Time Travel: The Heroine Has Arrived!-Chapter 1566: Other People’s "Mermaid" vs. Competitive Villain (Part 55)

But soon, he knew whom Gu Shengyin was going to meet.

The address Gu Shengyin mentioned was the Mermaid Prison in the Imperial Capital.

Based on Raymond’s understanding of Gu Shengyin, the only person who could appear in the Mermaid Prison and be related to his little mermaid was the mermaid who had been detained for intending to harm Tiana.

Wasn’t it someone named Audrey?

But now, Audrey was not just detained.

She had already been sentenced — thirteen years of imprisonment and providing genetic research samples to the Empire without compensation.

The former is acceptable, but the latter punishment is truly severe.

Providing research samples without compensation means Audrey will never have freedom for the rest of her life.

Even if she is released after serving her sentence, it would be like jumping from one prison without freedom to another "prison" without freedom.

Providing genetic research samples without time limits means that Audrey’s entire life has been "sold" to the Empire Research Institute.

She cannot marry, nor can she maintain close relationships with anyone; every part of her body will be used as research material.

No death penalty exists for mermaids, even those serious criminals; once caught, they receive the same treatment as Audrey.

Clearly, someone doesn’t want Audrey to have it easy.

Audrey’s family tried many ways and begged many people, but no one dared to intervene in this matter.

Because they all knew who was behind Audrey’s situation.

Someone wanted her to live a life worse than death, and they simply couldn’t change it.

Marshal Raymond’s arrival made the Warden of the Mermaid Prison very uneasy; he didn’t know why this person suddenly came here.

Raymond waved his hand and said his fiancée wanted to see a mermaid, which finally set the warden at ease.

He was really worried that he was here for a surprise inspection or something similar.

Gu Shengyin saw Audrey in a small room.

It was indeed a very small room; apart from a white bed and a white cabinet roughly the height of an adult’s waist, there was nothing else.

Audrey, wearing a gray top, sat on the bed staring at the wall in a daze.

Hearing some movement, she turned around somewhat sluggishly, and upon seeing Gu Shengyin’s face, her pupils shrank, and she immediately lowered her head.

Clearly, she didn’t want her former rival — as she perceived — to see her in this state.

But even that one glance allowed Gu Shengyin to see her appearance clearly.

Audrey looked much more haggard.

The face that was always rosy and glowing was now merely pale, and the vibrant brows and eyes drooped under the shackles of this lack of freedom.

Her long, seaweed-like flaxen hair had become straw-yellow.

Audrey, as a whole, seemed aged.

This aging was not about her looks, but her spirit.

She still appeared quite young, but when one looked at her, one would never think this was a mermaid who had just come of age not long ago.

Judging from her appearance, the past few months hadn’t gone well for Audrey.

Perhaps the prolonged silence made Audrey uneasy; she suddenly raised her head, glaring at Gu Shengyin: "What are you here for? To laugh at me?"

Only then did she notice the man standing protectively beside Gu Shengyin in a defensive posture. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Audrey’s heart trembled — she knew him.

In the entire Empire, there was no one who didn’t know this man.