Sea World of Beasts: The Sinful Mermaid - She's a Heartthrob

Chapter 30 Choice
The fair-skinned female lowered her head, like a prisoner who had committed a serious crime, her head bowed tightly. Her body swayed with the current, and suddenly she fell and staggered.

Behind her followed Lian Xun, who looked frightened and helpless. He clung tightly to Bai Qi's back, wishing that Bai Qi's body could completely cover his orcish appearance.

His once arrogant face was gone, and with every step he took, he looked around furtively, as if afraid he would be torn to pieces by the angry, protective group of orcas.

Bai Pei narrowed her eyes, and her gaze towards Bai Qi completely changed. She no longer looked at her daughter, the daughter she had already designated as her heir.

"I thought you weren't planning on going back to the tribe!"

"He chased after him so decisively and efficiently."

"Are you planning to wander the polar seas with him in the future?"

Bai Pei's eyes were cold as she gritted her teeth and asked questions one by one, her expression stiff with anger.

If she hadn't been restrained by reason, she almost would have gone up to her daughter and disciplined her herself.

"No...no!" Bai Qi's scattered thoughts finally returned somewhat. She stumbled and crawled to Bai Pei's feet. "Mother, I didn't, I didn't want to leave the tribe, to leave you."

Bai Pei kicked her away, her eyes shifting away impatiently as if she'd been smeared with something dirty. "Get out! I don't have a daughter like you!"

"Your beloved beastman wounded your brother with the most poisonous herb, and you didn't care about A'ni's life or death, but instead chased after that lowly krill beastman!"

"Bai Qi, I've really wasted my time raising you!"

Chao Sheng was shocked. Even though she had already guessed, she still found it unbelievable when Bai Pei confirmed her guess in person.

Her slender fingers clenched tightly in resentment, her anger rising within her!

How dare these two people!?

“Mother… I didn’t know it was a wild orchid.” Bai Qi shook her head, trying to explain herself. She had chased after Lian Xun, who then told her in a panic that it was a wild orchid. What should she do now?

She had only just realized it was a wild orchid. She frantically crawled on the seabed, then clung to Bai Pei's leg like an infant dependent on its mother, as if trying to awaken Bai Pei's maternal love and pity. "Mother, I really didn't know..."

“And…” Bai Qi paused, her eyes filled with panic and confusion, swallowing nervously, “Xun, he didn’t do it on purpose.”

"He was bewitched by those orcs, which led him to commit such a grave mistake!"

"Bai Qi! You're being completely unreasonable." Bai Pei was furious and kicked her hard in the stomach. The kick was forceful and she didn't hold back at all.

"You're actually still thinking of pleading for that orc?!"

"I..." Bai Qi felt guilty and was speechless. She knew she shouldn't have done this, but she truly loved Lian Xun.

In all her life, she had only ever truly loved one male beastman.

"Hmm..." Bai Ni hugged her from behind, resting his head in the crook of Chao Sheng's neck, and shifted uncomfortably. Chao Sheng looked over anxiously, "Bai Ni, what's wrong?"

"Does it hurt again?"

Bai Ni's voice was hoarse, and he said dejectedly, "It's nothing."

She simply held Chao Sheng tighter, desperately needing some comfort from him.

His sister, who shared the same mother and father, could actually disregard his life or death for an insignificant orc.

Chao Sheng had guessed a little, and she gently rubbed the stray hairs at the back of Bai Ni's head, saying softly, "Good girl."

"I'm still here!"

Bai Ni's slightly red ear tips twitched, and her disappointed heart felt a little better. Her dry and sore throat made a difficult sound, "Mmm."

Bai Pei always looked down on Lian Xun, feeling that speaking to him would be beneath her dignity.

Lian Xun used to be unhappy and always wanted this leader to see him, but now he could only be thankful that Bai Pei couldn't see him and disdained to speak to him.

If she can treat her wife like this, I'm afraid she can't treat him like this either... Lianxun trembled with fear and collapsed into the sea.

Bai Qi was still pleading with Bai Pei, "Mother, isn't A-Ni alright?"

Why are you so angry?

Enraged, Bai Pei picked up a nearby rock and threw it at him, yelling, "Idiot!"

"Do you know that not a single orc poisoned by the herb 'Shelan' has survived!"

"Do you really want your brother to die?"

"I...I didn't." Bai Qi's head was knocked to the side by a rock, and blood was seeping from one side of her face, but she couldn't care less about that now. "How could I want him to die? A'ni is my closest younger brother!"

"Fool, you still know he's your brother!" Bai Pei looked at her daughter, who had disappointed her time and time again, feeling as if a huge stone was pressing down on her heart, making her feel suffocated. She couldn't bring herself to deal with Bai Qi as a mother.

She glanced coldly at the culprit behind all this, "Bai Qi, listen carefully."

"Either you take your beast husband and get out of the whale tribe, and from now on we will no longer be mother and daughter."

"Either you divorce him yourself, drive him out of the tribe, and then you marry a beastman with superpowers."

"And from now on you will no longer be the heir of our tribe. You will have to compete fairly with your two sisters for this position."

"You choose."

In the end, Bai Pei couldn't bring herself to drive Bai Qi to her death. This was her daughter on whom she had placed the most hope. If she could see the error of her ways, she was willing to let her go this time.

"!" Bai Qi looked at her mother in disbelief, never expecting such heartless words to come from the mouth of her most beloved mother. "I... I don't want to choose."

"If you don't want to choose, I'll choose for you!" Bai Pei pressed on, determined to make her settle things today. "Then choose the one in front and leave the Whale Giant Tribe with him."

"Whether you want to join the whale shark clan or live on your own, it doesn't matter."

"It's all up to you. I don't care about your lives."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi froze in place, mechanically turning around to look at Lian Xun.

Lian Xun quickly threw herself into Bai Qi's arms as usual, "My wife, don't abandon me..."

"Have you forgotten? You loved me the most."

Lian Xun took Bai Qi's hand and pressed it against her face, her eyes pleading and her voice trembling, "You love me the most..."

"I'm sorry..." Bai Qi glanced away cruelly, her eyes filled with pity and her tone helpless, "Xun, I had no choice..."

She knew her mother and her brother better than anyone else.

Even if she chooses to leave the tribe with Lianxun, her mother will not let them off the hook. She has been dissatisfied with Lianxun for a long time and will definitely find a way to vent her anger.

Ah Ni may seem lively and innocent, but she is actually extremely vengeful.

She had no choice but to stay in the tribe, so that both she and Xun Cai would have a chance to survive.

"No..." Lian Xun shook her head violently, tears streaming down her face, "My lady, don't you want me anymore?"

"I didn't mean to kill him!"

"It was a whale shark orc who gave me this thing. I didn't know it was poisonous!"

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