Chapter 11: How Many Men Does She Have

The merpeople: “……” Silence is the Cambridge of tonight.

Under the calm sea surface, the elder mermaid De Chang frowned deeply. Finally, as if she understood, she said in a sudden realization, “I understand. The prince must have been threatened. The group of humans who kidnapped him are treacherous, cunning, and extremely cruel. The prince must be afraid that we can’t beat them, so he told us not to worry about him.”

The merpeople were all moved by the prince’s fearless spirit of sacrifice. The slightly more emotional ones had already started shedding pearls with sobs.

The elder mermaid De Chang cleared her throat and said, “The prince is so considerate of us. We can’t be cowardly and watch the prince be taken away. Once he’s on shore, his scales will be peeled and bones picked clean.”

“Yes, the queen has passed away, and the eldest prince is not up to par, running to the shore to find a woman. We only have the little prince left. We must not let him fall into the hands of the humans again.”

“Yes, we must get the little prince back!” The fish were filled with righteous indignation.

“Elder, what do you think we should do?”

After pondering for a moment, the elder mermaid De Chang said, “For so many years, the humans have been capturing and slaughtering us at will. To avoid these humans, we have been constantly migrating to the deep sea. But they actually took advantage of us coming to the surface to breathe and cast nets and spears. Since the humans are so aggressive, we don’t need to be tolerant anymore. We must teach them a hard lesson.”

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Jiang Yang felt that the handsome merman who had eaten the spicy octopus was like a hormone-injected chicken, the whole fish was so excited, more enthusiastic than ever.

“Jiang Yang, look, I’m wearing the white jade bracelet you gave me.” Chi Mei happily turned his wrist, the shimmering water reflecting the bright and lively glow in his eyes.

Jiang Yang lay on the edge of the bucket, watching the silly dog-fish spinning like a top, making her dizzy. She perfunctorily said, “Mm-hmm, okay, okay, I know.”

It’s just a bracelet. Back when she was in the brothel, she used to throw out dozens of jade pendants and handkerchiefs every day. Does he have to be so excited? He’s as happy as a fish that’s lost its mind.

With all that spinning, if she sold him to an aquarium, the visitors would definitely be packed every show.

Imagining this handsome fish performing for fish snacks in an aquarium, Jiang Yang couldn’t help but laugh.

Laughing and laughing, she suddenly realized the splashing sound of water had stopped. Did this silly fish finally make himself dizzy from spinning? Jiang Yang opened her eyes and met a pair of dark eyes staring at her eagerly.

“Fuck–” Jiang Yang was startled, her heart nearly stopped. “Can you not scare people like that?”

Chi Mei’s dimples were shallow, his dripping cold chin lightly rested beside Jiang Yang’s hand. Slightly tilting to the side, he vaguely rested on her hand, looking like a little fish leaning on someone.

Jiang Yang shifted her gaze. Forget it, better not sell him to the aquarium. With that handsome face, selling sex is the real wealth code.

“Jiang Yang,” Chi Mei called to her in a low, pleasant voice.

“Hmm.”

The scorching light on the sea made Chi Mei’s eyes appear a transparent amber color like glaze. “Jiang Yang, do you have other men on shore?”

“Why do you ask?”

Chi Mei was both excited and nervous, “I heard that women of the human race practice polygyny.”

Jiang Yang smiled and asked in return, “Do you merpeople practice monogamy?”

Chi Mei pursed his lips, dejectedly said, “No, we also practice polygyny.”

“Then why are you asking me this?” Jiang Yang took a peacock feather from the green and white glazed phoenix-headed bottle beside her and lightly brushed it across his face.

Chi Mei’s eyes drooped low, a row of dense shadows showing under his eyelids. Although it was normal for a female fish to have many male fish, and for human women to have many men…

But, but he was the merman prince! It was okay to fantasize a little, right? Who would want to share their wife with other fish… Only his foolish older brother was willing. Sigh, hopeless.

To avoid Jiang Qingzhou’s edge, Jiang Yang had always pretended to be clumsy. She frequented the brothels and gigolo houses, but never actually brought anyone home as a husband.

Her cheap foster father urged her, arranging matches with ladies from prestigious families. But how could Jiang Yang dare? If her husband’s family had power and influence, how could she feel at ease being a leech under Jiang Qingzhou’s watch?

Over the years, Jiang Yang had figured out Jiang Qingzhou’s temperament. She was a career-oriented woman, men were unimportant.

Jiang Yang could do whatever, spend as much money as she wanted, have any man she wanted. If one day she said I want your husband, Jiang Qingzhou would probably give him directly to her, and the family would still get along harmoniously, not affecting the sisterly affection at all. But if it came to career matters, if Jiang Yang made her feel threatened, then it’s game over.

That feeling was simply too… too damn wonderful! Who wants to work hard? Wasn’t one life as a corporate slave enough?

Jiang Qingzhou can go work if she loves it so much. She doesn’t want to strive anymore. The heavens let her be reborn into a noble family in a female-dominated society, not to work like a horse. It was to compensate for her dog-shit corporate slave life in the previous life. In this life, she just wants to lie flat! Let herself go!

“So Jiang Yang, how many men do you have on shore?” Chi Mei said dejectedly, mist gathering in his eyes.

Although the merpeople also practiced polygyny, there was no distinction of primary husband, concubines, lesser consorts. Everyone was equal. Chi Mei had been doted on by the Merman King and his consorts since he was young, not knowing how to get along with men on land.

In order to build good relations with Jiang Yang’s men in the future, he started counting on his fingers, calculating in his mind how many gifts he should prepare when Jiang Yang takes him home.

Jiang Yang tapped his silly fish head with the peacock feather, “None, not a single one.”

“Really?!” Chi Mei’s eyes lit up, an overwhelming joy and passion rushing towards her. Great! His fish heart soared. He knew he hadn’t misjudged her.

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The next day, the ship arrived at the Narong Kingdom, a small tropical country with little military strength. Without even fighting, they surrendered as soon as they saw the cannons on Jiang Yang’s ship.

Jiang Yang didn’t speak the language of Narong, but countries deeply understood the principle of the weak being prey to the strong. Without Jiang Yang even needing to say a word, they took the initiative to bring out gold, silver and jewels to show goodwill. How sensible!

Lan Qian smiled beside her, “How is it, Second Miss? Our way of doing business is not bad, right?”

Jiang Yang nodded. Robbing money on imperial orders, of course it’s not bad.

The ship docked, and the spoils were transported onto the ship chest by chest. Jiang Yang wandered around the pier. The people here had darker skin tones, some a healthy wheat color, some an even deeper brown, a bit like the trendy dark-skinned hot girls of modern times.

And because it was the tropics, people’s clothing was more revealing. The women’s outfits were a bit like the Dai ethnic minority women’s attire. The men wore pants with a few wraps around the waist, and a low-cut top exposing the chest, showing deep cleavage.

If it was just that, it wouldn’t be a big deal. In her previous life, Jiang Yang had seen sheer clothing and fishnet tops, these were nothing.

But the most fatal thing was that the men here had damn good physiques. Sturdy, muscular builds, washboard abs, wheat-colored skin, the big pecs nearly bursting out of the low-cut tops. The hot sea breeze blew these people’s faces red… Although it was just ordinary local attire, wearing it exuded an inexplicable sexiness.

The sailors had been sailing on the ship for months, young and in their prime, a time of raging hormones. Having not seen men for so long, even a pig would look refined and handsome to them. Naturally, they wouldn’t pass up these dark-skinned, big-chested beauties. Under the experienced guidance of the first mate, they began their leisure time.

However, to ensure safety, the ship’s crew went ashore to play in batches.

Jiang Yang bought three coconuts from a roadside stall and had the vendor open one for drinking, then carried them back onto the ship with difficulty.

“Second Miss, let me, let me.” Seeing this, Lan Qian quickly helped her carry the coconuts.

“You came just in time, this one is for you.” Jiang Yang handed her one and carried one in each hand as she walked onto the ship.

Lan Qian was deeply moved, holding the big coconut. Suddenly, she looked at the coconut, then at the coconuts in Jiang Yang’s hands, and fell into contemplation.

Jiang Yang brought the coconuts to Chi Mei’s side, “Here, didn’t you want to drink coconut?”

Chi Mei joyfully took it and, hugging the big coconut, eagerly took a sip of the sweet coconut juice right away. “I haven’t had coconut in a long time. Coconut trees are too tall, I can’t climb them. And I never know when the coconuts will fall. I barely spotted a few floating in the sea, but they were all spoiled when I cracked them open.”

“Then later I’ll have someone buy more. You can have as much as you want to drink,” Jiang Yang said with a soft laugh. Compared to Chi Mei’s wild and uninhibited coconut-drinking posture, Jiang Yang was much more refined, slowly pouring the coconut juice into a cup and sipping it bit by bit.

“…… Mm.” Chi Mei gave a shy smile, dimples softly accented with a thin layer of blush, bashfully continuing to drink the coconut juice. But the coconut looked big, but actually only had a tiny bit of juice inside, not even enough for a few sips.

Chi Mei felt like he had only taken two sips before it was all gone. Dejectedly setting the coconut aside, he rested his chin on the edge of the bucket, spacing out as he watched Jiang Yang.

Merpeople’s eyes were a bit deeper and more profound than ordinary humans’, so when being looked at, it always gave the illusion of being gazed at with deep affection. Jiang Yang felt uncomfortable being stared at, as if a flame was burning on her face under his gaze.

This fervent sensation made Jiang Yang pause while drinking the coconut juice. She had never felt such obvious emotion from a fish, or even from a person. Under this kind of gaze, all words seemed pale and powerless.

She awkwardly set down the cup. When she glanced at the empty coconut shell beside the handsome merman, she instantly understood where this ardent emotion came from.

She couldn’t help but chuckle as she handed over the more than half-full cup of coconut juice to him. “If you want it that much, you can have it.”

The fish screamed: Ahhhh, our prince has been kidnapped!

Chi Mei pondered: How much dowry should I bring over?

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