Chapter 234
Chapter 234
Xiaomei circled Yun Youyou again and again but still could not identify the problem.
“Maybe you’re allergic to seafood.”
Xiaomei scratched his head in frustration.
Yun Youyou lay in Ji Lin’s palm like a limp puddle of mud.
In her current form, she could not manage the Restaurant.
Xiaomei found her a small fish tank and even decorated it with some aquatic plants.
“Sister Youyou, you’ll have to put up with this for now.”
Ji Lin personally placed her inside the small tank.
The tiny creature curled up inside looked pitiful and adorable.
Wang Yuanyou silently watched Ji Lin’s every move from the floor.
True heartbreak never needed shouting or screaming.
“We’re both seafood. Why does one of us lie on the floor while the other gets held in someone’s palm?”
Wang Yuanyou made bitter remarks from the side, his voice dripping with jealousy.
This was the first time Xiaomei had seen seafood act like a resentful wife.
He walked over and picked Wang Yuanyou up.
“Hehe. I may not be able to hold you in my palm, but I can put you in a steamer.”
“Linlin, save me!”
Wang Yuanyou screamed in despair.
He could not shed tears. He could only spray water helplessly.
Ji Lin seemed to have discovered the joy of keeping a small pet. He quietly watched Yun Youyou blow bubbles inside the tank.
Tiny bubbles rose through the water and burst one by one at the surface.
“Poor little cabbage, yellow in the ground. Got yourself a wife and forgot your old friend…”
Wang Yuanyou’s plaintive singing lingered endlessly in their ears.
People said three women could put on a whole show, but this one man could perform two by himself.
Xiaomei had never encountered such an annoying human.
He looked at Ji Lin, then at Wang Yuanyou.
“How are you two best friends?”
One talked nonstop, while the other barely spoke at all.
“I get it. You must have said all his words for him, so he has nothing left to say.”
Xiaomei shook Wang Yuanyou in his hand, convinced he had found the truth.
The noisy man was carried away.
After becoming seafood, Yun Youyou no longer had a care in the world.
She simply lay in the tank and blew bubbles.
Now she was a genuine salted fish.
With their pillar of support, Yun Youyou, transformed into seafood, the real four Seafood Brothers finally got to work.
After turning into crawfish and crabs, the Players scuttled wildly across the floor.
They even secretly pinched Xiaomei’s feet.
No normal ghost would argue with ignorant little seafood creatures.
At long last, morning arrived.
Xiaomei opened the Restaurant’s front door.
“Hurry up and go run!”
At daybreak, the Players had to continue their marathon.
“We’ve all turned into Geoducks. How are we supposed to run?”
“No! You have to change us back!”
“Exactly! Tell me how a crab is supposed to run!”
The Players were furious enough to feed ten evil sword spirits with their resentment.
They surrounded Xiaomei and launched a group protest.
Wang Yuanyou joined in for fun.
Xiaomei was not afraid of them.
“What’s wrong with being a crab? Crabs have eight legs! I gave you six extra legs for free, so quit pushing your luck!”
Xiaomei glared at the unreasonable Players with his fish eyes.
Most of his eyes were white, while each pupil was only the size of a sesame seed.
When he glared, he looked ready to eat someone.
The Players shrank back, but one man who did not fear death finally stepped forward.
“I don’t care. You have to change me back!”
Xiaomei kicked him outside.
“Damn it, you’ve already turned into seafood and you still can’t behave.”
After kicking him, Xiaomei looked down at the crowd of Players again.
“Will you leave on your own, or do I have to kick you out?”
The pitiful little crabs, Geoducks, and crawfish all huddled together in fear.
Wang Yuanyou hurried to find Ji Lin.
“You’re the only one left who can run. Let’s hurry. We might even take first place.”
Ji Lin looked back at the fish tank in the corner.
The water rippled gently.
Bubbles rose through it one after another and finally burst at the surface with soft pops.
Fine droplets scattered through the air.
“Hurry up! They definitely want to hitch a ride with you.”
Wang Yuanyou had already reached the door and called anxiously to Ji Lin.
Just as he predicted, every Player who had turned into seafood set their sights on Ji Lin, the only person who remained human.
Their eyes practically glowed green.
“Bro, give me a ride! I’ll pay the fare.”
“Take me. I’ll pay double!”
“Bring me too. Just put me in your pocket. I’m small and won’t take up room.”
Wang Yuanyou acted like a fiercely protective mother cow.
“Give up. We aren’t taking anyone.”
This was a competition!
They might be making sweet promises now, but when the time came to act, every one of them might turn ugly.
Who knew what schemes they were plotting?
In the chaos, someone accidentally knocked over the fish tank.
Yun Youyou, who had been lying there blowing bubbles, suddenly flew out of the little tank.
Yun Youyou: ?
What was happening?
Who was trying to hurt me?
Yun Youyou felt herself become weightless. Before she could react, she fell into a dark hole.
It was soft and smelled pleasant, like sunlight.
Yun Youyou guessed she had fallen into some kind of cloth bag.
The bag swayed back and forth.
Yun Youyou struggled inside for ages but could not climb out.
She simply lay down where she was.
Once she returned to human form, she could step right out.
Yun Youyou thoroughly understood the principle of falling down and lying flat right where she landed.
The bag was dark and rocked gently.
Yun Youyou fell asleep in this cradle.
The clock turned back ten minutes.
Ji Lin agreed to run with Wang Yuanyou.
“Linlin, I knew you were my best brother!”
“But I have one condition.”
Ji Lin remained unmoved by Wang Yuanyou’s flattery.
“Tell me. Whatever it is, I agree.”
Wang Yuanyou did not care at all.
He had long since stopped wanting to run this damn marathon.
Now he finally had a ready-made excuse to avoid exercise.
Ji Lin said, “I have only one requirement. For the rest of the journey, you may not say a single word.”
Not speaking was practically a death sentence for Wang Yuanyou!
After hesitating, he answered awkwardly, “Fine. I agree. Even if you want to talk to me, I won’t bother answering you.”
Ji Lin ignored his bitter tone.
He placed Wang Yuanyou on his shoulder.
Admittedly, viewing the world from a Giant’s shoulder was wonderfully comfortable.
He did not even have to run himself.
Every time Wang Yuanyou opened his mouth to speak, he forcibly swallowed the words again.
It felt like holding back a piece of shit that had already come out.
Wang Yuanyou was suffering terribly.
His entire body felt miserable, as though tiny bugs were nibbling at him, leaving him tingling and itchy.
Ji Lin had not run far before he felt Wang Yuanyou twisting like a pretzel on his shoulder.
“…”
He simply lifted Wang Yuanyou off his shoulder and dropped him into his left pocket.
Unable to speak, Wang Yuanyou could only condemn Ji Lin with his eyes.
But Geoducks had no eyes.
Wang Yuanyou might as well have been winking at a blind man. It was completely useless.