Su Su went to say goodbye to Yan Bai happily, but when he came back he was worried.
Do you really want to test Qi Hanyi? Su Su was somewhat resistant in his heart.
His world has always been simple and straightforward. He fights for whatever he wants, flips over the sea when he's happy, and kills each other when he's angry. But since coming to the human world, Su Su has discovered that the rules here are completely different. Everyone has secrets and their own calculations. Since coming to the human world, he has told more and more lies and has to hide more and more secrets.
After returning to the room, Su Su found that Qi Hanyi had already left, and the person who came to pick him up was Uncle Li, the housekeeper of Qi Hanyi's family.
Uncle Li smiled at Su Su in a simple and honest way: "Young Master has something else to do, so he left first, and he specifically asked me to pick you up."
Su Su was relieved when he heard this. For a moment he really didn't know how to tell Qi Hanyi.
The housekeeper packed up their things and took Su Su down the mountain. The shuttle bus to take them home had already stopped at the door.
Seeing the shuttle, Su Su's eyes lit up, and he finally stopped worrying about the problem.
Seeing his delight, the butler also laughed: "Young Master said that you were very interested in the shuttle bus you took yesterday. He asked me to accompany you. You can play as long as you want today."
"Really?" Su Su got into the car excitedly and fastened his seat belt obediently.
I sighed in my heart again: Qi Hanyi is so nice.
He didn't mind his big appetite and allowed himself to eat as much as he wanted. He also remembered that he liked the shuttle bus and specifically asked people to play with him.
He is so good to me, so he would definitely not be angry with me just because of a game permission like Yan Bai said.
At this time, Qi Hanyi was busy fighting.
"Bang!" Shadow Lion was kicked backwards by the huge force and hit the wall heavily. He was seriously injured, with blood stains all over his body and his arms hanging down strangely from the joints. He used his uninjured hand to support the ground and tried to stand up, but a piercing pain came from his ankle.
Shadow Lion simply let go of his strength, leaned against the wall, looked up and smiled: "Why are you so angry so early in the morning? Are you going to kill someone, General Qi?"
Qi Hanyi stopped and straightened his clothes which were a little messy because of the activity. "Yingshi, for the sake of our past friendship, this is just a warning. I advise you and your master to be more restrained. I don't want to get involved in your fight, but the Qi family is my bottom line. If you do these little tricks again, I will kill you."
Shadow Lion blinked innocently: "What little tricks, what master behind, I don't understand. I only know that you pulled me out of my bed and beat me up early this morning. You are an admiral, and I am just an idler. I can't beat you now, and you can't break into people's houses and bully an unarmed civilian like me, right?"
"Don't play dumb. It was you who tricked my mermaid into an empty room in Mo's house yesterday in my name. You brought two men to ambush in the room, injured the mermaid, and fed him medicine. One of your men should have a bite wound on his arm, and a piece of flesh fell off. I have sent someone to take a sample of the bitten flesh. Do you want your men to come out for a genetic comparison?" Qi Hanyi said seriously, although in fact the flesh had already been cleaned up by Yan Bai's men.
Shadow Lion didn't know that Qi Hanyi was just deceiving him. A trace of regret flashed across his eyes, thinking that he had made an oversight and left evidence.
Qi Hanyi: "It's over now, I don't want to pursue it anymore, but if there's a next time, I will settle the score for this time as well."
"Why would you beat me like this if I didn't want to pursue the matter?" Shadow Lion laughed angrily, "I was very lenient with your merman yesterday. If he hadn't resisted so fiercely, I wouldn't have intended to hurt him."
Qi Hanyi was unmoved: "I didn't intend to hurt him, but I intended to kill him directly with medicine."
"It's just a mermaid," Shadow Lion said with a sigh, "Qi Hanyi, you have never been angry about such things before, and you have never taken such childish revenge. I'm wondering, are you in love with that mermaid?"
Qi Hanyi seemed to have heard some ridiculous joke and said, "I will never fall in love with a mermaid. Never."
After leaving Shadow Lion's residence, Qi Hanyi turned around and stepped onto the shuttle and connected to his adjutant Jian Cheng.
"What is it?"
"Sir, you asked me to investigate Yan Bai yesterday. We followed him out of the Mo family and found that he did not return directly to the Yan family, but went to Hongyi Bay."
"Honglu Bay?" Qi Hanyi was unfamiliar with this place: "What place?"
"This is the famous red-light district in the capital." Jian Cheng explained awkwardly, "And it's the kind between men."
Qi Hanyi didn't have any special reaction, but continued to ask: "What is Yan Bai going to do?"
"He..." Jian Cheng paused, "This morning, he had someone knock Zhang Lu unconscious, fed him that medicine, and then dumped him in the back alley of Hongli Bay... Now the effect of the medicine has taken effect on Zhang Lu..."
Jian Cheng did not continue to speak. The scene was indeed a little disgusting. Zhang Lu was not good-looking, but at least he was a young man with fair skin. For the guests from Honglu Bay, he was quite delicious.
Because of the effect of the drug, he has lost his mind, and his clothes are disheveled. He is clinging to other people everywhere, just like a meat bun stuffed into a dog's mouth, which is bound to be eaten.
Not only that, Yan Bai also had someone secretly record the incident and post it on the Internet. With this incident, not only was Zhang Lu's future ruined, but the Zhang family also became a laughing stock in the entire imperial capital. They were afraid that they would no longer be able to stay in the aristocratic circle.
"This young master of the Yan family is really a badass. He is not afraid that if the truth is revealed, the Zhang family will take revenge on him. After all, he is an old noble family in the imperial capital. If the situation gets to that extent, even the Yan family will be hurt."
"Besides you, did anyone else realize that it was Yan Bai who did it?" Qi Hanyi asked.
"Probably not. This young master did a very clean job. I didn't even notice when the drug was injected. They replaced the driver from the Zhang family and made it look like a kidnapping for money."
"If he hadn't insisted on coming to see the excitement, and if I hadn't installed a listening device in the compartment of the Hung Hom Tea House, I wouldn't have known that he had caused such a big news."
Jian Cheng asked Qi Hanyi: "General, what should we do now?"
"Use my authority to erase Yan Bai's whereabouts in Hongji Bay." Qi Hanyi said.
"You want to help him?" Jian Cheng was a little surprised.
"Just consider it as a favor for helping take care of the mermaid last night." Qi Hanyi said.
Qi Hanyi did doubt Yan Bai, but let's put it this way. At least in the matter of Zhang Lu, Qi Hanyi and Yan Bai's interests were the same. If Yan Bai didn't take action against Zhang Lu, Qi Hanyi would not let Zhang Lu go easily. Now that Yan Bai had taken over, he didn't mind helping out secretly.
After Qi Hanyi finished doing this, he returned to his residence.
I was so addicted to riding the Su Su shuttle that I didn't go home until my stomach growled with hunger.
"I'm back!" He went straight to the restaurant, where Qi Hanyi was having lunch. He changed into a home suit with less sharp lines, but his sitting posture was still as straight as if he was attending a royal banquet.
He ate gracefully, but not slowly. When Su Su came, the rice in his bowl was already empty. He only ate a few dishes in front of him, leaving a table full of food untouched, all prepared for Su Su.
"Great! They're all my favorite foods!" Su Su seemed to have forgotten the previous unpleasantness. He rubbed his hands happily, picked up the chopsticks and prepared to eat.
"The shuttle was so much fun. The housekeeper also took me for a ride outside the city. It was the first time I saw the mountains on the ground. There was a road that was so steep. I felt like I was flying as I swooped down from the top of the mountain. We also went into a cave. There was a waterfall at the exit. The water was rushing down, and there was even a rainbow..."
The young man excitedly talked about his experience riding the shuttle, and the smile on his face was brighter than a rainbow.
Qi Hanyi lowered his eyes, as if he didn't hear Su Su's words. He quietly finished his food and put down his bowl and chopsticks.
"I'm full, take your time."
"Ah?" Su Su was halfway through his words when the audience ran away. The smile on his face disappeared, and his eyes showed obvious disappointment. He responded obediently: "Then you are busy."
Qi Hanyi was not actually busy. It was the truce period and he was on vacation. There were not many things he needed to deal with every day. With his efficiency, he could finish them all before dinner.
Qi Hanyi started a most difficult firearms training, manipulating the mecha to meet the swarming Zerg.
The sound of bullets exploding filled his chaotic thoughts. Countless training sessions had made Qi Hanyi's operation almost an instinct. The mecha nimbly dodged and attacked under the siege of the Zerg, and each attack just shattered the control nerve of a Zerg.
But Qi Hanyi's thoughts uncontrollably strayed away from the battle.
Qi Hanyi had faced many difficult people, those with deep scheming, domineering personalities, and overwhelming power. But he was helpless against the mermaid who had always been innocent and even seemed a little silly.
He would never admit that he was attracted to a mermaid, but he couldn't explain why his heart beat faster and his blood boiled when she appeared.
Su Su's dazed state last night flashed through his mind again. Qi Hanyi fired a bullet off target, which was rare, and the insect's sharp beak full of teeth bit his abdomen. The mecha was slightly damaged.
Qi Hanyi hadn't made such a low-level mistake in many years. He was distracted.
After quitting the fight, Qi Hanyi took a shower, sat by the window and lit a cigarette, thinking about how things were gradually getting out of his control.
He was originally planning to cancel the engagement, but changed his mind after seeing Su Su.
After all, breaking off the engagement directly would be tantamount to confronting his grandfather, and that kind of situation was not what he wanted to see. The next best thing is to let Su Su live here for a while, which is actually not that unbearable.
蘇溯很聽話，只要給吃的，就願意配合自己。平日就待在自己的池子裏，不亂問，不亂看，也不吵不鬧。自己就當是養了條會說話的鯊魚，其實也沒什麽不好。
問題是出現在蘇溯變成了人嗎？但這實際上也是自己所期望的。他需要一個能帶出門的人魚，好在宴會上應付爺爺的檢查，蘇溯變身的時機恰到好處，非但不算惹麻煩，反而是在幫忙。
那是因為蘇溯昨晚的舉動嗎？可他吃藥又非自願，說起來還是自己的疏失導致的事故。
他能怪蘇溯什麽呢？怪他生得太好看，又總是在無意間撩撥自己？
如果這也能算成罪過，那蘇溯确實罪大惡極。
一陣敲門聲傳來，打斷戚寒衣的思緒，罪魁禍首從門外探過頭來：“我可以進來麽？”
戚寒衣輕輕吐了口氣，煙霧飄散，掩蓋住他臉上的神情：“進來吧，正好我也有些事情，想和你說。”
蘇溯盯着戚寒衣，感覺這個模樣的他有些陌生。
在蘇溯的印象裏，戚寒衣一直是一個目标明确，嚴謹自律的人，而眼前的青年微微依靠在窗臺上，修長的手指夾着根煙，站姿放松，眼睛漫不經心地望着遠處，眉心蹙着，稍顯得有些苦惱。
只是這神情一閃即逝，在看到自己的同時，他已經恢複了平時冷漠自持的樣子。
蘇溯剛剛在吃飯的時候想了很久。他覺得戚寒衣雖然說自己讨厭人魚，但他實際上對自己并不壞。蘇溯想弄清楚戚寒衣到底因為什麽讨厭人魚，他期待戚寒衣能和顏白說的不一樣，但就算一樣也好，他總得弄個明白。
戚寒衣熄了煙，推開窗，讓風驅散自己身上的味道。
“找我什麽事？”
“我昨天在宴會上，聽見大家讨論一個叫《星戰》的游戲。我有點好奇，但是人魚的個人終端上沒有找到這個游戲……”蘇溯回憶着顏白教他的說法。
“你想玩《星戰》？”戚寒衣問打斷蘇溯的話問。
“可以嗎？”蘇溯眼含期待。但并不是對游戲的期待，是對戚寒衣的期待，對人類的善意的期待。
“不行。”戚寒衣幹脆地拒絕：“這個游戲沒給人魚開放登錄權限，你自然找不到。”
如果換個游戲，戚寒衣或許可以幫忙想想辦法，但是《星戰》是一款具有軍事意義的網游，自然不會允許人魚接觸。
蘇溯不死心，再接再厲道：“我聽說有些辦法，可以更改賬戶權限？”
“誰告訴你的，顏白？他讓你到游戲上找他？”戚寒衣神色冷了下去：“帝國有律法規定，禁止人魚登錄人類的網絡，發現是死罪，我勸你還是趁早打消這個念頭。”
死罪……
和顏白說的一模一樣。
所以顏白說的是真的。人類真的在防備人魚，表面上态度友善，實際上一直在暗中防備，将他們視為異類。
“可是，為什麽啊？為什麽人魚不能和人類一起玩游戲？為什麽人魚不能登錄人類的網絡？”蘇溯不甘心地問。
戚寒衣面對蘇溯，剛想要說些什麽，耳邊忽然響起一聲尖利的質問
【為什麽……為什麽人魚不能得到和人類平等的對待，為什麽你們可以傲慢地支配人魚的人生？該死！你們都該死！】
是那個被稱作【母親】的人魚的聲音。
她原來也曾這樣質問過。
頭劇烈地疼痛起來。
是精神力奔潰發作的前兆，最近出現得愈發頻繁了。
“沒有為什麽，人類和人魚生來就是不同的生物，人類娶人魚，也不過是為了繁衍的目的而已。”戚寒衣不知道自己在向誰解釋，或許這個答案連他自己都不能滿意。
可是，誰在乎呢。
“我不需要你為我繁衍子嗣，你只需要在這裏安分守己地待上一段時間，等我這邊處理好，自然會讓你離開。”
頭痛讓視線逐漸模糊起來，戚寒衣強撐着挺直腰背，至少從外表看，看不出他有絲毫不适。
“我會安排好你的衣食住行，你有其他想法也可以提出來，但，不要得寸進尺。”最後一句的語氣已經近乎于警告。
“哦。”蘇溯低着頭，心裏悶堵的厲害。奇怪，明明他一開始期望的就是能被當成寵物養在家裏，管吃管住，衣食無憂，可是現在得到了這樣的答案，為什麽心裏卻不滿足了呢？
是因為他不夠安分守己，因為他得寸進尺了嗎？
戚寒衣緩了口氣，想起讓蘇溯進來的目的，補充道：“未來一段時間，我不在家，你有事可以去找小游，沒事不要給我發信息。你住的房間不會有人打擾，生活方面也不必擔心，我更改了小游的識別設置，即使你變成鯊魚他也能認出你。”
他剛剛已經做了決定，從這裏搬出去住，遠征軍軍部還有他的宿舍，他打算先在那裏呆一段時間。
“就這樣，你出去吧。”
“哦。”蘇溯倒沒多想，只當戚寒衣是有事情要忙。他離開也好，自己可以安心地登錄游戲去找顏白，不用擔心被發現了。
這樣想着蘇溯卻并沒有覺得多開心，反而心裏有點空落落的。
不過日子總還是要繼續的，蘇溯的失落并沒有持續太久，他回到房間，打開終端，登錄游戲。
和人魚終端只是多出一個空中投屏不同，人類的個人終端是可以通過精神力連接的。
蘇溯開啓游戲的一剎，只覺得眼前天旋地轉，周圍的場景由實轉虛，身體一輕，意識仿佛和身體失去了聯絡。
再睜眼時，他置身于一個巨大的平臺，平臺由不知名的金屬構造而成，純白的線條，簡約的結構充滿科技感。透明的玻璃幕如碗裝倒扣在平臺上，組成了牆壁和天空。玻璃之外是漆黑的天幕，璀璨的銀河，日月星辰依次排列，仿佛真的置身于浩瀚的宇宙之中。
一個圓頭圓腦的光球漂浮到蘇溯眼前：【歡迎yy38762560號玩家登錄游戲《星戰》，這裏是登錄大廳，我是您的引導員，星星。】
引導員，就是實體化的新手指南。
星星詳細将整個游戲的基礎操作和設置方法給蘇溯一一演示，又給他講解了游戲的一系列功能和玩法。
蘇溯跟着小星的指引設置好游戲角色，這個游戲因為操作主要在機甲和星艦面板上，所以玩家的形象設置非常自由，蘇溯選擇的是個一只藍色的卡通小鯊魚，擁有短短的手和腳，黑色的豆豆眼，和一張大嘴巴，看着十分憨趣可愛。
名字蘇溯吸取了上次的教訓，沒有再使用本名，而是打算改成和形象十分配套的【鯊】。
可是【鯊】這個名字已經早就被注冊了，蘇溯試着改成一些相關的詞組短語，可是都顯示已經被注冊。
試了十幾次以後，蘇溯煩躁起來，在頁面上胡亂敲打出一長串字符。
沒想到一不小心拍到了确定鍵，系統立馬彈出提示：【恭喜用戶“鯊起名真難啊啊啊”注冊成功。】
蘇溯：……
“能改名嗎？”蘇溯看向自己的引導員。
星星立刻體貼地彈出一個付費提示：“購買改名卡300/次，是/否？”
沒有錢，打擾了。
蘇溯默默選擇了否。因為貧窮接受了自己看上去有點怪異的名字。
接下來，星星開始介紹具體的游戲內容。
駕駛機甲和星艦遨游太空，體驗空間站裏的真實生活。
模拟人類與蟲族的戰争，真實還原機甲操作和戰鬥體驗。
組建星艦戰隊，星艦機甲競技場PK，還有機甲駕駛大賽，成績優異者可獲得上億獎金，更有機會特招入學，就讀帝國軍校，加入帝國遠征軍，登上真實的白澤號星艦。
蘇溯一開始還惦記着去找顏白，等到開始體驗實機操作時卻完全入了迷。
蘇溯對機甲沒有太大興趣，反而感覺星艦對自己有種強烈的吸引力。
蘇溯駕駛的只是最基礎的訓練星艦，也是系統給每個新手發放的白板星艦，上手難度不高。
蘇溯才學了一會，就大膽地把速度拉到了滿。龐大的星艦如同一尾靈活的大魚，甩着藍紫色的尾焰，穿梭在星海之中。
蘇溯喜歡這星艦龐大的體型，喜歡星艦在宇宙見縱情馳騁的速度，喜歡一次次驚險的躍遷，喜歡穿越碎石和破碎行星密布的小行星帶，操縱機甲險而又險地躲開一次次撞擊。
這驚險刺激的感覺，遠非穿梭車可比，在太空中遨游，就像是進入了另外一片神秘的大海。比他曾經置身的海洋更遼闊，也更加神奇瑰麗。
蘇溯感覺到一種奇妙的契合，仿佛他自己生來就應該屬于這裏，從他第一次躍出水面，仰望頭頂的星空，從他第一次在教材上看見那艘名叫白澤的星艦。
原來他那股蠢蠢欲動的渴望，從那時就被埋藏進心裏了。
Su Su was having so much fun that he completely forgot about meeting Yan Bai. It was not until hunger reminded him that he remembered that it was time for dinner.
Su Su reluctantly exited his account, and when he opened his eyes he found himself lying on a chair in the room with his eyes closed, just like when he started the game.
Su Su finished his meal as quickly as possible in a daze, and returned to the game as quickly as possible.
However, just after logging in, he found that his starship was shaking violently, accompanied by deafening explosions and sharp alarms.
"Bang!"
[Alert, the starship is under attack! Current damage level 20%.]