Chapter 30 Direct Attack

Jiang Yang opened her eyes drowsily and saw that the stupid fish hadn’t lain down yet. She pulled him into her arms with sleepy affection and asked in a lazy voice, “Not sleeping yet?”

The sorrow in Chi Mei’s eyes was instantly diluted as he lay stiffly in Jiang Yang’s embrace. “… I’ll… I’ll sleep right away.”

Jiang Yang mumbled sleepily, “Don’t stay up late. Staying up late will make you ugly.”

No man is afraid of becoming ugly, especially the mermaid race who value appearance the most. Chi Mei, frightened, immediately closed his eyes wanting to fall asleep quickly. But the more he tried to sleep, the more awake he became. Jiang Yang’s shallow breathing sprayed on his ear, warm and moist. Each time it sprayed on his ear, Chi Mei’s heart trembled with excitement, as if he was rolling on soft moss in a meadow, his heart floating and wet.

He carefully opened his eyes, looking at Jiang Yang’s sleeping face, addicted to the warmth her body gave him. He boldly snuggled closer to her, his hand suddenly touching a soft area. Chi Mei’s face instantly exploded, the shyness and desire of youth growing wildly like oil poured on raging fire.

If it could always be like this, it wouldn’t be bad, right? At least Jiang Yang was by his side.

Chi Mei twirled a strand of her black hair around his finger, thinking contentedly that he shouldn’t be too greedy. People who are too greedy will be consumed by their greed. If Jiang Yang didn’t want to touch him, then so be it. As long as he could see her every day, it was enough.

Chi Mei even felt that he was much luckier than Chun Jian, and even luckier than his brother.

Chun Jian’s Xu San Niang had deceived him of his mermaid pearl and left him, never to be seen again for a lifetime.

As for his brother’s woman, she even took care of the children.

Compared to them, Jiang Yang was already an extremely good woman. She had never mistreated him, and didn’t even covet his mermaid pearl or his body. Chi Mei kept reminding himself to be content, but his wild desires still grew crazily. If only she coveted his mermaid pearl, then he could make her stay with him for the remaining seven years out of guilt. If only she coveted his body, he could give her a pair of children before he died.

If she was willing to accept the children, after seven years, she could take them back to land. If she wasn’t willing to accept the children, then let them grow up freely in the sea.

But no matter what, during those seven years, they could be like other ordinary couples. This was Chi Mei’s lifelong extravagant hope.

“Go to sleep!” Jiang Yang couldn’t sleep because of Chi Mei’s burning gaze. She directly covered his eyes with her hand, finally blocking that gaze that was impossible to ignore.

With his eyes covered, only the lower half of Chi Mei’s delicate face was visible. He asked, “Jiang Yang.”

“Hmm?”

“Do you treat the men on land the same way you treat me?” Chi Mei pursed his lips and said.

Jiang Yang opened her eyes, “What do you mean?”

Chi Mei mumbled, “Just like how we are now, embracing but not doing anything.”

Jiang Yang curled her lips, “Of course not.”

In a female-dominated world, who would go to brothels just to listen to music? Not engaging in some adult activities would be a loss of face for a female time-traveler. Anyway, Jiang Yang had been served by at least eight or ten top courtesans over the years, not to mention the numerous lower-ranking courtesans. She had even exclusively hired several for three to five years to serve her alone, who knew her preferences like the back of their hand. If not for being in a brothel, there was little difference from the beautiful male servants at home.

“Then why do you treat only me this way?”

Jiang Yang sat up and looked at Chi Mei. Although there was a smile in her eyes, her attitude became unusually serious: “Because they come from brothels, that’s their business. It’s not inappropriate for me to patronize their business. But I don’t want to be so frivolous with a man from a good family. Are you asking me to treat you like those men who sell their smiles in brothels? To marry as a husband but serve as a servant, don’t ask such questions again in the future.”

Chi Mei lowered his head. Jiang Yang thought she had convinced him. After all, how could the dignified mermaid prince be compared to brothel courtesans? It would be too embarrassing.

“That’s fine too.” Chi Mei raised his eyes, his gaze as soft as water yet firm.

Jiang Yang’s smile froze on her face. “… Huh? What did you say?” Jiang Yang felt that there must be something wrong with her ears. She must be hearing things. Yes, it must be an auditory hallucination.

“I said you can be frivolous with me. You can treat me like those men who sell their smiles in brothels. Anyway, you don’t like me the way I am now.” Chi Mei said seriously.

“You… how can you say that about yourself?”

“Why not?” Chi Mei’s voice was low and muffled, with a hint of natural confusion. The emotions in his eyes were like hot flowing magma, scorching and intense. “Those courtesans in brothels serve you, I want to serve you too. It’s the same service, just in a different place. Is the reputation of a good family that important? More important than the person you love? Holding onto a broken reputation while only being able to look but not touch the person you love… if entering a brothel is the only way to make you truly see me, I’d rather…”

“Stop, stop, stop!” Jiang Yang was now wide awake. She quickly covered the stupid fish’s mouth. “What nonsense are you talking? Take it back! Take it back! Do you even know what kind of place a brothel is? Talking rubbish!”

Jiang Yang couldn’t bear the thought of this stupid fish entering a fragrant brothel, wearing gaudy clothes exposing his chest, with tinkling ornaments around his neck and wrists, swaying his fish tail, abandoning his naive innocence for a powdered coquettish smile, waving a handkerchief with seductive eyes, being teased and groped by various patrons, anyone’s hands freely roaming his body, any patron who fancied him could take him to a room, followed by unspeakable sounds… Just thinking about it made Jiang Yang feel a chill all over and a bit angry.

“Mmph mmph mmph.” Chi Mei wanted to speak but was muffled by Jiang Yang’s hand.

Jiang Yang removed her hand.

Chi Mei said, “Of course I know what kind of place a brothel is.”

“You know?” Jiang Yang almost laughed in anger.

Chi Mei answered seriously, “It’s a place to serve Jiang Yang.”

“……”

Whether before or after transmigrating, there were many people pursuing Jiang Yang. Especially after transmigrating, due to her status as the second daughter of the Jiang family, there were countless men vying for her favor. Numerous sincere hearts were presented to Jiang Yang, waiting for her to choose at will. Of course, there were some sincere hearts from certain top courtesans, but more were from men of the dust seeking to save themselves. Over time, even Jiang Yang could hardly distinguish them and found it difficult to be moved.

But this stupid fish, every time he attacked directly, his words were shocking, making her angry, amused, and somewhat touched.

Therefore, whether it was his world-shaking behavior on the ship back then, or his undisguised physical reactions, she didn’t feel any disgust at all. His blatant love, simple and pure without any impurities, was the most touching.