My Mr. Mermaid

Untitled Part 31

Chapter 31 by ryuxenji

Yun Duo and Lin Zi stayed at the highlands training base for two days. Besides the swimming team, they also took the chance to interview the two provincial track teams who were training there as well. The structure and facilities of the highlands training base were pretty good, but unfortunately, its surroundings were especially undisturbed — pure wild nature — so there was nothing much fun to do. Lin Zi was still making noise about going to Qinghai Lake which was about 100 km away; Yun Duo told him to go on his own. In the end, he could only follow her back to City-B.

Meanwhile, Tang Yi-Bai had to stay and train at the base for another half a month.

When they returned to the office, Yun Duo was once again extremely busy. She was responsible for covering the water events, which not only encompassed news on swimming, but also diving and synchronised swimming. Moreover, as she was still a junior reporter, she would occasionally be conscripted by the more senior reporters to run errands for them. The good news was that Qian Xu-Dong's attitude towards Yun Duo had improved noticeably — at least, they looked amicable from appearances — so the budding malicious rumours from before had no chance to spread any further.

Frankly, Yun Duo really wanted to know who had been acting against her from behind the scenes. However, she truly could not figure out who she had offended and even Lin Zi could not think of anything, so she could only let it be.

In the blink of an eye, April was coming to an end. On this day, Yun Duo was working overtime in the office to finish up a manuscript on a diving tournament when she received a WeChat message from Tang Yi-Bai.

Tang Yi-Bai: What are you doing? Are you done with work?

Yun Duo: Overtime. qaq

Tang Yi-Bai: Till what time?

Yun Duo: Don't know, but it'll be very late. Publishing tomorrow.

Yun Duo: What's up?

Tang Yi-Bai: I'm home now, and I was thinking to treat you to dinner today. This meal has been delayed for two months already.

Yun Duo: Is your house nearby?

Tang Yi-Bai: Yes.

Yun Duo: Today won't work, I think. I don't even know when I'll be done with work ...

Tang Yi-Bai: How about supper?

Yun Duo: No. You should rest early. Treat me another day. (*^__^*)

Tang Yi-Bai: It's not safe to go home too late.

Yun Duo: It's fine, it's fine. I have a minion to send me home.

As Yun Duo sent out the message, she raised her head to glance at Lin Zi seated at his desk in front of her. He was currently sprawled over his table, sleeping, his body rising and falling evenly with his breaths. It had to be said that, of this minion Lin Zi, even though his professional skills had yet to show up, he was very loyal. When he found out that Yun Duo had to work overtime, he stayed back as well without being asked to wait to send her home. She needed to walk for about 15 minutes from her agency to the place she was renting. Honestly, Yun Duo was not that afraid — she felt that City-B was very safe. After all, it was the capital of the country. However, recently, the public security bureau had issued several wanted notices within the neighbourhood, trying to hunt down a fugitive murderer. After Lin Zi found out about it, he constantly felt as if his life was under threat, and he had even cautioned Yun Duo more than once to be careful. Thus, he was worried about her going home alone at night after her overtime this time.

Yun Duo was very touched by this. She had come here to the North on her own to work and forge a life for herself, so her life was really lacking in love and care — every bit of kindness others gave to her was like sweet rain during a long drought. What's more, Lin Zi was being more than a little bit nice to her.