Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!
Chapter 420: Distorting Right and Wrong

Chapter 420: Chapter 420: Distorting Right and Wrong

Plunderers never feel they are in the wrong.

"We just wanted to take those formulas back to save lives. Your grandmother is stingy, your grandfather holds grudges, and they forced us four promising talents to wander the sea."

Xining shouted angrily, "Twisting the truth!"

She had not expected that even at this juncture, Danrus would still think he was innocent.

Her black shoe slammed down onto Danrus’s hand and ground it mercilessly. Xining’s expression was cold, devoid of emotion. No matter how much Danrus begged for mercy, she did not ease the pressure until he passed out from the pain.

Witnessing their comrade’s misery, Yilijite and Rexiva gulped nervously, especially as Danrus’s missing item haunted them both.

Ji Muye, Shang Lvxing, and Cheng Cang watched the entire scene without intervening.

The young mermaid in the bathtub, seeing such a display, was awestruck by Xining’s aura and charm. His admiration grew. Staying near her felt like being under protection.

Xining didn’t waste much time here. From Meng Lai’s sneak attack earlier to Danrus losing "the item," everything had unfolded in under ten minutes.

Seizing the lift-off provided by the four signal flares, she swiftly grabbed the backpack inside the room and retreated with Cheng Cang and the others.

"Hhh! Hhh! Hhh! Don’t leave me behind!"

The young mermaid furiously slapped his tail in the tub, drawing Xining’s attention as he reminded her there was still someone left behind in the house!

Ma Sai had already returned with the professionals skilled in disarming explosives.

"Boss, we’ve cleaned everything up."

The top layer, the final one, benefited from modern scanning and detection technologies that thoroughly examined the presence of explosives. They had completed a full sweep, confirming there were no bombs left in the area.

"However, we have someone to thank this time. She brought a detailed map over and provided us tremendous help."

A woman emerged from the crowd—Shang Yueling, her eyes locked with obsessive adoration on Shang Lvxing. Despite his cold indifference ever since boarding the ship, she refused to give up. Again and again, she made herself visible to him.

This time, she had even "coincidentally" discovered the ship’s explosive layout map!

Initially, she had intended to deliver this map to Shang Lvxing directly. But upon recalling Ji Muye’s status, she wondered if aiding the Ji Family now might allow her to call on their help in the future. The sheer weight of the bombs on this cruise ship was immense—without pinpointing each location systematically, who knew how long it would take to resolve the issue?

There was yet another critical reason.

If the Royal Cruise truly exploded, she would perish on the ship herself.

So after deliberating briefly, she opted to hand the explosive layout map over to Ma Sai, with a condition—a pledge that he would someday agree to an unspecified favor for her.

Ma Sai did not agree immediately.

Only after verifying the accuracy of the map did he nod and accept Shang Yueling’s request.

Given the urgency of the situation, he hadn’t had time to report the matter but now stood near Ji Muye, recounting the entire sequence of events.

Listening beside Ji Muye, Shang Lvxing also heard the entirety of Ma Sai’s account.

Shang Yueling called upon him with familiarity, "Brother Lvxing!"

Her timid attempt to move closer, while not quite daring, portrayed the image of an enamored admirer in splendid detail.

Shang Lvxing’s gaze was icy. His stare carried scrutiny—a map detailing bomb locations was undoubtedly of monumental importance; anyone would understand that.

"How did you get your hands on such an item?"

Shang Yueling’s face showed a flicker of hesitation. The truth was, she had heard that Meng Lai had given Xining a room card and wanted to capture incriminating evidence of her and the older man’s deeds. She sneaked into Meng Lai’s room under the cover of night.

To her surprise, Meng Lai’s room was located in the Royal Cruise’s lower cabins.

There she encountered a well-intentioned stranger who agreed to help her acquire evidence of Xining’s actions with Meng Lai, provided one condition was met.

Shang Yueling agreed.

The man’s demand was not difficult: she simply had to deliver a certain object to someone in Beicheng.

When she received the item, she couldn’t discern any specific detail about it—merely a square stone devoid of markings or packaging—which he handed directly to her.

As for capturing evidence of Xining’s misdeeds with Meng Lai, that was never fulfilled—the stranger hadn’t seen Xining even approach Meng Lai’s room.

But he did provide Shang Yueling with something valuable: the Royal Cruise explosive layout map!

Upon seeing the map, Shang Yueling was entirely dumbfounded but quickly composed herself.

Thus began the subsequent negotiations between her and Ma Sai.

"Brother Lvxing, since you didn’t pay any attention to me, I had no choice but to wander around. Then I stumbled upon some room where I saw the explosive layout map. I got utterly frightened and hurried to bring it here to you. But I couldn’t find you anywhere. Afraid of wasting time, I happened to see... one of President Ji’s people."

She paused deliberately before continuing, "So I handed it over to someone from President Ji’s group. I figured, since President Ji and Brother Lvxing are both powerful individuals, surely you could resolve this matter."

Former members of the Chu Family arrived.

Following Xining’s instructions, they brought forth a large barrel of seawater, pushing it along on a cart.

The young mermaid agilely dived into the barrel, his tail swaying comfortably in the water as his hands held onto the rim of the barrel, eyes fixed on Xining with apprehension—fearful that she and Cheng Cang might leave him behind and escape.

"Hhh! Hhh! Hhh!" Ready to depart!

Xining’s decision to bring the young mermaid wasn’t just out of gratitude for his assistance. She also wanted to explore whether she could help revert him to human form.

According to Lott’s biological notes, Experiment No. 13599 wasn’t involved in experimental procedures since birth but entered during youth.

Due to exceptional physical faculties and the successful fusion of extensive genetic modifications and other chemical drugs, No. 13599 emerged as the current successful subject.

Xining ordered a black cloth to be draped around the barrel to shield the young mermaid’s uniqueness from onlookers.

From the face and upper torso, he looked no different from an ordinary person.

The singular divergence lay below, starting from his abdomen.

Shang Yueling caught sight of the boy mermaid’s immaculate face and gasped, "Ah! Isn’t this the mermaid?"

Others from Ji Muye’s team, unaware of the Royal Cruise dynamics, turned at her exclamation toward the water barrel Xining and her group were now wheeling out.

"Shang Yueling, what nonsense are you spouting? He’s just an actor from the mermaid show, not an actual mermaid."

"No! You’re lying! I saw everything—his scales are authentic! He’s not some actor pretending to be a mermaid; he’s a mermaid, a freak neither human nor fish!"

Shang Yueling, lit by the thrill of catching Xining off guard, refused to miss this chance to expose her.

She also recalled what Zhuang Tian had confided to her before leaving. Together with these discoveries, releasing such details publicly would assuredly catapult Xining into fame across society!

The Shang Family, obsessed with their reputation, would never allow any prospect of Xining and Shang Lvxing developing a connection!

Upon hearing this, Cheng Cang and the others swiftly prepared to leave.

The path to the elevator, however, led them directly by Shang Yueling.

At this moment, Shang Yueling flashed a sly grin and fiercely yanked the black cloth off of the water barrel.

"Look closely, this is a real mermaid! Without me, you would’ve been deceived!"