Actual Fairytale – Picking up a Mermaid! (6)

Jun Li suddenly turned to Lu Shijin, asking seriously, “Mr. Lu, please tell me, is Mr. Shen sick?”

Lu Shijin had been leaning against the door and watching. He was unprepared for Jun Li’s sudden question, and before he could say anything, he heard Shen Shao shout. “Don’t tell them!”

Lu Shijin: . . .

He didn’t want the merperson to know the truth. With Jun Li asking him directly, he originally could’ve pretended to know nothing.

But with Shen Shao barging in like this, it was equivalent to telling Jun Li that he knew something. Lu Shijin couldn’t pretend to know nothing anymore.”

“Mr. Lu, please tell me, what happened? Is he sick? Is it severe?”

Jun Li looked at Lu Shijin with watery eyes. Lu Shijin felt that if he didn’t tell them the truth, he would be making a huge mistake.

Lu Shijin said tactfully, “Shen Shao is sick, but don’t worry, it’s not that severe. He’s only like this right now because he took the wrong medicine.”

“Really?” Jun Li looked at Shen Shao with doubt. Shen Shao smiled weakly, nodded to comfort them, “Yes, it’s as he says. Don’t worry, I’m really fine.”

With Shen Shao saying this, Jun Li became more suspicious.

The more someone said it was fine, the more of an issue there was!

Jun Li shook their head, “I don’t believe you, you’re definitely lying to me. Mr. Shen, you saved me before, if you’re really sick, then I can help you. Will you let me repay you? Please tell me the truth, I’m really worried about you!”

Shen Shao stayed silent, avoiding Jun Li’s gaze. This made them even more sure that Shen SHao was very sick, why else would he lie to him like that!

“Mr. Lu, can’t you tell me? You’re his friend, you must want him to get better? Humans can’t cure some diseases, but maybe my kind can, let’s think of a way together, okay?”

Lu Shijin suddenly realized why Shen Shao called him over today.

Shen Shao couldn’t personally say certain things. If he got someone else to say it, then it would make Jun Li feel more sympathetic.

Also, if Shen Shao didn’t personally do it, then when Jun Li volunteers to be his test subject, Shen Shao could lessen his guilt.

Lu Shijin coldly looked at Shen Shao, his lips twitching, this was quite a smart move.

Shen Shao wanted to use Lu Shijin as a chess piece, but Lu Shijin would obviously not do what he wanted.

“Xiao Li, you heard him. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s that Shen Shao won’t let me. As his friend, I must respect his wishes. Please don’t ask me anymore.” Lu Shijin raised his hands, showing that it wasn’t his choice. At the slight frown on Shen Shao’s face, Lu Shijin secretly felt giddy.

Shen Shao patted Jun Li’s back, kindly saying, “Xiao Li, you shouldn’t trouble Shijin. Let’s go, this place is too cramped for talking.”

Lu Shijin retreated to the side, letting the two main characters have the stage. Shen Shao sat behind his desk, explaining his illness to Jun Li.

Lu Shijin coldly watched on and wanted to clap for Shen Shao’s performance many times.

A gentle and sickly handsome man suffering from an incurable disease, yet still trying to fix it, aroused sympathy very easily.

As expected, after Jun Li heard everything, they expressed that they would definitely help Shen Shao cure his disease.

The two main characters looked at each other with heartfelt emotions and tears in their eyes. It didn’t concern Lu Shijin, a side character, so he left and kindly closed the door on his way out.

He was sure that after Jun Li differentiated, Jun Li would be the first to bring up being a test subject for Shen Shao.

And then Lu Shijin’s nightmare, the ugly merpeople’s king, would finally come.

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Although he failed at finding the merpeople’s king, Lu Shijin didn’t give up.

He was going to show up sooner or later, so he just needed to get rid of the merpeople’s king before he could get rid of him.

But 711 didn’t support him.

The merpeople’s king was a big villain in the story, and was crucial to the two leads’ road to love. Without him, how could the story show how precious the love between the two were?

Lu Shijin said, “Simple, I’ll do it. It’s not like it’s my first time playing the villain.”

“That’s because I loaded in too late! Don’t you dare do that this time. If a villain dies, who knows how the story will be ruined by you?!”

“Either way, I won’t die like in the original. The moment he appears, I’m going to fight to the death with him!”

After two days, when Lu Shijin had almost forgotten about this Yu Jun, he suddenly video called him.

The man was still in a suit, not a single strand of hair out of place. He seemed like a perfect elite.

“Hello, am I bothering you?”

Yu Jun was standing upright. Other than his eyes and mouth, nothing else moved. Lu Shijin felt like he was talking with a painting rather than a video.

“Why did you call?” Lu Shijin had a bad feeling. Is the crazy dude coming after me?

“You said last time that you wanted the pearl. I went back home to get it. If it’s convenient right now, I can bring it over.”

“Pearl?” Lu Shijin blinked, remembering their conversation a few days ago where he asked Yu Jun for a pearl as a joke.

Lu Shijin obviously didn’t believe that Yu Jun had a pearl as large as an egg, and that he would give it to him for free.

It was clear that he was being delusional again, thinking that he had some pearl factory.

The so-called pearl is probably just a normal rock.

But Lu Shijin had been bored lately, so with Yu Jun coming over, he could play with him a bit.

“Sure, thank you so much. I’ll send you my address, are you coming over personally?”

“Yes.”

Lu Shijin smiled brightly. “That’s great. I’ll be waiting for you at home. I need to host you properly if you’re giving me such a large present.”

After hanging up, Lu Shijin laid on the sofa waiting for his entertainment to arrive.

He turned on the TV to see if there were any interesting shows going on, and stumbled across a treasure hunting program identifying pearls.

One of the pearls was as big as a pigeon egg, its shape smooth and round, emitting a faint pink light. It was clear that it was high quality.

The person who had it was an old man in charge of watching the parking lot. One time, he saw a man walking back and forth like he was lost, so he kindly helped him find his way. The man gave him the pearl as thanks.

The old man had never seen such a large pearl and thought that it was a marble, so he gave it to his grandson to play with.

When a guest who dealt with pearls came over as a guest, they instantly recognized that it was quite an expensive pearl, so the old man signed up to go on the show with his pearl to get experts to judge if it was treasure or trash.

They verified that this pink pearl was a real, naturally forming, pearl from the deep sea, and is worth over two million yuan.

Lu Shijin was watching the show with interest, mocking how these shows exaggerated the backstories so much.

If just helping someone find their way was worth a couple million, then there would be no point in anyone working. They’d just help people with directions everyday.

This old man was clearly invited by the program, it was really mocking the audience’s IQ.

After about halfway through the show, Lu Shijin heard the doorbell ring. Looking through the security camera, it really was Yu Jun.

Lu Shijin didn’t tell his robot to open the door but went over himself.

“What a rare visitor, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. I was afraid you didn’t know the way, and was about to call you to pick you up.” Lu Shijin welcomed Yu Jun in with a smile.

“En, I almost didn’t. Thankfully, an old man helped me.” Yu Jun said.

Lu Shijin suddenly remembered the extraordinary story he just saw on TV and joked, “Then did you thank him? With your identity, shouldn’t you give him a little something?”

Yu Jun walked him and looked at Lu Shijin, “I did. I originally wanted to give him a pearl, but he seemed to think that it was fake and didn’t want it, so I gave him money instead, which he accepted.”

Lu Shijin laughed at this. “Xiao-Yu, you’re a genius storyteller! If I wasn’t just watching TV, I would’ve believed you, haha, ha, ha . . . Wait . . . Holy shit?!”

Lu Shijin’s laughter became weaker and weaker, and then came a scream of shock.

Because Yu Jun opened the box he brought.

There was a pink pearl the size of an egg inside. It was crystal clear. Other than a size difference, it was identical to the one Lu Shijin had just seen on TV!

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