Chapter 1752: Merfolk Rearing Guide 24

The merfolk's tactics are too deep; Lin Juan pinched the tip of Jin Chen's tail fin, his face flushed with a thin red and annoyance, "You did it on purpose—who wants to get engaged to you?"

No matter what, I've called you my wife for so long, so of course I have to take responsibility for you.

Jin Chen said earnestly, then in an instant changed his expression, looking pitifully at Lin Juan, "Wife, you slept with me, so you also have to take responsibility for me!"

As he spoke, the multicolored light clusters swayed to one side, as if echoing his words.

Lin Juan: "……"

How does this fish blurt out everything!

The tail fin wrapped around Lin Juan's wrist; Jin Chen calmly held him in his arms, "Wife, rest assured, I'll treat you well—I'm rich, and I'll give you all the jewels and pearls here."

There are still many merfolk here who haven't transformed—could they possibly agree?

Yes." Jin Chen nodded, rather proudly saying, "I should be the king here, so of course they agree."

Thus the light balls bobbed up and down again, nodding like humans, quite lively.

Lin Juan couldn't keep up with the fish's train of thought, so he gave up arguing.

Alright, shut up." Lin Juan directly clapped a hand over Jin Chen's nonstop mouth, staring into his eyes and saying, "Wasn't it supposed to be a tour?"

As long as we can quickly end this topic, that's fine!

Jin Chen's deep-blue pupils brightened; he had already tacitly accepted it, happily hugging Lin Juan as they continued exploring the next place.

In fact, for him personally, there are also many places he hasn't explored yet.

After all, he used to be just a juvenile fish that got tired from swimming too long.

Going deeper, Lin Juan guessed it must be the "Play Area" behind the plaza; indeed there was a huge slide, crystal clear and translucent, like mistakenly entering some icy world, yet warm and moist to the touch—so it probably wasn't ice.

This is……jade?

Lin Juan placed his hand on the slide's railing, looked up in surprise at the exquisite, spacious slide, and gained a new understanding of the Merfolk Tribe's abundant gemstone resources.

Wife, let's go.

Jin Chen lifted him, his tone excited, "I'll take you to play."

Lin Juan had just wondered why there was only a downward slide and no stairs to go up, but being held by Jin Chen made him realize.

The merfolk actually swam straight up by circling the crystal pillars—a novel experience for him.

Lin Juan lowered his gaze at the beautiful, dreamlike scene, as if it were a fragile yet lovely dream.

He slowly leaned against Jin Chen's shoulder, the hands clasped around his neck gradually tightening.

Jin Chen thought it was because they were too high above the ground with no safety measures; Lin Juan felt a bit scared, lowered his head and kissed the corner of his eye, "Don't worry, I'm holding you safely."

Mm." Lin Juan replied softly.

As Jin Chen held him while sliding down, it seemed to break free from some gravitational restraint, giving only a light, carefree feeling; the extreme speed made his mind briefly forget all worries and heaviness, leaving only the wind whistling past their ears and each other's warmth.

The light clusters also came from the plaza, circling them as they descended, like floating colorful bubbles, bringing a dreamlike beauty.

Lin Juan narrowed his eyes against the wind as he slid down; his heart felt as if something wanted to burst forth, growing with his accelerating heartbeat, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose.

He suddenly turned, tilted his head back, and kissed Jin Chen's lips.

Jin Chen reacted after only half a second, then tightly embraced the person in his arms, his rippling, bright eyes full of love.

【Villain Heartthrob Value detected +10, total 70!】

【Villain Blackening Value detected -3, total 74!】

At the slide's end, the two rolled into a mass of foam as light and soft as clouds.

Jin Chen stared as a head of foam emerged, shook his head, turned away, and let Lin Juan help comb his silver hair.

Combing hair was something they often did when they were still in the Breeding Chamber; Lin Juan had grown accustomed to it and had even become quite skilled.

After the earlier proactive kiss, Lin Juan quieted again, lowered his gaze to seriously watch the strands threading between his fingers, when suddenly he heard Jin Chen ask.

Wife, did you have another nightmare last night?

Lin Juan's combing motion paused, and he answered with a sound.

His hesitation was because last night, his dream had unexpectedly featured Jin Chen—something truly unthinkable.

For the past ten years, every nightmare has been a painful regression to the past; Lin Juan couldn't stop it and had never grown accustomed to it.

But last night's dream……

Recalling this fish's peculiarity, Lin Juan became alert and asked, "You wouldn't still have the ability to enter dreams, would you?"

How could that be!

Jin Chen turned his head to deny, "Fish don't have that ability."

He merely shared the dream, so he didn't actually enter it.

Jin Chen's expression was too earnest, seeming not feigned, so Lin Juan didn't press further.

Alright." Lin Juan poked Jin Chen's shoulder.

Jin Chen turned sideways to hold him, then asked, "What's in the dream? Why do you keep having nightmares?"

Lin Juan instinctively wanted to refuse the topic, but seeing the merfolk's overly earnest and expectant eyes, he actually felt reluctant to refuse.

A translucent blue tail fin was placed in Lin Juan's palm, "Let the wife touch the tail, exchange secrets."

Lin Juan: "……"

He annoyed, pinched the tip of the tail, "I don't want to touch it."

Lin Juan pondered where to begin, after all he had never told anyone these things, and wanting to confide was not easy either.

Since that reporter already told you many things, the High-Intelligence Animal Riot Event ten years ago should have been mentioned too.

Jin Chen nodded, not exposing the wife's pretense while still holding her tail to play, "I know."

Back then there was also a lab; the experiment aimed to determine whether high-intelligence animals were truly harmless to humans, and the Gene Fusion Experiment was a plan proposed by another group of researchers.

My parents were part of the faction that firmly opposed the Gene Fusion Experiment; they even adopted a severely injured first-generation experimental subject, a juvenile octopus, and privately funded extensive resources for its treatment.

Thinking of those blood-colored, fiery tentacles in his dream, Jin Chen's eyes darkened slightly; the subsequent events are likely inseparable from that octopus, otherwise Lin Juan wouldn't have gone into a stress reaction upon seeing an octopus at the base.