Sea World of Beasts: The Sinful Mermaid - She's a Heartthrob

Chapter 23 Drawing a Clear Boundary
"Mother, how are you now?"

"Are you okay?"

Bai Ni looked at Bai Pei with concern and anxiety in his eyes.

Bai Ni returned late, and Chao Sheng briefly told him that his mother had just had a fight with Xi Zhi and had been injured.

Chao Sheng just used his witchcraft to check and found that Bai Pei had suffered some internal injuries, but fortunately they were not serious and she would recover after some rest.

Bai Pei's dignified and gentle face was filled with coldness. Her fair and rosy skin had lost all color due to her injury, turning extremely pale. She forced a smile and replied to Bai Ni, "I'm fine."

Then, his gaze turned coldly to Bai Qi, who was standing in the crowd of beastmen, head bowed and at a loss. "Bai Qi!"

Bai Pei swam across the sea to Bai Qi, who kept her head down, not daring to look at her furious mother.

Bai Pei narrowed her eyes, her anger burning within them.

"Snapped!"

A loud slap landed on Bai Qi's face.

"Mother?" Bai Qi covered her swollen face, looking incredulously at her mother who had never spoken harshly to her before.

Lianxun stepped forward anxiously, speaking softly, "My lady, is something the matter?"

Bai Qi, unusually, ignored her delicate beastly husband, still immersed in the shock of being publicly humiliated by her mother.

Bai Pei glared at Lian Xun, her anger flaring even more, and slapped Bai Qi across the face again, yelling, "Useless trash!"

This time, Bai Qi was speechless, completely stunned, and stood frozen in the icy water.

Lianxun looked at his wife, who looked utterly dejected, with heartache, and asked indignantly, "Mother, why did you hit my wife?"

"Those orcs weren't summoned by the wife!"

"This has nothing to do with the wife!"

Bai Pei was so enraged by Lian Xun that her internal organs felt like they were on fire. She barely swallowed the blood in her mouth and pointed at Lian Xun with a furious expression, "You stupid thing!"

"If it weren't for you, my daughter wouldn't be such a useless person!"

After Bai Pei finished speaking loudly, her body trembled and she swayed precariously.

Chao Sheng, with her sharp eyes, immediately went over to help Bai Pei steady herself, "Mother!"

Bai Peiping took a couple of breaths, her expression softening, but her gaze remained cold and stern.

Chao Sheng helped Bai Pei up and gently comforted her, "Since Mother is injured, don't worry about such things."

"Mother just bravely defeated the whale shark patriarch, that's a good thing."

"I want them to be too afraid to do it again anytime soon!"

Bai Pei's eyes flickered slightly, and a pleasant smile curved her lips. She looked deeply at Chao Sheng, her eyes full of meaning, "You are a good person."

“Doesn’t seem like it…” Then he glanced meaningfully at Bai Qi.

Bai Qi looked dejected and her face was full of sorrow as she called out in a dry voice, "Mother, I..."

Bai Qi and Bai Pei and Bai Ni look somewhat alike, but Chao Sheng feels that Bai Qi and Bai Pei and Bai Ni don't seem to be a family, and always feels that something is missing.

It has now been discovered that Bai Qi lacks the sharp and domineering aura befitting a ruler of the ocean. She is like a piece of warm and smooth jade without any sharp edges, and perhaps she could be a content and happy ordinary person in the peaceful human world.

But this is a marine world fraught with danger and battle.

She can be like Bai Pei, with a gentle face and tolerant manner, but she must never develop a truly weak character.

"Mother, it's one thing for you to be dissatisfied with me all the time!"

Seeing his wife's heartbroken state, Lianxun felt his heart breaking. He argued fiercely like a mother wolf protecting her cubs.

"Why do you want to embarrass your wife today?"

"If you blame your wife for being incompetent, causing you to lose face by fighting two against one today."

"Then why did you punish only the wife, a female?"

Lian Xun looked at Chao Sheng with a cold gaze, a vicious smile playing on her lips. "And what about her? Didn't she just stand by and do nothing?" "Besides, she's the one who started this whole mess!"

"She offended the whale shark chieftain herself, and dragged our whale giant tribe into offending the whale shark tribe as well!"

"Today, you even had to take action, Mother, and you got injured. If you ask me, you're a menace!"

"Bai Ni shouldn't have married her..."

"Shut up!" Bai Pei slapped Lian Xun again without any politeness.

Lian Xun is brainless. Bai Pei never communicates with him. She always talks to Bai Qi directly about anything.

Bai Pei's slap was extremely powerful, without holding back at all, and it knocked Lian Xun off balance. Bai Qi anxiously helped him up, looking at the redness and swelling on his face with heartache, "Xun, don't say anything."

Then, looking at Chao Sheng with an apologetic expression, he said, "I'm sorry, Sheng Sheng."

"Looking for him wasn't intentional..."

Chao Sheng sighed softly, her voice flowing like water, unhurried and gentle, "Bai Qi, I respect you as Bai Ni's older sister."

"But please keep your own beastly husband in check."

"I offended the Mad Shark Tribe by killing Rutong, and now I've offended the Whale Shark Tribe as well."

“I take full responsibility for everything on my own.”

Her gaze swept lightly over Bai Ni, her lips pursed in a helpless smile, "If you feel that you've been implicated by me..."

“Then I am willing to sever ties with the Whale Giant Tribe.”

"As for Bai Ni..."

Bai Ni's eyes were wary, and her tone was aggrieved, "What? Don't forget, we're already married!"

He gripped Chao Sheng's hand tightly, his burning palm against her cool wrist, their body temperatures alternating. He stared intently, afraid that Chao Sheng might say something that would break his heart.

"I..." Chao Sheng felt guilty under his gaze, lowered her eyes slightly, and ultimately didn't say anything.

Bai Ni pursed her lips, looking at her with a stubborn gaze, "If you think you've dragged the tribe down, then you should also sever ties with me."

He held Chao Sheng's small hand tightly, "Sheng Sheng, I am your beast husband now."

"You'll be held responsible!"

As Chao Sheng remained silent, Bai Ni grew increasingly uneasy. Her round, dark eyes welled up with tears of grievance, and the tip of her fair nose turned slightly red.

Chao Sheng gave in, looking at him helplessly, "Of course I will take responsibility."

I will not abandon you.

Bai Ni's heart finally calmed down a little. He then realized how embarrassing it was that he had just looked so afraid of being abandoned by his wife. He gave a soft "hmm" and stood silently to the side.

"No, that's not what I meant!" Bai Qi explained in a panic. "Sheng Sheng, that's not what I meant!"

"I didn't mean for you to distance yourself from us!"

"My lady!" Lian Xun covered his swollen face, looking at her with displeasure. He thought it best to take this opportunity to get rid of this lowly female!
Bai Pei completely ignored Lian Xun and his words, glancing at Bai Qi indifferently, "It's best if you didn't mean that."

"It's okay if your beast husband is a bit stupid, but don't you go and do something stupid yourself!"

Her gaze was deep, as if she had made a decision. She took a deep breath and said, "After we go back this time, you either divorce him or..."

"Either you marry a beast husband with superpowers!"

"I don't want you to just stand by and watch next time I get into a fight!"

“Mother! I…” Bai Qi’s eyes were filled with shock, and she hesitated before her gaze fell on Lian Xun, who looked humiliated, her expression complicated.

Good, this time I didn't directly refute her.

Bai Pei chuckled with satisfaction. "It's your decision."

(End of this chapter)