When Bai Chi woke up, he found that the other four mermaids had not left yet and were waiting for him to wake up.

A staff member came over from a distance, asked the mermaids for something, and then quickly left.

Bai Chi came out of the room slowly, stretched his body, and spit out a string of bubbles. Finally, he realized that he was living in the water.

I even touched my cheek to try and feel for gills, but there were none, which was a shame.

"Xiao Chi, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

The red-haired mermaid was the first to come to Bai Chi, and she reached out and put the back of her hand on Bai Chi's forehead.

Bai Chi clearly felt a scorching force entering his body from the point where the two of them touched. He instinctively wanted to resist, but fortunately he suppressed it in time, otherwise the other party would definitely be injured.

Soon, the red-haired mermaid withdrew her hand, frowning in confusion.

"No problem, then why did differentiation fail?"

Bai Chi probably knew what was going on, but didn't say it out loud. Instead, she smoothed her long hair.

"Sister Carlisle, why are you all here? What did that researcher ask you for just now?"

The red-haired Carlisle shrugged: "It's just some replaced fish scales, it's useless."

Soon after, the other three came over, and the four of them had a heated discussion about Bai Chi's failure to differentiate. In the end, they all agreed that Bai Chi should find a partner.

"Partner? Are you sure? What does partner have to do with differentiation?"

Bai Chi felt a little dizzy.

"Xiao Chi, the differentiation of mermaids is also different. Some can differentiate when they have enough strength, while others will differentiate when they meet true love. You should be the latter."

Carlisle looked at Bai Chi lovingly.

Bai Chi was so upset by this that he was speechless. Could he be a love-brained fish?

Carlisle's soon-to-be partner nodded as well.

"Yes, Xiao Chi. Mermaids have no gender before they differentiate. When they differentiate, they either prioritize the gender that is more beneficial to themselves, or differentiate into the corresponding gender based on the gender of their lover."

The more Bai Chi listened, the more he felt something was wrong, so he quickly interrupted them.

"Wait a minute, so if my lover is a man, I will differentiate into a female?"

At the end of the story, Bai Chi's eyes widened in disbelief.

Absolutely not!

Carlisle keenly sensed Bai Chi's resistance and reached out again, this time successfully pinching Bai Chi's cheek.

It was so soft and tender that I couldn't help but pinch it a few more times.

"Why? You don't like females? Is your sister not nice to you?"

"No, no, no." Bai Chi shook his head repeatedly: "I just prefer to differentiate into a male."

Another male laughed and said, "Xiao Chi loves beauty so much, she must want to differentiate into a male."

Bai Chixin said that he was not doing it for the beauty. Even if females were stronger, he had no plans to undergo sex change, okay!

But he couldn't say that, so he could only nod reluctantly.

"Yes, that's it!"

"I see."

Carlisle said he understood, and then told Baichi.

"In that case, Xiao Chi will have to find a female or a female lover. Only then will the instinct to reproduce allow A Chi to differentiate into a male."

After being educated for a long time about the mermaid's natural desire to reproduce with her lover, Bai Chi felt numb. No, the whole fish felt numb.

At the very end, a dying-struggle question.

"Brothers and sisters, so, if I fall in love with a man, is it really impossible for me to differentiate into a male? Or, is it okay if I don't differentiate?"

He would rather be an undifferentiated cub all his life!

And definitely don't change your gender!