[God Xin demonstrated what it means to lift a stone and hit one’s own foot.]
[Haha, you guys care so much.]
——————————————
When Bai Lixin walked into Lab 1 holding the bottle, his mind was still a bit fuzzy.
It wasn’t until he heard the familiar “yiya” that he snapped out of it.
Looking at the merman with excited eyes and then at the long-necked bottle in his hand, Bai Lixin suddenly placed the bottle aside as if electrocuted.
The merman tilted his head.
He didn’t know what was wrong with Bai Lixin, but he felt like he was a bit absent-minded.
Could it be because the damn doctor punished him yesterday?
Thinking about the doctor bullying the young man, the merman suddenly became furious and used the gesture Bai Lixin taught him yesterday, pointing it towards the camera.
Seeing the merman’s gesture, Bai Lixin felt like crying even more.
‘My good merman, you’re not just slapping Dr. Olay’s face; you’re slapping mine.
Look, look, my face is turning red!’
The merman stared at him with burning eyes, and Bai Lixin’s gaze was evasive. He didn’t even dare to make eye contact with the merman.
With eyes this glazed, what if things escalate while he’s looking and he accidentally presses the trigger? Can he survive that?
Bai Lixin’s gaze subconsciously fell on the merman’s abdomen.
On the beautiful blue scales, there was a scale that didn’t match the others.
Bai Lixin knew that by lifting this scale, he could open the door to a new world.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Better just cement this door shut!’
Avoiding eye contact, his gaze suddenly fell on the merman’s hand. The plastic flower, which should have hit the sewers already, hung obediently from the merman’s fingertips. Bai Lixin temporarily forgot about his terror and held the merman’s large hand with both of his, and pulled it in front of himself.
There were no stems on the small flower, so the merman carefully wound it around his middle finger with his own hair.
The merman had no idea what it meant to wear a ring on his hand; he just wanted to preserve the gift the young man gave him.
The merman’s body was quite long; with the tail, he was about four meters. His palms were so big that one palm was as big as two of Bai Lixin’s.
Bai Lixin couldn’t imagine how a merman with hands this large tied such a small flower to his hand.
Does tempered steel become soft when wrapped around the finger?
“Yiya.” The merman called out, and Bai Lixin raised his head to see the merman looking at him somewhat pitifully. He pointed to the small flower on his fingertip and scooped up a handful of water.
When the water reached Bai Lixin, it quickly slipped away through his fingers, and in the end, there was nothing left in his hand.
Bai Lixin: “Are you saying I gave you a little flower, and you didn’t give me a gift, so you feel embarrassed?”
The merman immediately nodded.
“How could there be none?” Bai Lixin took off his shoes and socks, sat barefoot by the pool, his hands supporting the pool wall. He leaned his upper body towards the water surface, “One kiss is enough.”
“Come, as a thank you, kiss me.”
The merman hesitated for a moment, a suspicious red appeared on his cheek.
He lowered his head and gently kissed Bai Lixin’s lips.
First, it was a light taste, then gradually, it became more intimate.
After a long while, Bai Lixin, pushed away the merman, panting. “Ahem, enough. The reward is too generous, I don’t need this much.”
Continuing might endanger his life!
The merman was somewhat unsatisfied, but he keenly sensed the young man’s resistance and didn’t persist.
“Let’s just chat today, okay?” Bai Lixin rotated at the pool’s edge, then stepped into the pool. Sitting on the pool’s edge, he patted the pool wall beside him.
The merman was smart and immediately understood Bai Lixin’s intention. With a powerful leap using his strong arms, he obediently sat next to Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin took the merman’s cold arm, and his fingers casually touched the plastic flower on his finger. “I made this casually. If you don’t like it, you can throw it away, and I’ll make a prettier one for you, alright?”
The merman shook his head without hesitation, protectively holding onto the small flower.
Seeing his response, Bai Lixin didn’t insist.
Fortunately, he had bought several trackers at that time.
Their position was conveniently away from the camera. With the help of the merman’s hand, Bai Lixin took out a tracker from his backpack and quickly tossed it into the pool.
The tracker was a tiny black object, almost invisible to the average person, but the merman noticed it.
He looked at Bai Lixin with some surprise, then saw Bai Lixin reaching out and pressed his lips.
The merman’s eyes flickered, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.
The young man must have had a reason for throwing something in.
“Oh, by the way, are you just called No. 1?” Bai Lixin played with the merman’s hand on his leg.
The merman seemed to dislike this title, and his brows furrowed.
“Do you hate this name?” Bai Lixin immediately said, “Then, shall I give you a name? How about Dijia? Do you like this name?”
The merman: “Yiya.”
—I like it, I like everything from the you.
“Dijia.” The young man came close to his ear and called out.
“Zero!” Dr. Olay’s infuriated voice suddenly came through the loudspeaker, “What are you doing?! Come out immediately!”
————————————-
This despicable human actually gave the merman a name?!
Did he forget what he had warned him about?
Dr. Olay stood up furiously. Just as he was about to leave the monitoring room to Lab 1, a cryptic and awkward voice suddenly came through the loudspeaker: “Di—Jia.”
Dr. Olay, who was ready to leave, immediately stopped in his tracks. He quickly sat back down, looking at the big screen in shock.
On the screen, the expression on the young man’s face also carried a bit of surprise. “What did you just say?”
The merman held the young man’s arm and refused to let him go. Opening his mouth, he mimicked the young man’s mouth movements and made one sound: “Dijia—”
The pronunciation wasn’t clear, but it was still possible to discern that he was speaking the human language.
His voice was like that of a child just learning to speak, and the words he uttered were very unclear.
Dr. Olay was initially stunned, then his eyes lit up with indescribable joy.
His previous deduction was correct!
The structure of a merman’s tongue is very flexible, similar to that of humans.
Generally, creatures with such a structure can learn human languages.
He secretly held onto this proposition, but in reality, despite continuously teaching the merfolk, none of them showed signs of speaking.
He had doubted whether his proposition was wrong.
But now reality told him that his proposition was correct!
Merfolk can speak!
Perhaps not all merfolk.
Or, in other words, there’s a trigger for merfolk to speak.
What trigger is it?
Dr. Olay gazed at the screen obsessively. The young man on the screen pointed to the merman and said slowly, word by word, “Yes, Dijia, your name.”
The merman nodded, pointing to himself, “Dijia, my name.”
It was still the fragmented sound of babbling, but this was a long sentence. Being able to say this proved that when the merman pronounced the word “dijia” just now, it wasn’t a coincidence; he really wanted to speak.
Dr. Olay’s face flashed with joy.
Merman No. 1 was really different, he could feel it.
Other merfolk are like wild beasts, utterly unable to understand human words. Even if they understand, it’s just a response to familiar commands.
Like a dog responding to his owner’s command to sit.
Those merfolk don’t truly understand human language; they only react to familiar commands.
But Merman No. 1 is different; he can understand what they’re saying.
He fully understands.
Now, Merman No. 1 has even started learning the pronunciation of the human language.
Sure enough, Merman No. 1 is his lucky star.
Being able to obtain Merman No. 1, he is incredibly fortunate.
Dr. Olay’s gaze returned to the screen. When he saw Bai Lixin leaving the laboratory, he hurriedly left the monitoring room, rushing to the door of Lab 1.
In front of Lab 1, the young man’s clothes were wet again.
He was wearing wet clothes, holding a bottle in one hand, and his expression was a little impatient.
The moment Dr. Olay saw the expression on the young man’s face, all his good mood vanished.
“Zero!” Dr. Olay rushed forward in one step. “Look at what you’ve done.”
The young man looked puzzled. “What did I do?”
Dr. Olay: “Didn’t I tell you? Don’t mention your name in front of the merman. Did you just ignore my words?”
“But…” The young man looked at Dr. Olay as if seeing a fool. “I didn’t mention my name. I just gave him a name. Since we’re in love, of course it’s natural to call each other’s names when the affection is deep. He’s a merman, but I understand what I’m saying. If I call out ‘No. 1’, it would ruin the atmosphere, I might even wilt on the spot.”
“I named him, is that not allowed?” The young man looked at Dr. Olay disdainfully. “As expected, you just don’t want to give me money, right?”
Dr. Olay was speechless.
The young man was right; he never said there was a rule against giving a merman a name.
Strictly speaking, the young man did not violate any regulations.
So, was he wrong?
How could he be wrong?
He would never apologize to a stupid human!
Infuriated, Dr. Olay said, “I’m telling you it’s wrong, and that’s it. Alright, go away.”
The young thrust the container into Dr. Olay’s hands disdainfully, and left without looking back.
As he walked away, Dr. Olay could still hear him muttering.
“Crazy, if it weren’t for the fact that you’re too old and can’t withstand a beating, I would have beaten you long ago.”
“You’re an old man, are you going through menopause?”
“Are you sick?”
Dr. Olay: “…”
‘I’m so angry but I can’t scold back.’
After Bai Lixin had walked away, Dr. Olay carefully adjusted his clothes, then pushed the door and entered Lab 1.
Surprisingly, Merman No. 1 didn’t retreat into the water today. Instead, he sat by the pool, absentmindedly touching his lips with his fingers.
Dijia: “…”
Just now the young man kissed him before leaving, saying this was farewell etiquette among humans—a goodbye kiss. Only the closest people would do this.
“Goodbye kiss—”
Imitating Bai Lixin’s words from earlier, he slowly spoke the words.
“You can really speak the human language!”
An excited voice came from behind him. Dijia immediately frowned, turned around, and showed a disgusted expression on his face.
Dr. Olay, when did he come in?
“Don’t be afraid.” Dr. Olay put his hands forward, looking at the merman with a flattering smile. “I won’t harm you, beautiful merman. You are my angel, my Venus.”
“I always knew you were special, more intelligent than other merfolk.”
“I saw you speaking on the monitor just now. I, I,” Dr. Olay’s eyes suddenly reddened, “I’m excited.”
“And moved.”
“Can you say a few words to me?” Dr. Olay paused and quickly changed his words, “Even just two words are fine. I want to hear your voice. I know you’ve always been able to understand me, right?”
The merman frowned, looking at the perverted figure in front of him. Slowly, he squeezed out a word from his mouth, “Scram!”
After saying that, he plunged into the water, disappearing from the surface the next second.
Dr. Olay stood in place, staring blankly at the water surface. After a moment of pause, his eyes looked somewhat bitter. “No. 1, I really like you.”
“I never wanted to hurt you. You should be able to feel that, right?”
“I’ve never treated you like other merfolk, plucking your scales, leaving any scars on you.”
“You can understand what I say, I believe you must be an elegant noble in the ocean. Is there anything you need me to do? We can communicate as friends.”
The water remained calm, and no matter how Dr. Olay spoke, the merman never emerged from the water.
Dr. Olay stood in the Lab for a while before leaving, dejected.
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In the live broadcast room
[ I’m really infuriated. As friends? Who the hell keeps friends in captivity? Who would use electric shocks on friends?]
[I really think Dr. Olay is sick. He’s like a mad scientist, he doesn’t genuinely care about these merfolk. He sees them as experimental subjects. If merfolk can really speak and understand the human language, wouldn’t that be even scarier? What is this lab doing? Cruelly treating intelligent beings like them with such methods.]
[You see, we undergraduates understand these principles, and he, a Ph.D., doesn’t. Education and character really have no connection.]
[He still looks down on others, despising God Xin just because he’s a janitor. His dog eyes are truly blind.]
[Before, I thought this doctor could be saved, that he was just a bit protective. Now I understand; he’s not protective, he sees the big boss as a stepping stone to success. He says that the big boss is his treasure and he won’t hurt him, but if that were so, he wouldn’t be trying to collect his essence, he just wants the big boss’s genes, he doesn’t like the person himself.]
[Now that you’ve said it, I suddenly understand why I find him so disgusting.]
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Bai Lixin had just left the laboratory when he received a private message from Xia Chi.
[Brother, I just heard that the laboratory discovered merfolk in the sea last night. They are discussing going fishing at night.]
Bai Lixin: [At night?]
Xia Chi: [Yes, it’s said that merfolk are hard to catch during the day, but they’re easier at night.]
Bai Lixin: [What time are they leaving?]
Xia Chi: [They’ll set out as soon as it gets dark.]
Bai Lixin: [Are you going?]
Xia Chi: [I’ll find a way to go.]
Bai Lixin: [Are they using the boat parked in the cliff cave?]
Xia Chi: [Huh, how did you know? Are you going too?]
Bai Lixin: [Can I go?]
Xia Chi: [Probably not. They will check the personnel list one by one before sailing. If the list doesn’t match, you can’t board. Don’t worry, I’ve got it all under control!]
Bai Lixin: [Okay, I got it. See you tonight.]
Not letting him go? Then he’s definitely going.
Xia Chi was a bit puzzled: [Oh, okay. See you tonight.]
See you tonight? Where?
———————————–
Bai Lixin took a short break at noon and went to the second-floor lab to clean.
While cleaning, he happened to run into the two janitors who had come to his dormitory on the third floor yesterday. Although they were both cleaning staff, their duties were different.
He cleaned the labs where the merfolk lived, which were not only difficult to clean but also had a lot of accumulated water.
However, they were different. They cleaned the labs containing research documents. If he could exchange roles with them, he could investigate those labs.
“Hey.” Seeing the two people passing by him, Bai Lixin suddenly stopped them. “Tell me the truth, did you really help me clean the labs a few days ago?”
The two were taken aback by the sudden call.
They turned to look at Bai Lixin, and one of them quickly adjusted his expression. “Yes, we cleaned it.”
“If you cleaned it, why was it so dirty? The drain was blocked, and as soon as I entered, I smelled a strong odor. Are you sure you cleaned it, or did you just say you did?”
“I’ve caught you. You just wait, I will tell Dr. Olay. I am his favorite now. You dared to deceive me like this, wait to have a hard time!”
Escape System: [Dr. Olay’s favorite? Why do I remember that it’s like you’re the enemy that make Dr. Olay red with anger?]
S419M: [Sister System, don’t talk nonsense. Come over and have some candy.]
Escape System: [Silly Brother M, I’m a system, I don’t need candy. I—Wait, you’re interfering with my central system!]
S419M: […Sorry, sorry.]
‘Sister System, let’s say a little less, okay? Didn’t you see that Lord Host is not in a good mood right now?’
[God Xin demonstrated what it means to lift a stone and hit one’s own foot.]
[Haha, you guys care so much.]
——————————————
When Bai Lixin walked into Lab 1 holding the bottle, his mind was still a bit fuzzy.
It wasn’t until he heard the familiar “yiya” that he snapped out of it.
Looking at the merman with excited eyes and then at the long-necked bottle in his hand, Bai Lixin suddenly placed the bottle aside as if electrocuted.
The merman tilted his head.
He didn’t know what was wrong with Bai Lixin, but he felt like he was a bit absent-minded.
Could it be because the damn doctor punished him yesterday?
Thinking about the doctor bullying the young man, the merman suddenly became furious and used the gesture Bai Lixin taught him yesterday, pointing it towards the camera.
Seeing the merman’s gesture, Bai Lixin felt like crying even more.
‘My good merman, you’re not just slapping Dr. Olay’s face; you’re slapping mine.
Look, look, my face is turning red!’
The merman stared at him with burning eyes, and Bai Lixin’s gaze was evasive. He didn’t even dare to make eye contact with the merman.
With eyes this glazed, what if things escalate while he’s looking and he accidentally presses the trigger? Can he survive that?
Bai Lixin’s gaze subconsciously fell on the merman’s abdomen.
On the beautiful blue scales, there was a scale that didn’t match the others.
Bai Lixin knew that by lifting this scale, he could open the door to a new world.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Better just cement this door shut!’
Avoiding eye contact, his gaze suddenly fell on the merman’s hand. The plastic flower, which should have hit the sewers already, hung obediently from the merman’s fingertips. Bai Lixin temporarily forgot about his terror and held the merman’s large hand with both of his, and pulled it in front of himself.
There were no stems on the small flower, so the merman carefully wound it around his middle finger with his own hair.
The merman had no idea what it meant to wear a ring on his hand; he just wanted to preserve the gift the young man gave him.
The merman’s body was quite long; with the tail, he was about four meters. His palms were so big that one palm was as big as two of Bai Lixin’s.
Bai Lixin couldn’t imagine how a merman with hands this large tied such a small flower to his hand.
Does tempered steel become soft when wrapped around the finger?
“Yiya.” The merman called out, and Bai Lixin raised his head to see the merman looking at him somewhat pitifully. He pointed to the small flower on his fingertip and scooped up a handful of water.
When the water reached Bai Lixin, it quickly slipped away through his fingers, and in the end, there was nothing left in his hand.
Bai Lixin: “Are you saying I gave you a little flower, and you didn’t give me a gift, so you feel embarrassed?”
The merman immediately nodded.
“How could there be none?” Bai Lixin took off his shoes and socks, sat barefoot by the pool, his hands supporting the pool wall. He leaned his upper body towards the water surface, “One kiss is enough.”
“Come, as a thank you, kiss me.”
The merman hesitated for a moment, a suspicious red appeared on his cheek.
He lowered his head and gently kissed Bai Lixin’s lips.
First, it was a light taste, then gradually, it became more intimate.
After a long while, Bai Lixin, pushed away the merman, panting. “Ahem, enough. The reward is too generous, I don’t need this much.”
Continuing might endanger his life!
The merman was somewhat unsatisfied, but he keenly sensed the young man’s resistance and didn’t persist.
“Let’s just chat today, okay?” Bai Lixin rotated at the pool’s edge, then stepped into the pool. Sitting on the pool’s edge, he patted the pool wall beside him.
The merman was smart and immediately understood Bai Lixin’s intention. With a powerful leap using his strong arms, he obediently sat next to Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin took the merman’s cold arm, and his fingers casually touched the plastic flower on his finger. “I made this casually. If you don’t like it, you can throw it away, and I’ll make a prettier one for you, alright?”
The merman shook his head without hesitation, protectively holding onto the small flower.
Seeing his response, Bai Lixin didn’t insist.
Fortunately, he had bought several trackers at that time.
Their position was conveniently away from the camera. With the help of the merman’s hand, Bai Lixin took out a tracker from his backpack and quickly tossed it into the pool.
The tracker was a tiny black object, almost invisible to the average person, but the merman noticed it.
He looked at Bai Lixin with some surprise, then saw Bai Lixin reaching out and pressed his lips.
The merman’s eyes flickered, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.
The young man must have had a reason for throwing something in.
“Oh, by the way, are you just called No. 1?” Bai Lixin played with the merman’s hand on his leg.
The merman seemed to dislike this title, and his brows furrowed.
“Do you hate this name?” Bai Lixin immediately said, “Then, shall I give you a name? How about Dijia? Do you like this name?”
The merman: “Yiya.”
—I like it, I like everything from the you.
“Dijia.” The young man came close to his ear and called out.
“Zero!” Dr. Olay’s infuriated voice suddenly came through the loudspeaker, “What are you doing?! Come out immediately!”
————————————-
This despicable human actually gave the merman a name?!
Did he forget what he had warned him about?
Dr. Olay stood up furiously. Just as he was about to leave the monitoring room to Lab 1, a cryptic and awkward voice suddenly came through the loudspeaker: “Di—Jia.”
Dr. Olay, who was ready to leave, immediately stopped in his tracks. He quickly sat back down, looking at the big screen in shock.
On the screen, the expression on the young man’s face also carried a bit of surprise. “What did you just say?”
The merman held the young man’s arm and refused to let him go. Opening his mouth, he mimicked the young man’s mouth movements and made one sound: “Dijia—”
The pronunciation wasn’t clear, but it was still possible to discern that he was speaking the human language.
His voice was like that of a child just learning to speak, and the words he uttered were very unclear.
Dr. Olay was initially stunned, then his eyes lit up with indescribable joy.
His previous deduction was correct!
The structure of a merman’s tongue is very flexible, similar to that of humans.
Generally, creatures with such a structure can learn human languages.
He secretly held onto this proposition, but in reality, despite continuously teaching the merfolk, none of them showed signs of speaking.
He had doubted whether his proposition was wrong.
But now reality told him that his proposition was correct!
Merfolk can speak!
Perhaps not all merfolk.
Or, in other words, there’s a trigger for merfolk to speak.
What trigger is it?
Dr. Olay gazed at the screen obsessively. The young man on the screen pointed to the merman and said slowly, word by word, “Yes, Dijia, your name.”
The merman nodded, pointing to himself, “Dijia, my name.”
It was still the fragmented sound of babbling, but this was a long sentence. Being able to say this proved that when the merman pronounced the word “dijia” just now, it wasn’t a coincidence; he really wanted to speak.
Dr. Olay’s face flashed with joy.
Merman No. 1 was really different, he could feel it.
Other merfolk are like wild beasts, utterly unable to understand human words. Even if they understand, it’s just a response to familiar commands.
Like a dog responding to his owner’s command to sit.
Those merfolk don’t truly understand human language; they only react to familiar commands.
But Merman No. 1 is different; he can understand what they’re saying.
He fully understands.
Now, Merman No. 1 has even started learning the pronunciation of the human language.
Sure enough, Merman No. 1 is his lucky star.
Being able to obtain Merman No. 1, he is incredibly fortunate.
Dr. Olay’s gaze returned to the screen. When he saw Bai Lixin leaving the laboratory, he hurriedly left the monitoring room, rushing to the door of Lab 1.
In front of Lab 1, the young man’s clothes were wet again.
He was wearing wet clothes, holding a bottle in one hand, and his expression was a little impatient.
The moment Dr. Olay saw the expression on the young man’s face, all his good mood vanished.
“Zero!” Dr. Olay rushed forward in one step. “Look at what you’ve done.”
The young man looked puzzled. “What did I do?”
Dr. Olay: “Didn’t I tell you? Don’t mention your name in front of the merman. Did you just ignore my words?”
“But…” The young man looked at Dr. Olay as if seeing a fool. “I didn’t mention my name. I just gave him a name. Since we’re in love, of course it’s natural to call each other’s names when the affection is deep. He’s a merman, but I understand what I’m saying. If I call out ‘No. 1’, it would ruin the atmosphere, I might even wilt on the spot.”
“I named him, is that not allowed?” The young man looked at Dr. Olay disdainfully. “As expected, you just don’t want to give me money, right?”
Dr. Olay was speechless.
The young man was right; he never said there was a rule against giving a merman a name.
Strictly speaking, the young man did not violate any regulations.
So, was he wrong?
How could he be wrong?
He would never apologize to a stupid human!
Infuriated, Dr. Olay said, “I’m telling you it’s wrong, and that’s it. Alright, go away.”
The young thrust the container into Dr. Olay’s hands disdainfully, and left without looking back.
As he walked away, Dr. Olay could still hear him muttering.
“Crazy, if it weren’t for the fact that you’re too old and can’t withstand a beating, I would have beaten you long ago.”
“You’re an old man, are you going through menopause?”
“Are you sick?”
Dr. Olay: “…”
‘I’m so angry but I can’t scold back.’
After Bai Lixin had walked away, Dr. Olay carefully adjusted his clothes, then pushed the door and entered Lab 1.
Surprisingly, Merman No. 1 didn’t retreat into the water today. Instead, he sat by the pool, absentmindedly touching his lips with his fingers.
Dijia: “…”
Just now the young man kissed him before leaving, saying this was farewell etiquette among humans—a goodbye kiss. Only the closest people would do this.
“Goodbye kiss—”
Imitating Bai Lixin’s words from earlier, he slowly spoke the words.
“You can really speak the human language!”
An excited voice came from behind him. Dijia immediately frowned, turned around, and showed a disgusted expression on his face.
Dr. Olay, when did he come in?
“Don’t be afraid.” Dr. Olay put his hands forward, looking at the merman with a flattering smile. “I won’t harm you, beautiful merman. You are my angel, my Venus.”
“I always knew you were special, more intelligent than other merfolk.”
“I saw you speaking on the monitor just now. I, I,” Dr. Olay’s eyes suddenly reddened, “I’m excited.”
“And moved.”
“Can you say a few words to me?” Dr. Olay paused and quickly changed his words, “Even just two words are fine. I want to hear your voice. I know you’ve always been able to understand me, right?”
The merman frowned, looking at the perverted figure in front of him. Slowly, he squeezed out a word from his mouth, “Scram!”
After saying that, he plunged into the water, disappearing from the surface the next second.
Dr. Olay stood in place, staring blankly at the water surface. After a moment of pause, his eyes looked somewhat bitter. “No. 1, I really like you.”
“I never wanted to hurt you. You should be able to feel that, right?”
“I’ve never treated you like other merfolk, plucking your scales, leaving any scars on you.”
“You can understand what I say, I believe you must be an elegant noble in the ocean. Is there anything you need me to do? We can communicate as friends.”
The water remained calm, and no matter how Dr. Olay spoke, the merman never emerged from the water.
Dr. Olay stood in the Lab for a while before leaving, dejected.
———————————-
In the live broadcast room
[ I’m really infuriated. As friends? Who the hell keeps friends in captivity? Who would use electric shocks on friends?]
[I really think Dr. Olay is sick. He’s like a mad scientist, he doesn’t genuinely care about these merfolk. He sees them as experimental subjects. If merfolk can really speak and understand the human language, wouldn’t that be even scarier? What is this lab doing? Cruelly treating intelligent beings like them with such methods.]
[You see, we undergraduates understand these principles, and he, a Ph.D., doesn’t. Education and character really have no connection.]
[He still looks down on others, despising God Xin just because he’s a janitor. His dog eyes are truly blind.]
[Before, I thought this doctor could be saved, that he was just a bit protective. Now I understand; he’s not protective, he sees the big boss as a stepping stone to success. He says that the big boss is his treasure and he won’t hurt him, but if that were so, he wouldn’t be trying to collect his essence, he just wants the big boss’s genes, he doesn’t like the person himself.]
[Now that you’ve said it, I suddenly understand why I find him so disgusting.]
——————————-
Bai Lixin had just left the laboratory when he received a private message from Xia Chi.
[Brother, I just heard that the laboratory discovered merfolk in the sea last night. They are discussing going fishing at night.]
Bai Lixin: [At night?]
Xia Chi: [Yes, it’s said that merfolk are hard to catch during the day, but they’re easier at night.]
Bai Lixin: [What time are they leaving?]
Xia Chi: [They’ll set out as soon as it gets dark.]
Bai Lixin: [Are you going?]
Xia Chi: [I’ll find a way to go.]
Bai Lixin: [Are they using the boat parked in the cliff cave?]
Xia Chi: [Huh, how did you know? Are you going too?]
Bai Lixin: [Can I go?]
Xia Chi: [Probably not. They will check the personnel list one by one before sailing. If the list doesn’t match, you can’t board. Don’t worry, I’ve got it all under control!]
Bai Lixin: [Okay, I got it. See you tonight.]
Not letting him go? Then he’s definitely going.
Xia Chi was a bit puzzled: [Oh, okay. See you tonight.]
See you tonight? Where?
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Bai Lixin took a short break at noon and went to the second-floor lab to clean.
While cleaning, he happened to run into the two janitors who had come to his dormitory on the third floor yesterday. Although they were both cleaning staff, their duties were different.
He cleaned the labs where the merfolk lived, which were not only difficult to clean but also had a lot of accumulated water.
However, they were different. They cleaned the labs containing research documents. If he could exchange roles with them, he could investigate those labs.
“Hey.” Seeing the two people passing by him, Bai Lixin suddenly stopped them. “Tell me the truth, did you really help me clean the labs a few days ago?”
The two were taken aback by the sudden call.
They turned to look at Bai Lixin, and one of them quickly adjusted his expression. “Yes, we cleaned it.”
“If you cleaned it, why was it so dirty? The drain was blocked, and as soon as I entered, I smelled a strong odor. Are you sure you cleaned it, or did you just say you did?”
“I’ve caught you. You just wait, I will tell Dr. Olay. I am his favorite now. You dared to deceive me like this, wait to have a hard time!”
Escape System: [Dr. Olay’s favorite? Why do I remember that it’s like you’re the enemy that make Dr. Olay red with anger?]
S419M: [Sister System, don’t talk nonsense. Come over and have some candy.]
Escape System: [Silly Brother M, I’m a system, I don’t need candy. I—Wait, you’re interfering with my central system!]
S419M: […Sorry, sorry.]
‘Sister System, let’s say a little less, okay? Didn’t you see that Lord Host is not in a good mood right now?’
