Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

"..."

Che looked at Li Xingyu, who was so close to him, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a sound. He just stared at her blankly.

Then Che noticed a slightly warm but still within an acceptable range of gentle touch at the corner of his eye, a touch that made him involuntarily close his eyes.

Li Xingyu took out a piece of paper from her storage space, carefully wrapped it around her finger, and pressed it against Che's slightly reddened eyes, gently wiping away the tears that had not yet welled up in his eyes.

"Okay, I don't know much about the Guardian system yet, most of the rules are related to women."

"But if Che misses home, I can give you a break, or I can go back with you after I can travel on an interstellar spaceship." Li Xingyu gently wiped Che's tears with a tissue while comforting him.

Mermaids' tears, once they overflow their eyes and come into contact with anything other than air, become normal tears; otherwise, wiping away tears would be a troublesome task.

Che said not to worry about it, and what he said was actually correct.

Merfolk possess the racial talent of turning tears into pearls, making them incredibly emotional. Their tear glands are also highly developed, and the pearls they produce from their tears will have different colors depending on their emotions.

It's a truly fantastic ability.

At least Li Xingyu had only seen it in novels before.

"Little Feather, don't you think I'm too sentimental and think too much? Waaah~" Che spoke to Li Xingyu with a choked voice, but his eyes were obediently closed as she let her give him two tissues to wipe his tears.

Sensing the unease and anxiety in Che's words and voice, Li Xingyu felt somewhat helpless. Are merfolk made of water?

I've changed the tissues two or three times already, but the tears still haven't stopped.

What a crybaby fish.

"Why should I dislike these things? I've always wanted to become more empathetic towards these emotions." Li Xingyu's voice was filled with doubt, which was her truest thought.

Listening to Li Xingyu's words, Che tried hard to hold back his tears and took the other person's hand off his wrist, which was on his eyes: "Don't you find it troublesome to think too much? And you are easily aroused by all sorts of little emotions in your thoughts."

"No way! I actually think it's really fun, and I wish I could experience it myself." Li Xingyu didn't pull away, but simply put away the used tissue in her hand.

"Really! Waaah~ I believe you, little feather, you can't lie to the fish." Che had only uttered one word when she couldn't help but burst into tears. She quickly held it back, but continued to look at Li Xingyu with a sob in her voice and teary eyes.

"Yeah, really, I'm not lying to you, don't cry, don't cry. If you keep losing little pearls, you won't be able to eat magnolias tonight. Want a hug?" Li Xingyu teased, opening her arms to Che with a warm smile on her face.

"Waaah~ Wait for me a moment, just a little while, I'll control myself. Honestly, it's all because of Little Feather that I've been crying for so long. Don't dislike me." Che lunged forward and hugged Li Xingyu tightly, rubbing his cheek against her shoulder.

Although the temperature was slightly hot, Che hugged her even tighter.

"Hmm? Aren't you afraid of getting burned? Loosen your grip a bit, I won't mind. You can cry if you want, but crying too much is bad for your eyes and body, so you should still be careful." Li Xingyu gently stroked Che's hair, not daring to press it down, and said some lighthearted words to change his mood.

She's still a little afraid of getting burned, otherwise Che wouldn't be rubbing her shoulder now, but her cheek and neck.

"Hmm..." came another choked voice, and the hand loosened its grip slightly.

'Stupid fish.'

"Little Feather, Che? What's going on here?" Xinghe and Tianshu met at the kitchen door and were puzzled by the cozy scene in the empty storage room.

They just did something small, less than 15 minutes, so how did the original scene turn into this?

The former had already secured a location and arranged for the remaining colorful chickens and other follow-up matters. Since Elnis and the others were full of curiosity and desire to explore this place, they were allowed to go and explore on their own first, and would be asked to come back for dinner in advance.

The latter had just received a message and went to the living room to handle something, and had only just finished and returned.

Seeing the two still clinging to each other and refusing to let go, Xinghe and Tianshu felt a little helpless. They weren't particularly jealous, after all, they had been the protagonists in such scenes before.

"Hmm...it's nothing, it's just that Che is a little homesick. He just dropped some little pearls. Look, there are still quite a few on the ground." Li Xingyu heard Xinghe's words and thoughts, and first looked at Che to ask for his opinion, receiving a muffled "hmm" and a gentle rub on the shoulder.

Following Li Xingyu's gesture, Xinghe and Tianshu looked down at the ground and indeed saw the pale pink mermaid pearls scattered on the gray floor, and they understood immediately.

It seems the information about mermaids being sentimental and having well-developed tear ducts is true. How come there are so many mermaid pearls all of a sudden? They must be crying quite a bit.

Although the reality is not exactly as Xinghe and Tianshu imagined, it doesn't seem to be too far off.

"So what are we doing now? Li Yue and the others are currently processing the feathers of the Five-Colored Chicken. Is there anything Yu Lan can do to help?" Xinghe looked at the large Che in the fish tank and the tall Li Xingyu, and considerately changed the subject.

"Wait a minute, I'll catch two more magnolias." Che reluctantly let go of the fragrant, soft, and hot Li Xingyu in his arms, then turned and plunged into the water with a flick of his tail.

One minute later.

"Bang~Bang~"

With two sounds, Che threw the two magnolias into the basin containing one magnolia.

"Cough..." Che returned to the place where he had been.

As Che turned around, Li Xingyu had already manipulated the floor back to the ground, where she, Xinghe, and Tianshu were collecting the fallen mermaid pearls.

'Ah, as expected of a mermaid. What should I say? I'm so grateful that Che remembered to put the mermaid pearl in his storage space before hugging her, otherwise there would be more than just this little bit on the ground.' Li Xingyu observed the mermaid pearl in her hand, praising and complaining at the same time.

The Milky Way and the Heavenly Pivot are also somewhat novel.

In other words, although Lost was also a merman, and Li Xingyu and the others had more or less ornaments made from each other's merman pearls, Li Xingyu had almost never seen him cry.

Why do I say "almost"?

Because Li Xingyu remembered seeing Lost secretly shedding tears, but he immediately stopped after seeing her, or rather, he held them back.

Because at the time 'she' thought something had happened, Lost secretly cried in the back garden, and seeing the other person's tears, her wailing could be heard throughout the entire villa area.

Li Xingyu had reason to suspect that Lost was so frightened by 'her' that he forgot to cry, and also because he cared about 'her' more, because after a moment of stunned silence, Lost quickly wiped away his tears and came over to comfort 'her'.

At other times, one has to go to work and the other has to go to school, so they have very little time to spend alone at home.

The mermaid pearl exudes a very peaceful energy fluctuation, but it also contains some shyness, worry, and trepidation.

Xinghe and Tianshu felt the emotions transmitted from the mermaid pearl in their hands, their expressions slightly complicated, sensing that things were not as simple as they had imagined.

The three were drawn to Che's action of "releasing" the fish and turned to look at him.

Li Xingyu was the first to understand what Che was trying to say, since she had already understood it once: "I understand, we'll turn around, you switch."

Nodding to indicate that she understood, Li Xingyu took Xinghe and Tian Shu by the arm and turned them around so that their backs were to Che.

Xinghe and Tianshu were initially confused by Che's expression, but after hearing Li Xingyu's words, they immediately understood and turned around in response to her actions.

Just as Li Xingyu was about to let go, Xinghe and Tianshu tacitly grabbed her hand, but they didn't say a word. The slightly firm force in their hands expressed their meaning.

Li Xingyu……~( ????? )~

Fine, let's leave it at that. Anyway, she's not the one who's going to suffer.

"I'm ready, let's go." Che stood neatly dressed by the basin of fish, looking gently at the three people with their backs to him.

Li Xingyu, Xinghe, and Tian Shu, who had been emptying their minds, only began to move after hearing Che's words, turning around and walking towards him.

no way.

Having overly sensitive hearing isn't always a good thing.

With the enhancement of their level, the three people's five senses were so sharp that they could hear even the faintest sounds within ten meters.

and so……

Moreover, because Li Xingyu can hear Xinghe's thoughts, he usually lets his mind wander a little bit, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to get along with Xinghe so normally.

In addition, Li Xingyu was more than once thankful that Xinghe was not a talkative or overly active person, otherwise it might have taken her a very long time to get along with Xinghe.

On the idea that a socially anxious person knows they can read the mind of someone who knows they are being read.

The whole thing is an endless cycle of wanting to reduce the other person's mental activity, but being constrained by etiquette and the relationship with the other person, wanting to speak but holding back → holding back but wanting to speak again → wanting to speak but holding back again → ...

"Okay, let's go here?" Li Xingyu nodded in agreement, then looked around the empty storage room and looked at Xinghe with a questioning look in her eyes.

"Don't worry, Little Feather. I came here to restore this place to its original state. I'll come find you after I'm done." Xinghe rubbed Li Xingyu's head and gave her a faint smile.

Ever since Li Xingyu was able to hear Xinghe's thoughts, she inexplicably had a subtle feeling that Xinghe was becoming more and more real, and she herself did not know where this feeling came from.

It was alright, though, so Li Xingyu didn't pay much attention to it.

Let him do whatever he wants, since it won't hurt him or the people he cares about anyway.

Regarding others' attempts to slightly disguise and beautify her, Li Xingyu didn't feel the same way about them insisting on showing their truest selves when facing her.

Just do what you want to look like; there's no need to overthink it.

After all, it's how others want to be perceived by you. There are usually some little-known secrets behind such behavior, so why expose them?

It's like you don't have anyone else.

Silent understanding is the best way to get along with yourself and others.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Xinghe. Where is Tian Shu?" Li Xingyu curiously poked the magnolia in the pot that occasionally bounced around, and was surprised by the feel of the bark.

"I'll assist Xinghe here for a bit, and then I'll go find you and Che to see what to do with this magnolia." Tian Shu's gaze subtly swept over Li Xingyu, who was enthusiastically poking at the magnolia, and Che, whose eyes were slightly pink at the corners.

"Alright, then I'll leave the storage room to Xinghe and Tianshu. Che and I will head to the kitchen first." Li Xingyu rubbed her thumb and forefinger together, feeling the slightly sticky sensation on her fingertips. She nodded thoughtfully to Xinghe and Tianshu and then told Che and the robot to follow her toward the door.

"okay."

Xinghe and Tianshu had already accessed the computer screen and were quite satisfied with the departure of Li Xingyu, Che, and the robot.

It's not very convenient for the two of them to perform when there are other people around.

This oversight must never happen again. Right now, immediately, install full-coverage surveillance in this room, leaving no blind spots.

While recalling the information about Yulan in her mind, Li Xingyu listened to Che's explanation.

A large part of Che's explanation overlapped with the information in Li Xingyu's mind, while a small part was not in the information, consisting of some small habits and slightly different opinions discovered in daily observation.

"...That's about it. Is there anything else you want to know, Little Feather? If you want more, you'll have to ask my elders." Che looked the same as usual, except for a slight redness in the corners of his eyes. In fact, he seemed a little more cheerful and relaxed.

"Hmm... since removing the internal organs and black membrane, as well as using deodorizing seasonings, can reduce some of the odor..."

"Let's try removing the internal organs, black membrane, and skin first, then marinate it with scallions, ginger, garlic, and cooking wine. The rest will be up to Che today." Li Xingyu looked at Che, who was nodding incessantly beside her, somewhat embarrassed.

As a pure human, Li Xingyu's current body is not able to support her eating magnolia sashimi, but Che, as a mermaid, has no such problem.

The magnolia is big enough to support many different experiments, but it will be hard on the person responsible for tasting it—no, the shark.

"Okay, Little Feather, you can guide me from the side. I'm pretty good at handling fish." Che stopped Li Xingyu from approaching the magnolia.

Che had noticed it long ago. Li Xingyu poked Yulan, and after confirming that the other's skin would secrete mucus, he almost rubbed his hand raw with a wet wipe. It's still red now.

Although he didn't particularly like the feel of Magnolia's skin after it left the seawater, he didn't want Little Feather to get close to things she didn't like, so he decided to go himself.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Che." Li Xingyu was someone who listened to advice, and besides, she really didn't want to touch the sticky, slippery, and slightly bumpy magnolia bark, so she readily agreed.