Chapter 527: Carnivorous Mermaid vs. Sickly Merchant (19)
Bedroom on the second floor of the main courtyard.
Lu Cha followed Yu Ming and pushed the door open, and saw the man lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his face pale, and he looked like he was on his last legs.
It shouldn't be.
The little villain was clearly still alive and kicking yesterday.
Could it be that I took too much mermaid blood?
As if seeing through Lu Cha's doubts, Yu Ming sighed and explained, "Maybe he walked too long yesterday, so he fell ill in the early hours of this morning."
"The doctor said that Mr.'s condition is getting worse. If he doesn't wake up this time, I'm afraid..."
Yu Ming's voice choked, as if he couldn't accept the fact that Yu Chen would die. He paused for a few seconds before speaking:
"I heard that mermaid scales are useful as medicine. Miss Lan, can you save the gentleman?"
Seeing Yu Ming bring up the topic of fish scales, Lu Cha's eyes flickered slightly, and he pretended to be hesitant as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
I wanted to test whether Yu Chen was pretending, but suddenly I caught a glimpse of the man's hand at his side, and his fingertips moved almost imperceptibly.
Perhaps because he noticed someone sitting down, Yu Chen reflexively wanted to avoid it.
Tsk.
Can a person in a coma still feel anything?
The little villain is a fox - very cunning!
Lu Cha glanced meaningfully at Yu Chen, who was pretending to be unconscious. But when he turned to look at Yu Ming, his eyes became firm, as if he had made some kind of decision:
“How many scales do you need?”
Yu Ming was stunned by the question.
Oops! The gentleman didn't tell him the quantity!
Yu Ming replied ambiguously: "The more the better."
"After all, the gentleman's condition is very serious. What if there is not enough and his treatment is delayed?"
"Like this—"
Hearing the girl's drawn-out tone, Yu Ming couldn't help but get nervous, thinking she had discovered something, but Lu Cha stood up:
"I'm going to use the bathroom here."
How can I waste the opportunity to gain favor?
A calculating look flashed in Lucha's eyes as he walked into the bathroom and closed the door.
After a burst of splashing water, the room fell into silence.
Time passes by every second.
Yu Chen, who had been calculating the time in his mind, slowly opened his eyes and frowned slightly.
The little mermaid has been in there for almost half an hour, why hasn’t she come out yet?
He wanted to find out the location of the mermaid tribe before dissecting the mermaid, so he did not use force. Instead, he chose to get sick and pretend to be seriously ill in order to get the fish scales.
In order to maintain this morbid state, he waited until his heart hurt for a while before taking medicine to relieve it.
Yu Chen gave Yu Ming a look, indicating that he should go check on Lu Cha.
Yu Ming nodded and walked towards the bathroom.
The door was not locked. Yu Ming pushed it lightly and a gap appeared.
When Yu Ming saw the blood floating in the bathtub, which was almost dyeing the water red, his eyes widened in shock and he pushed the door open completely.
I saw the little mermaid sitting on the edge of the bathtub, her head against the wall behind her, and the sweat from her forehead flowed down her pale little face.
As if she was afraid of making a noise and disturbing the unconscious person outside, she was holding a rolled-up towel tightly in her mouth.
The hand on the fish's tail was peeling off a scale vigorously.
In the little mermaid's other hand, she was tremblingly holding countless golden fish scales.
As the scales fell off, the little mermaid's body twitched violently. Perhaps it was too painful, and even the color of the tail hanging on the edge of the bathtub became lighter.
Yu Ming turned his head away reluctantly, and suddenly caught a glimpse of black from the corner of his eye.
Yu Chen came over at some point and walked into the bathroom with a light cough.
The smell of blood filled the air, rich and bitter.
Yu Chen stared at the weak little mermaid quietly, no emotion visible in his dark eyes.
But when the little mermaid saw him, a hint of joy appeared in her misty eyes: "You are awake..."
"Look, are these enough?"
The little mermaid held up the blood-stained scales in her hand and said to Yu Chen: "If it's not enough, I have more."
"As long as you are safe..."
The little mermaid smiled innocently, her clear and pure pupils reflected the light behind Yu Chen, and also reflected his clear reflection.
It was as if Yu Chen was the center of her entire world.
Yu Chen's heart suddenly beat rapidly, and the fish scales in his hand felt wet and hot.
He knew the naive little mermaid would be fooled, but when he actually saw this scene...
Yu Chen felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation in his chest.
Why, be so stupid?
[Ding—Villain Favorability +5.]
"I'll let Yu Ming take you back to recuperate."
"These scales are enough."
Hearing this, the little mermaid leaned against the wall as if relieved, and hummed weakly, as if she could no longer hold on, and the smile on her lips disappeared.
Not long after, Yu Ming brought the water tank and, together with the servants, returned Lu Cha to the pool in the backyard.
When Yu Ming returned to the bedroom, he saw Yu Chen, who always liked to keep things clean and tidy, still holding the bloody scale, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window not far away, looking at the backyard.
Yu Ming placed the cup he brought back on the small round table next to Yu Chen:
"Sir, this is the mermaid blood Miss Lan gave you. She said you should take it every day to get better. If you don't have enough scales, tell her."
Yu Ming paused for a moment, then boldly replied, "Sir, can't we let Miss Lan go?"
"There are many mermaid royal families. We can use them to replace Miss Lan."
"She peeled off so many scales with her own hands to save you. She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak. Yet she still thought about giving you mermaid blood."
Yu Ming used to be Yu Chen's experimental assistant, so he naturally knew how painful it was for mermaids to peel off their scales.
Yu Chen did not answer, but just looked through the floor-to-ceiling window at the weak little mermaid, who sank exhausted to the bottom of the pool.
The restlessness in my heart grew deeper and deeper.
a long time.
Yu Chen handed the scales in his hand to Yu Ming: "Send it to the research institute."
"Don't say those words again in the future."
Affect his judgment.
He shouldn't have and doesn't deserve such pure feelings.
The little mermaid is just a perfect commodity for him.
Yu Chen picked up the paper cup and drank the mermaid's blood.
The exotic fragrance that used to spread has been replaced by bitterness today.
The pair of hands that tried hard to remain calm finally trembled slightly.
[Ding—Villain’s favorability +10, darkening value -5.]
at the same time.
The bottom of the backyard pool.
Lu Cha, curled up in the corner surrounded by sea water, spit out bubbles boredly, not looking uncomfortable at all.
Before peeling the scales, she asked the system for magical power to block the pain.
After calculating the favorability value, Lu Cha was not satisfied.
That’s it?
She has been acting for so long, and this is the only raise she gets for playing a minor villain?
Watching its host begin to mobilize its demonic power to form an array, the system boldly guessed: [Are you going to make the villain's soul scatter?]
"No." Lu Cha smiled sinisterly.
"How can I be the only one who experiences the pain of having scales peeled off?"
The little villain must be made a fish again!
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late at night.
An oppressive silence enveloped the old house.
Yu Chen, who had already fallen asleep, did not notice that strands of silver light like silk threads were crisscrossing above him and gradually covering his body.
Yu Chen moved as if he sensed something, and then fell into the dream woven by Lu Cha.
Yu Chen found that the bed he was lying on had become unusually hard and cold, and he opened his eyes in confusion to check.
An inky fish tail came into his sight.
He was lying in a one-meter-high water tank, surrounded by fog and unable to see the environment clearly.
Yu Chen was rarely stunned.
Is this his dream?
How could he dream of turning into a mermaid? !
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