The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Chap 15
Chap 15
Li Yu analyzed the tasks that he had completed so far. The tasks that the shitty system gave him
often had misleading titles. If he could find the correct method of approach, it’s not hard to
complete– But he needed to disperse the clouds and see the true nature of the task.
For example, the interaction and the getting along tasks, ultimately meant having some kind of
daily interaction with Jing-wang. The iridescent pearl looked rather hard, but the task itself didn’t
have any specific requirements as to how he needed to complete it. He only needed to touch the
iridescent pearl to complete it. It’s just that his luck wasn’t very good and a series of variables
happened in between.
With this kind of conclusion, he really didn’t need to think too hard on the “share a bed” task. As
long as he was on the same bed as Jing-wang and using the same pillow, it should probably be
enough. The System didn’t even say he needed to be covered by blankets, much less actually
sleeping. He must have a lot of leeway here.
Pondering deeply, Li Yu felt like this time, only the title of the task sounded rather crazy, but he
should be able to manage it.
What made him feel more assured was that when he told the system his analysis, the system only
said: “As long as you finish the task, Host.”
Li Yu: Very good. It wasn’t a clear denial, which means it’s an acknowledgement.
What he needed to consider next was how to get in the same bed as jing-wang and use the same
pillow.
…… of course, he had to do it when Jing-wang was asleep! Yea!
Not to mention, fish couldn’t leave water. Even though occasionally, he could move out of the
water for a little while, a fish’s body must be wet. Can a dripping wet fish share a bed with Jing-
wang?
Obviously not.
Even if he managed to do it, Jing-wang wouldn’t let him off. Getting the master’s bedding wet
might be even more terrifying than eating the master’s tofu.
Unless he finished the task quietly and without a sound while Jing-wang was sleeping.
Therefore, this task became: how to get onto Jing-wang’s bed and hog the other’s pillow briefly
while he’s sleeping.
Li Yu: “……”
The crystal fish tank was pretty far from Jing-wang’s bed. This one jump had to be a big jump.
After hogging the pillow, he still had to return to the fish tank. The difficulty level here wasn’t
the usual level.
The countdown of the last task gave Li Yu lingering fears. Good thing there was no time limit
this time. He can practice as much as he wanted to get ready.
Li Yu started to secretly practice jumping from the crystal fish tank towards the direction of the
bed when no one was looking.
The first big leap had him falling to the floor as expected. There was still quite the distance from
Jing-wang’s bed.
He had thought dropping to the floor would hurt a lot, but this wasn’t true. Li Yu recalled the
reward for the “getting along” task. Maybe the sturdiness of his fish body was increased as well.
Since it didn’t hurt falling to the ground, he could try as much as he wanted……
Wait. Why did he have to aim precisely with one jump? And why did he have to reach there in
one jump? He can totally hop and skip over……
Li Yu jumped once more to his target and got one step closer to Jing-wang’s bed.
Jumping several times wasn’t hard at all. The little carp was somewhat happy.
However, by the time he reached Jing-wang’s bed, he didn’t even jump up yet when he felt he
couldn’t handle it anymore; and could only jump back quickly.
When he got back into the fish tank, he discovered that the cloud designed floor tiles were full of
water stains. Li Yu: “……”
Looked like there’s a big problem with jumping back and forth. There’s also a noise he made
every time he swung his tail. Even he felt it was rather loud. If it were in the middle of the night,
it’d probably sound terrifying. What if he woke Jing-wang up?
Completing this task as a fish was really too difficult. Li Yu naturally thought: if he were a
human, everything wouldn’t be this complicated and frustrating.
…… so, did he have to change into a human to complete this task?
Li Yu hesitated somewhat. The difficulties experienced by a fish really were a mere trifle to a
human. He just happened to have a medicine that allowed him to temporarily change shape.
However, he originally wanted to use it to pass a meaningful two hours, not to be forced and
hurried, like a duck being skewered on a stick over the fire.
The shitty system said that there was only one bottle of this shapeshifting pill. Although the main
mission could help him turn into a human in the future, he didn’t know how long he had to wait
for that to happen. If he really used the medicine now, what if in the future, there was a task that
he couldn’t complete without turning into a human?
Making this choice was even harder than jumping all over the place. Li Yu finally decided to try
a few more times as a fish. He didn’t try other plans yet either.
Perhaps heaven was helping him this time as well; when Wang Xi discovered the water stains
that the little carp left on the floor, he thought it was pretty funny and told Jing-wang with a
laugh.
“Your highness, looks like the little thing likes to stroll around.”
As a result, Jing-wang learned that this fish actually came out of the fish tank.
Jing-wang had seen the little carp chase the iridescent pearl on the gold tiles of Ganqing Palace
before. Learning that it liked to stroll wasn’t really anything major.
Yet for this huge fish tank to not even be able to hold the fish; Jing-wang looked at the little carp
with a somewhat complicated expression.
Li Yu pretended to look innocent and blew bubbles: Master, this one doesn’t like to stroll
around, this one only wants to jump in your bed.
Jing-wang was really very indulgent with this pet fish and made a decision that made the fish
feel surprised and delighted. He ordered Wang Xi to place some teacups filled with fresh water
on the floor to avoid the fish from lacking water mid-trip. Jing-wang didn’t mind if the fish went
out to wander around, but he definitely didn’t want to return to see a dead fish.
A master only needed to give the order. The subordinate still had to go through great pains to
think about where to place the teacups so that they were both convenient to the little carp, yet not
in the way to be stepped on by the master. Wang Xi deliberated for a while, then asked Jing-
wang for his opinion, before placing the teacups in places where Jing-wang didn’t usually walk
by. Most of them were placed near the fish tank. One of the teacups just happened to be on the
path towards the bed.
The little carp twisted and turned in delight: happiness arrived too quickly. Who would have
thought that the tyrant master would give him a cheat code!
Wang Xi even astutely changed the rugs in the room to ones that absorbed moisture, so that the
ground wouldn’t get wet with the little carp jumping around.
This was really the arrival of a very timely assistance. Li Yu was originally worried that his wet
dripping fish body would make the pillow wet. With this rug, he didn’t need to be afraid. The
day that the rugs were placed, Li Yu quietly stole one. He temporarily placed the fresh water in
his interdimensional space back into the fish tank and then put the rug in it.
Like this, he could use the rug as a cushion anytime. No need to worry about getting the pillow
dirty.
Everything all ready, in order to not let Jing-wang hear the papapa sound of his tail swinging, Li
Yu decided to wait until Jing-wang slept deeply before acting.
On this night, Jing-wang returned pretty late. Li Yu heard the door open. Yet after Jing-wang
entered, he didn’t order people to light the lamp. Instead, he fumbled directly to the side of the
bed and climbed in, kicking over a few teacups along the way.
Li Yu secretly laughed. Did Jing-wang get drunk somewhere? Being drunk was good. This was
even more convenient for him to act.
Li Yu waited very long, waiting until long after there were no more movements from the bed,
before nimbly jumping and hopping over to the head of the bed.
He pulled out the water absorbent rug out of the interdimensional space and moved it onto the
bed. With a light leap, he jumped onto the rug.
Jing-wang had his back facing him. The blankets covered his head as he laid unmoving with only
half of the jade pillow exposed outside.
Li Yu wanted it just like this. Just in case, he also used a fish fin to touch the jade pillow briefly,
making sure he didn’t get the jade pillow wet. Tomorrow, Jing-wang won’t be able to discover
anything.
The “sharing a bed” task should be settled now.
After doing all of this, Li Yu waited for the notification from the System. Yet, after waiting for
quite awhile, the notification didn’t come.
The somewhat anxious Li Yu: ???
Where did a hiccup occur?
Li Yu decided to move this entire fish onto the jade pillow. If that didn’t work, then he can also
bury himself into the blanket. He was already very close to the person on the bed, when
suddenly, he smelled a faint fragrance.
Li Yu froze. How come Jing-wang used fragrance like he was a woman? Last time when he
stealthily bit Jing-wang’s mouth, there didn’t seem to be this kind of thick aroma.
Just at this time, the person on the bed turned around. A pair of moist glossy eyes faced Li Yu
head on.
Borrowing the moonlight through the window frame, Li Yu saw this person’s appearance
clearly. This wasn’t Jing-wang at all. Instead, it was a beautiful woman.
No wonder his main mission didn’t update. Because Jing-wang wasn’t in the bed!
Li Yu, who got quite a shock, immediately fell back and slid off of the jade pillow.
The unknown woman also had quite a shock. She raised the arm that was withdrawn under the
blanket, like she was about to take it out. After discovering that it was only a fish before her
eyes, the woman tsk’d and then disregarded it completely, laying back down again with the
blankets half covering her, revealing a bare white shoulder.
Li Yu: “……”
When that woman raised her hand, Li Yu glanced at the thing she wanted to take out. It was
actually a shining, snow white dagger that was hidden under the blanket, which almost flashed
this fish’s eyes blind!
This was……
At first, when he discovered this woman laying on Jing-wang’s bed with disheveled clothes, he
thought this was some palace maid that wanted to climb the ranks, making a futile attempt to
seduce Jing-wang. Yet this woman had a dagger hidden inside the blankets; that made everything
complicated. This situation probably wasn’t an attempt to climb the ranks, but rather, it was a
female assassin trying to take Jing-wang’s life!
No wonder this person knocked over the teacups on the ground before. Jing-wang would have
never done that normally!
Li Yu curled up inside the blankets, doing his best to not let the assassin notice him anymore. At
the same time, he was very puzzled. In the book, didn’t it say that Qingtai palace was like an iron
prison? How did this woman avoid the guards of Qingtai and intrude into Jing-wang’s room?
But there was no time to think more on this. Outside the door, Wang Xi’s voice floated over,
saying: “Your highness.” Jing-wang this poor fellow, was about to enter soon.
Li Yu was extremely anxious. How was he supposed to warn Jing-wang that there was an
assassin hiding in his bed?
Oh right. Since this woman had her clothes all disheveled, she shouldn’t be planning to attack
immediately. Jing-wang also knew martial arts. And he had attendants beside him. Therefore,
she definitely planned to seduce Jing-wang and make him lower his guard first before……
As long as it’s not an immediate attack, it’s fine!
The door was pushed open softly. Li Yu and the assassin instantly both held their breaths.
Wang Xi lit up the lantern. Jing-wang glanced into the room and discovered the faint shadow of
a person laying on his bed.
“How audacious!” Seeing this scene, Wang-gonggong instantly became furious. Just who was
this daring to actually climb into his highness’s bed!
The woman on the bed turned a deaf ear to the shout, and sat up with blankets wrapped around
her, revealing an extremely beautiful complexion. She smiled sweetly at Jing-wang, voice like a
silver bell.
The sweeter she smiled, the colder Li Yu felt. He could only pray in his heart for Jing-wang to
definitely not be bewitched by this woman.
Wang Xi wanted to charge forward and drag this woman off. Yet, Jing-wang suddenly stopped
Wang Xi and made him back up to the side.
The woman felt complacent internally and said with a laugh: “Your highness likes me.”
Jing-wang walked closer with an expressionless face and looked at the woman. Li Yu nervously
stared at him, hoping he would throw this woman out. However, Jing-wang only raised his hand
and placed it on this woman’s cheek!
The woman immediately smiled knowingly and went to nuzzle his hand. Although his cold,
freezing fingertips made her tremble, she already knew that he’s been hooked.
Jing-wang, you idiot!! This woman is obviously a problem, okay?!
Li Yu was so angry, he couldn’t even breathe. He was just about to jump up and flail in front of
Jing-wang when something shocking occurred at this moment. The light in Jing-wang’s eyes
abruptly turned cold as he grabbed the woman’s throat, fast as lightning.
He can’t speak and didn’t need to say anything. Anyone who dared to intrude into his room
harboring hidden motives will only face one result: death!
Everything was fine just now, so the woman didn’t expect Jing-wang would act so
straightforwardly. For the sake of self-preservation, she had no choice but to endure the pain in
her neck as she stuck her hand into the blanket, planning to pull out the dagger hidden in it.
Unexpectedly, something in the blanket bit her viciously.
Distracted, the female assassin didn’t even get a chance to talk when she was stabbed right
through the chest by Jing-wang.
She looked in surprise at the big hole going through her chest, then looked in surprise at Jing-
wang’s apathetic face. She didn’t even get a chance to say what her master wanted her to say.
She had thought Jing-wang would at least keep her alive to make her confess; yet Jing-wang
didn’t care at all!
He only, wanted her to die!
Jing-wang ruthlessly turned his sword. The female assassin slowly collapsed.
Jing-wang pulled his sword out and glanced at the bloodstains on it with disgust. Wang Xi heard
the movement and ran over with attendants. Seeing the woman dead on the ground, Wang Xi
said with a scoff: “How foolish.”
Jing-wang recalled that the woman seemed to have wanted to take something out of the blanket,
yet let go for some unknown reason. He assumed that she hid something inside the blanket. Jing-
wang didn’t wait for Wang Xi and used his sword to lift the blankets. Immediately, he saw his
fish here, shaking and trembling, curled up in the blanket.
Jing-wang: “……”
What’s going on?
Jing-wang reached out his hands to pick the fish up. But the little carp, who usually loved to curl
its tail around his fingers, moved out of the way in fright.
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