CH 88

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Ji Mingjiang also told these little mermaids about the schedule change, but the mermaids who were pampered by the keepers didn’t care. When they heard Ji Mingjiang talk about it, they were still staring curiously at the camera ball in the air.

Anyhow, when the time comes, as long as they act coquettish, they will get by. No one can force them to exercise!

Seeing their true thoughts, Ji Mingjiang smiled meaningfully and said nothing.

Since it was already almost eleven o’clock when the new schedule was decided upon, not to mention the fact that the study time was cut in half, the exercise program that differed the most from the previous schedule was also not ready for the little ones to experience. Therefore, whether it was due to freshness or giving Ji Mingjiang, a strange fellow, some face, the remaining arrangements were smoothly implemented.

“See you tomorrow.”

After turning around and waving to Carrie and others, Ji Mingjiang walked towards the entrance of the Mermaid Center with Kiro, who was waiting for him at the door.

As expected by Ji Mingjiang, Clarice parked the hover car at the entrance. Although he didn’t get out of the car, the silver-gray hover car was still too conspicuous and familiar in the empty doorway. Ji Mingjiang and Kiro walked over in a second.

The snow at the door has not been cleared away, and because Clarice parked the hovercar a little further away from the door, the snow here is still very smooth and fluffy. The soles of his shoes kept making a squeaking sound when he stepped on them. As Ji Mingjiang’s heels landed and were lifted up, snow was constantly being lifted onto the tops of his shoes and his pants’ legs and stubbornly stained on them, refusing to go down.

“Why are you here?”

Ji Mingjiang asked as he opened the backseat door, rested his legs on the side of the car, and bent down to pat away the snow on his clothes and shoes.

He asked knowingly.

Leiden glanced at him and didn’t answer the question. Instead, he said, “The mermaid brought back by Vincent is out of danger. Lin Feng said he should be able to wake up tonight.”

Hearing this, Ji Mingjiang’s movements of patting his trouser legs became much faster in an instant, and then he quickly wiped away the snow that had accumulated on the soles of his shoes and closed the door with a bang.

Leiden saw the guy’s excited eyes through the built-in rearview mirror.

“Then let’s go back quickly!”

Just as Ji Mingjiang could guess that Clarice would definitely come to the Mermaid Center to pick him and Kiro up today, Leiden could also guess Ji Mingjiang’s reaction after hearing the news.

He didn’t say much and simply pressed the start button.

The hovercar trembled almost unnoticeably, then lifted off in an upward diagonal direction, making a very sharp turn, and entered the aerial track.

Although they were all curious about the identity and origin of this mermaid, Ji Mingjiang still finished his dinner honestly under the watchful eyes of Clarice, Kiro, and Rowlett.

Of course, it was also because Lin Feng said it would take some time for the mermaid to wake up.

It also can’t be completely ruled out that tonight’s dinner was too delicious.

After putting the dishes and chopsticks into the automatic cleaning machine, Ji Mingjiang followed Clarice to the room where the mermaid was kept, or, to be precise, treated.

When the door was opened, Lin Feng had just put away a machine that Ji Mingjiang couldn’t name. When he heard the sound of the door being opened, he didn’t even turn his head and was busy packing the medical bag.

“His body is recovering well.” After clearing up everything on the table and on the floor, Lin Feng turned his head to Ji Mingjiang and Clarice, who were walking over. He took off his glasses and hung them on his white coat, rubbing the nose bridge that had been pressed red. He let out a sigh before saying, “But the tail is still a problem at the moment. It’s definitely better now than when he was first sent to the treatment cabin, but it won’t be as flexible as a normal mermaid.”

“Being able to float in the water is his current limit.”

When he said this, Lin Feng, who had his back to the treatment bed, couldn’t see it, but Ji Mingjiang, who was standing skillfully and had also divided some of his attention, was looking right at the said fish.

The mermaid, whose face was pale and who wouldn’t wake up until a little while longer, according to Lin Feng, made sliding movements on the bedsheet with his fingers resting on the edge of the bed. His eyeballs, covered by eyelids, also rolled fleetingly.

Ah, did he wake up so soon?

As soon as this idea flashed through Ji Mingjiang’s mind, he realized something was wrong, and his expression was a little stunned.

Wait, is Lin Feng speaking the interstellar language?!

Can he understand it?!

“I’ll come back tomorrow…”

Unaware, Lin Feng was still performing his duties as a doctor, talking about precautions.

Ji Mingjiang took another look at the mermaid, who was now motionless and lying on the bed like a dead body. He didn’t know if the other party noticed his gaze just now, but the mermaid was motionless, as if the scene he had just seen was an illusion.

“Is there no hope for his leg to recover?” After pondering for a moment, Ji Mingjiang interrupted Lin Feng and asked.

Sure enough, after hearing his question, the mermaid, who was still lying down and pretending to be dead, moved his eyes again.

Ji Mingjiang smiled calmly.

Noticing his facial expression, Lin Feng’s words remained unchanged, and he inclined his head to look at his newest patient. Although the mermaid didn’t make any movement at this time, he also understood what Ji Mingjiang meant.

Lin Feng pretended to hesitate for a moment and then said, “Actually, we can’t say that there’s no hope at all. We still don’t know the effect of the components we extracted and analyzed from his tail. So, if we know this information or get the original potion and carry out targeted research and treatment, there is still some hope.”

It cannot be said that he was lying to people… or fish in order to cooperate with Ji Mingjiang’s purpose. After all, this idea and solution were everyone’s first choice at the beginning, but after knowing that there was a 99.9% possibility that this mermaid had escaped from the Federation and that the medicine that made him like this was also from the Federation, this idea was logically thrown aside by the crowd.

Although the Empire and the Federation are at odds, they’re not at the point of going to war over a mermaid that appeared out of nowhere.

As for letting the investigators who infiltrated the federation investigate the information, Clarice had indeed arranged it early in the morning, but he didn’t know how long it would take until the investigation was clear and the information would be sent back.

“But you know this is impossible. Unless you’re the one being kidnapped and administered the drug, Your Highness, Otherwise, if it’s just for this matter, we can’t go to such a big fight.”

“You have a point, so let’s leave it at that for now. Clarice and I will leave first. When he wakes up, we will come over and ask him what happened. There’s no information about him in the Empire’s database. At that time, you may want to ask the people over at the Federation what’s going on with this mermaid.”

Seeing that the mermaid’s eyeballs on the bed were moving faster, Lin Feng turned up the heat and started to interact with Ji Mingjiang, cooperating seamlessly. All the key information and misleading information were all smashed in a basket, ensuring that the mermaid, whose brain was not yet completely awake, was smashed into a daze and couldn’t think carefully.

Although halfway through, when mentioning that hypothesis, he was probably glared at by Clarice, who was not involved in the conversation.

Hehe.

Thinking of the expression and gaze of this guy, Clarice, just now, if he didn’t worry about his image in front of Ji Mingjiang, Lin Feng would have rolled his eyes to the sky.

But the results are truly remarkable.

“Wait a minute!”

The mermaid, who had not interacted with anyone for a while, had a harsh voice when first speaking. It wasn’t at all like the clear, ethereal, sweet, and intoxicating voice of the mermaid in the popular impression. Instead, it was hoarse and dry, like a crow speaking.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Greni realized there was a problem with his voice. After seeing the surprised looks from the three people, the already embarrassing emotions surged even more and swept through his brain.

The mermaid, who had been pale a moment ago, was suddenly so red that even his ears looked like they were about to smoke.

He swallowed hard and felt his throat moisten a lot before he carefully let out a syllable.

Feeling that there was nothing wrong, he raised his head again and looked at the three people standing beside his bed.

The man at the front, wearing a white coat and glasses, should be the doctor who examined and treated him. The man standing next to him had particularly eye-catching silver hair, which instantly absorbed Greni’s entire focus.

And……

He was a little lost in thought. How could this person feel so kind and familiar to him?

The doubts that only existed in his mind dissipated instantly after seeing the tall figure that was just blocked by the two people. Greni’s eyes widened in shock.

For a time, fear, suspicion, relief, and other emotions were mixed together, and they came up all at once.

That’s right; he definitely wasn’t mistaken. This person is definitely the Emperor of the Empire, who often appears on the phones of laboratory members. Just now, he heard someone call his name, Clarice. From what he remembered, it’s indeed the surname of the imperial family.

So, was he captured by the Empire’s supreme ruler just after escaping from the Federation? What will he encounter here? He heard that this emperor has a very cruel character… But at present, he has indeed received adequate treatment and hasn’t been directly locked up…

“Clarice, you scared him.”

Noticing that this mermaid’s gaze was frozen in place after shifting from himself to Clarice, and the features on his face were almost twisted together because of his entanglement, how could Ji Mingjiang not see what was going through this mermaid’s mind right now?

“But it’s a reaction I haven’t seen in a long time.”

After patting Clarice on the shoulder and asking him to calm down his expression, Ji Mingjiang said it with emotion.

Since Clarice has been showing up more and more in his live stream, even though everyone doesn’t say, …… oh no, just not in his live stream, the forums out there are overflowing with threads about Clarice’s before and after changes.

Twitching his mouth, Ji Mingjiang turned to look at the slightly trembling, sick fish.

In a kind tone, he said, “Don’t worry, you are safe here. If we were to do anything to you, you would be in the laboratory now, not the treatment room in the palace.”

“So, now can you tell us what you wanted to say before?”

Ji Mingjiang also used some mental power when he said this.

Of course, it’s not to force a confession or anything. After all, an isolated mermaid with no sense of identity and belonging to the Federation will tell them what he knows sooner or later.

And most importantly, he was a little worried about this mermaid’s mental state.

He looked like he was about to collapse.

Ji Mingjiang thought silently.

But it wasn’t clear if his mental power had worked or if this mermaid had taken him at his word—or maybe it was both. Anyway, after a not-so-long period of mumbling, the other finally opened his mouth.

“I believe you.”

As a mermaid, Greni certainly has mental power, and he has developed the ability to observe words and emotions during his long time as an experimental subject. Of course, he can see that the three people in front of him have no ill intentions toward him.

Even the notorious emperor, who was particularly cruel and decisive.

Not to mention the person in front of him with angelic silver hair who made him feel friendly and relaxed.

After organizing the words in his mind, he exposed the brutal evil deeds of the Federation during this period in front of three of the Empire’s people, one of whom was the Emperor.

“After I escaped from the Federation, they may not only strengthen the internal control during this period of time, they will also send people to search for me, so you’d better… strengthen the security measures.”

Greni, who didn’t know who would be sent after him, reminded them before continuing: “Actually, the Federation took such a big action not because of me, to be precise, because of the drug they gave me.”

“That’s a new medicine that is said to allow mermaids to transform between human and mermaid forms. How many weeks ago was it? I can’t remember exactly. My companions and I were knocked unconscious and taken away by the person in charge of the mermaid management office. When we arrived at the laboratory, we were separated and locked up.”

“After that, we were injected with different medicines every day. Presumably some big shot was urging them to see the progress, so it went from trying one medicine a day to two or three a day. Many mermaids at that time didn’t survive and died in the laboratory. Most of the rest were crippled as well, including me were sent to the auction ready to contribute our last value.”

“I thought they were being downright whimsical, but I don’t know if it’s because of the medicine. When I was in the auction warehouse, I really felt that I could turn into a human being, so I took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to us cripples to rob a light starship from the warehouse and ran out. I don’t remember much after that.”

Ji Mingjiang’s expression remained unchanged throughout the whole process, but after the other person finished speaking, he stepped forward and patted his dull blond hair, looked into his eyes, and smiled: “I understand; you are safe now; you can take a rest first. Also, can I know your name?”

Greni looked at the strand of silver hair hanging in front of him. His fingers moved slightly, but in the end, he did not lift them up. He said in a very soft tone, “You can call me Greni.”

“Okay, Greni, you can get some sleep, and we’ll let you know if there’s a decision afterward.”

Ji Mingjiang said it very naturally.

Greni nodded, watched as Ji Mingjiang walked to the side and said something to Clarice, and then left with the doctor.

Ah……

He looked at the silver hair disappearing at the door and thought in a daze.

He really is an angel.