Chapter 62 Pheromone Disorder
In a five-star hotel in the Independent Kingdom of Sisana.
When Zhai Wenxi's tablet computer fell on the coffee table, Qi Sheng was staring out the window in a daze.
"What are you thinking about? I was just explaining the plan and you didn't say a word."
Qi Sheng turned his head when he heard the voice, and the collar of his nightgown slid open half an inch, revealing his well-defined collarbone.
He didn't respond immediately, but raised his hand to loosen the belt around his waist. The black silk ribbon was wrapped half a circle around his palm. Although he was in an extremely relaxed posture, it seemed that his mind was elsewhere.
The silk ribbon was gently tightened by bony fingers, and the taut texture under the fabric was faintly visible, like a cheetah ready to pounce.
"I didn't hear clearly." His voice was deeper than two years ago, a little hoarse but inexplicably revealed a sense of oppression.
Qi Sheng's shoulders were wider than he remembered, straight and firm. The pleats of his robe fell down along the curve of his shoulder peaks, making his neck look even more slender.
Zhai Wenxi had to look up to meet his gaze. "I'm talking about... a replacement plan for weapons materials."
Zhai Wenxi calmed himself down and pushed the tablet towards him. "The people of Xisana insist on exchanging medical technology. I think we can agree to this. After all, apart from their abundant energy resources, they don't have any high-tech R&D capabilities..."
"Well, you decide."
"Okay, let's go check it out tomorrow. After all, the weapons we're developing have very high quality requirements for 'high-strength alloy steel'. We'll only discuss further cooperation after the quality is up to standard."
“If the quality here is not good enough, maybe we can only buy the raw materials and develop it ourselves.”
Qi Sheng and Zhai Wenxi looked at each other, and the atmosphere gradually became heavy.
Zhai Wenxi took off his glasses and said, "By the way, let me show you something interesting."
Qi Sheng was not interested, but waited politely for his response.
Zhai Wenxi's tone was a bit strange. "This place, Xisana, is really weird. Finding a king is like a talent show. Look at this red-scaled mermaid. Isn't she very attractive?"
Qi Sheng turned his head slowly.
There was a huge poster on the screen. A mermaid in a silver-white royal robe was sitting on a throne inlaid with pearls. Her shiny golden tail fin hung down on the steps. Her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, which made people feel nervous.
Zhai Wenxi continued, "When I got off the plane at the airport, there were pictures of him everywhere. I just did a search out of curiosity, and maybe the local big data detected it, and they pushed five news stories about him to me... What do you think?"
"Not bad." He replied casually, but his eyes did not move away from the poster.
His fingertips unconsciously stroked the pendant on his chest. It was a piece of broken fish scale tissue embedded in transparent amber. It was light pink and only the size of a little finger, but it was faintly glowing with pink light.
It was the only thing he awoke clutching in his hand.
The doctor said that he had a head injury and had forgotten a lot of things, but when he touched this fish scale, he always felt empty in his heart, as if he had lost something important.
"What do you mean 'okay'?" Zhai Wenxi clicked his tongue and held the photo in front of him. "Look at the eyebrows and eyes, the luster of the scales, they are simply living works of art! I saw on the news that this mermaid suddenly became the king of Xisana a month ago, and the whole country worshipped him like crazy. Isn't this person's charm too strong..."
"You know what, he looks quite like Yu Li, especially those eyes that can speak. If he hadn't run away, I would have thought he disappeared and became the king here..."
Qi Sheng paused as he touched the pendant.
"Yu Li?" These two words rolled around on the tip of my tongue, and they felt strangely familiar.
Zhai Wenxi suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing. Qi Sheng's current attending physician also told him to try not to mention Qi Sheng's past, so as to avoid stimulating him and causing more serious pheromone disorder.
"……Ha ha ha ha."
Zhai Wenxi smiled awkwardly and said, "I mean, this fish looks very strong. Look at the muscles on its arms..."
Qi Sheng didn't say anything.
Just seeing this photo will attract you unconsciously.
"Oh right!" Zhai Wenxi quickly took the opportunity to change the subject. "Haven't you always said you wanted to find a mermaid to raise? I asked someone, and they found a legal mermaid adoption channel in Xisana. Would you like to check it out?"
Qi Sheng did have a strange idea. He always felt that he had to find a mermaid, as if only in this way could the emptiness in his heart be filled.
"Then let's go." He stood up, his movements so fast that they made a gust of wind. "Let's go and take a look now."
"What's the rush?" Zhai Wenxi held him down. "I'm here to discuss weapons resources. Once I finalize the deal, I'll take you to a mermaid adoption agency. I guarantee I'll find you a healthy and lively one!"
Qi Sheng frowned, very dissatisfied.
For some reason, his mind was now filled with the face of the red-scaled mermaid on the poster, causing the amber fish-scale pendant around his neck to become abnormally hot.
"I don't want to go to a mermaid adoption agency," he whispered. "I want to see the king."
Zhai Wenxi stared at him as if he were an alien. "Ah? That's the king. Do you think it's a goldfish from the market? You can just look at it like that?
Besides, this special fish species is very delicate, you definitely don't have the patience to raise it."
Zhai Wenxi really wanted to slap himself twice right away and find a fish similar to Yu Li to take home. Isn't this just rubbing salt into the wound that he had worked so hard to heal?
"I didn't say I wanted to raise him." Qi Sheng's voice was a little muffled. "I just wanted to take a look."
"We can't even look! The royal security in Xisana is so tight, and we definitely can't just enter without applying."
"Then apply for a visit now." Qi Sheng took out his mobile phone and typed "Cisana Royal Visit Application" in the search bar.
"Application, what the hell!" Zhai Wenxi snatched the phone away. "If you really want to visit a country, you have to apply in the name of the Antia Empire. You can only go there as an individual. You're not a citizen of this country, so you're not eligible to apply."
"Besides, the king just released a piece of news yesterday, and I haven't shown it to you yet!"
He quickly pulled out the hot news from his phone and read aloud to himself: "'Divorced King, Raising Kids, Looking for True Love...'" Listen to the title. He's busy dating, so how could he have time to see you? And he's on his second marriage. He's not worthy of you!"
Qi Sheng's movements froze.
"Divorced? With kids?"
He repeated it, and his heart felt like it was stabbed by something and it hurt a little.
Zhai Wenxi shrugged. "The whole country is guessing who the father of the child is. So, do you still want to be the father directly and painlessly?"
Qi Sheng: ...
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The next day, they discussed cooperation with local businessmen and temporarily ordered a batch of alloy steel, promising to deliver it within a month.
They had originally planned to go back that day, but after hearing that there would be a local event nearby in the evening, they postponed their trip for a day.
The streets of the capital of Sisana are lit up with pearl-like streetlights.
Zhai Wenxi and Qi Sheng walked into a busy bar and talked about their cooperation on "bullet making materials".
The important element needed to make bullets is lead, but they can also be made of copper or steel. Different materials have different lethality and penetration power.
They had just clinked glasses with a local partner when suddenly a scream came from outside the window.
"What's going on?" Zhai Wenxi frowned and looked out the window.
The bar owner poked his head out to take a look and said with a smile, "It's His Majesty the Mermaid's parade car passing by. On the first day of every month, he circles the city and greets the residents."
Qi Sheng's heart skipped a beat.
Without waiting for Zhai Wenxi to react, he pushed the door open and walked out.
The streets outside were already blocked off.
The sasaeng fans holding light boards screamed and pushed forward!
"Your Majesty, look at me, look at me!"
"Your Majesty, I love you!"
"You are the God we worship!"
"Your Majesty, we are your only fans!!"
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself!"
…
Qi Sheng was pushed back by the crowd. Fortunately, he was taller than ordinary people, so his sight could just pass through the crowd and fall on the golden carriage not far away.
The car windows were open.
The red-scaled mermaid wore a simple white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her forearms, revealing half of her fair skin.
He was tilting his head slightly, listening to what the blue mermaid beside him was saying, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
The light fell on his face, and his body was covered with a bright and dazzling light.
It's him.
The people on the posters, the people in the photos.
Qi Sheng's breathing suddenly became disordered.
He forgot why he came and even who he was.
The only thing left in his eyes was the mermaid sitting in the carriage. She was like a burning flame. Even though she was so far away, she burned his heart and made it tremble.
"What are you looking at? You've lost your soul."
Zhai Wenxi had followed him out at some point, followed his gaze, and sneered, "Why, are you really attracted to her? Let me tell you, an omega of this level, even without a baby, would still be admired by thousands of people."
Before he finished speaking, the mermaid in the carriage seemed to have noticed something and glanced over.
The moment their eyes met, Qi Sheng felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen.
There was no emotion in those eyes. They passed by him lightly as if through a thick layer of fog, and then turned away, as if they had only seen an insignificant speck of dust.
"Let's go." Zhai Wenxi pulled him aside, "The CEO of our partner is still waiting for us."
Qi Sheng didn't move.
He watched the carriage slowly drive away, and watched the mermaid's profile disappear around the corner of the street. The inexplicable admiration in his heart was suddenly mixed with something else.
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It feels a bit sour, a bit bitter, and a bit aggrieved that is hard to explain.
"He doesn't seem to recognize me."
He whispered, his voice so soft it sounded like a sigh.
"If you really want to meet me, why don't we go back to China and submit an application?"
I'm starting to get hysterical again...
Zhai Wenxi sighed deeply. The doctor was right. Before his pheromones returned to normal, he couldn't be allowed to touch upon the past to avoid further stimulation.
Qi Sheng was half-dragged and half-pulled back to the bar by her, but all he could hear were the screams from before, and all he could hear were those familiar yet unfamiliar eyes.
He touched the scales on his chest and suddenly felt certain.
I must see him again.
No matter what method.
By the time I finished talking with the partners, it was already late at night.
"I didn't expect the export of this kind of thing would require the king's approval. They say it's for maintaining world peace. Damn, they're making cannons just to maintain world peace! They only make shells without bullets, and treat them like toys for us to play with!"
"If that doesn't work, try another country."
"That's all we can do."
…
They walked across the street, chatting.
The crowd on the street had not yet dispersed, and several fans were holding various support signs and squatting under the street lights, refusing to leave.
"I didn't expect this mindless star-chasing culture to be popular in every country."
Zhai Wenxi started the car. "Tomorrow I'll take you to the mermaid adoption base to find a beautiful fish. I think blue ones are prettier than red ones. Too rare species are hard to keep alive..."
Qi Sheng didn't say anything.
He took out his cell phone and continued searching for news about "King Yu Li is divorced and raising a child".
The latest one was posted half an hour ago, with a photo of a mermaid holding a swaddled baby.
Although he couldn't see her face clearly, Qi Sheng's heart began to ache again when he saw her cautious posture.
"What will his child...look like?"
He asked for some unknown reason.
Zhai Wenxi almost drove the car onto the flowerbed: "Are you crazy? You even care about other people's children? Let me tell you, Qi Sheng! He is the king, you can't covet him casually!"
Zhai Wenxi’s inner thoughts: The most important thing is that he and Yu Li look like they were hatched from the same egg!
Qi Sheng turned off his phone and looked at the street scene passing by outside the window.
The light from the pearly street lamp flickered on his face, and he suddenly whispered, "I seem to have seen him somewhere."
Not a poster, not a photo.
It was a long, long time ago, in a place he couldn't remember.
In his vague memory, someone's fingertips brushed across the back of his hand, bringing with it a hint of coolness and moisture, like a fish's tail sweeping across the water.
"Come on." Zhai Wenxi smiled so hard that the corners of his lips trembled. "You forgot, the doctor said you are in the severe stage of pheromone disorder, and hallucinations are the most common symptom."
Qi Sheng did not refute.
He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
In the darkness, the bright red fish tail emerged clearly again, as well as the pair of gray eyes, like fog, like rain, like the only clear light in his lost memory.
tomorrow.
I must go and see it again tomorrow.
Even if it's just from a distance, take another look.
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