After Pei Yanchuan brought him to his room, he was about to leave. Ye Chu had wanted to ask him a few more questions, but then he saw webbing growing between the fingers of his right hand again.
He had gone too long without water. He needed a bath.
Ye Chu found the bathroom, but suddenly paused while filling the tub. He was a saltwater fish, wasn't he? Wouldn't he die if he stayed in fresh water too long?
He searched the room. The lights flickered on and off, and figures occasionally flashed behind the mirror. Ye Chu kept looking for what he wanted as though nothing were happening.
After getting through so many Instances, he was already used to these little scare tactics.
Found it.
Ye Chu picked up two large jars of bath salts and dumped them both into the tub, creating a taste of the sea for himself.
When he turned around, he accidentally caught sight of himself in the mirror again.
"..." Ye Chu turned his back on the mirror, expressionless. He still couldn't accept his half-human, half-fish appearance.
He tugged at the hem of his shirt to take it off, then suddenly remembered that this was a livestreamed variety show. Who knew how many people were watching their screens? "System, can I bathe with my clothes on?"
[No! You can't! I object!]
[Strip! Strip right now!!]
[Being half-human and half-fish is weird, but if I get to see half of Ye Chu's body, I can die without regrets.]
[How can you lust after his body? Filthy! That waist, pant, pant... let me touch it...]
[Yes.]
Ye Chu breathed a sigh of relief. At least the system wasn't completely unreasonable. He sat in the tub with his clothes on. Perhaps it was because he