Miss Star, spoiled by her father and brother

Chapter 246: Seeing Xiaolu Again

Meilin was left on the set. Watching the red shuttle disappear into the sky, Meilin stretched out her hands in vain and cried out helplessly—

"Miss! Don't leave me behind--!"

In the shuttle, Xu Weiwei slowly turned around, "Aunt Meilin is so pitiful."

Everyone was silent for a while, and then Mrs. Seaforth's voice rang out, "Let's buy some gifts for Meilin and make it up to her."

McQueen immediately said, "Sure, I'll pay for it."

"Let's buy her a new set of clothes. I saw that she really liked the gauze skirt she wore that day." Xu Weiwei suggested.

"Sure, Wei'er is very careful."

……

Less than half an hour later, the shuttle landed outside the Shimmering Mart. McQueen went to park the car while the others waited for him at the door.

The weather was fine and sunny. Xu Weiwei hung her backpack upside down on her chest, took out her sunglasses and put them on. She saw the brown paper bag inside and took it out as well.

It was the plum meat prepared by the chef himself. Jiang Linlin liked to chew a few of them when she had no appetite in hot weather. It was brought up together with the dessert ordered by Xu Weiwei.

Before leaving, Xu Weiwei put it in her bag.

"Do you want to eat?" Xu Weiwei asked, holding up the food.

Mrs. Seaforth doesn't like sour things, so McQueen and Kane each took one.

The Boguang Market is still bustling as always, with tourists from different planets dressed up like butterflies flying around in it, as glamorous as mermaids.

"It feels like there are a little more people here than when we came yesterday," Mrs. Seaforth said, holding her daughter's hand.

"The competition is getting closer and closer, and more and more people will come in the next few days." McQueen put his hands in his pockets and said expressionlessly.

"More people is good, the people here can bring in more revenue."

McQueen curled his lips, "People who are not short of money will never be short of money. There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor on the planet Dreammed. The people who come here are all the same. It just makes the rich mermaids richer."

Xu Weiwei looked up at her uncle, not understanding why this happened.

McQueen received Xu Weiwei's inquiring eyes and explained, "The gap established over hundreds of years is like a huge chasm that cannot be crossed at all."

"When the planet Mengmed first began to form a three-layered landform of 'sea-land-sea', the king called on the people to go ashore and adapt to the land. He felt that if the mermaids stayed in the sea without evolving, it might not be a good thing in the future. God must have had a purpose in giving them legs at the same time."

"This was opposed by many people at the time. For them who have always lived in the sea, land is dangerous, and it is also a problem for them to hunt and walk on land. Some people have never used their legs in their entire lives, let alone walk properly."

"So, the mermaid king respected their ideas and brought only his trusted tribes and people who were willing to follow him to the land, and together they built the current main city. The remaining mermaids continued to live in the sea."

"Of course, their city-states were relatively crude at first, and they didn't have that advanced technology. Many of the cities we see now were built with the help of our technology, and some were directly built with the help of our planet."

Xu Weiwei nodded in understanding. What happened next, even if McQueen didn't say it, Xu Weiwei could guess. The first group of mermaids who came down were like riding the first train of the era, enjoying a series of dividends later.

The mermaids who chose to stay in the deep sea stopped. It seems that the gap is really big...

"How did the people who stayed behind change their minds and be willing to come down?" Xu Weiwei asked again.

"Although we are separated, the relationship cannot be severed so cleanly. There must be some friends on the other side, right? And their relatives and friends. After exchanging information, the conservative mermaid knew the various benefits of going down, so naturally they are willing to try it bravely." McQueen pinched another plum meat from Xu Weiwei's hand and said while chewing.

"What's the benefit?"

"It's safe. There are no natural enemies on land, and you don't have to worry about getting hurt when you sleep. Even if you get hurt accidentally, the dry environment will heal faster. In the sea, not only will it take longer to heal, but the smell of blood will easily attract other predators. And the only doctor priest is here, and you can eat cooked food... There are so many benefits."

After hearing all this, Xu Weiwei felt that she had learned a lot.

"Hello, it's you again. Are you here to play again today?"

Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice was heard, and everyone turned around. A green mermaid was lying by the pool, looking at them with a smile.

Xu Weiwei recognized it immediately and said in surprise, "Xiaolu!"

The mermaid was even more surprised than her: "How do you know my name is Xiaolu? I don't remember telling you my name!"

Xu Weiwei didn't expect that the nickname she casually made up in her mind would actually be a hit. How could there be someone called "Xiao Lu"? This name is too casual!

At the moment, I can only fool him. Xu Weiwei said innocently: "You told me in person, otherwise how would I know it, how can you not remember it?"

The mermaid scratched her head and said hesitantly: "Oh, really?..."

"Yes, but you didn't say which two words."

The mermaid's attention was immediately diverted. She gestured and said, "According to your writing, it is written like this: a 'gui' and a 'xiao'. Green is the 'lu' of green."

"Oh~~"

The three people nearby looked at the two of them chatting so familiarly with curiosity. Mrs. Sivers couldn't help but ask, "Weier, do you know him?"

Xu nodded slightly: "Yes, he sells ointments, and claims to be the current priestess's apprentice and also her biological child. I bought a few bottles of medicine at his stall yesterday."

The angry mermaid's tail slapped a string of water splashing towards the four people, "This is the holy medicine of the mermaids! It's not the ointment you mentioned, and what do you mean by 'claiming to be'? I'm telling the truth, okay!"

McQueen used his body to block most of the splashing water, then turned around and glared back with murderous intent.

Xiaolu's heart sank when he was looked at, and he quickly sank his tail under the water, lowering his head and not daring to look directly at him. He felt that if he looked at him for another second, this terrifying man would pull him out and rip his scales and disembowel him on the spot.

Xu Weiwei patted her uncle's leg, stepped to the left and walked out, hands on her hips, and accused domineeringly: "You mermaid are so rude. Why do you always throw bath water on us?"

"Is the medicine you sell in ointment form? Is it to be applied to the injured area? Then is it wrong for me to call it 'ointment'? Also, you said your identity is like this, and I didn't verify it, nor did I say you were lying. I just repeated it verbatim. Why are you so angry?"

"Good!" Kane applauded.