Reincarnated as the Violent Big Boss's Little Mermaid By Xian Sanqian - Chapter 01

The large pool was calm on the surface, with a few little mermaids occasionally popping their heads out, curiously observing the people on the shore.

Underwater, a pale golden mermaid rested against a crevice in the rocks. Her pale golden hair floated with the current, and her hidden fish tail curled, reflecting scattered light.

‘Ding-ling~’ the keeper on the shore rang the bell, “Time to eat!”

The little mermaids who heard the sound swam towards the shore, the sound of their tails slapping the water incessant.

The little mermaid in the crevice was awakened by the noise. He squinted his eyes, his pale golden eyes still showing the drowsiness of just waking up. The little mermaid turned his head to glance at the school of fish.

But unlike them, he did not swim towards the shore. Instead, he slowly swam out of the crevice, his tail flicking and releasing a stream of dense bubbles, then headed towards the deeper water.

As he went down, the little mermaid casually grabbed a piece of seaweed. His sharp nails easily cut through the seaweed. While eating the seaweed, he threw a stone into a bowl-shaped rock.

There were already six stones in that stone bowl.

So…

Today was the sixth day since he entered the book.

Jun Qingyu sighed. Six days ago, he had stayed up late to finish reading a novel. At first, he was drawn in by the introduction describing a satisfying story of initial setbacks followed by triumphant comebacks.

The beginning was fine, telling the story of the protagonist Fu Yuanchuan, who came from a poor background and, through his own efforts, rose from a commoner to the high rank of marshal. During a battle, he was accidentally injured, causing his spiritual power to dissipate and his consciousness sea to nearly collapse.

According to the book’s setting, only mermaids can heal this kind of injury. The innate spiritual power of mermaids can reconsolidate the dissipated spiritual power and repair the consciousness sea.

However, the severe injury caused the protagonist’s personality to become unpredictable. In his violent and restless state, he couldn’t even control his own emotions. All the mermaids, fearing harm, kept their distance from him. The mermaids refused to treat him, and if forced, they would completely shut down their five senses, not revealing a trace of their spiritual power, making it impossible for anyone to do anything.

Fu Yuanchuan’s illness worsened more and more.

His family took the opportunity to steal his legion token, triggering an interstellar war, and joined forces with his enemies to kick him when he was down. For a time, Fu Yuanchuan became the target of public scorn, despised despite his high position.

At this point, the protagonist was supposed to rise and start a series of comeuppance scenes, but the author abandoned the story and simply killed off the protagonist.

Jun Qingyu finished reading the novel and stared at the final « The End » for a long time, unable to snap out of it.

The resentment was so intense that the dream he had that night was all about Fu Yuanchuan!

As a result, when he woke up and opened his eyes… he found that he had become a pale golden mermaid.

The little mermaid was only about the size of a palm, roughly the length of two goldfish.

Mermaids of this small size wouldn’t survive more than two days in the wild. Fortunately, Jun Qingyu was now at a mermaid breeding base.

The empire’s only place where mermaids can be bred.

In the interstellar era, humans have developed rapidly and enhanced various aspects of their bodies. The higher the level of enhancement, the more impurities accumulate. The spiritual power of mermaids is the only force discovered so far that can eliminate these impurities.

Newborn mermaids are uniformly sent to artificial seawater pools like this one, available for purchase by those in need.

It seems like they are selecting the mermaids, but in reality, the mermaids must also accept the person and willingly go with them.

Besides that, there was the expensive price, as well as the extremely harsh conditions set by the mermaid breeding base.

Even so, quite a few mermaids were bought every day.

Whenever someone approached the edge of the pool to choose, Jun Qingyu would always hide at the very bottom, lying among the various cracks in the stones.

He was waiting for Fu Yuanchuan.

But…

Jun Qingyu sighed as she looked at the six stones in the stone bowl, wondering when she would be able to see Fu Yuanchuan.

Jun Qingyu only remembered that in the original story, Fu Yuanchuan had visited the mermaid breeding base more than once. Because his symptoms were special and the hospital couldn’t even alleviate the spread of his condition, he needed the mermaid’s spiritual power more than anyone else.

But each time, Fu Yuanchuan failed to bring a mermaid back. As time went on and his condition worsened, this gave Fu Yuanchuan’s family an opportunity to take advantage.

But after waiting for so long, Fu Yuanchuan never showed up once.

Sometimes Jun Qingyu couldn’t help but suspect that he had arrived too late and missed the plot.

Jun Qingyu shook his head; all he could do now was wait.

After finishing the kelp, Jun Qingyu shook his tail and turned around, intending to find another crevice in the rocks to sleep in.

However, as she turned around, someone on the shore spoke, and Jun Qingyu vaguely heard the name Fu Yuanchuan.

Prince Nor’s affinity is truly extraordinary. As soon as you stand by the shore, these mermaids all come rushing to you. If Fu Yuanchuan had that kind of affinity, he wouldn’t have been repeatedly rejected by the mermaids for treatment. I heard he’s been holed up for days, with no one checking if he’s alive or dead. Don’t wait until the corpse starts to stink before realizing he’s gone, tsk tsk tsk…

Jun Qingyu frowned with some annoyance. Here we go again. Every time someone came here to buy mermaids, they couldn’t help but bring up Fu Yuanchuan to mock him.

As if belittling Fu Yuanchuan could somehow highlight their own specialness.

The person called « Your Highness » said coldly, « What kind of person deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as me? »

Jun Qingyu paused, looking up. He couldn’t see the other’s face clearly through the water, but the title « Your Highness » indicated that this person’s status was not low.

If it weren’t for Fu Yuanchuan’s hard-fought battles, the empire would have disappeared long ago in the war against the insect race.

How could you still peacefully be called « Your Highness »? A freeloader who enjoys the fruits of others’ labor.

What right does a worthless person have to say such things?

Jun Qingyu could no longer suppress the anger surging in his heart. Watching Prince Noel sneer and mock Fu Yuanchuan on the shore, he slowly narrowed his eyes and swam towards them.

The man beside him was the first to notice the approach of the pale golden mermaid. « Your Highness, look! That pale golden mermaid is coming over, and he’s been watching you all along. »

He smiled obsequiously and analyzed, « It seems he wants to be the prince’s mermaid. »

The pale golden mermaid actually matches my hair color very well. » Noel stood up and walked around the mermaid in front of him, slightly raising his chin with an arrogant expression as he walked to an empty spot by the shore and stopped. He crouched down and reached out his hand toward the mermaid in the pool. « Come here.

Jun Qingyu raised an eyebrow. Come here? Well, here it comes.

The fish tail swayed gently, but just as it was about to approach, it suddenly accelerated, leaving a quick streak across the water’s surface.

Look at this, even the little mermaid can’t wait to…

‘Splash!’

The fish tail whipped the seawater straight onto His Highness’s face.

A crisp ‘smack’ sound.

“Ah!”

—Pfft!

Splashes of seawater instantly flooded his mouth and nose, delicate golden hair scattered and stuck to his face. Nor scrambled up in a panic, retreating uncontrollably, but stumbled and fell, not knowing what he had stepped on.

Your Highness!

Jun Qingyu ran off after finishing the attack, flicking his tail effortlessly into the water, swimming to hide in a crevice deep underwater.

A strategic retreat to avoid Nor’s counterattack.

Jun Qingyu leisurely watched from the corner, while Noel on the shore was already furious.

Covered in the smell of seawater, the spot on his face where he was slapped was even turning red and aching faintly!

Noel’s chest heaved with anger, gritting his teeth and pointing at the water, « You… cough cough, where is the, the manager?! Catch this reckless stinky fish for me— »

Bring him out for His Highness!

Jun Qingyu looked at Nuo’er in a flustered and frantic state, treating it as if watching a clown’s chaotic dance, not worrying at all that he would dare to do anything to the mermaid.

Mermaids are a very special existence in the interstellar world, kept as pets by interstellar people, but the powerful interstellar beings who want to survive must rely on the mermaids’ spiritual power.

Although they are the ones being kept, the mermaids’ status seems to be somewhat higher.

After all… who doesn’t want their life to be a little longer.

The base administrators wouldn’t interfere in these matters; even if they really came, they would definitely side with the mermaids.

Jun Qingyu ignored Noel’s madness and turned over, intending to go back underwater to sleep.

Before he could move, out of the corner of his eye, he saw several mermaids swimming over in a panic.

What’s… going on?

Not just these few mermaids, behind them, there was a large group of mermaids following.

The mermaids who had just gone to the edge of the pool seemed to be swimming back at the same time.

Swimming in the direction away from the shore.

As if they were avoiding something.

The shore was eerily quiet; just moments ago, a chaotic mix of sounds had blended together like a bustling market, but now, apart from the sound of flowing water, there was not a single word spoken.

Jun Qingyu emerged somewhat strangely from the crevice in the rock. Could it be that Nuo’er had done something again?

However, before he could figure out what was going on, he heard Nuo’er’s voice from the shore: « Who allowed you to come in? Get out of here immediately, or face my wrath! »

Jun Qingyu frowned. What madness was this person up to now?

Noel’s words broke the silence on the shore, and then others began to speak.

Damn! Fu Yuanchuan? What are you doing here? You scared all the mermaids away!

I’m really fed up. Can’t you stay away from the breeding base?

If I were you, I’d just stay home and wait to die instead of running around causing trouble for others.

His words were full of sarcasm and disdain, and everyone united in the same front at the same time.

Jun Qingyu suddenly froze, realizing who the person on the shore was. He quickly poked his head out of the water and immediately saw the lonely figure standing by the shore.

The people around avoided him like a venomous snake; within a meter of his position, there was no one else.

Jun Qingyu’s lips pressed slightly as he gazed at the pale-faced man on the shore.

The man’s expression was indifferent, his eyes staring blankly at the empty pool in front of him.

Jun Qingyu felt that Fu Yuanchuan didn’t seem to be seriously selecting a mermaid or intending to buy one.

Perhaps… he never truly thought he could take a mermaid away.

Coming here seemed more like a desperate struggle; the departing mermaid undoubtedly took away the possibility of his life continuing.

The people on the shore huddled together in small groups, pointing and whispering incessantly at Fu Yuanchuan in the middle.

But Fu Yuanchuan just stood silently, showing no reaction at all.

Jun Qingyu felt an inexplicable bitterness in her heart.

With a splash.

Jun Qingyu dived back into the water, flicking his fish tail as he swam against the incoming school of fish toward Fu Yuanchuan.