Chapter 76: Is This Right?!!

Yun Xiaowu silently set down his bucket and craned his neck to peek into his sister’s little pail.

Then he fell silent.

He cursed himself for being so stupid. And here he was, thinking he’d gotten lucky and found a lot of good stuff today.

But his sister had just come out to let her chicks and ducklings run around. She’d barely moved from her spot, yet she’d still managed to dig up so many geoducks.

Yun Xiaowu immediately broke into a fawning smile. "I’ll come dig, too~"

It was better to stick with his sister. Her luck was unbeatable.

Yun Xiaojiu quickly ran over and joined the digging army.

The little fluffballs, now full and satisfied, followed Yun Jiao and mimicked her, pawing at the sand.

But with their tiny bodies and little feet, it took them forever just to dig a shallow hole.

Their spirit, however, was commendable.

And look at them—a few of them would huddle together to dig one hole, and when one got tired, another would take its place.

The ridiculous part was, they actually managed to dig something up.

A small blood clam.

A slightly larger gosling even picked up the clam and ran over to Yun Jiao.

Yun Jiao said, "Good job, you’re amazing."

Even little ones needed a bit of encouragement.

Yun Xiaowu and the others were stunned.

’Is this for real?’

’They’re so little, but they already know how to find things?!’

’Just how does Jiaojiao communicate with these animals?!’

While they were busy digging together, the other beachcombers also noticed that the geoducks seemed to be more concentrated and plentiful in this area.

So, they started digging nearby as well.

When Yun Jiao finally filled her small pail with geoducks and looked up, she realized that she had been surrounded without even noticing.

’When did so many people get here?!’

"Yun Jiao is so capable! And she’s so young, yet she’s dug up so many geoducks."

"The geoducks over here seem bigger and meatier."

"How come we never noticed before?"

"And those little chicks and ducklings have actually dug up a bunch of blood clams!"

The most important thing was, they weren’t eating the clams they dug up; they were carrying them over to Yun Jiao’s feet.

By now, a pile of more than ten clams had accumulated by her feet, along with two Cat Eye Snails.

No, seriously, is this for real?!!!

Compared to Yun Xiaowu and the others, who were only shocked for a moment before calming down, the people who hadn’t witnessed Yun Jiao’s miraculous abilities were just shocked, shocked, and then shocked again!

’Can you really raise chicks and ducklings like that?’

’Maybe we should bring our own chicks, ducklings, and goslings out to try one of these days?’

"Jiaojiao."

Yun Chenxi walked over. He had wandered farther away, so his bucket was quite full, but it was all common, not-so-valuable seafood from the mudflats.

It wasn’t nearly as valuable as the geoducks in Yun Jiao’s small pail.

Now that he came over for a look, he was filled with regret. He should have just stuck with Jiaojiao.

There were too many people here now, so there was no advantage in looking for more geoducks.

Most importantly, Yun Jiao didn’t feel like looking anymore.

She tossed the dozen or so blood clams into her brothers’ buckets and poured the geoducks from her own small pail into her second brother’s bucket.

Then, she picked up her empty pail and took her second brother’s hand.

"Brother, let’s go in the ocean."

Her bright eyes sparkled with anticipation.

’All right.’

He had promised the child.

"Let’s go."

Yun Xiaowu and the others also got up.

"We want to go, too!"

As soon as Yun Jiao left, the flock of fluffballs naturally followed.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, they headed toward the beach.

Yun Jiao was so happy at the thought of swimming and diving in the ocean that she swung her little head back and forth while holding her second brother’s hand, humming a wordless tune.

It was the most basic chanting melody of the Merfolk—mysterious and beautiful to hear.

Listening to it, Yun Chenxi and the others didn’t dare to disturb her.

Behind them, the once-chirping flock of fluffballs fell silent, doing their best to scurry along on their little feet to keep up.

Against the backdrop of the sparkling sea, the scene was like a serene painting.

When they reached the shore, Yun Jiao instructed the fluffballs not to run around.

But then she remembered the little guys couldn’t understand her words yet and only acted on instinct or by copying her. So, she simply called her brothers over to help build a large pen for them out of small reef rocks and pebbles, big enough for them to run around in.

There was even a small tide pool inside the pen where the ducklings and goslings could play.

She then tossed in some small mud snails and sea melon seeds, only feeling at ease to go diving after making sure the critters couldn’t get out.

Yun Chenxi admonished her, "Don’t wander off. Stick with your brother, understand?"

Yun Jiao nodded obediently to show that she understood.

Then, she and her second brother jumped into the ocean together.

After swimming out a certain distance, they dove under the water.

They searched for things on the seabed. The light was good now, so Yun Chenxi could see clearly.

But this part of the sea wasn’t far from the coast, and they weren’t the only ones who came here to swim and dive, so it was basically impossible to find anything good.

Yun Jiao, however, got lucky and found two large conches.

Just as Yun Chenxi was running out of air and about to head for the surface, he noticed Yun Jiao was still searching everywhere as if nothing was wrong.

Moreover, she was incredibly fast underwater, like a cheerful, carefree fish that was born to be here.

Yun Chenxi swam over, tapped her on the shoulder, and pointed upward, signaling that it was time to go up for air.

Yun Jiao nodded. ’Go on, Brother, hurry up.’

They had been down for about five minutes.

For the sea people, this was considered a very long time to hold one’s breath.

At home, Yun Chenxi and Yun Xiaowu were the best at swimming and diving; they could hold their breath for over five minutes.

The whole time, Yun Chenxi had been keeping a close eye on Yun Jiao. He was truly shocked to see that she was completely fine.

Both he and Yun Xiaowu had trained slowly over time to be able to hold their breath for that long.

But Yun Jiao had never trained for it before.

This was just unbelievable.

Yun Chenxi swam to the surface and broke through to take a breath.

He waited for a while but realized Yun Jiao still hadn’t come up.

Yun Chenxi: "???"

He took a deep breath and plunged back into the sea.

Swimming back to where they were, he found that Yun Jiao had darted even further ahead and showed no intention of coming up for air.

Yun Chenxi: "!!!"

’Is this for real?!!!’

He swam over, about to call out to Yun Jiao, but then he saw a large, familiar animal swimming toward them.

’Is that the sea turtle they’d kept at home for a few days before it ran off?’

Sea turtles of the same species all looked alike, so Yun Chenxi couldn’t be sure.

What Yun Chenxi didn’t know was that after he left, Yun Jiao had joyfully sung the song of the Merfolk underwater.

And now, the sea turtle had come.

Yun Chenxi could only watch as Yun Jiao swam over, climbed onto the sea turtle’s back, and turned to wave at him.

Then, the sea turtle carried her toward the surface.

Yun Chenxi quickly followed.

"Jiaojiao, do you feel uncomfortable at all?"

He was still very worried; after all, she had held her breath underwater for so long.

Yun Jiao shook her head. Perched on the sea turtle’s back, she looked up at him with clear, innocent eyes and shook her head again.

"Not at all."

If she hadn’t been afraid of worrying him, Yun Jiao wouldn’t have wanted to come up at all.

She tilted her head back proudly. "I told you, I can hold my breath for a super long time."

Yun Chenxi: ’But that was *too* long.’

"I almost thought you could breathe underwater! How old are you, anyway?"

Yun Jiao’s eyes darted around.

A pang of guilt hit Yun Jiao.

’Heh... Second Brother actually guessed it right.’