Chapter 52
When Li Yu refused to eat, King Jing was put in a difficult position, so he asked Wang Xi to feed him. In the past, when Little Carp was at odds with King Jing, he would let Wang Xi feed him. Now, he didn’t even give face to Eunuch Wang.
Bastard, you’re in cahoots. Fish aren’t stupid!
Li Yu had been hungry for two days, and he felt that his body had become slimmer. He could float up at any moment.
King Jing wasn’t good at coaxing angry fish, and he didn’t know why Little Fish was angry. So, he went to look for Wang Xi to discuss countermeasures. Because he didn’t tell Wang Xi about Little Fish’s true identity, he could only tell him about the person and the fish separately. Eunuch Wang was confused. He thought that His Highness had encountered two troublesome matters. First, Young Master Li and His Highness had a quarrel and disappeared. On the other hand, Master Yu refused to eat.
In the past, Master Yu was His Highness’ favorite. Since Young Master Li came to the mansion, His Highness favored Young Master Li a lot. Wang Xi felt that he had to consider carefully.
He first tried to find out what had happened before Young Master Li threw a tantrum. Because King Jing had sent everyone far away that day, no one knew what had happened. Wang Xi had no choice but to ask King Jing. King Jing signaled with his eyes and wrote a few more words. When Wang Xi realized what had happened, he was so shocked that he was speechless.
Didn’t Young Master Li refuse to sleep with His Highness?
If it were someone else, Wang Xi would most likely punish them according to the mansion’s rules.
But this was Young Master Li, and His Highness didn’t intend to punish him. Wang Xi immediately put the rules aside and said to King Jing, “Your Highness, the most important thing now is to find him.”
King Jing was a little sad. Little Fish refused to transform. This meant that she didn’t want to see him. How could he “find” Little Fish?
Wang Xi looked at King Jing’s face. Young Master Li’s whereabouts were often uncertain. It wouldn’t be easy to find him.
Wang Xi said, “Then why did Young Master leave in a hurry? Does Your Highness know the reason?”
King Jing shook his head.
Wang Xi: “…”
Wang Xi was just a chamberlain. Although he had seen a lot of storms and waves, he didn’t have much insight into relationships. Hearing King Jing’s hint, he couldn’t think of a solution.
However, Wang Xi wholeheartedly wanted to share his master’s worries, so he tactfully said,
“About Young Master Li, why don’t Your Highness ask Duke Chengen’s Heir Apparent?*
King Jing was stunned. This was indeed a solution. Ye Qinghuan was quickly invited into the residence.
“Tian Chi, you finally have something to ask of me?”
Ye Qinghuan was so happy to be asked by King Jing that his jaw was about to crack.
King Jing’s face darkened. Eunuch Wang told Crown Prince Ye everything he knew. He was afraid that Young Master Li would be shy, so he didn’t mention Young Master Li’s name. Under King Jing’s gaze, he changed it to His Highness’s favorite person.
Ye Qinghuan was confused. He scratched his chin and said, “It’s rare for you to ask me for help. I want to help you, but you know me…”
Ye Qinghuan smiled embarrassedly. “I’m about to marry the princess. I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid I can’t help you.”
King Jing: “…”
“However, my mother wants me to treat the princess well. If I have any concubines, I have to dismiss them. After marriage, I can only treat the princess well. If I like her, I should let her know early on. A husband and wife can’t have overnight hatred …..”
Duke Chengen and his wife had been married for decades. They were very close. His wife had told him a lot of things, all of which were based on her experience. Ye Qinghuan was very familiar with them.
“Although you and I have different statuses, I think it’s reasonable. If you really care about her, you should express your feelings first and ask her to sleep with you. Aren’t you being too impatient?”
King Jing was a little engrossed as he listened.
Was he being too impatient?
A little bit. However, no one had ever told him these things. Was Xiaoyu angry because of this?
He should make it clear to Xiaoyu and let her know his feelings. However, Xiaoyu refused to transform or see him. How could he save her?
King Jing was deep in thought. Ye Qinghuan’s mouth never stopped talking. He excitedly talked about the details of Duke Chengen’s wedding preparations. King Jing didn’t listen to him anymore.
There had to be two sides to this matter. There had to be an explanation for Xiaoyu in human form.
At the same time, he had to let the fish eat some food.
Wang Xi could not read Master Li’s mind, but he was quite good at serving his master. If the fish did not want to eat, he could not force the fish’s mouth open and stuff it in. He could only feed it more. Wang Xi suggested that King Jing place all the fish’s favorite food in front of the cave in the artificial mountain. Perhaps the fish would eat it on its own after a while.
However, if the food was left out for too long, it would be dirty. Wang Xi discussed it with the servants who were good at raising fish. The fish’s food could be cleaned every day and fresh food could be put in the next day.
King Jing felt that it made sense. In order to please Xiaoyu, he put out all kinds of delicious food.
Although the fish was hungry, it couldn’t eat it. Every time the servants came to clean the food, it was the most painful time for the fish.
So much delicious food was wasted just like that.
Li Yu persisted for two days. His entire fish withered visibly. Even the fish’s scales lost their luster.
Seeing that King Jing was anxious to please him and called many people to take care of him, he couldn’t bear it. King Jing didn’t know that Li Yu was the fish pet. Perhaps he thought that the fish pet was sick and refused to eat. However, when he thought about the things that King Jing had done to him, the fish couldn’t help but be angry.
Not eating could make him feel better. However, if the fish was hungry for a long time, he would starve to death first.
‘That’s not right.” Li Yu shook her flat belly and thought, “It’s not his fault. Why should I starve myself?”
Could King Jing know why the fish was dissatisfied when the fish was hungry?
It seemed impossible.
Li Yu suddenly thought it through. He couldn’t torture himself just because he was angry. He was so hungry that he was only left with a layer of skin. The food was placed not far away from him. Li Yu’s last bit of self-esteem was triggered. He found a time when King Jing wasn’t around and swam over weakly. He wanted to eat a little as quickly as possible. Just a little bit.
The little carp swam over to the cave with great difficulty. He was so touched that he wanted to cry when he smelled the fragrance of food that he hadn’t eaten in a long time. However, before he could take a bite, a servant suddenly came. Seeing that the fish hadn’t touched the food, the servant sighed and took away all the fish food that had been left out for a day.
Li Yu:???
Li Yu was so hungry that he felt dizzy. No! Did he have to wait until tomorrow?
King Jing, who had been secretly watching the fish, walked over. Seeing that the fish was finally willing to show his face, King Jing thought for a moment and reached out to grab a handful of fish food.
Li Yu caught a glimpse of the big bastard’s face and subconsciously wanted to turn around.
However, he was almost starving to death. The fish food in King Jing’s hand was constantly tormenting his nerves. Li Yu was so hungry that he had no strength left. He couldn’t swim anymore and simply gave up. He watched as King Jing gently placed the fish food in front of him.
Li Yu: “…”
A man … fish knows when to yield and when to stand tall! Moreover, he shouldn’t torture himself.
He should feed himself well and torture his bastard master!
… Just like that, the fish, who had changed his mind, finally began to eat.
King Jing was half relieved. He smiled and touched the fish’s back with his fingers.
Li Yu was on guard all the time. She kept nibbling and moving her back away cautiously.
Don’t think that you can bribe him with a few pieces of fish food. You can ask him to eat, but you can’t touch him!
King Jing watched as the fish wolfed down the food. The smile hanging on his lips dimmed a little.
Li Yu was too hungry. He felt full after eating a little.
King Jing still remembered Wang Xi’s words. One shouldn’t eat too much fish. As soon as Li Yu stopped swallowing, King Jing pushed him to swim.
After Li Yu was full, his anger dissipated. He let King Jing push him. After all, he didn’t have to swim himself.
When his stomach felt more comfortable, Li Yu immediately swung his tail proudly and swam into the cave.
He didn’t want to sleep on the bed that the big bastard made for him.
After eating his fill, Li Yu was no longer angry. He entered the Cute Pet System.
When he was at his most confused, he heard the notification that the mission had been completed. He had a lot of questions and wanted to confirm with the system.
Why didn’t his carefully planned drinking together make any progress in the mission? Why was the bastard master bullying him? Why was the mission completed?
Could it be that he had understood it wrongly before? This kind of shameless bullying was the true love of romance!
Li Yu said angrily, “Give me a reasonable explanation. If you can’t give me one, I won’t do the mission!”
The system always tricked him, and he silently endured it. However, there should be a limit to everything. It shouldn’t think that he was a good-natured and honest person. Once it started tricking him, it wouldn’t stop!
The system said in a deep voice, “Because the host has reached the ‘Million Fish Pet’ main mission, the future missions will be decided based on this foundation. It requires the host to develop a deeper relationship with the tyrant. Just drinking with the tyrant is not enough to complete this step.”
“Host, please think about it.” The system enlightened him, “You are already his fish pet that is’ priceless’. If you go further, your relationship will only be better than this.”
Come on! Li Yu snorted coldly. Was a relationship better than ‘priceless’? Was it to block his human form in bed and kiss him? What kind of logic was that?!
The system said, ‘But this is indeed better than ‘priceless’, isn’t it?”
Li Yu was speechless.
The system revealed its sophistry side. Li Yu was speechless. He still felt that something was wrong. He had an idea. He linked all the missions he had done and found a big problem.
The tricking system’s missions had always been clickbait, so much so that he didn’t find it strange. However, if he linked them all together …
It didn’t look like he was raising a pet, but more like he was raising a pet!
Stop quibbling, this was the system’s conspiracy!
Li Yu’s anger was no less than when he was being taken advantage of.
Which pet would want to have a deep understanding of its master, have intimate contact, and be romantic?!
The system said, ‘The Million Fish Pet Main Mission is a series of initial missions. It only requires the host to achieve the corresponding results. The host can choose the method to complete the mission. All the missions are completed voluntarily by the host.”
The system’s words were a bit confusing. Li Yu pondered for a while. The system probably meant that he was asking for it?!
“It’s not asking for it. It’s the tyrant’s actions towards the host. It was caused by the host’s choices in the missions.” The system corrected him seriously.
Li Yu was speechless.
Since the missions would affect King Jing, why didn’t the system remind him before?
The system said, ‘Because the missions of the cute pet system require the host to complete them from the bottom of his heart. If the host knew in advance, the choices would no longer be the original intention.”
Li Yu thought, “You make it sound nice, but it was a trap from the beginning!”
This was even more infuriating than being taken advantage of by King Jing. Li Yu asked with a dark face, “Then can you stop letting King Jing take advantage of me?”
The system said, “King Jing is the male protagonist. The system can’t directly control the male protagonist. However, the host has one chance to choose to reset. Once reset, all the missions can be restarted from the beginning.”
Li Yu was shocked. “It can be reset?”
Li Yu naturally wondered what the consequences of a reset would be. Could it be that the tyrant’s memories and satisfaction with him would all be reset to zero?
If that was the case, then he wouldn’t have any more worries. But was that fair to King Jing?
Because of his transmigration, King Jing was no longer a paragraph of words, but a living person just like him. It didn’t seem very moral to casually dispose of other people’s memories just because he didn’t like it.
“Host, you misunderstood.” The system hurriedly explained, “The cute pet system can only erase the host’s memories of being a fish pet to achieve the effect of starting from scratch. It can’t change King Jing.”
Li Yu thought, “So, it’s erasing his own memories?”
It sounded very high and mighty, but in essence, it was still picking on the weak. If he lost his memories, wouldn’t he still fall into the same trap?
After all, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with the previous mission. Did he have to let Duke Chengen Mansion and Ye Qinghuan be harmed, and ignore the little fatty?
He was such a person. Even if he had to start over, he would still make the same choice!
Besides, he was the only one who was reset, but King Jing wasn’t. Wouldn’t that be worse?
Li Yu thought, “It’s better not to reset!”
The system said, “If you don’t need to reset, please receive the reward.”
The system’s notification that “Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon” had been completed. Li Yu now knew a little of the truth. His mind was in a mess, and he didn’t want to accept the reward.
However, when he thought of the main mission for this step, he specially requested to add a fish pillow, which was still beneficial to him.
Li Yu said in annoyance, “Give me the pillow, and save the rest for now!* Is the next step a time limit?
The system said, “No.”
Li Yu thought bitterly, “Then what’s the point of doing the mission? Wait until he’s in the mood!”
Li Yu took the fish pillow, exited the system, and returned to the crystal fish tank. He didn’t know how to face Yu Sheng in the future.
He always thought that he was very smart, but in the end, he was tricked by the system, and now he was bullied by King Jing.
The fish pillow lying next to him was originally intended to be used as a disguise after he transformed. He wanted to ask the system for a fish pillow again, and it would definitely be exactly the same as him. Sure enough, the fish pillow in his hand also evolved into the newest silver color with a hint of gold. However, he didn’t want to transform into his human form and deal with King Jing again.
If he had the ability, then he could really turn him into fish bones and fish ash!
Li Yu fell asleep angrily. While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard someone talking loudly.
… Is it Wang Xi?
Li Yu woke up and wanted to hide, but he could still hear the voice.
It wasn’t Wang Xi.
Li Yu quickly recognized that it was two voices he had never heard before.
One voice said mysteriously to the other, “Your Highness, must you make such a big fuss?”
The other voice said, “Yes. His Highness values Young Master Li very much, but when he heard that Young Master Li went missing, His Highness felt that he would come back to take a look, so he could only use this method to pass the message to Young Master Li. *
Young Master Li – Li Yu:???
What the hell is the big bastard doing now?
The first voice continued, “This message is written on the wall. If Young Master Li is still in the mansion, you will definitely see it.”
The two voices gradually faded away. Li Yu thought angrily, Why are they acting in front of me?
King Jing must have deliberately ordered people to spread this message in the mansion.
However, this successfully piqued his curiosity.
Would a person who couldn’t speak have a message to pass on?
What kind of message was it, and … why was it written on the wall?
Li Yu jumped to the windowsill when no one was paying attention, so he could take a look at the situation outside.
As far as his eyes could see, he saw that on the snow-white walls of King Jing’s mansion, there were large flamboyant words.
