After spending another month paralyzed in the hospital, Xia Shizhao was finally able to discard his crutches and other assistive devices.
"I've been lying in bed for a month and I feel like I don't even recognize what the land looks like anymore."
Xia Shizhao muttered to himself.
Thankfully, Yu Shu brought back some local specialties from the Mermaid Star; otherwise, given her recovery progress, she would have had to stay in bed for another six months.
"Where's Mom?" Xia Shizhao asked, looking at his mother.
Mu Tong thought of Yu Shu, "She's not feeling well and hasn't come out. She seems particularly weak this month, and no matter what I do to help her, it doesn't seem to help."
Xia Shizhao suddenly remembered that mermaid blood has excellent restorative effects.
Her steps faltered slightly, then she resumed normal, took her mother's hand, and said with a smile:
"Then let's hurry back and take care of her."
"Your emergency notice had just been lifted when she collapsed. Our family has really been plagued by misfortune."
Mu Tong lowered his head slightly, leaning on Xia Shizhao's shoulder, seemingly somewhat worried.
"No, these things will never happen again, Mom."
Xia Shizhao hugged his mother and patted her back.
She will no longer put herself in dangerous positions.
Too many people sacrificed for her; it's too heavy a burden.
When she got home, she saw Yu Shu looking listless, her eyes reddened, and she suddenly hugged her.
"Huh?!"
Yu Shu, sitting on the sofa, was completely bewildered.
With his hands outstretched in the air, he looked at Mu Tong with pleading eyes, "Wife, wife, help! Our daughter is strangling me!"
"I can't strangle you with this little bit of force. You never say anything nice all day long, you really ruin the atmosphere."
Xia Shizhao, who was holding her, complained in a muffled voice.
Yu Shu paused slightly in mid-air, then gently patted Xia Shizhao's shoulder with a tender smile. "My kind words are for your mother. How old are you? Get up. Your mother isn't dead yet. What kind of behavior is this, crying like this?"
Xia Shizhao didn't argue. He stood up, wiped his face, and looked up at his bewildered mother to complain, "Mom, look at her!"
"Honey, look at her!"
"Haha, I won't interfere in your affairs. Solve it yourselves. I'm going to help Mom cook."
Mu Tong, who was leaning against the door, looked at the two big, watery eyes staring at him. He couldn't handle it, so he took a step back and left the place of trouble.
Xia Shizhao looked at her and asked, "What did you give me to eat?"
Looking up at her sharp fingernails, Yu Shu lazily propped her head up with her hand: "Mermaid blood, but thankfully there was no rejection reaction, which is why you survived."
As she spoke, she beckoned Xia Shizhao to sit down next to her.
The sharp fingernail scratched her skin, leaving a light red mark, and he nodded in satisfaction.
He said, "In a while, you and I will go to Mermaid Planet together."
Xia Shizhao asked blankly, "Why?"
"You can become a mermaid in front of your mother if you want."
Yu Shu said with a smile.
"Huh?" Xia Shizhao was even more confused.
"Children born to merfolk and humans will always look like humans as long as the merfolk do not activate the child's bloodline. However, once activated, the child must undergo a cleansing process in the Merfolk Sea, otherwise the child will remain in merfolk form."
As long as you pass the test set by the Mermaids, you can freely change your form.
"What if it doesn't pass?"
Xia Shizhao asked, bewildered.
Yu Shu glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, "Then stay on Mermaid Star until we can get through."
"How long will that take?"
Xia Shizhao's eyes widened slightly.
"It takes a month to complete each time, and if you don't pass, you can only participate again after six months."
"What about Mom?!"
"So you have to do it in one go!"
Two similar faces stared at each other without saying a word, and for a moment the space seemed to freeze.
"What are you two plotting so closely together?"
With his arms crossed, Mu Tong looked at the mother and daughter from the doorway with a puzzled expression.
The two of them turned to look at her at the same time, with smiles on their faces, and said in unison, "We weren't plotting anything, it was just a normal conversation."
They kept the matter a secret in perfect unison.
It's no wonder Mu Tong suspected that the two of them had some secret, after all, they had both done something before: sneaking out to drink in the middle of the night, and when she found them, the two drunkards were completely drunk, which made her very angry.
"I didn't say anything, let's eat."
Yu Shu stood up from the sofa, smiled, leaned on Mu Tong's shoulder, pulled her along, and said in a clingy voice, "Trust us, okay?"
Seeing that people's attention had been diverted, Xia Shizhao obediently followed behind.
We will go to Mermaid Planet a month later.
She needed to go to the military base first to see what was going on.
Moreover, she was also very curious about those 'people'.
Because of his outstanding performance in dealing with the insect swarm, Xia Shizhao's military rank has now reached the rank of general, and it seems that the man in black still has sufficient authority.
This time, she didn't tell anyone and planned to go and check on the situation quietly.
After staying obediently by his mother's side for a week, Xia Shizhao used the excuse of wanting to go out for some fresh air to run away by himself, heading straight for the military base.
After showing his ID card to the gatekeeper, Xia Shizhao entered the prison where special personnel were held without any hindrance.
Liu Ruxuan was stunned when she saw Xia Shizhao after she came out of the detention cell.
Xia Shizhao was also stunned.
They asked in unison, "What are you doing here?"
Liu Ruxuan asked incredulously, "Weren't you shopping with your aunt?"
Xia Shizhao looked completely bewildered: "Weren't you sleeping at home?"
Liu Ruxuan glanced at the detention cell and swallowed hard. "You've come to see that man in black?"
"Yeah, can't we watch it?"
Xia Shizhao walked to her side, peeked out, and froze on the spot.
His smile drooped, and his pupils trembled slightly.
I was completely at a loss.
Yu... Yu Qinlu?!
One of her eyes was purple and the other was black; her limbs were chained to the cell with iron locks.
Xia Shizhao took two steps back and looked at the defenses of the detention cell.
Unless there is a traitor, the prisoners held here will not be able to escape.
Liu Ruxuan supported Xia Shizhao, whose face had turned much paler, and said in a heavy tone, "Zhao, calm down, she is not her."
Seeing the exact same face in front of Xia Shizhao made it difficult for her to calm down.
She took a deep breath, her body trembling: "I want to go in and ask them myself."
"No, you can't have contact with her."
Almost instantly, Liu Ruxuan's eyes turned cold, her attitude completely changed, and she forcefully grabbed Xia Shizhao's wrist and walked out.
"Let go."
"Zhao, you must not have contact with her."
As she spoke, Liu Ruxuan's face showed a hint of fatigue, and her speech became somewhat hurried:
"Wait a little longer, I'll tell you later, okay? I won't hide anything from you, just give me some more time."
Her tone carried a hint of pleading.
Seeing his friend's predicament, Xia Shizhao pursed his lips, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.
The hand that was about to struggle suddenly lost its strength, and she nodded weakly. "Okay, only two months. After that, whether you allow it or not, I will personally interrogate her."
Liu Ruxuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I won't stop you then."
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