Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 371 The Bride of the Sea God (30)

“That day I saw…” Qiao Yu hesitated, “He wasn’t human, he was a mermaid.”

The following sentence is a declarative sentence.

Yan Zhen didn't deny it: "You seem very curious about this."

"No, it's not out of curiosity." Seeing Yan Zhen indirectly admit it, Qiao Yun's emotions suddenly became agitated. "Si Xia, mermaids are very fierce and evil animals. How can you keep one by your side? What's the difference between that and keeping a monster that can hurt people at any time? It's not a person, it's a beast!"

Yan Zhen narrowed her eyes slightly at his use of the word "beast," feeling displeased. She laughed and said, "Don't you also have a beast that could hurt people at any time?"

As she spoke, she subtly shifted her shoulders.

Qiao Yun: "This is different. Nuomi hurt someone that day because she smelled the scent emanating from that mermaid. The mermaid was the one who was problematic first..."

"Did my mermaid do anything excessive before your dog attacked him?" Yan Zhen's tone was no longer tactful. "Your dog doesn't like him, and he doesn't like your dog, but he just came over to me and didn't do anything to you or your dog, yet your dog pounced on him and tried to bite him. Whose animal is the problem here?"

"..." Qiao Yun was speechless.

"Senior, mind your own business. You don't need to worry about me."

After Yan Zhen finished speaking, he turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Qiao Yun called out to her, and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I upset you. I didn't mean to meddle or blame you. I'm just... I'm really worried that the mermaid will hurt you."

At this point, Qiao Yun rolled up her sleeves, revealing a deep scar on her arm: "This is from when I was seven years old, when I went to visit a relative and was bitten by his pet mermaid. That mermaid tore off a large chunk of my flesh, and it even swallowed it."

Qiao Yun looked frightened: "This thing not only hurts people, but it also eats human flesh."

Yan Zhen glanced at the scar: "Mermaids need to go through many tests before they can become pets to ensure they are docile and won't hurt people before they can be sold as commodities. What did you do to that mermaid before it bit you?"

Qiao Yun didn't expect her to ask that question. She tried to recall and said, "It was the first time I had seen a mermaid outside of an aquarium. I was very curious about it, so I touched its tail. It was very well-behaved at first, but then it turned around and bit me... This kind of creature has a very strange personality."

Yan Zhen laughed: "The tail is a sensitive spot for mermaids, but a qualified pet mermaid will not bite someone just because its tail is touched. Either the mermaid your relative is raising is not a properly tested, pet-grade mermaid, or you not only touched its tail, but dragged its tail fin multiple times, and it got angry when it could no longer tolerate it."

Qiao Yun: "..."

A hint of guilt flashed across his eyes.

Yan Zhen could tell from his expression that he was hiding important information.

What's the difference between this kind of person and a brat who goes to someone's house as a guest, grabs and rubs the other person's pet cat like a toy, throws and beats it, gets bitten by the cat, and then blames the cat for the problem?

She immediately lost the will to continue the conversation: "My mermaid came through legitimate channels, he's obedient and well-behaved, you don't need to dislike him or be afraid of him, you won't have another chance to contact him in the future—go back, goodbye."

Back at the villa, Yan Zhen entered and found Nolan sitting on the sofa fiddling with a tablet. Unlike usual, he wasn't completely naked; instead, he had taken off his coat and was wearing loose, comfortable shorts and a T-shirt.

Yan Zhen felt a sense of relief, as if his child had finally developed a sense of shame.

"Someone is looking for you?" Nolan asked.

Yan Zhen casually replied, "Yes, the owner of the dog that bit me last time was also a senior from my school."

Upon hearing who the visitor was, Nolan immediately became alert: "What is he doing here?"

"Apologize to me, and I'll send him away."

Nolan asked, "You forgave him?"

"What can we do if we don't forgive him?" Yan Zhen said. "We can't just disembowel him like we did with that dog, can we?"

Nolan thought about it and agreed, so he stopped talking about it.

Yan Zhen went into the restroom and washed his hands. He felt that the wound on his back didn't hurt as much.

She took off her clothes, turned around, and looked in the mirror. The two sores on her back that Nolan had licked had mostly healed.

"!!!"

Nolan wasn't lying to her; mermaid saliva really does promote wound healing.

After coming out of the restroom, Yan Zhen immediately grabbed a pack of cotton swabs and ran to Nolan, saying, "Open your mouth."

Nolan, confused, asked, "What are you doing?"

"Give me some saliva."

Nolan: "..."

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The next day, Yan Zhen considered that Asaya and Wei Shucheng would most likely come to the villa to find her.

With her not home, the two of them might beat up Nolan for leaking the secret, just to vent their anger.

Although Nolan won't suffer any losses, a fight would inevitably cause chaos at home.

So when Yan Zhen went to school, he brought Nolan with him.

There was a general education class in the morning. Yan Zhen led Nolan into the lecture hall, and the two sat in the last row.

Although Nolan was wearing a hat and mask, completely covering himself up, his beautiful long hair still caught the attention of several girls sitting nearby.

After a class, Nolan was overwhelmed by the sweet talk from several girls, who said things like "Your eyes are so beautiful," "Your hair smells so good," and "Your skin is so nice." He was coaxed into taking off his hat and mask to show them.

The girls were stunned by his good looks, but then realized that this excessively handsome boy seemed to have an abnormal IQ.

He is slow to react when others ask him questions, and he is illiterate.

Faced with their questioning gazes, Yan Zhen chuckled and explained, "He suffered from a serious illness when he was young, and his IQ is equivalent to that of a five-year-old child."

Upon hearing this, the girls' gazes immediately shifted from admiration to affection.

"How pitiful."

"God opens a door for you, but closes a huge window."

"Otherwise, someone with your looks could easily make it in the entertainment industry."

When get out of class ended and the girls left, they stuffed Nolan with lots of snacks.

I had a peaceful day at school.

In the evening, the two returned to the villa on Changming Street. When they arrived at the gate, Yan Zhen paused – the iron gate to the yard, which had been properly closed when he left in the morning, was now open.

Sure enough, it came.

Judging from the detail of the open iron gate, the people still in the villa didn't seem to have any intention of hiding the fact that they had come uninvited, which made Yan Zhen, who was initially very wary, relax a little.

She went into the villa but couldn't find anyone in the living room.

When they arrived at the backyard, they saw Wei Shucheng holding a hose, watering the vegetables that Nolan had planted there.

Asaya squatted in front of the chicken coop, curiously watching the chirping chicks inside.

Hearing footsteps, the person and the fish turned around. Wei Shucheng smiled at her as if nothing had happened: "Miss, you're back."