Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2388: Chapter 2387: Cutting Open the Tail

The ship workers outside were astonished and ran off after throwing down a sentence.

”I’m going to call someone to fetch water!”

Duannian wanted to say he disliked others entering his room, but thought better of it and kept quiet. He couldn’t possibly let Fei Weiwei fetch the water bucket by bucket, could he?

He regrettably thought about slapping himself a few times. Why did he have to lose his temper and swing his tail around, causing all these troubles?

Soon, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by someone pushing the door open and rushing in, carrying a wooden bucket of water to pour into his large wooden barrel.

”Young master, it’s just freshly drawn seawater, it’s clean.” The person said cautiously, and Duannian recognized it as the person who had just been outside.

Immediately, two more people came to pour water for him, so the water in the large wooden barrel was almost full.

”Thank you.” Duannian said awkwardly.

The three were surprised as they looked at the tail inside the wooden barrel. They hadn’t seen Duannian up close before, only from a distance, but this was their first close encounter.

Duannian noticed the three’s expressions were a little fearful, but more curious, and suddenly he wasn’t angry anymore, even found it funny.

These people were only curious because they didn’t understand, which led to their fear, so why should he be so particular?

”Do you need anything else, young master?” a ship worker asked cautiously.

”No, this is for you.” Duannian said, throwing something into their arms.

The three hurriedly caught it and upon inspection, it was a pearl!

”I’ve heard that merfolk’s tears turn into pearls, it’s really true!” Another young ship worker exclaimed excitedly.

Duannian was baffled, ”What nonsense, I found the pearl in a sea clam, is my eye a sea clam then?”

The three hurriedly thanked him, and Duannian waved his hand to let them leave.

He couldn’t help but laugh, ordinary people are so easily swayed by rumors. If crying produced pearls, what had his eyes become? Was he some oversized sea clam?

When Wa Wei heard about this, it was almost evening, and she rushed back to see Duannian. Seeing he was in good spirits, she sighed in relief.

”Are you done?” Duannian asked.

”I’m done for today, I’ll just check their wounds again tomorrow.” Wa Wei replied.

Duannian looked displeased, ”You should spend more time with me, don’t you think it’s boring for me to stay in the room all the time?”

”Yes, after I’m done I’ll stay with you.” Wa Wei answered.

But the next day, Wa Wei went to see Bai Ruozhu after checking on the injured.

”Sister Ruozhu, when can Duannian conveniently return to the sea?” Wa Wei asked bluntly.

”Oh, is that kid impatient?” Bai Ruozhu raised her eyebrows.

To be honest, she was deliberately slowing the process of detoxification, the parts affecting his body had already been cleared, the remaining toxins were intentionally dragged out, hoping Duannian could accompany Wa Wei more on the boat.

Wa Wei lowered her head, saying: ”He’s definitely uncomfortable always being in that large wooden barrel, like a goldfish being raised in captivity, but his world should be the vast ocean, I don’t want him to become more unhappy day by day.”

Bai Ruozhu looked at Wa Wei with some emotion. This young girl was truly mature for her age, if she were ten years younger and deeply in love, she might not have thought of so much.

Probably because Wa Wei’s parents died early, she had to take care of Grandpa from an early age.

That’s also why this girl made her feel deeply distressed.

”You care for him so much, your heart is truly full of him.” Bai Ruozhu said emotionally, ”They say love is not possession, but fulfillment and sacrifice.”

Wa Wei’s face reddened, ”I also can’t bear to let him go, but I can’t bear to see him become more depressed each day.”

Bai Ruozhu nodded, ”Don’t worry, within three days I’ll help him completely eliminate the remaining toxins, then he can leave anytime.”

”So soon...” Wa Wei couldn’t help but blurt out, Bai Ruozhu chuckled quietly, this girl really couldn’t bear it, huh.

The next day, Bai Ruozhu told Duannian during his diagnosis that the remaining toxins could be completely cleansed within three days. Duannian wore a joyful expression, but soon became a little glum, he also didn’t want to leave Wa Wei.

”Have you thought about your future with Wa Wei?” Bai Ruozhu asked tentatively.

”I’ve thought about it, but I don’t know what future I have, only she doesn’t mind me, but she’s such a good girl, I...”

Duannian paused, and said with some choked emotion: ”I’m not worthy of her.”

”There’s no such thing as being unworthy in relationships, to tell you the truth, I knew Achun even when he was just a pregnant woman.” Bai Ruozhu advised.

”Ah?” Duannian was taken aback.

Bai Ruozhu chuckled, ”At that time, we both went through some things, he was under a forgetfulness curse and I didn’t remember him. If we had given up, we would never have known he was the father of the child in my belly.”

Duannian was baffled, ”Your past really was complex, now you know he can only live till thirty, don’t you regret it?”

”In his current situation, he won’t live to thirty, he also suffered a thousand-man blood curse, and the merfolk vein curse interacts with it, leaving him less than three years of life.” Bai Ruozhu’s expression was a bit bleak, ”But I’ve never regretted it, if I missed him, what would be the point of spending decades with someone I don’t love? I don’t need a man to take care of me, and I think Wa Wei is the same. If you can’t be with the one you love, it’s better to grow old alone.”

Duannian bit his lip, ”But I’m different from Master Jiang, I-I’m not even human.”

”Why aren’t you human? Even spirits can fall in love with humans, not to mention your parents are human, why aren’t you human?” Bai Ruozhu sighed, ”But you have to think about how to live with Wa Wei in the future, she can’t survive in the ocean, if you’ve made your decision, you must make an effort for your future.”

Duannian hung his head in thought, then suddenly looked up at Bai Ruozhu and said, ”Can you perform surgery on me to cut open my fish tail?”

”Ah?” Bai Ruozhu was startled, she meant to remind Duannian to consider how to live with Wa Wei, not always staying in the ocean, after all, he was human, not the descendant of the white whale that raised him.

But Duannian said to cut open the fish tail, what on earth was this, wouldn’t it be fatal?

”My master, which is that white whale, has lived for many ages, and it says it saw merfolk with tails many years ago, but their tail fins were cut open. They could leave the water and walk on land using the separated fins, even won battles on land without falling short.”

Duannian spoke with some excitement, ”Bai Ruozhu, I know your medical skills are excellent, you can surely do it, right?”

Faced with the youthful eyes full of hope and longing, Bai Ruozhu wanted to say she lacked experience and assurance, but couldn’t bring herself to speak.

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