After finally stopping Xingshuang's nosebleed, Mingnan wiped his hands with a disinfectant wipe, then pinched Xingshuang's chin and wiped the blood off her philtrum and the edge of her upper lip.

Xingshuang looked up at her obediently without moving.

After wiping, Mingnan threw the paper away, looked at him, and pinched his face with his itchy hands.

"Mingnan."

I don’t know if it’s because he just learned to speak and he’s excited or what, but he especially likes to call Mingnan’s name.

"here I am."

Mingnan tried to lead him to talk, and forked another fish and put it to his lips, "Eat, fish."

Xing Shuang stammered, "Shh, fish."

"Okay, at least you can talk about fish now."

Mingnan calmed himself down skillfully and fed him the fish one by one.

Soon the bucket of fish was empty.

Mingnan glanced at Xingshuang's belly curiously, and it seemed to be only slightly bulging.

It seems that mermaids have a really big appetite.

There was still some kelp left, so Mingnan stirred it up with a fork. "Don't be picky, it's better to have a combination of meat and vegetables. Would you like to have some?"

There was obvious disdain in Xingshuang's eyes.

It seems that I still prefer meat.

But seeing Mingnan had his hand raised, he blinked and asked, "Huh?"

"eat."

Mingnan corrected.

Xingshuang pursed her lips, but still took the kelp away, chewed it expressionlessly, and swallowed it with a roll of her Adam's apple.

Mingnan immediately patted his head and said with relief, "You are so good."

Xingshuang reached out to hug her again, and her tail slightly lifted.

Just as I was doing beautiful things, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Xing Shuang tilted her head to look at the door, her expression immediately turned cold, and her tail straightened.

Mingnan glanced at the time and asked, "Who would come at this time..."

As if knowing what she was thinking, the screen at the door suddenly lit up, revealing Xiya's face, "Nannan, have you had breakfast? If not, let's go together?"

Xingshuang was slightly stunned, then she straightened up and looked at Mingnan's belly.

It was a pity that she was wearing a loose white coat and couldn't see anything.

He lowered his eyes in disappointment and poked her belly with his finger.

Mingnan was caught off guard by the attack. He immediately curled up and staggered back a step. "Hahahaha, what are you doing?"

Xingshuang blinked, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

So she is afraid of being poked in the belly?

Mingnan had no idea what bad ideas were in his pretty little head.

She turned on the terminal and clicked to connect to the voice communication so that people outside could hear her voice but could not see the picture inside.

It’s better not to let too many people know that Star Frost can live without water.

"Good morning, Xia. I'm changing. Please wait for me for a few minutes."

Xiya nodded, "I'm not in a hurry, take your time."

After cutting off the call, Mingnan whispered to Xingshuang, "I'm going out to have breakfast. If you don't want to go back to the fish tank, go lie down on my bed for a while. There's a quilt there. If you're cold, just cover yourself with it. I'll be back soon."

Xingshuang let out an "ah" as if she understood something.

The tip of his tail patted her calf affectionately.

Looking at his trusting and dependent eyes, Mingnan felt soft in his heart and rubbed his hair again before leaving reluctantly.

Before leaving, she locked the door twice, so it couldn't be opened without her iris scan, and the system would send a message to her terminal if someone approached.

What happened before, that the researcher broke in while she was away, would not happen again.

……

The institute has regulations that, except for meeting rooms and lounges, eating is not allowed in places with precision instruments or cultured organisms.

So if you want to eat, you can either go to the lounge or to the cafeteria.

Mingnan chose the cafeteria because he could always get some useful information when there were many people there.

Today is no exception.

When she and Xia went in, they happened to see the people from the research team.

The research group is the largest group in the institute, with a total of five large groups.

Each group is further divided into two subgroups, each with ten people, each with a subgroup leader, and managed by the main group leader.

Each major group is responsible for different projects, and the subordinate subgroups also have clear division of labor, so they are not too familiar with each other, and some of them can only be seen during meetings.

Mingnan looked around and saw the person who had drawn blood from Xingshuang that day in the corner.

After she prepared the meal, she took Xiya and sat down behind the man.

The man didn't notice anything unusual and was talking to the person opposite him with saliva flying.

"I thought it was a good job to be in charge of the mermaid research and development project, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult."

Mingnan had just sat down when he heard this, and immediately picked up the bowl and drank a mouthful of porridge as if nothing had happened.

The two tables were actually quite far apart, and it was so noisy around that I couldn't hear clearly.

Xiya didn't hear anything and asked Mingnan with great interest: "How is it, can your mermaid speak?"

Fortunately, Mingnan has the plug-in 205, which can help her amplify the human voice.

While listening to the people behind her talking, she distractedly responded to Xiya, "Not bad, now you can call my name, your learning ability is really strong."

"So amazing?" Xiya was surprised. "The mutant green-eyed parrot I bred before took me a whole month to teach it, and it was the smartest one."

Mingnan smiled slightly, picked up the bun and took a bite.

The researcher behind him asked curiously, "What's going on? Didn't they say that the higher-ups attach great importance to the mermaid project?"

"Because of the importance attached to us, the team leader doesn't let us make any mistakes. It's like we've entered menopause."

"Ah? Then you are really miserable."

"And the pressure from all sides is very intense. Didn't we draw a tube of mermaid blood a few days ago? We sent it for analysis and found that the composition is very complicated, and there is something we have never found before. We have been trying to decipher that element these days. It's really overwhelming."

"What element is so powerful? Have you figured it out?"

"I can't tell you the details, but we have only researched less than one-tenth of it. It's so troublesome. The team leader got furious during the meeting last night and called us useless."

What follows is just a lot of complaints, with no useful information.

Mingnan felt relieved. According to their progress, Xingshuang could still live a peaceful life for a few more days.

After dinner, Xiya and Mingnan parted ways at the stairs.

There was no news from the terminal this morning, so there shouldn't be anything wrong in the breeding room.

Mingnan walked quickly to the door, swiped the terminal and then his iris, and the door opened with a click.

The fish tank was quiet and there was no movement.

She walked towards the bedroom, lifted the curtain and saw that her fish was lying on her side on the bed with his back to her. A corner of the quilt was draped over his waist, half covering his waistline and making his buttocks particularly prominent.

The silvery-white scales are covered in a regular and fitting pattern, sparkling under the light.

The ups and downs of his body are extremely graceful.

Mingnan paused, subconsciously opened the terminal and took a picture of this scene.

She opened it and admired it for a moment, then when she looked up, she was met with a pair of dark red eyes.

Mingnan: "..."

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