CH 69

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“Okay, okay, you go and watch Kiro’s side; I’ll test myself and come out.”

Under Lin Feng’s insistence, Ji Mingjiang finally compromised. Following what he saw just now, he first opened the cover of the treatment cabin, raised his legs, and half-laid in. After finding a comfortable position, he waved at him.

“Help me put the lid down.”

Lin Feng looked at Ji Mingjiang with a calm face, and the premonition in his heart that the world view was about to collapse became more and more intense. He took a deep breath and simply put down the cover, not wanting to see this familiar face paired with those unfamiliar legs again.

After walking to the side, those colleagues and assistants, who were restrained because of Ji Mingjiang’s status, became boisterous and gathered around Lin Feng. The latter was instantly surrounded by a dense wall of people.

“F*ck, Lin Feng, is this really the mermaid you have been responsible for all this time? Are you kidding me?”

“But he does look better after being transformed into a human form. It’s just that, compared to a mermaid, it has a kind of indescribable, imposing momentum.”

After confirming that Lin Feng couldn’t escape, the group of people in white coats discussed in whispers. While expressing their feelings of shock, they opened their minds to speculate on the reason why the mermaid had become like this.

“What the hell is going on here? Why did a mermaid suddenly grow legs? Is this a medical miracle or a human experiment?”

“…”

As soon as this statement was made, the surroundings fell silent in an instant, and two or three seconds later, a pair of hands that smelled of disinfectant covered the mouth where the words were spoken.

“If you want to die, don’t take me with you!!!”

Who doesn’t know that Ji Mingjiang is a mermaid raised in the palace? Human experiments can’t be completed in just one or two hours. What’s the difference between this and directly saying that he suspects Clarice of secretly using mermaids for illegal experiments!

“Mmmmm …… mm!”

“I was wrong, I was wrong! I won’t say it again. Let go of me!”

After the hand on the mouth left, the person who was covered only opened his mouth wide to breathe a few mouthfuls of fresh air and then quickly “yuck” a few times, glaring at the surrounding colleagues, “Don’t you know what kind of smell you had on your hands! It’s going to kill me!”

That’s better than you offending someone one day because of your broken mouth.”

Lin Feng, who had been a silent spectator of the group’s clamor, finally gave him a pat on the back of the head. He then looked at the people who had curiosity written on their faces and said helplessly after adjusting his glass frames, “I don’t know what’s going on, but surely it has nothing to do with those conspiracy theories you think about. Let’s listen to what Ji Mingjiang has to say later.”

If he was artificially forced to become like this by humans, how could Ji Mingjiang not show any anger and disgust on his face? On top of that, he didn’t appear to be struggling or slowing down because he was not familiar with human legs. Instead, he looked well-adapted.

Recalling the scene where the other party talked freely with him just now, Lin Feng even felt that he saw a kind of comfortable emotion on Ji Mingjiang’s face…

An illusion, I guess!

He closed his eyes with a skeptical look.

“Ding–”

The sound came from Ji Mingjiang’s treatment cabin. He was simply checking his body data, so Lin Feng didn’t turn on the healing mode for him.

“How about it?”

By the time he walked over, Ji Mingjiang had already opened the hatch and walked out. He was standing there, looking at his inspection report.

“I can’t understand the value, but the final result shows that I’m healthy.” Casually handing the report over to Lin Feng, whose eyes were filled with skepticism, Ji Mingjiang walked over to Kiro’s treatment cabin, looking at the display that was still flashing a green light, and asked with great concern, “How is he doing? Why hasn’t he come out after so long?”

Still dazed by the perfect inspection report in his hand, Lin Feng’s brain slowly returned to its place after hearing Ji Mingjiang’s question.

“That’s normal for him; after all, with all those injuries, the fact that it’s lit up green and not yellow is pretty surprising to me. It will probably take a few hours. You and Leiden can just move this treatment cabin back later. There will be a beep when it is about to end; just call me over when the time comes.”

Ji Mingjiang nodded, and then he saw Lin Feng’s lips open and close as if he were saying something, but he didn’t hear a single word under the clamor of the group of journalists that suddenly became noisy and boisterous in the distance.

“…What do you want to say?”

After finally waiting for the voice over there to quiet down, Ji Mingjiang rubbed his ears and asked.

“It’s nothing. What happened over there? Leiden came out?” Chief Rowlett, who was within their line of sight not long ago, suddenly disappeared.

Seeing Ji Mingjiang, who was looking back frequently, Lin Feng ignored his colleagues, who were staring at him eagerly, and said, “Go over and have a look first. I will guard Kiro here. There are so many people here. I won’t let anything happen to him.”

After casting a reassuring look, Ji Mingjiang turned around and headed towards the entrance of Orfield’s mansion.

To be precise, running away is a more appropriate term.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Mingjiang, who was standing in front of them just now, was gone, and there was only an empty ground with a few weeds growing in front of Lin Feng.

“The other person—no, what about the other fish?” A group of people stared at Lin Feng, dumbfounded.

Then they saw their always steady and dependable Dr. Lin pressed down the corner of his eye and said expressionlessly, “Isn’t it obvious? He ran away. It’s just that he ran a little fast. He has grown two legs. Is it that hard to accept?”

“…”

This is hard to accept! Stop kidding yourself!

Lin Feng didn’t care about the cracked expressions on other people’s faces. After shaking the test report in his hand, he walked to the treatment cabin where Kiro was and squatted down.

From the back, he looked like a white mushroom growing abruptly on the ground.

Fine.

Everyone’s hearts instantly became balanced.

Lin Feng looked as if he was about as broken as they were.

***

“Click—”

“Click, click, click.”

When Ji Mingjiang was about to walk to the door, the sound of cameras shooting in front of him was already very dense, and at the same time, the sound of interviews and reports from reporters of various stations and newspapers did not stop.

—”Why did Mr. Bisnar Orfield faint? He doesn’t seem to be in good condition; do you need to contact the hospital? By the way, would it be convenient for Your Majesty to disclose the reason for this sudden action of yours?”

—”We can see that the owner of the Orfield family is now in a coma and is in a state of distress—let’s get a close-up from the camera. And following behind His Majesty Clarice’s lead are the rest of the Orfield House, who are being pushed out one by one, family members and those who work here. The specific situation is being followed up by our station, audience friends, please stay tuned.”

—”Your Majesty Clarice, may I ask if it was Mr. Ji Mingjiang who was the first to come out from inside just now? Can we know why he has human legs? Is this something we haven’t learned about mermaids yet, or has His Highness been subjected to some kind of transformation experiment?”

“…”

The people brought by Clarice are still dutifully guarding the cordon, and the reporters who seem eager to get first-hand news are only asking hastily on their lips, as if they have taken root, and they don’t even move.

Goodness gracious.

Ji Mingjiang twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing what to do for a while.

Clarice’s damned reputation turned out to be surprisingly useful in interviews.

As if sensing something, Ji Mingjiang saw Clarice suddenly incline his head in the direction he was in, and Ji Mingjiang, who was hidden behind a tree, met his line of sight.

After a pause, Ji Mingjiang straightened his clothes and walked out from behind the tree, under Clarice’s astonish expression.

The sunlight leapt between the mermaid’s pale blue ear fins and silvery-white hair; the dark patterns embroidered on his shirt appeared and disappeared as he moved; and his slim-fitting pants showed off his already superior proportions.

After Ji Mingjiang came out, all the cameras that had been pointed at Clarice instantly changed their direction to record his figure, and the reporters’ expressions became even more excited.

But because the habit of caring for and loving the mermaids had been engraved into their bones, coupled with the fact that Clarice and the Protection Center were also present, they couldn’t afford to offend them. For a moment, everyone was just looking at Ji Mingjiang with particularly eager eyes. No one dared to question him like they asked Clarice just now.

If they don’t ask, Ji Mingjiang will naturally not take the initiative to answer. If he’s simply being watched, he has been used to it since his previous life and will not be affected at all.

After walking up to Clarice without changing his expression, he first told him briefly about Kiro’s situation. Seeing that the anxiety in his brows and eyes had faded a lot, Ji Mingjiang glanced at the group of reporters whose eyes were amazingly bright not far away and the people from the Orfield family who were being escorted to the car.

“Do you want to make it clear now?”

Leiden was halfway shaking his head when he stopped under the clear eyes of the mermaid. Then he couldn’t help but think of what Chen Yuanchuan had said to him many times before, telling him to pay attention to his image.

Although he did allow public opinion to ferment in the past few years because he wanted to catch people from the Federation who had infiltrated the Empire, there was also a factor in that he was too lazy to run a special operation.

First of all, he is technically the only one in the royal family now, and his own reputation can hardly affect others. Secondly, it’s natural that such a “bad reputation” will save him a lot of trouble every time. For example, when issuing some government orders, the number of people who dare to violate them is greatly reduced. For example, when he comes back with troops, there may not be one out of a hundred journalists who dare to block his way, etc.

But now…

Thinking of the various ominous misunderstandings Ji Mingjiang had made in his previous several live broadcasts and the way Ji Mingjiang had explained himself to the point where he was on the verge of storming out, Leiden’s head-shaking motion stagnated and turned into a nod instead.

“Let’s keep it simple for now. We’ll come out with a detailed announcement when we get back to the palace.”