The wicked old woman was overjoyed upon hearing this. She staggered closer to Qiao Si, dragging her iron chain, and didn't forget to tell her, "Come closer, I'm old and my legs aren't good, I can't go into the water."
Qiao Si knew, of course, that the vicious old woman couldn't reach her now, which was why the old woman brought the iron chains to find Qiao Si.
“Grandma is right, then I’ll go over there.” As Qiao Si spoke, she swam towards the wicked old woman by wagging her fishtail.
The old woman seized the opportunity, put the iron chain around Qiao Si's waist, and pulled out a sharp dagger. "Sisi, relax, it'll just be a piece of flesh, it won't hurt."
No sooner said than done.
Just a second before the sharp dagger slashed through her fishtail, Qiao Si immediately changed direction and swam sharply towards the center of the pool.
The old woman was already clinging tightly to the chain, and Qiao Si pulled her directly into the pool, where she was soaked to the bone with a splash.
Still the kind of drowned rat who can't swim.
The dagger in her hand had long since disappeared, and she struggled desperately, driven by instinct, trying to grab Qiao Si to save her.
But... how could Qiao Si possibly save him?
You intended to kill me, but I saved you. I don't have a ten-year-old brain thrombosis.
Very quickly, the old woman lost all strength to struggle, she began to lose consciousness, and sank to the bottom of the pool.
…
Wan Jiao watched Qiao Si's situation the whole time. That old woman had killed so many people; her crimes were unforgivable. It was too good for her to die like that.
"Qiao Si, pull her out."
Qiao Si was stunned when Wan Jiao said this.
“Host, didn’t you tell me to kill her? She’s not dead yet.”
The viewers in the live stream shared a surprisingly similar opinion to Qiao Si.
The comments were orderly and neat.
[Aren't you going to kill that old woman? Why? Streamer, you're somewhat deceiving my feelings.]
[I wholeheartedly agree that this kind of rotten old woman should just die and be left alone. Why did they have to bring her back up again?]
[Isn't it said that killing incurs karmic consequences? Could it be that the streamer doesn't want the mermaid girl to have the old woman's life on her hands?]
[Stop being so saintly, okay? Open your eyes and look closely. This young lady turned into a fish because of that old hag. She was heartless and deserved to die.]
[Host, host, we really want to hear your explanation]
Wan Jiao knew that in this situation, it wouldn't work for Qiao Si to pull the old woman out of the water without an explanation. After a moment of preparation, she said, word by word, "She carried the weight of over a hundred lives on her shoulders. Wouldn't it be a relief for her to die like this?"
"Only she knows where the remains of those more than one hundred children are. Handing her over to the relevant authorities is the only way to help the families of those children who lost their children..."
"..."
Wan Jiao said a lot.
The analysis is clear and understandable, taking into account legal principles, human emotions, public and private interests.
What is most touching is her last sentence.
She said, "Death is always the easiest thing, but living to atone for one's mistakes is not easy."
After Wan Jiao finished speaking, Qiao Si went down and rescued the old woman without saying a word.
Most viewers in the live stream agreed with Wan Jiao's statement, but some disagreed and started sending comments to question her.
[If it were an ordinary person, I would believe they would atone for their mistakes. But this old woman, with a heart full of evil, could she really think she was wrong?]
She felt no remorse, nor did she think she had done anything wrong. If she died, she could go to the underworld to be punished; living was like a vacation.
The streamer is just too kind, sigh...
Seeing that they had misunderstood, Wan Jiao continued, "The punishments we deserve while alive, the sins we must atone for, none of them can be omitted, and the same applies when we go to the underworld."
"I have contacted the relevant departments, and they will be there to arrest the person soon."
No sooner had Wan Jiao finished speaking than police sirens blared, undoubtedly heading to arrest the old woman.
Qiao Si breathed a sigh of relief, but soon the confusion on her face deepened. "Host, what about me? Will I ever be able to become a human again?"
The mermaid wants to become human?
How could that be?
Wan Jiao shook her head. "I can let you live like a human being."
The meaning couldn't be clearer.
Qiao Si blinked and murmured bitterly, "So, I can't become human anymore."
Since ancient times, there has been a saying: "Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts."
Qiao Si's fear, worry, and dread are all very reasonable.
Wan Jiao stared at her face for a while and said, "I've calculated it for you. You will meet a good man and have two children in your life."
[A mermaid marries a human and has two children? Is this definitely a live broadcast and not a TV drama?]
[Even romance novels featuring cross-species relationships wouldn't dare write something like this. Streamer, are you sure you didn't slip up?]
【Haha~ I'm curious whether the child born from a mermaid and a human will be human or fish】
Joss: "I'm a mermaid, can I have children with someone?"
Wan Jiao nodded. "I told you, I'll let you live like a human being."
Upon receiving a positive response, Qiao Si was moved to tears.
The sight of pearls falling one by one is incredibly luxurious.
Netizens were stunned and made some surprising comments.
The pearls formed from the mermaid's tears are even more beautiful than the ones I saw in the store; I really want to own them!
【Don't cry, miss. I've come up with a way for you to make money. You can definitely become rich and live a comfortable life by selling pearls】
[Legend has it that mermaid scales also possess special abilities; young lady, you're going to be rich!]
[...]
Seeing these comments, Wan Jiao was genuinely quite frightened.
People die for wealth, birds die for food.
If someone were to pay a high price for the pearls formed from Qiao Si's tears, her scales, or other items on her body, would she still have a chance to survive?
Like the rhinoceros, pangolin, and Yangtze alligator, which are already on the verge of extinction... Yes, the purer the good of humankind, the darker the evil.
"Qiao Si is a citizen of our Sheng Kingdom. She is protected by the laws of our Sheng Kingdom, just like all of us." As she spoke, Wan Jiao asked Qiao Si earnestly, "From now on, you can live like a human, no longer possessing any of the special abilities of a mermaid. Are you willing?"
Of course, Qiao Si was willing.
She felt a chill run down her spine when she saw the comments, and now that Wan Jiao was asking her this, she was really getting impatient.
"I do, I'm very, very willing."
Wan Jiao no longer desired ascension, so naturally she didn't need merit or power.
Now, fortune telling via livestream can be a legitimate way to make money.
It smells so good!
When Qiao Si was about to donate money to the Sheng Guo Charity Federation, Wan Jiao stopped her and publicly announced to the viewers in the live stream: "Starting today, the method of collecting divination fees will be changed to QR code payment."
At the same time, she sent Qiao Si a payment code, "1000 yuan per divination, thank you."
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