69novels Chapter 337 The Mermaid's Tears
Chapter 337 The Mermaid's Tears
It was late at night, and everyone had gone to bed.
Klin sat alone on the windowsill, the sea breeze gently caressing his face, the moonlight spreading like a veil.
He gazed in the direction where Ma Rong was sleeping, and saw a faint smile on her lips. A soft yet uneasy ripple suddenly spread through his heart.
"Ma Rong, can I really bring you happiness?"
As Klin's whispers were broken by the sea breeze, an aged voice came from behind him.
The old tortoise slowly crawled closer, its shell gleaming warmly in the moonlight.
"If you truly want to give her happiness, then go and find the mermaid's tears."
The old turtle's cloudy eyes welled up with memories: "There is a magical pearl hidden on the seabed nearby. Legend has it that if you give it to your beloved, they will enjoy happiness forever."
Upon hearing this, Klin turned around abruptly and saw the old tortoise shaking its head apologetically: "Sorry, I couldn't sleep last night and overheard your troubles."
Klin quickly waved his hand, his gaze falling back to Ma Rong's window frame: "The pearl you mentioned... does it really exist?"
The old tortoise nodded deeply.
Klin stared at the smile on Ma Rong's lips, his palms gradually clenching.
He wanted to pluck that star-like pearl for her, and use this sentiment to build the courage to propose.
Just as Krillin, dressed in his swimsuit, was about to jump into the sea, he bumped into Gohan, who was getting up in the middle of the night.
Son Gohan rubbed his sleepy eyes and stared at Krillin, blinking repeatedly: "Uncle Krillin, what are you doing dressed like this in the middle of the night?"
Caught red-faced, Klin stammered as he explained what had happened.
Unexpectedly, Gohan's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Krillin's arm and shook it, saying, "I want to go too! Maybe I can help!"
Unable to resist Gohan's persistence, the two finally stood side by side by the reef.
Amidst the sound of the ocean waves, Krillin took a deep breath, exchanged a glance with Gohan, and then plunged into the dark blue sea.
The moonlight shattered into silver scales, rippling outwards behind them, as if the sea itself were softly humming a song for this starlit adventure.
Early morning sunlight streamed down.
Master Roshi leaned against the window, his eyes fixed on Ma Rong as she did her morning exercises, drooling: "Young women always have such great figures..."
Seeing this, the Bull Demon King couldn't help but chuckle and tease, "Master Wu Tian, your hobby has remained consistent all along."
"Dad!" Qiqi roared, "How can you be just as lecherous as Master Wu Tian!"
Before she could finish speaking, Ma Rong came out after finishing her morning exercises, looking around: "Strange, where did Kelin go? I can't find him. How boring."
Ma Rong spotted Yamcha holding a book at a glance, walked over and sat down next to him, gently poking his arm with her fingertip: "Yamcha~ take me to the city to buy things, okay?"
She tilted her head and smiled, her hair brushing against Yamcha's reddened ear tips.
Yamcha's hand trembled suddenly as he turned the pages, making a soft rustling sound. He hurriedly closed the book and stood up, his Adam's apple bobbing as he was about to speak: "Th-that..."
"Ma Rong!" Bulma's voice came from behind: "Can't you be a little more serious about Krillin?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Ma Rong tilted her head and blinked, twirling the ends of her wavy hair with her fingertips.
Yamcha suddenly coughed violently, staring down at the seashell patterns on the beach, her ear tips turning bright red.
Bulma frowned and said, "You don't know?"
Qiqi followed over, hands on her hips, and chimed in, "That's right! After marriage, you need to be thrifty and manage the household well, and you'll have to put even more effort into your child's education. With your attitude now, how can you be a good wife and mother?"
Ma Rong waved her hands repeatedly and laughed shrilly, "Oh, how annoying! You aunties are so noisy and ugly!"
Bulma and Chi-Chi were stunned for a moment, then their eyes met and they both burst into tears.
"What did you say?!"
"I'm not an auntie!!"
"I'm still young!!"
"Who's auntie?! I'm only two years older than you!!"
As they argued, Bulma and Kiki also started arguing, their faces turning red with anger.
"What did you say?!" Bulma exclaimed, hands on her hips and eyes wide.
“I’m younger than you!” Qiqi retorted, stamping her foot.
"I haven't become haggard from housework!"
"Who said that? I'm clearly a lovely wife!"
Their noses almost touched, and sparks flew from their eyes.
Master Roshi and the Ox-King huddled behind the window, barely daring to breathe.
Ma Rong said weakly, "You guys can do whatever you want. But I really want to go swimming at the nearby beach right now."
……
On the seabed, Krillin and Gohan swam while wearing oxygen masks.
"Uncle Krillin, let's start our search from here," Gohan said, pointing ahead.
Krillin smiled apologetically: "Thank you for helping me look for it, Gohan."
As soon as they finished speaking, a light flashed through a crack in the distance. The two quickly pushed aside the swaying water plants—it turned out to be an anglerfish carrying a lantern, staring at them with its round, bulging eyes.
The two exchanged a helpless glance, then turned and continued their search among the coral reefs.
Son Gohan discovers a shipwreck, and through the broken holes, he sees jewels scattered all over the cabin.
Son Gohan caught up with Krillin and they exchanged some blows.
Klin shook his head; that wasn't what they were looking for.
The two continued swimming for a long time before finally discovering a cave with a faint light shimmering in its depths.
After exchanging a glance, they parted the tangled seaweed and swam deeper into the cave.
Just as we were about to pass through the cave, a group of small fish suddenly swarmed towards us.
Klin waved his hand, swatting away the charging fish: "What's going on?!"
After dodging and weaving, the two finally broke through the encirclement, only to find a coral cave glowing with pink fluorescence appearing before them.
Looking down, a huge seashell lies quietly on the sand, its opening and closing revealing a soft glimmer of light—inside the shell is a pearl the size of a basketball, its surface shimmering with a halo that resembles moonlight shattered on the sea.
Krillin held his breath and slowly sank down. When his fingertips touched the edge of the seashell, he heard his own trembling voice: "This is... a mermaid's tear?"
As Klin reached for the pearl, a sudden blue light flashed behind him—a giant catfish opened its eyes, its massive body pressing down like a black mountain.
Gohan cried out from above, "Uncle Krillin, watch out!"
The moment Klin turned around, the giant catfish charged at him with its sharp teeth bared, and he hurriedly dodged.
The catfish grazed past Klin's nose, creating a surge of water that sent the coral swirling wildly.
Seeing that he couldn't shake off his pursuers, Klin condensed an energy blast in his palm and fired it at the catfish, but it was whipped away by the catfish's tail. The energy blast hit the cave ceiling, and rubble fell down in a shower.
Taking advantage of the catfish's head-shaking dodge, Krillin swam rapidly downwards. Just as his fingertips were about to touch the pearl, Gohan suddenly screamed from above: "Uncle Krillin, watch out!"
It turned out that a collapsing boulder was hurtling towards the seashell!
At the critical moment, the giant catfish turned its head and used its head to brace against the rock, its originally fierce blue eyes now glowing with a soft light.
The surrounding schools of small fish swarmed forward, using their bodies to support the rubble, as if guarding a treasure passed down through generations.
Below, a school of small fish swarmed around the shell, desperately pushing it away from the area of rubble.
Seeing that the shell was safe, the giant catfish rammed its massive head, causing the rocks to explode.