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

Chapter 346 The Bride of the Sea God (5)

The research institute staff gave Yan Zhen some instructions on how to feed mermaids and then left.

Yan Zhen knelt down in front of the fish tank and looked closely at Nolan lying at the bottom of the tank.

It seemed to sense Yan Zhen's gaze and opened its eyes to look at her.

That look, so pitiful and aggrieved, stirred something in Yan Zhen's heart.

This incredibly beautiful face is so deceptive. If she didn't know that this little thing was actually a highly intelligent S-class mermaid, she might have been fooled by its pitiful yet adorable appearance.

The two stared at each other across the fish tank for a few seconds. Yan Zhen then beckoned to Nolan with his finger, signaling it to float to the top of the tank.

Nolan tilted his head, seemingly puzzled by her instructions.

Yan Zhen repeated the command twice before it slowly flicked its tail, swam to the top of the tank, and poked its head out of the water.

The original owner was a little over 1.6 meters tall, and the fish tank was about 1.8 meters high. Yan Zhen moved a stool over, stood on the stool, and stretched out his hand towards Nolan.

Nolan stared at her hand, then looked bewildered.

Pretending quite well.

Yan Zhen did not withdraw his hand, patiently maintaining the gesture of reaching out to him, and signaling with his eyes for it to come and rub against his palm.

The two remained locked in a stalemate for five minutes. Nolan seemed to lose patience, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.

Then, somewhat reluctantly, it swam over and, like a docile puppy, gently nudged Yan Zhen's palm with its head.

Yan Zhen raised an eyebrow and casually ruffled its head.

Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?

Nolan pretended not to understand again, blinked his sea-blue eyes, submerged the lower half of his face in the water, and blew bubbles at her.

Yan Zhen: "..."

Deliberately trying to look cute!

"Looks like you're not hungry," Yan Zhen muttered to himself. "I wonder how often the mermaid eats. You just arrived and you're still carsick. I'd better not feed you for the next few days, lest you get gastroenteritis."

After saying that, she didn't look at Nolan again, got off the stool, and turned to attend to her own business.

Nolan: "..."

Yan Zhen went to the study.

This villa, covering more than 1,000 square meters, has three floors. It is located just across the street from the university where the original owner studied. It was specially bought by the Si family to make it easier for her to attend school.

The original owner preferred quiet, and there was only one live-in nanny in the villa to take care of her.

Yan Zhen turned on his computer and began researching academic papers related to mermaids.

Given the two prerequisites of "preserving the Si family" and "not harming Nolan," to complete this mission, she not only needs to appease and bribe Nolan to stop it from spreading the ancient virus to retaliate against humanity, but also needs to find a way to stop humanity from continuing to hunt killer fish.

The mermaid industry has grown to the point where it generates hundreds of billions of dollars in profits every year. Trying to persuade humans to give up such a huge pie by just talking won't work.

Only when humans personally experience the threat of death and realize that continuing to hunt man-fish will lead to annihilation will they stop hunting them.

She needs to think carefully about how to make people feel threatened without causing mass casualties.

Compared to such a massive undertaking, appeasing Nolan is much simpler.

No matter how intelligent an S-class mermaid is, it is still essentially an "animal".

Since it is an animal, it has "animalistic" characteristics.

Once you understand this group thoroughly and grasp their "animalistic" nature and weaknesses, it's not difficult to win them over.

Yan Zhen sat in front of the computer for hours on end until the nanny, Wang Ma, knocked on the door to call her for dinner.

Yan Zhen turned off the computer, stretched, and walked out of the study. Five dishes and a soup were laid out on the long dining table, and Wang Ma was serving her rice.

Wang Ma had been working for the Si family since the year Si Xia was born. She was quick and efficient, and her cooking suited the original owner's taste. When the original owner moved to the villa for university, she brought Wang Ma with her.

The two sat down to eat together, and Wang Ma asked about Nolan.

"It looks like a male fish," said Wang Ma. "Is it not a good idea to keep a male fish at home?"

"Huh?" Yan Zhen asked, puzzled.

"A few years ago, there was a news story about a rich woman who kept a female fish at home. After feeding it for more than a year, the female fish developed two legs and turned into a beautiful woman. While the rich woman was not at home, she seduced her husband. The rich woman saw this on the surveillance camera and was so angry that she almost died. When she got home, she wanted to chop the female fish up. And guess what happened?"

Yan Zhen: "What's wrong?"

"That fish is pregnant!!!"

Yan Zhen: "..."

"This thing can harm people, you can't keep it," said Wang Ma while putting food into Yan Zhen's bowl with serving chopsticks. "What if one day it develops legs, turns into a man, and does something bad to you?"

"...It's not that bad. My sister had Nolan tested before giving it to me. It's very docile and won't hurt anyone." Yan Zhen smiled helplessly. "That news must have exaggerated the facts. Humans and mermaids have reproductive barriers. Even if you have sex, you won't get pregnant."

Aunt Wang asked doubtfully, "Really?"

“Yes.” Yan Zhen thought for a moment and then said, “If you’re scared, I’ll take care of feeding Nolan from now on. You just don’t need to go near it.”

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Ma nodded and said, "Okay."

After dinner, Yan Zhen went back to his room to take a shower and go to sleep.

Around midnight, the sound of a fish's tail splashing in the water came from the living room.

Yan Zhen ignored him, turned over and continued sleeping.

The next morning, when Yan Zhen got up, Wang Ma was cleaning the house.

Seeing Yan Zhen come out of the room, she said, "Xiaxia, come and take a look. Why does this fish look so listless?"

When Yan Zhen went over to take a look, Nolan was at the bottom of the tank, looking dejected, as if the words "unhappy" were written all over his face.

"Is it hungry?" Wang Ma asked. "It hasn't eaten anything since we brought it here yesterday."

Nolan, who had been keeping his eyes down, immediately perked up his ears upon hearing this.

Yan Zhen pretended not to notice its little expression and said with a smile, "It shouldn't be. It's probably just not used to the new environment. The staff at the research institute said it's still young and only needs to be fed once every four or five days."

Nolan: "..."

"Wang Ma, let's ignore it and let it stay by itself. It will become more lively once it gets used to its new environment."

Wang Ma responded and turned to go to the kitchen to get busy.

For breakfast, Yan Zhen ate toast and fried eggs, and bright red strawberries. He deliberately held the plate in front of the fish tank while eating.

Nolan ignored her at first, but was soon drawn to the food on the plate, his gaze following Yan Zhen back and forth.

Yan Zhen seemed to only then notice its gaze and asked, "Hungry?"

Nolan once again wore a bewildered expression, as if saying, "I don't understand, so I'm not responding."

"Looks like it isn't." Yan Zhen didn't indulge it at all. In front of it, she ate the last strawberry on the plate, turned around and left.

Nolan: "..."

It angrily slapped the tank wall with its webbed claws.

Yan Zhen ignored Nolan for two days, citing that "it needs time to adapt to its new environment since it is new here," and did not feed it anything.

On the third day, she went out and brought back a net bag of sea urchins and a serving of sashimi.

She carried sea urchins and sashimi into the living room. As she passed the fish tank, Nolan, who had been listless and slumped at the bottom, seemed to sense something. He immediately swung his tail to the top of the tank, his tail fin slapping the water in the tank with a loud splashing sound.