The Fallen MermanChapter 181

Translator: ThatLazyPotato

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Editor: DragonFae


The Greyhound family was an age-old prominent family, who had been making a living as hunters for generations, and had accumulated a century-old foundation. They were famous in the business world as well as the underworld. Unfortunately, Old Master Xiao Youzhang had already passed away. The current patriarch Xiao Changxiu was already well over 70 but the next head had yet to be decided. The sons of the family were all ambitious; the brothers were respectful, virtuous, filial grandsons on the surface, but they secretly hoped that the old man would be buried tonight. As long as Xiao Changxiu was still alive, the Xiao family’s sons would continue to fight openly and secretly for another day without stopping.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

The car stopped in front of the entrance of a quaint town. Han Xingqian saw the sign saying “Foreign vehicles are forbidden to enter” in front of him, so he pulled on the handbrake and turned off the engine.

He twisted open a bottle of mineral water and tossed it to the worried Xiao Xun in the co-pilot seat. dTkl57

Xiao Xun was snapped out of his thoughts by the thrown water bottle. He took it with a pair of downcast eyes, drank a huge gulp of water, and lightly sighed.

“Don’t be so nervous. Remember, we’re just here to treat your sister-in-law.” Han Xingqian grabbed his slightly trembling wrist. “Go get my first-aid box.”

The warm and dry palm covered his wrist, and the temperature was transmitted from his skin to his pulse. Xiao Xun calmed down a lot and nodded. He got out of the car, took out the heavy portable first aid box from the trunk, and carried it in his hands.

Han Xingqian leaned against the car door and tested the communicator’s signal. “We got out of the car.”

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Bai Chunian, “Got it. We’re almost there, too.”

They were divided into Groups A, B, and C for this operation. Han Xingqian and Xiao Xun were assigned to openly get into contact with the Greyhound family. Bai Chunian, Rimbaud, Lu Yan, and Bi Lanxing were assigned to sneakily search the family’s secret factory and warehouse to find the monocrylene.

Walking into the town, almost all the pedestrians they saw along the way had greyhound glands, except for some tourists and temporary residents who they happened to pass by.

Han Xingqian was wearing his white work coat. He scanned the pedestrians around him and asked, “How far is the Greyhound house from here?” G6migx

“From the entrance,” Xiao Xun answered softly. “The main house is still far away, it takes more than two hours to walk. Let’s take a taxi.”

“So huge, it’s almost as big as a county-level city. Can I take photos?”

Xiao Xun only lightly hummed expressionlessly. His hatred for the Greyhound family had reached the point where anyone who praised them or took nice photos of the place would make him feel disgusted toward that person—well, except for Dr. Han.

A taxi stopped beside Xiao Xun. The driver was an enthusiastic Greyhound alpha who poked his head out of the window. “Put your things in the trunk.” tHlYZy

Xiao Xun weighed the first aid box in his hands, and said coldly, “No need, I’ll hold it.”

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The driver chatted with them endlessly on the road. “There haven’t been any guests for a long time. Are you going to the main house?  You are a doctor, right? Seems so judging from your outfit. Are you going to see Xiao’s family’s young lady for her hysteria?” QviLW9

Han Xingqian smiled and said, “Yes, I heard that the young lady had been ill for a long time. Why does everyone know about this?”

Sigh, when that young lady married over, she kept threatening to kill herself. It caused a huge commotion, so who wouldn’t know? The Xiao family used their influence to suppress the news, so the outside world didn’t know about this kind of embarrassing thing. That lady too, she already bore a child, yet she still doesn’t behave herself. She still thinks that she is the eldest lady of the Song family.”

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The driver took this matter as a conversation topic to pass the time, and said happily, “I’m also old, and I have saved some money for half my life. I will buy an obedient wife in two days and will enjoy a lot of happiness. Hopefully I won’t run into someone like that crazy woman who isn’t happy to marry into a wealthy family.”

Han Xingqian silently picked at the metal surface of the first-aid box, his nails scratching the surface with a slight screeching sound. quh7OH

The crazy woman the driver mentioned was Xiao Xun’s eldest brother’s wife, which was his eldest sister-in-law, Song Feng. Not long after he left the family, his eldest brother got married. His partner was a white greyhound omega from the extended family. They currently have a child but he heard that it was also an omega.

The taxi dropped them off outside the old house of the main house. Xiao Xun stood outside the courtyard, looking up at the majestic villa area not far away. There was a big family living in the house, and it seemed as if he could hear the noisy chatter of the members inside across the green plantation and through the walls.

“Are you familiar with your eldest sister-in-law?” Han Xingqian asked.

“No.” Xiao Xun said, “But her marriage must not be of her own free-will. A few cousins of mine were also married off before me, but they were not happy. The main house stipulates that the descendants of the Greyhound family must have pure blood, so they can only marry fellow Greyhounds. But who wants to stay in the kennel for generations? If I hadn’t escaped quickly, I would have given birth to two children by now.” jQotKp

“But you’re only 20 years old.”

“Correct, my mom married into the family at 16. On the morning of her wedding, she finished the Chinese test and handed in the papers, and was picked up by the wedding car at noon. It was useless to say anything.”

“Elder sister-in-law is called Song Feng. According to the survey information given by the Tech Department, she is the president of one of the venture capital companies controlled by the Song family. She is very amazing.” Xiao Xun’s voice was indifferent, but Han Xingqian could hear the pity in it.

Han Xingqian slightly lowered his head, the thin gold chain on his glasses swayed slightly. dtDkfH

“Then if you and I get together, will it be considered a violation of your family’s rule?”

Xiao Xun’s gaze was shaken by Dr. Han’s gentle smile, and he wagged his tail silently. “I…don’t care about that bullshit family rule.”

“So does that count as you agreeing?” Han Xingqian curved his eyes.

Xiao Xun froze—he realized he fell into Dr. Han’s trap. He quickly turned his face away, the tail behind him wagging vigorously. kEyRYZ

“Group B is in position. Group A, stop your PDA and get down to business, over.”

Bai Chunian was lying among the dense branches of a huge poplar tree, carrying Xiao Xun’s sniper rifle case, which contained an M25 sniper rifle and a high-power scope. He was talking into the communicator in his ear by pressing it, while Rimbaud was wrapped around a nearby branch and looking into the distance with hydration steel binoculars. “They have entered the woods.”

Bi Lanxing and Lu Yan gave them a gesture of things proceeding as planned, and they followed the greenery outside the fence to the garden in the backyard of the villa. The garden was connected to a path leading to a birch forest. Lu Yan softly teased, “Xiao Xiao likes Dr. Han the most, I thought the two had gotten together a long time ago.”

Bai Chunian continued the conversation, “Han-ge, this time it can be regarded as a hardcore meeting with the parents, so behave well.” Cfdkxl

Han Xingqian laughed and said, “Of course.”

The phone in Bai Chunian’s pocket vibrated—it was a call from Du Mo. In two days it will be the delivery date of the research institute.

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Du Mo asked, “They’re delivering the goods very soon, when will you send the money over?”

Bai Chunian, “Are you sure it’ll be delivered soon? No delays?” 35fQz6

Du Mo, “I just came back from the agent of the pharmaceutical factory, and their goods have arrived—60,000 tubes of IN infection agent are in the warehouse and are being counted.”

Bai Chunian, “Next, I have to ask you to do something.”

Du Mo had an unsettling feeling.

Bai Chunian, “Tell them we don’t want it anymore.” hTb8Ld

Du Mo, “Are you motherfucking crazy?! Are you playing with me?!”

Bai Chunian grinned. “I’m serious, you’re good at talking. Just find a reason to explain and we’ll pay the liquidated damages. I’ll transfer you the money now.”

Du Mo, “…it’s a deposit of hundreds of millions. Can you say you don’t want it just because? They won’t refund you even a cent. Is this President Lu’s intention? Is this something you can decide on?”

Bai Chunian, “Just do as I say. It’s not like your money is being spent. Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore, I have something to do here. I’ll turn off my phone later, so don’t call me if you have nothing to say.” gNFw5A

Du Mo, “Do you think I want to call you? Nothing good has happened in my life since I met you.”

And the call ended with a click.

Bai Chunian put the phone back in his pocket and zipped it, then hooked a finger at Rimbaud. “The transaction over there is almost done. The rabbit and Lanxing are going to look for the storehouse. Let’s first enter the villa to find out the truth.”

Rimbaud was still looking in the distance with the binoculars, mumbling, “Someone is walking toward them.” l3IYFm

Bai Chunian lightly jumped up and squatted beside Rimbaud—the branch didn’t shake at all. He leaned on Rimbaud’s head and rested on the top of his hair. Bai Chunian picked up the hydration steel binoculars and looked at Dr. Han and Xiao Xun.

A few people came out of the villa, two of them were very familiar; they saw them in the ATWL Exam. Xiao Ziyao and Xiao Zizhe were teammates on the same team as Xiao Xun. They should be Xiao Xun’s cousins, both of whom were also the grandsons in the family.

Xiao Ziyao walked in the front, talking and laughing with Xiao Zizhe walking behind him, discussing going to a nightclub in the city.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the house, he ran into something unlucky. 1qHVU3

Xiao Ziyao saw a familiar figure standing outside the fence from afar, immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at the figure up and down. He hooked a finger at his cousin behind him and pointed at the omega not far away. “Shit, isn’t that Xiao Xun? Isn’t he dead? Ge, how did you guys handle things?!”

Xiao Zizhe glared at his cousin to shut up, then looked over to size up Xiao Xun. He also felt upset seeing Xiao Xun, knowing that his plan with elder brother had failed. Back then they clearly handed over Xiao Xun to the group of gland hunters and gave them a sum of money to clean up the corpse. Now it seemed that the gland dealers who got paid to do things didn’t get things done at all. On the eve of the once-in-a-decade hunting event, it was definitely not a good thing for him to appear in the Greyhound family. He must not be allowed to enter the gate of the Xiao family.

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Thinking of this, Xiao Zizhe strode forward. He leaned on the iron railing outside the courtyard and glanced up and down at Xiao Xun with a fake smile on his face.

Xiao Xun held the first-aid box and looked straight into his second brother’s eyes, neither humble nor overbearing. ftY1PV

Xiao Zizhe folded his arms and said sarcastically, “Came back? Your marriage has been ruined, and you have offended the Song family a lot. You dared to reject the marriage and run away, doesn’t that mean you have severed ties with our family? Now you’re making fun of yourself by coming back. I advise you to go back to where you came from. It will be even more humiliating if you are beaten out by the security later.”

Xiao Xun coldly stared at him. “Ever since you and Xiao Zichi sent me onto the gland dealer’s car, I have severed ties with you. I’m going to see my elder sister-in-law, please step aside.”

Xiao Zizhe noticed the alpha wearing a white coat next to him. He looked like a gentle and polite doctor. He wasn’t a greyhound alpha, yet he stood at an ambiguous distance from Xiao Xun. As if he offended Xiao Zizhe all of a sudden, Xiao Zizhe sneered. “And I thought you were so pure. You’ve been gone for almost 2 years and brought an outsider with you when you come back. Will you bring back a mixed breed next year, then?”

Xiao Xun’s brows tightly furrowed together. He was used to his brothers’ condescending gazes, but Xiao Zizhe’s words had started to target Dr. Han. He silently clenched the handle of the first-aid box, his knuckles turning white. E0SsFH

Lu Yan, who was listening to their conversation from the communicator, spoke first, “Who’s that, Xiao Xiao? How can you bear such a disgusting mouth? Just beat him up!”

Bai Chunian also chuckled through the communicator. “How funny, he sure is full of himself. Don’t bear it, if they dare lay even a single finger on you today, Han-ge will follow my last name.”

Rimbaud shook his tail boredly. “You can’t beat them, I’ll do it.”

Han Xingqian lowered his head and lightly said into Xiao Xun’s ear, “Don’t worry, I’ll patch them up if they get hurt.” jDqbwr

Xiao Xun raised his hand holding the first-aid box, and the heavy box hit Xiao Zizhe in the face. Xiao Zizhe never thought he would fight back. He was thrown to the ground by the box and half his face was swollen. Although he was an omega, the strength of Xiao Xun’s hands, which were used to holding big snipers, should not be underestimated.

Xiao Zizhe stood back up to retaliate, but Xiao Xun was one step ahead of him; he hit him hard in the stomach with the base of the first-aid box.

Xiao Ziyao, who watched all this happening not far away, was stunned, and even the servants who followed him were stunned.

Xiao Xun raised the first-aid box again, straightened the hem of his clothes, and said to one of the servants. “Please tell Grandfather—Xiao Xun has come back.” 5PUVBf

Translator's Note

agreeing to them both getting together/dating

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