Chapter 32 Big Snake and Small Snake

Tianqiong Port, villa area.

The housekeeper knew that Qi Sheng was coming back, and he was waiting at the door early in the morning.

At noon, Qi Shengcai drove Yu Li to the villa.

The butler greeted him warmly, "Major General, I haven't seen you for several months. How is your life with the young lady going?"

Qi Sheng glanced at him and asked, "Hasn't my brother fired you yet?"

The housekeeper's smile darkened a little. "What are you talking about, Major General? When you're not at home, I'm also diligently cleaning your room."

"I don't even live here, so what's the point of you cleaning? Are you going to sweep my grave?"

Qi Sheng remembered the last time he asked him to help look after Yu Li, but not only did he fail to do so, but Yu Li almost ran away. When he thought of this, he became furious.

Yu Li covered his mouth and said, "Grave sweeping is for the dead. You are still alive. Your choice of words is inappropriate. You need to learn more."

"Tsk! Why are you still speaking for outsiders?"

The housekeeper immediately added, "Madam, I'm fine. This is my duty. As long as you can come back once a month, my labor will be valuable.

Otherwise, you can let me live with you in your apartment. I can clean it very well!"

Yu Li was about to continue speaking when Qi Sheng pulled him away.

When they entered the house, their aunt was placing various dishes on the dining table.

"Brother, I've brought your sister-in-law to see you!"

Qi Sheng's words were so loud that it shook the heavens. Perhaps his brother was deaf.

The butler immediately interrupted quietly: "Shh - Major General, the Führer and the others are discussing something upstairs. It will take an hour to finish. Please wait a moment."

The housekeeper was very dedicated and enthusiastic. "But your room is ready. Please go upstairs and rest. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

"Cook more green sea vegetables. My wife can't get used to land food." Qi Sheng said this and pulled Yu Li upstairs.

As soon as he entered the room, Qi Sheng quickly locked the door.

Turning his head, he stared at the mermaid sliding into the bedroom, her waist swaying softly like water waves, her tail fin dragging wet marks on the carpet.

His Adam's apple rolled as he opened the drawer and took out the black gift box hidden inside. This was a gift specially given to Zhai Wenxi on his birthday.

The gift box contained three carefully crafted auxiliary tools: a neck ring, a wrist chain, and an anklet decorated with bells.

"Baby." His voice was hoarse, and his fingertips rubbed the hidden button inside the bell, "I'll show you something good."

Yu Li happened to swim to the white sofa, and when his tail fin touched the cashmere carpet, he curled up comfortably.

He tilted his head and looked over, his pupils gleaming with a pearly luster in the dark.

“Ding~”

Qi Sheng deliberately shook the bracelet, and the silver bell vibrated in the air, emitting a tiny halo of light.

Yu Li pounced on him like a teased cat, and grabbed his wrist with her cold fingers: "Wow, so beautiful!"

Mermaids love shiny things.

"Bring it to me."

He couldn't wait to put his neck in front of Qi Sheng, his collarbone rising and falling with his breathing, which was extremely seductive.

"Well, come closer."

He deliberately slowed down his movements, stroking the protruding vertebrae at the back of his neck with his fingertips before slowly fastening the neck ring.

The moment the metal touched his Adam's apple, the bell made a "ding" sound as Yu Li swallowed.

"Raise your hands too."

He coaxed, locking the bracelet around her slender wrist.

But when Yu Li wanted to withdraw his hand, he found that the two silver chains were actually intertwined with each other.

And it is tightly closed and cannot be opened at all.

"Qi Sheng?" He struggled in confusion, and amid the ringing of bells, he suddenly discovered that the same silver chain was wrapped around his tail fin.

Qi Sheng was using his professional tactical strapping skills to tie the other end of the chain tightly to the sofa leg.

At this moment, Yu Li suddenly felt a strange touch on his body.

He looked down and saw a cold and slippery snake coiling up his calf.

The scales of the black mamba scraped against the bell, causing a series of life-threatening sounds.

"Don't be afraid. I can control it well now, but if I see you like this, it will run out uncontrollably."

"Then you let it go back, okay?"

Yu Li felt that the place where the little snake crawled was very itchy.

The moment Qi Sheng bit open the buttons of his shirt, his voice was filled with impatient panting, "Feed it well, then it will come back."

Qi Sheng leaned over and pressed down, "We haven't played in my boudoir yet."

Yu Li: "?"

…

The bell trembled violently with Yu Li's movements, almost ringing like a ship bell in a storm, rippling in the room where only the two of them were.

Qi Sheng's low laugh penetrated his eardrums like venom, "You're so cute... I like you so much..."

"I..." The little mermaid could hardly utter a word.

Qi Sheng's low laugh penetrated his eardrums like venom, "Why are you so greedy? It's already like this after just two bites."

"I...no, it's not like that."

Qi Sheng said with a gentle and soothing voice, "Don't be nervous, baby..."

"My little carp is so delicious, I can't help it and want to eat it."

"Bad snake..."

"Yes, it's bad. When it's full, your husband will beat it for you."

Qi Sheng felt a violent contraction, and he suddenly pulled the bell chain and wrapped it between the two of them.

"It's very cold." Yu Li suddenly didn't know how to organize his words, "Go out."

"Snakes like moist nests, and you can't blame them, just like you like to soak in water."

Yu Li was tired of explaining and gradually got used to the existence of the small snake and the big snake.

…

Qi Feng's meeting was delayed for two hours before it ended.

At this time, they have put on their clothes and become obedient babies. They sit at the dining table, holding hands, waiting for their parents to get off work.

Bai Chuan walked down from upstairs, "Xiao Sheng is here, is there a traffic jam outside today?"

"Hello, Brother Bo, there's no traffic, so we'll leave early."

Qi Sheng followed him downstairs and strode to the dining table. He glanced at Yu Li and asked, "Who asked you to bring him here?"

"She's my wife, and this is my home. My household registration is here, so why can't I come?"

Qi Feng's eyes slashed across Yu Li's face like a knife, and finally landed on Qi Sheng, "You know my attitude very well."

The air in the restaurant froze instantly.

The housekeeper wisely retreated, and Bai Chuan stood aside, watching them silently.

"Brother, Yu Li is now my legal spouse."

Qi Sheng pulled out a chair and pulled Yu Li up to protect him behind him. "According to Article 17 of the new Marriage Law, family members may not refuse their spouse from entering the common residence for any reason."

Qi Feng sneered, "You seem to know the legal provisions very well."

"After all, I'm now considered a strong opponent of the New Marriage Law, so of course I have to memorize it."

Qi Feng looked up at him.

Qi Sheng completely ignored Qi Feng's gaze and sat down.

Then she thoughtfully picked up a piece of cold kelp shreds for Yu Li with chopsticks and said, "Try this, Auntie, it's better than the ones made in restaurants outside."

Yu Li's chopsticks were hanging in the air. He could feel Qi Feng's gaze on him like a huge knife.

He shook his head a little embarrassedly and hid behind Qi Sheng.

"Xiao Sheng finally came back, let's eat first."

Bai Chuan smiled at Qi Sheng and Yu Li and said, "Your brother has been under a lot of work pressure lately, so his words may be a little harsh."

He turned around and touched Qi Feng again, "Talk less during the meal. I have official business to attend to this afternoon."

"Yeah, my brother is so busy, busy cutting my military budget in half. Do you think it will be of any use to me? I will still do what I want to do..."

Qi Feng slammed the table and stood up, causing the dishes to clink. "Come with me to the study, now."

Qi Sheng wiped his mouth slowly and winked at Yu Li. "Don't be afraid, my brother has a bad temper. You and Brother Bo can eat slowly."

Yu Li couldn't eat anymore. He stared at Qi Sheng's back and wanted to follow him.

Bai Chuan said: "Yu Li, come with me to the next room. I have something to tell you."

…

As soon as the study door closed, Qi Feng's roar penetrated the soundproof wall: "Do you know what you are doing? You must be involved with a mermaid!"

"Her name is Yu Li." Qi Sheng corrected, "She has a name and a surname, and she is my legal wife!"

"Your marriage is illegal and invalid. I have sent someone to cancel your registration information."

Qi Feng tried hard to suppress his emotions, even though he still looked very angry. "I will arrange a marriage for you as soon as possible. You should find a way to break up with him..."

"Brother." Qi Sheng didn't know how to describe his mood, so he called him brother again.

"Do you still treat me as your brother? Do you have to sacrifice my happiness to accomplish what you want?"

"And your so-called 'New Marriage Law'? Do you know how many innocent residents it has harmed? Do you really understand how to do your job? Are you truly qualified to be the head of a country..."

Qi Sheng calmly took out the documents he had sorted out over the past two days from his briefcase.

"These are the suicides caused by forced marriages in the past six months. They've increased by 300% compared to the same period last year. If we look at the figures from previous years, the data might be even more terrifying."

Qi Sheng's voice was almost questioning and trembling, "Brother, you are killing people."

“I’m saving this country!”

Qi Feng didn't even bother to look through the documents. "Do you think I don't know this? But a country without population has no future!"

Qi Feng pulled out a stack of documents from the drawer and threw them on the table.

"Look at this. The fertility rate dropped another 16 percentage points in the new quarter this year. If this trend continues, in 20 years we won't even have enough people to maintain basic national defense!"

Qi Sheng retorted, "Then what can a forced marriage produce? The product of hatred?"

"Didn't you see the news yesterday about an 18-year-old omega being matched with a 50-year-old alpha and then jumping off a building on their wedding night? How long are you going to suppress this kind of news?"

"You can't eat emotions!"

Qi Feng interrupted him, "When foreign enemies invade, resources are exhausted, and society collapses, will your romanticism be enough to serve as artillery?"

Qi Sheng: "But the data shows that the suicide rate caused by forced marriage has skyrocketed by 400% compared to last year. You are using corpses to increase the fertility rate."

Qi Feng remained unmoved.

Qi Sheng took a deep breath, inserted the USB drive into the computer, and called up the holographic projection.

"After the European Union lifted its birth restrictions, the voluntary fertility rate actually increased by 12%. After the South Pacific Islands implemented a policy of free partner selection, the newborn health index increased by 56%..."

"Don't fool me with those small country cases!"

Qi Feng turned off the projection. "Our national conditions are different. What I need now is a solution that works immediately!"

"But medicine that works immediately could be poison!"

The two brothers were in a tense standoff, and it seemed as if all the oxygen in the study had been sucked out.

In the end, Qi Feng looked away first, trying to ease the tense atmosphere between his brothers.

He took a document marked sealed from the safe.

"Take a look at this first."

His voice suddenly dropped. "If the birth rate doesn't recover next year, the military is preparing to launch a 'genetic modification program.'"

"What?"

Qi Sheng flipped through the documents, his expression growing increasingly grim. "Cross-species genetic modification? Wasn't this technology stopped a few years ago?"

"Brother, are you crazy?!"

Qi Feng's voice seemed to carry unspeakable despair, "I would rather be a madman than see my country destroyed."

Qi Sheng's fingers almost crushed the document. "You have already cultivated 300 human embryos... and what is the mermaid gene extract?"

He almost didn't dare to continue reading, and his words were full of doubt, "Brother, what you are doing is violating human rights laws."

Qi Feng seemed to have anticipated his excitement. He seemed to be accustomed to explaining it, saying, "The nuclear contamination on the East Coast has caused 45% of omegas of childbearing age to lose their fertility."

He turned on the computer and called up the holographic map, which showed a dense stream of data. The red pollution belt stretched across the coastline like a festering wound.

“Nearby countries have all passed Population Emergency Laws.”

"Injecting mermaid gene extract isn't a bad idea, especially for red-scaled mermaids. Not only do they have a long lifespan and regenerative abilities, but their red-scale genes also contain substances that resist radiation..."

“…” Qi Sheng was speechless.

…

At the same time, Yu Li in the living room was staring at the video handed to him by Bai Chuan, watching it carefully.

In the video, a red mermaid is swimming in a transparent cabin, and she is in very good condition.

Bai Chuan: "Don't worry, we won't hurt him. The organization needs to extract tissue from his body for experiments, and it will be done when he is in good health."

"I know that red-scaled mermaids have regenerative abilities and can heal minor injuries automatically."

Yu Li: It seems that they don’t want to let him go.

"But he's a mermaid after all. There are some parts of his language that we humans can't understand. Even experts who specialize in mermaid studies have only mastered a small part of your language..."

Bai Chuan looked him up and down.

Yu Li suddenly understood: "So you want my help?"

"It'll only take a year," Bai Chuan raised a finger and explained gently, as if to a child, "Help us build a mermaid medical system. Once we succeed, I'll release him."

“…”

Should I believe him? But if I don't agree to his request, will the mermaid die?

"But you have a lot of mermaids here too. I've seen stars on TV who are also mermaids, blue mermaids."

Bai Chuan: "Merfolk who are residents of the Saar Federation all have human genes. Their ancestors were also artificially conceived, so the lifespan of these mermaids is no different from that of humans. Merfolk that are worth studying all come from the deep sea."

“…” I see, no wonder…

At this moment, the door suddenly opened and Qi Sheng walked out with a grim face.

Yu Li noticed that he was holding something tightly in his hand, and his knuckles were white.

"Are you done talking?" Bai Chuan asked with a smile, pretending nothing had happened.

Qi Sheng didn't answer, but walked straight to Yu Li and held his hand, "Let's go home."

Yu Li was pulled up by Qi Sheng and walked towards the door. Yu Li turned and looked at Bai Chuan.

Bai Chuan said: "Brother Bai, I support you two being together. Come home more often when you have time."

He made a "call" gesture towards Yu Li, saying everything.