

Han Zhan frowned. He took Dong Zai from Lei Zhe, bent down and kissed Dong Zai's little hand, "Don't cry, Zai Zai, brother will be sad."

Dongzai sniffed, "Brother..."

"Don't make your brother sad."

Dong Zai forgot to cry for a moment, he rubbed his face against Han Zhan, "Brother, don't cry, Zai Zai is good."

After Lei Zhe and the others left, the entire shallow sea area suddenly became quiet. There was probably a sense of crisis. The little mermaids became much better behaved and began to take the initiative to hunt for food.

The weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently, and even the eagles don't come out much, but the adult fish are very busy, carrying fishing nets to catch bugs everywhere.

The shallow sea area is only a few hundred meters away from the sea, with plenty of light, and the hot sunshine makes the water hot. For mermaids who like shade, this dry season is also a bit difficult, and some mermaids have begun to consider the possibility of moving.

The little fish cubs retreated into the gorgonian corals, and the little gray whale lazily paddled the water with its pectoral fins, becoming less and less inclined to move.

Dong Zai's little face was red, and he lay on the stone because of the heat, sticking out his little tongue and panting.

Yuan Xi was combing Dong Zai's hair with a small wooden comb. He accidentally caught a glimpse of Suo Tu and Dong Kui passing by. He quickly asked: "Dong Kui, what are you doing?"

"Yuan Xi, Dong Zai, we are going to play in the giant algae forest. Do you want to come with us?"

"Okay, okay." Dong Zai, who was listless just now, quickly got up and shouted towards the small stone house, "Dad, Zai Zai, go play~"

Jiali came out with the fin fish, "Eat the mushy meat first."

After Dong Zai finished eating the mushy meat, he and Yuan Xi set off hand in hand.

I met other little mermaids on the road, so a group of little mermaids swam to the giant algae forest.

Dongkui and Suotu were noisy along the way, Dongzai giggled, and suddenly he tilted his head, as if someone was calling him Zaizai.

"The little mermaid——"

"Who is called Zai Zai?"

"It's me." The old voice came from the bottom of the sea, "I'm down there."

"Dong Zai, what's wrong?" Yuan Xi stopped.

Dong Zai looked down and pointed his little finger at the bottomless black sea bottom, "Call Zai Zai."

Dongkui deliberately scared him, "Don't worry, it must be a bad guy. Seeing how cute you are, he wants to trick you into coming over and eat you."

Dong Zai was so frightened that he tightened his little hand on Yuan Xi, "Are you a bad guy?"

The other party continued: "Little mermaid, I am not a bad guy, I am asking you to do me a favor."

Dong Zai’s face was hesitant, “Let’s take a look?”

Dongkui was so angry that he tugged at Dong Zai's pigtails, "You big idiot, what if there's a big sea beast down there?"

Suotu said calmly: "What are you afraid of? If it were really a sea beast, it would have come and swallowed us up long ago."

"Then go take a look." Yuan Xi said.

The other little mermaids had no objection, so a group of little mermaids shook their little tails and sank to the bottom of the sea.

One thousand meters downstream, the light gradually dimmed, and they vaguely saw a mountain. Another hundred meters downstream, a huge creature suddenly came into view.

At this time, it opened its eyes, and its pupils were filled with an icy cold light.

"Yeah!" Dong Zai was shocked.

"It's a Mosasaurus!" Dongkui shouted.

"Winter cub, let's go quickly, it's a mosasaurus."

Dongzai mustered up his courage, "Longlong, is your name Zaizai?"

The mosasaur groaned in pain, "I'm trapped here. I want to ask for your help to move the boulder away from me."

Dong Zai looked up at the mountain, his little face wrinkled, his expression was extremely tangled, Zai Zai, Zai Zai couldn't move it.

After the little mermaids discovered that the mosasaurus really seemed unable to move, they were not so scared.

Dongkui felt strange, "How could the mosasaurus be trapped?"

"During the last submarine storm, I was sleeping here when the mountain next to me collapsed and crushed me here."

Dongzai was confused, "Zaizai?"

How can Zaizai help you?

"Little mermaid, come here and I'll tell you how to move it."

The mosasaur's tone was like coaxing a child, which made Dong Zai wary, and he subconsciously wanted to swim farther away.

The mosasaurus suddenly opened its fangs, smiled sinisterly, bit forward with its long crocodile body, and sprayed out fishy sea water from its mouth.

"Come here and let me eat you!"