Chapter 33

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“Oh, another day… some other time is fine!” Doctor Shen Tu waved his hand and said repeatedly, “Don’t worry, I won’t forget this debt! I’ll come back to you later!”

As he spoke, he already hastily walked out, leaving the people in the room to stare at each other in disbelief.

“What on earth is going on with this child?” Grandma Sheng had been extremely fond of this little shark, yet hearing Master Shen Tu saying this, she was also a bit terrified. Looking up and down, trying to reach out and touch the tiny bulging belly, her mouth uttered, “Could it really be that inside his belly he has swallowed his sibling?”

Seeing the old Nanny approaching to touch, a glint swept through the child’s deep, bottomless eyes, suddenly revealing his teeth and baring them to her like a small little beast, while a threatening low growl escaped from the bottom of his throat.

“Hey!” Grandma Sheng retracted her hand in fright and took a step back, saying repeatedly, “This… this child, it’s really a bit evil! I advise you not to keep him, Princess, the King won’t allow you to keep any more sharks around you anyway.”

Zhu Yan frowned, “I won’t throw away this child!”

“It is not necessary to throw him away,” Grandma Sheng sighed and said, “Why don’t you find a more suitable owner for him… I heard that there are kind nobles in Yecheng who like to raise sharks, such as the Zijing family in the Southern part of the city.”

“That won’t do!” Zhu Yan raised her voice, “What person would raise this child in his current state? Such a small, deformed child, who can’t even weave raw silk, isn’t worth much – unless it’s bought at a low price and killed to get a pair of blue pearls! Do you want me to drive this little brat out to his death?”

The child in her arms shuddered slightly and glanced at her without speaking.

“That’s obviously not possible.” Grandma Sheng frowned and suddenly said, “Why don’t we just release him back to the Blue Sea!”

“…” This proposal made Zhu Yan silent for a moment, subconsciously looking down at the child in her arms for a long time before saying, “I just snatched this little brat back from the Restoration Army last night, do I have to give him back to them again?”

“To be released back into the sea is also the best place for this child to return to!” Grandma Sheng saw that the Princess’s attitude seemed to have loosened a little and hurriedly said, “Every shark wants to go back to the Blue Sea, isn’t this child the same?”

“Is that so?” Zhu Yan lowered her head and asked the thin child in her arms.

Yet the look on the boy’s face was still cold and indifferent, as if he didn’t care at all that they were discussing something so big about himself; There was no trace of nervousness or anxiety, no excitement or anticipation, as if it did not matter whether he went back to the Sea or not, to the East or West market for that matter.

Zhu Yan frowned at the child, unable to see his attitude, and couldn’t help but mutter, “Hey, could it be that not only do you have a problem in your tummy, but your brain is also damaged?”

“…” The boy finally turned his head and gave her a cold look.

“Although releasing him would be a good thing, this little fellow was born on land, and has probably never ventured into the real sea since he was born…” Zhu Yan looked at the little creature full of thorns in her arms and said, “The original fish tail has been cut off, and dragging such a body into the water, I’m not even sure if he’ll be able to survive after returning to the sea!”

Grandma Sheng smiled bitterly, “Does Your Highness still want to raise this child before putting him back?”

“I think it’s better to keep him for a couple of decades and then decide to move or put him back when he’s a little older and fitter.” She nodded and said seriously, “It’s always better to make sure he’s safe and sound before letting him out and allowing him to go.”

“…” Grandma Sheng was speechless for a moment and could not help but sigh and smile bitterly, “Your Highness, is it possible that you plan to raise this child for the rest of your life?”

Yes, the shark child was very young, looking no more than 60 years old, there was still 30 or 40 years to go before reaching the 100-year age threshold, right? But for a human on land, that’s practically a lifetime.

“It’s not like the Red King’s House is short of money, what’s wrong with raising a child for a lifetime?” Zhu Yan lifted the child in her arms and placed him in front of her eyes, looking calmly into those azure eyes, and said seriously, “Look, I promised your mother that I would take good care of you – don’t worry, with me around, there is nothing to be afraid of!”

The child did not speak, but simply looked at her, her face clearly reflecting into his deep pupils, nevertheless he was inscrutable in his joy and anger.

A little discouraged, Zhu Yan held him with both hands from beneath his ribs and shook him slightly, “Hey, do you really want to follow those sharks back into the sea? If you really want to go back just say so, and I’ll put you back into Huilong Harbor right away.”

The child looked at her and finally shook his head.

“Don’t want to go? Great!” Zhu Yan cheered, “Then you can stay here!”

However, the child looked at her and shook his head firmly again.

“…” The smile on Zhu Yan’s face instantly disappeared as she looked at the child with resentment, “What? You don’t want to follow me either? Silly, there are all jackals out there, no one in this world will treat you better than me!”

The child still shook his head slowly, his azure eyes cold and resilient.

“Hey, I really hate that look on your face!” Zhu Yan muttered, only to feel the fire in her heart rise up and gave the child a blow with her thumb, “Little brat! Who do you think you are? You think you can choose to stay or leave? No way! You’re not going anywhere until you’re healed!”

She picked up the child with one hand, incredibly light and thin, as if she were carrying a rag doll: “What an ungrateful little one! If I had left you outside, you would have been dead in less than three days! Do you know that, you little rascal?”

As usual, the child turned his head away coldly and did not reply. However, when Zhu Yan picked him up, dejected, and was about to go back to the room, she suddenly heard a tiny, tiny sound whispering into her ears, like the wind outside the corridor that was passing by at the moment.

“What?” She was taken by surprise and looked at the child who had never spoken a word, “Did you just speak?”

“My name is not little rascal.” The child looked up at her with his azure eyes, and after another moment of silence, suddenly spoke and spat out four words clearly: “My name is Sumo.”

Zhu Yan froze there for a long time before letting out a joyful shout, picking up the child with one hand and pinching his little cheek with the other: “Wow! Little brat, you… you talked?!”

“My name is Sumo.” The boy frowned, dodged her hand, and repeated it.

“All right,” she agreed casually, “your name is Sumo, I got it.”

“I’m willing to go under the knife,” the child said, looking at her, and speaking one word at a time.

The smile on Zhu Yan’s face froze, “What did you say?”

The child called Sumo looked at her, his eyes cold and gloomy, and said slowly, “I’m willing to let that doctor use the knife to cut me open and take that thing out of my body.”

“…” She took a deep breath, “It’s dangerous, nine times out of ten people will die!”

“That’s my business.” Sumo no longer sounded like a child at all and rested his tiny hand on his abdomen, “Take it out! I… I hate it and will never share a body with it again.”

Zhu Yan frowned at the boy for a moment and said, “No! You’re too young. Adult sharks would die on the spot if they tried something like that, let alone a young brat like you? You know I’m your master now, how can I explain to Yu Ji if you die?”

“You’re not my master,” Sumo interrupted coldly, “I don’t have a master!”

“Hey, you’re so proud of yourself! You think you’re so tough, don’t you?” She mockingly lifted the skinny kid up and waved him in front of her eyes, “Look, whether you admit it or not, right now you’re nothing but a little brat under my protection! When I say no, I mean no!”

“Let me go!” The boy glared at her angrily, “I’d rather die than continue like this!”

The child’s tone was cold and harsh, and when he mentioned the word “death”, his syllables were as sharp as knives, causing Zhu Yan’s heart to faintly freeze.

This child, he was not joking.

She softened her tone and said, “Listen, what that doctor Shen Tu said just now is only the opinion of one person, wait until I ask the other doctors in Kongsang to see if there is another way of helping you…” As she spoke, she poked her finger at the child’s soft belly and said: “To make it a little safer for you to give birth to the baby in your belly.”

“Get your hands off me!” The boy tried desperately to break free from her grasp, “Don’t touch me!”

“It’s not that I don’t want to heal you, I just want to find the most suitable method for you. I wouldn’t dare to risk your little life.” She sighed, and seeing that the child was still struggling, she couldn’t help but feel angry and snorted coldly, “But you have to behave yourself. Don’t move, or else…”

She raised her hand, threatening, “Don’t blame me for spanking you!”

“…” The boy froze for a moment, glaring at her with a deadly stare, his face bristling with pallor and an almost roaring expression in his eyes, but finally biting his lips and falling silent.

“What, are you afraid?” Zhu Yan released his hand and tossed the boy to the Nanny next to her, full of satisfaction – hey, the anger she suffered at her Master’s place finally found a way for being vented, it felt so good to have a little minion who could be bullied!

“Steward, remember to go up to the Governor’s house tomorrow for me and get a Danshu deed for this little brat.” She turned and ordered, “Put Sumo in the slave’s name and me in the master’s name, got it?”

“Aye.” The steward received the order.

From behind arrived the child’s angry voice: “I have no master!”

“Oh, ho ho, that’s not up to you.” She smiled at the little shark who was fuming, a wicked smile appearing on her bright face as she pinched the child’s cheek, “I’ll make a collar out of gold later and put my name on your neck, using precious stones to engrave my name as master – you’ll be the envy of all the other shark slaves!”

Looking at the child’s angry, pale face and almost murderous eyes, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud in relief. Alas, it’s going to be fun with this little one around, I guess I won’t be bored back in the Western Wilderness, it was really worth making this trip out.

As she was laughing, she suddenly remembered something, and her eyes turned dark.

In fact, the reason for this trip was not to meet the Emperor, but to pass through Yecheng halfway – she had a secret wish in her heart when she set out from Celestial Wind City, however, why did she forget it when she came all the way here?

Yes, she came here for Yuan.

Yuan. That name was a dark flame that had been burning inside her since the dawn of her youth. That burning sense of pain, never dimmed because of the separation.

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