Chapter 110

After a moment, the Sea Adventure King stared at the massive humpback whale, his neck aching: "Streamer, you said we should help it clean the barnacles?"

Ling Yue: "Yes."

Chris, not knowing why, asked: "What if we refuse?"

Ling Yue glanced at the humpback whale in the camera; it emitted an ethereal whale song: "Have humans rejected me?"

The humpback whale dove, as if preparing to withdraw in self‑isolation; meanwhile, due to the decrease in depth, the dense carpet of acorn barnacles on its back was instantly exposed to everyone's view.

The chat fell silent, suffocated.

【Ahhhhh, so disgusting, so disgusting, so disgusting!】

【Why is there something so ugly? Save me, my eyes!】

【I retched—this isn't something to eat with rice, it makes me vomit!】

【Streamer, I beg you, next time give a heads‑up before the intense part—good heavens, I wish I could gouge out the eyes that have seen this!】

Ling Yue also froze, a tingling numbness on her scalp reminding her of the scavenger she had once seen in the Yangtze River.

These acorn barnacles resemble tiny barrels, slightly hollow inside, looking just like screw caps; when alive they are covered with a gray‑purple film that clings to the whale's dark‑blue skin—absolutely disgusting, each one more disgusting than the last.

Worse still, because the whale sheds its skin, these barnacles have mastered another skill: they not only attach to the skin but also bury their lower half deep into the whale's dermis, taking firm root; the whale feels no pain, only an uncontrollable itch.

Ling Yue felt that an itch is harder to endure than pain.

And this is a humpback whale whose back is "blooming" with them.

She could hear the barnacles' voices, comfortably clinging to the whale's back.

"Ah, this feels great—once we grow bigger, it'll be even better!"

"Yes, yes, hurry up and grow—our numbers are still few; someday we'll cover its entire body!"

"Aren't we impressive, riding on the head of a great whale?"

Ling Yue stopped listening; her gaze fell on the humpback whale—a massive yet gentle sea creature, preparing to slip away silently after being rejected.

Everyone could understand the Sea Adventure King and Chris's choice; even the chat was saying—

【If I had to clean those barnacles, I wouldn't even want my hands!】

【It's too hard—just one look makes me want to vomit, let alone helping the whale pull them off; how would we get up? How would we pull them off?】

【Ahhh, I dare not open my eyes—it's too disgusting!】

Seeing those comments aimed at them, the Sea Adventure King and Chris felt a moment of relief—then they realized, are we really going to refuse?

Looking at the humpback whale about to leave disappointed, this beautiful creature, the Sea Adventure King clenched his jaw; after a moment he finally said, "I accept its help."

"Streamer, please tell it—I've agreed."

Chris glanced at his father, understood his meaning, and added, "Me too!"

Hearing their words, no translation needed from Ling Yue; the humpback whale was overjoyed, letting out a happy whale song as a long jet of water several meters high shot from its blowhole.

Splish‑splash——

The chat burst into laughter.

Because they were too close, father and son were drenched by the whale's spray; they wiped their faces, while the whale—perhaps regretting its own mischief—slowly backed away, its large, expressive eyes fixed on them as if feeling guilty.

Sea Adventure King and Chris: "……"

"No problem, we have spare clothes."

They changed into light clothing and returned to look at the massive creature; figuring out how to get up became the next problem.

Ling Yue watched their puzzled expressions, smirked slightly, and said, "Let me help."

With just one sentence, the whale understood she was there to help; it obeyed meekly, perhaps wary of what had happened before, and instead of nodding it quietly submerged until its rising and falling back appeared beside the small boat.

The whale's skin isn't slippery—one reason it attracts barnacles—so father and son needed no extra climbing or fixing gear; they grabbed shovels and stepped onto the whale's dark‑blue back.

The camera showed nothing but a stretch of dark‑blue, supple whale skin before the viewers.

【Wow, I never expected to see a whale's back from a first‑person view in my lifetime.】

【This experience is incredibly intense—it feels like I'm actually standing on the whale's back.】

【Um, heads‑up: intense scene ahead!】

【Ahhh, it's the barnacles—I'm about to vomit, hurry, take the camera away!】

Then the camera flipped, revealing a vast blue sky—only out at sea could one see such a pure, lovely blue.

The tense chat relaxed instantly.

【Look at the sky, listen to the water's flow—it's actually okay.】

【So comfortable—like that drifting movie, except there the water is thick as gold, while here the sea is gloriously blue!】

The Sea Adventure King and Chris kept at it, needing strength to pry off the juvenile barnacles; fortunately the whale's back didn't have many, or they'd have exhausted themselves up there.

As the itch in its body gradually faded, the whale sang its song freely and joyfully.

"Humans are awesome!"

"If you ever come to the sea, look me up—I'm Norton, the future king of the humpback whales!"

Hearing the whale's praise, Ling Yue couldn't help laughing; hearing its self‑introduction gave her another start—it was a young adult just come of age.

After she relayed that, the chat burst into astonishment.

【Oh my, it's still a prince!】

【Go go go! Sea Adventure King and Chris, you're the best!】

When the whale paused, it told its story from the Atlantic; the solid blue sky blended with its song, beautiful as a painting.

Ling Yue did not translate those words; she intended to keep the whale's route secret, lest ill‑intentioned people exploit it.

Soon the barnacles were all cleaned off; the Sea Adventure King and Chris were soaked through, and beside them lay a pile of the acorn barnacles, a small mountain thick with nothing but disgust.

Yet their swift, efficient work earned praise from anyone who saw it.

Father and son sprayed the prepared bottle onto the disgusting barnacle heap, stirred it, then tossed it into the sea, where it made a thumping sound and sent up little splashes.

The livestream chat was shocked.

【!!! Eh eh eh, why throw it back into the sea again, will it harm other organisms? They'll parasitize!】

【Upstairs you wouldn't know this, but a barnacle knocked off can't parasitize anything else—it's already been destroyed.】

【No, how did I hear there's secondary parasitism? Barnacles are tenacious; if they drop, they might parasitize on reefs, or even passing sea turtles…】

【So, are they dead or alive? Someone give a definite answer!】

【Actually, speaking of it, barnacles can be used medicinally—for stomach pain, acid reflux, burns, detoxifying and healing sores; they're a Chinese herb! They can also be made into edible food!】

【emmm……Is this food actually legit?】

【Holy crap, could this be the legendary dark cuisine?】

【No, it's darker and grosser than dark cuisine; anyway I can't stomach it, sorry for bothering you!】

"Hey, chat! Are you discussing whether barnacles can undergo secondary parasitism?"

The Sea Adventure King and Chris father and son looked at the comment and explained: "Barnacles could possibly undergo secondary parasitism, but we sprayed them with insecticide to kill shrimp and crabs, so these guys are dead as dead can be."

After saying that, they packed up, preparing to return to the boat; the next moment, both let out cries of alarm.

"My God!"

Through the camera they could see the side of the humpback whale, where their small boat had been parked; now only a stretch of deep blue sea remained—what's going on?

【Where's my boat? Where's my huge boat?】

【Holy crap, did a fish steal the boat?】

Ling Yue was startled; the sound she'd just heard came only from the Sea Adventure King father and son or the humpback whale—basically no other noises—how could the boat just vanish?

This isn't the time to dwell on it; she immediately spoke: "Maybe it just sank earlier—Norton, can you help us dive down to look?"

Norton sang a whale song, naturally agreeing; he felt a bit guilty, wondering if he'd just shaken the water too hard and sunk the boat himself?

Meanwhile, Chris and his father on its back had also readied themselves; Ling Yue had already made clear they could only hold their breath for a few dozen seconds.

As for why she didn't let the two stay on the surface struggling, Ling Yue feared that if the boat wasn't found, they'd already drowned from seawater, after all they'd just been handling barnacles, expending too much energy.

In this situation, accidents are easily prone to happen.

"Dive in!" Ling Yue called out.

The next moment, the massive whale disappeared beneath the sea surface; the phone in the Sea Adventure King's hand was waterproof, so the livestream audience could see this breathtaking, almost breath‑holding scene.

The sky vanished, water surged upward; during the continuous descent, light ripples illuminated the upper water, lazy fish swam below, and down below lay the terrifying, chilling deep sea—a murky blackness.

Like a man‑eating abyss's giant maw.

【Reminder: we're not underwater, we can breathe.】

They were lucky; Norton instantly spotted the sunken boat, which looked like it had only sunk a few seconds, and he balanced it on his back.

"Whoosh"—a sound.

The calm blue sea surface instantly split apart; a humpback whale, with a red‑white small boat oddly placed on its back, sat upright and proper; compared to its huge bulk, the boat looked tiny and rather cute.

The Sea Adventure King moved emotionally, lying on the whale's back, drenched head to toe; it was October, the weather had turned cool, his face pale yet he kept thanking: "Thank you! Thank you!"

Chris hurried to search the boat for supplies; if this continued, they'd definitely get hypothermia! By then, even if they didn't drown, they'd freeze to death from hypothermia.

Fortunately there was still a water‑proof bag, inside were two cotton jackets, likely cargo stored in the hold, unknown how long they'd been placed; they smelled moldy, but they were the only two dry garments they'd found.

After putting on the clothes, they immediately felt much warmer.

Next, the humpback whale Norton shook its body to fling water out of the boat; the Sea Adventure King and Chris sat on the boat as the whale descended, the hull gradually contacting seawater, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The small boat drifted on the surface; when the father and son left and when they arrived, they were empty‑handed; they started the boat, and suddenly the Sea Adventure King felt a damp chill under his feet.

He instinctively lowered his head, eyes widening in terror, fingers gripping the hull: "Norton, save me—the cabin's leaking water!"

This boat, carried on the whale's back, after the two inspected it, the leak source appeared on camera: in a hidden corner of the cabin, densely packed were round little holes.

It looked like they'd been plugged before; perhaps a special material that melts when it meets water.

The two turned deathly pale—not just their bodies, but their minds; one could imagine that if it weren't for Norton, if they hadn't helped it, they'd now be buried at sea.

Both of their hearts turned cold.

The Sea Adventure King spoke with a pallid face: "This boat is my most beloved, inherited from my father; whenever I go to sea I use it, from past to present it's been decades—I treat it as I would my father."

He spoke while stroking the hull, his eyes carrying nostalgia; despite the scars from the whale's impact, the boat's delicacy still couldn't be hidden.

【I thought the livestream would end here, but this… this is a twist!】

【Good heavens, so someone's targeting them? Who exactly?】

【It's confirmed—streamer, stop doing pet‑consultation livestreams; this is today's legal education, stepping into a crime scene!】

Ling Yue watched the goofy chat's comments, couldn't help but rub her forehead; right now the most important thing is the Sea Adventure King and his two, their only boat unusable—how will they get back?

Ling Yue's gaze fell on the humpback whale beneath them: "Do you remember the way back?"

"Of course!" the energetic Chris said: "Since I can remember, my dad brought me here to fish; even if I close my eyes……oh no, I can't find my way back with eyes closed—this is a slang a friend told me, I just need to keep my eyes open to return."

Ling Yue looked at the humpback whale Norton: "Can you help them?"

The humpback whale replied with a whale song: "What do you need me to do?"

Ling Yue smiled: "Carry them home."

The humpback whale accelerated, reaching twenty‑five kilometers per hour; ten‑plus minutes later they still hadn't swum back, but they already saw the incoming vessel.

It turned out to be a five‑layer giant ship, with "Blue Whale" written on it.

The viewers here still had some doubts.

【Are foreign rescue ships always this luxurious?】

【No no no, definitely not—oh, Chris, I should have guessed earlier, the Sea Adventure King is just our country's shipping magnate!】

【!!! How to deal with not understanding?】

【Mom, I searched back and found—except online, I have no possible connection with him!】

Meanwhile, the crew and rescue team on the Blue Whale stared in shock at the massive humpback whale; their vision was sharp enough to make out the red‑white pattern on the whale's head—what exactly was it.

"God, that's actually a ship!"

"There's a ship on the whale, no, there are people too!" said the rescue captain holding the binoculars.

The two stood steadily on the steamship, the red ship was also towed back, and in the lofty whale song, Nuodun slowly left the place.

The camera can capture the silhouette of the departing sperm whale; because it's slow, every movement is full of charming grace.

The father and son turned, looking at the shocked crew members. Not far away, seeing them unharmed, was their unbelievably beautiful wife.

"Ailis?" said Haishang Maoxian Wang, opening his arms, but the wife stepped back half a step, her big American eyes blinking, tears instantly flowing.

She used all kinds of cheesy lines, making the livestream viewers feel cheesy, and some seemed to notice something.

【I think, the wife is a bit off.】

【I think so too, and judging by the age, she must be a young trophy wife he married later. Think about it, if they both died at the same time, who would inherit the property?】

【Under foreign inheritance law, without a will, the spouse is first in line, right.】

【The more you think about it, the more terrifying it is.】

Obviously, Haishang Maoxian Wang also realized this; he had no notion of keeping family shame private, and directly livestreamed the whole process.

After the intimate embrace, he looked at his wife, suspicion flashing in his gray-blue eyes: "Honey, did you do it? The tampering on the red ship?"

Wife Ailis stared at him stiffly: "What are you talking about?"

The livestream viewers watching this scene couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

【Holy shit, are foreigners all this bold?】

【Where there's melon, there I am!】

At this moment, the wife seemed to suffer a great humiliation, stepping back repeatedly, indicating she would not tolerate such a joke!

She looked inviolable, anyone would doubt themselves, but Haishang Maoxian Wang laughed and suddenly said: "I've always known that you didn't like me at first, but Kelis; however, compared to Kelis, you seem to like money more, so I used money to marry you back."

The melon-gazing viewers in the livestream:???

【Stepmom? Father-son shura field? What kind of soap opera plot is this? So melodramatic and outrageous!】

【So who does the stepmom really like? Wait, no, who is the murderer?】

Ailis had always thought she kept it well hidden, but now suddenly exposed, she turned deathly pale, constantly backing away: "You already know, what else do you want to ask?"

"Did you do it? The damage to the red ship?" He bent down, lowered his head slightly, his eyes emitting an eagle-like sharp light.

The woman shook her head, gradually lowering her body: "It's not me, how could you suspect me?"

Kelis beside them couldn't help but step forward: "Dad!"

"I believe it's not her..."

"Shut up!" Haishang Maoxian Wang looked at him angrily: "Are you two together again?"

Ailis stared at him in shock, so shocked that she couldn't respond.

Just then, the repairman in charge of fixing the red ship rushed over: "Boss, I found the cause!"

"It was a man-made drilled hole, then covered with a special adhesive that peels off and melts when wet, so it looks repaired but actually isn't."

"Through that adhesive we discovered that your rival bribed the repairman, so..."

"So it has nothing to do with me!"

Ailis stood up and slapped him hard: "We're getting divorced!"

【Holy shit, so cool!】

She actively linked arms with the young man, smiling sweetly: "Let's do it again, I choose you, how about you? Kelis."

Her fingertip pressed against the young man's thin lips.

The last sentence was like a light mist in the mountains.

Kelis stared blankly at her; anyone with eyes could see his obsession, and even decades later he would still love her to the point of being unable to extricate himself.

"I am willing."

The two left the deck hand in hand, and a bang sounded behind them—

The screen suddenly closed.

In the black screen, countless livestream viewers stared blankly at their own reflections.

【I spit! Who turned off the livestream ah ah ah he knelt down he actually knelt down!】

【Father and son vying for a woman, I haven't seen such a thrilling plot even in Koukou Novel City!】

【Ah ah ah who can understand that moment, I felt the black screen, my melon, I only took a few bites and they took away the whole pot! Save me!】

【Frankly, Ailis is really pretty and also cool.】

【Hehe, Sister Ailis is a rising painter in the art world, loves the mortal realm, a stunning beauty full of charm!】

【Melon, my melon, my melon is gone QAQ】

Ling Yue couldn't help but nod; she hadn't finished watching either—who understands the pain of eating melon halfway?

【The host nodded, not speaking earlier, also just eating melon?】

Ling Yue:!!!

She lightly coughed: "Let's continue the raffle, please welcome the second consultant, ahahaha."

【Hahahahaha】

【The host is so cute!】

Ling Yue quickly drew the second consultant, saying: "Siyue Fangfei, you can accept the video invitation."

In the blink of an eye…… a black screen.

This wasn't the first time encountering this situation; the viewers were stunned for a moment.

【Is it that they don't know how to operate? Or what?】

"Host, hello, viewers hello." Siyue Fangfei's voice came over, a sweet, coquettish female voice, simply sweet all the way to the heart.

The livestream chat's viewers felt half their bodies go soft, and they couldn't help but wear a foolish grin.

【Such a sweet voice, the older sister must be very pretty, why won't she turn on the video? Add big brother's contact info, big brother will teach you hand‑in‑hand!】

Compared to the previous crude talk, this is simply two extremes!

【So sweet, so sweet, so sweet, she greeted me—does she like me?】

【……How many dishes for a meal? Is that enough for you to act like this? She obviously likes me!】

At this moment, Siyue Fangfei spoke again: "Everyone, don't argue~ I just had a little situation, thanks for everyone's support, I'll turn on the video~~"

So sweet, it looks like it'll start pulling strings any second.

Not to mention the single dogs in the livestream getting restless; even the girls can barely stand it.

This voice—she's sweet but not at all pretentious; instead, it gives people a feeling, a kind of blush‑racing heart that makes you want to cuddle.

So embarrassing. JPG

【Older sister, hurry up and start the livestream! 【expectation】【expectation】】

Siyue Fangfei was silent for a moment, then said: "But I'm not that good‑looking, I'm afraid I'll scare you guys QWQ"

【Ahhh, how could it be? Anyone with such a cute voice must be a super sweet girl!】

【Who says you're not good‑looking? I'll carry a train and rush overnight to beat him!】

Siyue Fangfei: "Okay, thanks everyone~"

Then I'll turn on the camera, you guys don't dislike me, okay~

【Disgusted? What's there to be disgusted about? If I could see the older sister, I'd immediately hug her and kiss her over and over!】

【Upstairs brother, restrain yourself!】

At this moment, the other half of the screen that had been black finally lit up; the older sister smiled sweetly and greeted everyone, waving her hand: "Hello everyone, I'm Siyue Fangfei~",,.