Chapter 8: Siren Town (1/2)

Previously when Bai Liu got in the car, he had smelled a strong fishy smell from the front. He always thought it was Andre because this man ate a lot of rotten fish steaks in the morning. He hadn’t expected it to be from the driver. The fishy smell in the car yesterday was probably also from the driver. It was just that compared to today, it wasn’t concentrated at all. The fishy smell from the driver today was much stronger.

Bai Liu covered his nose and glanced sideways at the driver. This driver… should be a monster too.

[Warning! Player identification error! The NPC is not a monster! He can’t enter the Monster Book! It is just alienation!]

[The player’s identification is incorrect and the NPC’s trust in the player has dropped sharply. He might be more aggressive toward the player~]

The driver slowly bit the sandwich in his hand. His shaking eyes looked at Bai Liu for a while before he spoke in a bad tone. “…Do you think the smell on me is disgusting?”

Bai Liu thought ‘yes’ in his heart but on the surface, he hurriedly denied it. “No.”

“You look at me like I’m a monster. Damn arrogant rich man.” The driver spoke gloomily. Then he turned to eat, no longer answering Bai Liu’s questions.

This was a bit tricky. In this way, Bai Liu’s difficulty obtaining information increased a lot. It was impossible for him to forcefully ask the driver since the panel already indicated that the driver would behave aggressively toward Bai Liu.

Bai Liu shifted his gaze and coaxed Lucy to ask the driver. The driver snorted but answered Lucy’s question.

“The sights of Siren Town are naturally related to the merfolk.” The driver’s smile gave people goose bumps. His eyes shook and it was hard to tell who he was looking at or who he was talking to. “The fish we catch aren’t ordinary fish. It is a special merfolk fishing activity that is only held at night. In addition, our museum isn’t an ordinary museum. We make wax sculptures of merfolk and display them in the museum. The bones of the first merfolk we caught are also placed in the museum.”

“Merfolk fishing activity?” Bai Liu asked. “You really catch merfolk?”

The driver ignored Bai Liu. Then Lucy asked again and the driver answered.

The driver gave a meaningful smile. “Yes, the merfolk that were caught later might be inferior and incomplete compared to the first very beautiful one but they are indeed merfolk.”

Andre suddenly snorted with contempt. “It is just a gimmick. Do you really believe this?”

Jeff opened his mouth to speak but shut it again. It was probably because he was beaten by Andre just this morning and didn’t dare refute it. However, Lucy was different. She stared at Andre with dissatisfaction and exclaimed loudly, “I believe it! Bai Liu, what about you?” She turned angrily to Bai Liu.

“Seeing is believing.” Bai Liu replied lightly. “We’ll know when we watch the fishing activity at night.”

Andre couldn’t hate Lucy but he couldn’t wait to ridicule Bai Liu. “I hope some people don’t flee while crying when watching the fishing activity at night.” A wicked smile flashed across his face as his eyes flicked over to Bai Liu. “If you fall into the water, you might be treated as a merman by these fishermen- merfolk are caught and made into sculptures. We absolutely won’t save you but we will come to the museum to see your sculpture. Oh poor Bai Liu.”

Andre shrugged pretentiously and smiled unkindly. He seemed to be imagining Bai Liu falling into the water and being made into a sculpture.

Bai Liu suddenly remembered that he and Andre still had an unfulfilled bet tonight. He had drawn the specific contents of the bet from Lucy this morning.

Andre and Bai Liu were to rent two canoes to drift on the Siren Sea at night. Whoever couldn’t stand it and returned early would be a coward and didn’t deserve Lucy. Lucy herself didn’t want to have this bet but the role played by Bai Liu insisted on going.

In a horror game centred around merfolk, the sea at night was undoubtedly a very scary place. Bai Liu would never let himself go to such a place with a person who was obviously hostile to him when he was still unclear about the specific situation. He had no doubt that Andre would overturn his ship if they encountered each other, letting him die in the sea.

Bai Liu couldn’t stand water.

To some extent, things like merfolk, sirens or sea monsters were far less terrifying to Bai Liu than the sea. As long as he fell into the sea, he couldn’t do anything. The deep and gloomy water would choke him in a few minutes, taking away his oxygen and finally killing him in the dark and cold water. Bai Liu was disgusted with this helpless death that gave him no right to struggle.

Bai Liu wouldn’t approach the sea unless necessary. His expression betrayed his rejection of this so-called gambling activity and Andre laughed. “Look look, this is our young master. You aren’t better than me in any aspects except for money. You don’t even dare go into the sea.”

Bai Liu nodded cheerfully and spoke sincerely, “I have nothing but money.” Still, having money was enough to make him feel satisfied. He was very happy even with virtual coins.

Andre, “……”

Why did this person look like he was complimented?

Andre sneered. “Then you mean to give up Lucy?”

Bai Liu wanted to confront Andre and say he didn’t want to go on this death activity. Then the coin on his chest shook and a task notification appeared.

[The side task ‘True Love Ship’ has been triggered. Please complete the betting contract before leaving Siren Town. Win against Andre in the bet and you will be rewarded with 100 points.]

Bai Liu, “……”

So many points were given as a reward! The desire for money defeated the fear of water. Bai Liu calmly replied, “No, I will go. I must beat you.”

Lucy was moved and hugged Bai Liu. “Oh, Baby. Once you come back, we must live together and have a pleasant evening.” There was an explicit hint in her words and her hand ran upward along the gap in Bai Liu’s legs as she gave Bai Liu a wink.