The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 122 Running errands
That would certainly not be a simple cold and cough problem.

"Xiao Xu, you don't need to take it to the study, just bring it to my bedroom."

The voice sounded weak and listless, as if from a violent cough.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mian paused, his hand, which had been resting on the doorknob of the study, but he did not push the door open.

She stepped to the door next to her.

This must be the city lord's bedroom. Was it right next to the study? They're quite close.

However, the other party called her Xiao Xu, probably mistaking her for Zhou Bai's previous assistant.

Jiang Mian didn't think much of it; it was just delivering medicine, no matter where it was delivered.

So she simply placed her hand on the doorknob and pushed the door open.

She subconsciously looked towards the room, and what first caught her eye was a transparent glass panel about half the height and half the width of the room, filled with azure seawater.

Inside the water glass, some green plants floated, and there was a huge stone bed. There were no other decorations; it looked extremely simple.

Zhou Qing lay on the huge stone bed, his upper body naked, revealing eight distinct abdominal muscles. His jet-black hair, as black as silk, fell to his waist and swayed slightly in the water. His face, as beautiful as ink painting, was calm in the water. Sharp, semi-arrogant black fins were on either side of his ears, and below his waist was a very huge fish tail, as black as obsidian!

Jiang Mian stood frozen at the door.

Although I had some suspicions beforehand, seeing it with my own eyes was still quite a surprise.

She guessed they might be beastmen, but didn't know what kind of beastmen they were. She never expected them to be mermaids!

However, the city lord only presents himself as a pure human to outsiders. Now that she has discovered his orc identity, will he kill her?
Jiang Mian's eyebrows twitched slightly. She shouldn't have just pushed the door open and come in. It was one thing to guess, but it was another thing to discover with her own eyes that the other party was a beastman.

Her gaze fell on Zhou Qing's face, which had its eyes closed.

Zhou Qing seemed to have just recovered from a cough; her pale face was tinged with a sickly red, and her lips were also tinged with a light red.

The striking contrast of black and white, like ink staining paper, makes her stunning appearance even more striking when touched by a touch of light red.

"Just put it on the table by the window," he said gently, his eyes still slightly closed as if he hadn't recovered from the violent cough.

Jiang Mian noticed that his eyes were closed, and thought that she would leave quietly after putting down the medicine.

Without making a fuss, pretend she is that Xiao Xu.

She stepped into the room and placed the medicine on the table as Zhou Qing had instructed.

Jiang Mian gently placed the item down and turned to leave, but just as she reached the door, a wave of moisture rushed from behind her, and her wrist was grabbed by a large, wet hand.

"Ahem... Miss, did you see it?" Zhou Qing's voice slowly came from behind her, his voice still gentle and sickly.

Jiang Mian paused, but did not turn around. He immediately said, "Lord of the city, I came to deliver something. There was no one in the room, and I didn't see anything."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing paused slightly, then realized something, her light red lips curving into a smile, her voice tinged with laughter: "It's nothing if you saw it."

He thought she would be prejudiced if she saw it, which is why he asked that question.

It wasn't that he was worried about Jiang Mian telling anyone; even if she did, he wouldn't be worried. After all, a human who could disguise themselves in Baicheng for so long must have some advanced disguise techniques.

Jiang Mian heard his words and saw that nothing was wrong. If nothing was wrong, why did he suddenly come over and grab her hand?

"What are you saying, City Lord? I really didn't see anything." Jiang Mian thought the other party was testing her. Zhou Qing couldn't help but chuckle. Why didn't this little girl believe what he said?
"Xiao Jiang...is that right?" He seemed to ponder Jiang Mian's name for a moment, then retrieved the name of the little girl in front of him from his memory. Her name was Jiang Mian.

He also remembered that this was the assistant he had temporarily found for his nephew.

"What are your orders, City Lord?" Jiang Mian answered obediently, but still did not turn around.

"Give him this bunch of keys." Zhou Qing placed a bunch of keys in Jiang Mian's hand. "He'll understand."

Then the water vapor behind them also disappeared into the distance.

She only heard the splash of the fish entering the water. The sound of the water entering the water was not loud, but a slow, muffled splash. It seemed that the fish had a very skillful way of entering the water. The city lord was back in the glass water.

"Okay." Jiang Mian replied and walked out, feeling that the matter was finally over and the city lord had let her go.

Just as she was about to close the door for him, a gentle, smiling voice drifted from inside: "Does the fishtail look good?"

Jiang Mian's mind flashed to a beautiful, dark fish tail, and she subconsciously replied, "Beautiful."

She realized what was happening and immediately stopped talking. She also silently looked up at Zhou Qing, who was resting one hand on the glass edge of the exit above, with her other elbow on the glass and her palm gently supporting her cheek.

Black and white, with pale, snow-white skin, a huge black fish tail shimmering with phosphorescence, and a head of smooth, silky black hair reaching her waist. Black eyes and thin lips, the contrasting black and white colors are stunningly beautiful.

Those jet-black eyes paused slightly upon hearing the word "beautiful." After all, among the merfolk, black fish were considered unlucky, and their color was the ugliest, failing to attract females.

Females are attracted to mermaids with brightly colored tails, such as gold or pink...

The black fishtail design has always been rejected.

Zhou Qing's original intention was simply to get the little girl to admit that she had seen the fish tail, which she had previously refused to do.

As for how to answer, that was not within his consideration.

However, the unexpectedly beautiful answer surprised Zhou Qing slightly. He quickly came to his senses and thought that the little girl was young and probably hadn't seen other beautiful mermaids, which was why she thought his fish tail was beautiful.

"Ahem, thank you." Zhou Qing's expression remained gentle and kind, but she couldn't help coughing again. She slowly said, "I need to rest now. You can go and get back to work."

Jiang Mian paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, Lord City Lord."

She silently left and closed the door.

So what did the other person mean by that question they just asked?
Jiang Mian was puzzled, but it seemed that the city lord did not pursue the matter of her discovering that he was an orc.

She took the key back to the underground laboratory and handed it to Zhou Bai.

When Zhou Bai saw the key, he paused for a moment, but still took it.

Jiang Mian didn't know what this meant either.

"I'm going to another city tomorrow to pick up some things, and I probably won't be back for two or three days." Zhou Bai looked at her. "You should rest at home for two or three days."

Jiang Mian paused, thinking that the other party would ask her to go together.

After all, it's understandable for an assistant to accompany their boss on business trips.

"Okay." Jiang Mian had gotten three days of freebies again, so she naturally didn't say anything more.

(End of this chapter)