01. Transmigrating into a mermaid's body

Xie Shiyu was in a pitch-black environment. The darkness made her lose all color, and she could only observe everything around her by relying on her hearing and smell.

She listened intently to everything happening outside.

"The next item is the highlight of this auction, and I'm sure everyone has been looking forward to it."

As the host finished speaking, Xie Shiyu could feel the water tank slowly moving.

Because the water in the tank started to slosh around as it was moved, one sloshing motion after another.

Has she transmigrated to an auction, or into the body of a mermaid being sold as merchandise?

Xie Shiyu is an ordinary working person whose biggest dream is to save enough money to live in a city by the sea.

After working for several years and saving enough money, Xie Shiyu resolutely chose to resign and went to a coastal city.

Xie Shiyu lives a happy life in this coastal city, often going to the beach to go clamming and taking walks on the sand.

Life was going very well. One evening, Xie Shiyu went for a walk on the beach as usual. When she saw a child drowning, she rushed over and rescued him.

But the sea mercilessly swallowed her life. Before losing consciousness, she took one last look at the sea and then sank to the bottom of the ocean.

When she woke up again, she was here.

Surrounded by darkness, trapped in a narrow water tank, her straight, fair legs were not covered, and when touched, they were icy cold and covered with scales.

It's a fish tail.

She transformed from a human into a fish.

"This is a wild mermaid. Tests have shown that she has just reached adulthood. Moreover, her fertility rate has reached 30%!" the host enthusiastically introduced.

The auctioneers were in an uproar upon hearing the figure: thirty percent! Thirty percent!

The water tank, covered with a thick red cloth, was pushed to the center of the stage by the staff, and Xie Shiyu could clearly hear what these people were discussing.

"The fertility value is actually 30%! I'll be able to get pregnant and lay fish eggs soon after I take the photos!"

"I must take a picture of this!"

"The highest fertility rate in the Federation is only 29%, and this mermaid is even 1% higher!"

"Hehe, I wonder if I'm pretty or not."

"If I could film it, I would make her have two children in five years."

"Hahaha."

Xie Shiyu listened to their discussion and felt extremely nervous.

She gleaned some clues from these conversations: was she being treated as a breeding machine because of her high fertility score?

"Do you want to take a picture of her?"

"Thirty percent of the fertility value is enough to carry on the Xi family line."

The speaker was a man dressed in a white suit with a white mask matching his suit.

Even with a mask on, his noble and elegant demeanor was still undeniable.

Sitting next to him was Xi Zhengyu, dressed in a black suit, wearing a mask, with his long legs crossed.

His black hair was meticulously combed back, and the cold eyes hidden beneath the mask were casually looking at the ruby ​​ring on his slender fingers.

Upon hearing his friend's words, he simply replied, "We'll see."

"The grand finale of this auction is a mermaid who has just reached adulthood and has a fertility rate of 30%. The starting bid is 5 million Star Coins, and each bid must be at least 5 million Star Coins higher. Let's begin!"

As the host finished speaking, the thick red cloth covering the water tank was suddenly pulled down by the staff.

Splash—

The blinding light shone on Xie Shiyu, and she raised her hand to shield herself.

The crowd became even more excited after they saw her true face.

The mermaid, barely an adult, still had a youthful face, and her long, silver hair, like seaweed, swayed freely in the water. Her skin was fair and delicate, like a piece of precious jade, and her eyes were the most captivating, deep and mesmerizing, capable of holding one's gaze for eternity.

Xie Shiyu's fish tail is light blue with white markings, and it occasionally displays a colorful pattern under the light.

Everyone was captivated by Xie Shiyu's appearance.

"So beautiful~"

Listening to his friend's murmurs, Xi Zhengyu finally managed to tear his gaze away from the ruby ​​ring and look at the stage.

That glance left him momentarily stunned.

Indeed, as my friend said, it is very beautiful, so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off it.

His heartbeat, which had been calm, began to quicken at that moment, and he raised his hand to touch his chest.

He seemed to understand what his older brother was saying.

Xie Shiyu was being stared at by so many malicious eyes, while the fish swam back and forth in the tank.

Their eyes followed Xie Shiyu's movements.

Seeing that everyone was captivated by Xie Shiyu's stunning beauty, the host quickly spoke up to remind them.

"Those who want to bid on the final item can raise their paddles and bid."

As the host prompted them, many people picked up their signs and started calling out.

"Ten million star coins—"

"I'll offer twenty million!"

"Eighty million!"

"One hundred million!"

The bids kept rising, and many people could no longer afford them and withdrew from the market.

"Two billion once!" the auctioneer shouted, "Two billion twice!"

Just as the deal was about to be finalized, a lazy, deep voice interrupted the auctioneer, "Three billion."

The figure caused an uproar: three billion star coins, the highest transaction amount in the history of Fengya Pavilion Auction.

"Dude, you're something else, spending 3 billion star coins on a beauty."

Xi Zhengyu ignored him and looked at the water tank in the middle of the stage.

Xie Shiyu also leaned over the water tank and looked in his direction.

The dim lighting made it difficult to see clearly, but judging from the voice, Xie Shiyu felt that the man who took the picture of her must be quite good-looking.

After Xi Zhengyu paid the money, he had Xie Shiyu sent to his spaceship.

He boarded the spaceship as well. Before he got on, his friend Jing Zhan teased him with a smile, "A moment of bliss is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Go on now."

Hearing Jing Zhan's teasing, Xi Zhengyu just smiled and then ignored him as he boarded the spaceship.

I stopped in front of the water tank and looked closely before realizing that the water inside was already murky.

Xi Zhengyu frowned slightly. Weren't those people willing to change the water?

Xie Shiyu, who was inside, stared straight at him without any attempt to hide it; this man was very handsome.

"What's your name?" Noticing that she was staring at him, Xi Zhengyu started a conversation.

"Xie Shiyu".

She was beautiful and had a pleasant voice, Xi Zhengyu thought, "Hmm, my name is Xi Zhengyu."

After exchanging names, Xi Zhengyu told her a bombshell: "Once we get back to the main planet, we'll get our marriage certificate."

What!

Getting a marriage certificate?

It's one thing for adult fish to be allowed to get a marriage certificate, but how can they get one?

"Ah..." Xie Shiyu was a little confused. She felt that the process was very fast, and he was human while she was a mermaid. They were different species, so how could they get a marriage certificate?

Suddenly, a question popped into Xie Shiyu's mind: they keep talking about having children and fertility, but they are different species, can they have children?

"I will become your husband." Xi Zhengyu looked at the stunned mermaid in front of him and raised his hand to stroke the water tank.

It was as if he could touch her face like that, saying, "Please bear with me in the future."