CH 64

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After returning to his small villa, Ji Mingjiang had time to turn on the light brain again. He logged on to Starnet to see if there was any follow-up discussion about Clarice’s appearance today. However, as soon as he opened the software, the pop-up message that vibrated like crazy in the background made him suddenly realize something.

He forgot to start the live broadcast today!

Haven’t asked for leave yet! ! ! !

After Clarice went to the research institute this morning, Ji Mingjiang found a quiet room with Rowlett carrying tea, fruit plates, and his small dried fish to listen to the sound coming from the tapping device. Then, he wasted a lot of time with Clarice in the interrogation room, to the point where this morning was almost over before he remembered this matter.

“…”

Looking at the notifications that kept popping up in the background, Ji Mingjiang felt a little guilty and helpless, which he hadn’t felt for a long time.

Although he didn’t guarantee the frequency of his live broadcast, at this juncture, Clarice’s tyrannical ruler image hasn’t been washed clean yet. If the live broadcast is suddenly cut off without a reason at this time, it will definitely make people worry.

Then the dirt on Clarice’s image will naturally increase by a few more layers…

“Alas.” Sighing, Ji Mingjiang scratched his hair, carefully put away his clothes, jumped into the pool, and then turned on his live broadcast software.

The small camera ball thrown aside sensed the change in the live broadcast status and automatically floated up from the ground, slowly hovering in front of Ji Mingjiang.

The light brain screen that was broadcasting the shooting footage in real time spun around for a few moments before stabilizing, and the silvery-haired mermaid’s figure appeared in it.

[The broadcast has finally started! I’ve been waiting all morning wuwuwu. ]

[Did Jiang Jiang oversleep? Hahahahaha. ]

[It’s fine as long as the live starts. God knows, I’ve spent the whole morning fishing at my workstation in fear. I can’t continue working if Cub Jiang broadcasts live, and I still can’t continue working if Cub Jiang doesn’t broadcast live. ]

[Are you guys worried that the boss will fire me? No, because our boss is also checking the light brain every ten minutes and waiting for Jiang Jiang to start broadcasting, hehe. ]

[…I’m not jealous; I’m not jealous at all. Jealous to the point of deformity.jpg]

Although it’s time for dinner soon, the number of viewers in Ji Mingjiang’s live broadcast room is still increasing rapidly. Before he even started to speak, many viewers had already chimed in.

Looking at the bustling live broadcast room, Ji Mingjiang knocked on the edge of the pool helplessly, and the soft sound attracted the attention of the chatting audience.

“I’m sorry for making everyone worry.”

Ji Mingjiang said in a gentle voice that if Gus was blindfolded and thrown in front of him, the other party would not be able to tell who it was. “I have something to do this morning; because it was a little sudden, I forgot to ask for leave. Next time, I’ll pay attention.”

[? Although I’m curious about Jiang Jiang’s emergencies to deal with, but… there’s still next time? ? ? ]

[Don’t stand us up anymore! Mama orders you to make up for the time lost today! Otherwise, I would cry every day in the live broadcast room! ]

[It’s good that you’re fine, but am I the only one wondering what Jiang Jiang did this morning? ]

[same curiosity +1]

[Let’s talk; let’s talk; we’re all curious qvq]

It’s impossible to say; after all, you guys wouldn’t believe me even if I did.

Seeing a series of comments acting cute and wanting to hear about the wonderful life of a mermaid, Ji Mingjiang changed the subject without changing his expression,”Make up for it? It depends; there’s not always time, and…..”

“It’s almost lunchtime, so I probably won’t be broadcasting for too long today.”

After mercilessly dropping this sentence, Ji Mingjiang saw the mournful howl of the chat, and a little smile appeared in his eyes. “Alright, after all, I’ve had a lot of things to do these past few days. After the busy period, I’ll consider increasing the duration of the live broadcast.”

However, as soon as this sentence was finished, several comments that were incompatible with the overall environment drastically occupied the center of the screen. The content was full of contempt and was very rude.

[What? What could a mermaid possibly have to deal with on their own? Don’t you guys always just stay in the room and wait for people to serve you? If you don’t want to live broadcast, just say so. Don’t use this kind of fake excuse to deceive us, okay? ]

[That’s to say, the only thing that the anchor needs to do personally is spiritual counseling, right? It takes a whole morning? Then the anchor’s mental power as a mermaid is too poor, right, and he still has the face to livestream with this?]

[Laughing to death, it was a sudden incident, and he was suddenly taken to do spiritual counseling. I don’t think Clarice is going to make it, hahahahahahahaha. ]

Along with these long comments, there were also a few short comments from ordinary users. With a few people singing in unison, they quickly messed up the chat environment of the entire broadcast room.

Ji Mingjiang felt the malice almost overflowing from this batch of comments, and the gentle eyes just now quickly cooled down.

The rest of the audience in the live room quickly reacted and very nonchalantly cursed back furiously.

[Who the hell are you people? You’re out of tune with our Cub Jiang live broadcast room, but you still want to keep the rhythm. Go home and try again. ]

[F*ck off, everyone can see how effective Jiang Jiang’s spiritual counseling is. Oh, you’re not human? That’s okay then.]

[It doesn’t smell right. Are these dogs from the Federation? ]

[Probably, when I was in class today, the professor just showed us a few examples of the federation engaging in public opinion warfare. Among them, the most low-effort and least brainstorming style of guiding public opinion is almost exactly the same as these idiots. ]

[The federation people are as disgusting as ever. They came to curse our Majesty, ptooey! ]

[Laughing my teeth off. No matter how cruel our Majesty Clarice is, he’s not cruel to the common people. You Federation dogs better worry about yourselves. I see your president’s face as a sign of premature death hehehe.]

In addition to the audience, which has always been active and likes to communicate with people on the chat, other people who are usually lurking also pressed their keyboards and bombarded these people indiscriminately.

The millions of viewers in the live broadcast room were not a decoration, and the obscenities that had covered the entire screen were quickly covered up. The relieved audience turned their heads and became worried about Ji Mingjiang’s situation.

After all, it’s not once or twice that the federation people have used this method to mess with the mentality of the primary beastmen. In the past, many beastmen, including mermaids, had been attacked and scolded by them to the point of mental breakdown. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have reacted so quickly this time around.

However, when their attention returned to the mermaid on the screen, the comforting words had just hit halfway when the mermaid’s half-drooping head and unreadable expression made them instantly nervous.

[Is Jiang Jiang okay? ]

After someone tentatively sent out a comment, the gradually empty live broadcast room became lively again.

[The group of people just now were out of their minds. They came here on purpose from the Federation to make trouble. Jiang Jiang just ignores them. ]

[Yeah, yeah, yeah, what the hell do they know? We all love Jiang Jiang!]

“I didn’t take those words just now to heart.” Ji Mingjiang looked up at the camera ball in front of him and very naturally hooked up a smile to comfort the somewhat anxious audience.

After tapping the light brain with his finger for the last time, he waved the screen he had just been operating in front of the camera.

It was the chat page between him and Clarice.

“Ji Mingjiang: 90746, 90382, 97839… There may be problems with these IDs; help me check them out?”

“Clarice: I’ll leave it to Rowlett and send it to you later. Do you have anything you want to eat for lunch?”

“Ji Mingjiang: emm,…”

The meal order was not revealed. Ji Mingjiang only showed the screen of his light brain briefly before putting it down. He then looked at the exclamation marks floating past and said in a relaxed tone, “Alright, everyone can rest assured; maybe tomorrow, when you open your eyes again, you will be able to see the news that those few people have been arrested for espionage1FYI, the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information..”

[Great! ! ! ]

[Laughing to death, His Majesty doesn’t show up much time in the live broadcast room, so I almost forgot that Jiang Jiang’s match is the emperor. ]

[Is this what it feels like to hug a big thigh? So cool!]

“No.” After putting down his light brain, Ji Mingjiang continued to recall the news about Clarice. Seeing the words in the chat, he stopped the action on his hand and said in a serious and inexplicably convincing tone, “It’s not some kind of relationship of hugging the thighs and looking for a backer. I told His Majesty that a partner with a closer relationship should be more appropriate.”

This is something both he and Clarice know very well.

For example, even though the spiritual problem is a bit difficult to deal with when Clarice isn’t with him, it’s not impossible to finish what he has to deal with during this lifetime. A few days ago, the manic period was suddenly artificially advanced. If Ji Mingjiang hadn’t arrived, the other party would at most make a mess in that isolation room by himself, but he wouldn’t really die there, as Bisnar Orfield wished.

And for Ji Mingjiang, if he really doesn’t intend to empathize with the mental capacity of the majority of the interstellar populace and directly leave the palace, whether entering a military academy, opening a clinic, or even being a mercenary can make him live well in this now less unfamiliar world.

But… who made them go around and find out that they were dealing with the same person?

And as long as Clarice continues to sit on the throne, no matter what he chooses in the future, there will be a stable empire environment for him to grow in.

“Probably one plus one is greater than two?” After looking at the chat that was still unconvinced, Ji Mingjiang pointed his fingertips at the camera and clicked vigorously, “Don’t look down on mermaids too much. Let me tell you, sooner or later, your jaws will drop.”

[Yes, yes, yes, Jiang Jiang is, of course, the most powerful! ]

The chat still didn’t take him seriously and continued to coax him like a child, until…

[Shut up, Ji Mingjiang, you can’t eat anymore! ! ! Is it really okay for you to eat so much? ! ! ! ]

[Help, I admit my jaw dropped in shock. But if my jaw dropped, it dropped, whatever, but Zaizai, your stomach can’t expand!!!]

[Where is Clarice? Can someone in the live broadcast room contact His Majesty? Tell him to come back! ]

“?”

Ji Mingjiang looked at the live broadcast room that hadn’t been turned off due to the strong request of the viewers who wanted to watch him eat and silently swallowed the full-grained and appetizing rice mixed with soup in his mouth.

His fingers moved down to touch the light brain quietly, and he clicked on the chat page with Clarice.

“Ji Mingjiang: It’s bad. You seem to be scolded again qvq.”

“Clarice: ?”

***

Leiden just transferred the IDs sent to him by Ji Mingjiang to Rowlett, telling him to find out the IP addresses of these people and check the recent remittance records if there is any problem.

After contacting Rowlett, he asked what Ji Mingjiang wanted to eat at noon today and then passed it onto the person in charge of the kitchen. In the past two days, Ji Mingjiang had a lot of activities, and he kept his human form except for the live broadcast. After asking the other party, he also specially instructed the chef to prepare a few extra servings of rice when preparing the main meal today.

After sending the messages one by one, he relaxed his body somewhat tiredly and leaned backward on the back of his chair. His thoughts sank into the spiritual sea, and he watched the black dragon carefully pawing at the water in the creek in the drizzling rain.

Those golden pupils, which were always full of violence, can now only see joy and contentment.

No matter how many times he saw this scene in the spiritual sea, Leiden would always be amazed by the strength and durability of Ji Mingjiang’s spiritual counseling.

He didn’t wait for too long before the kitchen quickly delivered today’s lunch. The person who came to deliver the meal was an old chef who had been in the palace for nearly half his life. He was helping Leiden remove today’s meal from the shelf. When helping Leidenn take today’s meal off the tray, he said with some emotion: “In the past, you used to drink nutrient solution every day. Although it is indeed more convenient than eating, this old man really has nowhere to use my skills. Since His Highness Mingjiang arrived here, the number of times the back kitchen has opened fire has skyrocketed, but it’s a pity that mermaids can’t eat these things; otherwise, I really want to cook all kinds of fish for His Highness three meals a day without repeating the same dish.”

Leiden took the plate from him and smiled helplessly. He or Rowlett always brought it over to Ji Mingjiang, so until now, the people in the kitchen didn’t know that the food they cooked had already reached the mermaid’s stomach and received heartfelt admiration.

“There will be a chance.”

Not long after saying this, Leiden received a message from Ji Mingjiang in his light brain. Before he could react to what happened, people in his address book that he hadn’t contacted in eight hundred years frantically sent him messages.

A certain uncle who left the capital star long ago and ran away to some unknown tourist star to plant flowers and vegetables to spend his days: Leiden! I thought you had a new life and changed your temperament, but you’re still so careless! Go and see your mermaid; don’t let him eat it!

After graduating from university and entering another department, a certain classmate of his who never contacted him in private in order to avoid suspicion: Leiden, although the primary beastman I matched with isn’t a mermaid, still needs to eat something light. If you are too lazy to order fresh fish for the other party, just arrange for someone to look after him. How can he eat whatever you eat!

Chen Yuanchuan, who should be at work—oh, no lunch break—squeezed the space between his brows and opened his message box with a pained face, “Your Majesty! You should consider thinking about your image!!!”

Leiden: “…”

“Snapped.”

He slammed the light brain on the table and gritted his teeth. “Ji Mingjiang…”

Why doesn’t he just throw him out of the palace and scare the hell out of those people who are blinded by this damned mermaid every day and still like to worry about unnecessary stuff! ! !