All the way back, Ye Chu's eyes kept watering from the fumes. He couldn't control it at all, and fat tears rolled down his cheeks.
After the kind stranger brought him back to his room, Ye Chu tried to open his eyes to see who it was, but they were already swollen and his vision was a blur. "Who are you?"
The stranger didn't answer, lingering only a moment before leaving.
Ye Chu felt his way to the bathroom. His body felt dry, and he figured it wouldn't be long before he turned back into that freakish half-human, half-fish creature. He went into the bathroom to replenish his moisture with the water in the tub.
Huh? What was that smell?
Ye Chu wrinkled his nose. There was a foul smell in the bathroom, and quite a bit of the water in the tub was gone. What had happened? Had someone been in his bathroom?
Ye Chu left the bathroom after briefly wetting his skin. His eyes were still swollen, but at least he could open them now. He noticed a note stuck to the bathroom door:
[I once saw a fish just as beautiful as you. Wu You released it into a river back then, and it died.]
Ye Chu: "..." I think I know how my dad died.
We're saltwater fish! Saltwater fish! Putting us in fresh water is a death sentence!!
He had always thought finding the cause of his father's death would be difficult. He hadn't expected it to be this slapdash.
While Ye Chu was pondering this, Pei Yanchuan suddenly burst through the door and looked around the room, searching for something.
"Xiao Pei?"
Pei Yanchuan looked over and was startled by Ye Chu's red, swollen eyes. "Ye Chu, what happened to your eyes?"
Ye Chu