dhibooks Chapter 35 The title was eaten by the author
Chapter 35 The title was eaten by the author
"You guys are finally here. I'm still wondering if you regretted it at the end." Mu Yunyan looked at them and nodded in satisfaction.
"Haha, how could it be? Is the elder sister here? Why didn't I see her?" Lu Qing said haha, she would never say that she really had such an idea.
"I've come here, but she still has something to do, so she won't come out later." Mu Yunyan said.
"Well, it looks like the protagonists are finally on the scene." Mu Yunyan was talking, her eyes fell on the door.
She and Ke Liya also looked over, just in time to see the mermaids entering the arena.
Anthea felt a little irritated by the gazes of these humans on her.When her gaze was scanning the audience, once it landed on Ke Liya, she couldn't move her gaze away.
What a beautiful mermaid, is this the cub Servis mentioned?
The silver-haired and golden-eyed appearance made Servis so pale in shock. It has been a long time since such a pure color appeared in the mermaid clan.
Gu Lan walked out at this time, just blocking Anthea's sight of Ke Liya.If she doesn't go out, her possessive little sister is probably about to blow up.
Anthea looked at Gu Lan who was in front of her, and frowned, "Please get out of the way."
Those present were not only those who had seen the mermaid civilization before, but also some who came here because of the reputation, wanting to see how the mermaid civilization differs from humans.
After all, the last official record of the appearance of a mermaid is hundreds of years old.
Most human beings have a short lifespan, and what happened hundreds of years ago is almost like a legendary story.
Gu Lan's eyes fell on the seemingly inconspicuous mermaid behind Anthea. After she went back, she specially asked people to retrieve the dusty information.
The mermaid behind Anthea had served as the link between mermaid civilization and human civilization hundreds of years ago.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, the other party looks exactly the same as the photo on the file, and he doesn't even look old.
"Don't worry, I'm just about to introduce you." Even if Gu Lan was said so unkindly by the other party, he didn't get angry, and waved to Gu Qing and the others.
"This is my younger sister Gu Qing's fiancée, Ke Liya."
"She is the representative of mermaid civilization, Anthea." Gu Lan introduced to the two.
Ke Liya saw that the other party was looking at her all the time, just like Sevis, she nodded and said out of politeness, "Hello."
Just as Anthea was about to say something, Yulan stopped her. Only then did she realize that it was not suitable to say something at this moment.
After Lu Qing took Ke Liya to meet Anthea, he walked away.
The subsequent communication is the business of Gu Lan and the others.
"Keliya, what's wrong." Lu Qing looked at her.
"No, it's nothing, it's just a little uncomfortable." Ke Liya shook her head, she didn't know how this feeling came from, the moment she saw Anthea, she felt a burst of discomfort.
"Is there something uncomfortable?" Gu Qing asked, "If it's uncomfortable, let's go back first."
"Okay." Ke Liya didn't want to stay any longer, and there was no objection to her words.
Anthea, who was walking towards here, just heard the last sentence, and felt that she stepped forward to stop them.
She managed to get rid of those annoying humans, just to get Ke Liya.
"What do you want to do?" Lu Qing looked at Anthea and said in an annoyed manner.
"I want to chat with Ke Liya next to you alone. Don't worry, it's just a chat. I won't do anything to her." Anthea pointed to Ke Liya next to her, her tone was very urgent.
"No." Lu Qing flatly refused, guarding against these mermaids is definitely the same as guarding against wolves.
Every time these mermaids finished talking with Ke Liya, Ke Liya looked a little depressed.
Lu Qing pulled Ke Liya and wanted to pass Anthea and leave, but Anthea didn't want to, she just wanted to stretch out her hand to pull Ke Liya.
Ke Liya turned sideways, then dodged the hand that came to hold her, turned around, glanced at Anthea, and left.
Anthea was stunned by her look. When those eyes were looking at her just now, there was no warmth at all. They were indifferent as if warning her that she would die if she followed.
"What's wrong with you, you just left those high-level human beings and ran here." Youlan came over at this time, seeing her frozen in place, and asked.
Anthea didn't speak.
"Did you come to see Ke Liya? I told you not to be so anxious. It doesn't matter if we talk about this matter after we meet Sevis and the others." Youlan said again.
"Even if the cub is unwilling to leave, we can start with humans. They will definitely be interested in the conditions we offer." Youlan took her hand and brought her back to the center of the banquet hall.
Whether it is for better negotiation conditions in the future or other things, it is not a bad thing to establish a certain amount of good communication.
Hating humans is nothing but hating humans, but when it comes to big things, even Youlan has to look at it from the standpoint of the entire mermaid civilization.
Gu Qing and the others who left the venue naturally did not hear what Youlan said. In fact, even Gu Lan didn't know that Youlan and the others paid attention.
The mermaid civilization has not revealed anything about this matter, even if it starts from Anthea, it is useless.
After the banquet was over, many people left.
Gu Lan took Anthea and Youlan to the back of the banquet hall, where there was a room where some people were already waiting.
"Sevis, I finally saw you again. Are you okay?" When Anthea saw the person in the room, this was the first reaction she had, and she walked up to Servis enthusiastically and hugged her.
"I'm fine, and I'm glad to see you too." Sevis smiled and hugged her back.
"I didn't expect to see you again one day." Youlan looked at Lori. They were mermaids of the same era. Although they were not very familiar with each other, they were not strangers either.
"Yeah, I haven't seen you for many years." Lori looked at her, "You are the same as before, nothing has changed."
"You've changed a lot." Youlan looked at her, all the determination she had at the beginning was all smoothed out, and she almost didn't recognize her at first glance.
"What's the current situation in civilization." Lori asked Youlan. Of course, in this place, Youlan would not tell her in detail.
Who knows if humans are monitoring here.
"Let's talk about it when we go back." Sure enough, Youlan's answer did not surprise Lori.
"The other mermaids are waiting outside. I think Her Majesty the Queen will be very happy to see you return to our civilization." Youlan patted her on the shoulder vigorously, and they left the room together.
Serves and the others were of course brought by Mu Yunyan. With Gu Lan opening the back door openly, it is a breeze to bring a few mermaids in here.
When Gu Lan and Mu Yunyan brought Anthea and the others into the room, they withdrew.Without disturbing their long-lost reunion, Mu Yunyan shook the wine glass in her hand.
She has always disliked alcohol, which is a paralytic drink, because it tends to dull her brain.
"Mother knows about this, let me go and explain it to her." Gu Lan looked at her and said casually.
"It's too good to hide this matter. She may not have received any news. The mermaid civilization came so suddenly, and civilization was caught off guard, so let's not say whether mother can receive the news." Mu Yunyan couldn't ignore it. No smile.
"That's true." Gu Lan nodded.
At this time, the door of the room opened, and Anthea and Sevis came out first.
"Congratulations on your reunion. I hope I won't meet you next time. It's always bad." Mu Yunyan stood up straight, looked at Luoli among the mermaids, and said calmly.
"Thank you." Luo Li thanked her. If it wasn't for Mu Yunyan's willingness to help, they wouldn't be where they are today.
"If I had known you would bring such a big trouble, I wouldn't have helped." After saying that, Mu Yunyan left.
"She's just unforgiving." Gu Lan smiled helplessly, "I hope you don't care."
"No." Lori smiled.
"I hope we can talk about Ke Liya in the future. I think you know what I'm talking about." Youlan smiled meaningfully and glanced at Gu Lan.
At this time, Anthea didn't care that Youlan said what she should have said. The matter of negotiation had already been handed over to Youlan when she came.
"It's time to talk about it. After I finish dealing with our affairs, why don't you take a good tour of our civilization before that."
"Compared to more than 300 years ago, our place has changed a lot." Gu Lan said, without leaving Youlan's eyes, I believe Youlan knew what she meant.
"Thank you again for your help to our tribe, then see you next time." Youlan heard that Gu Lan should have known that she had stayed in human civilization for a period of time more than 300 years ago.
Gu Lan smiled, and then quietly stood there, watching them go away.
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"I didn't know that you dared to hide such a big matter from me, saying, what else do you hide from me." Gu Jue was very angry. She originally thought that Gu Lan was a sensible person.
As a result, she didn't know about such a big event as the mermaid civilization's visit until it came to an end.
"I also just received the report from Sa Luofei, the consul of the No. 12 star field, and then I realized that the mermaid civilization has reached the [-] star field." Gu Lan replied calmly, not because of the attitude in her mother's eyes. Incoherent.
Not counting what she learned from Yunyan, it was indeed at that time that she learned that the mermaid civilization was about to arrive.
"What's the matter with those mermaids, don't play tricks on me, I'm referring to those mermaids who left Yunyan's research institute." Gu Jue looked at her and asked.
"This question, I was about to say."
"The mermaids headed by Anthea from the mermaid civilization came here to pick up the mermaids like Sevis..." Gu Lan told the whole thing from beginning to end. It's a bit concealed.
It's not a concealment, she really doesn't understand Ke Liya's physical problems.
"That's all." Gu Jue squinted and asked.
"Ah."
"What plans do you have going forward? Anyway, since Ke Liya will be the wife of the third child, she is a member of the empire and has nothing to do with the mermaid."
Gu Jue said that, but he was calculating in his heart, thinking about the benefits of human civilization in this matter.
Sure enough, as Her Majesty the Queen of the Fenglei Empire, the first starting point is always the interests of the empire.When Gu Lan heard this, he thought to himself.
There is nothing wrong with such an approach, and according to her mother's wishes, she does not take an indifferent attitude towards Ke Liya.
The fact that the mermaid civilization cares so much about Ke Liya proves that Ke Liya is very important to them.Since this is the case, it is estimated that it may be easy to let go.
As for Ke Liya, Gu Jue was still willing to respect the ideas of her children unless it was necessary.Sometimes family affection is also very important.
Gu Jue really loved Gu Qing and the others sincerely, otherwise Gu Qing would have been beaten to death by her.
"I think so too. Lu Qing doesn't want to let go, maybe she really likes Ke Liya." This is the most difficult part of this matter.
If Lu Qing didn't like Ke Liya, then they could just treat Ke Liya as a bargaining chip.However, Gu Qing, who was infected, had selfishness, and naturally had no way to negotiate with the mermaid civilization without any emotion.
"You go and talk first. As for Gu Qing, if there is something she needs to come to me directly." Gu Jue made a decision and let her go and do it.
Gu Lan nodded in agreement and walked out.
That's why, only three days after the banquet, news about Lu Qing's wedding was flying all over the sky, the official part of the empire also began to draft a notice, and there were also some things about the wedding, all on track.
It seems that, as long as Lu Qing and Ke Liya bring their people along on their wedding day, they can complete a wedding that should have been very complicated.
The annex where the mermaid civilization lived
"It's so annoying. We haven't agreed to their conditions yet, and they dare to release this kind of news." Anthea looked at the news about the wedding date and slapped the table angrily.
Youlan didn't speak, and she didn't expect Gu Lan to be so decisive.
It has been a day since the last time I met Gu Lan and talked about Ke Liya.
Gu Lan completely disagreed with the conditions they proposed to take Ke Liya away.To put it bluntly, otherwise we are negotiating, and there is no room for maneuver in the matter of taking it away.
"I don't want to believe it anymore. No matter how you say it, Ke Liya is also a mermaid. She would be willing to stay in human civilization, and she would not go back with us." Anthea said angrily.
"I've asked about this many times, but she just said she won't go back." Sevis sighed helplessly from the side, if she was willing to go with them, why would she waste these things.
Even Gu Lan dared to say that if Ke Liya was willing to go with them, the Fenglei Empire would never stop them.
"The key to the problem now is how to achieve a win-win situation." You Lan said in a deep voice.
"If human civilization dared to say that hundreds of years ago, our empire would have directly threatened it with force. But in the past few hundred years, their technology has leaped rapidly, while the strength of the empire has declined because of... .”
"I just received news. The empire means that it has been confirmed that Ke Liya is a mermaid cub, and at the same time her adulthood should be very close to now."
"If I can't take her back to the empire and arrange a partner for her before she becomes an adult, then my request needs to be revised. It is impossible to attack a princess of the Fenglei Empire of human civilization for no reason." Youlan said calmly, she The words made Anthea gradually calm down.
Mermaids will decide on a partner when they are adults, and the mermaid present does not have a partner.
"A mermaid with such a pure bloodline wants to be with a human, isn't that..." Anthea frowned, why they must have Ke Liya this time, isn't it because of Ke Liya's pure blood.
As long as she combines with a mermaid of the same bloodline, 100% of her offspring will be pureblood mermaids.
Don't underestimate the power of bloodlines.
It's a pity that after tens of thousands of years of mermaid civilization, there are no pure blood mermaids.
"Not necessarily, have you forgotten that pure-blooded mermaids are a little different from ordinary mermaids?" Youlan smiled and looked at Anthea with a mysterious tone.
They learned about Ke Liya's physical problems from Sevis, and they were almost certain that Ke Liya should be the mermaid with the purest bloodline recorded in history.
Isn't the silver-haired and golden-eyed mermaid just like the one recorded in history?
"How did she grow up? She couldn't have grown up alone. As a mermaid, she should leave her family." Anthea scratched her hair, feeling a little headache.
"I heard her say that her hometown is in Lotherland." Lan Ya suddenly remembered what she said when she chatted with Ke Liya a long time ago.
"Lother Continent, in our civilized star system, is there a continent on that planet with this name?" Anthea racked her brains to think, her memory was very good, but she never figured out that the family with pure blood had Live on what Lother continent.
"I will send this matter back to the mother civilization and let them look for it. Since she can tell the name of her hometown, it is very likely that she was exiled to human civilization. If you know her hometown, you should be able to know how she is. If we grow up, we may be able to persuade them to go back with us."
Youlan said that she didn't have much confidence that she would only have Ke Liya later, and the best thing was to bring her back together with Gu Qing.
But what she didn't know was that the direction of her current thinking was completely wrong.
Ke Liya didn't grow up on the Lothere Continent. If Yulan and the others still searched with this thought, even if they searched for hundreds of years, they would still not be able to find where the Lothere Continent is.
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Lu Qing watched his news flying all over the sky, lamented in his heart that Gu Lan was unreliable, and didn't tell her before publishing such news.
If Luo Xing hadn't paid attention to this matter, she might not have known about it.
Looking at her like this, Lin Jin snickered in his heart, "What's the matter, there is such a beautiful Ke Liya, what's there to be upset about?" Lin Jin delayed her appearance because of the big health care.
After seeing Lu Qing's wedding date, she really couldn't help but ran over. If she didn't smile at Gu Qing, she felt uncomfortable all over.
"Ke Liya, looking at Gu Qing like this, I'm sure I'm so happy." Lin Jin looked at Ke Liya who was sitting beside her, thinking, this little Fa Xiao who grew up took up all the good things.
Look, they are also being chased.
Chasing Lu Qing is a beauty with temperament and strength like An Yuyun, but the one chasing her is a crazy girl who often does things that make her laugh.
Every time she talks about a partner, she is the one who gets slapped in the face. Gu Qing is fine, and after breaking up, there are still people who will never forget this scum.
Ji You, who is a winner in life, feels very fucked.
Gu Qing stabbed at Lin Jin with a sharp look, "Why do you have time to come over, I thought you were so pestered by your little sister that you didn't dare to come."
"Haha, of course I'm coming for such a big happy event. Come to meet Ke Liya by the way, do you know what the king said, a flower stuck in cow dung."
"Guess who is cow dung." Lin Jin approached her with a smile, looking like a good sister.
"I." Gu Qing squeezed out the word from between his teeth.
"Ahem, don't worry, those people can't eat grapes and say they don't have sour grapes." Lin Jinxiao was overjoyed when he got the answer he wanted.
"You look like cow dung. You're a beautiful vase. Isn't it perfect to go with flowers?" Lin Jin patted her shoulder, but felt a chill on her neck for no reason.
"Ke Liya is fine everywhere, but she seems a little taciturn. Did you do something to make her angry?" Seeing Ke Liya who was peeling fruit looking at him expressionlessly, Lin Jin touched his nose .
Lu Qing, who was ridiculed as a vase, chuckled, "Maybe it's because you're unhappy."
"Let's talk about something else. Is there any latest news? I heard that a group of mermaids have come to the empire. They are beautiful, what are they here for?" Lin Jin changed the subject with a smile, and asked about the things that everyone has been paying attention to recently. .
"It's pretty." Lu Qing thought about Anthea and the others she had seen before, and told the truth.
The corners of Ke Liya's eyes narrowed, and the fruit knife in her hand sank into the apple with a click.
"Ahem, but it's not as good-looking as Ke Liya." Lu Qing found out the tragedy of the apple. In a way, Ke Liya was jealous, and she was not inferior to her ex-girlfriends in the past.
The only difference may be that Ke Liya's way of protesting and acting like a baby is completely different.
Let Lu Qing answer and deny his own words without any hesitation, "Ke Liya must be the prettiest, you will know later."
"I'm asking if the mermaid is good-looking, and what does it have to do with Ke Liya." Lin Jin rolled his eyes, isn't it the same species?
"...You will know later." Lu Qing was silent for a while, but finally did not tell Lin Jin that Ke Liya was a mermaid.
It's not that she doesn't believe in Lin Jin, it's just that there are some things that can only be witnessed by time.