Chapter 203: Volume 1 Chapter 203 – Merperson? Sirena? (20)

After encountering a storm and being stranded on that island, the sea island later exploded; they escaped and were rescued by a maritime patrol ship.

I truly don't know whether they have big fate or just good luck.

After the investigation, the Special Investigation Team told them a lot; for now they cannot leave the country, and only after their identities are fully clarified will things return to normal.

Chen Qi Bai and Chi You were picked up by their families, while He Jing Rou's residence differed from hers; the original owner had been renting a place outside on their own for a long time.

At the airport.

He Jing Rou seemed not to notice the man behind her, her face pale and exhausted as she said goodbye: "Zhizhi, see you at school."

After saying that, she was also picked up by her family.

Jiang Zhi took a taxi back to her residence; the area was remote, requiring over an hour by car to reach the school. The house was decent—one bedroom, one living room, with complete facilities.

She turned to look at the merperson standing at the entryway, hesitating to come in; it seemed drawn to the photo placed on the shoe rack, so it walked over and took a look.

Jiang Zhi walked over and said, "That's a photo of me from when I was a child."

The original owner liked taking photos, so even the entryway had her pictures displayed.

A Tan shifted his gaze, saying, "Not you."

The merperson's sudden words startled Jiang Zhi; watching it walk toward the living room, she quickly picked up the photo and thought to 777, "How does it know this isn't me?"

The photo shows the original owner, not her.

777 was busy and replied briefly, "Are its senses sharp?"

Jiang Zhi had a blank expression: "Never mind, go chat."

Even the connection system is into online dating—what justice is there?

777 let out a hehe laugh.

Jiang Zhi followed behind it and said, "How do you make the Special Investigation Team and everyone else ignore you?"

On the way back, everyone acted as if they hadn't seen it, even the Special Investigation Team was kept in the dark.

A Tan found everything before him extraordinarily unfamiliar, looking here and there, yet still able to find a moment to answer her question: "Conceal aura."

Hearing that, Jiang Zhi nodded in understanding.

Exactly, it's a merperson; having any strange ability wouldn't be surprising.

"What is this?" it asked, pointing to the book on the shelf.

Jiang Zhi replied, "It's a book."

A Tan couldn't read; opening the book, he couldn't understand a single character.

Jiang Zhi walked over to help him read it.

After a while, it said again, "I want to learn these characters."

Jiang Zhi opened her phone, opened an elementary school language course video for it to watch, then went to tidy up the house.

After being away so long, a thick layer of dust had settled on the furniture; nearby were markets, with distant shopkeepers' calls and pop music playing from speakers.

After finishing cleaning, she checked her bank card balance.

Upon seeing the seven‑digit balance, a relieved smile crept onto the corner of her mouth.

She still remembered a certain world where she was so poor that coins clanged, couldn't even open a pot, yet still had to keep a cat.

However, according to her memory, this money was all given by Xu Chao, who spent a fortune just to have He Jing Rou join the cruise trip.

But in his eyes, this amount meant nothing; the Xu family's assets exceed ten billion, though they don't match the male lead's Shen family, they are still a prominent clan.

Jiang Zhi prepared to go to the supermarket; when she returned to the living room again,

The sound of a high‑school language course video came from her phone; she widened her eyes, walked over, and watched the merperson learning with relish.

"How did you get to high‑school language?" she asked in surprise.

"Just a moment ago it was elementary school."

A Tan said, "It can be sped up."

Saying that, it demonstrated it to her.

Jiang Zhi: "?" I meant that meaning?

After A Tan finished the ending, he still wanted to watch high‑school math, but Jiang Zhi took the phone away.

"We'll look again tonight; now we need to go to the supermarket," she said.

A Tan wondered, "What is a supermarket?"

Jiang Zhi explained, "It's a place where you can buy food."

The first thing upon leaving was to buy clothes for the merperson.

In outsiders' eyes, he looks like a normal person, not a merperson.

"You don't need to conceal your aura; from now on we will live together," she said earnestly.

Hearing that, A Tan in the changing room extended his well‑defined arm from inside, grabbed her and pulled her in, a damp cold breath spraying onto her face; his pure black pupils glowed intensely in the dim light.

"I want to kiss you." After a few seconds, the merperson asked again, "May I?"

Jiang Zhi tiptoed, kissed him on the cheek, then pulled away immediately, whispering, "Let's kiss again when we get back; not here."

A Tan lowered his forehead; his ink‑black hair slid down from his shoulders, giving his face a complexion like frosted snow, his brows and eyes exuding a wanton air, yet the depths of his black eyes held an expression of extreme innocence and purity.

"Why?"

Jiang Zhi's cheeks flushed slightly as she shoved his bare chest, her voice unsteady: "In the human… human world, you can only kiss at home."

A Tan straightened his body and said regretfully, "All right."

Did he believe her? Jiang Zhi froze for a moment, then hurried out of the changing room; her vision brightened again, but her body involuntarily grew hot.

Male beauty is a disaster!

Leaving the clothing store, she felt the gazes of nearby people; Jiang Zhi turned to look at the strikingly conspicuous merperson, pressed her lips, grabbed his wrist, and headed toward the barbershop.

They gave him a trendy middle-part hairstyle; even the hairstylist couldn't resist wanting to dye his hair for free.

"This service is free, but you need to take two photos."

Jiang Zhi clenched their teeth: "No!"

After firmly refusing, she paid and dragged the person away directly.

A Ting noticed her mood change, reached out to stroke her nape, and asked gently, "Are you angry?"

Jiang Zhi was furious: "No."

A Ting chuckled, "Zhizhi doesn't lie."

Jiang Zhi couldn't help reaching out to pinch his face, saying, "Can't you look a little more ordinary? Why do you have to be so attractive as to draw bees and butterflies?"

A Ting replied helplessly, "Merpeople are all good-looking."

What he said wasn't false; merpeople, regardless of age or gender, have looks called divine beauty, and especially a merperson king who appears once a thousand years—his appearance rivals that of a god.

Jiang Zhi saw more and more people stopping in her peripheral vision, drawn to look at the merperson; she didn't even want to browse the supermarket, and pulled him away.

"From now on, wear a mask when you go out!"

A Ting watched their clasped hands, his thin lips curling slightly, the mole at the corner of his eye becoming even more conspicuous.

【Villain A Ting's corruption value -6 points, 77 points.】

They returned home.

Jiang Zhi bought some vegetables at the downstairs supermarket, bought three fresh fish for the merperson, came out of the kitchen, and saw him sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"How do you like your fish cooked?"

A Ting's gaze fell on her face, and he said, "I prefer to eat people."

Jiang Zhi trembled: "?"

A Ting chuckled, "I was just joking."

He then added, "Don't you like this joke?"

Jiang Zhi: "..." Only someone suicidal would like that.

A Ting walked up to her, put his arm around her waist, and said softly, "I like eating whatever Zhizhi does."

Merpeople only eat after long intervals, digest slowly, and can sustain themselves for a long time on just one or two fish.

Smelling the girl's fragrance, his throat moved, his voice low and hoarse, "Can I kiss you now?"