Slacking Off, but the One I'm Fishing for Is the Mermaid Emperor

[Naturally Airheaded, Clearheaded and Foolish College Student x Violent, Arrogant Merman Emperor]

[The boss is paying me way too much. I feel guilty taking it, and I keep thinking I should eat a little more. What should I do? Help! Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent!]

Late at night, an anonymous post appeared on a forum and quickly attracted the attention of concerned citizens.

Kind passerby: Believe in yourself, poster. You deserve this! Those awful capitalists... (100 words omitted here)

Lou Xi looked at the sweet pastries in his hand, then...

Munch, munch, munch.

Curious passerby: Am I the only one who wants to know how many star coins the poster makes?

Lou Xi (on the anonymous board): Ten thousand.

As everyone knows, property near the Ellers Palace costs ten thousand per square meter.

Curious passerby: Per year? That's not bad. Don't feel guilty, poster~

Lou Xi stared at the ten thousand star coins sitting hot in his account, thought for a moment, and decided not to tell the netizens that this was his monthly salary.

Upright passerby: If you feel guilty, poster, you could work on improving your skills.

Lou Xi thought that was very reasonable. He opened a browser to study, only to find that the search results were completely blank. He might be the first person ever to do this job.

Loser passerby: Heh, everyone knows what kind of work the poster does [smirk.jpg]

Lou Xi didn't catch the implication. He simply thought the person was asking what his job was. But bound by a confidentiality agreement, all he could type was:

[My job is slacking off in the palace.]

Loser (having a meltdown): No way! How can someone make this much money while slacking off?

Warm steam filled a room in the Ellers Palace. Lou Xi sat on the soft bed, wiping off his phone screen as he thought about how to reply to the netizens.

Suddenly, with a deafening crash, a huge splash flew up and soaked him from head to toe. His phone was no exception.

Vero, ruler of Ellers, possessed boundless wealth and power, and was strong enough to look down on all things.

At that moment, he lazily lifted his pale eyelids, revealing a pair of deep blue eyes beneath them, their undisguised aggression brewing like raging waves in an ancient sea.

His powerful chest was bare, and his whole body was half-hidden in the mist rising from the enormous pool.

Beneath the water, a massive silver-blue shadow was faintly visible, making the surface shimmer.

Vero fixed his gaze on the figure on the bed, dissatisfaction filling his face. His three-meter-long silver-blue tail sliced through the calm water and slammed against the pool wall, sending countless splashes flying.

Then Lou Xi heard him say:

"Come here. Touch me."

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