The gloomy and crazy Master is drooling over me

The uppers of his shoes were soaked by sea water and his feet felt damp. Yu Mian took off his shoes and walked barefoot on the beach.

Walking on the waves, before the waves completely hit us, we dug out the clams on the ground and threw them into a small cloth bag that we had tied up. There were also sea anemones, crabs, moon shells, clams...

The various small seafoods made the cloth bag sink into a tight arc, but the brocade material was not afraid of being torn by the weight.

Sheng Qing followed behind him, his footsteps always about a foot off the ground, stepping in the air, each step creating a shallow ripple of Taoism, his eyes fixed on Yu Mian's figure.

Step by step, following in her footsteps.

Like some childish game.

"Shengqing, can we eat these?" Yu Mian held up his cloth bag, which was bulging with what must be more than ten pounds of food, and was still dripping with seeping seawater.

The fishy smell of fresh seafood is very light, but it cannot escape the extremely sensitive scent perception of snakes. Sheng Qing paused and subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but he resisted the urge to retreat.

"Maybe it's edible?" Sheng Qing looked carefully at the things inside through the cloth. They were dirty, small, and covered with mud and sand.

"You and I already have spiritual bodies, so ordinary poisons can't interfere much. Just eat." She made some mental preparations before deciding to follow Yu Mian to taste the fruits of her labor.

Yu Mian grinned upon hearing this, with a hint of joy in his eyes: "Really? I just happened to have the seasoning that Miao Jun gave me!"

……

One day later.

Dusk came again, sinking from the southwest sea, leaving behind a faint afterglow, stretching the two figures on the beach to infinity.

The dim fire, the precious spiritual tree branches, and two figures sitting facing the fire.

Sheng Qing sat quietly aside, the firelight dividing her face into several blocks of light and dark in a very artistic way, highlighting the three-dimensionality and depth of her facial features.

The stars in her eyes swayed with the joy of the firelight, and the competitive atmosphere in them was approaching its climax bit by bit. Her provocation during the day had made "her" a little angry, and she became more and more annoyed.

However, she still wanted to show Mian'er some scenes that she hadn't finished watching, and she was reluctant to let her go.

High-end spiritual wood is used as fire starter, and the flame burns evenly without the crackling sound of ordinary wood. Yu Mian wrapped one of the branches with spiritual power and changed its shape.

The flame straightened up even more.

With simple seasonings, she roasted some shells and crabs. She was about to peel them, but Sheng Qing raised his hand to stop her. With a light snap of his fingers, the cooked and clean crab meat appeared in the shell dish.

"Ah, thank you!" Yu Mian whispered in surprise. She was indeed not smart enough and did not think of the simplest method at the first time.

When I was learning how to distinguish the medicinal materials for alchemy, I could do it easily, but I was not very good at applying them in my daily life.

Looking at the food on the plate, she randomly picked up some to taste. It tasted okay, but not as good as Senior Sister Pei Zhiqing's cooking. It was better in terms of freshness.

After taking a few bites, she pursed her lips. In fact, she wanted to ask one thing, which was...

Are they going to merge?

I had roughly guessed it when I was carrying Shengqing on my back on the road, so I felt a little distressed and paid more attention to him.

In fact, I am still happy in my heart that Sheng Qing is finally complete, but from the perspective of consciousness alone, even if she is a remnant soul with only a piece of memory, who can say that she has not lived independently?

From the beginning to the end, Yu Mian never confused the two of them. She would be polite, caring and sympathetic to the other person, but... when it comes to love, something always feels wrong.

"You..." She mustered up the courage to ask.

"Well, what's wrong?" Sheng Qing's dazed look suddenly became alive like a canvas dyed with colors, and the look he gave her was hotter than a bonfire.

With this interruption, Yu Mian didn't know how to continue asking, so he handed over a crab claw in his hand, "...Do you want to eat crabs?"

“Okay…” Sheng Qing accepted it happily. His eyes did not fall on the crab handed over to him. He still stared at Yu Mian, raised his eyebrows slightly, and opened his mouth slightly.

Yu Mian looked at this action and a row of black lines appeared on his head. It was obvious that he wanted someone to feed him, right?

It's just that the half face is hidden in the shadow after turning away from the light, half warm and half cold, as if it is split into yin and yang.

Her heart suddenly softened, and she handed it over gently, "Remember to chew it well, otherwise you won't be able to taste it."

Sheng Qing stopped his action of closing his mouth and preparing to swallow it, held it in his mouth and tried to chew it with his teeth, and swallowed it after three or two bites.

She hadn't eaten food for a long time.

The taste of the food is very unique, a bit fresh, soft and chewy with the unique silky texture of seafood, and slightly sweet.

I don’t know whether it tastes good or not, but it’s edible anyway.

"How does it feel? Is it delicious?" Yu Mian has always been curious about whether snakes' taste buds are different from those of humans, and why Sheng Qing doesn't like to eat at all.

Apart from feeding herself, she seemed to have never eaten on her own initiative.

The beauty beside him nodded gently, her voice clear and hoarse, and she replied slowly: "It's delicious..." Her expression was serious and she didn't lie at all, as if even if Yu Mian stuffed a stone into her mouth, she could chew it up and swallow it, and still answer as usual, it's delicious...

Her love, with its extreme insistence that she is the only one who can belong to him, is like the endless sea at night, enough to sink everything.

Yu Mian silently withdrew her hand, her fingertips rubbing against each other. She didn't know how to respond.

But the silent response is the most hurtful.

Sheng Qing suddenly smiled brilliantly, a smile reflected by the firelight, like a king rushing towards the fire at Lu Tai, with a look of desperate calmness, and she suddenly understood.

I...have no chance of winning...

Why was I the first one to meet someone, but ended up with such a result? So... I am not myself, am I just a fragment of the past?

Sheng Qing suddenly approached, put his arms around Yu Mian's waist, looked down at her, and asked sadly, "Mian'er...will you remember me?"

"Ah?" Yu Mian subconsciously leaned back, but her neck was held down by five slender, cold fingers, stopping her from leaving. She blinked twice, not knowing why he suddenly asked this question.

"Of course, how could I forget you." She nodded and made a promise. Monks have excellent memories, and their past memories will be engraved more and more clearly.

"I will definitely not forget you." She repeated it again, doubly confirming it.

...But you...clearly forgot about me just once...little liar.

"Well, I know that Mian'er will remember me for thousands of years." Sheng Qing put his arm around her waist and leaned gently on her shoulder. For the first time, he took the initiative to eat food, snatched Yu Mian's favorite crab legs, snatched shells, and chewed clams...

It was the first time that Yu Mian saw Sheng Qing eating so much. She was a little flustered and tried to grab the food from her: “Hey! Don’t grab it. I haven’t eaten yet!”

Shengqing seemed to do it on purpose. He took more and more. His mouth was like a bottomless pit and it was all empty in a moment.

This little bit of food is not even a drop in the bucket to fill her stomach.

"Mian'er, what else do you want to eat?" Sheng Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at the undulating sea surface. In an instant, dozens of fish seemed to have grown wings and flew towards the campfire.

It didn't look big from a distance, but when it fell to the ground, Yu Mian opened his eyes and saw that it was a fish bigger than himself. It had a familiar appearance, a smooth streamlined body, a blunt snout, and a horizontal tail fin.

Isn't this a dolphin?

"This doesn't taste good, shall we let it go?" Yu Mian looked at the animals that were fluttering in the sand with a dazed look on their faces, raised his hands and used his spiritual power to lift them back to the surface of the sea.

But he was hit by the sand that was flapped up by his tail fin.

Sheng Qing raised his hand to block it, and said in a voice without any emotion: "If we let them go now, they will die."

"Why?" Yu Mian wanted to turn around and ask, but his eyes were attracted by a light blue rippling sea line in the distance. His eyes were fixed on the disordered light spots that did not look like those emitted by algae in the water.

It seems more like it was created by spiritual power.

Sheng Qing's eyes relaxed for a moment, as he had achieved his purpose of coming here.

"Mermaid Bridal Hunt." Her peripheral vision fell on the dozens of 'fish' that were feeling somewhat uncomfortable. She waved her hand and condensed dozens of water balls, letting them float in them. Then she took Yu Mian and headed towards the sea.

It was the first time that Yu Mian heard the term "mermaid marriage hunting". He followed Shengsheng Qing to the top of the waves and saw circles of blue chains, tightening like a fishing net to hunt.

And in the blue hunting ground, there are piles of fish and sea beasts...

"What kind of custom is this?" She pointed at a circle of blue fluorescent circles below that looked like the blue of the sea, feeling a little curious and a little intrigued.