After Becoming a Merman, I Became a Heartthrob 40

Chapter 40: Sheng Sheng’s Annoyance

Sheng Sheng carried Chi Xiasheng all the way to the underground garage and then ordered the driver to go to the hospital.

Not long after they left, Wen Shu and Wen Nian followed Chi Xiasheng’s agent to the backstage.

Li Ge explained the general layout of the backstage to them. “That’s the rest area. Many artists have their own separate rest rooms. This show has a limited budget, so only the director and Pei Zhixuan have one…”

“Mom, let’s go find Brother Pei and make him wear this support headband!”

Wen Nian held up the headband excitedly. He had to make Pei Zhixuan experience the same embarrassment he had!

Wen Shu had also planned to find Pei Zhixuan, so she nodded slightly.

Li Ge, on the side, had a “black man question mark” expression on his face, wondering if these two knew Pei Zhixuan. But even if they did, he wouldn’t possibly wear Chi Xiasheng’s support headband! Pei Zhixuan was a top-tier celebrity in the industry. He probably didn’t even remember who Chi Xiasheng was.

Xu Bin, who had come along, also rubbed his head with a headache. But he was just Wen Shu’s pursuer and couldn’t say much, so he could only follow them into the rest room.

Pei Zhixuan was discussing the termination of his contract with the show with his agent. Halfway through, the door was pushed open.

“Brother Pei!!”

Wen Nian, like a little lightning bolt, shot towards Pei Zhixuan.

The others only saw a black shadow rush into the room. When they came to their senses, they found that Pei Zhixuan had a headband with three small round signs on his head, and a handsome red-haired boy was standing next to him.

Pei Zhixuan smiled and touched the thing on his head, then took it off helplessly.

“Niannian, why are you guys here?”

Pei Zhixuan’s tone was also tinged with surprise. He quickly got up and welcomed Wen Shu in.

“Mother.”

Wen Shu nodded and sat down gracefully, taking the teacup Pei Zhixuan handed her.

“Mother?!!”

Xu Bin and the agent on the side both let out a confused sound, their gazes darting back and forth between Wen Shu and Pei Zhixuan, so stunned they didn’t know what to say.

“Zhixuan? You… you two… are mother and son?!”

Pei Zhixuan’s agent was a slightly plump woman. Her glasses fell off in shock. She quickly pushed them back up to get a clear look at the woman in front of her.

Wen Shu was wearing a lavender trench coat today, with a light-colored silk scarf tied around her slender, white neck. She was like an elegantly blooming flower, beautiful, gentle, and noble.

But! No matter how you looked at her, she didn’t look like she was in her forties or fifties!!

Pei Zhixuan was already twenty-six this year! How could he have a mother who was under thirty?

Xu Bin also trembled in surprise, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. “Wen… Wen Shu, you and Pei Zhixuan, are mother and son?”

Then how old are you!

When Xu Bin had been pursuing Wen Shu, he knew she had a son, Wen Nian, but he didn’t care too much. Wen Nian looked young and asked a lot of strange questions, looking at most fifteen or sixteen.

Xu Bin had just thought that Wen Nian was a mistake from Wen Shu’s youth and had felt sorry for her, not caring too much about her age.

But now, if Pei Zhixuan was also her son, then Wen Shu would have to be in her forties!

Faced with everyone’s confusion, Wen Shu just took a sip of tea and smiled, waving her hand at them. “Sit down, all of you. What’s there to be so surprised about? I’ve lived for so many years, isn’t it normal to have a son?”

The others were silent, thinking to themselves, This is not normal at all!

Pei Zhixuan had to explain, “I was adopted by Mother.”

Since it was their family matter, the others just nodded in silence, tacitly not asking any more questions.

Only Xu Bin was still a little dazed, thinking that if he really got together with Wen Shu, wouldn’t he become Pei Zhixuan’s father?! He was only a few years older than him, but he would be a generation higher. It was too ridiculous.

Pei Zhixuan’s attitude towards Wen Shu was always respectful. Seeing that it was getting dark, he asked her if she wanted to go for dinner first.

Before Wen Shu could speak, Wen Nian raised his hand eagerly. “Yes, yes, let’s go together! Let’s call Xiaxia too!”

Only then did Wen Shu clap her hands. “That’s right. It’s a good time for you three brothers to meet. Xiaxia is my newly-adopted godson. Little Xuan, you have to take on the responsibility of being the older brother in the future.”

The others, hearing Wen Shu casually mention another son, silently lowered their heads, not feeling surprised at all.

This family’s relationship was really strange no matter how you looked at it.

Pei Zhixuan had already seen that Chi Xiasheng was a merman when he was on stage, but he was a little surprised that he knew Wen Shu.

He had been away from the bottom of the sea for more than ten years. He had originally thought that seeing another merman on land was amazing enough, but he never expected that they would have this kind of relationship.

But Pei Zhixuan also suppressed his curiosity. After all, there were many people in the room, and it was not good to ask too much.

Seeing this, Pei Zhixuan’s agent and Xu Bin also stood up and left first.

But Li Ge was Chi Xiasheng’s agent and also had work arrangements to discuss with him, so he followed them to the dressing room to find him.

On the way, Wen Shu kept asking Li Ge if Chi Xiasheng was busy with work, if he was tired, and if he needed a fish stew to replenish his energy.

Li Ge looked at the young and beautiful Wen Shu, his mind still a little dazed.

How did Chi Xiasheng come back from jumping into the sea and also get a godmother?

Is he really planning to completely sever all ties with the Su family, even abandoning his blood relationship?

Li Ge felt that since Chi Xiasheng had returned, the mysteries surrounding him were increasing, making him really hard to figure out.

Pushing open the dressing room door, Li Ge looked at the empty room and let out a puzzled “eh.”

“Xiaosheng told me before that he was going to sit in the dressing room for a while. Why is no one in the room?”

The moment Li Ge pushed open the door, Wen Shu felt two faint auras coming from inside.

One of them, with a unique cool scent, should be Chi Xiasheng’s. And the other…

Wen Shu’s eyes widened, and her body couldn’t help but tremble. She suddenly remembered the demon she had seen many years ago.

At that time, she was still young and had hidden behind a rock, peeking at the other’s sky-covering body landing on the ground. His black fur was like tough steel needles, coming from the darkness bathed in blood. Behind him were the remains of demon beasts and countless charred and fallen trees.

The other was completely black, his aura like a black mist wrapped around him, giving off a feeling that he was about to destroy the world in the next moment.

At that time, the water around Wen Shu had trembled, and all the animals had let out mournful cries, as if they knew their death was near.

But for some reason, just as Wen Shu thought she was going to die there, the other just bent down to drink some water and then flew away.

Thinking of this, Wen Shu’s heart began to pound. “Find him. Xiaxia is definitely in danger!”

Wen Nian and Pei Zhixuan were both taken aback, but they didn’t doubt Wen Shu’s words. They quickly nodded and went out, starting to search for Chi Xiasheng along the direction where the aura had dissipated.

Li Ge was still confused, thinking that Chi Xiasheng might have gone out for a walk because he was bored. Why were they so serious?

He took out his phone and called Chi Xiasheng, but the call showed that the phone was turned off.

His heart skipped a beat. No way, did something really happen?

Having experienced the kidnapping incident, Li Ge didn’t dare to be careless and also followed Wen Shu and the others out to search.

Wen Shu felt that Chi Xiasheng’s aura had been cut off in the underground garage. Her eyes darkened, and a hint of panic and annoyance couldn’t help but rise in her heart.

If she had been more careful, she wouldn’t have failed to notice that that demon had also appeared.

Now she didn’t know if he had really taken Xiaxia away.

Just as Wen Shu was anxiously preparing to use her spiritual energy to find him, Li Ge looked at his phone in a daze and turned to say, “I think I know where Xiaosheng is.”

Wen Shu quickly asked, “Where is he?”

Li Ge handed her the phone and pointed to the trending topic on it. “He should be at the hospital.”

Tonight was destined to be Chi Xiasheng’s coronation night.

The buzz from his one-hit wonder had not yet faded. All the media entertainment accounts had their sights on him, trying to get first-hand interview materials.

They had been squatting outside for a long time. They had seen other singers leave one after another, and even Ye Qi, who had collaborated with Chi Xiasheng, had refused an interview with a dark face, but they still hadn’t seen him.

Just as they thought he had probably left secretly, a low-key silver-gray sports car drove out of the garage.

The media had seen this car go in before, but because Sheng Sheng had hardly ever shown his face, many of them didn’t know his identity and didn’t think much of it.

But when the car came out again, a sharp-eyed entertainment reporter saw that Chi Xiasheng was actually in the car.

Seeing that the others had no reaction, he quickly took a photo secretly and followed the car, planning to monopolize this big news!

He had even already thought of a headline in his mind: #PopularArtistChiXiashengLow-keyLeavesInLuxuryCar,TheTruthIs…#

He followed the car in a taxi all the way to the hospital. When the entertainment reporter got out of the car, he almost forgot to pay the driver and rushed up.

But at the entrance, because he didn’t have an appointment, he was stopped outside.

Sheng Sheng had brought Chi Xiasheng to a private hospital.

A doctor here was also a demon in human form and was very good at treating the illnesses of many small demons. The appointments were booked a year in advance.

But Sheng Sheng didn’t care at all and directly brought Chi Xiasheng into his consultation room, scaring the demon doctor who was looking at a medical record so much that he almost revealed his original form.

“You… why are you here… I have nothing… I can see for you…”

The doctor trembled as he walked over and quickly closed the door, afraid that his tail would be seen by ordinary people.

“I’m here to see him. His forehead is very hot. Does he have a fever?”

Sheng Sheng placed Chi Xiasheng on the sofa opposite him, and his stiff arms were finally relieved.

Chi Xiasheng was not heavy, but rather light. But Sheng Sheng had never held anyone before and was afraid of hurting him if he used too much force, so he could only restrain himself, his arms tense all the way.

Seeing Sheng Sheng’s strong attitude, the doctor was not panicked but let out a sigh of relief.

It’s good that he’s here to see a doctor!

Otherwise, if he had just barged in for no reason, the doctor would have been scared to death.

The doctor was not young, and his cultivation was average, so he was always slow and leisurely when seeing patients, which made Sheng Sheng, who was watching on the side, frown unconsciously.

“Can you be faster?”

Although Sheng Sheng’s tone was still calm, the doctor was still so scared he trembled, afraid that if he was impatient, he would be turned into dust in the next second.

Using the fastest speed of his life, the doctor quickly sat down and took Chi Xiasheng’s pulse.

At first, the doctor thought he was an ordinary person, but when he felt his pulse, the expression on his face became more and more surprised.

“Mer… merman?!”

A living merman?!

They haven’t appeared for hundreds of years. The doctor had thought that the merman race, like those once glorious and powerful demon beasts, had all died out.

“He’s a merman. See what’s wrong with him. Why did he faint?” Sheng Sheng walked to the side and gently supported Chi Xiasheng’s tilted body.

The doctor’s goat beard was so scared it stood on end. “You… you and him…”

Coercion, cruel threats, keeping a merman like a canary! The thought of these things made the doctor heartbroken.

This merman is very precious and delicate. Although his combat power is not high, his spiritual healing ability is extremely strong.

And mermen are uniquely favored by the heavens. They are a race that almost all living things will love.

This demon is truly so cruel and terrifying!

The doctor couldn’t help but look up and sigh, lamenting the fate of this merman.

Seeing the strange expression on the doctor’s face, Sheng Sheng couldn’t help but tap the table. “Can you treat him?”

This question, in the doctor’s ears, had the same effect as “When are you going to die?” He trembled and quickly put away all his pity, nodding repeatedly. “I can treat him, I can treat him! It’s a small problem!”

Only then did Sheng Sheng look away and wait for the doctor to prepare the medicine.

While Sheng Sheng was taking Chi Xiasheng for treatment, the picture of him holding him into the hospital also went on the trending topics online.

The netizens were still looping Chi Xiasheng’s song when they saw his scandal.

[Entertainment reporters are working too hard these days. Chi Xiasheng just became famous, and his scandal is already out?]
[Let me see, oh, a small problem. No cheating, no two-timing, just hugging a man.]
[I’m actually relieved. After being poisoned by the previous male celebrity’s drug use and prostitution, I actually think Chi Xiasheng’s scandal is small.]

The netizens were so double-standard. Because they liked Chi Xiasheng’s songs too much, they were even tolerant of his scandals.

Not to mention that this picture didn’t capture Sheng Sheng’s front, so many netizens were still skeptical about this revelation and didn’t comment.

By the time the agent saw the news and rushed over with Wen Shu, Chi Xiasheng had just been given a shot by the doctor and was slowly waking up.

Chi Xiasheng slowly opened his eyes and, seeing the person in front of him, his brain crashed for a moment, and he asked in confusion, “You are…?”

Sheng Sheng didn’t expect him to wake up so quickly. His face flushed, and he took several steps back.

This was the first time the two of them had met in human form, and Sheng Sheng, without a doubt…

Was cowardly.

When Chi Xiasheng looked over, Sheng Sheng’s heart pounded nervously. He opened his mouth but couldn’t say a word. In the end, in a moment of heat, he just rushed away.

Seeing him leave without looking back, as if he had something urgent to do, Chi Xiasheng was completely bewildered. He looked around and finally met the doctor’s gaze.

Seeing that Chi Xiasheng was awake, the doctor was a little excited. He rubbed his hands and went up to greet him. “Hello, I’m a doctor at this private hospital. You can just call me Little Gao.”

Chi Xiasheng looked at his old face and felt that the name “Little Gao” was a bit too young.

“Um, doctor?” Chi Xiasheng sat up and blinked. “How did I get here?”

He remembered that he had fainted in the dressing room because of his heat. In a daze, he had seen a person, and then he had no memory of what happened after that.

“It was that beast… no, it was CEO Sheng who brought you here.”

The doctor almost said what was on his mind and quickly corrected himself.

It’s not easy for small demons these days, but Sheng Sheng is different. He opened a company and became a boss. He’s very famous in the demon world, and many people have to call him CEO Sheng when they mention him.

Hearing the name “CEO Sheng,” Chi Xiasheng was slightly taken aback and turned to ask, “Is it Sheng Sheng from Shengshi Group?”

In fact, Chi Xiasheng didn’t know Sheng Sheng before. It was only after he had collaborated with Shengshi Group that he had investigated a little and learned his name.

Outside the door, Sheng Sheng, who had hidden his form, heard Chi Xiasheng say his name. His ears turned red as if they were bleeding, and his heart couldn’t help but pound.

He actually knows my name!

Sheng Sheng felt the air was a little hot for a moment and couldn’t help but move a step closer to the door, wanting to hear what Chi Xiasheng would say about him.

The doctor inside the room nodded, and Chi Xiasheng let out a knowing “oh.”

It seemed that after he had fainted in the dressing room, he had happened to run into Sheng Sheng, and the other had done a good deed and brought him to the hospital.

But why did he run away as soon as I woke up? Chi Xiasheng wondered.

Did something happen at the company?

But before he could think much more, Wen Shu pushed open the door and strode in.

“Xiaxia!”

Seeing that Chi Xiasheng was okay, Wen Nian happily ran over.

Wen Shu also quickly held his hand and checked his physical condition.

“I’m fine, Auntie Wen. I just fainted accidentally and was saved by a kind person.”

Wen Shu carefully scanned Chi Xiasheng’s body with her spiritual energy and was relieved to find that nothing was wrong.

She had also been confused at that time. When she had sensed a trace of that demon king’s aura, she had thought Chi Xiasheng had been taken away by him.

With his powerful strength, if he really wanted to kill a small demon, he probably wouldn’t have been so kind as to send him to the hospital. He would have just killed him with one paw.

It seems I sensed it wrong, Wen Shu thought.

After all, hundreds of years had passed, but the shadow he had left on the demon world was still too great. So much so that at the slightest sign of trouble, she would think it was him again.

“Let’s go back first. We’ve been tired all night.”

Seeing that Chi Xiasheng was fine, Li Ge felt it was not good for them to stand in the doctor’s office and spoke up.

Chi Xiasheng also got up and politely thanked the doctor. When he wanted to pay, the doctor waved his hand repeatedly. “You don’t have to pay. It’s my honor to have seen you.”

This is a merman, the doctor thought excitedly. I’ve even treated a merman. I can brag about this for a while.

Seeing this, Chi Xiasheng could only leave in confusion.

Sheng Sheng, who had been promoted to a kind person in Chi Xiasheng’s mouth, hid his form at the door, lowered his eyes to suppress the upward curve of his lips, and only when they had gone far did his burning heart gradually cool down.

But after calming down, he realized…

What was there to hide from just now?

Thinking of his cowardly appearance, Sheng Sheng couldn’t help but feel annoyed again.

He revealed his form and pushed open the door to go in.

The doctor in the room had thought it was finally over and was happy that he had saved his own life when he turned his head and saw Sheng Sheng standing in front of him.

“Oh my!”

The goat doctor had lived for so many years and was already an old bone. He was so scared by this sudden shock that he almost fainted.

“You… why are you back?”

Sheng Sheng impatiently sat on the sofa Chi Xiasheng had just been sitting on, his brow slightly furrowed.

“Did he say anything about me just now?”

The doctor thought for a moment and finally understood who “he” was. He trembled and said, “He seemed to, not say anything?”

Chi Xiasheng was only here for two minutes after he woke up. Even if he had something to say, he wouldn’t have had time.

Sheng Sheng felt even more annoyed after hearing this, but he didn’t know what he was annoyed about. His face was dark, which scared the doctor next to him so much he let out a “baa.”

Quickly covering his mouth, the doctor tried his best to hold back his self-destructive behavior, praying that this master would leave quickly!

Sheng Sheng took out a pearl from his space and threw it to the doctor.

“Consultation fee.”

With that, he disappeared in a flash.

It was only after he felt Sheng Sheng’s aura completely dissipate that the doctor couldn’t help but collapse on the sofa in fear.

The pearl in his hand was emitting a gentle, soft light. The doctor looked at it again and again and was shocked to find that it was actually a phantom light pearl!

Oh my god, the doctor felt his heart start to pound again.

To give a phantom light pearl for a consultation, this is too generous!

After leaving the hospital, it was almost midnight.

The street stalls were lively and bustling. As the car passed through a small alley, the roadside was full of people talking and laughing.

Wen Nian smelled the aroma of grilled food, his little nose twitching, and he couldn’t help but look out the window.

Seeing this, Pei Zhixuan wanted to order his assistant to buy some, but he found that his assistant was not there and had to unbuckle his seatbelt to get out of the car himself.

“Don’t, Brother Pei. You’re a big star now. You’re too famous in the human world. You’ll be recognized. I’ll go myself!”

Wen Nian held down Pei Zhixuan’s hand and bounced off to buy some skewers.

The car was parked on the side of the road. Li Ge had already gone home in advance. Only Chi Xiasheng, Wen Shu, and Pei Zhixuan were left in the car.

Chi Xiasheng was still a little unfamiliar with Pei Zhixuan, but he had helped him on the show, so he had a good impression of him.

“Xiaxia, Little Xuan is my other son. You brothers are both in the entertainment industry, you can help each other.”

Wen Shu introduced him gently, patting Chi Xiasheng’s hand.

Although Chi Xiasheng was a little surprised, he knew that Wen Shu was a merman and that she wouldn’t only have one son after living for hundreds of years, so he quickly understood and greeted Pei Zhixuan.

“Hello, Brother Pei. My name is Chi Xiasheng.”

Pei Zhixuan’s eyes were smiling, and his whole aura was like a spring breeze melting the ice, making people feel warm.

“Don’t be a stranger. I’m very happy to be your older brother.”

Pei Zhixuan was truly honored.

He was a jiaoren, and it was his responsibility to protect the merman race. So, to be Chi Xiasheng’s older brother was something he had never dared to imagine before.

Just like when he had first heard that Wen Shu was going to adopt him, he was both surprised and couldn’t help but look forward to it.