The Crown Prince had changed into a big black fish. Li Yu hastily hugged the Crown Prince fish tightly.
The sales clerk of the fresh seafood shop didn’t hear Li Yu whispering quietly to the big black fish. However, this big black fish had suddenly jumped out by itself and even viciously slapped a male customer. The sales clerk had already been stupefied. When he finally recovered, he craftily asked Li Yu: “Do you want this fish?”
Li Yu nodded his head wildly like a little chick pecking at rice: “Yes yes yes!”
He was terrified that this clerk would figure something out and joked heartily to help the Crown Prince smooth things over: “Who’d have imagined this fish would be so lively as to whack someone while jumping.”
The clerk thought briefly. That seemed to be what had happened. Wiping off the sweat on his forehead, he said: “Then, can you first weigh the fish?”
Li Yu: “…….”
Oh. This was usually a step in the fish buying process.
Li Yu didn’t even ask for the clerk’s help and carried the Crown Prince fish over to the balance.
After weighing, the Crown Prince fish came out to be 8 jin and 6 liang. Even heavier than little Snow Bao!
Li Yu did this very quickly and even urged the clerk to hurry up here and there. Not caring about how much money it cost, he closed his eyes and swiped his phone. After the clerk finished weighing the fish, he finally slowly recovered from his previous shock. In a familiar fashion, he pulled out a kitchen knife: “This fish is somewhat heavy and not easy to carry. Do you want me to take care of it for you?”
Li Yu: !!!
Li Yu stammered: “Nonononno need! I actually want to raise this fish!”
The clerk was extremely confused. People came to the fresh seafood shop to buy fish to eat. This was the first time he’s heard someone wanting to buy fish to raise.
The clerk just planned to ask if the young man in front of him had made a mistake or something. Suddenly, he felt a chill climbing up his back.
When the clerk picked up the kitchen knife, he already started feeling a bit cold, however, he didn’t notice at that time. Now, he was even getting goosebumps, as if something inexplicable and unseen was staring at him.
The clerk sneezed, but didn’t forget to remind Li Yu: “This isn’t an entertainment fish. It’s main purpose is for food. Saute, roast, stew, they’re all good choices.”
Li Yu: “…….”
Li Yu secretly glanced at the fish he was holding. Although it was pitch black and without much change, the body of the fish was taut and tight. He felt like the Crown Prince seemed pretty angry.
Terrified that the Crown Prince might jump up and slap the clerk as well, Li Yu hastily said: “It’s fine if it’s not an entertainment fish. I like this fish!” After these words sounded, the clerk didn’t feel that cold anymore.
The Crown Prince nested in Li Yu’s arms. Li Yu was afraid he wouldn’t be able to handle leaving water for too long. Although Li Yu’s house was closeby, it won’t be convenient on the road. Therefore, he went and bought an enormous wash basin and asked the clerk for fresh water. Then he carefully placed the Crown Prince fish inside.
The clerk said in bewilderment: “Actually you can just put it in a big plastic bag.”
Li Yu: “…….”
That really won’t work. The Crown Prince had built all sorts of fish tanks for him. Now that it was Li Yu’s turn, how can he only get a plastic bag?
Although Li Yu didn’t have that much money, he still wanted the Crown Prince to feel a bit more comfortable.
Li Yu carried the wash basin back. When he placed the Crown Prince fish into the water, he felt much more relieved internally.
Since the Crown Prince fish was thick and long, even the biggest wash basin in the supermarket wasn’t enough to hold him. The big black fish curled up into a ball inside it, unable to move very well. After Li Yu got home, he immediately filled the bathtub full of water and placed the Crown Prince inside.
The Crown Prince started swimming around a bit.
Li Yu pulled over a chair and sat next to the bathtub. With a serious expression, he said: “Don’t worry. I will definitely find a way to change you back.”
The Crown Prince fish wasn’t worried in the first place. After making a lap in the bathtub, it swam to the surface and nuzzled Li Yu’s fingers.
Li Yu asked tentatively: “Your highness, are you hungry? Do you need to eat some fish food?”
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Li Yu: “……”
Li Yu patiently educated him: “You can’t do that, you’re wasting food here.”
However, the Crown Prince fish absolutely refused to eat fish food. Because he was pretty big and had a powerful tail, he actually jumped out of the bathtub in a flash and landed on Li Yu.
Li Yu: ??
Li Yu hastily hugged the big black fish. As expected of the Crown Prince. He already learned to move naturally so quickly.
The weather was hot and humid. Li Yu was wearing a large t-shirt. After this fish nuzzled against his pale white neck, it suddenly started wiggling into his shirt collar.
Li Yu was extremely ticklish and laughed loudly, almost laughing to tears. Pulling this perverted fish out, Li Yu glared viciously at the fish with watery eyes.
Big scoundrel, how can you act like this!
“Don’t move around randomly. I’m going to think of a plan!” Li Yu put the Crown Prince fish back into the bathtub.
Then he immediately entered the System and asked: What’s going on with the Crown Prince turning into a fish?
He had transmigrated into a fish because of the shitty System. The fact that the Crown Prince had also turned into a fish was definitely related to this shitty system as well.
The System said: “The tyrant does not exist in this world. Therefore, he can only be transformed into a fish first.”
Li Yu’s mouth twitched. The System had pretty much answered the same for him as well.
This was definitely the work of this shitty System.
Then how can the Crown Prince recover his human form? Li Yu continued to ask.
The shitty system immediately updated a branch mission: “Host, the branch mission ‘The Tyrant’s fish transformation’ has reached its starting requirements. Would you like to accept it?”
Even though the main mission had been completed, the shitty System still gave branch missions every once in a while. Hearing the name of this mission, Li Yu didn’t even think before clicking accept.
The System continued to update the mission description: “Please help the Tyrant change back to a human– The Tyrant requires three kisses from the Host.”
Li Yu: “…….”
This System… was actually operated by the tyrant’s family right? How come he needed to go through all sorts of hard missions to change into a human. Meanwhile, the tyrant basically just had to follow the script of The Frog Prince?
However, this complaint only flashed by briefly. Li Yu was actually more worried that the System would be petty and not allow the Crown Prince to change back to a human.
He accepted the mission and exited the System. Because he had collapsed on the chair, he discovered that the black fish form of the Crown Prince was right next to him, guarding him from the surface of the water.
Heart warmed, Li Yu really wanted to change the Crown Prince back as soon as possible.
He scooped up the big black fish from the water. Holding up the fish under the fins, he carefully examined this fish.
He discovered that it actually looked somewhat similar to the fish that the Crown Prince had drawn before.
The Crown Prince fish wordlessly blew a bubble at Li Yu, as if offering an invitation.
Li Yu couldn’t help but laugh. It was really somewhat difficult to do it with this kind of appearance.
However, wasn’t it just a few kisses? Time to throw caution to the wind!
Thinking this, Li Yu closed his eyes to kiss this fish.
He didn’t really know where he kissed. In any case, he bit a mouthful of fish scales.
The weight in his arms suddenly turned heavy. Li Yu opened his eyes and an extremely familiar face appeared in front of him.
It was the Crown Prince. Finally he changed back!
“TianChi.” Li Yu squished the Crown Prince’s face with a smile.
Mu TianChi hugged him tightly. This was the first proper hug they had after coming to the modern world.
Li Yu was still sitting on a chair. This chair was actually an old short footstool. The Crown Prince hugged too vigorously. The two people’s center of gravity shifted backward and the two of them fell back into the water.
Squeezing two people into a bathtub was a bit narrow. The fresh water that was placed for the Crown Prince fish to swim in was somewhat cold. Li Yu cried out for the other to wait a minute. Shivering, he fumbled to the hot water knob and opened it. Then, he crawled back on top of Mu TianChi.
The bathtub gradually filled with warm water, which started to rock and overflow in waves.
Li Yu’s t-shift was all wrinkled from their activity. It landed on the floor. In the small tiny room, the floor was covered with water stains.
Li Yu felt like he was about to drown in the tumultuous, rolling tides. A pair of warm lips landed, kissing him on the brow.
They laid down together on a small tiny single person bed, listening to the rapid, resounding heartbeats in each other’s chests.
After a long time, Li Yu finally said: “TianChi, have you discovered it yet?”
Now that it was the Crown Prince’s turn to change into a fish, Li Yu felt like the Crown Prince probably realized something by now.
Mu TianChi only smiled and rubbed him on the head.
Li Yu had originally planned to use this trip back home to reveal everything to the Crown Prince anyways. Because the Crown Prince had disappeared, he had no time to think about that. Now that the Crown Prince has been found, Li Yu gathered his courage and said: “I brought you over here originally because I wanted to tell you. Here, I’m human. I was born in this place and then accidentally arrived in your world, where I was ‘changed’ into a fish.”
“I think, this should be the same logic as how you had immediately ‘changed’ into a fish upon arriving here as well……”
“I’m a human, who only coincidentally turned into a fish.”
The Crown Prince: “……”
The Crown Prince paused briefly: “In other words, you’re not actually a demon?”
“That’s right!” Li Yu said: “I’m a human just like you. However, because my world and your world are very different, I wasn’t confident in persuading you otherwise. I didn’t know how to explain why I had changed into a fish. Therefore, I could only admit that I was a demon first. The ‘heavenly tribulations’ that I said previously, were actually just some tasks that I needed to complete to return to human form……”
“Thus, I really just wanted to be human, and I really won’t leave you. You don’t need to worry anymore.” Li Yu said softly.
He was well aware that the Crown Prince had been constantly worried about him leaving. No matter how he explained himself, it didn’t help. To be honest, all this trouble was because of the carp demon business.
After experiencing all of these things, Li Yu was also well aware of the Crown Prince’s love for him. Therefore, he needed to help ease the Crown Prince’s mind completely.
Good thing there was this opportunity. Since the Crown Prince had changed into a fish, it definitely would make it easier for him to accept this. After all, the Crown Prince wasn’t a demon either.
“I understand what you mean.” The Crown Prince said after some deep thought.
When Mu TianChi first arrived and discovered that he had turned into a black fish, he found himself squeezed inside the same fish tank as two crabs and three turtles. After a moment of shock, he ended up thinking a lot.
About why the ‘carp demon’s mystical mountain’ was really not the same as what he had imagined. Why there were so many people who came to observe him, yet they were all wearing strange clothing, while he himself had turned into a fish?
Xiao Yu had arrived together with him. The Crown Prince wanted to go find Xiao Yu. However, after jumping up several times, he always landed back into the fish tank.
He didn’t even know where Xiao Yu was. Therefore, he can only remain where he was and wait.
When the announcement sounded and read “little Mu TianChi” and “daddy Li Yu,” the Crown Prince knew that Xiao Yu was nearby. However, he couldn’t move too far away from the fish tank. Later on, he had finally managed to see Xiao Yu, yet there was a strange unfamiliar man attempting to strike up a conversation. The Crown Prince was so angry, he couldn’t breathe. He jumped up and taught this person a lesson. This deja vu experience made the Crown Prince remember that Xiao Yu had once done this as well.
He thought that he and Xiao Yu had certain areas of unexplainable similarities.
Then, Li Yu confessed everything to him. Mu TianChi finally realized with a start that Xiao Yu had also been a human at first.
That’s why he didn’t fear monks and Daoist priests, and had less reason to fear black dog blood.
“……. TianChi, are you angry?” Li Yu asked meekly.
He also didn’t expect that pretending to be a carp demon out of necessity back then would cause this many issues.
Hearing these words, Mu TianChi slowly shook his head. He didn’t even care about Xiao Yu being a demon, why would he care that Xiao Yu was human?
However, this indeed made him cheer up a bit.
The Crown Prince asked back with a smile: “So what did you have to do for your so-called ‘heavenly tribulations’?”
The Crown Prince moved his finger onto Li Yu’s lips and traced over the shape of his lips ambiguously.
“Something like when you kissed me several times just now, for example?” The Crown Prince smiled. He personally felt like this kind of trial was much better than getting struck by lightning.
Li Yu clearly did even more intimate things with the Crown Prince already. However, anything related to kissing still made him flush red in the face and ears.
Li Yu’s head started to bubble as he fought to explain himself: “It wasn’t even several times. It was only three times!”
The Crown Prince repeated with a smile: “En. It was three times.”
Li Yu: “……”
QQ, was he being teased again?!
The two people messed around for a while again.
The Crown Prince really liked this house which was filled with Xiao Yu’s presence and flavor, wishing practically to stay here, stuck together with Xiao Yu the entire time. However, Li Yu didn’t want to waste his rare chance to return home completely on a bed. After messing around a bit, he did his best to push the Crown Prince.
“No way. We’re definitely going out and walking around a bit.”
The Crown Prince had no choice and got up. Li Yu, who had originally planned to be dazzled briefly by the hubby’s attractiveness, discovered a very, very important issue.
After the Crown Prince changed from fish to human, he also didn’t have any clothes to wear.
This was really worthy of the setting created by the shitty System.
Li Yu: Oh fck! Hubby, come back! You can’t go streaking in this civilized society ahh!
Li Yu decided to go buy a set of suitable clothes for the hubby first. However, the Crown Prince refused to let him go out alone, afraid that some fool would harass Li Yu again. The Crown Prince insisted on accompanying him.
Li Yu can only flip through all the drawers to find a rather large sized t-shirt. When he wore clothes a size larger, it made him feel comfortable and unfettered. However, the Crown Prince was much taller than him, therefore, the result of the shirt became very tight fitting on him.
However, although they could make do with the top, they couldn’t with pants.
The Crown Prince held up a pair of basketball shorts, looking rather tempted to try. Li Yu practically died of embarrassment: “Big scoundrel, you’re not allowed to randomly wear my pants!”
Translator’s Note:
Awww three kisses (｡・//ε//・｡)
Thank You for the chapter (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
I’m so glad we got that reveal!
thanks for the chapter!
Love Ivyr’s artwork. They really made Li Yu come to life, imo.
Great artwork BTW
Waitttt…does My TianChi have long hair or short hair now???
Damn autocorrect 😬 but cough it’s true tho cough