My Mr. Mermaid

Untitled Part 24

Chapter 24 by ryuxenji

That weekend, Yun Duo was moving. Originally, Chen Si-Qi was planning to come and help, but Yun Duo told her that it was fine. In fact, the 'moving' part of the work was all handled by a moving company, she only had to put her things together and ready them for the move. Chen Si-Qi was currently tracking some major superstar; Yun Duo didn't want to hinder her work in the entertainment industry.

Both the husband and wife of the landlord couple were there. Yun Duo called them 'Uncle' and 'Auntie'. Auntie's surname was Lu, Uncle's surname was Tang.

What a coincidence ... the same surname as Tang Yi-Bai.

Yun Duo scratched her head — where had this random thought come from?

Auntie Lu was leaning back into the sofa leisurely watching the TV. The sofa was very soft, enfolding her body, and her propped up legs seemed extraordinarily long and slender. One of her hands was resting on the arm of the sofa, and her expression was lazy and relaxed, but she still had a commanding presence.

It was a pity that the dumb dog lying at her feet did nothing to help — its face was silly, directly undermining the flair of its lady owner.

Er-Bai saw so many people visiting its home and was extremely happy. He immediately wandered over, tail wagging. However, the moving staff's attention was all on the large boxes. The staff did not see the dog and accidentally stepped on a paw.

With a yelp, Er-Bai scrambled back to his lady owner's feet.

Yun Duo could not help laughing; she really felt like petting him.

She spent the entire afternoon organizing things in her new room, and when she was partway through, Er-Bai bumped the door open and walked in. A woven wicker basket hung around its neck, and there was a white ceramic plate inside the basket. And then ... there was nothing more to it.

Yun Duo did not know what this was supposed to be.

Er-Bai wagged his tail and sniffed her lightly, very clearly trying to curry favour with her.

Yun Duo was unable to communicate cross-species, so she took the basket from Er-Bai and walked to the living room. She asked Auntie Lu, who was still seated on the sofa, "Auntie, this ..." She lifted the basket in her hand and took the white plate out with her other hand, "Does this mean something?"

At this moment, Uncle Tang walked out from the kitchen with a plate of fresh strawberries in his hands. Seeing the empty plate Yun Duo was holding, he said in surprise, "Oh, you finished eating it all so quickly? Very unexpected! How skilful, little lady."

Auntie Lu said blandly, "Er-Bai ate it all."

So there had actually been strawberries on the plate originally? Yun Duo sweatdropped. She turned to glance at Er-Bai behind her — he was currently flopped on the floor with his face turned to one side, pretending not to see them or perhaps hoping they could not see him.

Auntie Lu's brow furrowed slightly, "How many times has he eaten food instead of delivering it? Why do you still trust in this stupid dog?"

Uncle Tang chuckled and walked over to place the strawberries before her before sitting down beside her. "That's the love of a father."

Yun Duo pressed her lips together in a small smile as she went to put the things back in the kitchen.

Out here, Auntie Lu asked Uncle Tang, "Why didn't you go send it yourself? Letting a dog do it?"

"I was worried you'd overthink it." A menopausal woman is not to be trifled with!

Auntie Lu found it funny yet exasperating, "Look in the mirror before saying such things. You're already an old man, what's there for me to worry about?"