The Little Mermaid Fell for the Jiaoren 31

Chapter 31: I’m Sorry

The only merman who could save the aliens.

The entire research institute was in an uproar. The news was not deliberately blocked. If it were to be announced, the entire galaxy would probably fall into a frenzy.

Who wouldn’t be envious of the aliens’ racial talents? But no one could solve the defect of the aliens’ rampages. The Marshal of the Empire was a living example.

But now, the only solution had appeared.

The research institute had almost overnight formulated a series of plans to test whether the merman’s song had the same soothing effect as the merman’s presence itself.

Aier, as Deng Xi’s person in charge, also participated in the meeting. The research institute also had its responsibilities. They would not exploit the aliens’ racial talents, but they were responsible for stabilizing the aliens, at least so that they could obtain the basic human rights to live among normal people.

They would provide Deng Xi with a series of preferential benefits in exchange for a single song from the merman.

It was a very fair deal.

It wasn’t until the cold, dead of night that an uninvited guest knocked on the director’s office. A mechanical glove, glinting with a cold light, pushed the door open.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of the Marshal.

Si Jisheng brought a cold aura with him and said in a cold voice, “Since the gene testing is done, return the things.”

The director suddenly reacted and gave Aier a look. Aier carefully took the two fish scales that had been placed in the petri dish and strode over to hand it over.

The black mechanical glove scooped the two fish scales out of the culture medium. A hint of cold disgust could be seen in his eyes. Si Jisheng picked up the petri dish and, with a few “cracks,” it was completely crushed into powder in his fingertips. The nutrient solution dripped to the ground from between his fingers.

It was a very slight action, but it was no less than a loud slap in the face to all the research institute personnel present. The young researchers’ faces flushed with anger, and even the usually steady Aier was a little angry. “Marshal, what is the meaning of this?”

Si Jisheng just quietly looked at the director. “He is not a member of the research institute, nor is he obligated to help you soothe the aliens.”

The director stood up calmly and let out a long sigh. “Marshal, but we have decided to make you the first treatment subject.”

Si Jisheng was unmoved. His silver eyes stared indifferently at the two scales in his fingertips. One of them was still a bloody mess, and had even contaminated the clean, clear blue scale with dirty blood.

The director continued, “You are well aware of how bad your condition is. It is not the research institute that needs him, but you.”

Si Jisheng clenched his palm and turned to leave. “The military is not lacking in therapists.”

The director said in a deep voice, “But this is the only way to completely treat it. Moreover, the royal family and the Council of Elders already know.”

Si Jisheng’s movements paused, and he stopped in his tracks.

The director looked at that back. “If you want to take the merman away from the research institute now, you will also need to give the Council of Elders and the royal family a reason.”

The director suddenly stepped forward and, under the watchful eyes of his students, deeply bowed to this seemingly unshakeable back.

Aier said anxiously, “Director!”

The elderly director said in a low voice, “I have always felt guilty about what happened back then. This time, the research institute can provide the Marshal with this reason.”

A long time passed.

“Only this.”

He would use this reason to take him away, and that was all. As for the rest, it had nothing to do with Deng Xi.

After he finished speaking, Aier watched as that figure left, then turned to quickly help the director up. “Director, why did you have to do that? You didn’t know about what happened back then.”

The director waved his hand. “You can go and prepare.”

After Aier had sorted out the application documents, the sky was already bright. As soon as Deng Xi woke up, she immediately took him to the conference room, which had been lit all night.

She thoughtfully pushed Deng Xi in and asked in a low voice, “Deng Xi, do you need me to accompany you?”

His long, curly golden hair was so long it almost covered Deng Xi’s face. After a long while, his lowered head quietly and gently shook.

Aier noticed that Deng Xi’s mood was a bit off. She thought it was because the Marshal’s aura was too strong, and the little merman, who was seeing the Marshal for the first time, was a little scared. She smiled slightly. “Don’t worry, the Marshal is usually very easy to talk to. You two can talk first, I’ll go out.”

The door to the conference room was gently closed.

The room was instantly plunged into silence.

Deng Xi held his breath and looked at the man with his back to the light. His long shadow was reflected on the smooth floor, slanting and a bit ridiculous.

“You can call me Si Jisheng.” A low, hoarse voice sounded in the room. It was a human language that was unfamiliar to Deng Xi, but the tone was one he would never mistake.

Yesterday, he had been happy because the little mute could speak, so he had secretly and seriously memorized everything the little mute had said to him.

Because he was too serious, he had remembered everything.

Deng Xi wanted to ask, then where had his little mute gone?

He opened his lips futilely, then closed them again, at a loss. A long, long time passed before he asked in a small voice, filled with confusion, puzzlement, and a strong desire to know, “Then where is my… Little Mute?”

He seemed to have no way out, but he didn’t know why he had fallen into such an embarrassing situation. He carefully searched for an answer with a faint hope.

Si Jisheng walked forward, and his slanting shadow also grew longer and longer in the light. In Deng Xi’s eyes, he was like a transformed monster.

Si Jisheng closed his eyes and let out a breath of cold air that pierced through his lungs. “I am very grateful for your help in the ocean.”

The human language made this sentence sound unfamiliar and indifferent, making the already scarce sense of familiarity even more distant.

Deng Xi could barely breathe. His translucent golden gills trembled futilely in the air, but because he was not in the ocean, the trembling was of no use. So Deng Xi could only sniff hard. In this suffocating atmosphere, he said in a soft voice, “Little Mute doesn’t belong to the ocean, right?”

Silence laid the answer bare.

His little mute was not as he had imagined, born in the ocean just like him. Instead, he had been living in the human world all along.

Because the little mute did not belong to the ocean.

So Deng Xi could not find him in the ocean no matter how hard he looked.

Deng Xi didn’t dare to think any further, but his tail, which was exposed to the air, seemed to be starting to ache slightly due to dehydration. The continuous, dull pain made his mind exceptionally clear.

The little mute was so amazing in the human world, so…

Deng Xi blinked his sore eyes. “You weren’t captured by the humans, were you?”

His mental sea was aching faintly, but because he had lain in the treatment pod yesterday, the violent factors could not act up. Si Jisheng took a deep breath. “They came to save me.”

He had accidentally entered this world in the first place, so it was only natural that he would be saved by people from another world and leave the ocean.

Yes, it was only natural.

Deng Xi tried his best to comfort himself, but his tail seemed to be getting more and more painful. It hurt so much that he couldn’t bear it, so much that tears rolled down his face, drop by drop, wetting his cheeks, and then dripping from his chin, splashing an ugly water stain on his body.

It was so ugly.

Deng Xi choked on a sob, his voice thick with tears. “Then what about me?”

Was he abandoned?

Si Jisheng half-squatted down and raised his hand. Just as the cold mechanical glove was about to touch Deng Xi’s face, he unfastened it. In the end, it was the calloused pad of his finger that gently wiped the tears from the corner of Deng Xi’s eye. He said in a low, hoarse voice, “Didn’t we agree to separate?”

Deng Xi bit his lower lip and shook his head, at a loss. He took a deep breath, then found in despair that he still couldn’t stop his tears. “No, that’s not it.”

“I didn’t abandon the sick little mute.”

“We didn’t separate.”

“We didn’t.”

Deng Xi said stubbornly, “Little Mute can’t abandon me either, you can’t.”

Because he was crying, he was sobbing.

It hurt so much.

His tail hurt so much.

His heart also ached and clenched tightly. Deng Xi had never been so wronged. He couldn’t understand. He was clearly the one who had saved the little mute, he was clearly the one who had worked so hard to nurse the little mute’s injuries, he was clearly the one who had brought the sick little mute home.

Why, in just a few sentences, had his little mute become a human’s? He was clearly his.

He was his.

“You lied to me.” Deng Xi sniffled. “We agreed to live in the ocean together. You lied to me.”

Si Jisheng very, very gently wiped Deng Xi’s tears again. Even if he couldn’t wipe them all away, he let out a low “hmm” and said in a hoarse voice, “I’m sorry, I broke my promise.”

But the ocean would never lie to him.

Deng Xi missed the ocean.

Deng Xi said through his tears, “I don’t like Little Mute anymore.”