Chapter 20: Spring Sight

After roasting the bird, Jiang Yang gave half to Chi Mei.

It seemed to be his first time eating roasted bird. When he took the first bite, his eyes lit up slightly, like Liu Laolao tasting dried eggplant for the first time, looking like he had never seen the world before. Then he ate in big mouthfuls, looking adorably silly.

After finishing, the beautiful fish-man returned to his previous lazy appearance, lying on the rock like a cartilaginous fish.

Used to the silly fish’s constant chatter on the boat before, Jiang Yang felt a bit bored when he suddenly became quiet.

With such a silly fish accompanying her, if this silly fish really left, she would probably be even more bored alone on this uninhabited island. Although the island had no shortage of food and drink, being isolated for too long would drive a person mad.

Moreover, it seemed that this silly fish had no intention of taking her back to land. In the vast ocean, how could she return?

Jiang Yang stood up, preparing to go out for a walk to familiarize herself with the environment, and also to see if there were any suitable materials for making a raft.

The island was in the tropics, with lush vegetation and many small animals. In the center of the island was a towering mountain peak, with a barren top obscured by clouds, looking like a dormant volcano from afar.

After wandering for a few hours, Jiang Yang felt tired and returned to sit and rest under the coconut trees by the sea.

The silly fish had said this island was his territory, so she naturally thought there would be no other people on the island, until a sharp knife was placed against Jiang Yang’s neck.

“Don’t move if you don’t want to die!” A man in his twenties with delicate but gloomy features coldly furrowed his brows, his dagger pressed tightly against Jiang Yang’s carotid artery.

Jiang Yang’s first reaction was that the silly fish’s words indeed couldn’t be trusted. Didn’t he say it was his territory? How come there was a fierce man here?

Complaints aside, survival was paramount.

Jiang Yang immediately raised her hands in surrender, trembling as she said, “Don’t- don’t kill me, I don’t want to die.”

The man’s expression was cold. Seeing Jiang Yang’s surrendering gesture, he indeed didn’t move the dagger in his hand, but still didn’t relax his vigilance, keeping it pressed against her neck.

Moreover, his gaze towards Jiang Yang inexplicably carried a hint of hostility and disgust: “Who are you? Why are you here?”

“I- I don’t know either, just that a while ago my boat suddenly capsized, and I was washed ashore here by the waves.”

The man looked Jiang Yang up and down, snorting in disgust: “Leave this island immediately, or I’ll take your life right now.”

“Young master, I barely managed to reach shore. If you make me leave now without even a small raft, isn’t that sentencing me to death?”

The man used the tip of his dagger to lift Jiang Yang’s chin, the sharp blade leaving a shallow cut on her jaw as he threatened fiercely, “What does your life or death have to do with me? If you don’t leave, I’ll kill you now-”

Taking advantage of his distraction while speaking, Jiang Yang swiftly grasped his wrist and snatched the dagger from his hand, smoothly turning around. She kicked hard at the back of his knee, forcing him to kneel, then pinned one of his arms behind his back with one hand while holding the dagger to his throat with the other, instantly reversing their positions.

You little thing, still want to kill me?

Jiang Yang’s eyes curved slightly as she smiled and said, “What about now, young master?”

The man was momentarily stunned by this sudden reversal, but quickly came to his senses. Even though he hated not being able to kill Jiang Yang, he had no choice but to lower his head: “Please- please don’t kill me.”

“What does your life or death have to do with me?” Jiang Yang wiped the blood from the wound on her jaw, smiling slightly as she threw the man’s words back at him. In fact, she had no intention of killing this man, she was merely getting revenge for the injury she had just suffered.

After their brief exchange, she clearly knew that this man had no martial arts foundation at all, at most his strength was slightly greater than the average man. But in a matriarchal society, his strength still couldn’t compare to a woman’s. Such a person posed no threat to Jiang Yang; it was only because she had been off guard that this man had succeeded in ambushing her.

But before Jiang Yang could act, there was a sudden rustling from the forest. Jiang Yang frowned, immediately becoming alert: “You have accomplices?”

The man was greatly alarmed and struggled violently, disregarding the dagger at his throat as he shouted, “They’re not accomplices, don’t kill them.”

“Don’t kill my daddy!”

“Don’t kill my daddy!”

Two children about five or six years old emerged from the bushes, holding sharpened sticks in their hands, pointing at Jiang Yang with fear and trepidation.

Jiang Yang was somewhat surprised and asked the man, “These are your sons?”

The man was extremely nervous: “They’re my sons, they’re helpless children who can’t pose any threat to you, please don’t kill them.”

Jiang Yang had never intended to kill the father and sons, but since this man already had children, it meant his wife-master must be nearby. Not knowing the other party’s strength, Jiang Yang asked, “Where is your wife-master?”

At the mention of his wife-master, the man’s face instantly darkened: “Dead!”

Jiang Yang released him and held the blade of the knife pointing towards herself, offering the handle to the man: “I had no intention of disturbing you, it was only because of the shipwreck that I had nowhere else to go and was forced to stay here. Why don’t we make an agreement to not interfere with each other in the future?”

The man’s fierce brows furrowed slightly as he took the dagger. Just as he was about to speak, suddenly something fell from the sky, landing squarely and heavily on the man’s right eye.

He immediately covered the wound, stumbling back two steps and falling to the ground. Blood seeped through his fingers, and the two little ones anxiously gathered around him, calling out “Daddy, daddy” with worry.

Jiang Yang looked down to see a pufferfish, its entire body puffed up with spines, flopping on the beach. Had the pufferfish gone mad?

“A’Yang, come here quickly! He has a knife in his hand, he’ll hurt you!” A familiar voice came from the seaside. The silly fish anxiously surfaced, waving to her. In his other hand, he held an even more ferocious-looking sea urchin, ready to throw.

“…Chi Mei?!” An incredulous voice came from the man behind her.

Chi Mei looked at the man warily: “How do you know my name? Who are you?”

The man removed the hand covering his wound. Blood continuously seeped from his injured eyebrow bone, flowing into his eye socket, giving him an unusually cold appearance: “My name is Spring Sight.”

“Spring Sight? Spring Sight…” Chi Mei murmured, constantly searching for this familiar name in his mind. Suddenly, he exclaimed in shock: “You’re Spring Sight? The Spring Sight who was exiled by my mother!”

Seven years ago, when Chi Mei was still a little fish, there was a day when his mother suddenly flew into a rage. In all those years, it was the first time he had seen his mother so angry.

Later, he heard from the clan members that there was a male merman named Spring Sight in the clan who fell in love with a human fisherwoman. His love became obsessive, and he was not only willing to give up his fish tail, but after conceiving her child, he even voluntarily gave his merman pearl to that fisherwoman. When his mother learned of this, she flew into a rage and exiled him from the clan.

After that, there was no more news of him. Chi Mei had always thought that since Spring Sight had even conceived a child with that woman, they must have gone ashore together and lived happily.

Unexpectedly, seven years later, he met Spring Sight again on this island, along with his children, but the woman for whom he had willingly given up everything was nowhere to be seen.

“How did you end up on this deserted island? Shouldn’t you be with that woman?” Chi Mei blurted out.

Spring Sight didn’t answer, his already cold gaze becoming even more gloomy.

When San Niang was initially with him, she was sweet and affectionate, promising to take care of him and the children. But one day she suddenly said her father at home had fallen seriously ill, and having heard that merman pearls could cure illnesses, she borrowed his pearl, promising to return it. He trusted San Niang wholeheartedly and naturally lent it to her, but who knew she would never return.

After the incident was exposed, the Merman King exiled him from the clan. He raised the children alone on the deserted island, living out the rest of his days. Unfortunately, without his merman pearl, he couldn’t leave the island to find that faithless woman.

She had deceived him, ruined his life, and then simply walked away, returning to land to marry another man, have daughters, and live happily ever after, while he spent his days on this lonely island, sustained only by regret and hatred.

He hated her so much. He had to live to find her and kill her with his own hands.

“What about you? What are you doing here? Did your mother send you?” Spring Sight asked, his eyes filled with hatred as he looked at the Merman King’s most beloved son.

Chi Mei’s gaze became sorrowful: “Mother, she… passed away a year ago.”

“Dead?” Spring Sight was surprised for a moment, then sneered contemptuously: “Good, good that she’s dead!”

Chi Mei angrily said: “What are you laughing at?”

Spring Sight laughed through tears, years of regret and torment having eroded him. He hated San Niang for breaking her promise and abandoning her husband and children. He hated the Merman King for being cold and heartless, and he hated himself even more for being so foolish and despicable.

If it weren’t for the two children who still needed his care, if it weren’t for the intense hatred towards San Niang that kept him alive, he would have died long ago.

He quickly wiped away the blood and tears from the corners of his eyes, coldly looking at Chi Mei: “Since she’s already dead, what are you doing here?”

Suddenly, he paused, looking at Chi Mei, then at Jiang Yang who had been silent beside them. A guess instantly exploded in his mind.

“Hahahahahahaha!” Spring Sight threw his head back and laughed loudly, a strong feeling of revenge washing over him. The blood from his eyebrow made his laughter seem almost manic, his long hair whipping in the wild sea breeze as he shouted and laughed, gnashing his teeth like a madman: “Merman King, you’ve come to this too! Back then you looked down on me so much, exiling me from the clan. Now your son is also involved with a human! Hahahahaha! Rest assured, your son will end up just like me in the future, toyed with by a woman! Abandoned by a woman!”

This inhuman, ghostly appearance not only startled Chi Mei, but even Spring Sight’s two children behind him were quite frightened. The two little ones had probably never seen their father in such an abnormal state before. They hugged each other tightly, looking at their father with both fear and concern.

Jiang Yang was even more shocked, frozen in place. She had hooked up with the Merman Prince, how awesome!