Operation Red Book

"Click——"

"Ouch!"

Ivy stumbled and nearly fell headfirst.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhu was right next to her. After releasing the time control, he quickly supported her.

Not only Ivy, but everyone in the conference room returned to their original seats, as if the commotion just now had never happened.

But Jacob's messy hair and crooked glasses clearly confirmed the reality of the battle just now.

This is a bit confusing...

Ivy frowned unconsciously and turned her gaze to Mr. Zhu who had just passed by her.

Mr. Zhu looked exhausted, completely lacking the arrogance and frivolity he had at the Chinese wharf.

It seems that this incident really caused him great trouble.

The tiger was bullied by the dog when he was in trouble. However, I don’t know whether this dog is the devil Jasper or his assistant Zhao Minghua...

Mr. Zhu walked to the table silently and looked around at the members of SCO.

Ivy saw him quietly roll his eyes in a subtle disdain.

This emotion was quickly resolved by the sudden rise in seriousness. He locked onto a target, frowned slightly, and then slowly pointed a finger at the man:

"That scarred guy, was it you who said that just now?"

Everyone looked in the direction of Mr. Zhu's finger at Alexander at the end of the square table, and everyone's eyes were full of curiosity.

Alexander did not answer. He lowered his eyes, sighed, and slowly stood up.

"What did he say?"

' asked Holmes, his face wrinkled.

"He said he saw a mermaid."

Luna answered Holmes' question on behalf of Mr. Zhu, which made everyone's expressions more colorful.

"Correct."

Alexander admitted quietly as he ripped open his coat, revealing his solid, muscular body, and then pulled a black rope out of his tights.

The black rope was neither long nor short, almost reaching his chest.

The highlight is the bottom of the black rope, where a colorful shell-shaped scale is tied, radiating a mysterious luster like the stained glass in a church.

"This is the scale on the side of the mermaid. At that time, I was shot in the leg and fell from the warship into the ocean. My life was hanging by a thread."

"She swam up from the bottom of the sea to save me. I survived, but she was shot through the heart by shrapnel from the sea."

"The Little Mermaid!" Thomas exclaimed. "I said Alice was real!"

"She saved you and was caught in the crossfire for you. Not only are you not grateful, but you even broke her scales?"

Hilda looked at Alexander in horror, and together with Bell, she pointed at his nose: "Shame on you!"

"She broke it off and gave it to me before she died. I fished her out on the boat, put her in a coffin, and sank it to the bottom of the sea. Now the matter is over."

Alexander explained seriously.

"Do you remember what she looked like?"

Ivy took out her ink pen and asked.

Alexander stroked the beautiful scales with his fingers, his eyes dreamy, and he was lost in memories from several years ago:

"She was very beautiful, with beautiful long black hair."

"The upper body is a naked female body, and the lower body is a beautiful colorful fish tail."

"When I woke up, I saw her smiling. She didn't have fangs, pointy ears, or the scary look you described."

"Her eyes are light yellow. I have never seen such a beautiful color on an Oriental face..."

"Wait!" Ivy raised her head suddenly, "Oriental?"

"Ok?"

Not only Ivy, but everyone in the conference room also expressed doubts.

"Where were you?"

"East China Sea."

"what are you doing?"

"fight."

"Who to hit"

"Qing army."

"Oh..."

Everyone shook their heads again. This time, the people they were watching were two Chinese people on the other side of the meeting room.

But Ivy and Mr. Zhu were unusually calm. They looked at each other and shrugged at the others.

Also, during this period, all those who fled from China to London were poor people who hated the Qing Dynasty.

"But are there mermaids in China too?" Bell asked.

Ivy scratched her neck, blinked and said:

"I've never heard of it... But according to Mr. Alexander's description, it seems to be completely different from the Western image of mermaids..."

"Because that's not a mermaid, it's a merman."

Mr. Zhu spoke slowly. He took a sip of tea, and his calm tone aroused the curiosity of everyone in the room.

"The origin of mermaids is very old, and there are relevant records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"The tail of a fish is a human body, tears become pearls, good at weaving, kind-hearted."

"Legend has it that the corpse oil refined by mermaids will last forever after being ignited. The most widely circulated rumor is that the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum used a large number of mermaid candles as perpetual lamps in the underground palace."

"In the legends I know, mermaids are beautiful, their tears are pearls, and the scales on their tails are gems."

“They have kind hearts and are protectors of the ocean.”

"Legend has it that people who are shipwrecked at sea will meet a mermaid if they are destined to do so. If they offer their souls to the mermaid, it will help them realize their last wish..."

"Wow! The Little Mermaid of the East!"

Thomas exclaimed sincerely, his eyes sparkling with lovely innocence.

"So, the question now is..."

Mr. Zhu put down his teacup and coughed twice.

"I learned that they were killed in the border waters, so..."

"Are they mermaids or mermen?"