QWAPMP Chapter 75

Chapter 75 The Merman Comes Ashore

After Yan Ye was moved to a different place, the space became much larger, but the surrounding environment was cold, with only some experimental equipment and nothing else.

He swam around boredly, his back against the glass, wanting to close his eyes and rest. The door outside made a beeping sound, and the door automatically opened to both sides. A group of people in white coats appeared at the doorway, their eyes uniformly looking in his direction.

Immediately, sounds of exclamation burst out, “Wow, OMG, is this a merman?”

This sound startled Tony, who had brought them there. He quickly pressed the button to close the door before turning to these people and saying, “Quiet down, do you want to kill me?”

Everyone’s voices instantly lowered, but their excitement was still hard to hide.

Even though Yan Ye was far away from them, he could still hear a man with black-rimmed glasses saying with deep regret, “My goodness, I regret so much not going out to sea with Professor Song.”

A companion put a hand on his shoulder, “Me too.”

“He’s really beautiful. His ear fins seem to be glittering, and so are his scales. Can I secretly pluck one of his scales?” a freckled young man asked.

This sentence finally made Yan Ye, who didn’t want to bother with them, cast a killer look.

“Look quickly, is he glaring at Mark?”

“No way? Does he understand what Mark said?”

Mark was the one who had just said he wanted to steal scales. Yan Ye took another look at him and remembered this person’s name in his heart.

He had always been the one protecting that person; it wouldn’t be bad for that person to protect himself this time, especially since he was now a merman with no legs!

When Tony found out about Mark’s idea to steal scales, he gave Mark a stern warning. Only after Mark promised that he would no longer have the idea of stealing scales did Tony allow him to stay and watch the merman with them.

“Hey, can you understand what we’re saying?” The black-rimmed glasses man waved his hand.

This time, Yan Ye was too lazy to even lift his eyes, and his tail didn’t move.

Someone saw that he didn’t respond and wondered, “Does he not understand what we’re saying?”

“Possibly. That glare at Mark just now might have just been him getting scared seeing so many of us all of a sudden.”

“He doesn’t look like he’d be scared, though?” Someone raised a question, and they believed that only Tony could answer this question, turning their gaze to Tony at the same time.

Tony had met the merman no more than three times; how would he know? But for the sake of face, he pretended to understand and said, “After being caught, he was kept in a tank and saw us every day. He’s already used to it, so he won’t be scared.”

“Oh, I see. Then can we go and touch him?”

“I want to touch his tail.”

“Me too, I want to touch his ear fins.”

“I want to touch the scales on his arms.”

Four people made four requests, none of which Tony could agree to. He himself had never personally touched this merman.

Yan Ye’s fins fluttered slightly. The moment he opened his eyes, his gaze went over the few people and looked towards the laboratory door.

That person was coming back, his footsteps were very quick.

With a ‘beep’, hearing this sound, the faces of the five people changed dramatically. Before they could find a place to hide, the door opened from both sides, and a young man with a frosty face walked in, followed by a man with a fake smile.

Song Qiuyi didn’t expect there to be so many people in the lab. He was stunned for a second, and his voice suddenly turned cold, “Why are you here? Who allowed you in?”

Everyone’s eyes involuntarily looked at Tony.

Tony felt guilty and didn’t dare to speak.

Song Qiuyi noticed him and said coldly, “Laboratory 52, unauthorized personnel are forbidden to enter. Everyone get out.”

Laboratory 52, this was the name just decided by the higher-ups.

Tony lowered his head and apologized, “Sorry, I’ll have them leave immediately. It won’t happen again.”

Tony took the several colleagues who didn’t dare to utter a sound and left. Before leaving the lab door, Song Qiuyi looked at him coldly, “Except for those who have received transfer orders from above, no one else is allowed to enter this laboratory, including you.”

Tony was stunned. What did this mean? He quickly took out his phone to check the messages. The research transfer order for Laboratory 52 had come out, and it was for Professor Song and Professor Tan.

Why wasn’t he included? This was impossible!

Tony wanted to go in and ask for clarification, but the laboratory door was closed.

He tried to press the button to open the door, but the red alert suddenly sounded. The fingerprint did not match, and the password had been changed.

Tony was shocked, unable to believe it. Under the strange gazes of his colleagues, he finally couldn’t help but curse and went to find Duke.

He needed to know what was going on and why they couldn’t participate in the merman research.

In the laboratory, only two people and one merman remained. Song Qiuyi’s mood had been off since he came in. Yan Ye noticed this and felt that something must have happened.

He looked at the two people in front of him, and unlike before, he didn’t speak to Song Qiuyi but waited for the man who appeared with Song Qiuyi to speak.

“Professor Song, I hope we have a pleasant cooperation in the days to come, after all, the days are still long.” Tan Fei had a fake smile on his face and reached out to shake Song Qiuyi’s hand.

Unfortunately, Song Qiuyi didn’t appreciate it and said with a tone of extreme disgust, “Put away that disgusting face of yours.”

With just one sentence, Yan Ye understood the situation before him. Song Qiuyi disliked this colleague but had to cooperate with him.

Tan Fei wasn’t embarrassed and naturally withdrew his hand. He walked to the glass tank and began to look at the merman inside, his gaze full of malice, “I’m already looking forward to dissecting it. I wonder what kind of surprise the legendary merman will give humans.”

Yes, the reason Tan Fei called the merman a merman was because Song Qiuyi did not give them the information he got from the merman, so they were the same as Tony.

This was also because when Song Qiuyi returned from his voyage, he decided to propose to the higher-ups that he alone, with his subordinates, would be enough to research the merman. Unexpectedly, upon his return, this application was rejected, and the higher-ups even sent Tan Fei, who usually clashed with him.

Tan Fei was also a professor at the research institute. Ten years ago, he almost became a student of Teacher Yang, but at that time, because Professor Yang knew that Song Qiuyi was dedicated to mermen, he chose to take him as a student and gave up on Tan Fei. Because of this, Song Qiuyi had been resented by Tan Fei for ten years, and Tan Fei targeted him everywhere.

“If you dare to kill him, those animals you dissected will be your fate.” Song Qiuyi put on white gloves, and there was a cold light flashing in his eyes.

Tan Fei’s gaze made even Yan Ye feel uncomfortable, not scared, but annoyed.

Tan Fei felt a chill. He looked back left and right and saw that Song Qiuyi had already put on gloves, so he slowly picked up his gloves and put them on.

Song Qiuyi suddenly spoke, “Disinfect your dirty hands.”

Tan Fei’s gloved hand stopped. There was impatience in his gloomy eyes. Song Qiuyi’s commanding tone was too irritating.