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

Chapter 374 The Bride of the Sea God (33)

One day, two days.

Ten days, half a month.

One month, two months.

He was obsessed, going to the shore with his luggage every day after sunset to wait, as if he were under a spell.

When the sea breeze numbed him, he sometimes wondered if those two months on the deserted island were a dream.

Then one day, three months later, his phone pushed a news article to his floating screen.

"The New Territories Research Institute has donated a B+ grade mermaid skeleton to the Ocean Museum, and the public can make an appointment to visit it for free."

He clicked on it and saw that the complete mermaid skeleton on display in the Ocean Museum was two and a half meters long, with a beautiful shape and only four fingers on its right hand.

……

After listening to Wei Shucheng's account, Yan Zhen remained silent for a long time.

From Si Lan's perspective, she simply went into the sea on her birthday and caught a mermaid herself, which was no different from randomly picking a fish at the market and making sauerkraut fish at home.

But in Wei Shucheng's view, after his mother's death, he spent nine years in loneliness and depression. He finally found salvation and planned to give up everything to stay with his partner who was willing to be with him forever.

His other half perished during his brief absence; his eyes were gouged out, his skin and flesh were removed, and his naked skeleton was displayed at the Maritime Museum for countless people to see.

No wonder he hated the Si family so much that he developed an antisocial personality and was willing to drag tens of millions of people down with him in order to take revenge on Si Lan.

While Wei Shucheng was indeed insane, Si Lan unknowingly committed a grave sin.

After a long silence, Yan Zhen said softly, "I'm sorry."

Wei Shucheng gave a sarcastic smile: "What good is an apology? Can your apology bring Mia back to life?"

“My apology is to show my attitude, not to ask for your forgiveness.” Yan Zhen sighed. “Wei Shucheng, I understand how you feel, but releasing ancient viruses into humanity won’t solve the problem at its root…”

"Solve the problem?" Wei Shucheng said, "If your Si family members are dead, won't the problem be solved?"

“The Si family isn’t the only one in the world hunting mermaids. You’ve gotten your revenge because the Si family members are dead, but the situation of the mermaid race won’t improve. In fact, it will get worse. If Mia were still alive, do you think that’s what she would want to see?”

Wei Shucheng: "..."

He pursed his lips and remained silent.

Yan Zhen observed his expression and knew that he had not been unaware of the consequences.

However, during the twelve years of agonizing torment, his obsession with making the Si family pay the price had become so strong that he had gone mad.

In order to avenge Mia and to find psychological redemption and comfort, he selectively ignored the potentially terrible consequences.

“The merfolk have cooperated with you so much, what they want is for humans to stop slaughtering and to coexist peacefully. I believe Mia feels the same way.” Yan Zhen’s tone softened. “Wei Shucheng, let’s make a deal.”

Wei Shucheng looked up at her, his eyes dark and unreadable.

"I will find a way to shut down the New Territories Research Institute, force the Si family to withdraw from the mermaid industry chain, and stop hunting mermaids. At the same time, I will report the sharp decline in the number of mermaids to the relevant departments and strive for legislation to protect mermaids." Yan Zhen looked directly into his eyes. "In exchange, you will abandon the virus release plan, how about that?"

Wei Shucheng narrowed his eyes, his tone mocking: "According to your method, the matter of Si Lan killing Mia is just over?"

"No, you can take revenge on Si Lan, but you must do it in your own way, not by exploiting the conflict between merfolk and humans to incite a war between the two races and make so many innocent people pay the price."

Yan Zhen said, "Give me time, and I will keep my word. I also promise you that I will not tell Si Lan about these things, so that she will have the opportunity to use her identity to retaliate against you."

These words surprised Wei Shucheng. He frowned slightly, as if weighing the pros and cons.

Yan Zhen didn't urge him. He got up, took a clean bath towel from the locker, wet it with seawater from the fish tank where Nolan usually slept, and then covered Asaya's fish tail.

Perhaps due to his scattered consciousness, Asaya was unable to control his tail fin, and his long tail kept slapping the ground, which had now dried out.

Nolan also got up and cleaned up the shattered remains of the solid wood dining table, then took a broom and swept up the debris on the floor.

Yan Zhen went to the kitchen to wash his hands. When he came out, he saw Nolan squatting on the ground, tapping his fingers in his palm, seemingly counting something.

Yan Zhen walked over and asked, "Nolan, what are you doing?"

Nolan held up what he was holding to show her, and Yan Zhen then noticed that there were more than a dozen purple fish scales lying in his palm, which had fallen off Asaya when he was suppressed earlier.

"Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen..." Nolan was not good with Arabic numerals and counted several times but still couldn't figure out how many fish scales he had. He looked up at Yan Zhen for help, "Help me see how many there are."

Yan Zhen counted them: "Nineteen pieces."

Nolan frowned, looking at Asya and then at the scales, his expression full of worry: "He's lost a lot of scales."

"Will it make him sick?" Yan Zhen also noticed that the place where Asaya had lost his fish scales was bloody.

Nolan shook his head: "It's not just about getting sick. Merfolk rely on their scales to withstand the cold and low pressure of the deep sea. If they lose more than a hundred scales, they risk dying if they go down into the deep sea."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhen also frowned: "Then what should we do? Can we put these scales back for him?"

"No, it's useless if the scales fall off."

The two, one human and one fish, squatted on the ground, staring at each other's scales. After a while, Yan Zhen patted Nolan's head and said, "We won't fight Asaya anymore. If we do fight, we can't be so ruthless."

"it is good."

Just as the two reached an agreement, Wei Shucheng's voice came from the living room: "Si Xia."

Yan Zhen got up and walked over, waiting for him to speak.

“I promise you.” Wei Shucheng seemed to have made up his mind. “But I’m only giving you three months. If you can’t do it, I could spread the virus to humans at any time.”

"it is good."

Yan Zhen agreed, and Wei Shucheng stood up and said, "I will resign from my job and no longer stay by her side as her special assistant, but after everything is over, I will not let her go."

Yan Zhen had no objection to this.

Wei Shucheng turned and left.

"Hey, you're just leaving like that?" Yan Zhen called out to him. "What about Asaya?"

Wei Shucheng didn't even turn his head: "Let him go back by himself."

Yan Zhen: "..."

It seems that Asaya's attack on Wei Shucheng had frightened him somewhat.

"Nolan, turn off the sonic suppression."

As soon as Nolan released his control over Asaya, he quickly transformed into human form, though his legs were covered in blood, and his gaze towards Yan Zhen and Nolan was also gloomy.

"Do you want to go back to Si Lan's house, or do you want to go back to the seabed?" Yan Zhen ignored his threatening gaze, took the car keys and said, "I can take you either way."

Asaya stood up: "Let's go to Si Lan's house."

"Okay." Yan Zhen walked out, preparing to go to the garage.

Nolan immediately followed.

Yan Zhen stopped him, saying, "Nolan, you stay here. I'll be back soon."

Nolan was worried about her being alone with Asya: "No, I'll go with you."

“But Asya is injured, and I have to drive him there. Don’t you get carsick?” Yan Zhen said patiently. “I’ll be back in an hour at most.”

After saying that, she didn't give Nolan a chance to refute her, slammed the glass door shut, and hurried to the garage.

When Yan Zhen drove out in his car, Nolan blocked the garage exit, looking longingly at him and saying, "I want to go!"

"No." Yan Zhen's trip wasn't just to send Asya back; she had other things to do.

"I want to go! I want to go!!!" Nolan persisted, going around to the driver's side and banging on the car window repeatedly.

Yan Zhen's expression darkened slightly: "Nolan, if you keep being willful, I'm going to get angry."

Nolan remained unmoved and pounded on the car window even more enthusiastically: "I want to go! I want to go! I want to go!! Ahhhhhh I want to go!"

Yan Zhen: "...Fine, fine, I give up!"