[Ahhhhh, those two were so close just now, I love it so much, it's amazing!]

[A tragic love story between a mermaid and a human, oh my god, it's killing me!]

[What are you guys shipping? I'm speechless. There's only one Mu-ge, and you've paired him up with so many different couples. I'm really speechless.]

Will the CP fans start fighting? I'm waiting to see what happens.

"Ugly person, what's your name?" Kazel raised an eyebrow, looking Mu Qingyun up and down, but paused slightly when he saw Mu Qingyun's pupils.

"Before asking someone else's name, you must first state your own," Mu Qingyun said calmly, looking up at Kazel.

"Kazeel."

"Mu Qingyun."

Kazel smiled and exclaimed with interest, "I know you. You're the one who's going against the princess, right? Bai Feifei and Deng Yijie are always cursing you in front of me."

"...I guessed it." Mu Qingyun's eyes turned cold, but she didn't care about this behavior.

She didn't bother to argue with those who didn't directly criticize her, but those who gossip behind people's backs will eventually have their tongues rotten.

“However, I’ve discovered something even more interesting than that.” Kazel narrowed his pupils, which turned into a translucent purple, and his lower body transformed into a fishtail.

This was the first time Mu Qingyun had ever seen a mermaid. The shimmering fish tail was particularly dazzling under the sunlight, as if it were inlaid with fine diamonds.

Although it was strange that Kazel suddenly turned into a fishtail, her attention was drawn to the beautiful fishtail, and she didn't have time to think about it too much.

“I knew it.” Kazel’s voice came from above, and the fishtail in front of her suddenly turned into long legs. “Turn off the live stream.”

Mu Qingyun: ...?

[What the heck? He's going to shut down the live stream after only saying two sentences?]

[Aren't these two moving a little too fast? My goodness, Kazel is being way too forward.]

[Okay, this pairing is going strong! I support Kazel, Zemuerqi, go for it, Mom!]

[Aaaaaaah, don't turn off the live stream! I want to see what these two do next!]

[Wait a minute, I remember Kazel was quite good to the princess, how could he have fallen for someone else so quickly, and a man at that?]

"What are you trying to do?" Mu Qingyun frowned, but did not close the live stream. She really couldn't understand what this mermaid was trying to do.

“I’m going to tell you a secret about you, so you’d better turn off the live stream.” Kazel tilted his head, and his originally transparent purple pupils turned back to normal black.

secret?

Instinctively, she clenched her left hand. Could it be that the mermaid had seen her when she used her plant powers?

That shouldn't be the case. She's always very careful when searching for plant traces, so she shouldn't have been discovered.

But out of caution, she reached out and turned off the live stream.

“What are you trying to say?” She frowned, staring warily at Kazel.

Seeing her wary expression, Kazel chuckled softly, "You don't need to be so nervous, I'm not going to tell anyone."

"Mermaids are born with a special ability: they can tell a person's age and gender by looking into their pupils."

With a "thud," Mu Qingyun lowered her eyes. She remembered that the mermaids she saw in the Classic of Mountains and Seas did not have this ability.

"I don't understand what you're saying." She raised her eyes coldly, stared at Kazel, and spoke calmly, her face expressionless, seemingly unfazed by Kazel's words.

"Still playing dumb with me, you ugly thing? Otherwise, why do you think I turned into a fishtail just now?" Kazel sneered, "A woman disguised as a man, surnamed Mu, and hostile towards the princess...you wouldn't happen to be the Emperor's illegitimate child...no, a woman, would you?"

"You have quite the imagination." Mu Qingyun glanced up at him, but was startled. She had to admit that the mermaid's intuition was quite accurate; apart from the illegitimate child part, everything else was true.

Upon hearing this, Kazel stared at her and smiled mysteriously, "Ugly woman, why are you dressing up as a man? Is it because you're uglier as a woman than a man?"

Mu Qingyun: ……

Why do I have this urge to stab him to death with a halberd?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Kazel raised an eyebrow and arrogantly lifted his chin. "Am I right?"

"You're right, my foot! What did you eat to grow that mouth of yours? Just because you're good-looking doesn't mean you can talk like that!"

Mu Qingyun frowned. In her previous life, as the most handsome young man in the capital who was ranked first among the young masters' husbands, those who mocked her and cursed her behind her back at most called her a pretty boy, but no one had ever used the word "ugly" to describe her.

"I heard you're pretty good. You knocked Deng Yijie out in one move." Kazel narrowed his eyes and nodded arrogantly. "Not bad."

She glanced up at him, then looked around at the surroundings. There were only three places that clearly showed signs of rest. "Don't you usually stay here?"

“I’m usually at sea and don’t come out much on weekdays. I didn’t expect the military academy to suddenly change the rules. It’s true that the worse the place, the more trouble there is.” Kazel said, a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes.

Um?

Rubbish?

Mu Qingyun frowned. Everyone who came to participate in the military academy trial had great respect for the military academy. But if this person was so disdainful of the military academy, why did he come here to participate in the trial?

“Do whatever you want,” Kazel said, pointing to where the three men were sleeping and raising an eyebrow. “You wouldn’t have stayed here this long if you weren’t doing something.”

"That's strange," she looked up at Kazel, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, "Didn't you have a lot of respect for Mu Xueyao?"

“That’s an illusion.” Kazel narrowed his eyes. “Hurry up and hide it somewhere. I’ll go with you when we turn on the live stream.”

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun lowered her eyes. She held the "coke" she had received in the storage bag that day in her hand, but she did not make any other movements.

She was wondering why Kazel would help her. They were complete strangers, and logically speaking, as Mu Xueyao's teammate, Kazel and she didn't have a friendly relationship.

"Don't hesitate, there's no use thinking about it. I definitely won't tell you. The right thing to do is to put your things away now."

After Kazel finished speaking, he got up and walked to the back. When he reached the pile of stones where Mu Qingyun had been hiding, he stopped, seemingly waiting for her.

Mu Qingyun frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then crushed the "coke" into fine powder and sprinkled it on the place where the three people lived.

Treat them as they treat you.

They will reap what they sow.

"Is it ready?" Kazel's voice came through. She responded and casually turned on the live stream device.