The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Chap 12

Chap 12
Li Yu knew that he made a huge mistake.

No need to even think about it. Jing-wang definitely was furious. Not to mention, he had poured
water over Jing-wang previously, then caused a great pandemonium in Ganqing Palace when
Jing-wang was not present. Now, he even molested Jing-wang as well. Li Yu felt that for Jing-
wang not to have choked him to death on the spot was a blessing by the ancestors already.

He couldn’t remember at all how he had rolled out of Jing-wang’s hand and back into the fish
bowl or how he laid back down on the white stone bed. Fish fell asleep easily, but after turning
around restlessly for a while, he still didn’t fall asleep. When the moonlight shined into the
porcelain fish bowl and projected a gleaming light onto the bottom of the water, he finally
recovered a little from his scattered thoughts.

Recalling that painful experience, Li Yu felt that no matter how thick skinned he was, there was
no way he could continue doing the iridescent pearl task. There should be opportunities to really
turn into a human later on. It’s better to give up on the branch task now and focus on the main
objective.

Li Yu convinced himself with great difficulty, and then got ready to focus on figuring out how to
‘get along’ with Jing-Wang. However, this huge mishap already created a shadow in his heart.
Whenever he saw Jing-wang, he’d feel uncomfortable all over, like his fish mouth still retained
the soft sensation from before. Then, his fish tail would start feeling like it was being cooked
over fire, and soon after, this entire fish would also start burning.

Why was he so blinded by success back then that he couldn’t even distinguish between a pearl
and that thing.

Li Yu restlessly stuffed his head under the water grass blanket. He was this discomforted; Jing-
wang was probably also uncomfortable. From his perspective, to be bitten in that place by a fish
would probably become a matter of ridicule for the rest of his life.

Yet Li Yu even dug the hole deeper by moving into Jing-wang’s room. They had to encounter
each other frequently. It was too late to feel regret now.
Li Yu unconsciously started to avoid Jing-wang. Whenever Jing-wang passed by, he would
either point his tail at Jing-wang or hide under the grass blanket, pretending to be sleeping and
not moving until Wang Xi came over to see him. Then he’d act cute to ask for food.

Everytime Wang Xi came, he’d feed Li Yu a lot of red colored fish food as he looked at the fish
with an extremely pampering expression. He even secretly said to the fish: “Little thing, you
really suffered. Eat some more, grow a little fatter.”

Li Yu:???

A fish growing fat was very dangerous. The little carp became on guard. Was Jing-wang
planning to make him into fish soup?

Fortunately, everytime after Wang Xi finished feeding fish, he’d always use a jade scepter to
push Li Yu to swim around a few laps. At first, Li Yu didn’t understand. But most likely because
Wang Xi spent most of his time following the exceptionally quiet Jing-wang, he gained a rather
chatty personality. Although he spoke rather carefully in front of his master, he didn’t feel any
apprehension in front of a carp. Li Yu learned from Wang-gonggong’s nonstop chattering that
fish couldn’t eat too much. Wang-gonggong was pushing him in order to help him digest food.

Li Yu jolted. An image of a hand appeared in his head. The fingers of that hand pressed together
as they gently pushed him to swim around all over. That was also after he ate a lot of fish food.

So Jing-wang was also helping him digest food.

But because Jing-wang couldn’t speak, along with that personality of his, Jing-wang never
revealed this to anyone.

Li Yu felt internally grateful and also even guiltier. He knew that Jing-wang treated him pretty
well. Yet he still ended up eating the other’s to……tofu. Ai.

Although it was a mistake and accident, he still ate it.

The little carp thought this with a faceful of despair. Since he ate this tofu, there’s no way the
two of them can go back to before.
Was he supposed to keep avoiding like this, not doing any more tasks again, and turn into fish
bones and fish dust?

Ending his life because of this kind of unfathomable reason, Li Yu couldn’t accept it at all.

He wanted to pull himself together. He wanted to happily do tasks together with Jing-wang, not
hide away as soon as he hears the sound of Jing-wang’s footsteps.

Even more so, he…… felt he should attempt to apologize.

Although it was a mistake, in the end, he was at fault.

As long as he apologized, even if a fish’s apology was insignificant to Jing-wang, Li Yu would
be able to completely turn the page and treat Jing-wang normally again.

But how was he supposed to apologize?

He usually hula danced and spun in circles. These didn’t count as anything special.

He couldn’t write words and can’t use human words to express himself.

As a fish, he can’t really prepare a proper gift. The fish bowl, the bed and blanket that he used,
all didn’t belong to him.

What can he do to express his sincerity?

Li Yu swam around in the fish bowl in distress, his gaze landing on a grain of fish food.

This was a grain of fish food that Wang Xi fed to him not long ago. Because Li Yu wasn’t very
hungry, he didn’t touch it.

Since the fish food was given to him, then it belonged to him.

He can give this to Jing-wang to express his sincerity.
Li Yu grabbed the fish food with his mouth and hid it away. Afraid that the quantity was too
little, he secretly stored them a few more times, gathering them into an auspicious number.

During the day, Jing-wang very rarely stayed in the room, usually coming back at night time.
During the night, the light was lit. Li Yu reckoned it was about enough and pulled out the grains
of fish food one by one. Lining them up in a row earnestly, he waited for Jing-wang with a heart
full of delight.

So what if he bit that spot on his master? He was only a fish. Master, you will forgive this fish,
right?

But what he didn’t know was that Jing-wang had things to do tonight and needed to head back to
his estate outside of the Imperial Palace. Li Yu waited until he fell asleep and still didn’t manage
to see Jing-wang.

In the morning, Jing-wang rushed back to Jingtai Palace, stepping on the morning dew.

Wang Xi led a group of servants to help him change clothes. Jing-wang gave a glance at the
porcelain fishbowl in his spare time.

Ever since he was bitten by the little carp, Jing-wang felt like this fish was somewhat dispirited.
And from what he observed, this downcast had a specific target. It was only towards him. When
Wang Xi went over, the fish would raise its head and wave its tail. When he went over, he’d only
see a cluster of water grass.

Jing-wang was somewhat angry. Wasn’t he the one who was bitten? He didn’t even do anything,
this fish actually dared to ignore him?

Jing-wang was not someone to be trifled with. He planned to settle the score completely with this
fish. Setting up the rules, he wrote down all of the terms and got ready to order Wang Xi to do it.

It didn’t go so far as to involve cutting off the fish’s food and water. He wasn’t so cruel to his
own fish. He just wanted to give this fish a little taste of bitterness to avoid this fish becoming
too audacious and causing him trouble again.

One of the terms was to place that pearl picked up in Ganqing Palace into a crystal bottle and
seal it up, then place the crystal bottle into the fish bowl.
Jing-wang knew that the little carp really wanted this pearl. So he’ll purposely refuse to let it
prevail. He wanted to let the fish only see the pearl, but not touch it to wear down its
temperament. He wanted the fish to know that most of the time, this world did not go according
to one’s wishes.

“Your highness, this…… this painstaking thoughtfulness of yours, would the little thing
understand?”

Wang Xi very feebly attempted to dissuade Jing-wang. Actually what Wang Xi really wanted to
say was, the little thing was only a fish. It definitely can’t understand this kind of profound logic.

However, Jing-wang was determined to do this, going as far as to nodded his head solemnly.

Wang Xi: “……”

Wang Xi can’t persuade his master otherwise. So he can only go get ready.

Jing-wang finished changing his clothes and came in front of the fish bowl. He discovered that
the little carp actually didn’t hide away or lay on the white stone bed this time. Instead, it was
currently sleeping on an orderly row of fish food.

Jing-wang: “……”

For a second, Jing-wang almost thought someone was mistreating this fish so badly, this fish
started to store food.

The little fish woke up soon after. First, it looked around left and right and discovered that the
fish food was still there. Then, it lifted its head and discovered Jing-wang. Instantly, it started
making circles happily.

No no! Li Yu shook his head. He almost reflexively started hula dancing!

In the water, Li Yu did his best to bow. However, his fish fins were too short, so he couldn’t bow
with his ‘hands’ held in front of him. Li Yu can only give up on bowing with his fins and change
to dragging the fish food one by one in front of Jing-wang, then lowering his head again.

Jing-wang: “……”
Wang Xi said in surprise: “Your highness, what’s…the little thing trying to do?”

Jing-wang looked at the row of fish food that the little carp placed, and then looked at the little
carp who was nodding its head relentlessly. He looked for a long time and also guessed for a
long time.

Was this begging for forgiveness, flattery, or something else?

No matter what it was, it seemed to want him to…… eat the fish food.

Of course humans can’t eat fish food. Because of this fish’s strange idea, Jing-wang’s lips curved
slightly.

Wang Xi saw Jing-wang was pondering deeply and didn’t dare to interrupt. The servant who was
sent to make preparations came over to report. Wang Xi finally attempted to call softly: “Your
highness, your highness…… the iridescent pearl has been placed into the crystal bottle according
to your instructions.”

Jing-wang originally indicated to Wang Xi to place the pearl in the crystal bottle into the fish
bowl himself as a punishment to the little carp.

However, Wang Xi had to call several times before Jing-wang finally returned from his thoughts.

In Wang Xi’s hands was the crystal bottle that had the iridescent pearl. This bottle was very
secure. The opening of the bottle was sealed by wax. A fish definitely wouldn’t be able to open
it.

Looking at the little fish that was persistently blowing bubbles at him, Jing-wang hesitated a
moment and stopped Wang Xi.

Wang Xi didn’t understand the reason why; Jing-wang already seized the crystal bottle from his
hand and held it over the fish bowl.

The splendid shine of the iridescent pearl was still very bright through the crystal bottle.
Instantly, it lit up the fish bowl.
Li Yu’s attention was instantly absorbed. He very quickly saw clearly that this was the iridescent
pearl that he yearned so desperately for.

Just what was happening? Was he dreaming? He already abandoned the branch task yet Jing-
wang brought the iridescent pearl back out again.

Li Yu still remembered the result of his previous impulsive, reckless actions and didn’t dare to
move. He remained well-behaved in the fishbowl, waving his tail in slight anticipation.

What was Jing-wang planning to do? Could it be what he was thinking?

Standing in front of the fishbowl, the young man silently opened the crystal bottle, and directly
dropped the iridescent pearl inside into the fish bowl.

Most of the time, this world did not go according to one’s wishes.

But as long as they sincerely thought about him, he’d return the favor, even if it’s a fish.

The iridescent pearl slowly sank down. In the eyes of this fish, the night pearl was just like a
splendid shooting star passing by.

Li Yu let out a cheer. Leaping high with a wave of his tail, he caught this pearl.

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