My Mr. Mermaid

Untitled Part 80

Chapter 80 by ryuxenji

Tang Yi-Bai's words made Yun Duo's heart twinge. She also really wanted to stay behind to take care of Tang Yi-Bai, but she just didn't know if the centre would agree. Addressing her concerns, Tang Yi-Bai said, "Leave this sort of things for Coach Wu to worry about. You go and prepare. But..."

At the thought that Duoduo had only requested for 2 days of leave, Tang Yi-Bai was sad again. Didn't she still have to go to work after two days anyway? Meanwhile, there was no telling how long he would have to stay here.

Thinking about it, Tang Yi-Bai said to Yun Duo, "Duoduo, why don't you apply for a few more days of leave?"

"How long?"

"One month?"

A month? The entire winter vacation was about a month! Yun Duo hesitated. "I don't mind, but Director Liu will definitely never agree."

"Here, give me your phone. I'll talk to him."

With no illness or any other urgent matter, it was indeed rather too much to ask for a long leave of absence. Moreover, Yun Duo's agency was currently short-staffed — how could they permit a reporter employed full-time to leave for as long as a month? Therefore, to persuade Director Liu, some incentive must be given. Tang Yi-Bai instantly saw the key to the matter. He said to Director Liu, "Director Liu, I can discuss with the team so that while Yun Duo is on leave, she can provide current reports on my recovery. What do you think?"

This was a great temptation. Right now, the desire for news of Tang Yi-Bai's condition in the outside world had exceeded Director Liu's expectations. Leaving aside the hardcore swimming fans, there were still many people who had become swimming fans only because of Tang Yi-Bai, and also the three generations of women who did not care much for swimming but who had fallen deeply for Tang Yi-Bai's good looks... even his 15-year old niece was asking about Tang Yi-Bai.

Occasionally, Director Liu would lament that this world was too shallow, biased towards superficial beauty, but that was the reality of things, so the journalists had to accept it and work with it. Thus, if he truly could secure the rights to conduct real-time reporting on Tang Yi-Bai, the sales of their publication would definitely climb significantly. This was beyond doubt. In addition, "obtaining exclusive insider news which would then be reposted by other peers in the field" — this feeling was the pleasure of every person who worked in journalism, and Director Liu was no exception.

And so Director Liu quickly accepted Tang Yi-Bai's terms.

Yun Duo was impressed by Tang Yi-Bai. She said, "I have always found Director Liu hard to deal with. Why is he like putty before you?"

Tang Yi-Bai merely smiled in response. He returned Yun Duo's phone to her and asked, "What shall we have for lunch?"

"What do you want to eat? I took a look at the canteen earlier and they had quite a lot of dishes today. I can buy you whatever you want to eat, or we can order in. The nurse left a menu just now."

Such a thoughtful girlfriend. Tang Yi-Bai could not bear to see her running around tiring herself, so he said, "Let's order in."

The two of them ordered 4 dishes and a serving of soup, two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. Tang Yi-Bai could not hold his chopsticks in his left hand, so Yun Duo gave him a small plastic spoon. But the plastic spoon was small and soft, very inconvenient to use. He did not like it, so he threw it aside and then turned to Yun Duo with an open mouth. "Feed me."

Fine. The heavens and the earth are great, but a patient is of the greatest importance.

Yun Duo used her chopsticks to bring some food right up to his lips. A piece of mushroom, and then a chunk of beef, and then some fish... Tang Yi-Bai did not even spare a glance to see what was at his lips; he ate whatever Yun Duo fed him. He kept staring at her, his gaze clinging to her like spider's silk, never once leaving her face.