I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

Qi Yan held the fruit in both hands and ate it slowly, bite by bite.

The man was so fascinated by what he saw that he wanted to reach out and touch Qi Yan, but he was afraid of scaring him.

After a while, Qi Yan finished the fruit in her hand. Seeing this, the man immediately took another one from the plate.

He peeled the shell and handed it to Qi Yan: "Try this again, it's very fragrant."

As the man fed her continuously, Qi Yan burped soon.

However, the man still felt a little unsatisfied.

However, seeing that Qi Yan was full, he did not feed her anymore. Instead, he sat on the shore and chatted with Qi Yan.

"My name is Li Jia, what's your name?"

After waiting for a while and seeing no response from Qi Yan, the man asked cautiously, "Can I call you baby?"

Qi Yan lowered her head and paddled in the water, not knowing whether to respond.

Seeing the man's lost expression just now, he couldn't help but respond, and he didn't know if it aroused suspicion.

Although Qi Yan felt that the man was not a bad person, and his aura made him feel inexplicably close.

But after all, the other party is a stranger who has not even appeared in the original text, and Huo Linyuan is not here now.

So Qi Yan decided to wait and see and maintain the status quo.

Li Jia looked at the strand of hair on Qi Yan's head that swayed with his movements, and felt that every stroke pierced his heart.

He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, and at this moment Qi Yan just raised his head.

Li Jia's hand froze, but the next moment he pretended to be calm and gently helped Qi Yan tidy up the hair.

"My hair is messed up."

Qi Yan looked down at the water surface and found that there was indeed a strand of hair sticking up.

He quickly pulled it twice, then raised his head and gave Li Jia a sweet smile.

But just when he was halfway through laughing, his face suddenly froze.

Qi Yan: Oh no, have I been exposed?

Li Jia was so adorable by his expression that he tried his best to control himself from hugging Qi Yan and kissing her.

Although he really wanted to see Qi Yan's vivid expression, he didn't want to make Qi Yan really feel scared.

So he comforted her: "Don't worry, baby, it's safe here. Let me tell you a secret, I am also half mermaid."

Qi Yan was really attracted by his words. For a moment, she even forgot her disguise and showed a surprised expression.

Seeing Qi Yan's interest, Li Jia winked at him mysteriously: "Baby, do you want to know why I know you are a mermaid?"

The mermaid the other party was talking about was definitely not the simulated mermaid, but the real mermaid.

Qi Yan was indeed curious as to why he knew that.

Even if you accidentally revealed a flaw, you should first be suspicious, or simply think that you are just smarter.

But the other party gave him a very confident feeling, just like what Jun Yan said before.

And what did he mean by half? There is no such thing as half a mermaid.

"We are the closest people to each other in this world. I will never hurt the baby, so the baby can trust me."

In the bloodline of the orcs, inheritance is closer than blood ties, and this relationship even surpasses that between parents and children, and brothers and sisters.

Qi Yan knew that he wanted him to take off his disguise. Although he knew that he shouldn't trust a stranger casually, Qi Yan's intuition told him that the other party would not hurt him.

And he was also very curious about what the man said.

Just when Qi Yan was hesitating, Huo Linyuan and Jun Yan came back.

Seeing Li Jia, Huo Linyuan frowned, and immediately understood that Jun Yan had brought them here on purpose, and sent him away on purpose so that Li Jia could contact Qi Yan alone.

When Li Jia saw Huo Linyuan, he stood up calmly and performed the noble etiquette between peers: "I am Li Jia, and I have long heard of your great name, Marshal."

In fact, if calculated by age, Li Jia is several generations older than Huo Linyuan. When he retired from the world, Huo Linyuan was not yet born.

Huo Linyuan nodded slightly: "Mutual."

After saying that, he walked straight to Qi Yan and squatted down: "Are you tired?"

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Qi Yan knew that she didn't need to pretend anymore, so she shook her head and said, "I'm not tired. I just had a full meal."

When they heard his voice, Jun Yan and Li Jia's eyes lit up. Although they knew that Qi Yan could speak, this was the first time they heard Qi Yan's voice.

I was immediately touched by that cute voice.

Li Jia even looked at Huo Linyuan with a jealous expression.

Jun Yan, who was familiar with his character, stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulders, fearing that he would rush over to grab the fish in an impulsive manner and scare people away.

"I have prepared a room. Marshal, you can stay here for a while. I will also show my hospitality as a good host." Jun Yan invited.

Huo Linyuan had his back to the two of them at this time and nodded: "Thank you."

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After returning to the room, Qi Yan told Huo Linyuan everything Li Jia said.

"How do they know my identity? And what does he mean by half-merman?"

Huo Linyuan then told him Li Jia's identity.

Qi Yan's eyes widened after hearing this: "So this means that the other party is also a mermaid like me?"

Huo Linyuan touched his hair and said, "Although Li Jia's beast form is a mermaid, there is still an essential difference between orcs and mermaids."

"In the past, there have been other merman half-orcs, but none that have been able to fully transform into a beast and turn their legs into a fish tail."

"Lijia is the only half-orc in history who can completely transform into a mermaid. He is also the one with the most mermaid genes."

"Although the genes of merman half-orcs are similar to those of natural mermen, the order of their genes is completely different."

So that's how it is. Qi Yan's eyes dimmed. He thought Li Jia was the same as him, so he could also turn his fish tail into legs like Li Jia.

But Riga is essentially a human being, while he is a fish.

Is it really only in fairy tales that a mermaid's tail can turn into legs?

"What are you thinking about?" Huo Linyuan looked at his frowning and confused expression and rubbed his eyebrows with his fingertips.

"I was thinking if I could turn my tail into legs, it would be much more convenient."

After Qi Yan finished speaking, she didn't hear Huo Linyuan's answer for a long time, so she couldn't help but look up at him.

At this moment, Qi Yan suddenly discovered that Huo Linyuan seemed to be a little absent-minded from the beginning.

So he asked with concern: "What happened?"

Huo Linyuan did not answer, but gently stroked his hair and asked with an unclear expression: "Yan Yan wants a home?"

Qi Yan didn't know why he asked that, but his intuition told him that it was not a good thing.

"The Seventh Army is my home," he said.

Huo Linyuan heard this, the frost in his eyes melted a little, and he changed the question: "Does Yanyan like it here?"

Qi Yan nodded without hesitation: "I like it."

Huo Linyuan's eyes darkened, and then asked: "Does Yanyan want to have a father and a mother?"

At this time, Qi Yan could clearly sense that there was something wrong with his words.

In previous lives, parents who wanted to give their children away would usually ask this question.

So Qi Yan pointed out directly: "You don't want to support me anymore?"

After saying that, he looked at Huo Linyuan aggrievedly, his eyes full of accusations.