46. Night 46 Reunion
After feeding him, Lu Xi pushed him to the garden for a walk for half an hour before letting the servant take him back to his room to rest.
When the servant pushed the cub into the room and was about to put him to bed, he was stopped by a childish voice, "Get out."
She didn't know if it was the servant's illusion, but she felt that the timid cub seemed less afraid of people.
"Okay." She went out and closed the door.
After she closed the door and left, the kid who was originally sitting in the wheelchair stood up, and the blanket wrapped around his waist fell off. There was no snake tail at all, but two normal child's legs under his shorts. He walked to the closet and opened it.
Inside the huge wardrobe, a cub was sleeping soundly. The two had exactly the same face. The cub with two legs lifted him up gently and threw him onto the bed.
The moment he touched the bed, the sleeping cub woke up. When he saw the cub that looked exactly like him, he was stunned for a moment, sniffed the other's scent, and suddenly trembled.
"Eat it."
A box was thrown onto the bed. Under the powerful pressure from the other party, which had subsided but was still hard to ignore, the cub opened the box tremblingly, and the aroma of food filled his nose.
He looked cautiously at his mermaid-like self, then looked down at the box and swallowed secretly.
"Eat quickly." The mermaid said impatiently.
The cub grabbed the small spoon in the box and started eating without hesitation, for fear of making him unhappy.
"Hey." As he wolfed down his food, even nearly choking several times, the mermaid spoke again, still with the same face as his, "Has anyone bullied you before?"
The cub's body trembled, and before it could swallow the food in its cheeks, it stared blankly at the lunch box in its hand.
The mermaids knew the real situation without the cubs' answers. The cubs that failed to awaken would be looked down upon and bullied by other cubs. Even if they had unlimited potential, everything was empty before that day came.
Just like the mermaids of the past, he at least still had some ruthlessness, but this cub was badly bullied. His fear of other monsters showed his past life.
Being looked down upon, bullied, and teased by others...
Even if the housekeeper doesn't allow this to happen, those cubs will still bully him behind his back because of their bad nature.
"Want to get away from that kind of life?"
His eyes narrowed sharply, and he swallowed the rice in his cheeks with difficulty, then raised his head stiffly.
"Can I...get rid of it..."
"Of course." The merman sat down on the bed, leaning closer to him with one arm on the big bed, "As long as you listen to me."
Lu Xi opened the USB drive he got from Yuan Zhou. There was surprisingly a lot of information in it. It was obvious that a lot of thought had been put into it, and there were even some complete plans.
"These plans can be tested at some time..."
Lu Xi held up his cheek and said, "System, what is the scope of assisting the patient's treatment? To what extent do I need to do for him? Will it affect my own mission?"
"I've already communicated with the higher-ups. I'll let you know the specific requirements. For now, you can use your own judgment and do what will help this cub."
"What about the mermaid? Just ignore him?"
"The patient has a higher priority." The system prompted, "If you can do both at the same time, that's fine."
Lu Xi: “…”
It seemed that she had really picked up a hot potato, but she was unlucky and there was nothing she could do.
A few days after the cub moved in, Lu Xi discovered that his appetite suddenly improved and he was not as timid as before, but he still didn't like to get close to people. But sometimes it seemed not to be the case. Lu Xi sometimes even wondered if he had a split personality?
Unfortunately, all the awakening methods provided in the USB flash drive failed, so I can only think of new ways.
"I'm going out for a while." Lu Xi planned to go out.
"Where are we going?" The merman planned to go with her.
"Yuanshi Real Estate, you stay at home."
She had forgotten to ask for Yuan Zhou's contact information, so she just went to get it and asked him some questions. She would be back soon.
The mermaid was reluctant, but seeing her expression that would not concede rejection, she did not continue to insist and give her a headache.
Lu Xi drove to Yuanshi Real Estate by herself. When she saw Yuan Zhou, she asked him some questions about the cubs, got his contact information for future contact, and then prepared to go back.
Just after getting in the car and driving for a while, she suddenly felt something and pulled the car over to the side of the parking space.
In the alley that blocked out the sun, shrill screams were heard, and a large pool of blood was spilled on the ground. The monster with a broken arm fled frantically, and its throat made heavy gasps like a leaking bellows, and blood was spilled all the way as it escaped.
The bloodstains along the way seemed like marks from hell, making it impossible for the hunter to lose track.
"Let me go, let me go, let..."
A retro dark purple robe, sharp black horns, and a long sword surrounded by lightning and dripping with blood.
One step, one step, one step...
Although he walked very slowly, each step could move him a long distance, like the deadly King of Hell.
"Tell me, what are you planning?" Half of the mask covered the man's face, so his appearance could not be seen clearly, but his identity was known just by the mask.
A burst of sword energy pierced the monster's hamstrings, and he fell to the ground, "I don't know, I don't know anything..."
"Say it or not."
"I don't know, I don't know..."
With cold eyes as if staring at an ant, the man had already walked behind the monster and swung his sword before the monster turned around.
"Then you go to hell."
"Swish--" a trail of blood splattered on the wall of the house. Fortunately, there was no one here, otherwise people would be scared to death.
But it wasn't that there weren't any people there originally, it was because of the deep purple spiritual barrier that isolated this part of the world, so humans couldn't get in, the surveillance was ineffective, and even these bloodstains...
As long as the spiritual barrier is removed, it will disappear, and humans will not be able to detect that a murder has just occurred here.
When Lu Xi came over, Zi Xi had just removed the spiritual barrier, and a large area of the sky was torn apart and melted. The corpses and large pools of blood on the ground also disappeared in an instant like melting snow.
The man noticed someone approaching, turned around, his eyes were slightly stunned, but quickly returned to normal.
"Zixi, long time no see."
Zixi looked at the person in front of him whom he hadn't seen for decades. If he hadn't heard some news about her, he might not have recognized her. After all, that human had died long ago. "Yeah."
"Just now... was it a poacher?"
Zixi stared at her and did not deny it.
Xiang Chenglin was also attacked in broad daylight. Poachers have become more and more rampant in recent years.
Lu Xi sighed and looked into his eyes. "Can you tell me how far the poachers have developed over the years? You know, they killed me, and the mermaids too..."
Zixi said nothing and turned to leave.
"Don't you want to tell me?" Lu Xi didn't force him. "But you can believe me. You said I'm not a traitor."
Perhaps this sentence touched Zixi's heart. Over the years, there were very few people he could trust.
Zixi turned around, his expression somewhat relaxed. "Their power has already taken root in the upper echelons of the Lu and Yuan clans. Although we've already caught some of them, it's not enough. Several times, our actions were known to them in advance."
"They've recently been using humans for experiments. Many have been abducted. Besides ordinary humans, there are also many medical students who have been forced to work for them."
Lu Xi's face looked unhappy. It turned out that they also captured humans for experiments. No wonder they targeted Xiang Chenglin.
It seems that the matter is very serious.
"Any clues as to where those humans are hiding?"
"Still investigating," he said.
"If you need my help, just ask."
These poachers are a major cancer of the demon race. Even if they are not dealt with now, they will hinder the mermaids in the future.
So Lu Xi also has the responsibility to clean up.
Zixi stared at the human in front of him. The frankness on her face was something he hadn't seen in a long time. There were very few people who truly wanted to help him like this. With his hands stained with blood, he was a fierce god in the eyes of many of his fellow tribesmen. Anyone who saw him would stay away from him.
When Lu Xi returned to the villa, she did not see the mermaid and the cub. The servant said that the mermaid went to the swimming pool.
She walked towards the swimming pool. Before she reached the edge of the pool, she saw a dreamy blue figure in the water. The mermaid in the water had long silver-blue hair like a waterfall, her ears were replaced by translucent fins, and her arms also had transparent fins.
The silver-blue fish tail glows faintly underwater, and each scale is more crystal clear than a diamond.
Lu Xi was stunned until the mermaid noticed her coming. He floated up and lay on the edge of the swimming pool, waiting for her to come over.
"Miss Lu Xi, do you want to swim?"
Lu Xi hasn't swum for a long time, and now it's the hottest summer, it would be a shame not to swim.
"Well, I'm going to change into my swimsuit."
Lu Xi's swimsuit is a tube top on the upper body and a short skirt on the lower body. It is quite conservative, and the light yellow color complements her skin tone very well.
She entered the water cautiously. She had never swam in her current body, but the last time she was dragged into the water by the mermaid made her realize that this body had a certain buoyancy, so swimming was effortless.
Sure enough, it floated up after being tapped gently.
But someone didn't let her relax. The mermaid jumped into the water and flapped her tail, splashing water on Lu Xi's head. The water droplets dripped down her hair, and her face was immediately covered with water.
"Ah, Sen, Te."
She didn't let the mermaid go either. She swam towards him, stretched out her arms and trapped him between her arms and the pool wall.
"Got you."
She looked at this handsome face and the water droplets on his eyelashes. For a moment, she was reluctant to splash water on his face. She wanted to pinch him hard to vent her anger, but looking at his skin as smooth as cream, she couldn't find a place to start.
Finally, twist it hard on the fish tail.
“Hmm…”
She didn't know if she was too forceful, but the mermaid's body trembled violently, and a blush crept up her cheeks and ears.
"Do you know you're wrong?"
The fish scales were obviously very hard, but after pinching them she felt her fingers were so tense that it was impossible for her to hurt him.
Is it that fish tails are more afraid of pain?
But she had bathed another personality before, and he didn't seem to feel any pain no matter how she tossed and turned. How was it different?
"Pinch...pinch me again." His voice was slightly broken as he gasped, "Last time, I dragged Miss Lu Xi into the water..."
It turned out that he still remembered that time. Not only did he drag her into the water, but he also strangled her and tried to kill her.
Lu Xi pinched it hard again.
“…Mmm…”
His head rested on her shoulder, his ears and cheeks were flushed, and his cold body was actually a little hot.
Lu Xi frowned. Could it be that pinching a fishtail really hurt so much? But before she could check on him, he hugged her and didn't let her look at him anymore.
"Ms. Lu Xi, have you forgiven me?"
Lu Xi sighed, "I forgave you a long time ago."
She thought this personality acted recklessly and had long forgotten the incident, but she didn't expect him to remember it. She patted his arm lightly to signal him to let her go, "Does it hurt? Let me see."
"It doesn't hurt..." He let go of her with an unstable breath, but didn't let her see his fish tail, and swam away in an instant.
The laughter and playfulness in the swimming pool fell into the eyes of a cub sitting in a wheelchair in a room on the second floor. His eyes were full of desire, but this trace of desire was quickly hidden by him.
Suddenly, a breath locked onto him, and the cub's whole body suddenly turned cold. He found that the mermaid's face was facing him.
But soon, the mermaid dived into the water.
The cub felt deprived of air, his face turned blue and he almost suffocated, and the white bottle in his hand rolled to the ground.
He turned his wheelchair and moved to the white bottle. He bent down to pick up the bottle and dusted it off with his hand.
He stared at the bottle for a long while, his clenched fingers turning slightly white. He unscrewed the lid, poured out a piece of white liquid and threw it into his mouth. His dry throat made it difficult to swallow the pill. The strong bitter taste exploded in his mouth. He couldn't help coughing and retching when he felt the pill squeezed into his throat and intestines, but he covered his mouth tightly to prevent himself from spitting it out. Tears of fear and despair overflowed from the corners of his eyes.
It’s okay, it’s okay…
As long as... he listens well...
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