Clatter—
Si Jin broke free of the steel rings binding her hands, sat up as if nothing had happened, and stretched her limbs a little.
At the same time, Jiang Linyuan did the same thing.
However, the first thing Jiang Linyuan did after sitting up was not to stretch his muscles, but to massage his wife.
As he massaged Si Jin's shoulders, he asked with concern:
"Jingjing, are you alright? What happened to you just now? Were you affected by the trident?"
"Quickly, let me see that cursed scale on your tail. Has the curse spread?"
As he spoke, Jiang Linyuan subconsciously looked at Si Jin's tail.
But to my surprise, the dark scale on its tail had disappeared.
A delicate blue tail, reflecting the color of the sea, beautiful and sacred.
Jiang Linyuan paused, unable to resist asking:
"how so?"
"Because of this."
Si Jin raised her hand, and a trident gradually appeared in her fair, jade-like hand.
He explained:
"This is the real trident; I just used it to break the curse."
That idiot Mu Nancheng really thought he had victory in the bag.
Having lived for over fifty years, I'm as naive as a fool.
"So what were you doing just now...?"
Jiang Linyuan's mind raced as he pondered Si Jin's performance in the palace hall.
A moment later, it dawned on him: "You're acting?"
"right."
Jiang Linyuan asked, puzzled, "Why? Why not just kill that idiot? Why go through all that trouble?"
"Because he just called you 'little brother'."
Si Jin replied:
“A long time ago, when I was still in the circus, Ji Xinyin told me a story about the power struggle within the Atlantean royal family.”
To gain the leadership, Mu Nancheng murdered his father and mother, and even forced his younger brother, who had just turned eighty, out of Atlantis.
You have a secondary tail that symbolizes royal status, and Mu Nancheng calls you younger brother, so you should be…”
Jiang Linyuan's eyes were filled with complex emotions. Upon hearing this, he quickly removed his hand from Si Jin's shoulder massage and said with disdain:
"How could I be his brother? Ugh, what bad luck!"
A moment later, a hint of grievance arose in her eyes, and she looked at Si Jin pitifully:
"Then, baby, I'm that little rascal's brother, does that mean I'm not allowed to touch you anymore?"
Si Jin: ...
He hesitated between saying, "Is this the point?" and "Yes, so don't touch me again."
However, before he could even finish his thought, Jiang Linyuan immediately came up with another excuse for himself:
"But darling, I still want to check your curse one last time, so I can have peace of mind."
As she spoke, she lowered her head again to touch Si Jin's fish scales, which had been cursed but were now restored to their original state.
However, as soon as it touched the scales, Si Jin's tail suddenly flicked.
The boy couldn't help but shudder.
A soft murmur escaped uncontrollably from his lips.
"Hmm..."
Si Jin quickly stepped aside, somewhat embarrassed, but with a hint of forceful warning:
Don't touch that scale.
However, his slightly hoarse voice made his fierce reminder sound weak and lacking in power; instead, it sounded like a coquettish attempt to play hard to get.
Jiang Linyuan suddenly became interested.
Could it be that the scales are more fragile after being exposed to the curse, making them more susceptible to...?
His eyes lit up, and he feigned concern as he moved closer to Si Jin.
"Baby, what's wrong? Let me see your tail."
However, before the lsp's evil scheme could succeed, a sigh was heard.
Si Jin and Jiang Linyuan both stopped and looked in the direction from which the sigh came.
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