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

Chapter 347 The Bride of the Sea God (6)

Yan Zhen paused, turned to look at it, and asked, "Nolan, what's wrong?"

Nolan's eyes darted back and forth between her face and the seafood she was carrying, his tail slapping the water as he flew up, his face full of intense longing.

Yan Zhen tilted her head, mimicking its gesture, and gave it a puzzled look—she was just a foolish human and couldn't understand its crazy hints.

Nolan: "..."

"If only you could speak properly," Yan Zhen said regretfully. "Otherwise, I wouldn't know what you're trying to say."

After she finished speaking, she sighed softly, picked up the seafood, and turned to go into the kitchen.

Nolan grew even more anxious, gripping the edge of the fish tank with both hands, leaning his upper body out of the tank, and making indistinct shouts: "Hungry...hungry!"

Yan Zhen was taken aback, and she quickly turned around: "What did you say?"

Nolan: "..."

It glared at Yan Zhen angrily, and this time it spoke very clearly: "Hungry!"

"Hungry? Are you hungry?" Yan Zhen feigned surprise and took two steps toward the fish tank.

Nolan met her clear and innocent gaze, his expression speechless, but he still nodded.

"Wait here, I'll get you something to eat right away."

Yan Zhen moved a stool over, stood in front of the fish tank, and picked up a piece of fresh sashimi to feed Nolan.

Nolan instinctively reached out to take it.

Yan Zhen immediately withdrew his hand and shook his head: "No, it will dirty the water and make you sick. I'll feed you, ah—open your mouth."

Nolan: "..."

It remained silent for a few seconds, then swam silently to Yan Zhen, gripped the edge of the fish tank with both hands, and tilted its head back with its mouth open.

Yan Zhen had just put the sashimi into its mouth when it swallowed it without even chewing.

At first, Nolan felt somewhat humiliated by this feeding method, but after being hungry for several days, and given that bluefin tuna is a favorite of mermaids, the sweet sashimi stimulated its appetite. After taking a few bites, it naturally opened its mouth to wait for feeding.

After feeding Nolan the whole box of sashimi, Yan Zhen found kitchen scissors and a spoon and began cutting sea urchins to feed him.

According to the research paper, sea urchins are also a favorite food of mermaids.

However, sea urchins are covered in spines and have little meat, making it relatively difficult for mermaids to eat them. They generally avoid sea urchins when given other options.

As Yan Zhen was cutting the sea urchin shells, Nolan clung to the edge of the fish tank, watching longingly.

She cuts one, and it eats one.

The net full of sea urchins was quickly devoured.

Nolan licked his lips, a look of lingering satisfaction on his face.

"Is it delicious?" Yan Zhen asked.

Nolan hesitated for a moment, seemingly considering that this foolish human wouldn't understand the hint. Instead of pretending not to understand, it nodded slightly, giving a "clear indication"—it's delicious.

"This is my first time raising a mermaid, so I don't know what you like to eat." Yan Zhen patted its head. "Just tell me what you want to eat in the future, and I'll get it for you."

Nolan narrowed his eyes and nodded again.

"So nice."

After the conversation, Yan Zhen took out the strawberry cream cake from the refrigerator again. As he passed the fish tank, Nolan slammed his fist against the tank wall.

Seeing Yan Zhen looking over, it pointed to the cake in her hand, and then to its open mouth—it wanted to taste the cake.

Yan Zhen pursed his lips, picked up the cake, climbed onto the stool, leaned against the fish tank wall, and fed Nolan the cream cake spoonful by spoonful.

Nolan loves cream cakes; this was something Yan Zhen dug out from the original owner's memories.

Just like humans have different tastes, mermaids also have different preferences. Although their diets are similar, each mermaid has their own preferences.

Nolan loves sweet and tender foods, such as cream cakes, especially strawberry cream cakes.

After feeding Nolan half a piece of cake, as Nolan opened its mouth again to wait to be fed, Yan Zhen scooped out a piece of cake but did not immediately put it in its mouth. Instead, he taught it to talk.

“This is called—cream cake.” Yan Zhen said, word by word. “Come on, learn the pronunciation with me: milk, oil, egg, cake.”

Nolan frowned, seemingly somewhat resistant to learning human language.

"If you don't learn, I won't feed you," Yan Zhen said with a smile. "Learning to speak will also benefit you. In the future, if you want to eat something, just tell me directly. Otherwise, I'll have to guess every time, and you'll go hungry so many times."

Nolan hesitated, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

Yan Zhen wasn't in a hurry and waited quietly for its response.

After a long pause, Nolan gave in, managing to utter a few indistinct syllables from his throat.

“lǎi……oil”

"cream."

She taught him several times, and Nolan finally learned to pronounce it correctly, able to say "cream cake" clearly and accurately.

"Great job!" Yan Zhen praised without reservation, then fed the rest of the cake to it as a reward.

After Nolan finished eating, he flicked his tail and swam to the bottom of the tank to sleep.

For the next few days, Yan Zhen personally fed Nolan every day.

The recipes range from various fish and chilled fruits to strawberry cream cakes and rock-hard frozen ice cream.

While feeding Nolan, Yan Zhen took the opportunity to teach him some simple everyday phrases.

It learned very quickly; in just one week, it was already able to communicate with Yan Zhen by uttering single syllables.

"Would you like sashimi or shellfish today?"

"cowry."

"What about fruit after the meal?"

"Berry."

Would you like some ice cream?

"want!"

"What's your name?"

Nolan.

What do you want to call me?

"..."

“Call me sister—sister—” Yan Zhen said, “Come here, sister—”

Nolan kept his mouth shut and refused to make a sound.

Yan Zhen repeated it several times, and it simply swam to the bottom of the tank, turned its back to Yan Zhen, and ignored her.

Nolan already harbored hatred towards humans, and coming ashore disguised as a pet to approach humans was already a last resort. Yan Zhen guessed that making it call her "sister" would be a disgrace to it.

It refused to call out, so Yan Zhen had no choice but to give up.

In the blink of an eye, Nolan had stayed at the villa on Changming Street for ten days.

Considering that keeping Nolan confined in the aquarium for too long would not allow it to stretch its body, Yan Zhen had the swimming pool in the villa's yard cleaned up and filled with seawater. Taking advantage of the temperature drop at night, Nolan was moved to the swimming pool to get some fresh air.

As soon as he entered the pool, Nolan swam around like a whirlwind, spreading his tail fins in the water and constantly rolling and changing his swimming style.

Yan Zhen watched for a while, then walked to the edge of the pool, sat down, and reached out to Nolan: "Nolan, come here."

Nolan hesitated for a moment, then swam up to her, poked his head out of the water, and gently rested it on her palm.

Yan Zhen stroked its head as usual, then ran his fingers over its ears, across the back of its neck, down its back, and down to its tail fin.

Touched by her like that, Nolan instantly became alert, and his round pupils showed signs of turning into vertical pupils.

Yan Zhen pretended not to see it.

She kept stroking its body, her face seemingly calm, but her heart was gradually racing.

Mermaids are very sensitive animals. If this probing action triggers their stress, they will lose control of their instincts and turn around to whip their tails, which would be enough to decapitate them.