After graduation, Qiao Ci returned to the sea with Lan Ye. Samoyed was "given away" by Qiao Ci.
Lan Ye still had some affection for Little Spoon, but thinking that he could see the little shark that had accompanied him since childhood upon returning to the sea, his mood immediately improved.
He wondered if it had grown up, and if it had been bullied by other sea creatures. He could stand up for it when he got back, as he was the new Sea Emperor after all.
"My dear future Sea Emperor, welcome back to the embrace of the sea."
Mermaid attendants greeted Lan Ye and Qiao Ci, singing and dancing joyfully.
"Cousin Ye, welcome back." A particularly enchanting mermaid swam over, followed by two attendants.
As if Qiao Ci wasn't there, she reached out to link arms with Lan Ye, but he dodged her, saying sternly, "Just talk, no touching."
"Cousin~" Ikana flicked her fish tail and pouted.
Ikana was the daughter of Lan Ye's aunt, and they had only met a few times as children, so they weren't very close.
Seeing that Lan Ye was not paying attention to her, Ikana finally shifted her gaze to Qiao Ci, saying dismissively, "Qiao Ci? Aunt Qiao? I don't know what your intentions were in taking my Cousin Ye to live in the human world for so many years, causing Cousin to talk to me less. Hmph, once Cousin inherits the throne of Sea Emperor, he won't be able to leave the sea so freely. If you want to go to the human world, go by yourself."
Before Qiao Ci could speak, Lan Ye responded, his tone still stern, "Whether before inheriting the throne of Sea Emperor or after, wherever she wants to go, I will accompany her."
"Cousin, has she put a love potion on you? She's not your mother, she's just a nanny!" Ikana exclaimed indignantly.
"She is not my mother, nor is she a nanny. She will be my future wife, and even more so, my future Sea Queen. If you continue to yell at her like this, you need not come to the Sea Palace anymore."
Ikana's eyes widened as if she hadn't understood what Lan Ye meant.
Lan Ye saw no need to explain, taking Qiao Ci's hand and walking towards his chambers.
Qiao Ci walked with her head held high, her gaze steady, showing no shyness or awkwardness due to Lan Ye's words.
Once Ikana understood what Lan Ye meant, the entire mermaid was distraught.
Her mother had told her since childhood that she was destined to be Lan Ye's wife, and once Lan Ye grew up and inherited the throne of Sea Emperor, her mother would personally propose.
But the result?
Lan Ye had returned, and was about to inherit the throne, yet he intended to marry that nanny-level old woman?
Was this a joke!
Ikana was somewhat dazed and helpless, and quickly rushed home to find her mother to strategize.
Meanwhile, Yingxue was given by Chen Ning to his mysterious friend, Mr. Jin.
Mr. Jin initially approached Yingxue, the mermaid, with a fervent desire to study her. However, no matter how he tried to retain her, he found she was just an ordinary human. If there was anything different about her, it was that she was more beautiful than ordinary people.
"I really didn't lie to you. She is indeed a mermaid. When I was playing at sea, that large ship sank, didn't it? Everyone died, only I survived, and she saved me. She was taken back her magic by the little merman beside that mermaid named Qiao Ci, and couldn't even turn her tail into legs anymore. But she is truly a mermaid, her genes wouldn't change, right?" Chen Ning was even more anxious than Mr. Jin.
He was currently infertile, and he was counting on studying Yingxue to use her genes to regain his virility.
"It seems we'll have to dissect her. This is your woman, are you willing for me to dissect her?" Mr. Jin's eyes showed a hint of reluctance when faced with such a perfect being.
After all, dissecting her might lead to her death.
"Willing!!!" Chen Ning nodded vigorously, "Then dissect her!!"
From the moment Yingxue stabbed him, Chen Ning had ceased to love her, and had even come to hate her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have tortured her in such an extremely humiliating way.
He provided her with food, drink, and extravagant spending, and all she did was play around with a few women outside, and then treat him like this. He wished he had never met her!
Yingxue, in the adjacent room, heard their conversation clearly. She cursed loudly, "Chen Ning, you are a beast! I truly regret saving you, I should have let you drown in the sea, you deserve a terrible death!!!"
When she saw Jin enter with a scalpel, Yingxue's eyes were filled with terror. "Jin, Mr. Jin, didn't you say you liked me? Didn't you say I was the most perfect woman in the world? Please don't dissect me, I can do anything, please..."
However, no matter what she said, the ruthless scalpel still pierced her body.
She watched with her own eyes as pieces of her flesh were cut off, and her internal organs were exposed vividly to her sight.
She finally shed tears of regret...
She regretted it, truly regretted it...
She should have returned to the sea long ago, or left him immediately after discovering his true nature...
She desperately sent out distress signals to all mermaids, but not a single message could get through. She had become a true human, both in appearance and in genes.
In the last moments of her life, she regained her memories from her previous life. The mermaids who had died because of her stared at her with hateful eyes...
And their fates were a thousand times more miserable than her current situation.
She suddenly remembered Qiao Ci's dissuading words from back then, and the regret in her heart surged like a spring, ceaselessly.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up!
Qiao Ci!
Qiao Ci hadn't dissuaded her in her previous life.
Did she know something? That's why she advised her? Did she know about what happened in her previous life in advance?
She frantically called out to Qiao Ci in her heart, she regretted it, she truly regretted it, Cousin, save me... Cousin...
But still, there was no response.
Yingxue died. The physical pain was far less than the pain in her heart. She regretted it, completely and utterly regretted it...
Learning of the situation here through Little Spoon, Qiao Ci dialed the nearby police station: "Hello, police officers? I'm anonymously reporting a live dissection... No need to thank me, hurry there now, there's still time. Police officers, be careful, goodbye."
Little Spoon couldn't help but sigh, their host was indeed amazing. Without losing a single soldier, all the villains were punished.
As expected, Chen Ning would spend the rest of his life in prison. As for Mr. Jin, after the police caught him, Little Spoon would submit his past wrongdoings to the police. For him, even the death penalty would be considered lenient.
Lan Ye stared at Qiao Ci making a phone call to the police, looking a bit dumbfounded, "There's signal here?"