Chapter 209: Volume 1 Chapter 209 Mermaid? Shark Person? (26)

He must not let others discover his identity as a shark person.

A Ting smiled: 'Good.'

Chen Qi Bai stared fixedly at the man's arm holding Jiang Zhi's waist, his brows tightly knit, 'Zhizhi, is he your boyfriend?'

Jiang Zhi quickened her steps, unwilling to stay another moment, gave a perfunctory 'mm', and pulled the shark person away.

Chen Qi Bai narrowed his eyes dangerously, watching them disappear into the rain mist.

The butler came running with an umbrella, 'Young master, shall we go back?'

Chen Qi Bai took off his gold-rimmed glasses, his distinctively jointed fingers lifting to pinch the corners of his eyes, lips pressed tight, face grim.

Since he became sensible, he has understood what he needs and what he does not.

For things he is interested in, he will devote all his energy to studying and undertaking them.

He often becomes immersed in them and cannot extricate himself.

This is also why he enjoys learning and reading.

Therefore, he feels no interest in anything around him.

But the girl is the one he first took a liking to at first sight.

He still remembers that in the cruise ship corridor, she walked over wearing cheap plastic slippers, the 'pa pa pa' sound especially clear in the silent hallway.

Her appearance is not the type that would make one fall in love at first glance, but with frequent contact he found his gaze often landing on her.

Often she is carefree, indifferent to anything, but when she is serious she is extremely focused; her eyes are like glittering jewels scattered with stardust, making one unable to resist wanting to approach and pluck them.

Unlike everyone else around him, her gaze toward him is always the same, no different from anyone else, with no distinction.

Chen Qi Bai is well aware that wherever he goes, he receives all kinds of admiring, reverent, or fawning looks.

Only she is different.

Liking this is like a vine, spreading rapidly and growing, covering every part of the body, the thorns of the vine soaked in deadly poison, bewitching one into hell.

Chen Qi Bai put his glasses back on, his expression returning to normal.

No one can take her away from his side.

On the way back, Jiang Zhi felt that the shark person beside her was in a bad mood, although he showed no sign, but based on her familiarity with him she could be certain.

'What's wrong?' she asked.

A Ting held up the umbrella and smiled, 'Nothing.'

Most of the umbrella had shifted to her side, but fortunately the umbrella was large enough to accommodate the shark person as well.

Jiang Zhi stopped walking: 'If you're unhappy, you can tell me; am I not your partner?'

A Ting stared for a moment, gazing at her clear eyes reflecting his own, his heart burning hot.

'I'm afraid you'll fall for someone else.'

This is what he fears most, hidden deep in his heart.

She and he are ultimately not of the same kind—he is a shark person, a monster; she is human, and humans only like humans, how could they like a monster?

He feels extremely inferior and lacks confidence, panic and jealousy filling his inner darkness; if he killed everyone in this world, would Zhizhi then only like him?

Jiang Zhi sighed helplessly, her fingers stroking his face, pulling him to bend down, she tiptoed, touching their noses together, their breaths mingling.

'A Ting.' She pressed against his body, feeling each other's heartbeat, 'Besides you, I will not like anyone else.'

Those words were enough. That red mole burned like fire, scorching the corners of his eyes; he pulled down his mask, leaned in, and kissed her soft lips.

In the dim alley, fine rain wet the face resembling a mythical deep-sea siren, dark gold scales spreading to the brows and eyes, black hair hanging low, the black umbrella shielding their bodies.

The patter of rain beside them seemed to cease; Jiang Zhi immersed herself in his intensely aggressive kiss, her face flushed, ears hot, tongues fervently entwined.

Chen Qi Bai, who had followed, saw this scene; he stood in the corner, soaked through by rain, his black hair drenched and sticking to his brows and eyes, the lenses speckled with fine raindrops; he lifted his hand to wipe them, and upon seeing the fish scales appearing on the man's body, his brows suddenly knotted.

If not human, what kind of monster is it?

Chen Qi Bai turned and left, placing a call to Chi You.

On the other end, Chi You was still playing games at home, answered the call and put it on speaker.

'What's up?'

Chen Qi Bai sat in the car, took the towel the driver handed him to wipe his hair, and said, 'On the island, what did you find?'

Chi You, upon hearing, found his game lacking interest, so he simply turned it off and replied, 'The monster studied in that laboratory.'

Chen Qi Bai pressed the car's soundproof panel, then immediately asked, 'Is there a monster that grows fish scales when it meets water?'

Chi You thought for a moment, opened his notebook, flipped through all the data he had gathered on the island, and after a while said, 'Yes.'

Chen Qi Bai frowned: 'What?'

Chi You: 'Shark person.'

Shark persons, creatures of deep-sea legend, are the complete opposite of mermaids; they are ferocious and bloodthirsty, widely spread in ancient times, infamous for slaughtering humans.

Chi You waited a while for his reply, puzzled, glanced at the phone screen seeing it was still connected, and couldn't help but ask, 'What's wrong?'

Chen Qi Bai said, 'It's fine, thank you.'

After hanging up, he recalled what Xiao Chang had said in the sea island cave—that his ancestors had once passed down an ancient book recording shark persons.

He then made another call, to the Xiao family.

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Back at the residence, Jiang Zhi took the shark person to the bathroom for a shower; he was very well-behaved, not touching anything.

Jiang Zhi was very satisfied; after finishing the shower and dinner she lay down on the bed.

She hadn't even had time to turn off the light when the shark person pressed her beneath him, feeling the cold dampness at her neck, she anxiously said, 'A Ting...'

A Ting stopped his movements, quietly embracing her, his voice low and husky: 'What's wrong?'

Jiang Zhi worriedly covered her stomach, looking at him and asked, 'Will I get pregnant?'

Do you really want to give birth to a little mermaid?

A Xi brushed the black hair from the corner of her eye, locking gazes with her eyes that shimmered with a moving spring hue, his thin lips slightly curling, "Zhizhi, aren't you willing to bear my child?"

Jiang Zhi buried herself in his embrace, rubbing slightly, and whispered, "No, I'm just a little scared."

She hasn't taken the time to accept the fact of bearing his little mermaid.

A Xi leaned close to her ear, his voice soft and tender: "No, even if I make love to Zhizhi countless times, Zhizhi will not become pregnant."

Jiang Zhi raised her brows, puzzled: "Why?"

A Xi kissed her lips, keeping his words locked in his heart.

——Because he is unwilling.

For a mermaid to make a human pregnant, she must remodel the human's body, growing within her a cavity capable of nurturing a young mermaid; only then would intercourse result in pregnancy.

But once pregnant with a young mermaid, the human will die on the day the young mermaid is born.

With such a brutal means of reproduction, how could A Xi possibly be willing?

But he fears that if she likes children, and if he directly tells her that they could never have a child in this lifetime, would Zhizhi resent or even hate him?

"Zhizhi… Zhizhi…"

That night.

Immersed in desire, Jiang Zhi sensed the mermaid's abnormality; a scorching, bone‑deep love enveloped her completely.