It wasn't completely unreasonable for Li Yu to want to please King Jing.
He had read the original novel and knew that although Mu Tianchi was a tyrant, in the original novel, he wasn't a tyrant who killed people without batting an eyelid.
When Mu Tianchi was still King Jing, he was at most cold and aloof. Because he was born mute, he had long been disqualified from inheriting the throne. However, later on, he still managed to ascend the throne step by step from the most unlikely prince to the throne. He used thunderous methods to cleanse the imperial court and harem with blood. He truly transformed from a silent and cold king into a cruel tyrant who terrified the world.
This transformation actually took a lot of mental journeys, and it wasn't something that could be achieved overnight. The twists and turns in this process couldn't be clearly explained in a few words. At present, Mu Tanachi was still a king, which meant that his personality hadn't turned into a tyrant yet. In other words, this tyrant hadn't really reached the point where he would chop off people's heads at the slightest provocation.
This point could actually be seen from the fact that the big white cat wasn't executed when it was caught by Mu Tianchi.
When the big white cat collided with King Jing, King Jing punished it. When he punished it, he also looked cold and heartless. However, after he punished it, he released the cat without letting the cat's blood splatter on the spot. This was almost impossible after he ascended the throne. It could be seen that the current King Jing was just vengeful and not cruel. Moreover, wasn't the fact that this fish was saved by King Jing a ready-made example of this?
Therefore, it wasn't difficult to understand why the System wanted him to do this task. It was to change the tyrant's personality.
It was better to act in advance when Mu Tianchi was still King Jing than to act after Mu Tianchi had truly turned into a tyrant.
In order to complete the task, Li Yu deliberately put down his pride. Since he was going to be King Jing's pet fish, it was normal for him to take the initiative to show goodwill to his master.
However, it wasn't easy for King Jing to feel enthusiasm from a fish. Li Yu spat out bubbles for a long time, and his mouth was sore. King Jing's gaze followed him, but his expression was still indifferent, like an iceberg that couldn't be melted.
Li Yu quickly became tired.
He tried so hard to please King Jing, but he did not manage to make King Jing smile in the slightest. Instead, Eunuch Wang Xi, who was behind King Jing, let out a soft chuckle.
"Your Highness, look. The fish you saved is alive. It can even sneeze."
Wang Xi revealed a big grin from behind King Jing's back, happily watching the little carp blow bubbles.
This fish was a bit interesting. Previously, it was so listless that Wang Xi thought it would die. Who knew that it would be lively again after a while?
Li Yu: "…"
Hey, don't get it wrong, that's a greeting, not a sneeze!
Li Yu blew another bubble at Wang Xi to protest.
He couldn't help it. He couldn't understand fish language, and swinging his tail would hurt him. He could only keep blowing bubbles.
This time, Wang Xi misunderstood even more. He felt that the fish was blowing bubbles too frequently and became a little worried. He cautiously asked King Jing, "Your Highness, is this fish sick? Why is it sneezing again?"
Li Yu: "…"
You sneeze? Your whole family sneezes!
Before King Jing could say anything, Li Yu, who was always misunderstood, had already spat out a long string of bubbles angrily.
Wang Xi suddenly became very nervous. "Your Highness, is this fish choking on water?"
King Jing: "…"
Although King Jing couldn't speak, he wasn't blind or deaf. He was very clear-minded. How could a fish sneeze and choke on water? Wang Xi was a smart person. He was obviously saying it deliberately for him to hear and make him feel bored.
But this fish …
It was a little too lively.
Mu Tianchi had never seen such a lively fish. Looking at the fish in the celadon fish tank that kept blowing bubbles and the water grass leaves covering the fish, he couldn't help but smile.
"Master, King Jing, look over here, look over here!"
It was inconvenient to lie in the water grass quilt. Li Yu only hesitated for a moment before he abandoned the quilt that he had just folded and happily swam towards King Jing.
The second step of the main mission was to interact with Tyrant. He had just blown a few bubbles, but the System didn't prompt him, which meant that just blowing bubbles didn't count.
The tricking System didn't tell him the meaning of this interaction from beginning to end. Li Yu could only explore and try boldly on his own. It was rare for him to be face to face with King Jing, so he had to seize this opportunity diligently. It would be best if he could complete the second step of the mission in one go.
Speaking of which, it was rather strange. King Jing was born mute, so he could not speak. On the other hand, no one could hear his fish language. In reality, he was no different from a mute. To a certain extent, he and King Jing were in the same boat.
It was just that both of them couldn't speak, so it was difficult to communicate. How could they interact?
Li Yu tried his best to recall all the tricks he knew. From the green seaweed around him, he suddenly thought of the magical seaweed dance. 'Why don't I perform a seaweed dance for Prince Jing? Since there's no interaction, why don't I create an interaction?'
The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was a good idea.
But he was still injured and couldn't swing his fish tail. He might as well keep the lower half of the fish still and only move the upper half of the fish, which was less injured and less painful.
He danced as he wished. Li Yu imagined himself as a cute seaweed, twisting his upper body exaggeratedly and making waves one after another.
Mu Tianchi and Wang Xi were speechless.
King Jing stared at the little carp intently. He increasingly felt that this fish was a little unusual, but King Jing's face was cold. Even if he was a little surprised, he wouldn't show it easily.
Wang Xi felt that his eyes were going blind. He swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty, "Your Highness, this fish … could it be that it has a cramp?"
In fact, Wang Xi's first reaction was that this fish was twisting and turning as if it was trying to please King Jing. But Eunuch Wang had always heard that smart cats and dogs could understand humans. Could this fish be smart as well?
Reason told him that it was impossible, so Eunuch Wang was more inclined to believe that this fish had a cramp.
Li Yu was speechless.
You have a cramp? Your whole family has a cramp!!
Wang Xi ruined the atmosphere again and again. Li Yu was no longer in the mood to continue the seaweed dance.
He danced for so long, but there was still no prompt from the system. Li Yu simply stopped dancing and stopped on the white stone bed to rest for a while.
After transmigrating into a fish, the first skill he activated was swimming. Now he was very familiar with bobbing up and down in the water.
King Jing kept staring at him. Seeing that the fish had stopped moving, he seemed to be thinking about something.
Wang Xi immediately found a new entry point. "Your Highness, why isn't the fish moving?"
Li Yu was speechless.
It was so difficult to be a pet fish. Why did he always meet people who opposed him?!
Li Yu restrained himself and turned around. He couldn't always sulk. He had to focus on how to complete the task as soon as possible.
"Hey, system, what do you mean by 'interaction'?"
Li Yu tried to call the system. Even the seaweed dance didn't count as' interaction '. This task was too difficult.
The system probably couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him, "The so-called 'interaction' means that you have to move back and forth."
Li Yu was speechless.
Li Yu finally understood why he couldn't complete the second step smoothly even though he had put in so much effort. It was because from beginning to end, he was the only fish that moved vigorously, and King Jing didn't move at all. How could this be considered 'moving back and forth' interaction?!
Then, how could he make King Jing move?
Li Yu was lost in thought. After all, this was the tyrant master that even the seaweed dance couldn't move. Sob, sob, sob, life as a fish was too difficult.
Li Yu was concentrating on his thoughts, and Wang Xi was also staring at the fish.
King Jing had his own plans. This little carp was personally found, saved, and sent to the palace. Wang Xi had followed King Jing for many years. He knew that His Highness was cold on the outside but colder on the inside. He rarely cared about people or things. This time, he was willing to save the fish. What did this mean?
It meant that His Highness had taken a liking to this fish, and His Highness was a little interested in this fish. His Highness even ordered him to prepare a fish tank and put the fish in it. Wasn't this the attitude of raising fish?!
It didn't matter what he raised. Wang Xi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. His cold Highness finally had a trace of warmth.
Wang Xi nagged a few times, but he didn't dare to say it directly. He was afraid that if he said it out loud, King Jing's stubbornness would rise again and he wouldn't tolerate it. Therefore, he beat around the bush a lot.
He found that King Jing's eyes were following the little carp. When the little carp wriggled around, King Jing didn't make any clear expression, but he also didn't immediately turn around and leave. The little carp swam and stopped moving. King Jing's expression didn't change, but the corners of his lips, which had been raised a little, quickly fell down.
He was a little displeased.
Wang Xi saw this and was anxious in his heart. This was not the way to raise a fish. How could he just keep looking at it?
Wang Xi guessed that King Jing had never raised a fish or other living creatures before. He didn't know how to deal with it. Wang Xi probed, "Your Highness, is this fish … so hungry that it has no strength?"
Mu Tianchi quickly glanced at him.
Wang Xi knew that Mu Tianchi wanted him to continue, so he explained with a smile, "When people are hungry, they will have no strength. This old servant thinks that this fish is the same as people. It should be full to have strength. This old servant has already prepared some fish food. Why don't you let this old servant feed it? "
Mu Tianchi thought for a moment and gently nodded.
Wang Xi bowed, nimbly pulled out two bamboo boxes from his sleeves, and opened them one by one. The boxes were each filled with red and green fish food, and each of them was rubbed until they were the size of a grain of rice.
Mu Tianchi, "…"
Wang Xi picked out a few fish food and sprinkled it in the blue and white porcelain fish tank in front of King Jing.
Li Yu, who was thinking hard, smelled the aroma of food. He hadn't eaten anything after transmigrating into the fish tank, so his empty stomach immediately rumbled.
Is there something good to eat?
Li Yu looked around. Soon, the red and green particles scattered in the water attracted his attention. This thing smelled so good that it was even more tempting than the delicacies he had eaten before.
If he was hungry, he wouldn't have the strength to complete the task … Li Yu immediately convinced himself to swim over and circle around one of the red particles.
This seems to be … fish food?
He heard that fish food could be made from flour or insects. He didn't know what kind of food this was, but it smelled so good that he wanted to eat it …
On one hand, Li Yu despised himself for adapting to the taste of fish so quickly, but on the other hand, he was drooling.
In the end, his appetite defeated his self-esteem.
How … does fish eat???
Li Yu hesitantly went forward and gently poked the fish food with his fins.
Suddenly, he felt an intimidating gaze fixed on him.
Li Yu looked up and saw King Jing's dark eyes staring at him without blinking.
Li Yu: "…"
He wanted to be more elegant and use his fins to "hold" the fish food before eating. What if King Jing noticed something was wrong …
Although King Jing was mute, he was very smart!
Li Yu quickly grabbed the fish food with his mouth and slipped into the water grass quilt.
It was inexplicably embarrassing for him to eat fish food in front of King Jing. It was better for him to hide it and eat it again. After eating, he could continue the task.
The delicious fish food quickly melted in his mouth. Li Yu ate a few mouthfuls. This is great! It's made from flour!
But why does this rich taste so much like fish-flavored shredded pork?
… Whatever. As long as Li Yu had something to eat, it was fine. Fish-Flavored shredded pork was good. At least, it comforted him that he couldn't eat human food.
Li Yu quickly ate the whole red fish food. He was still very hungry, so he planned to go out and look for a few more.
Because he knew that King Jing was looking at him, he was afraid that he would be found strange. Every time he found a piece, he would eat it sneakily and then come out to look for another one.
Gradually, he found that the red fish food tasted better than the green fish food, and the green fish food tasted a little bland.
King Jing watched the little carp eat for a long time with a heavy gaze.
For a moment, he felt that the little carp's action of poking the fish food with his fins was a little like a human's.