Actual Fairytale – Picking up a Mermaid! (8)

Wasn’t that too unrealistic?!

Lu Shijin couldn’t understand, “Why didn’t you find out?”

“He might also be like you, coming into this world with a task. His system might have blocked some information from me.”

“There can be two task-takers in one world?”

“We can’t cross that possibility out. There have been predecessors.”

“If it is like that, then what should I do?”

“It doesn’t matter, as long as you each complete your tasks.”

Lu Shijin thought about it, Yu Jun, or rather, the merpeople’s king’s name, Jun Yu, what could his task be?

“Do you want me to send a signal to check? If Yu Jun does have a system, though, it’ll definitely notice me.”

“Don’t.” Lu Shijin stopped 711, “What if his task contradicts mine? I’m at his mercy right now, if he has ill intentions towards me, I wouldn’t be able to fight back.”

711 thought about it and thought that Lu Shijin made sense. “Then what do we do now?”

Lu Shijin was helpless, “He hasn’t done anything yet, I’ll just try to stall him and see what he really wants.”

“How much longer are you going to pretend? Do I need to open your eyes for you?” Jun Yu’s voice was cold.

Lu Shijin hurriedly opened his eyes. He wanted to sit up, but his body still felt weak and numb, so he could only shuffle himself away from Jun Yu.

“Aren’t you looking for Jun Li? He’s not here. If you want to find him, I can bring you to him right now.”

“I’m not looking for him yet, just you.”

Lu Shijin smiled self-deprecatingly. “What do you need to find me for?”

Jun Yu sneered. “Weren’t you the one who took Jun Li to that man?”

Lu Shijin explained, “I had good intentions. He looked at me so pitifully, I couldn’t refuse.”

Jun Yu stood up, stepping towards Lu Shijin, his aura the one of a natural-born ruler.

He looked down at Lu Shijin, saying disdainfully, “Your goodwill may harm him for life, can you still call that having good intentions? You pushed him into a fire pit. No good ever comes from merpeople and humans interacting together, if something happens to Jun Li, then you’d be an accomplice.”

“How could that be, Shen Shao is a good person, he wouldn’t harm Jun Li.” Lu Shijin could only pretend not to understand and defended his friend.

“Good person?” Jun Yu sneered, “Don’t think I don’t know, Shen Shao has a hereditary disease, and Jun Li is his cure! Jun Li’s still young and easily fooled, but I’m not like that! If you still insist on protecting your friend, then I’ll send you into jail first, and you can wait for him there.”

Lu Shijin felt Jun Yu pressure him, a very uncomfortable feeling.

“Convenience store, can I kill him?” Lu Shijin gritted out.

“No . . . I tried, cards do nothing against him.”

Lu Shijin wanted to cry, it seemed like fate was trying to kill him!

“Then what do you want?” Lu Shijin blinked his eyes pitifully, looking at Jun Yu with doe-like eyes. “I had no idea that Jun Li was a merperson before, the ignorant are innocent, can’t you give me another chance?”

Jun Yu sneered. “The fact that you’re still alive is proof that I’ve given you a chance, unless you think I’m wasting my time with you because I want to?”

Lu Shijin was very annoyed, but he pretended to be very thankful. “Thank you, sir, for not being fussy, what orders do you have? I’ll definitely help you to the best of my ability!”

“I need you to expose Shen Shao in front of Jun Li, so that Jun Li will end everything with Shen Shao.”

“Expose Shen Shao?” Lu Shijin continued acting ignorant, “What is there to expose?”

“You don’t need to know. Just follow my instructions.”

“Okay, sure!” Lu Shijin asked tentatively, “Can I ask why you’re not doing it yourself when you’re so powerful? Why do I have to do it?”

“If I do it, then Jun Li might feel that I’m deliberately targeting Shen Shao, and it would make him more rebellious. That’s why I need someone else to act on my behalf. As Shen Shao’s friend, Jun Li is more likely to believe in your words, so you’re the best choice.”

Lu Shijin laughed dryly, turning on his ability to praise to the max. “I see now, you really are the epitome of a great conquering general, wise and brilliant, truly amazing!”

Hearing this, Lu Shijin could confirm that there was something off with Jun Yu.

According to the original story, Jun Yu flew into a rage when he found out about Jun Li and immediately rushed to find him, not using any tricks or turns at all.

It was also because Jun Yu directly interfered with Jun Li and Shen Shao that would make the siblings’ relationship rocky.

So it was very likely that Jun Yu already knew what would happen, so he decided to try another way to stop them from being together.

Jun Yu’s goal was probably to prevent the two leads from being together, while Lu Shijin’s task was to make them get together.

Analyzing it like this, their tasks were really different.

If Jun Yu really was a task-taker, then Lu Shijin definitely couldn’t expose himself.

“Um . . . I’ve already agreed to your demands, so can you get rid of the anesthetic?” Lu Shijin looked at Jun Yu and asked carefully.