CH 16

TL: Hua

At eight o’clock the next morning, Ji Mingjiang’s biological clock woke him up on time. The other little mermaids hadn’t woken up yet when he opened his eyes. And for some reason….. Last night, he made sure that he was the only one in the surrounding area before closing his eyes, but now…

Ji Mingjiang gently pushed the mermaid, who was sleeping with the dolphin, to a position far from the edge of the pool to prevent him from hitting his head on the wall.

Fortunately, this pool is really big, and there are only five mermaids, including him. Even if the four mermaids are floating around, there is still a lot of space. He is planning to swim for two laps in the relatively empty area to exercise his body when there is a sudden, soft voice behind him.

Ji Mingjiang turned his head and found that it was Carrie’s colleague, the keeper, who left with her yesterday.

“Hey, are you awake?” Qin Shasha had just set the cleaning robot to silent mode when she saw a silver head emerge from the water.

She made an appointment with Carrie to come to the Mermaid Center early today.

Although it’s usually enough to clock in at nine, due to their concerns regarding Lance’s adaptability and Carrie’s saying that Lance always wakes up very early, the two of them discussed it after returning home and decided to come at 8 this morning. Depending on the situation, if there is no problem, they can also have a free breakfast at the institute.

Calculating the time, Carrie should be bringing food back from the cafeteria soon.

Taking out the translator from her pocket, Qin Shasha was just about to coax Lance to come closer when she was surprised to find that the little mermaid had consciously parted his too long hair and came in front of her.

So well-behaved… Qin Shasha had some amazement in her eyes. After she buckled the translator, she put her finger in front of her mouth and made a “shh” gesture. She pointed to the other mermaids who were still sleeping and whispered, her eyes curved, “Hello, my name is Qin Shasha. Please keep your voice down, ok?”

Ji Mingjiang glanced at her and finally nodded. Even if she didn’t say anything, he would still pay attention to his movements, but since the keeper reminded him…

Ji Mingjiang was lying flat on the water. The fish tail, which looked healthy and beautiful, sometimes suddenly emerged from the water and sometimes quietly sank into the water. Even the water that splashed down didn’t make any sound.

Today’s morning exercise will be a casual one for now.

An hour later, the remaining four little mermaids gradually woke up, and the other three keepers here also came in one after another with the mermaid’s breakfast.

They all received a notice yesterday that a new mermaid was coming, so they were not too surprised when they saw Carrie and Ji Mingjiang, but they greeted them warmly.

Of course, they only say hello to Carrie. No one would approach a mermaid before having a good grasp of their personality since most mermaids are very shy and afraid of strangers.

But looking at the intact small silver fish that Carrie was holding, the three keepers looked at each other and couldn’t help feeling a bit puzzled.

“How come every time I went to the kitchen to get the fish, I always saw whole ones? I thought it was unprocessed. Carrie, you just give it to him straight away? And why do you need five fish for breakfast…..” After the three people pushed and shoved, finally a doll-faced girl who looked easy to get along with came out and asked the question.

After all, each keeper will adjust the care method for the mermaid they are in charge of. They are just a little worried and confused and don’t want their new colleague to feel that they are looking for trouble or actively provoking her.

Hearing her question, Carrie remembered the worry in the eyes of the four keepers, including Qin Shasha. Originally, these small whitebait were deboned by the chef before they were served as mermaid food, but……

“It’s okay; it’s Lance’s own idea. He doesn’t like others to touch his food. As for his appetite… Lance eats five fish in the morning, noon, and evening, probably because he is bigger than other little mermaids?” As she spoke, Carrie put the plate containing five small whitebaits in front of Lance.

Qin Shasha and the others looked at the contrasting mermaids and had to admit that Carrie was right. Then the keepers, who were still a little worried, saw Lance scratching lightly with his fingernails, and the bone in the middle of the little whitebait was exposed, and then he tore out the whole bone, including the fish head.

“This is so awesome?!” Qin Shasha looked at her best friend in surprise and then got a smiling confirmation.

Several keepers began to exchange tips on taking care of mermaids, and thus Ji Mingjiang’s meal was quite a bustling one.

While he was concentrating on deboning the small whitebaits, yesterday’s black-haired and black-eyed mermaid swam up to him without caring about his own meal and looked at him curiously. Ji Mingjiang took a look and saw that there were two small fish with snow-white flesh remaining on the plate.

“What are you looking at me for if you’re not going to eat?” Ji Mingjiang stopped the movement in his hand and gave him a look. He appeared to have stunted growth and didn’t seem to eat well. How come no one cares about him?

“I’m not too hungry right now. Your name is Lance, right? I heard that’s what those keepers call you. My name is Carl.”

He doesn’t know why the mermaid, who seemed to be really afraid of him yesterday, suddenly had a change in his manner, but his speech was still soft.

“You look so much bigger than us because you usually eat more? And why don’t you let them take care of your meal? I had a small fish that was not deboned before, and it almost scratched my throat. It’s dangerous. Is your keeper abusing you? I can ask my keeper to help you…”

Listening to the concern whispered in his ear, Ji Mingjiang sighed and showed him the freshly processed fish, saying, “Because I think the one I processed myself is cleaner and more beautiful.” The fish processed by the kitchen is like fish filets or, even worse, sashimi.

And, how did a mermaid almost get his throat scratched by such an obvious fishbone?

Ji Mingjiang was a little shocked when he thought of what he heard. He was wrong. In his previous life, he shouldn’t have complained that the head of his R&D department was an idiot. It was he who hadn’t seen the world.

“Oh…” Carl glanced at the fish on his plate, then at the fish picked out by Ji Mingjiang, and had to admit this fact.

During the period of his silence, Ji Mingjiang had already stuffed five cleaned small fish into his mouth, and then he was going to hand the cutlery with food waste to Carrie, who was still chatting but had an eye on the situation over here, as usual.

“! He even took the initiative to clean up the trash!!!”

“Carrie! I finally understand why you keep saying that you met an angel!!”

“Help! Little Lance is too smart!!”

“Not only that, I happened to meet Lance waking up today—he woke up super early! I told him to be quiet, then he really didn’t even make a sound, even while slapping his tail!!”

Different than usual, when he swam over with the plate and put it at Carrie’s feet, he heard several keepers praising him crazily.

Ji Mingjiang, who just sent a plate: Help! It’s so embarrassing, stop talking…

“Okay.” Carrie put away the tableware and interrupted her colleagues’ rainbow fart with a smile: “Stop boasting, or Lance will be shy.”

“God, Still know how to feel shy!!! Cute!!” There was another small exclamation. Although they deliberately lowered their voice after hearing Carrie’s words, it was still keenly captured by Ji Mingjiang.

Ji Mingjiang: There is nothing to love in this life.jpg

Just as he was leaning against the edge of the pool and thinking about life, Carl came to him again. Because he wasn’t the talkative type, he couldn’t think of a new topic after pondering for so long.

“Carl, you can just ask me anything.” Ji Mingjiang glanced at him and sighed. He lived for nearly 30 years in his last life and became the president of a company, so how could he not see through what a silly and sweet little mermaid was thinking?

Carl was taken aback by his words, and then a layer of blush quickly spread on his cheeks.

Ji Mingjiang was also taken aback by this scene.

Then he heard Carl mumble in an even quieter voice than before, “Do you know anything about mermaid matches?”

“What?” With Ji Mingjiang’s hearing ability, in this face-to-face communication, no matter how soft the other party’s voice is, he would still be able to hear, but his question is, “What matches?”

He was really confused. No one had ever mentioned this to him before. The only match he knew was the one that Oddo did for him on the first day to check his genes. But this is probably not what Carl wanted to ask.

However, Carl thought the other party didn’t hear him clearly, and he had also exhausted his remaining courage, so with a thin blush on his face, he whispered “nothing” and quickly swam away from Ji Mingjiang.

He was so fast that his tail became blurry, although still not half as fast as Ji Mingjiang’s normal speed.

But, hey, come back! What exactly is Mermaid Matching? Is it a Mermaid Blind Date Meeting? !

Just as Ji Mingjiang wanted to chase after him for clarification, the screen in front of him turned on—in a room with many mermaids and many keepers, in addition to the mermaids who can open the screen by themselves, there is also a control screen on the wall at the entrance.

Usually, the keepers are the ones who turn on the screen at a fixed time. After all, not all mermaids like to study.

Seeing that the lesson on the history of the empire had already started, the four mermaids, including Carl, although they didn’t like it in their hearts, obediently picked up their toys again and began to pretend to listen to the lesson, but they spent these long and tormented two hours with their minds wandering to other places.

Seeing this, Ji Mingjiang didn’t want to bother them anymore, so he had to turn his attention to the class he had been waiting for. Unfortunately, Carrie didn’t seem to plan to give him 30 small dried fish directly today, so he felt a little strange not having his usual snack while studying.

After Carrie went out to deliver the dishes, she came back just in time for the class to start. She carried the box of dried fish in her hand and hesitated for a moment, not giving 30 dried fish to Lance directly as she had done before, out of the idea of following the crowd on the first day.

And if he only studies for two hours today, then giving out 30 small dried fish is a bit too much, so it’s better to give him one time for every class.

Then he should be able to eat / Then she should be able to give Lance/to have 6 small dried fish. Ji Mingjiang and Carrie thought at the same time.

This discovery made Carrie heave a sigh of relief. After all, the logistics said that there is a month’s supply here, which is about 180 small dried fish. Normally, after four days, there should be plenty left, but because of Lance’s rigorous learning, they now only have 60 small dried fish.

But soon, something happened that made Carrie breathe a sigh of relief but made Ji Mingjiang look shocked with a small dried fish in his mouth.

Why is there a break in a 20-minute class? And those four little mermaids clearly don’t want to go back to class once they’ve had a break!

The author has something to say:

Carl: Isn’t it normal to be tired of studying? Go ask which mermaid likes to study.

Whisper loudly but confidently. jpg