Chapter 005: The little mermaid is going to escape?

Rong Yin was delighted at first, but then, after thinking carefully about what Zong Zheng Xiao said, she felt something was wrong.

Is it possible that the evil emperor is going to play a trick on him again?

Sure enough, under Rong Yin's vigilant gaze, Zong Zhengxiao took out a dagger from somewhere and pointed the sharp tip of the dagger directly at Rong Yin, "Do you want this choice?"

Rong Yin: “…”

Rong Yin: This time I’m really going to have a nightmare.

Seeing that Rong Yin didn't move, Zong Zhengxiao made a gesture of pressing the dagger down and ordered, "Lie down."

How is this different from pet taming?

I have never seen such humiliation, Rong Yin was angry!

His face was fierce, he threw his hands forward... and lay down.

Resting his head on his arms, Rong Yin averted his eyes and comforted himself: Smart Fish must learn to judge the situation. He must endure hardships today so that he can take revenge tomorrow!

Listening to Rong Yin's self-deceiving voice, Zong Zheng Xiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

This little mermaid is really a funny guy.

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The night deepened and everything was silent. Rong Yin closed his eyes and heard Zong Zheng Xiao's breathing gradually become smooth and long. It seemed that he had fallen asleep.

This made Rong Yin feel puzzled. The bad emperor could take a nap for half an hour during dinner, and now he fell asleep in seconds. His sleep quality was obviously very good, so why did he still have panda eyes?

Could it be that he was forced to stay up late and work overtime every day?

It would be great if it were true. This bad guy should be made to suffer.

Rong Yin muttered to himself, thinking that it would take a long time to fall asleep in a new environment, but he didn't expect that the slope had an arc, which was very ergonomic. He lay on it comfortably, and while he was scolding the evil emperor, his consciousness gradually became blurred.

The next day, when it was bright, he slowly opened his eyes in hunger.

When he sat up and looked, there was no one on the bed. The sun was out outside, so the evil emperor must have gone to court.

"Gurgle~" My stomach started to protest.

Rong Yin looked around, but he couldn't see any food, let alone anyone.

Do I have to go out and find food by myself?

It’s not impossible.

When he was a child in the orphanage, he didn’t have enough to eat, so he even secretly stuffed the weeds in the yard into his mouth. After he grew up, he got used to being self-reliant. He had hands and feet, no, he had arms and legs, so how could he starve to death?

Rong Yin climbed out of the pool, adjusted himself to using his fish tail to move on land, and then ran towards the gate with great vigor and confidence.

Who knew that when he was halfway there, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Zong Zheng Xiao, dressed in black, strode in, followed by several palace maids serving food, and ran into the excited Rong Yin.

Rong Yin and Zong Zhengxiao looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.

Zong Zhengxiao looked at Rong Yin, his eyes darkened: "What are you doing..."

Before he could finish his words, Rong Yin turned around and walked back, rushing into the water at an extremely fast speed.

Zong Zheng Xiao did not chase after him. Instead, he leisurely walked to the edge of the pond, but his face looked frighteningly gloomy.

The palace servants watched with their eyes and noses, pretending that they saw nothing. After putting the food on the table, they quietly stepped aside.

Rong Yin hid herself in the water, her heart pounding. It took her a long time to realize why she was running away.

He thought: I was just hungry and wanted to go out to find something to eat. I didn't do anything bad. Why should I feel guilty when I saw the bad emperor?

After thinking carefully for a while, Rong Yin felt that it was because the strange emperor's eyes were too fierce. He loved to threaten her before, and it had become a conditioned reflex for her. When she saw that his expression was wrong, she instinctively ran away.

It has nothing to do with me, it's all the bad emperor's fault.

Thinking of this, Rong Yin suddenly felt confident. He surfaced and saw Zong Zheng Xiao standing by the bathtub, looking at him with a gentle expression.

Rong Yin rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating.

The evil emperor's expression changes too quickly, doesn't it? And why does he look so weird?

Rong Yin: Is this the legendary smiling tiger?

Rong Yin stepped back, thinking that something must be wrong. Who knew how much evil this guy had in mind!

This time it was Rong Yin who misunderstood Zong Zheng Xiao. He had such an expression simply because he was in a good mood.

The reason why he had a gloomy face when he saw Rong Yin just now was because he thought Rong Yin was going to escape when he was away. But after hearing Rong Yin's inner voice, Zong Zhengxiao realized that he had wrongly blamed the little merman.

It is good to have this special ability. Misunderstandings do not exist at all.

Seeing that Rong Yin didn't trust him, Zong Zheng Xiao didn't force him. He turned around and sat down at the table, and was served by the palace servants.

Rong Yin hid in the corner, feeling nervous for a long time, but the expected bullying did not happen, and Zong Zheng Xiao did not even look at him.

Just as Rong Yin was wondering if this was Zong Zheng Xiao's new scheme, her stomach growled again. As she smelled the aroma of food wafting over, she couldn't help swallowing.

But he was the one who was hiding from the evil emperor first, and now he is sticking to him again, which makes him look so spineless.

Rong Yin looked at Zong Zheng Xiao, then touched her belly, feeling extremely conflicted.

At this moment, Zong Zhengxiao's voice came from the other side: "Come over and have dinner."

Rong Yin thought he had heard wrongly and immediately turned his head away, but it turned out that Zong Zheng Xiao was really talking to him.

Zong Zhengxiao held up a plate and showed it to Rong Yin: "This is the fish you like to eat. If you don't come over, I will ask someone to take it away."

Without any hesitation, Rong Yin immediately shook off the fish's tail and swam over.

Rong Yin: It would be rude not to accept someone’s invitation to dinner.

Zong Zhengxiao was amused by Rong Yin again. He patted his side and said, "Come here."

Rong Yin obediently bent his tail and sat over. Zong Zheng Xiao didn't mind the water droplets dripping from his body wetting his robe, and pushed a plate of sashimi in front of Rong Yin.

It was Si Xi who arranged the food for the little mermaid. After knowing that Zong Zheng Xiao was going to have dinner with Rong Yin, he felt that it was not a good sight to let the mermaid perform eating a live fish in front of the emperor, so he asked the kitchen to cut the fish into sashimi.

Rong Yin didn't care what shape the fish was in. He was so hungry that he reached out to grab the fish fillet and stuff it into his mouth. After all, mermaids don't know how to use human tableware. If he took the initiative to use it, the filling would easily leak out.

"Pa!" Someone hit the back of Rong Yin's hand with chopsticks.

The person who beat him just wanted to stop him and didn't use any strength, so Rong Yin didn't feel any pain.

Rong Yin withdrew his hand, looked at Zong Zheng Xiao, and asked him with his eyes: What are you doing?

Zong Zhengxiao handed him a pair of clean chopsticks and said, "Use these."

Having said that, Zong Zheng Xiao stuffed the chopsticks into Rong Yin's hand without waiting for his response, and then picked up another pair of chopsticks to demonstrate.

"Like this." Zong Zhengxiao picked up the dish and put it into his mouth.

Rong Yin understood that he wanted to teach himself how to eat with chopsticks.

However, the hands of mermaids are different from those of humans. There are translucent webbed membranes between their fingers, which limit the flexibility of their fingers. This physiological structure makes them unsuitable for picking up things with chopsticks.

Rong Yin placed her hand directly in front of Zong Zheng Xiao, her meaning was simple and clear.

Wasn't the bad emperor very smart? Why did he become stupid now?

Zong Zhengxiao frowned upon seeing this, and said nothing for a long time, seeming to be distressed.

Rong Yin thought he had realized that it was impossible to let a merman eat with chopsticks, so he wanted to continue eating the fish fillets with his hands, but Zong Zheng Xiao took the plate of fish away.

Rong Yin: “?”