Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 362 - 12: This Fishpond’s Cannon Fodder Is Contracted (Part 12)

Chapter 362: Chapter 12: This Fishpond’s Cannon Fodder Is Contracted (Part 12)

"Cutting off the fin membranes and trimming the fins is simpler than eating fish."

Gao Qingjue hesitated and glanced at Ren Yan.

Ren Yan’s eyes were already red, and her frail body trembled slightly, as if she might faint at any moment, making her look pitiful.

Gao Qingjue looked at her, feeling truly conflicted.

"Director, the mermaid is already on the brink of death. Cutting its fins might really kill it."

"Do you, and the three of you, know what you’re here for?"

Jiang Lai stood on the lab table, gazing flatly at the four of them.

Hu Xintong was the first to speak.

"Our institute researches mysterious creatures, and you, Director, are the top expert in this field. We are here as novice interns to learn from you."

Jiang Lai nodded, then looked at Gao Qingjue.

"Do you think what she said makes sense?"

"Yes."

"Then if you’re not doing your job properly here, you’re wasting your time and impacting others. Given that, I can only say I’m sorry; you don’t need to come in tomorrow."

Gao Qingjue jerked his head up; the moment he heard Jiang Lai’s last sentence, his heart nearly stopped.

Panic and helplessness enveloped him, prompting him to instinctively step forward and pick up the scissors from the lab table.

"I’m sorry, Director. Give me another chance, and I’ll do what I should be doing."

With that, he directly cut through the newly grown fin membrane on the mermaid’s dorsal fin with the scissors.

It must have hurt, but the mermaid didn’t move. It just woke up, and its eyes were filled with terrifying hatred as it stared at Jiang Lai.

Gao Qingjue looked at Jiang Lai, his eyes full of pleading.

"Director, please give me another chance; I promise not to do anything meaningless again."

"I can give you another chance, handle this mermaid properly."

This time, without any hesitation, Gao Qingjue picked up the scissors, with no trace of the humanitarian and kind compassion that had just impacted him, only the thoughts of future and destiny.

Throughout, Ren Yan, standing by the side, said nothing.

Because Gao Qingjue was an example, Jiang Lai suspected that someone among them was contacting the mermaid secretly, so she did this to find that person.

Ren Yan lowered her head, silently comforting herself.

She had to stay because only by staying could she continue to protect the mermaid. Only when the mermaid was free could she be free.

Fortunately, Jiang Lai didn’t make things more difficult for Gao Qingjue and directly let them all leave.

"Why keep him? Why not take this opportunity to kick him out? Otherwise, if the heroine cries, he’ll definitely soften again."

Little Buding didn’t understand Jiang Lai’s actions.

"Liang Gao left because he’s useful; Gao Qingjue doesn’t need to leave because he’s not. Cowardly and timid, indecisive, he can’t help Ren Yan."

"I don’t understand; you might as well just kick him out."

"If I kick him out, who’s going to do the chores for me? Who’s going to serve tea, pour water, and clean up? Training another one will take three months and probably won’t be as good as Gao Qingjue. It’s better to just make do."

Jiang Lai was now clear-headed and rational; in her eyes, people weren’t divided into good and bad, but useful and useless.

Following that, things indeed went as Jiang Lai expected. Gao Qingjue worked harder, not daring to slack off, and seeing this, Zhou Liang also worked quietly and diligently.

In short, busy people don’t have time for idle thoughts.

When Ren Yan looked for Gao Qingjue, except for work-related matters, he hardly concerned himself with anything else.

"I’ve thought about it. I’m just a plain person, and the Director’s right; remember why you came here.

You should also remember, our job is to research mermaids. If you think this job is not good, you can change to another job; there’s no need to continue torturing yourself here while also thinking of... dragging others down."

When he nearly got kicked out before, Zhou Liang and Hu Xintong had spoken up for him, but what about Ren Yan? She didn’t even lift her head the entire time, fearing she’d get involved.

He risked himself to help her, only to almost end up being the one who got shot down.

Gao Qingjue didn’t blame Jiang Lai for being too harsh; on the contrary, he felt Jiang Lai should be like this.

He only blamed Ren Yan.

It was fine if she didn’t care about her own future, but she also wanted to drag others down.

Ren Yan couldn’t believe how cruel and heartless Gao Qingjue’s words were.

"Gao Qingjue, I’ve seen through you now." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"You should’ve seen through me long ago. I won’t tell the Director what you’ve done, but I advise you to stop doing foolish things. If the mermaid escapes, we’ll all be punished."

Ren Yan was so angry, she almost cried, and seeing her about to cry again, Gao Qingjue turned and left.

"Tears lose their value when shed too often."

"You will regret it; you and Jiang Lai are the same. Your compassion has been eaten by dogs; people like you will face retribution sooner or later!"

Ren Yan cried for a long time.

Liang Gao, Gao Qingjue, these men who promised to help her, once faced with the threat of their own survival, all showed their hypocritical true colors.

She should have known; this world has long been rotten.

Without Gao Qingjue’s help and with the stringent security, Ren Yan could no longer access the place where the mermaid was held.

Occasionally, she could only follow behind Jiang Lai to catch a glimpse of them.

She knew that Jiang Lai had been secretly researching a Little Mermaid privately. No one was observing this process, and each time Jiang Lai entered in the morning and exited at night, she spent nearly ten hours alone with the mermaid.

What does this mean?

What is Jiang Lai trying to do?

Ren Yan was very curious because she knew Jiang Lai couldn’t possibly get along peacefully with the mermaid; the mermaid hated Jiang Lai and wished to kill her every moment.

Yet now Jiang Lai had isolated herself with the mermaid for as long as ten hours. Wasn’t she afraid the mermaid would suddenly attack and tear her apart?

Or was she secretly keeping the mermaid under the guise of research?

The more Ren Yan thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

Jiang Lai could very well have chosen a juvenile mermaid to toy with for her amusement.

And that innocent Little Mermaid might already have been deceived by her.

Mermaids are so pure—how dare someone like Jiang Lai treat him this way!

Ren Yan was in a panic.

Because she always thought she was the only human who could get close to the mermaid; she was special, born with a soul akin to the mermaid’s.

What if Jiang Lai gained the mermaid’s trust through despicable means?

Thinking of this, she became restless, wishing she could just kick open the door Jiang Lai had locked to see what illegal research she was conducting.

Just when Ren Yan was at a loss, a few unfamiliar faces suddenly appeared in the usually secluded base.

From the conversation between Zhou Liang and Hu Xintong, Ren Yan learned that the investors behind the experimental base had arrived.

Although it was a national project, it could also accept private investment, and Ren Yan had met this boss before.