Chapter 1754

"Understood..."

Looking at the clam-shell ship that had been rolled out of the water by the back-surging water vortex after the Carriage-class ship had completely bottomed out, Hearing Li Ang said speechlessly:

"So, my ship couldn't avoid the cargo ship that came in later, not only because the sailors had upset stomachs and were short-handed, but also because your big clam shell was propping it up from below?"

"This... it might have a little to do with it..."

After secretly adjusting the decisive shell on her chest, Miss Salted Fish said awkwardly:

"We sea tribes can breathe in the water, so the ships we sit in don't need to float up, and your sailors can't see it above the water surface, so..."

"So when my ship retreated, it was equivalent to being propped up by your ship underwater and hit by another ship above water, just happened to be caught in the middle, which is why it sank so thoroughly?"

"Mm..."

"..."

No wonder... Speaking of which, although the culprit is my badge, you were forced to sign a pile of unequal treaties during the day, and you should hate to see me for the rest of your life now. Why are you still hanging around the port at night?

Glancing at the group of mermaids hiding in the giant clam-shell ship in the distance, looking over here from the gap at the edge of the clam shell, Hearing Li Ang asked with suspicion in his eyes:

"Coming to hit my ship in the middle of the night... you aren't here specifically to take revenge on me, are you?"

"No... not..."

I would like to take revenge, but I have to be able to beat you first!

After shaking her head repeatedly, Miss Salted Fish explained:

"This was just an accident; my mother... was worried about my safety, so she came over to see me, and it just happened that your ship moved along with it..."

"..."

A lie... or rather, only part of it is true.

Looking at Miss Salted Fish's dark soul, which had flared up with a lie, Hearing Li Ang's eyebrows raised slightly, and he asked pointedly:

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, this really was just an accident..."

"What about the part that wasn't an accident?"

"?!!!"

"The reason you appeared at the port, and the purpose of your mother suddenly rushing over."

After pointing out the two suspicious points about Miss Salted Fish, Hearing Li Ang, who had been keeping in mind the sea tribe behind her, narrowed his eyes and reminded her:

"Friendly reminder, your move of insisting on participating in the Twelve Kingdoms Assembly with a human identity has always been very suspicious in my eyes. Before I determine that you and the sea tribe behind you are harmless, you had better not lie in front of me... What exactly do you want to do coming here in the middle of the night?"

"I..."

Realizing that her deliberate concealment just now must have triggered some kind of ability the Food God had to discern lies, Miss Salted Fish had to explain in a low voice:

"I came to get something..."

"What thing?"

"It's... it's something I can use."

"What?"

"It's... this..."

"Which one?"

"This one!"

Forced into a corner by Hearing Li Ang, the stammering Miss Salted Fish stomped her feet, gave up on trying to hide it, and lifted the shell in front of her chest. She then puffed out her chest to show off the 【Charms of Hill】... and added through gritted teeth:

"These two! I just came to get these two things! Do you even have to check this?"

"..."

This is actually the truth? So that means, you risked being blackmailed by me again just to sneak back to the port, all for the sake of changing a set of in... out... changing a set of breastplates?

"Fine..."

After confirming that this was indeed the truth, Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but open his mouth speechlessly, then his expression softened slightly. He nodded and apologized:

"I reacted a bit too strongly. Since it's just your private matter, it has nothing to do with me, so I won't bother you anymore... Remember to pay for the ship and the cargo!"

"K... know..."

After Hearing Li Ang turned and left, Miss Salted Fish, who had successfully taken on a large new debt, jumped into the water dejectedly and swam toward the clam-shell ship her mother had driven over.

But to Miss Salted Fish's great astonishment, what greeted her was not complaints and panic, but the extremely reverent gazes of the mermaids and clam-maidens in the clam-shell ship.

"As expected of my daughter!"

After floating over on the giant pearl and hugging her quite forcefully, the beautiful mermaid matron praised her with excitement in her eyes:

"Wendy! You were actually able to argue with that Food God, forcing him to make concessions and even apologize to you, and in the end, you were even able to retreat unscathed... You are indeed the future of our sea tribe!"

"???"

What is all this? I just puffed out my chest and let him take a look; how did I become the pride of the sea tribe?

Confused by the jubilant atmosphere around her, Miss Salted Fish said with a bewildered look:

"Mother? What on earth are you talking about? I just went to explain the accident of the ship collision; why are you making it sound like I did something so big?"

"This is already amazing enough!"

After patting Miss Salted Fish's back forcefully, the beautiful mermaid matron took a deep breath, saying with a hint of fear in her eyes:

"You think you just went to explain, but when has the Food God ever reasoned with anyone?

That three-headed dog god who once guarded the gate for the Dead Realm was eaten alive just for blocking him from entering or leaving! Those descendants of the earth in the earth's core had just run out when they were blocked by him and repeatedly abused and killed! The Dream Realm... the Kingdom of Krok... the Northern Kingdom... the Dead Realm...

For opponents he has had conflicts with, he has only one choice, and that is to fight to the end! When has he ever reasoned with anyone?"

"Is it that exaggerated..."

"Even more exaggerated than that!"

After recalling the news she had collected, the beautiful mermaid matron couldn't help but sigh:

"As the most hardline iron-blooded faction in the Bureau of Cleanup, the Food God doesn't accept any negotiations at all. Since taking power, he has only killed all the way! He has never bowed his head to any race other than humans, and you are the only exception so far... He even apologized to you!"

"There was an apology... but he still wants me to pay him money..."

"Does paying money count as a thing?"

The beautiful mermaid matron said speechlessly:

"Up to now, other people who provoked the Food God were at best placed under restrictions, and their entire clans became dogs for the Bureau of Cleanup! So many Death Lords in the Dead Realm simply died to the last one, without even a chance for compensation!"

"No... I think you all seem to have a deep misunderstanding of him..."

Although she was also startled when she first heard the beautiful mermaid matron's words, after recalling her time with Hearing Li Ang's family over the past two days, she felt that this Food God was not as extreme and crazy as the rumors said. Miss Salted Fish couldn't help but shake her head and say:

"I feel that although the Food God's attitude is very tough, he is not the kind of person who doesn't reason at all, and his attitude when communicating is also very gentle... he is even the kind of person with a very high tolerance. As long as you don't really touch his bottom line, then many things can be discussed."

"This... do you think there is a possibility that he is only willing to talk to you?"

"Ah?"

Looking at her daughter, who didn't know what kind of soul soup she had been fed and insisted that the Food God was a "normal person" with a gentle temper, the beautiful mermaid matron couldn't help but hiss, then asked tentatively in a low voice full of worry:

"Wendy, tell Mom the truth... does he really have any ideas about you?"

(End of chapter)