under hope

Since receiving the embryo, Lin Hongchang has continued to study the mystery of the mermaid.

After experiencing thousands of failures, Lin Hongchang, who was on the verge of despair, got a tip from the red-haired man and finally cloned a living mermaid.

Lin Hongchang sent the mermaid to a secret research institute on the seabed, and appointed doctors from the biology department as testers.

Ph.D., one of the founders of the Academy of Sciences who founded the Academy of Sciences with Lin Hongchang in his early years, but his own sense of existence is sparse. No one except Lin Hongchang knows his name.

Everyone calls him Doctor because he is the only one in the biology department who has received a postdoctoral degree.

(Postdoctoral and doctorate degrees were abolished after the creation of the Academy of Sciences and replaced by the Academy of Sciences Fellowship. )

He originally wanted to refuse the job of testing mermaid abilities and taking care of mermaids, but Lin Hongchang trusted him.

He is afraid of living up to the expectations of others, let alone his former friend Lin Hongchang.

So, he had to take the secret elevator to the Undersea Research Institute with the mentality of"cannot let down his old friend"

"Doctor, that mermaid is a little...difficult to control...be careful."

The female researcher in charge of the handover made a video call to him. Her face was full of exhaustion.

"Leave it to me and have a good rest."

Noticing the half-length pillow behind the researcher in the video, he quickly ended the conversation and hung up the communication

"Will it be more aggressive? Do I want to brush up on martial arts?"

While he was thinking this, he waved his fist in the air a few times.

The elevator quickly arrived at its destination, and as the door opened, a transparent corridor appeared in front of him.

The so-called deep-sea research institute was just a fixed There is a huge oval submarine on the seabed, so it requires a corridor to reach it.

Lin Hongchang installed many lights around the corridor. Through the corridor, he can see the colorful underwater world outside.

"He is really elegant, that guy Hongchang..."

He smiled and shook his head, and couldn't help but slow down.

Humanity's exploration of the ocean has only scratched the surface, and he is also keen on studying the strange creatures in the ocean.

Strange. What's more, he seemed to hear intermittent crashing sounds,"dong...dong".

As he got closer and closer to the research institute at the end, he soon discovered that the crashing sound came from the hatch in front of him.

The employee responsible for the handover Already gone, the only mermaid should be left inside…

"Is he really very aggressive?"

Hearing the strong banging sound inside, he hesitated a little while standing in front of the hatch.

It seemed that he realized that there was someone outside the door, or he heard his footsteps walking on the corridor, and the door suddenly became quiet.

"Forget it, it's just a mermaid, how powerful is its offensive performance when it's out of the water."

Although he was prepared in his heart, he still put on a defensive posture the moment he opened the door.

"Ah woo woo……"

A small figure rushed towards him. His hair was the first to be abused, followed by his face.

"Ahhhhh, ahhhhhhh."

The creature clinging to his face made an incomprehensible cry. One hand grabbed his hair, and the other hand continued to slap his face.

"It seems that I know why the researcher is tired."

But at any rate, he has experienced strong winds and waves, and he is not in a hurry.

Besides, except for the fact that this creature has caused some damage to his hair, it does not pose a threat.

"Okay, the fun stops."

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the armpit-like area on the creature's body, and pulled it off his face with just a little force.

"Wuwuwu..."

It was a creature similar to a human child, except that the lower body had a fish tail.

Her body was covered with light green scales, and even her hair was the same color, but the scales did not cover her whole body, except for the fish. Only the shoulders and back of the upper body had scales.

At this moment, the creature was being held in mid-air by his hands. The fish tail was swinging continuously, and it was whimpering in pain.

"Quite energetic."

Looking at the strange little guy in front of him, he couldn't help but become very interested in it.

The little guy has a pair of beautiful eyes with brown pupils, eyelashes and eyelids.

This made him feel strange, if the mermaid is Living in the water, how can such eyes be used underwater?

Then he observed and found that there was even a nose. So the mermaid had lungs? Would it be like a whale?

He was already deep in thought. Among them, he completely forgot about the little guy who was still being held by him.

"Wu... Wuwu... Ah... Wuwu."

Seeing that he couldn't get his attention, the little guy slowly stopped moving and let out a feeble moan.

"Could it be that mermaids have special ventilation holes? In this case, you shouldn’t live in too deep a sea."

"But so far, there have been very few observation reports on mermaids..."

He entered a thinking gap, thinking about looking at the little guy's beautiful eyes, but was surprised to find that clear liquid was flowing out of the little guy's eyes, and his eyelids were weak. Drooped down

"Um? What's this? Tears? ? Is she crying? but why?"

The little guy's strangeness aroused a series of questions from the doctor, and his eyes looked up and down in panic to find the reason.

"oh? This is……"

He soon discovered that there were three cracks in the little guy's armpits on both sides, and they were opening and closing with the rise and fall of his chest.

"gill?"

To his surprise, he also found that his finger had accidentally got stuck in the gill-like organ.

"I'm so slow, I should have noticed earlier."

The doctor pulled out his fingers guiltily. He held the little guy in his arms and looked around for a place to rest.

Finally he found a place that looked like a bedroom. He laid the little guy flat on the bed and watched her mouth Breathing in big breaths.

After a while, the little guy regained her energy. She used her fish tail to support her body and yelled"ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

"Eh? Is she talking? I don't understand."

Looking at the dancing little guy, the doctor showed a troubled smile. Seeing that the doctor was unmoved, the little guy increased his voice anxiously.

"Later, I remembered that Lin Hongchang had something to translate for me."

The doctor suddenly remembered what his old friend had given him before he came. He fumbled in his pocket and found a candy.

"Eh? Is it this one?"

He rummaged through his pocket again in disbelief and found that the only thing that didn't belong to him was this candy.

"Woohoo...wowwowwow……"

The little one became more and more anxious. She jumped off the bed and pulled the doctor's clothes with her hands. Tears slowly accumulated in the corners of her eyes.

"This should be it."

Seeing that he was about to cry again, he stopped thinking about it and swallowed the pill directly.

A rustling sound quickly passed his ears, followed closely by a childish voice.

"Uncle, uncle, hungry... hungry..."

The little guy doesn't seem to be very proficient in language control. The doctor can only hear simple sounds.

"Are you hungry? Wait a moment."

The doctor gently comforted the little guy, then got up to look for the artificial fish food prepared by the Academy of Sciences.

"Oh, found it."

For fear that the tester would not be able to find it, bags of artificial fish food were placed almost everywhere.

"No, no, no, don’t eat this!"

As soon as the doctor picked up the sealed packaging bag, the little guy's head immediately shook like a rattle, and he covered his mouth with his little hands.

"This is very nutritious."

He opened the package, poured a little into his hand, and then raised it to the little guy's mouth happily.

"No! Don't eat! Woohoo...hungry, hungry."

The little guy broke up the gray granular objects with his hands, then lay on the floor and started crying.

This put the doctor in a difficult position. If he didn't eat the food prepared by the Academy of Sciences, he didn't know what the mermaid should eat.

He was helpless. , he had to call the last researcher:

"Hello? What's wrong, doctor?"

The female researcher's hazy voice came from the mobile phone. It could be heard that she was very sleepy.

"Sorry to bother you, this... mermaid doesn't eat."

The doctor explained the current situation to the female researcher, and the little guy ran over and pulled the corner of his clothes, crying repeatedly.

"Ah, I knew it. Doctor, you can try using canned fish. It’s difficult to apply for my position, but your words..." The female researcher seemed to have heard the little guy’s cry, and gave the doctor suggestions in a sympathetic tone.

"Canned fish? Okay, I'll give it a try. Thank you. Sorry to bother you."

"It’s nothing, Doctor, I’m going to bed first…"

The female researcher’s voice gradually faded away, and the Doctor also hung up the phone.

"Canned fish..."

He picked up the little guy and walked to the contact station. During this period, the little guy kept scratching his face.

"Hello? Purchasing department? Send me some canned fish, I need it soon. Yes, it's the Deep Sea Research Institute."

It has to be said that although he has a weak sense of existence, he still has authority as one of the founding fathers.

As soon as he hung up the communication, the canned fish"clinked" through the pipeline and fell into the receiving station of the institute.

"Okay, okay, I’ll give you the fish to eat."

He patted the little guy's back, trying to move her away from his face, but this time the little guy held her very tightly.

The scales on his tail kept rubbing his face, and he could only see through the gap under the little guy's armpits. Look at the road.

After finally arriving, he had to feel around and open the can of fish.

"Bang.

There was a dull sound, and the smell of canned fish spread in the air.

"delicious? It's delicious."

The little guy immediately jumped off his face and jumped towards the canned fish excitedly.

"This one tastes good, that one tastes bad."

The little guy was very happy to grab the fish with his hands and make faces at the artificial fish food placed aside from time to time.

"Oh, isn’t this just like a child? He’s looking for me to be a nanny..."

Seeing the little guy’s happy expression, the doctor also showed a knowing smile.

The scales secrete moisturizing mucus, so they can stay on the ground."

The doctor wiped his wet face with a towel, answered an inner question, and his mood became happy.

There are more things he didn't expect in this job, and it can be regarded as a blessing to him who has worked hard for more than 40 years but has no children. Make amends.