The young man in the wheelchair had no color in his face. Unlike Chu Xinghui's fair complexion, his was a sickly pallor.
Instead of human ears, he had a pair of merfolk ears on either side of his face. His eyes shone with a deep blue light as he gazed ahead.
His face bore a forty to fifty percent resemblance to Lan Xiangxian's, but his features were somewhat more rugged.
His legs hung beside the wheelchair, though the muscles had not atrophied.
Behind him, a person in a black suit pushed him forward.
Gu Chupei walked beside him, saying something, but the person in the wheelchair did not look particularly happy.
"Is that a merman?"
Wen Liangtian asked Lan Xiangxian.
Of those present, only Lan Xiangxian had seen the so-called White Moonlight.
"That's him, but I didn't know he was a merman."
He had only seen a photo of the two of them together, and the person in it had not shown his ears.
If he was a merman, that explained why he was in a wheelchair.
Once they reached adulthood, walking on two feet became extremely uncomfortable, like walking on knife points, just as in the fairy tales.
That was why merfolk generally worked in water-related fields.
"Let's go."
Chu Xinghui pulled the two of them forward, and Gu Kai followed behind.
"Xiao Xi, did anything fun happen while you were abroad?"
Gu Chupei lowered his head and asked the young man in the wheelchair.
"Oh, no."
The young man spoke, answering coldly.
He seemed not to be very familiar with Gu Chupei.
Gu Chupei did not get angry, but continued asking:
"I'm working under Pei Holdings now. The boss exploits his employees, but he's a decent enough person. Look, I've been working so late lately that I've got