Chapter 55 Part 2
Shi Xuan thought of Wu Heng, a faint smile appearing on his lips. He knew Wu Heng rarely visited during school days, the last time was the weekend before, attending that symposium, it had been several days.
He looked at the well, perhaps it was alright for Wu Heng to come during the week.
He then looked away, not replying to his father and the practitioner, and went inside.
Mr. Shi, watching his retreating figure, said to the practitioner, “Master, choose an auspicious date to fill this well.”
Wu Heng, having climbed out of Li Hao’s well, looking at the empty surroundings, no towel for his hair, sighed. Missing his friend again.
Li Hao and the others were at their rented apartment, not at home.
Entering, Wu Heng saw Chen Zhao, sitting cross-legged, watching a sports game while eating fruit, completely at ease.
The Li family’s house was practically his home now.
“Doctor Wu, what brings you here?”
Wu Heng placed the two backpacks in front of him. “Your share.”
Chen Zhao, stunned, opened the backpacks and poured the contents onto the floor, stacks of cash, a mountain of red.
He had seen the two hundred thousand Xu Qian brought, this was clearly much more! Probably three hundred thousand!
The impact of physical cash was far greater than a bank transfer, his eyes gleaming.
“All this is for me?” Chen Zhao couldn’t believe it, he had just stolen some money from the Yin messenger, hadn’t even treated Professor Zhao, and he got this much?
He hadn’t even earned a fraction of this in all his years working for the Xuanmen!
Wu Heng said, “There will be more patients from Beijing soon, don’t return to the Xuanmen yet, you can help.”
Chen Zhao had no intention of returning to that wretched place, his hands trembling as he picked up the money. He had never seen so much cash in his life.
Tears welled up in his eyes as he asked fervently, “Doctor Wu, if you’re not accepting disciples, are you considering taking on a godson? I don’t mind the seniority.”
Wu Heng: “…”
Another one wanting to be his son?
Arriving at the medical university, Su Chenyu felt everyone staring, whispering about the scales on his back.
He was unlucky. It was PE class today.
They gathered by the indoor heated pool. Su Chenyu, unusually, didn’t show off his abs, instead wearing a low-key black full-body swimsuit.
They did their warm-up exercises as instructed.
Su Chenyu, noticing everyone staring, turned to Fan Xuan. “Film me later when I’m in the water, make sure I look good, I’ll post it online.”
Fan Xuan took the phone and couldn’t help but remark, “You and my sister are the same, so image-conscious.”
Su Chenyu jumped into the water and swam smoothly, like a fish, the students by the poolside whispering,
“Holy crap, he needed a floatie last time, and now he can swim!”
“He’s so fast! Fastest in our class!”
“Look at his arms, he has those little red bumps too, are those going to turn into scales?”
The PE teacher, watching intently, an idea forming in his mind as he looked at his stopwatch, “Su Chenyu, can you swim a hundred meters? How about a timed trial?”
Su Chenyu, resting by the pool, noticing his classmates’ envious gazes, was secretly pleased.
Among all of Wu Heng’s patients, everyone suffered misfortune, he seemed to be the lucky one, his condition not affecting his life negatively.
“Sure.” Su Chenyu asked Fan Xuan to live stream it. Having overcome his initial fear, he wouldn’t back down now like he did with Wu Heng.
The PE teacher, who had connections with coaches from the Beijing Sports Bureau, immediately invited them to the live stream.
Under the watchful eyes of countless viewers, Su Chenyu started his 100-meter freestyle!
Like a fish in water, he swam with incredible speed, the water splashing.
Coach Wang from the national swimming team had heard about a promising swimmer at the medical university but hadn’t paid much attention.
He was a university student, not exactly young anymore.
But as soon as he entered the live stream, Coach Wang straightened up in his chair, his gaze fixed on the screen.
“How is he so fast?”
A hundred meters, just one lap.
The PE teacher, looking at his stopwatch, exclaimed in disbelief, “34.25 seconds? Is my stopwatch broken?”
Coach Wang, hearing this, jumped up. “What?! How many seconds?!”
[Who came here after watching Chen Yu’s live stream with Doctor Wu and the fish scales incident last night?]
[34.25 seconds? Impossible! The current world record is 55.28 seconds! Even with improvements, it can’t be a 21-second difference!]
[Wuwuwu, Doctor Wu said he would be able to swim after entering the water last night, so that’s what he meant!]
[A landlubber breaking the world record? I wouldn’t even dream of this!]
The PE teacher immediately said, “I’ll get two more stopwatches!”
They’d rather believe the stopwatch was broken than accept such a result.
The students used the stopwatches on their phones.
Su Chenyu, enjoying the spotlight, jumped back into the water, not freestyle this time, but butterfly!
Fifty meters. The PE teacher looked at his stopwatch and screamed, “Oh my god, 15.33 seconds!”
The current world record for the men’s 50-meter butterfly was 21.75 seconds!
In competitive swimming, victories were measured in milliseconds, not seconds!
The students stared at him like he was a swimming prodigy.
From landlubber to swimming champion, in just one night!
Coach Wang slammed the table excitedly, “This talent, our national team needs him!”
[National Swimming Team (verified): Streamer, let’s talk, today! We’re coming to your university!]
With the appearance of the official National Swimming Team account, Su Chenyu’s live stream exploded.
[A university swimming pool, two world records broken! The national team is here!]
[Is Chen Yu going to be recruited?! Will we see him at the Olympics?]
[? I just blinked, and he finished?]
[Can’t even imagine. If Su Chenyu goes to the Olympics, other countries will despair, they can’t even keep up!]
[Even doping wouldn’t make you this fast!]
Su Chenyu, leaning against the pool’s edge, not even out of breath, said with a smile to the almost ecstatic PE teacher, “Just a demonstration, I wasn’t even trying my best.”
Competing in the Olympics?
Su Chenyu hadn’t even dared to dream of it before yesterday, and now the national team was recruiting him!
Competing on the world stage, winning glory for his country, so many fans…
Among all of Wu Heng’s patients, he seemed to be the only one who benefited. If this was an illness, he didn’t even want to be cured!
Wu Heng was watching Su Chenyu’s live stream, even he found his bragging a bit much.
Impressive.
The PE teacher almost jumped up and down. And that wasn’t even his best?!
Just as he was about to tell Su Chenyu to come out of the water, everyone saw pale red scales emerging from the small red spots on his arms.
Su Chenyu felt a little anxious but kept his expression calm. “It’s nothing, I’ll just wash with ginger water later.”
It didn’t matter if it was an illness that made him swim like a fish, he wasn’t doping.
Fan Xuan’s eyes widened, pointing at Su Chenyu’s back, “Chenyu, your back!”
Su Chenyu felt a tightness around his neck, then heard the sound of fabric ripping.
The upper half of his swimsuit was torn apart.
Su Chenyu quickly covered his chest, his face burning as he asked Fan Xuan anxiously, “What? What’s wrong? More scales?!”
Fan Xuan stared, his voice filled with horror. “You… you have… fins!”
Su Chenyu’s mind went blank. “?”
What?
Fins?
[Holy crap, not just scales, but also fins? Is he possessed by a fish demon?!]
[This bro shouldn’t have disconnected from the live stream so quickly, his condition is worsening!]
[But he broke the world record, that’s not bad!]
[Wu Heng is in the live stream! I just saw Chengde Medical Clinic enter, Doctor Wu, say something!]
Su Chenyu quickly climbed out of the pool, taking a phone from a female classmate, a photo of his back displayed on the screen.
A small fin had emerged amongst the densely packed scales.
Su Chenyu was in a daze, was he human, or fish?
He looked at the faces around him, a mixture of excitement and concern, and licked his lips.
Even if this was a good thing, he needed to know the cause, to reassure himself.
Seeing that Wu Heng was not only online, but also lurking in his live stream, he nervously sent a connection request, which was quickly accepted.
Su Chenyu said anxiously, “Doctor Wu, I accidentally disconnected last night, can you take a look? Not just scales, but also fins now!”
Wu Heng glanced at him, then continued his diagnosis from last night, “If this continues, you’ll become a mermaid.”
A mermaid?
[Holy crap, a mermaid?! Don’t those only exist in fairy tales?]
[I loved reading fairy tales as a child, mermaids are so beautiful.]
[I read in novels that mermaids are powerful and stunning! Su Chenyu, this is a blessing in disguise!]
[The world’s first merman, discovered in China! Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas, a collection of ancient Chinese myths) is real!]
Su Chenyu, mentally preparing himself for some terrible disease, was told he would just become a mermaid, the first case in the world.
He couldn’t help but feel excited, “So I’ll be a mermaid prince from a fairy tale?”
Fans from all over the world would adore him then!
Forget about Denmark, the little mermaid’s home, come to China and see him, the real mermaid prince!
Ordinary people might worry about becoming a spectacle, but with his family’s influence, that wouldn’t happen to him.
He didn’t even want to be cured!
Su Chenyu asked excitedly, “I’ll really become a merman soon? But why are the scales and fins on my back, stomach, and arms? Shouldn’t they be on my legs?”
Wu Heng looked at him, puzzled, “Why are you so happy? Can you accept having a fish head and a human body?”
Su Chenyu’s smile froze. Wait, what kind of head?!
