Who Touched My Tail!

7.7

7.7 – Could it be that even a scum like Lou Cen is acceptable, but not me?

translator: xiin
editor: alamerysl

The door was an automatic one, and would open upon command. Yan Qingjun didn't see anyone when he entered the room, so he went to the balcony.

The balcony was very spacious. After entering the water, a little under half of the open air pool could be swum in, and it was built specifically for the merfolk in the family. After all, they were young merfolk, and would want to have their own private space. Their swimming pool was also separate from the Duchess'.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

A black-haired mermaid was bobbing in the water. His hands were holding on to the edge of the pool, and his eyes were wide open, reflecting Yan Qingjun's figure and making him feel gentle all over. "Did Wenwen go out tonight because of me?" Yan Qingjun loosened his fishtail skirt and slipped into the water with him, swimming to Xue Ling's side. "You weren't sad and unhappy because of Lou Cen, but because of me, right? Worried that I would take away your father and mother, and your two brothers?"

Xue Ling asked in his heart if this meant that it was now time to start their 'emotional session'. But the expression that he showed on his face was still very ignorant. "No." He shook his head and decided not to go too far pretending to be foolish. The situation must be clarified so that there was no wedge between him and Yan Qingjun.

Although whether there was a wedge or not was not that important, Xue Ling was a perfectionist once he decided to do something. "I knew from a very young age that I wasn't blood related to mother. And I know that I was picked up."

"Actually, it just never felt real. I always had the feeling that everything that I had was stolen from you. I never asked for much, and even though mother loved me very much, the only thing I ever tried to ask for in my life was the marriage with Lou Cen." At this point, he moved his tail and splashed in the water. "But it ended up being a failed request."

"Sometimes I wonder, was it because I took over someone else's family that people don't like me?"

Yan Qingjun reached out and held his hand. "Don't be like that, Wenwen. It's not your fault that I was lost back then, and it's not your fault either that mother brought you back. You didn't steal anything from me, so there's nothing to atone for. Anyway, Lou Cen didn't say that he didn't like you. You heard what he said tonight, right? He wants to pursue you."

"Why? There's nothing particularly good about me." Xue Ling seemed to be giving up on himself as he hugged his own tail and lost himself in his grief. His wronged appearance worried Yan Qingjun, who feared that he would accidentally become depressed. "I grew up so small, and am not as attractive as you, and not as good as you, everything is worse than you, and couldn't even be liked by Madame Lou like you. I know that she particularly likes the fishtail skirts that you design. But what can I do? I'm just a little child that was adopted by the Duchess, and all I can do is act cute and fool around. Time goes by day by day. Maybe someday I will find a breeder who really likes merfolk. Maybe they won't care what kind of person I am, and just want me for being a fish."

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Yan Qingjun felt that he had already come to a dead end. If he didn't pull him out tonight, he was afraid that bad things might happen.

"Wenwen, listen." Tugging his hand and forcing him to look up at himself, Yan Qingjun opened his mouth to say, "Even if Wenwen is small, you still haven't reached maturity yet, and you will still grow. You're very cute, and many people like you. Mother, father, and your two brothers, they all love you and like you very much, and wish for you to spend every day happy. So, you shouldn't say things like that. It will make us all very sad."