CH 13

TL: Hua

In the next few days, Ji Mingjiang can be said to be forgetting to eat and sleep to push forward the learning progress of the chapter on general knowledge.

The duration of a class is 20 minutes, and according to his observation, the rigid rule for mermaids in this foster center is to study for only two hours a day: Carrie would help him turn on the screen at nine in the morning each time and then ask him at eleven o’clock sharp if he wanted to continue watching.

He can watch six lessons in two hours, but the thing is, this General Knowledge chapter has a ridiculous amount of lessons! Not to mention that after this, there will be a course on the habits of mermaids, which he doesn’t know much about.

Ji Mingjiang had no choice but to express his intention to continue watching every time, and then, except for the meal time, he continued to watch 30 lessons every day from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Fortunately, the small dried fish brought by Carrie tastes really good. The fresh and tender small whitebait is wrapped in bread crumbs and an egg mixture and then deep-fried at a high temperature. After being cooked thoroughly, the juice of the fish was well locked in, and the presence of oil made the inherently delicious little whitebait even more delicious!

At the beginning, Carrie still implemented the teaching philosophy of giving a little silver fish after watching a lesson, but she later found that it was simply too much to give—Lance was still studying after she got off work!

After one person and one fish discussion, according to Ji Mingjiang’s intention, Carrie directly gave him the whole day’s share of dried fish at nine o’clock in the morning, that is, 30 pieces. Then she will check on Lance’s study the day before when she comes to work the next day. If he studies more than thirty lessons, then she’ll make up for him. If he studies less, she’ll deduct it. This is very convenient, and both parties are very satisfied.

Ji Mingjiang gradually regarded this learning process as a process of binge-watching dramas. Every day, he looked at the screen from time to time and then took a small fried fish from the plate by the pool. What is worth mentioning is that the tails of those dried fish are thoughtfully wrapped in tinfoil by the chef, so he doesn’t even have to wash his hands after eating! What a carefree and comfortable life!

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Although he has always been disgusted with these outrageous videos, Ji Mingjiang has to admit that there are still some things in them that really helped him.

The most useful thing is the traffic chapter.

Ji Mingjiang saw many vehicles inside that he had never seen in his previous life.

For example, when he was sent to the Mermaid Foster Center, he took a private car—a hover car, which is equivalent to having the functions of a car and an airplane.

And because the price of ordinary suspension vehicles is not high, most people can afford them. The rest who really can’t afford it can buy a cheaper land vehicle, which is the car he still used in his previous life.

According to the information disclosed in the video, Ji Mingjiang roughly estimated that the price of a ground vehicle like a car is actually equivalent to the price of an ordinary bicycle in his previous life.

In this case, public transportation is basically not needed for travel within the planet, so the current public transportation is from one planet to another.

For example, if the capital star is used as the starting station, star A014 is the second stop, and star B73 is the third stop.

Of course, rich people can also choose to travel by themselves.

And this means of travel is collectively known as “starships.”

In addition, there are some introductions that are not very detailed. Like the warship, which is probably a common means of transportation in the military, they just gave a photo taken from a distance.

After reading the chapter on traffic, it was already the fourth day of Ji Mingjiang’s study, and this was the first time he had seen something useful in four days.

Sighing, he put the dried fish into his mouth and planned to start the next lesson.

“Huh?”

What was surprising was that after exiting the course, the long list of catalogs had disappeared and was replaced by a sentence in mermaid language that said, “Congratulations! You have completed the entire course; please proceed to the post-course examination.” And the three big words occupied the whole screen as if afraid that others could not see them: “post-course assessment”.

After the course is over, a message should be sent to the keeper’s communicator at the same time.

Ji Mingjiang discovered that not long after the Post-course Assessment interface appeared, there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor.

Carrie, who originally said she was going to bring him lunch, pushed open the door the next second, bent over, and met Ji Mingjiang’s eyes while panting.

“What’s wrong with you, Carrie?” The translator on the ear was not taken away. Ji Mingjiang hesitated for a moment but still opened his mouth to ask.

“I’m fine…” Seeing the confused look on the little mermaid’s face, Carrie shook her head, trying to calm her breathing and heartbeat.

The moment she saw the big screen in the room, she understood what had happened. It was an automatic notification from the controller when the mermaid completed the course and needed to be assessed. Her seniors reminded her after they knew that Lance had started studying, saying not to be too nervous when the time came.

After all, this information is really vague and endless, and it is easy to confuse it with the alarm that a mermaid sends when encountering an accident.

But she also did not expect to receive this message so soon and did not react for a while.

“Really don’t know how to handle work better….Fortunately, the lunch wasn’t spilled.” Feeling better about her condition, Carrie grumbled as she closed the door.

Speaking of it, because the direction of her bestialization is the lop-eared rabbit, this seems to be the first time she has recovered so quickly after being frightened, and now her spiritual sea is very peaceful…

Wait, spiritual sea… spiritual sea? !

Carrie turned around abruptly, her eyes widening in surprise: “Lance! Did you just talk to me?!”

Not only that, but he also gave her spiritual counseling? !

Carrie’s head is a little dizzy now. Did she save the entire interstellar world in her previous life so that she was able to receive the spiritual counseling offered by the mermaid?

Ji Mingjiang, who just spoke normally, looked at the suddenly excited Carrie and nodded silently.

Is it strange that the mermaid speaks here? Oddo had also looked at him with shock and excitement the last time he spoke. But it shouldn’t be too strange; otherwise, he should be in the dissection room instead of the foster room now.

“Sorry, did I scare you?” Seeing the frightened look on Lance’s face, Carrie quickly restrained her excitement and took out the lunch she had just brought back.

“Let’s eat first, and then take the exam after eating.”

The course assessment questions are all very simple, at least for Ji Mingjiang.

Four pictures will be given on the screen, and then the chibi mermaid will name one of the items. Ji Mingjiang only needs to select the item.

In the end, of course, he passed with full marks, and it took a very short time. Carrie went to deliver the plates, and when she came back, there was only a 100-point score and a few trumpets happily celebrating the end of the mermaid’s class on the screen.

Carrie had already thought about words of encouragement and how to comfort this little mermaid who unusually loves learning when he failed the first exam. After seeing this scene, she couldn’t help falling into silence.

This is too much of a genius! This keeper is quite useless, ah QAQ

“Then…” Facing the expectant eyes of the mermaid, Carrie said hesitantly, “Shall we continue to learn about the mermaid’s habits?”

She heard from the seniors that mermaids will also show rejection when learning this course.

Because when they face the real mermaid on the screen exactly like themselves, they will have the same kind of embarrassing emotion as human beings.

And most mermaids will show indifference and dismissive emotions when facing courses related to themselves because they already know themselves well.

But Carrie could never have imagined that Jim Mingjiang was not an original mermaid at all. The only information about mermaids he knew so far was from the old humpback whale Ryan, who described his ancestors as very violent and capable of finding trouble.

It can’t be said that the mermaid image here is the same as what he speculated. It can only be said that it is out of place.

Therefore, whether it is out of curiosity, wanting to finish as soon as possible, or other reasons, Ji Mingjiang is very happy to start this course earlier.

After hearing Carrie’s question, he nodded impatiently.

“…… So is it okay for you to watch by yourself first? I’m going to give a copy of your transcript to Director Oddo.”

By the way, is it because Lance, the little mermaid, is too smart that the advice of her seniors has become invalid? Or is it because she really encountered workplace bullying?

Carrie was thinking about this question with a solemn expression on the way to the director’s office.

Although she is 99% inclined toward the first possibility, after all, there is no such thing as workplace bullying that requires such dialogue…

But this is too outrageous!

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Before starting to learn new courses, Ji Mingjiang glanced at the catalog first.

20 lessons, again 20 minutes each, counting the meal break in between, he can finish it before 8 o’clock. Maybe he can watch a few more lessons on the history of empires before going to bed.

Ji Mingjiang nodded in satisfaction and devoted himself again to studying.

The first part of the mermaid’s habits is to teach mermaids how to protect themselves, but the more Ji Mingjiang sees it, the more something is wrong.

Wait… what are these?

The long 20 minutes finally passed, and Ji Mingjiang’s bewildered face appeared on the automatically turned-off screen.

Recalling the information he had just received in that short 20 minutes, he had to admit that he probably couldn’t disguise himself as a native mermaid here in his lifetime.

What is delicate and fragile skin? Please be careful not to hurt yourself during daily life activities?

Ji Mingjiang twisted a small piece of skin on his arm with two fingers and twisted hard—there was not even a red mark.

What do you mean by limited stomach capacity, and do not eat more than five small fish each time?

Ji Mingjiang looked at the 20 dried fried fish that he had eaten by himself.

No wonder Carrie only brought five small whitebait each time. He thought it was because he ate too much dried fish, and then Carrie adjusted his meal size. He didn’t expect this to be the standard amount!

Finally, and the most puzzling to Ji Mingjiang, why even such things as recommended exercise will appear in the safety precautions!

It’s recommended to swim back and forth in the pool once a day, neither too much nor too little, and most importantly, not more; otherwise, it is not good for the body of mermaids.

Is there a mistake? Is the mermaid still classified as a fish? This video now tells him that the maximum activity of a fish in a day is 100 meters? More than that will be harmful to your health?

Could it be that the mermaid here has mutated?

Or is it that the mermaid species also has so many different settings; he is the villain fish that destroys the world, and the local mermaid here is the sweet and soft white moonlight fish?

Thinking of his own experience when he was at the bottom of the sea, where he did not take the initiative but was still hailed as the boss by various groups, Ji Mingjiang felt that he might have found the right way of thinking.

So he’s a mermaid who was forced to become a villain.

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Forget it anyway; he can’t get in touch with those white moonlight fish; ah, no, he can’t get in touch with those local mermaids; he just needs to live his own life.

Since they don’t live at the bottom of the abyss, let them be their delicate selves. There’s nothing wrong with it. At least they have keepers looking after them.

Gradually pulling himself out of the shock and confusion, Ji Mingjiang turned on the screen again.

Although it can be seen from the first article that this course on mermaid habits is completely inapplicable for him, in order to successfully start the next stage of the imperial history course, Ji Mingjiang still suffered patiently and read on.

And although he doesn’t have this idea at the moment, if he wants to fall in love in the future, he can only date a native mermaid… It is necessary to learn in advance how to take care of a delicate mermaid.

The author has something to say:

Ji Mingjiang, who completely forgot that the system told him that a mermaid can turn into a human: Well, now I’m starting to learn how to take care of my possible future lover.

In the palace, Leiden was flipping through his future wife’s report card: Ah Choo.

How I imagine JMJ would look like _