Chapter 1744: Mermaid Taming Guide 16

After that day, Jin Chen became even more adept at acting coquettish in front of Lin Juan; simply put, if he couldn't see him for a moment, he'd start chattering into the monitor, being clingy.

Moreover, Jin Chen used his fingertips to shape various slices of raw fish into hearts, then personally fed them to Lin Juan, which seemed to have become a fixed ritual during meals.

"This flavor……"

Jin Chen flicked his tail fin, acted coquettishly turning over in Lin Juan's embrace, then poked a piece and brought it to his lips, "Juan, try it."

Lin Juan's hand typing on the notebook didn't pause; he tilted his head, ate a piece, suddenly felt the taste was off, "What is this?"

"I don't know, it's the snack they gave."

Jin Chen answered casually, yawned from tiredness, got up, put down the plate, and rolled into Lin Juan's embrace, half-asleep, "Only I have it."

The "they" Jin Chen referred to were the feeders, but he was too lazy to remember the names of anyone besides Lin Juan, and Lin Juan had grown accustomed to it.

"Snack?"

Lin Juan picked up the unfinished plate, lifted a piece of fish meat that looked off, the taste he had just sampled was numb and tingling.

After a few seconds, realizing something, Lin Juan's gaze shifted, and he instinctively lifted the person in his arms.

"Jin Chen, get up."

"No, I'm sleepy."

Jin Chen refused, burying himself in Lin Juan's embrace and refusing to move.

Indeed it was.

Lin Juan's face darkened; during this period Jin Chen had gradually shaken off his weakness, and was no longer prone to drowsiness as before.

The fish meat contained a special hypnotic drug harmful only to highly intelligent animals; long-term microdosing made one increasingly fatigued, until the moment they were pushed into the operating room.

But the mermaid surgery experiment wasn't this month, and he, the chief surgeon, hadn't agreed to it—who was drugging Jin Chen?

"Get up first, can you sleep again tonight?" Lin Juan stroked Jin Chen's cheek, coaxing softly, "I'll go find… something to eat for you."

"Drug" rolled on his tongue and he swallowed it; Lin Juan's brows furrowed as he firmly helped Jin Chen up.

Jin Chen blinked open his eyes in a daze, looked at him, then rolled back into the embrace, rubbing against him, "I don't want to eat; wife, stay and sleep with me."

"Be good and listen; tonight I'll stay and sleep with you." Lin Juan's mind was wholly focused on solving the drug; this drug's effect on highly intelligent animals was nearly irreversible.

"Okay!"

Jin Chen quickly agreed, leaning on the sofa waiting for Lin Juan to fetch the medicine, his gaze on Lin Juan's back clear, tender, and smiling.

"Oh dear, Host, I have some bad news for you."

Ling Gun Gun, chewing on fish meat, mumbled: "That bad old doctor who started the gene experiment has come to the base! He might start the experiment early!"

That means the Host won't have time to do that and that with the Main God anymore.

Ling Gun Gun also felt it a pity, and took another big bite of the fish meat.

Jin Chen glanced at the plate after a brief thought, noticed Lin Juan had returned, lifted his head to look at him, "Wife, hug!"

Lin Juan helplessly sat beside him, handing over the glass tube filled with blue liquid to Jin Chen's lips, "Drink it; you can't eat the glass."

After Jin Chen finished drinking, Lin Juan raised his hand, lightly brushed his lips, and asked softly, "How do you feel?"

Jin Chen glanced at him furtively and said, "I'm not sleepy."

"Then that's good."

Lin Juan let out a breath, his fingers twining around the silver hair, and cautioned, "From now on, don't eat anything that tastes strange."

Jin Chen still lay in his embrace, boneless, his tail tip wrapping around Lin Juan's calf and gently rubbing, "I heard."

"Wife, you have to keep your word."

Lin Juan recalled what he had just said, his ears slightly red, he pinched Jin Chen's handsome face without good humor.

"You just remember this kind of thing clearly."

Jin Chen snorted arrogantly, wrapped his arms around Lin Juan's waist, and kissed him.

Lin Juan's worry and struggle were well hidden in his eyes, only leaking a bit when he lowered his gaze; thinking of the differences between Jin Chen and highly intelligent animals, a worse guess involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

He sighed; it felt as if a net were gradually tightening around his heart, squeezing until he could barely breathe.

——

Two hours later, Lin Juan received a summons from the base's central control room.

As he left the office, he happened to see Xu Yi walking toward him; Lin Juan gave him a cool glance and said, "Anything?"

"Doctor Lin, I'm fine, I… just passing by."

Xu Yi smiled at him, walked straight past office number seventeen, then quickly slipped into the corridor and furtively poked his head out to watch him leave.

Then he used You Zhuoran's high-level administrator access card to open the office door.

"Mermaid Boss!"

Xu Yi rushed anxiously to the breeding chamber, "Something happened! Get up quickly and think of a solution."

Jin Chen slowly swam out of the shell bed, "Person, you're noisy."

Xu Yi: "……"

"It's an emergency, Boss, and didn't I introduce myself as Xu Yi?"

"Two characters, too lazy to say."

Jin Chen, whose language system was imperfect, swam out of the chamber, his clear tone carrying nobility, "What's the matter?"

"Doctor Edmond from headquarters has arrived, saying he wants to advance your surgery… that is… gene fusion remodeling surgery; reportedly he also brought from headquarters an advanced remodeling experimental subject that can fuse with you."

Xu Yi felt the Mermaid Boss surely understood everything, speaking without any ambiguity; Jin Chen, accustomed to being called a fool by his wife, suddenly felt clever again.

Jin Chen pondered, flicked his tail fin, gestured for Xu Yi to sit, "Come, let's discuss."

The base's top-level central control room.

"Long time no see, Doctor Edmond."

Upon seeing the white-bearded Doctor Edmond, Lin Juan realized all his suspicions had come true.

"Oh! Lin, my dear child, are you still adjusting here?" Aidemeng walked over and shook hands with Lin Juan, his brows and eyes kind, "They say you're getting along well with Number Seventeen."

"It's not bad."

Lin Juan responded without changing his expression, pulling out a faint smile.

His respect for Aidemeng is different from that for anyone else.

You Zhuoran stood behind Uncle Ke, his gaze toward Lin Juan somewhat complex.

As the administrator who can mobilize surveillance and patrols, he is very clear about Lin Juan's changes, and also understands that Lin Juan and the named Number Seventeen have already developed an unusual feeling.

How will Lin Juan choose?

"Lin, come look." Aidemeng gestured for Uncle Ke to open the virtual screen; an ultra-clear screen floated into view before them, displaying precisely the analysis of Jin Chen.

"Originally we thought Number Seventeen was just an ordinary merfolk tribe; this tribe, which has disappeared for several hundred years, is truly mysterious, a very important experimental subject for us."

Aidemeng said, scrolling to the next screen, "However, headquarters has been analyzing the unusual aspects of him, reasonably suspecting that Number Seventeen may not merely be a survivor of the merfolk tribe."

Aidemeng visibly excited and also became alert, "You dare imagine! Number Seventeen, that beautiful mermaid is very likely a descendant of the ancient sea god; this is practically unprecedented on the Blue Star nowadays."

—I heard a cry for help, Juan, the marine creature, is in great pain.

—I was captured, my inheritance was cut off, I have no memory.

Jin Chen's wronged voice still echoed in his mind; Lin Juan became a little absent‑minded, gripping the pen in his hand tightly.

Descendant of the sea god!

That mermaid has just left the juvenile stage, she can't even speak clearly.

Thinking of what is about to happen, Lin Juan's eyes felt sore and his heart a dull ache.