After Becoming a Merman, I Became a Heartthrob 61

Chapter 61: Could It Be a Little Merman?

The sun was still shining brightly when Chi Xiasheng came out.

He didn’t take a taxi, but instead wandered aimlessly along the street.

His mind was in a mess. The tangled affairs of the Su family and Wen Shu made him think a lot, but it seemed as if he hadn’t thought of anything at all.

The streets were sparsely populated, so he wasn’t afraid of being recognized. He walked until night fell, and his sore calves could no longer support him. Only then did he stop.

Sitting on a bench, he saw the car lights turn on next to him and was so startled he quickly raised his hand to block the light.

The horn honked once, and then Su Jinfeng got out of the car.

“What are you doing here?” Chi Xiasheng frowned slightly and stood up, moving two steps away from him.

Seeing him avoid him, Su Jinfeng could only stop, lower his eyes, and sigh. “It’s too late. I was afraid something would happen to you, so I thought I’d take you back.”

Chi Xiasheng’s face was still distant and wary. He shook his head and refused. “No need. I’ll go back myself.”

Su Jinfeng knew that he wouldn’t have a good face for him, but he still wanted to mend this broken relationship. “Xiaosheng, it was my fault before. I was indeed more concerned about Mianmian, but I never thought of not saving you…”

Hearing him bring up those things again, the coldness in Chi Xiasheng’s eyes grew even stronger. He had no patience to continue listening to him.

“Su Jinfeng, don’t you think you’re disgusting? What’s the point of saying these things now? Do you think I’ll be moved if I hear them? It’s ridiculous!”

Hearing his mockery, Su Jinfeng’s face turned a little ugly.

Chi Xiasheng saw him shut up and sneered.

He believed what Su Jinfeng had said.

After spending more than a year together, he knew his personality too well. Although he had Su Chengjian’s self-interest, because he had lived a happy life since he was a child, his personality had not completely followed his father’s ruthlessness.

He had backed Su Chimian before, suppressed and coerced him, and had even once made it impossible for him to survive in the entertainment industry. But in his heart, he had never thought of letting this younger brother die.

Chi Xiasheng could also roughly guess why Su Chengjian’s attitude towards him had suddenly improved.

It was nothing more than that he had watched him fall into the sea on the boat and felt guilty in his heart. And he had also learned that he had been abandoned since he was a child and had no one to love him. Thinking of what he had done before, he felt pity and couldn’t bear it.

Rather than saying that Su Jinfeng had awakened his responsibility as an older brother, it was better to say that he wanted to make up for the guilt in his heart by being good to Chi Xiasheng.

But he thinks he can be good when he wants to, and bad when he wants to. Does he think I’m a dog he’s raising?

Chi Xiasheng sneered inwardly, patted the dust off his clothes, and then looked up at him. “Su Jinfeng, you don’t have to be hypocritical, and don’t bother me. I really hate the people of the Su family. Seeing you just makes me sick to my stomach.”

With that, he walked away without caring about Su Jinfeng’s darkened face.

But he hadn’t walked two steps before another car pulled up beside him.

“Xiaxia!”

His path was blocked, so he was forced to stop.

Pei Zhixuan got out of the car with his long legs and draped his coat over his shoulders.

“I saw you from a distance and thought it was you, so I rushed over. It’s so cold, why didn’t you wear more clothes?”

Su Jinfeng saw a stranger stop him and also walked over, asking with a frown, “Xiaosheng, who is he?”

Pei Zhixuan recognized him at a glance. “Young Master Su? It’s a pleasure. I’m Pei Zhixuan.”

Su Jinfeng had heard his name. The TV series he had filmed was still a hit recently, so he was a well-known artist.

“What’s your relationship with Xiaosheng?”

Pei Zhixuan raised an eyebrow and let out a light laugh. “What, on what grounds are you questioning me, Young Master Su? As Xiaxia’s older brother? Heh.”

Hearing his words, Su Jinfeng’s face instantly turned even darker.

Indeed, he had no right to interfere in his affairs now.

This realization made him unconsciously clench his fists, his heart extremely restless.

They should have been the closest of brothers, but because of his own reasons, he could only watch as he became close with others, while he couldn’t even ask.

But it shouldn’t be like this, he thought. I’m his older brother!

The feeling of having no outlet for his anger was very suffocating. He watched Chi Xiasheng get into Pei Zhixuan’s car and, for the first time, felt so uncomfortable.

He opened his mouth and, watching the black car carrying him away, he could only silently lower his head.

In the car, Pei Zhixuan quickly taught Chi Xiasheng various tips on how to prevent bad people.

Chi Xiasheng was a little absent-minded. It was only when Pei Zhixuan noticed his bad mood that he lifted his chin and told him to open the front compartment.

There was a storage space in front of the passenger seat, which could be seen as soon as the lid was opened.

Chi Xiasheng had thought it was just tissues or water cups and was about to take them out to hand to him.

But he never expected that when he opened it, there were actually two exquisite little boxes inside.

“This is… what?”

He was a little dazed and didn’t dare to move for a moment, turning his head to ask.

Pei Zhixuan smiled lightly. “I saw these two little dolls when I was attending an event. They’re very cute, so I thought I’d get one for you and one for Niannian. Open it and see if you like it.”

Hearing this, Chi Xiasheng’s fingers couldn’t help but curl up twice, and a myriad of emotions welled up in his heart.

But in the end, he didn’t say anything, just gently took the box and opened it.

Inside was a round-headed doll, with two round blushes on its cheeks, looking very cute.

He held the doll in his hand and, feeling its soft touch, his eyes couldn’t help but become a little sore.

“What’s wrong? I got the doll to cheer you up, but now I’ve made you cry.”

Pei Zhixuan was driving and couldn’t stop to hand him a tissue, so he could only quickly comfort him a few times.

Chi Xiasheng also felt he was being a bit dramatic. He blinked and suppressed all the emotions that were welling up.

He held the little doll all the way without letting go.

When they got home, Niannian saw the little doll and laughed, playing with it.

“Look, Xiaxia, mine is red-haired, and yours is blue. Hahaha, we really are the best brothers! Even our dolls are the same!”

Chi Xiasheng said “hmm” and, infected by Wen Nian’s smile, the sadness in his heart dissipated a little.

Wen Nian still remembered sleeping with him two days ago. He didn’t have to live stream tonight, so he was making a fuss about sleeping with him again.

Chi Xiasheng had a headache from his fussing and, for a moment, couldn’t even think about Su Chimian’s matter. He took the noisy Wen Nian upstairs.

On the other hand, Pei Zhixuan saw his back and, after thinking for a moment with his eyes lowered, he went to Wen Shu’s room and knocked on the door.

When he pushed open the door and saw her red-rimmed eyes, he was so startled he quickly walked over to ask her what had happened.

Since she had returned, she had been hiding in her room, not coming out, regretting and grieving for her deceased son and for her own poor judgment of people.

She actually didn’t believe that Su Chimian was her child from the bottom of her heart. She felt it was a lie he had told her, just to have a chance to get in touch with her.

Otherwise, why didn’t she feel any mother-son affection when she saw him?

Especially since she was a merman, even if the cub she gave birth to was a human, she should have a mother-child reaction, right?

But not only did she feel nothing for him, but because he had slapped Chi Xiasheng before, she felt a sense of disgust for him from the bottom of her heart.

Sitting on the sofa, she rubbed her head and slowly told him what had happened today.

“…That’s about it. I didn’t protect that child back then. I didn’t even see him for the last time. In the end, all I saw was that small grave. I’m sorry to him. I knew that it was difficult for a merman to conceive, yet I still gave birth to him under those circumstances.”

Thinking of her child, she couldn’t help but cover her eyes, and tears streamed down her face.

Pei Zhixuan knew that besides Wen Nian, she had also been pregnant with another child, but that child had been unlucky and had not come into this world.

He had always thought the same as her, that it was because of the difficulty of a merman’s offspring, and that child was a human, not a fish demon like Wen Nian, so his constitution was more fragile, and it was very possible that he would die prematurely.

But after hearing her words, besides feeling even more disgusted with Su Chengjian, he had a strange feeling in his heart.

“Mother, don’t you believe that the child is still alive?” he asked, choosing his words carefully.

She wiped her red and swollen eyes and sighed. “I do want to believe that my child is still alive and healthy, but you should also know that the possibility is very small. I used many magic treasures to give birth to Wen Nian smoothly. That child…”

Her heart ached. She covered her face and continued, “I hope the child is alive more than anyone else, but I don’t believe Su Chengjian!”

He had deceived her once before. At that time, his acting was so natural and innocent that it was unbelievable. When he faced her, he would often be at a loss and blush shyly, as if she were really his first woman.

She had lived for hundreds of years and had seen many different kinds of people, but this was really the first time she had been deceived so badly!

Pei Zhixuan sat down and handed her a cup of hot water. His fair fingers tapped on the table, and he was lost in thought.

After a long time, when she had recovered from her grief, he finally said, “I don’t think Su Chengjian was lying.”

Her heart skipped a beat. She looked at him and asked with a frown, “Why do you say that?”

He half-closed his eyes and, after thinking for a moment, said, “I don’t know. It’s just a very strong intuition. I think he might be telling the truth this time. After all, he was really madly in love with you back then.”

She covered her forehead and was also a little confused. She stared at the table in front of her for a long time before she said, “You mean, Su Chimian is really my son?”

Hearing her say this, he said with great certainty, “No, he probably isn’t either.”

Now she was even more confused. She wanted to ask him why, but she had too many thoughts at the moment and didn’t know how to ask.

He stood up and, thinking of the thought in his heart, his heart burned slightly, and his fingers couldn’t help but tighten.

“Mother, are you sure you gave birth to a human cub at that time?”

Hearing him ask this, her heart skipped a beat. She seemed to have grasped something in a daze, but she couldn’t sort it out.

“What… do you mean? It should be, right?”

She was not very sure either. After all, when she was pregnant, her spiritual energy had been drained by the little baby in her belly. She had fainted right after giving birth and had not even seen the child’s first face.

But under normal circumstances, it should be a human cub.

After all, when a merman race combined with other races, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that the child born would be of the other race.

Just like Wen Nian, who had taken after his father and was a golden-red koi demon.

Pei Zhixuan just smiled and told her his guess. “Mother, is it possible that what you gave birth to was a merman cub?”