Chapter 126
Chapter 126
“Proprietress, I heard there’s a swimming pool out back. The few of us were planning to come over for a swim.”
Yun Youyou turned around and saw several guests from the villa coming over in swim trunks, wrapped in bathrobes.
Yun Youyou’s body blocked most of the fishman’s figure, so they still hadn’t noticed the unidentified creature in front of them.
Quick-eyed and even quicker-footed, Yun Youyou kicked the fishman straight into the water.
“Proprietress, why do I feel like something just fell into the pool?”
One of them pointed at the swimming pool in shock.
With a splash that big, anyone who wasn’t blind could have seen it.
Yun Youyou casually came up with an excuse and smiled at the guests. “There is a fee to use our pool.”
She thought they would leave after that. To her surprise, they accepted it with ease.
“Sure, no problem. How much?”
Yun Youyou: ???
Wasn’t the ocean right next to them?
They could swim however they wanted out there, so why insist on coming to a paid swimming pool?
A stingy person like Yun Youyou simply could not understand the rich people in the Game.
“Why don’t you go swim in the ocean?”
The guests scratched their heads sheepishly.
“Well, the ocean feels kind of scary, you know? What if some weird ghost thing pops out? Even if we screamed ourselves hoarse, no one would come save us.”
Yun Youyou felt they truly had impressive foresight.
There really was a weird ghost thing in the ocean. The only problem was, that weird ghost thing had already been transferred into this pool.
If these guests saw it, Yun Youyou was afraid they might pass out on the spot.
Just then, one tourist suddenly crept over to Yun Youyou’s side.
“By the way, proprietress, are there ghosts in this guesthouse?”
Yun Youyou: …
She had to admit, he really knew how to ask the important questions.
There really weren’t many innocent little Players like this around anymore.
Yun Youyou had no choice but to lie to this adorable Player against her conscience.
“Dear guest, our inn has no ghosts at all.”
The Player immediately let out a breath of relief, patting his chest as his tone filled with ease.
“That’s good, that’s good. I knew this inn looked especially upright and proper. One glance and you can tell there are no ghosts here. Good thing I picked well!”
Yun Youyou was almost sweetened into a faint by this Player.
Wait!
Yun Youyou suddenly realized something. “You mean there are several inns around here?”
The Player said, “Of course! A lot of people came with us, but they went to other inns. The three of us came here.”
There were actually that many Players!
Before Yun Youyou could figure out what exactly was going on, the Players were already getting impatient.
“Proprietress, can we go swimming now? There are three of us total. How about we give you three hundred Game Coins?”
Yun Youyou’s eyes widened in delighted surprise.
She hadn’t expected this sudden windfall to come so quickly.
Before she could speak, Xiaomei in the pool could no longer resist poking his head out of the water.
Yun Youyou and the Players all froze.
The Player stared blankly at the fish head in the pool. “Why is there a fish here?”
Yun Youyou hurriedly shoved Xiaomei’s head back into the water.
“Caught it this morning. Had nowhere to put it, so I left it in the pool for now. Why don’t you come back later to swim? I’ll give the pool a proper cleaning this afternoon, and tonight we can throw a pool party.”
The Players instantly brightened at that. “Sure! We’ve never been to a pool party before!”
The three Players left happily.
Yun Youyou turned around and immediately called Xiaomei out of the swimming pool.
Xiaomei floated in the swimming pool, blankly blowing bubbles.
Yun Youyou had completely shed the vicious air she’d had moments ago, when she’d been dead set on stewing him. Beaming, she said, “Xiaomei, you don’t want to be turned into fish head casserole, do you?”
Xiaomei nodded frantically in the water.
“As long as you don’t turn me into fish head casserole, I’ll do anything you want.”
Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Yun Youyou’s smile widened even further.
For some reason, the kinder the smile at the corners of Yun Youyou’s mouth looked, the more terrified Xiaomei felt.
Yun Youyou kindly patted Xiaomei on his fish head. “Did you used to drag a lot of Player guests into the water?”
Xiaomei thought Yun Youyou was about to settle old scores with him, so he immediately sank half his fish head underwater, leaving only a pair of pale fish eyes showing.
Yun Youyou asked again, “Why did you drag them into the water?”
Xiaomei said, “Because it was fun.”
Yun Youyou was rendered speechless by that answer. “Human lives aren’t toys. You harmed so many lives before. Now I’m giving you a chance to atone for your sins. Are you willing to do it?”
Xiaomei’s fish head bobbed up and down in the water.
“I’m willing!”
Yun Youyou said, “Good. From now on, you’ll work at our guesthouse. You’ll be in charge of the pool as the lifeguard and protect the guests’ lives and safety.”
Xiaomei said, “Leave it to me! Back in the ocean, I’m known as Wave-Riding Xiaomei Fish. Whether it’s swimming or diving, nothing is beyond me! Oh, right, is one of me enough? I have other buddies too.”
Yun Youyou asked, “Would your buddies be willing to come?”
Xiaomei answered without hesitation.
“Of course they’d be willing. They’ve harmed no fewer people than I have. This is the perfect chance for them to come atone with me.”
Yun Youyou grew even happier. “As long as your brothers are willing to come, I’ll gladly take as many as you have.”
And so, one ghost and one fish happily headed to the seaside to trick some seafood.
Lu Keke watched their backs and felt that the world of adults really was practical.
Yun Youyou followed Xiaomei to the edge of the clear blue sea.
Xiaomei let out a shout, and in an instant, all sorts of seafood floated up to the surface.
There were crabs with fish tails, lobsters with human faces, and long-legged Geoducks.
Yun Youyou said, “…Your brothers are all pretty distinctive-looking.”
Xiaomei proudly lifted his fish head.
“The few of us are super handsome guys under the sea!”
Yun Youyou said, “It must be pretty dark down there, right?”
Xiaomei said, “Of course! So dark I can’t even see my own feet.”
Yun Youyou said, “No wonder.”
As they spoke, Xiaomei’s brothers had already made their way onto the beach.
“Meimei, what did you call us over for?”
“We haven’t seen you in ages. Where have you been off enjoying yourself?”
One of the Seafood Brothers even came up beside Yun Youyou.
The Geoduck brother curiously pinched Yun Youyou with his shell. “What kind of new species is this?”
Yun Youyou said, “…If you’re not going to eat me, don’t go pinching me at random.”
Xiaomei hurried over and kicked the Geoduck.
“See? I told you your eyesight was bad. This is a person from land!”
Yun Youyou said, “I’m the ascended version of a person-a ghost.”
Xiaomei quickly corrected himself. “Right, a ghost!”
The Geoduck asked curiously, “Then what do you call the version of a person that goes down into the ground?”
Yun Youyou said, “Ashes.”
The Geoduck and the other seafood all nodded in enlightenment. “So that’s how it is.”
The human world really was complicated. It wasn’t something they could figure out in a day or two.
Xiaomei stepped forward and told everyone that he was going to work as a lifeguard at Yun Youyou’s pool.
The lobster brother declared, “I’m not going. I’m way too free in the sea.”