Bai Lixin returned to the third-floor dormitory, dripping wet.
It wasn’t yet time for lunch, as it was only ten in the morning.
After a quick shower and changing into clean clothes, Bai Lixin wasted no time. He prepared for his “official duty” – cleaning.
While changing, his gaze fell on the mirror opposite. He tilted his head to the side, and the young man in the mirror did the same action.
During this tilt, the young man’s slender neck was exposed in the mirror, revealing a wound hidden beneath the hair – there were two shallow tooth marks. The bleeding had stopped, leaving only two small indentations.
‘What’s this?
There’s no reason to randomly bite like this, right? Is it a mark?’
At this moment, the escape system’s voice echoed in Bai Lixin’s mind, [Dear Master Bai Lixin, you’re so smart. This is the mark of the merfolk.]
[After recognizing his mate, the merman instinctively marks his partner in order to quickly locate them in the vast ocean. The more powerful the merman, the more intense the suppression of pheromones. Besides location, pheromones serve to declare sovereignty and protection, telling other merfolk that this beautiful mermaid is taken and not to be coveted or violated.]
Bai Lixin sneered: [Being coveted and violated?]
[By whom?]
[Who is so blind?]
Escape system: […]
S419M: [Let me tell you, Lord Host, it’s rare for the Lord God to be so innocent. Why crush the romantic atmosphere with such an overpowering boyfriend vibe?]
‘Are you kidding me?
In novels, when the heroine is in danger, the male protagonist rushes in, showing a heroic demeanor. But you, you just straight up uproot the willow?
Do you even know how to date? Do I need to teach you?’
Bai Lixin’s smile instantly faded. [Ahem, it makes sense.]
The escape system asked uncertainly: [Brother M, Master Bai Lixin just went berserk in laboratory 1 in front of the Lord God. Isn’t his image damaged now?]
S419M: [It’s no problem. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.]
[He’s causing a ruckus, and the other one is smiling. Don’t ask, this is pampering.]
Escape system: [Oh, I get it now. This is the sour smell of love.]
Bai Lixin[…]
‘Isn’t it you guys that are always giving me the sour smell?]
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Not sure if it was due to Dijia marking him, but when Bai Lixin went to clean the merfolk laboratories today, the merfolk’s reactions were very strange.
They didn’t continue singing, instead, they obediently huddled in a corner of the pool, staring blankly at the man in protective clothing.
Bai Lixin ignored them and quickly finished cleaning of all the rooms.
Thanks to the merfolk being dumbfounded, his cleaning work was exceptionally efficient. He finished the usual three-hour workload in just an hour and a half.
Normally, when he cleaned, the merfolk would splash water everywhere with their tails, adding to his workload. But not today.
‘Thanks, husband.’
By the time he finished cleaning the merfolk laboratories, it had reached lunchtime.
He changed into clean clothes and arrived at the first-floor restaurant. The moment he appeared, the previously noisy restaurant fell silent for a moment.
Bai Lixin looked around the not-so-large restaurant with some confusion, sensing someone staring at him.
But when he followed the gaze of those people, they quickly averted their eyes, seemingly uncomfortable with making eye contact with him.
“Brother!” Suddenly, a loud voice broke the quiet atmosphere of the restaurant. Bai Lixin looked up and saw Xia Chi extending an arm in the corner, vigorously waving at him. “I’m here, Brother, come over.”
Bai Lixin nodded towards Xia Chi and, after getting his meal, approached Xia Chi.
There were two people sitting at Xia Chi’s table. One he had seen before, Glasses who had gone to the sea with Xia Chi yesterday, and the other, dressed in a well-tailored suit, had a serious expression, he didn’t look like one to smile easily.
The people at the next table must be NPCs. On seeing him approach, they immediately picked up their utensils and moved to the next table.
Bai Lixin was puzzled, “Am I some kind of plague?”
