Quick Wear: Don't come over here, you are looking for trouble

Zhang Tai failed to leave.

He received a phone call and there was a strange man's voice on the other end of the line.

"Zhang Tai, right?"

Zhang Tai was shocked. He was afraid that Pei Xun regretted his decision, and he tried to hang up the phone in a panic.

But at this moment, he heard a more familiar voice, which said, "…It's me, don't hang up."

It’s the voice of a mermaid. How could it be the voice of a mermaid?

He should be free in the sea now, how could he contact me through the phone?

He had a lot of questions that got stuck in his throat all at once, so he quickly put the phone back to his ear, "Where are you? Didn't they send you back to the sea? No, no one caught you, did they?"

The mermaid asked: "Are you coming to meet me?"

As soon as Xu Bai's voice came out, Zhang Tai no longer cared about any "trap". All his thoughts were thrown out of the window. He agreed without hesitation, "Of course!"

The speaker was on, so Pei He could hear their entire conversation.

Just from these few sentences, Pei He could judge what Zhang Tai was thinking, so he moved the phone away from Xu Bai's lips and gave an address himself.

This is the current residence.

There are no taxis available at this time, and the buses haven't started yet. There is really no means of transportation.

Zhang Tai recalled the mermaid's words over and over in his mind, feeling a mixture of ups and downs. He had already thought that it would be impossible for him to meet the mermaid again in this lifetime, but he didn't expect to receive this call in less than ten minutes.

like a dream.

Without caring about anything else, Zhang Tai grinned and ran towards the address as fast as he could.

It wasn’t particularly far, and Zhang Tai ran very fast. He didn’t want to stop until a strong smell of blood spread from his mouth.

Various emotions intertwined together, the young man panted and rang the doorbell in sweat.

It was Pei He who opened the door.

He nodded, moved aside to let Zhang Tai in, and then glanced behind him inconspicuously.

It was empty, and there was no other person in sight.

Pei He led him in. Zhang Tai pulled his clothes awkwardly and looked at Pei He carefully. He was not sure about Pei He's identity, nor did he know if he had picked up the mermaid again. After calming down a little, he began to regret his recklessness. What if the person who asked him to come was not a good person? Wouldn't that be "losing both the wife and the army"?

"Inside." Pei He pointed in the direction, "You can chat."

He did not follow in, but turned around and sat down on the sofa in the living room. Both Yu and the man looked innocent, so Pei He was not worried at all.

Zhang Tai saw Xu Bai curled up in the bathtub. He looked very bad, but he was in good spirits. He smiled at the familiar face, and could vaguely see a bit of innocence in him. "See you again."

"..."

This is what it feels like to be homesick.

Xu Bai was not in a hurry. He just smiled and waited for Zhang Tai's response, watching the sweat on Zhang Tai's forehead flow down his cheeks and his neck and ears turn red.

"Why are you on shore again?"

Zhang Tai wanted to move forward, but he felt that he was sweaty all over. He rubbed his hands uncomfortably and said, "It's very dangerous on the shore, and... you can't tell the good guys from the bad guys. It's safer to stay in the sea."

It might be dangerous on the shore, but now…now he couldn't even go back to the sea.

The corners of his mouth that were forced to curl up finally drooped, revealing his true emotions, "I can't go back—"

"Zhang Tai." Because he was not used to this name, his pronunciation was not standard. Tears rolled down his cheeks and turned into pearls. "I can't go back to the sea..."

The young man was stunned for a moment. He didn't react. He just stared into the mermaid's eyes and clearly saw the pleading in his eyes.

In the past, mermaids would not have had these in their eyes.

Zhang Tai pursed his lips, which were dry from running and excitement, and a wave of emotions enveloped him at the same time. A shudder went up his spine and his palms clenched with shaking hands.

"You..." His upper and lower lips seemed to be glued together, opening and closing with difficulty. Zhang Tai didn't know what to say, nor how to comfort him. He took a few steps forward hesitantly and put his palm on Xu Bai's shoulder, "Don't be sad, even if you can't go back to the sea..."

I can’t go on.

The mermaid's tail constantly reminds people that he is not a land creature, and the gradually darkening scales show that he is not well taken care of.

When he was in the research institute, Zhang Tai knew a little about the mermaids.

There was no way the two of them could continue the topic.

"How did you get here? That man, how did you get to know him?"

Zhang Tai glanced outside and spoke softly, as if he was on guard against something.

Xu Bai was always willing to tell Zhang Tai anything, so Zhang Tai learned the purpose of the mermaid coming ashore.

After hearing Xu Bai's trembling voice telling him "how he was hated by the relatives of his former friend, and how he escaped covered in wounds", Zhang Tai's body twitched violently, and then his lips began to tremble uncontrollably.

It turns out that all this was caused by him...all caused by him.

Even if it was not out of his own will, those "friends" and "partners" died one by one at his hands.

The fish named "A Xiong" was probably the one whose meat he melted and made into a specimen - because there was a minor problem during the final splicing and restoration, the remaining bones were taken away by Wang Jing for processing.

If it is not processed, it is very likely to be dumped directly into the sea.

That's why it was discovered by the fish's relatives.

Zhang Tai's heart was hung by a sharp silk thread, dangling in the air with blood, unable to fall to the ground.

His lips trembled, and he suddenly realized that he was not worthy of standing with the mermaid.

Xu Bai: [His panic is written all over his face, ugh.] He is obviously guilty.

Even so, Xu Bai still looked unaware, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Tai had already run away, and now he was panicked and nervous, his mouth was dry and he was swallowing saliva desperately to moisten his throat.

He didn't dare to say what he had done, nothing. Zhang Tai, who had never been used to lying, had a changing expression on his face, blinking his eyes, "I... I was thinking, if your friends knew that you had gone through so much trouble to find them, they would be very happy."

"……maybe."

The mermaid guessed that perhaps her friend was no longer around.

But when I hear someone comforting me, I still feel like crying.

People always have to hold on to some hope, and the same goes for fish.

Zhang Tai learned that it was the man who opened the door for him who saved him.

But the mermaid cannot live in such an environment for a long time. If he stays in this small, lifeless pool of sea water, he will die soon.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, all escape routes are blocked.

There is only one way left for Xu Bai, which is death.

Unable to return to the sea, and unable to survive on land, Zhang Tai did not dare to tell the truth at this time. He looked at the pale and beautiful face in front of him with almost greed, deceiving himself and thinking - it was Pei Xun's instructions. If Pei Xun had not asked him to do so, he would never have done this, so, so don't blame me, don't blame me...

Yes, everyone is being forced, everyone has their own reasons and can be hurt.

There is only one mermaid.

But he was the most innocent one involved.