CH 43

Of course, Yue Zhan’s meeting was over. When he heard the words “turtles have experience in hatching eggs”, he hesitated and asked, “Can turtles hatch eggs?”

Don’t they bury them in the sand?

“How can an ordinary turtle be the same as this one?” Yi Nuo opened his eyes wide and said seriously, “This one is a man, a native of the Sea Country. Having human thinking, would he have the heart to bury his eggs directly in the sand?”

“The cuckoo will lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, but do you think cuckoo orcs in the Federation are willing to do so?”

Yue Zhan: “…”

It seems to make sense, but—

“Who told me that hatching eggs will cause stomach problems?” Just now, because of his concern for the little prince, he was led astray by him. Now that he had calmed down, he couldn’t help analyzing.

He had never heard that hatching eggs causes stomach problems. Otherwise, wouldn’t all the bird orcs in the Federation have stomach problems? Could it be… like the way of taking care of the baby, the little prince deceived?

Yi Nuo guessed what he was thinking. He quickly waved his hand to let Lu Xien, who stood beside him, leave. After some hesitation, Yi Nuo walked out while saying, “This time, there’s a real case. It is my father.”

Yue Zhan: “?”

Yi Nuo: “Well, I can’t tell you clearly in a few words. Let’s talk about it when we meet.”

Yue Zhan: “…”

Yue Zhan happened to be free after the meeting, so he got off work in the afternoon and came to pick up Yi Nuo and go back to the Yue’s house for dinner.

After Yi Nuo got into the car, Yue Zhan first asked, “Is His Majesty alright?”

Yi Nuo frowned and said, “The doctor said it’s fine. He’s still young, just raise him carefully.”

It’s just that Lu Xien looked like the sky was falling down as if the emperor was going to die.

Yue Zhan nodded lightly, and asked again: “Then hatching eggs…”

“It’s because he hatched a fake egg,” Yi Nuo turned sideways, and whispered, “The shell of the fake egg was a stone…”

After whispering about the situation, Yi Nuo sighed and said worriedly, “It seems that it’s not easy to hatch eggs.”

Yue Zhan: “…” His Majesty is also a strange person.

“But His Majesty incubated a stone, maybe if it had been a normal mermaid egg, it wouldn’t be like this.” Yue Zhan analyzed again.

Yi Nuo froze for a moment, staring blankly at him.

Yue Zhan suppressed a smile, rubbed his head, and said, “Okay, the baby hasn’t been born yet, so don’t worry too much.”

But Yi Nuo quickly shook his head again and said, “It’s not certain. Who knows whether he got stomach problems in the first five years or the last eighteen years? Besides, you have been on the front line all year round, and you eat irregularly… no, no, we still have to ask the turtle.”

Yue Zhan felt warm in his heart when he saw Yi Nuo’s beautiful eyebrows frowning and his serious appearance.

He stretched out his hand, directly took the little prince into his arms, and asked affectionately, “Is His Highness concerned about me?”

Yi Nuo: “…”

[Okay, okay, what are you holding me for?]

He blushed, and said firmly, “I’m… worried about the little fish treasure.”

Yue Zhan chuckled and pressed him into his arms, rubbing his hands gently on Yi Nuo’s belly through the clothes.

At first, Yi Nuo’s hair stood on end, but gradually, he got used to his breath and nestled in his arms with peace of mind.

When the suspension car arrived at the Yue’s house, Yi Nuo was about to fall asleep and was coaxed out of the car by Yue Zhan holding his hand.

Mrs. Yue had asked someone to prepare the meal early. Seeing the young couple get out of the car crookedly, she couldn’t help laughing.

When Yi Nuo noticed it, he hurriedly pushed Yue Zhan away and pretended to be serious.

Mrs. Yue quickly joked, “We are all from the same family, so there is no need to avoid it.”

It was fine when she didn’t say anything, but when she did, Yi Nuo’s face became even redder.

When Mrs. Yue entered the door, Yi Nuo turned his head and complained to Yue Zhan, “We could have eaten at any random health care center, why do you have to come back and bother Mother Yue?”

Yue Zhan was helpless and said, “Where do I want to come back? She urged me to bring you back, and she also said that I should bring you back for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the future.”

Yi Nuo was speechless, and hurriedly said, “Don’t do it, I might not be able to get up in the morning.”

Despite that, after drinking the soup stewed personally by Mrs. Yue, Yi Nuo was suddenly very happy and felt that this trip was not in vain.

After eating and drinking enough, he finally remembered the business and asked Yue Zhan, “When are we going to see the turtle?”

Yue Zhan glanced at the time and said, “How about now? It has been arranged.

“Then let’s go now.” Yi Nuo made the final decision.

Twenty minutes later, the two drove to the office building of the special security office of the imperial capital.

After entering, the security officer in charge of reception said, “His Majesty attaches great importance to this person, and he is under strict supervision. You can only see him for 30 minutes at most. Please forgive me.”

Yi Nuo waved his hand and said, “It’s okay, we just need 10 minutes.”

The national teacher was pushed into the interrogation room in a wheelchair.

Obviously, the emperor didn’t ask anyone to take care of his wounds.

However, when he saw Yue Zhan again, who had crippled his hands and feet, the national teacher unexpectedly did not show resentment.

He seemed to accept his defeat quite calmly, but when facing Yi Nuo, he showed a hint of displeasure.

Yi Nuo found it very strange and said, “Compared to the person next to me, I don’t seem to have offended you much.”

The national teacher shook his head and said, “I’m sorry. Because you are Scott’s son, I sometimes can’t help but want to vent my anger.”

Yi Nuo & Yue Zhan: “…”

“As for him?” The national teacher glanced at Yue Zhan, and said, “He just obeys orders, and I admit defeat.”

Yi Nuo & Yue Zhan: “…”

Don’t make it sound as if you were awesome, but you lost in the end. Wake up, you’re just a bronze!

“However, I heard that your mother is Queen Delan?” The national teacher suddenly looked at Yi Nuo again and thought to himself that it was okay to be locked up here anyway, why not try to add trouble to that guy Scott?

After making a decision in his heart, he said provocatively, “Do you know why your father called a stone ‘dear child’ that day?”

Yi Nuo had a strange expression and thought—

[Of course I know. You don’t want to stir trouble, do you?]

“Hmph, I’m afraid you don’t know that your father has a true love in his heart. He only loves his true love and the child born from that person. You see, the day he thought the child born from that person died, he was so sad that he vomited blood. But he treats you… …Hehe, do you think he cares about the eldest prince? What about you? Doesn’t he treat you worse than the First Prince? “

Yi Nuo’s expression became even more strange, and he couldn’t help thinking—

[Are you a lobbyist invited by the emperor? Otherwise, why would you speak for him like this?]

Seeing this, the national teacher thought that his provocation was effective and continued, “Maybe, in Scott’s mind, only the child of his true love can inherit everything from him, and the other children are tools. But you are the queen’s son, is it fair for him to treat you like this?”

Yi Nuo: “…”

At this moment, Yue Zhan knocked on the table and warned, “His Highness has something to ask you. Just answer honestly, don’t talk nonsense.”

The national teacher glanced at them and suddenly fell silent.

He was thinking: My mouth is harder than my turtle shell. You want to pry out the secrets of the sea country from my mouth. Hmph, keep dreaming!

Scott has been busy for so many days without prying out a word. He would like to see what the little prince was capable of.

Yi Nuo coughed lightly, opened his mouth, and asked curiously, “Mr. Turtle, I wish to know if you turtles will suffer from stomach problems when hatching eggs?”

The national teacher: “…”

What? He seemed to be hallucinating. What question did the little prince ask just now?

Seeing him dumbfounded, Yi Nuo immediately confirmed, “So you really have trouble in this regard.”

“Nonsense!” The national teacher, who just swore he wouldn’t say a word, suddenly couldn’t help correcting him, “We turtles don’t hatch eggs, just bury them in the sand.”

“Ah?” Yi Nuo was surprised and said, “So irresponsible? Aren’t you afraid of someone stealing them?”

National teacher: “What nonsense? Of course, put a basin of sand at home, adjust the temperature and humidity, and then bury the eggs in it, just leave it there.”

Yi Nuo thought to himself: So simple?

After thinking about it, he asked again, “Then can mermaid eggs also be hatched like this?”

“Of course not.” The turtle is a good teacher. He started to popularize science and said clearly, “If you bury a mermaid egg in the sand, there is no way to hatch a little mermaid. Mermaid eggs need to be hugged by a mermaid to hatch. It has to be held in your arms, if it is in the bosom, it may not break the shell for several years, or even a thousand or eight hundred years. In this case, it will likely die in the egg.”

“If you keep it in your arms all the time, won’t you get stomach problems from the cold?” Yi Nuo asked.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” The national teacher couldn’t help correcting him again, which involved his professional knowledge of being a mermaid dad.

“First of all, mermaids live in the deep sea and are not afraid of the cold. Secondly, they hold their eggs all the time, so the eggs will be about the same temperature as their body temperature, so how could they be frozen? They are not holding stones. When they can’t hold them, there’s a professional instrument for hatching mermaids in the Sea Country. The egg can be kept warm in the instrument, and it won’t…”

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have disclosed too much, and immediately shut up in frustration.

“Then what?” Yi Nuo blinked and asked curiously, “Why didn’t you continue?”

When the national teacher glanced at him, he felt extremely regretful in his heart: This little prince really has two brushes, and he started with his profession to dispel his guard. It’s because no one could bear to have someone talking nonsense in his professional field. He was careless.

Fortunately, he didn’t reveal too much. Next, he definitely won’t say a word.

“Mr. National Teacher?” Yi Nuo reminded again. Seeing that he really didn’t want to say more, he sighed and said, “Forget it, I’ll ask you another question.”

The national teacher immediately raised his vigilance.

Yi Nuo: “You changed from a turtle back into a human that day. How could you still have clothes on your body?”

Yue Zhan: “???”

National Teacher: “???”

Yi Nuo looked curious. He really wanted to know.

Every time he transforms, he always has to take off his pants, and after transforming back into a human, he must put them on again, which is very troublesome.

“It stands to reason that when you turn into a turtle, your clothes will be torn. After you turn back into a human, you should be…”

The national teacher blushed and tried to endure, but finally he couldn’t hold back. He roared: “Of course they are clothes made of special materials. The size can be changed at any time, anywhere and at will.”

“Oh.” Yi Nuo was stunned and suddenly asked, “Is this a special product of your sea country? Is it a special deformation material? Is it exported? The one on your body is also the same?”

National Teacher: “…”

His old face turned purple, and he was about to collapse again.

Afterwards, Yi Nuo couldn’t pry a word out of his mouth, so he regrettably… ordered someone to strip off the national teacher’s clothes and take them for research.

Of course, the man who stripped him off left him a new set of clothes.

The national teacher huddled in the corner of the prison room, feeling hopeless. He had no face to go back to the sea country. His face in this life had been lost to the empire.

The little prince was such a vicious boy. He swears that he and the little prince are at odds!

Just after making the oath, a little octopus came out of the toilet in the prison room and poked quietly at the door of the bathroom.

The sound was light, but the national teacher caught it.

He quickly put on his clothes, dragged his inconvenient legs, and entered the bathroom with difficulty.

After Yi Nuo left the interrogation room, he said to the security officer who received them before, “This person has a high status in the Sea Country. Someone will definitely come to rescue him. You should be on alert and pay attention to the appearance of small marine creatures like an octopus”.

He didn’t think Zhang Yu would give up looking for this turtle.

Yue Zhan also added, “Pay especial attention to the toilet. It must be strictly monitored.”

When the people in the special security office heard the words, they looked at each other in dismay.

Monitor the toilet? Wasn’t this a bit too wicked?

As if guessing what they were thinking, Yue Zhan said calmly, “The survivors of the sea country have always been elusive, especially the octopus family. The Blue Star Base once caught an octopus that invaded from the toilet.”

Hearing this, the people in the security department immediately became vigilant.

They might not take the little prince’s words seriously, but Yue Zhan was a veteran of the battlefield, and few people dare not take his words seriously.

The national teacher didn’t know that the people in the special security department were already on alert. He was surprised to see the little octopus and asked, “That bastard, Zhang Yu, asked you to save me?”

“Not really.” The little octopus waved its tentacles, lay on the edge of the toilet, and gasped, “It’s not easy to come in, my lord, let me make a long story short. The little prince of the empire is the little highness we have been looking for. Lord Zhang Yu said that you dare to hold His Highness hostage, which is bad for the little His Highness, so he will not rescue you for the time being. I suggest you reflect on it and repent here…”

“What, what?” The national teacher was dazed by his words.

The little prince was His Royal Highness the little prince of the sea country? Wait, what did he just do? What did he say? No no, compared to just now, who did he hold hostage before?

“Hey, Mr. National Teacher, don’t be too sad. In fact, I think Mr. Zhang Yu is just talking out of anger. He will definitely try to save you, but this is the imperial capital. Even if you are rescued, it is not easy to escape. This matter has to be discussed in the long term.”

“But you really… Why did you tear up with Scott that day? Your tears almost exposed the identity of His Royal Highness. No no, maybe it has already been exposed. Mr. Zhang Yu said that the forces you worked with before have been a little restless recently.”

The national teacher was completely dumbfounded. Why did he scold the emperor at that time? Wasn’t it because he misunderstood the little prince and was nearly crushed to death by him?

Then he held the little prince hostage, and just now, he provoked discord and mocked the little prince? Most importantly, his behavior that day almost revealed the identity of the little prince?

It’s over, it’s over, there is no hope for life.

He was sorry for His Majesty the Sea King, sorry for Her Royal Highness the Princess, and even more sorry for His Royal Highness the Little Prince. He really had no face to return to the Sea Country now…

Wait—

“When did you know about this?” The national teacher suddenly grasped the point.

“Er…” The little octopus was a little guilty.

The national teacher instantly understood. He couldn’t help gritting his teeth and cursing, “This shameless octopus Zhang Yu, in order to grab credit, even hid such a big thing from me…”

As soon as the words fell, the door of the bathroom was suddenly kicked open.

Little Octopus: Damn, this scene looks familiar.

He quickly turned around, wanting to run. However, the familiar anesthetic injection – come here…

Five minutes later, the national teacher and the little octopus were transferred into a new monitoring room with metal walls on all sides.

Little Octopus: “…”

National teacher: “…”

“Master Zhang Yu will definitely come to save us.” The little octopus said dryly.

After leaving the special security office, Yue Zhan looked at Yi Nuo several times, he finally couldn’t hold back, and asked, “Why did His Highness only ask these two questions?”

Yi Nuo was puzzled and asked, “Is there anything else I need to ask?”

Yue Zhan hesitated for a moment, and said, “For example, some things about the Sea Country…”

He didn’t dare to speak his mind. Every time the little prince came in contact with people from the Sea Country or was interested in it, he felt very disturbed. He was afraid that the Empire would not be able to keep the little prince, and he was even more afraid that he would not be able to keep him either.

Yi Nuo shook his head when he heard the words, and said, “The interrogation experts in the Special Security Department can’t ask, how can I ask?”

So, I simply won’t ask.

Yue Zhan: So that’s it.

He hesitated for a moment, and then asked, “Then if given the opportunity, would His Highness want to go…to learn more about the Sea Country?”

Yi Nuo thought for a moment and said, “I’m a little curious.”

But when he looked up and saw Yue Zhan’s expression, he seemed to understand something and couldn’t help being stunned.

It turns out that Yue Zhan will also hesitate and have worries and fears?

Yi Nuo suddenly felt warm in his heart. He couldn’t help but step forward to hug the other person, and while burying his face in his chest and listening to his heart beat faster and faster, he whispered, “I’m just a bit curious. My curiosity is actually as big as a fingernail, it can’t match you and little fish treasure.”