The Little Mermaid Fell for the Jiaoren 71

Chapter 71: Little Cake

Deng Xi was brought back to the lounge.

By the time they arrived, the mechanical food cart had already automatically placed the prepared food on the table.

It was a small, strawberry-flavored cake. The cream was sweet, and the large strawberries were sprinkled with powdered sugar. Besides the cool fruit in the filling, there were also crispy, thin, sweet wafer biscuits.

With one bite, his blue eyes curved in comfort.

Bunny, who was on the side, also got a cake. He consciously held the cake and sat on the carpet in the toy area in the corner, very considerately not disturbing the big brothers’ world of two.

Deng Xi took a bite and only then realized that there were only these two small cakes in the food cart, and none for the little mute.

He clumsily speared a strawberry with his fork. He thought for a moment, then ate it himself and got a new fork.

He still remembered that in the human world, only mates could intimately use the same utensils to eat together. Even if their mouths didn’t touch, it was still considered an intimate kiss.

Deng Xi speared a new strawberry with his fork and held it to the little mute’s mouth. “Little Mute, you eat too.”

Because he was still very clumsy with the fork, the little merman’s pink, tender lips were dotted with a bit of powdered sugar, and a little bit of cream that hadn’t been eaten remained at the corner of his mouth.

Like a little greedy cat who had stolen a snack.

Si Jisheng paused for a moment. As he bit down, he leaned over and pulled out a piece of paper, wiping away the glaring bit of cream from the corner of Deng Xi’s lips.

The cool juice of the strawberry burst on his taste buds. It was slightly sweet, and he could taste a hint of sourness from it not being completely ripe. Si Jisheng didn’t take many bites and swallowed it with an unchanged expression. Only from the movement of his Adam’s apple could one see a bit of hasty swallowing.

While Deng Xi was still in a daze, a new paper napkin was stuffed into his palm.

“Wipe it yourself.”

His tone was a bit cold, but his speech was faster than before.

Deng Xi subconsciously pursed his lips, licking in a bit of powdered sugar, then obediently wiped it off himself with the napkin.

When he tried to feed the little mute again, he was pushed back. Deng Xi had no choice but to finish the entire small cake by himself, with the little mute accompanying him.

Only then did Si Jisheng get up and instruct, “I’ll be back soon. I have some things to deal with.”

Deng Xi nodded his head.

The secretary-general was waiting outside the lounge. The moment the Marshal came out, he immediately went up to him and said in a low voice, “It’s all taken care of. The person has been brought over.”

Si Jisheng nodded. “Take me there.”

The secretary-general led the way in front. They did not go far from the lounge. After turning a corner, in a place that Deng Xi could not see, a female doctor in a white coat was waiting.

Dr. Zhang’s face was pale, and large beads of cold sweat rolled down her forehead. She had never thought that she would one day be able to set foot on the top floor of the military and political building and talk to the Marshal face to face.

In this manner of being called to account.

Was the relationship between that youth and the Marshal really that good? Just for a video, the Marshal would actually come to deal with it personally?! Dr. Zhang’s lips trembled, and she braced herself to respectfully call out, “Marshal.”

Si Jisheng said in a cold voice, “I’ll give you one minute.”

Dr. Zhang’s ears buzzed. She instantly reacted and explained quickly, “I admit that I was the one who filmed that video, but Marshal, I absolutely had no intention of releasing it.” She swallowed. “I just wanted to let those alien children hear it when they go berserk in the future!”

The cold gaze was so powerful it was terrifying, making one feel as if they had nowhere to hide. “Is that so?”

Dr. Zhang dared not conceal anything. “Please believe me. I just thought it was very magical and wanted to record it to study what was going on. But I wasn’t the one who posted that video!” She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and finally said, “The public account that posted the video is run by my relative. She saw it by chance and saved it.”

She thought of something, as if grabbing at the last straw. “I asked Deng Xi before, and he agreed.”

When Dr. Zhang had told her cousin about Deng Xi’s attitude, she had felt that it was inappropriate. The two had argued for a while, and in the end, she had chosen to compromise.

Si Jisheng was very clear that even if Deng Xi had agreed at that time, he probably hadn’t understood the meaning of the other party’s words at all. He gave the secretary-general a look.

The secretary-general immediately took a step forward and said with a smile, “Miss Zhang, you are very honest.” If they hadn’t investigated clearly, this questioning would not have started at all.

He continued, “Congratulations. The reason for your dismissal will be changed from lack of professional ethics to the expiration of your contract, a natural resignation.”

Dr. Zhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

If she were to be dismissed by this national-level treatment center, then the entire industry would not accept her resume. The benefits of the military’s treatment center were very high, but losing this job was better than being blacklisted by the industry.

The secretary-general smiled and reminded her, “Miss Zhang, you’d better advise your relative to change her job in the future.”

The breath that Dr. Zhang had just let out was drawn in again. In the end, she resignedly followed the secretary-general’s arrangement and went to the director of the treatment center to go through the resignation procedures.

After she had turned and left, the secretary-general continued to ask, “Marshal, how do you want to deal with this in the future? Do you want to announce your lover’s identity?”

Si Jisheng paused for a moment, then vetoed it. “The direction of public opinion is secondary. The most important thing is to have people keep an eye on the research institute and the Council of Elders to see if they make any moves.”

The secretary-general immediately agreed, turned, and left, preparing to carry it out.

Si Jisheng returned to the lounge.

Deng Xi was not sitting obediently on the sofa waiting for him to come back. Instead, he had run to the lounge area in the corner and was sitting cross-legged on the carpet with Bunny, looking at the comm.

The interface of the blue screen was the video that had been recorded.

“Big brother, look, no one is saying bad things about you anymore!” Bunny said excitedly, and he clicked on the comments under the video.

He had finally found that video on the big brother’s comm with great difficulty.

Bunny was young, but he was not insensible. He knew that no matter who it was, they would be sad to see others say bad things about them.

“Really?” Deng Xi looked over curiously and widened his eyes in surprise. “They’re really gone!”

The comments that said his gills were not pretty and that the merman’s language was useless were all gone. Even the other comments that said bad things about him were nowhere to be seen.

The comments were all praises.

“The little raccoon is lying there, motionless. Both babies are so well-behaved and cute! Let auntie give you a hug!”

“Help, I was hit by his beauty the moment I opened the star network. Three minutes, I want all the information on my new wife!”

“My ears are pregnant. As a linguist, this language sounds really beautiful. It’s more comfortable to listen to than any other language in the world. Who understands, the feeling of stepping on a blue sky and white clouds.”

“Move aside, wife, hug me too! prprprpr—”

Deng Xi blinked his clueless eyes.

He still didn’t understand some of the words, but he could vaguely sense that the two unfamiliar interstellar words “wife” seemed to be what they were calling him.

He tilted his head, not quite understanding.

What did this word mean, and how was it pronounced?

He continued to read.

“He looks so familiar. Wait, I think I know who this person is…”

“Keywords, Marshal, star pirates, ten billion, Jiaoren species.”

“Insider information, this person is not a Jiaoren at all, and his relationship with the Marshal is not shallow. Save the video quickly, otherwise it will be completely deleted from the entire network just like last time.”

“It’s been almost a day, why hasn’t it been deleted yet?”

“If you don’t delete it, I’ll post the screenshots I took at that time [photo] [photo]”

“So beautiful, this tail. What’s wrong with aliens? I’m willing to be my wife’s dog, pant, pant!”

“I was at that auction. I also saved the recording

”

Just as Deng Xi was about to click in to see, the comm suddenly went dark. Si Jisheng withdrew the hand that had turned off the blue screen, and his voice was deep. “We’re going home.”

If Bunny had ears, they would have all perked up by now. He automatically moved away from the big brother’s very fierce good friend and quickly waved his hand. “Goodbye, big brother. My mom will be here to pick me up in a bit.”

Deng Xi held the little mute’s hand, climbed up from the carpet with delight, and also waved his hand. “See you tomorrow!”

We’re going home!

Deng Xi did not ride the flying chair and chose to walk home by himself. Si Jisheng activated the flying chair’s automatic follow mode, and the mechanical finger, whose tactile nervous system was still turned off, held Deng Xi’s hand.

Deng Xi had been in the human world for a long time and had also learned some bad habits, such as playing with his comm while walking.

The blue screen was fixed in the air in front of his eyes.

But the moment he opened it, it was turned off. The mechanical finger that was holding his hand tightened slightly as a warning. “Watch the road.”

The “rehabilitation” process of Deng Xi’s legs had not yet completely ended. With just a slight trip, he would definitely fall.

Deng Xi had no comm to play with and was restlessly looking left and right. The clouds outside the French windows were very beautiful. Because the building was too high, almost no flocks of birds flew by.

But at dusk, the evening glow in the sky and the white clouds under his feet gave Deng Xi the illusion of being in the air. He stepped on the white clouds under the transparent passage, sometimes jumping, sometimes hopping.

Finally, he turned around and, while holding the little mute’s hand, walked backwards. They walked very, very slowly. The glow of the sunset outside the French windows shone on Deng Xi’s body. His golden hair was gently blown by the wind, and his blue eyes reflected the little mute, who was also illuminated by the glow.

The dim yellow light seemed to have softened the cold hardness of the military uniform.

Deng Xi’s eyelids curved slightly, and he suddenly said very seriously, “It was Little Mute who did it, right?” He proudly raised his head to look at him. “I guessed it all.”

Super amazing.

The bad things they said about him must have been made to disappear by the little mute.

Si Jisheng had laid all the pros and cons bare before Deng Xi, with an attitude of “if you make a choice, you have to bear it yourself.” But he was also the one who had forcefully deleted all the insulting language. In the end, he had said nothing and had not told Deng Xi what he had done.

A silent protection forever.

But there was no need for the little mute to say it. Deng Xi could also guess, because its presence was too strong to be ignored.

Deng Xi’s backward steps suddenly tripped on the next glass walkway. As his blue eyes widened, he instantly fell backwards.

The next second, he was caught in time by a long arm.

Because of the inertia, the tip of his nose hit a hard chest. Deng Xi’s eyes stung, and he almost shed tears. He covered his extremely painful nose and said vaguely, “It hurts.”

Si Jisheng skipped Deng Xi’s question, frowned, and said softly, “I told you to watch the road.”

Deng Xi was a little scared. He lowered his hand, stood on his tiptoes, and raised his head to let the little mute look. “Is it bleeding? It hurts so much.”

“It’s not bleeding, and the skin is not broken.”

On the contrary, a faint red blush had been knocked out. Because it was too painful, his lips were still slightly parted, and he was hissing and letting out small breaths.

They were too close. Deng Xi’s posture, rather than letting someone look at his injury, was more like asking for a kiss.

Si Jisheng raised his hand slightly, then paused in mid-air. “We’ll apply medicine when we get back.” He suddenly asked, “Do you still want to play with your comm?”

Deng Xi didn’t understand why the little mute was asking this. He endured the pain and honestly nodded his head.

The next second, Deng Xi was suddenly lifted into the air. Before he could react, his limbs subconsciously wrapped around the man’s shoulder and neck. The mechanical finger that was pressed on his lower back was so forceful that it hurt Deng Xi a little.

Deng Xi patted the mechanical finger on his waist and complained pitifully, “Little Mute is hurting me.”

The shutdown of the tactile system made Si Jisheng stunned for a moment before he embarrassedly loosened his grip.

Deng Xi was lying on his shoulder and had opened his comm. The blue screen was still on the previous interface. He glanced at it a few times and curiously wanted to ask what those two words meant. “Little Mute—”

Before he could finish, the unclosed voice system automatically activated and, according to the previously set program, dialed a shortcut communication.

The answering interface flashed before Deng Xi’s eyes.

He suddenly widened his eyes, and a similarly familiar scene flashed through his mind. Deng Xi muttered to himself, “I remember who that person is.”

Si Jisheng’s steps paused for a moment. “Mmm?”

Deng Xi said anxiously, “It’s that person, the person in black.”

The human who had communicated with him in the ocean.