The Little Mermaid Fell for the Jiaoren 45

Chapter 45: Indirect Kiss

Because of what had happened yesterday, Si Jisheng no longer felt at ease leaving Deng Xi in the family area that the treatment center had opened up. Instead, he had a separate lounge area sectioned off on the top floor. When Dr. Li came to the treatment room, she could also temporarily leave her child in the lounge area to stay with Deng Xi.

The lounge area was right next to the treatment room.

The secretary-general had spent some time to get it done. He had placed many educational children’s books, and the decoration style was also extremely warm. He had even made a giant, embedded aquarium that connected the ceiling of the top floor to the ground.

If Deng Xi was willing, he could completely jump in and swim a few laps.

This area was like a small world specially created for him, completely out of place on the solemn top floor.

Deng Xi, who had already learned how to operate the flying chair with one hand, was tugging at the corner of the little mute’s clothes with one hand, and steadily turning the control panel with the other.

Si Jisheng felt a tug on his clothes as he walked. He lowered his eyes to look at Deng Xi. When Deng Xi noticed the little mute’s gaze, he also raised his little face and gave a soft, sweet smile.

He pretended to be innocent, indicating that he was not interfering with the little mute’s walking.

For some reason, Deng Xi had suddenly become very clingy, as if he had returned to the state he was in when he had just brought Deng Xi back.

Si Jisheng’s brow furrowed slightly.

It was very likely because he was a little uneasy from having just gotten lost.

Si Jisheng paused for a moment and instructed the adjutant to bring lunch up from the military cafeteria. He skipped the lounge area and chose to take Deng Xi, who was clinging to him, to his office.

He bent down and picked up the small bottle that had been filled with honey milk but was now empty from Deng Xi’s drinking.

Si Jisheng asked softly, “What do you want to drink?”

Deng Xi thought for a moment. “I still want to drink milk, with lots and lots of sweet honey.”

Si Jisheng casually took off the military greatcoat he was wearing and hung it on the coat rack. The golden chain and medals collided with his movements, making a soft sound. But the man turned and took out a bottle of milk from the cold storage box, heated it up, then added honey, and slowly stirred it with a long spoon. The cold corner of his clothes seemed to be stained with the warm scent of milk.

He poured it into Deng Xi’s bottle and screwed on the lid.

Deng Xi held the cup that the little mute had brought over, pressed the button, bit the rubber straw, and took a sip. He curved his eyelids in satisfaction with the sweetness.

He propped himself up with his arms, and his fish tail also tried hard to straighten up. He stretched his hands high and placed the small bottle by the little mute’s mouth.

The flying chair swayed, looking very dangerous, but Deng Xi never let go of his hand. He said seriously, “Little Mute, you drink too.”

Deng Xi didn’t know how to tell the little mute that he knew a lot about his past.

He also didn’t know how to give his belated comfort.

It seemed that everything was too late.

He had found out too late, and they had met too late.

But Deng Xi thought, there should still be time.

He had found the little mute, and the little mute had also found him, so there was still time.

Deng Xi clumsily held the sweet honey milk to the little mute’s lips. The little merman was very easy to satisfy. A cup of warm, sweet milk was enough to make him very happy.

Deng Xi wanted the little mute to be happy too.

Si Jisheng was slightly stunned, and his gaze moved down.

Deng Xi usually liked to bite the soft but unchewable rubber straw. There were even his teeth marks on the straw, several curved crescent marks.

He even remembered how Deng Xi had just taken the straw into his mouth.

His pink lips pursed slightly, then pulled away. The straw, which had just left his mouth, was still a little warm and wet, and was pressed against his cold, thin lips.

An indirect kiss.

Si Jisheng took a half-step back, and was about to turn his face away and refuse this overly intimate act when Deng Xi tilted his head in confusion and lowered his eyes sadly.

The soft and weak fish tail, because it was difficult to straighten up, made Deng Xi’s arms, which were supporting his body, also very tired. Because it was difficult to maintain his balance, the flying chair also swayed unsteadily in the air.

But Deng Xi never sat back down.

Si Jisheng was in a stalemate with Deng Xi for a while before he resignedly bent down and took a sip of the warm honey milk. “Is that enough?”

Only then did Deng Xi nod his head and happily sit back in the flying chair.

The sweetness of the honey lingered in his mouth, but it was not cloying.

Si Jisheng glanced at the clueless Deng Xi and pressed his brow with some helplessness.

He opened his comm and opened the document that he had originally planned to deal with after finishing his meal. The adjutant had dutifully forwarded all the documents that Dr. Li had sent over.

On it were listed some books and a few movies, as well as a thoughtful suggestion, which was a famous honeymoon planet in the Empire.

The message that Dr. Li had sent last night was still in the dialog box. “Marshal, why don’t you take your lover to see how other couples get along?”

The door was suddenly knocked. The adjutant clearly did not want to disturb the world of the little couple again. He had found a mechanical food cart from somewhere, carrying lunch, and had automatically followed the location to the Marshal’s office area.

Si Jisheng had no choice but to close his comm first.

He had not given any special instructions, so the adjutant had chosen the Marshal’s usual tastes.

A simple three dishes and one soup, ordinary and light.

But Deng Xi still ate very happily.

He was eating different human foods every day, completely different from when he was alone in the ocean and could only chew on seaweed clumps. His barren diet was being enriched bit by bit.

After finishing lunch, Deng Xi rubbed his full stomach. After the little mute had cleared the table, he asked, “Is it time for a nap?”

Si Jisheng lowered his eyes and glanced at his comm. “Are you sleepy?”

Deng Xi felt it and shook his head.

Although he had gotten lost in the morning and had heard many stories, Deng Xi was not very tired.

Si Jisheng calculated the time. The rest time after lunch was just enough for a two-hour movie and would not delay his afternoon schedule.

He took Deng Xi to the audio-visual room on the top floor.

A place that, although the secretary-general had insisted on designing, Si Jisheng had rarely set foot in.

The light in the audio-visual room was deliberately designed to be very dim. Before the lights were turned on, Deng Xi looked at the darkness before him and asked a little nervously, “Where is this?”

Si Jisheng paused his steps and, after connecting with his comm, projected it onto the screen.

Although the lit-up screen was still dim, it finally illuminated the audio-visual room.

Deng Xi looked around curiously and saw a very soft and comfortable sofa bed in front of the large screen. “Are we going to sleep?”

Si Jisheng: “No.”

Deng Xi tilted his head. “Then are we going to have class?”

Si Jisheng denied it again.

Deng Xi couldn’t guess.

Deng Xi only knew that the comm could be used for class, to video call the little mute, and to buy things he liked.

He had not yet come into contact with any software that could be used for entertainment.

Because Si Jisheng would not use it, he had also forgotten to inform Deng Xi. After he realized this, he said, “If you were in the ocean and were bored, what would you do?”

Deng Xi “hmm”-ed and counted on his fingers. “I would blow bubbles, play with the little fish, find a lot of conch shells and shells, and I could also feel the sea breeze and listen to the waves sing.”

The sound of the waves lapping against the reef, Deng Xi felt that the sound of the rushing water was even more pleasant than a merman’s song.

The sound of the ocean was very nice to hear.

Si Jisheng said patiently, “Then in the human world, when people have nothing to do, they will use their comms to pass the time.”

Deng Xi was confused. “Class or shopping?”

Si Jisheng shook his head. “Not really.” After he turned off the flying mode of the flying chair, he pushed the chair to the front of the sofa bed. He did not sit on the sofa himself, but with Deng Xi, sat on the carpet with his legs bent, leaning against the sofa chair behind him.

They sat together.

At this moment, the screen began to play, and an image appeared. The light and shadow in the dimness were constantly changing. When Deng Xi looked to his side, the silver-tail’s facial features were blurry, and his voice in the darkness also seemed to have become very soft. “Humans will watch some entertainment films that can enrich their spiritual world.”

He seemed to finally have time to stop, to sit down, and his tense back also relaxed. He allowed himself to be immersed in a film that was of no use.

Si Jisheng looked at Deng Xi and said in a low voice, “Concentrate.”

Deng Xi dazedly turned his head back and looked at the screen, rubbing his ears, which were a little hot for some reason.

The screen was still playing pure music and had not yet gotten to the main point, making the dimness at this moment even more quiet. Deng Xi didn’t know why his breathing was a bit stagnant. He wanted to do something to make himself less nervous in the dimness.

The little merman held the cup, at a loss. The unfinished honey milk still had a warm touch. He bit the straw and, without drinking, just randomly bit it with his teeth.

The film suddenly made a trivial sound and entered the prelude. Under the bright youthful sunlight, a handsome boy in a school uniform leaned over a desk to drink the milk tea in the hand of another boy opposite him.

The boy’s smiling voice echoed in the quiet and dim audio-visual room.

“Do you think this counts as an indirect kiss?”