Of course, there is nothing to hide, the other fish dad is still waving to me in the water tank, teaching us to do homework.I remember the mermaid's scales are like this... but it's a bit different, my classmate's father's scales are much better. "
Su Muqiu hurriedly asked: "It's pretty, what kind of beauty is it?"
"Good-looking is good-looking, so what?" Huang Shaotian was at a loss.
"That's it..." Su Muqiu subconsciously blurred the detailed information, and hid what he really wanted to ask: "For example, the scales in the water are colorful, luminous, striped, or gradient-like. of."
"How is it possible!" Huang Shaotian rolled his eyes, "The scales just don't change in color, let alone glow at night, and I don't know if there are spots or not."
Su Muqiu slowly loosened his clenched palms, let out a listless oh, and casually stuffed the scales back into his trouser pockets.
Seeing Su Muqiu's disappointment, the two of them comforted him with conscience: "Don't be sad, who doesn't want a girlfriend or a mermaid, they don't have one now, and they will be there when they make a lot of money in the future."
Su Muqiu shook his head, "I didn't want it."
Huang Shaotian scorned: "Who would believe such a thing with your depressed appearance!"
"It's a friend of mine..." Su Muqiu said, "He has always wanted to see the mermaid."
He originally thought that if these were really the scales of a mermaid, it might mean that there are acquired mermaids nearby, or there are people who possess acquired mermaids.Maybe he can take Ye Xiu to see it, even if he climbs up the wall to let him take a peek. Ye Xiu has never mentioned anything to Su Muqiu other than "wanting to see the mermaid".
But Huang Shaotian made it clear that this is not the case.
After listening to Su Muqiu's answer, Wei Chen touched his chin, hesitated again and again, and finally opened the wallet, took out a few tickets and handed them to the two.
"Someone gave it to me. The old man is not interested, so I will give it to you. I heard that there are real mermaids sitting in it."
It clearly says: Mermaid Museum.
Huang Shaotian's eyes widened: "Damn it, when did the Mermaid Museum come into existence? Why didn't they mention it on TV!"
"It's a museum, but it's actually the research institute that launched the Mermaid Project decades ago. That research institute is still in operation, but a part of the space has been cleared to set up a museum, and tickets are not open to the public." Wei Chen explained: "These three tickets I got it from a friend by chance, it’s hard to come by! Be grateful and know!”
In the end, Huang Shaotian said that he had seen the mermaid, and generously handed over all three tickets to Su Muqiu.Su Muqiu accepted it gratefully, and thanked him earnestly, which made the other two feel a little embarrassed.
☆、Chapter 5 05: Although I can't understand it, it's a cute language
5. Although I can't understand it, it's a cute language
Ye Xiu couldn't sit still when he heard about this kind of museum, he couldn't wait to see the artificial mermaid.Su Mucheng, who was infected during this period and wanted to meet the mermaid, was equally excited.
"Brother, when are we going?"
Su Muqiu flipped through the calendar: "Well... the third weekend of next month is fine."
As soon as the two heard it, they immediately hugged Su Muqiu's arms from left to right, blinked their eyelashes flickering, and looked up pitifully to be cute: "Brother, I really want to go..." "Yes, Brother Su..."
"Who's your brother!" Su Muqiu roared, his heart beat a few beats involuntarily, and the phrase 'Damn Ye Xiu is cute' slipped through his mind.Realizing his own thoughts, he immediately felt nauseated: "Damn it, I actually think Ye Xiu is a little cute!" ! ', and finally calmed down in the conclusion of 'Ye Xiu is imitating Mucheng's actions, Mucheng is cute, no wonder he thinks Ye Xiu is cute'.
The two couldn't help begging, and Su Muqiu finally announced that he would go to see the mermaid this holiday. The two who had been hugging him let go and cheered, happily leaning together to discuss what to bring to eat on the way, looking like they were going out for an outing, but they were exhausted. Su Muqiu, who just threw it away, felt desolate.
The weather was fine on Sunday. They got up early and went out before dawn.After changing buses several times and eating up all the snacks, Mucheng and Ye Xiu leaned on Su Muqiu to doze off before finally arriving at their destination.
After getting out of the car, Ye Xiu frowned.
This neighborhood is relatively remote, except for the huge park and the lush artificial forests around it, the rest is only the stop sign next to the three of them.
Hei Mou looked at the sharp iron fence, on which there was a low-key house number, with the address and name written on it, and the words that this is a private research institution, please do not enter.His eyes stayed on the word 'Institute' for a moment, and then turned around, wandering around.He didn't move much, but Su Muqiu still noticed it, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter? Motion sickness?"
Ye Xiu shook his head lightly, his expression returned to normal, "This is the research institute?"
"Yes, the museum run by the Research Institute of the Mermaid Project."
"Oh... I also said that it doesn't look like a museum at all."
Su Mucheng ran ahead and waved: "Brother, Ye Xiu, let's go see the mermaid!"
"Don't run around." Su Muqiu took a few steps to catch up with his sister so as not to get lost. Ye Xiu lazily followed behind, as if observing the environment with great interest.
As Wei Chen said, the Mermaid Museum was indeed rebuilt from the old building of the research institute.
After the exterior of the old building has been renovated, it looks elegant and generous, just like a palace in the old era; the exterior walls are mostly light-colored and dotted with paintings of inconspicuous tones. Su Muqiu carefully observes that the pattern looks like a swimming mermaid .
Ye Xiu also discovered that it's no wonder that the square, old-fashioned shape of the building itself has not changed. It turns out that the concept of the entire building is a large water tank.
The museum is usually closed to the public, and is mainly open to those who are interested in undergoing acquired mermaid surgery, high-level leaders and scholars from all walks of life, and there are also a small number of admission tickets issued to internal staff.Since it is not mainly for profit and there are few visitors, apart from the professional staff in charge of equipment maintenance, there are only two waiters in the entire museum, one is at the door to collect tickets, and the other is in charge of introduction.
The person in charge of the introduction was a young woman in her twenties. Her relatives were staff members of the research institute, so she got this part-time job opportunity.Originally, she wanted to take the opportunity to get acquainted with the researcher. How could she, a real woman, have a chance to meet the golden bachelor here?Unexpectedly, the researcher is a log with only mermaids and data in her eyes. She is so boring that she is a delicate flower that is about to wither here.
Hearing someone entering the venue at the door, she said weakly welcome to visit. She lay on the counter and didn't want to move. Unexpectedly, when she turned her head, her eyes lit up—a handsome guy!Two at a time! !Also comes with a super cute little loli!
Those two handsome guys are not very old, but they will definitely be interesting in time, especially the one who is half tall and busy taking care of the other two, whose youthful outlines are gradually getting rid of, and the embryonic form of future disasters can be seen.
The guide girl burst into a sweet smile like a flower in an instant, and she got up to greet her gently: "Hello! I am the tour guide here, come to visit?"
Ye Xiu gave her a strange look: "Why are we here if you don't visit?"
"..." The tour guide got stuck.
Ye Xiu looked left and right: "By the way, where is the artificial mermaid?"
Come on, this is another mermaid fanatic, and the guide girl immediately picked him out of the list, and turned to show courteousness to Su Muqiu.
The museum is divided into several blocks, evolution history, technology introduction, derivative products, etc., which are no different from general theme museums.
After all, the acquired mermaid's surgery is far superior to folk technology. The shocking plan created by the fusion of hidden technical forces of various countries is quite mysterious to ordinary people.The guide girl gave a very detailed introduction, and the little Su Mucheng listened carefully, but Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu didn't pay attention.
Su Muqiu's thoughts were all on Ye Xiu, who obviously wasn't there, but Ye Xiu was thinking about the last piece of the distribution map of the exhibition area at the entrance.
Mermaid show the day after tomorrow.
He was immersed in his own thoughts, and because he could feel something wrong outside the research institute area, he looked relaxed, but in fact his nerves were tense. Any situation around him could arouse his vigilance, so he slowly When the hand by his side was suddenly grabbed, Ye Xiu almost subconsciously fought back.
The gaze he looked up suddenly was too sharp, icy cold, and the ferocious predator-like gaze was only momentarily hidden by the peaceful and calm appearance, but the wildness hidden in the deepest part of the black eyes has not completely dissipated.Su Muqiu broke out in a cold sweat instinctively, with a cold shiver remaining on his back.But his hand was tightly clenched, trembling tightly.
"Mu Qiu? What's the matter?" Ye Xiu smiled and shook his left hand, which was caught by Su Muqiu, "How old are you, and you still hold hands when you're watching an exhibition?"
Clearly ridiculed, Su Muqiu didn't let go of his hand, and held onto Ye Xiu tightly, "Didn't you keep saying you wanted to see the mermaid?"
"Yeah. I can't wait to go straight to the mermaid show..." Ye Xiu said.
"Then why are you unhappy?"
Ye Xiu was taken aback, and looked at Su Muqiu in a daze: "I'm not happy?"
Su Muqiu squeezed Ye Xiu's slightly cool fingertips, and nodded firmly: "Yes."
During the conversation between the two, the development history of mermaid technology has been introduced, and the next area is about to be transferred.
However, what connects the two exhibition areas is a narrow corridor about two meters long and slightly narrower in width. A groove was dug downward in this corridor and filled with water.
Seeing the puzzled eyes of the three people, the guide girl explained: "The next exhibition area starts, and there are many interactive devices. This is the first experience. It looks like the walkway from the changing room to the swimming pool, right? It is filled with The artificial seawater with several times the concentration is said to be able to experience the feeling of the acquired mermaid in the water, please take off your shoes and bare feet to feel it!"
While talking, the guide girl distributed three pairs of free plastic slippers with the institute's LOGO printed on them to a few people, and told them to leave their shoes and socks in the cabinet aside, and just change them back before leaving the museum.
Su Muqiu looked down, indeed, the guides were wearing these slippers, not high heels.
"Should I leave too?" Su Mucheng squatted aside, the sink was made of a special material so it was hard to tell how deep it was, and she was afraid that she might not be able to step on it to the bottom.
"To get to the next exhibition area, you can only go here. The water depth is 30 cm. Let's walk slowly." The guide girl looked helpless, and it was clearly written on her face, 'I don't understand what those researchers are thinking, it's inconvenient ', in order to ease the atmosphere, she joked: "Let me tell you a little secret, I heard that this pool can detect mermaids!"
"The mermaid's caudal fin can't be retracted, does it also need to be tested?" Su Mucheng, who listened carefully to the explanation, was curious.
The guide girl blinked mysteriously and shook her index finger: "Nonono, it's not an acquired mermaid, it's a real mermaid! It is said that real mermaids can change into legs, but stepping into high-concentration seawater will change into tail fins!"
Su Mucheng gave a wow in surprise, her eyes sparkled.Su Muqiu, who heard this kind of thing for the first time, was also very surprised. When he saw the handsome guy looking at him, the guide girl broke the news even more vigorously: "Listen to my uncle, I used this method decades ago, and I really found it." Where are the mermaids! Maybe there are real mermaids hiding among us too?"
This dreamy little story, which is difficult to distinguish between true and false, made the Su brothers and sisters more able to accept the water. Su Muqiu bent down and began to untie his shoelaces, but a figure brushed past him.
It was Ye Xiu. He had kicked off his shoes, took over the replacement slippers, and stood by the shallow trough looking across.
The rolled-up trousers revealed a small section of white and slender calf and ankle, which seemed to shimmer under the light.The guide girl standing aside and Su Mucheng who was concentrating on taking off her shoes and socks didn't see it, but Su Muqiu really looked straight ahead.
Speaking of which, Ye Xiu usually wears long trousers, walking around with slightly longer trousers... This seems to be the first time he saw Ye Xiu's legs.
Ye Xiu looked at the shallow trough, chuckled, and stepped generously into the artificial seawater.
He was the first to stride across the pool, kicked his legs to shake off the water drops, put down his trousers, stepped on his slippers and leaned on the opposite side and waited. Su Muqiu helped Su Mucheng across the water. After the guide girl, the four of them started to move to the next area. visit.
The technical part of the mermaid transformation surgery has not been explained in depth. The blood, pain, and maladaptive death, etc. have only been understated in the introductory text on the wall. On the person lying on the operating table, the system will play a cheerful celebration sound.
The childish Su Muqiu couldn't stand the game anymore, but Ye Xiu went up to play a few games, and asked the guide girl what would happen if the game failed.
The mermaid-related items displayed in the back are many things that can be touched and played with. For example, the museum generously hangs several mermaid robes with high unit prices for visitors to try on and take pictures with.The shape of the mermaid robe is similar to the mermaid skirt of the evening dress in the old days. The upper body is loose, and the long back hem is layered on the floor. The fabric is a man-made material named 'Shark Yarn', which has excellent water retention. .Su Muqiu went up to touch a few, and the slightly transparent fabric was as smooth as water. Ye Xiu was not interested, but obediently followed the guide girl's suggestion. Leave a group photo here.
After walking around like this for a long time, I arrived at the so-called mermaid display area.
The light in this area was dimmed, and there was only a huge glass tank with a faint cold light installed underneath. The faint blue light hit the water, and flashed dreamlike waves with the water flow.
There are indeed beautiful creatures in the tank that seem to come from a dream.
It was an acquired mermaid.
The blond-haired young mermaid sat on the only big chair in the sink, looking at several people with aqua blue eyes through thick glass.He was probably doing other things at first, holding an object shaped like a mobile phone in his hand, and he seemed surprised to see some visitors, blinking a pair of dazed innocent eyes, due to the implanted mermaid gene, he looked like But in his teens, he was far younger than his actual age, more like a mermaid in a fairy tale.
"He was originally a human male?" Ye Xiu asked, and the guide girl nodded.
This problem is not surprising, although it has long been known that mermaids are produced through surgery, but when they suddenly see a beautiful creature with a human body and fish tail smiling in the water, most people will forget that it was a human being, after all, from the perspective of human males, mermaids are indeed Too beautiful, androgynous.
The guide girl was surprised that Ye Xiu reacted immediately.
"There may not always be real mermaids here, you are so lucky." The tour guide said with a smile, "Our mermaids here cooperate voluntarily, if there are mermaids here for curious people to see closely There will be this showcase project, and if the volunteers are not available, there will be no more. And every three or four hours they have to rest and come up to the water for air."
While talking, the mermaid swam to the side of them, with its palm lightly pressed against the glass, it gave Su Muqiu a friendly wink, its tender green tail fin waving.
Su Muqiu didn't receive the mermaid's meaningful eyes, but squatted down and talked with Su Mucheng, and whispered the introduction by the sink to the little girl, while Ye Xiu rushed out from the side and stared at the mermaid intently.
Before the mermaid drifted away, he also put his hand on the glass, facing the mermaid's palm.In an instant, the blond-haired mermaid backed away quickly as if being burned by a flame. After the panic passed, he looked at his intact hand, very puzzled, and subconsciously tried to avoid Ye Xiu.
Different from the dodging attitude of the mermaid, Ye Xiu turned into an idiot, almost touching the glass, as if he wanted to go into the water tank to have a look and touch it for himself, or if Su Muqiu tore him off and pulled him back to his side expressionlessly. The mermaid breathed a sigh of relief.
The mermaid tilted her head and spoke to several people, spitting out a small string of bubbles from her mouth, making a sound similar to purring.
Su Muqiu bumped Ye Xiu's side with his elbow: "Aren't you very interested in mermaids, can you understand mermaid words? Translate?"
Ye Xiu murmured, "What did he say in the words of an artificial mermaid? Although I don't understand it, it's a very cute language."
"If you don't understand, just say it." Su Muqiu laughed at him.
The guide girl said in embarrassment: "Uh...he speaks Mandarin, a human language. It's just that the water and glass barriers are too blurry... Also, he can hear our conversation."
The two blushed a lot, and stopped talking embarrassingly.
Before leaving the exhibition area, Su Muqiu, who was walking at the end, sneaked up to the side of the sink, and the mermaid leaned forward, shaking its tail fins, creating a shadow of light.The scales of the mermaid’s caudal fin range from large to small. Su Muqiu took out the fish scales he picked up earlier, and after careful comparison, he found that the shape was indeed very similar to the small scales near the end of the caudal fin, but the scales of the blond-haired mermaid did not have the vivid color gradient. , that layer of tender green is beautiful, but it is only artificial.
Su Muqiu harvested the scales, smiled apologetically at the bubbling mermaid, replied "Sorry, I really don't understand", and hurried to catch up with the others.
He thought that everyone else had left, but outside the mermaid exhibition area, Ye Xiu was squatting by the door, staring at the ceiling in a daze, unconsciously kneading his calf back and forth.Hearing Su Muqiu's footsteps, Ye Xiu quickly recovered and smiled at him.
"Are you done chatting?"
"What's there to talk about, but I don't understand."
Su Muqiu couldn't help squatting down, and quickly pinched Ye Xiu's calf. Ye Xiu let out a groan, and fell heavily into Su Muqiu's arms. He looked up at Su Muqiu with an unbelievable expression. .
Ye Xiu, who is usually indifferent, reacted too much. Su Muqiu was frightened and only thought it was funny. He pinched Ye Xiu's calf again with malicious intentions. Feel.
"A sprain again?" Su Muqiu said lightly.
"Don't, don't, don't... Great God Su, let go of your claws..." Ye Xiu couldn't laugh or cry, "Your feet are numb, don't pinch them!"
"Your legs are numb after waiting so long?" Su Muqiu sneered, but still pulled Ye Xiu up, and the two of them gathered together.
Before leaving the museum, the guide girl told them that they could draw the lottery with the ticket stubs, and the three of them participated with great interest. In the end, Ye Xiu won a box of consolation candy, and Su Muqiu won the fourth prize, a small can of sea water. Su Mucheng was the luckiest. , is a special prize one-year admission pass, which can be visited unlimited times within one year.But Su Mucheng was too young to come alone, so the tour guide simply opened the back door and gave them two extra tickets.
"Anyway, no one will come here." The guide girl shrugged.
Su Mucheng was very happy, only Su Muqiu held a can of seawater silently, not knowing what to do with it.
There is only one function of sea water. To put it bluntly, it is to put a large tank of water and sprinkle sea water to raise artificial mermaids. But it is useless to humans. It is better to draw a jar of salt .
On the way home, seeing Su Muqiu unhappy, Ye Xiu directly removed the candy and stuffed it into his mouth: "Is it delicious?"
Su Muqiu had a strange expression: "That's... salty!"
"Of course, sea salt flavor." Ye Xiu said.
Su Muqiu twisted his face and didn't know whether to spit it out. He looked at the two family members in front of him. Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng ate sweets with puffed cheeks, discussing what they saw and heard today. Suddenly, Ye Xiu turned his head and looked at He beckoned.
He hurried to catch up, tasting a faint sweetness from the strange sea salt-flavored candy.
☆、Chapter 6 06: "The moonlight is beautiful tonight"
6. "The moonlight is beautiful tonight"
Now that they have obtained the visitor's pass and adhere to the principle of not wasting, they will go to the Mermaid Museum every now and then. Anyway, they only spend the transportation fee along the way, and there is free air conditioning.Although the museum is not big, you can play through it after a few visits, but you can see different mermaids, and the colorful tail fins are dizzying, which is not boring.
Besides, it's about work.
In order to ensure that the fish in the ocean have sufficient time to reproduce and grow, the strictly stipulated fishing moratorium is approaching, and at the same time, the fishing industry has also entered the off-season. Su Muqiu obviously feels that the work is getting easier and easier, and sometimes even walks a few times with the catch. After a trip, there was nothing to be busy, so he and Huang Shaotian turned to learn how to handle seafood from the aunts in the fish market. In their spare time, they would sit on a small bench and help open oysters and tie crab claws.
Su Muqiu's palm was indeed not easily hurt.Several times he opened several oysters with a knife, the sharp broken oyster shells pressed against the white palm, but left only shallow indentations, only when others looked at him in surprise, Su Muqiu came back to his senses and put on the gloves , It hurts me to death by yelling a few words to others, seeming to be true.
This is just a trivial change, but it does make him much more convenient.
Since Ye Xiu went to the museum for the first time and saw the mermaid, he didn't mention it anymore and lived peacefully with the Su brothers and sisters.Although occasionally, Su Muqiu would notice that Ye Xiu was looking in an unknown direction with an indistinguishable expression.
On the day when the fishing season was officially announced to be over, the fishing boats that docked invariably put in all their energy and made the last vote, bringing back a large amount of fish with almost a bumper harvest.The few people waiting by the pier kept their feet off the ground, running back and forth without even taking time to eat lunch, so they rushed to unload the last batch of fish before dark. No, it seems to be back to the rookie period.
The next morning, they gathered as usual and received their last salary and a small bonus. In addition, because there were quite a lot of fish, shrimp and shellfish caught, as a gift, everyone present was given a large box of free seafood to take home ——Of course it’s not expensive fish, it’s just cheap shrimp and small fish, but the freshness is absolutely guaranteed.
Su Muqiu looked at the plastic box as wide as his arms spread out, and the lively fish and shrimp inside, feeling quite painful.
This box is filled with water, so it's heavy just by looking at it...
But at this time, Ye Xiu was still busy at the vegetable stand, and Su Muqiu could only support himself, dragging, pushing and pulling, it took a lot of effort to bring this box of fish and shrimp home.
Fish can’t be stored for too long. Su Muqiu picked out a few and kept them in the bucket for the time being. He planned to have a whole fish feast at night, then dragged the box into the bathroom, and processed the fish and shrimp on the spot while they were fresh. He was thinking about which fish could be dried or marinated Cooked, smoked, maybe even a cured fish, to eat for a while.
While lamenting that he was so smart, before leaving, he asked the aunts in the fish market how to deal with it, and worked neatly. After finishing the fish and shrimp, Su Muqiu took a part of the fish and shrimp that he might not be able to eat, and gave it to the neighbors , As for the bathroom, he roughly rinsed it, and decided to ask Ye Xiu to clean it later.
After Su Muqiu visited upstairs and downstairs, he took a lot of homemade pickles and kimchi as a gift, and when he opened the door, he saw Ye Xiu's shoes kicking randomly by the door, and with a click, the bathroom door just closed.
"Ye Xiu! You're back?" Su Muqiu called.
Ye Xiu's vague response came from the bathroom. Su Muqiu slipped into the kitchen with the spoils of war, looking for a place to put the things he had received. After less than 5 minutes of work, he heard a loud noise from the bathroom, mixed with the sound of bottles and cans colliding, like someone This kind of object falls and knocks over the object... What else can fall, isn't it Ye Xiu!
Su Muqiu didn't care what kind of pickles he put, he rushed to the bathroom as soon as he threw the things away, what if he fell and killed himself!The landlord will kick them out!Plus seeing a doctor is so expensive!The hospital bill is terrible!
"Ye Xiu, are you alright! Ye Xiu!" Su Muqiu jumped at the door and shouted, "If you fall to your death, make a sound!"
The bathroom was quiet for about ten seconds, during which Su Muqiu banged on the door, and then Ye Xiu's muffled voice sounded: "Damn... Su Muqiu, curse me to death! Can you still make a sound when you're dead? Uh... hiss! Okay pain……"
It doesn't matter if you can still talk nonsense, Su Muqiu let go of his high-pitched heart: "Where did you hit? Open the door and let me see."
"Don't open the door!" Ye Xiu shouted hastily.
"Huh? Why?"
Ye Xiu replied seriously: "Because I don't have any clothes on."
The corners of Su Muqiu's eyes twitched, and he grabbed the doorknob and turned it.The door was locked and had not been turned open, only the old lock clicked.
Ye Xiu: "I said you opened the door without any clothes on, Mr. Su, tell me the truth, how long have you been coveting me?"
Su Muqiu twisted the doorknob: "You'll know when you open the door."
Ye Xiu: "You're playing hooligans! Do you believe I'll yell molestation?"
Hearing what he said, Su Muqiu wanted to open the door even more, because normally, Ye Xiu would just say "Hehe, come here", how could he push and block him to open the door like this, let alone using such a lame reason.
If Ye Xiu really wanted to find an excuse, Su Muqiu felt that he would make it perfect.This shows that the people in the bathroom sound calm, but they must be a little panicked in their hearts, so they throw away this kind of trash talk that is far worse than usual.
Based on the sound he heard just now, Ye Xiu must have smashed everything in the bathroom, right? !Still trying to hide it in vain, I really owe a lesson.
"Ye Xiu."
"What?"
"There's something I forgot to tell you..." Su Muqiu turned his wrist expressionlessly and twisted the doorknob to the end. He lifted the doorknob vigorously with his hand and bumped his shoulder, and the broken door opened tremblingly like this: "...the bathroom The door is very old."
"So the door lock is just a decoration!" Ye Xiu was depressed.
Su Muqiu violently broke down the door with technical techniques, but before he could see clearly the damage in the bathroom, he was thrown water all over his face.Su Muqiu hurriedly turned his head, the water had a salty ocean smell and a fishy smell, and he immediately thought of the box of fish and seawater he dragged back from the pier this morning.
"What kind of water are you splashing!" Su Muqiu rubbed his eyes and poohed a few times.
"Sorry sorry, force majeure..."
Su Muqiu put down his hands and glared at the person who made the sound: "What force majeure..."
Immediately afterwards, a large silver shiny thing flashed past his eyes.
Su Muqiu was dazzled by the flash for a moment, and when he blinked his sore eyes and struggled to see the scene in front of him, he was instantly stunned and stared at Ye Xiu for a while, speechless.
Ye Xiu, who was sitting down in the big plastic box, giggled dryly. The short-sleeved T-shirt on his upper body was mostly wet, and it clung to the boy's figure. A large fan of tail fins swayed below the waist and abdomen, and his slender fish tail covered his body. Full of silvery white scales, shining under the light.
"Cough...hey, Mu Qiu," Ye Xiu raised his hand in embarrassment and waved it weakly, "The moonlight is beautiful tonight, hahaha..."
And his tail fin gently brushed against Su Muqiu's feet.
☆、Chapter 7 07: Drilling into the sea shyly
7. Dive into the sea shyly
Compared to the length of the fish's tail, the Su family's bathroom is really cramped, so that the tail had to be bent into a beautiful arc to fit it in, and the fan-like tail fin at the end was squeezed against the door panel. After Su Muqiu opened the door, He pressed it softly against his calf.
This is really force majeure. From the waist and abdomen to the tip of the tail fin, the tail of the fish is 1.5 meters long. If it is not attached to Su Muqiu, it can only be stuffed into the toilet.
In fact, it's not just the bathroom that is too small. Compared to the luxurious silver scales and tail fins, the whole bathroom is so poor that it makes people suddenly realize that 'the trough is so narrow and shabby here'.
Su Muqiu stared at Ye Xiu's tail fin with wide eyes, completely speechless, a rare situation of complete crash.Ye Xiu was stuck in the plastic box, lying on his back in the bathroom, unable to move. He tried to stand up several times, but the fish tail packed the box full of seawater. Even if he tried to save himself, it was just like being thrown on the cutting board The fish flopped on the spot, and accidentally splashed water all over Su Muqiu's expressionless and stiff expression, Ye Xiu had to accept his fate, and simply lay down and pretended to be dead.
In fact, he could get up after a serious struggle, but how strong is the tail fin, Ye Xiu still can't figure it out?As one of the attack methods, he can knock even medium-sized cetaceans unconscious. If he smashes something or breaks a box while struggling, he is worried that Su Muqiu will be so angry that he will half die.
He has learned a lot during these days, but what he always keeps in mind is Su Muqiu's cold and cruel sentence from the first night, "Our family is very poor, so we don't have any spare money to raise a mouth." Destroying things for no reason will probably cost his life.
Even after this incident, he probably couldn't live anymore.
The scene was silent for a while, Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu stared at each other, the time passed by, and the two looked at each other, but there was no result, until the water on Ye Xiu's caudal fin dried up, and the silver scales became gray. Inconspicuously, Su Muqiu opened his mouth slowly, breaking the silence.
"Ye Xiu..."
Ye Xiu responded without looking away.
Su Muqiu, who met his eyes, asked: "...Didn't you say you have no clothes on?"
Ye Xiu: "..."
"Did you underline the key point?" Ye Xiu said helplessly, "Do you have any other questions to ask?"
"Let me calm down first." Su Muqiu pressed his thumping temple.
"Okay." Ye Xiu nodded, and calmly extended his hand straight to Su Muqiu: "Think slowly, pull me up first."
Su Muqiu froze, and grabbed Ye Xiu to help pull him out, but as soon as he tried his best, Ye Xiu screamed, patted his arms and shouted that his waist was about to break. I don't know if it was true or not, so Su Muqiu had to go around behind Ye Xiu, Pass the opponent's chest and take the person out of the plastic box with half pulling and half hugging.
The weight of the fishtail is much lighter than he imagined.
After the tail was freed, Ye Xiu could move freely. He tore off his and Su Muqiu's bath towels, slipped out of the bathroom smoothly and moved to the sofa in an indescribably snake-like gliding or bouncing posture. Spread a bath towel on it, and after sitting down, he bent down and wiped his tail fin very naturally, as if his feet were wet from the rain outside.
Wait a minute, isn't this... mermaid too natural? ! !
Although Su Muqiu never thought that Ye Xiu would disappear into foam in the sun, or dive into the sea shyly like the mermaid seen by humans in fairy tales, after all, there is no sea here... No, the existence of the mermaid has been made public long ago, yes It does exist, he shouldn't make a fuss...
Su Muqiu's heart was numb, his mind was in a mess, nailed to the door of the bathroom like a wooden stake, and all kinds of inexplicable thoughts rushed back and forth, he was almost dizzy by himself, and he still couldn't find a way to deal with it.However, when Ye Xiu bent down several times to try to wipe the end of his tail but couldn't reach it, Su Muqiu took a few steps forward and snatched the towel, and dried him bit by bit.
"Thank you, Mu Qiu." Ye Xiu said casually, as if Su Muqiu was not helping him wipe his tail, but picked up an eraser.
He carefully pressed the bath towel to wipe the water off the fish tail, and after pulling away the soft cloth, he saw the neatly arranged and smooth fish scales.
The silver scales are exactly the same as the one Su Muqiu picked up by chance.
Su Muqiu touched the smooth scale subconsciously, and the tail fin hanging below moved, but Ye Xiu didn't stop him.
This tail is real no matter how you look at it.
In other words, the person who ate, lived and slept with him for several months...is really a mermaid?
But compared to the mermaids seen in the museum, Ye Xiu's tail was obviously a bit longer, and the fan of the tail fin was also much larger than those mermaids, and the shape was more natural and beautiful.
Su Muqiu wiped and touched, not sure if he was overly frightened or unable to react, but at this moment, curiosity prevailed in his heart, and he groped carefully on each scale, his fingertips touched the skin between Ye Xiu's waist and abdomen, and the fine lines between the skin and the tail. The scales slid all the way down to the soft translucent caudal fin, and the towel was thrown aside.
His stroking movements were too slow and serious, and his palm, which was about ten degrees higher than the mermaid's body temperature, slid past each scale scaldingly. Su Muqiu didn't raise his head, and Ye Xiu didn't react too much, so Su Muqiu didn't notice Ye Xiu's face at all. Forbearance.The tips of the latter's ears were already completely reddened, but when Su Muqiu inadvertently stroked a part of the fine scales with slightly different colors, the tail fin trembled, and finally couldn't help reaching out to hold Su Muqiu's shoulder.
"Su Muqiu, have you seen enough..." Ye Xiu whispered.
Su Muqiu shook his head solemnly: "No."
Ye Xiu had nothing to say, if he didn't feel that he was wrong, how could someone touch his tail fin.
"It's the first time I've touched a living mermaid! Besides, you are the most expensive thing I've ever come across in my life..." Su Muqiu sighed, there are tens of millions of euros sitting on his sofa at this moment!It turns out that this is the touch of tens of millions of euros, converted into their currency... Just thinking about it, Su Muqiu, a pragmatist, felt a little smug, and felt even more vigorously, wishing to hold on to it.
"Okay, wipe it dry, don't touch it." Ye Xiu patted Su Muqiu away, moved the fish's tail aside, and saw that the end of the caudal fin seemed to shrink from dehydration, shrinking at an astonishing speed visible to the naked eye, and covered the silvery tail of the fish. The same is true for the scales, the part that belongs to the fish seems to be retracted under the skin.But within ten seconds, the appearance of human legs could already be seen, and soon two naked long white legs replaced the tail.
Su Muqiu watched the whole process of change with right and wrong eyes. Ye Xiu was too embarrassed to ask him to avoid it, but said in a helpless tone, "Generally speaking, even other mermaids are not allowed to see the process of changing legs and tails of mermaids. This time I will show you all. I've seen it all, should I charge... What are you doing!"
Ye Xiu almost jumped up from the chair, but Su Muqiu turned to touch his legs, from bottom to top like touching his tail, and refused to stop. Ye Xiu got a bunch of goosebumps, kicked him away with his legs , ran back to the room and took a pair of trousers and put them on.
Su Muqiu stared at his palm thoughtfully: "Your legs... feel..."
"It's not the same as a human, is it? Although it looks like a human, there is still a layer of scales, but they are too small to be seen by the naked eye." Ye Xiu leaned against the door frame, folded his arms, and explained seriously: "In places with light, there will be scales. A little more obvious."
Su Muqiu blinked, and silently swallowed the words "good elasticity".
☆、Chapter 8 08: Mermaid's singing
8. Mermaid's Song
After a while of jumping around, Su Muqiu's sanity finally came back, frowning and thinking about turning left and right in the living room, while circling in circles, he kept muttering about mermaid this mermaid and that, combined with his convulsive steps and solemn expression, it was like some kind of It was like a curse ceremony, except that the lights were turned off and the wax nails were lit.
As for the person involved, Ye Xiu, he stared at Su Muqiu for a while, then moved to the computer to play games. The boss that should be robbed was still robbed, and the equipment that should be sold was still sold. In the depths of his eyes, he caught a little uncertainty that was well hidden.
The two were immersed in their own thoughts, and had no intention of talking to each other at all.
After a long time, Su Muqiu suddenly took a deep breath, took the initiative to pull a chair and moved closer to the computer, with a serious expression, motioned Ye Xiu to let go of the mouse, and stop what he was doing.
Although he said a bunch of inconsequential words just now, in fact he is quite clear in his heart, and there are some things that need to be clarified.
Nowadays, mermaids are almost synonymous with "rich people's collections". Although it is impossible to imagine this Ye Xiu being locked in a water tank with a collar for people to enjoy, but as long as he is an artificial mermaid, he must have a master or a partner— ─It is true that Ye Xiu folded the fish tail into his legs before his eyes, but who knows if this is some expensive and high-tech new gimmick.
"Stop playing games, I have something to ask you."
Ye Xiu didn't say anything, he manipulated the character proficiently, and after confirming that he had entered the safe zone, he turned his head and looked at Su Muqiu quietly.
"The next question is very important. You'd better have the consciousness to tell the truth." Su Muqiu said in a deep voice. He tapped on the table and got straight to the point: "So, you are a mermaid? Why can your tail fin be retracted? You
Su Muqiu hurriedly asked: "It's pretty, what kind of beauty is it?"
"Good-looking is good-looking, so what?" Huang Shaotian was at a loss.
"That's it..." Su Muqiu subconsciously blurred the detailed information, and hid what he really wanted to ask: "For example, the scales in the water are colorful, luminous, striped, or gradient-like. of."
"How is it possible!" Huang Shaotian rolled his eyes, "The scales just don't change in color, let alone glow at night, and I don't know if there are spots or not."
Su Muqiu slowly loosened his clenched palms, let out a listless oh, and casually stuffed the scales back into his trouser pockets.
Seeing Su Muqiu's disappointment, the two of them comforted him with conscience: "Don't be sad, who doesn't want a girlfriend or a mermaid, they don't have one now, and they will be there when they make a lot of money in the future."
Su Muqiu shook his head, "I didn't want it."
Huang Shaotian scorned: "Who would believe such a thing with your depressed appearance!"
"It's a friend of mine..." Su Muqiu said, "He has always wanted to see the mermaid."
He originally thought that if these were really the scales of a mermaid, it might mean that there are acquired mermaids nearby, or there are people who possess acquired mermaids.Maybe he can take Ye Xiu to see it, even if he climbs up the wall to let him take a peek. Ye Xiu has never mentioned anything to Su Muqiu other than "wanting to see the mermaid".
But Huang Shaotian made it clear that this is not the case.
After listening to Su Muqiu's answer, Wei Chen touched his chin, hesitated again and again, and finally opened the wallet, took out a few tickets and handed them to the two.
"Someone gave it to me. The old man is not interested, so I will give it to you. I heard that there are real mermaids sitting in it."
It clearly says: Mermaid Museum.
Huang Shaotian's eyes widened: "Damn it, when did the Mermaid Museum come into existence? Why didn't they mention it on TV!"
"It's a museum, but it's actually the research institute that launched the Mermaid Project decades ago. That research institute is still in operation, but a part of the space has been cleared to set up a museum, and tickets are not open to the public." Wei Chen explained: "These three tickets I got it from a friend by chance, it’s hard to come by! Be grateful and know!”
In the end, Huang Shaotian said that he had seen the mermaid, and generously handed over all three tickets to Su Muqiu.Su Muqiu accepted it gratefully, and thanked him earnestly, which made the other two feel a little embarrassed.
☆、Chapter 5 05: Although I can't understand it, it's a cute language
5. Although I can't understand it, it's a cute language
Ye Xiu couldn't sit still when he heard about this kind of museum, he couldn't wait to see the artificial mermaid.Su Mucheng, who was infected during this period and wanted to meet the mermaid, was equally excited.
"Brother, when are we going?"
Su Muqiu flipped through the calendar: "Well... the third weekend of next month is fine."
As soon as the two heard it, they immediately hugged Su Muqiu's arms from left to right, blinked their eyelashes flickering, and looked up pitifully to be cute: "Brother, I really want to go..." "Yes, Brother Su..."
"Who's your brother!" Su Muqiu roared, his heart beat a few beats involuntarily, and the phrase 'Damn Ye Xiu is cute' slipped through his mind.Realizing his own thoughts, he immediately felt nauseated: "Damn it, I actually think Ye Xiu is a little cute!" ! ', and finally calmed down in the conclusion of 'Ye Xiu is imitating Mucheng's actions, Mucheng is cute, no wonder he thinks Ye Xiu is cute'.
The two couldn't help begging, and Su Muqiu finally announced that he would go to see the mermaid this holiday. The two who had been hugging him let go and cheered, happily leaning together to discuss what to bring to eat on the way, looking like they were going out for an outing, but they were exhausted. Su Muqiu, who just threw it away, felt desolate.
The weather was fine on Sunday. They got up early and went out before dawn.After changing buses several times and eating up all the snacks, Mucheng and Ye Xiu leaned on Su Muqiu to doze off before finally arriving at their destination.
After getting out of the car, Ye Xiu frowned.
This neighborhood is relatively remote, except for the huge park and the lush artificial forests around it, the rest is only the stop sign next to the three of them.
Hei Mou looked at the sharp iron fence, on which there was a low-key house number, with the address and name written on it, and the words that this is a private research institution, please do not enter.His eyes stayed on the word 'Institute' for a moment, and then turned around, wandering around.He didn't move much, but Su Muqiu still noticed it, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter? Motion sickness?"
Ye Xiu shook his head lightly, his expression returned to normal, "This is the research institute?"
"Yes, the museum run by the Research Institute of the Mermaid Project."
"Oh... I also said that it doesn't look like a museum at all."
Su Mucheng ran ahead and waved: "Brother, Ye Xiu, let's go see the mermaid!"
"Don't run around." Su Muqiu took a few steps to catch up with his sister so as not to get lost. Ye Xiu lazily followed behind, as if observing the environment with great interest.
As Wei Chen said, the Mermaid Museum was indeed rebuilt from the old building of the research institute.
After the exterior of the old building has been renovated, it looks elegant and generous, just like a palace in the old era; the exterior walls are mostly light-colored and dotted with paintings of inconspicuous tones. Su Muqiu carefully observes that the pattern looks like a swimming mermaid .
Ye Xiu also discovered that it's no wonder that the square, old-fashioned shape of the building itself has not changed. It turns out that the concept of the entire building is a large water tank.
The museum is usually closed to the public, and is mainly open to those who are interested in undergoing acquired mermaid surgery, high-level leaders and scholars from all walks of life, and there are also a small number of admission tickets issued to internal staff.Since it is not mainly for profit and there are few visitors, apart from the professional staff in charge of equipment maintenance, there are only two waiters in the entire museum, one is at the door to collect tickets, and the other is in charge of introduction.
The person in charge of the introduction was a young woman in her twenties. Her relatives were staff members of the research institute, so she got this part-time job opportunity.Originally, she wanted to take the opportunity to get acquainted with the researcher. How could she, a real woman, have a chance to meet the golden bachelor here?Unexpectedly, the researcher is a log with only mermaids and data in her eyes. She is so boring that she is a delicate flower that is about to wither here.
Hearing someone entering the venue at the door, she said weakly welcome to visit. She lay on the counter and didn't want to move. Unexpectedly, when she turned her head, her eyes lit up—a handsome guy!Two at a time! !Also comes with a super cute little loli!
Those two handsome guys are not very old, but they will definitely be interesting in time, especially the one who is half tall and busy taking care of the other two, whose youthful outlines are gradually getting rid of, and the embryonic form of future disasters can be seen.
The guide girl burst into a sweet smile like a flower in an instant, and she got up to greet her gently: "Hello! I am the tour guide here, come to visit?"
Ye Xiu gave her a strange look: "Why are we here if you don't visit?"
"..." The tour guide got stuck.
Ye Xiu looked left and right: "By the way, where is the artificial mermaid?"
Come on, this is another mermaid fanatic, and the guide girl immediately picked him out of the list, and turned to show courteousness to Su Muqiu.
The museum is divided into several blocks, evolution history, technology introduction, derivative products, etc., which are no different from general theme museums.
After all, the acquired mermaid's surgery is far superior to folk technology. The shocking plan created by the fusion of hidden technical forces of various countries is quite mysterious to ordinary people.The guide girl gave a very detailed introduction, and the little Su Mucheng listened carefully, but Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu didn't pay attention.
Su Muqiu's thoughts were all on Ye Xiu, who obviously wasn't there, but Ye Xiu was thinking about the last piece of the distribution map of the exhibition area at the entrance.
Mermaid show the day after tomorrow.
He was immersed in his own thoughts, and because he could feel something wrong outside the research institute area, he looked relaxed, but in fact his nerves were tense. Any situation around him could arouse his vigilance, so he slowly When the hand by his side was suddenly grabbed, Ye Xiu almost subconsciously fought back.
The gaze he looked up suddenly was too sharp, icy cold, and the ferocious predator-like gaze was only momentarily hidden by the peaceful and calm appearance, but the wildness hidden in the deepest part of the black eyes has not completely dissipated.Su Muqiu broke out in a cold sweat instinctively, with a cold shiver remaining on his back.But his hand was tightly clenched, trembling tightly.
"Mu Qiu? What's the matter?" Ye Xiu smiled and shook his left hand, which was caught by Su Muqiu, "How old are you, and you still hold hands when you're watching an exhibition?"
Clearly ridiculed, Su Muqiu didn't let go of his hand, and held onto Ye Xiu tightly, "Didn't you keep saying you wanted to see the mermaid?"
"Yeah. I can't wait to go straight to the mermaid show..." Ye Xiu said.
"Then why are you unhappy?"
Ye Xiu was taken aback, and looked at Su Muqiu in a daze: "I'm not happy?"
Su Muqiu squeezed Ye Xiu's slightly cool fingertips, and nodded firmly: "Yes."
During the conversation between the two, the development history of mermaid technology has been introduced, and the next area is about to be transferred.
However, what connects the two exhibition areas is a narrow corridor about two meters long and slightly narrower in width. A groove was dug downward in this corridor and filled with water.
Seeing the puzzled eyes of the three people, the guide girl explained: "The next exhibition area starts, and there are many interactive devices. This is the first experience. It looks like the walkway from the changing room to the swimming pool, right? It is filled with The artificial seawater with several times the concentration is said to be able to experience the feeling of the acquired mermaid in the water, please take off your shoes and bare feet to feel it!"
While talking, the guide girl distributed three pairs of free plastic slippers with the institute's LOGO printed on them to a few people, and told them to leave their shoes and socks in the cabinet aside, and just change them back before leaving the museum.
Su Muqiu looked down, indeed, the guides were wearing these slippers, not high heels.
"Should I leave too?" Su Mucheng squatted aside, the sink was made of a special material so it was hard to tell how deep it was, and she was afraid that she might not be able to step on it to the bottom.
"To get to the next exhibition area, you can only go here. The water depth is 30 cm. Let's walk slowly." The guide girl looked helpless, and it was clearly written on her face, 'I don't understand what those researchers are thinking, it's inconvenient ', in order to ease the atmosphere, she joked: "Let me tell you a little secret, I heard that this pool can detect mermaids!"
"The mermaid's caudal fin can't be retracted, does it also need to be tested?" Su Mucheng, who listened carefully to the explanation, was curious.
The guide girl blinked mysteriously and shook her index finger: "Nonono, it's not an acquired mermaid, it's a real mermaid! It is said that real mermaids can change into legs, but stepping into high-concentration seawater will change into tail fins!"
Su Mucheng gave a wow in surprise, her eyes sparkled.Su Muqiu, who heard this kind of thing for the first time, was also very surprised. When he saw the handsome guy looking at him, the guide girl broke the news even more vigorously: "Listen to my uncle, I used this method decades ago, and I really found it." Where are the mermaids! Maybe there are real mermaids hiding among us too?"
This dreamy little story, which is difficult to distinguish between true and false, made the Su brothers and sisters more able to accept the water. Su Muqiu bent down and began to untie his shoelaces, but a figure brushed past him.
It was Ye Xiu. He had kicked off his shoes, took over the replacement slippers, and stood by the shallow trough looking across.
The rolled-up trousers revealed a small section of white and slender calf and ankle, which seemed to shimmer under the light.The guide girl standing aside and Su Mucheng who was concentrating on taking off her shoes and socks didn't see it, but Su Muqiu really looked straight ahead.
Speaking of which, Ye Xiu usually wears long trousers, walking around with slightly longer trousers... This seems to be the first time he saw Ye Xiu's legs.
Ye Xiu looked at the shallow trough, chuckled, and stepped generously into the artificial seawater.
He was the first to stride across the pool, kicked his legs to shake off the water drops, put down his trousers, stepped on his slippers and leaned on the opposite side and waited. Su Muqiu helped Su Mucheng across the water. After the guide girl, the four of them started to move to the next area. visit.
The technical part of the mermaid transformation surgery has not been explained in depth. The blood, pain, and maladaptive death, etc. have only been understated in the introductory text on the wall. On the person lying on the operating table, the system will play a cheerful celebration sound.
The childish Su Muqiu couldn't stand the game anymore, but Ye Xiu went up to play a few games, and asked the guide girl what would happen if the game failed.
The mermaid-related items displayed in the back are many things that can be touched and played with. For example, the museum generously hangs several mermaid robes with high unit prices for visitors to try on and take pictures with.The shape of the mermaid robe is similar to the mermaid skirt of the evening dress in the old days. The upper body is loose, and the long back hem is layered on the floor. The fabric is a man-made material named 'Shark Yarn', which has excellent water retention. .Su Muqiu went up to touch a few, and the slightly transparent fabric was as smooth as water. Ye Xiu was not interested, but obediently followed the guide girl's suggestion. Leave a group photo here.
After walking around like this for a long time, I arrived at the so-called mermaid display area.
The light in this area was dimmed, and there was only a huge glass tank with a faint cold light installed underneath. The faint blue light hit the water, and flashed dreamlike waves with the water flow.
There are indeed beautiful creatures in the tank that seem to come from a dream.
It was an acquired mermaid.
The blond-haired young mermaid sat on the only big chair in the sink, looking at several people with aqua blue eyes through thick glass.He was probably doing other things at first, holding an object shaped like a mobile phone in his hand, and he seemed surprised to see some visitors, blinking a pair of dazed innocent eyes, due to the implanted mermaid gene, he looked like But in his teens, he was far younger than his actual age, more like a mermaid in a fairy tale.
"He was originally a human male?" Ye Xiu asked, and the guide girl nodded.
This problem is not surprising, although it has long been known that mermaids are produced through surgery, but when they suddenly see a beautiful creature with a human body and fish tail smiling in the water, most people will forget that it was a human being, after all, from the perspective of human males, mermaids are indeed Too beautiful, androgynous.
The guide girl was surprised that Ye Xiu reacted immediately.
"There may not always be real mermaids here, you are so lucky." The tour guide said with a smile, "Our mermaids here cooperate voluntarily, if there are mermaids here for curious people to see closely There will be this showcase project, and if the volunteers are not available, there will be no more. And every three or four hours they have to rest and come up to the water for air."
While talking, the mermaid swam to the side of them, with its palm lightly pressed against the glass, it gave Su Muqiu a friendly wink, its tender green tail fin waving.
Su Muqiu didn't receive the mermaid's meaningful eyes, but squatted down and talked with Su Mucheng, and whispered the introduction by the sink to the little girl, while Ye Xiu rushed out from the side and stared at the mermaid intently.
Before the mermaid drifted away, he also put his hand on the glass, facing the mermaid's palm.In an instant, the blond-haired mermaid backed away quickly as if being burned by a flame. After the panic passed, he looked at his intact hand, very puzzled, and subconsciously tried to avoid Ye Xiu.
Different from the dodging attitude of the mermaid, Ye Xiu turned into an idiot, almost touching the glass, as if he wanted to go into the water tank to have a look and touch it for himself, or if Su Muqiu tore him off and pulled him back to his side expressionlessly. The mermaid breathed a sigh of relief.
The mermaid tilted her head and spoke to several people, spitting out a small string of bubbles from her mouth, making a sound similar to purring.
Su Muqiu bumped Ye Xiu's side with his elbow: "Aren't you very interested in mermaids, can you understand mermaid words? Translate?"
Ye Xiu murmured, "What did he say in the words of an artificial mermaid? Although I don't understand it, it's a very cute language."
"If you don't understand, just say it." Su Muqiu laughed at him.
The guide girl said in embarrassment: "Uh...he speaks Mandarin, a human language. It's just that the water and glass barriers are too blurry... Also, he can hear our conversation."
The two blushed a lot, and stopped talking embarrassingly.
Before leaving the exhibition area, Su Muqiu, who was walking at the end, sneaked up to the side of the sink, and the mermaid leaned forward, shaking its tail fins, creating a shadow of light.The scales of the mermaid’s caudal fin range from large to small. Su Muqiu took out the fish scales he picked up earlier, and after careful comparison, he found that the shape was indeed very similar to the small scales near the end of the caudal fin, but the scales of the blond-haired mermaid did not have the vivid color gradient. , that layer of tender green is beautiful, but it is only artificial.
Su Muqiu harvested the scales, smiled apologetically at the bubbling mermaid, replied "Sorry, I really don't understand", and hurried to catch up with the others.
He thought that everyone else had left, but outside the mermaid exhibition area, Ye Xiu was squatting by the door, staring at the ceiling in a daze, unconsciously kneading his calf back and forth.Hearing Su Muqiu's footsteps, Ye Xiu quickly recovered and smiled at him.
"Are you done chatting?"
"What's there to talk about, but I don't understand."
Su Muqiu couldn't help squatting down, and quickly pinched Ye Xiu's calf. Ye Xiu let out a groan, and fell heavily into Su Muqiu's arms. He looked up at Su Muqiu with an unbelievable expression. .
Ye Xiu, who is usually indifferent, reacted too much. Su Muqiu was frightened and only thought it was funny. He pinched Ye Xiu's calf again with malicious intentions. Feel.
"A sprain again?" Su Muqiu said lightly.
"Don't, don't, don't... Great God Su, let go of your claws..." Ye Xiu couldn't laugh or cry, "Your feet are numb, don't pinch them!"
"Your legs are numb after waiting so long?" Su Muqiu sneered, but still pulled Ye Xiu up, and the two of them gathered together.
Before leaving the museum, the guide girl told them that they could draw the lottery with the ticket stubs, and the three of them participated with great interest. In the end, Ye Xiu won a box of consolation candy, and Su Muqiu won the fourth prize, a small can of sea water. Su Mucheng was the luckiest. , is a special prize one-year admission pass, which can be visited unlimited times within one year.But Su Mucheng was too young to come alone, so the tour guide simply opened the back door and gave them two extra tickets.
"Anyway, no one will come here." The guide girl shrugged.
Su Mucheng was very happy, only Su Muqiu held a can of seawater silently, not knowing what to do with it.
There is only one function of sea water. To put it bluntly, it is to put a large tank of water and sprinkle sea water to raise artificial mermaids. But it is useless to humans. It is better to draw a jar of salt .
On the way home, seeing Su Muqiu unhappy, Ye Xiu directly removed the candy and stuffed it into his mouth: "Is it delicious?"
Su Muqiu had a strange expression: "That's... salty!"
"Of course, sea salt flavor." Ye Xiu said.
Su Muqiu twisted his face and didn't know whether to spit it out. He looked at the two family members in front of him. Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng ate sweets with puffed cheeks, discussing what they saw and heard today. Suddenly, Ye Xiu turned his head and looked at He beckoned.
He hurried to catch up, tasting a faint sweetness from the strange sea salt-flavored candy.
☆、Chapter 6 06: "The moonlight is beautiful tonight"
6. "The moonlight is beautiful tonight"
Now that they have obtained the visitor's pass and adhere to the principle of not wasting, they will go to the Mermaid Museum every now and then. Anyway, they only spend the transportation fee along the way, and there is free air conditioning.Although the museum is not big, you can play through it after a few visits, but you can see different mermaids, and the colorful tail fins are dizzying, which is not boring.
Besides, it's about work.
In order to ensure that the fish in the ocean have sufficient time to reproduce and grow, the strictly stipulated fishing moratorium is approaching, and at the same time, the fishing industry has also entered the off-season. Su Muqiu obviously feels that the work is getting easier and easier, and sometimes even walks a few times with the catch. After a trip, there was nothing to be busy, so he and Huang Shaotian turned to learn how to handle seafood from the aunts in the fish market. In their spare time, they would sit on a small bench and help open oysters and tie crab claws.
Su Muqiu's palm was indeed not easily hurt.Several times he opened several oysters with a knife, the sharp broken oyster shells pressed against the white palm, but left only shallow indentations, only when others looked at him in surprise, Su Muqiu came back to his senses and put on the gloves , It hurts me to death by yelling a few words to others, seeming to be true.
This is just a trivial change, but it does make him much more convenient.
Since Ye Xiu went to the museum for the first time and saw the mermaid, he didn't mention it anymore and lived peacefully with the Su brothers and sisters.Although occasionally, Su Muqiu would notice that Ye Xiu was looking in an unknown direction with an indistinguishable expression.
On the day when the fishing season was officially announced to be over, the fishing boats that docked invariably put in all their energy and made the last vote, bringing back a large amount of fish with almost a bumper harvest.The few people waiting by the pier kept their feet off the ground, running back and forth without even taking time to eat lunch, so they rushed to unload the last batch of fish before dark. No, it seems to be back to the rookie period.
The next morning, they gathered as usual and received their last salary and a small bonus. In addition, because there were quite a lot of fish, shrimp and shellfish caught, as a gift, everyone present was given a large box of free seafood to take home ——Of course it’s not expensive fish, it’s just cheap shrimp and small fish, but the freshness is absolutely guaranteed.
Su Muqiu looked at the plastic box as wide as his arms spread out, and the lively fish and shrimp inside, feeling quite painful.
This box is filled with water, so it's heavy just by looking at it...
But at this time, Ye Xiu was still busy at the vegetable stand, and Su Muqiu could only support himself, dragging, pushing and pulling, it took a lot of effort to bring this box of fish and shrimp home.
Fish can’t be stored for too long. Su Muqiu picked out a few and kept them in the bucket for the time being. He planned to have a whole fish feast at night, then dragged the box into the bathroom, and processed the fish and shrimp on the spot while they were fresh. He was thinking about which fish could be dried or marinated Cooked, smoked, maybe even a cured fish, to eat for a while.
While lamenting that he was so smart, before leaving, he asked the aunts in the fish market how to deal with it, and worked neatly. After finishing the fish and shrimp, Su Muqiu took a part of the fish and shrimp that he might not be able to eat, and gave it to the neighbors , As for the bathroom, he roughly rinsed it, and decided to ask Ye Xiu to clean it later.
After Su Muqiu visited upstairs and downstairs, he took a lot of homemade pickles and kimchi as a gift, and when he opened the door, he saw Ye Xiu's shoes kicking randomly by the door, and with a click, the bathroom door just closed.
"Ye Xiu! You're back?" Su Muqiu called.
Ye Xiu's vague response came from the bathroom. Su Muqiu slipped into the kitchen with the spoils of war, looking for a place to put the things he had received. After less than 5 minutes of work, he heard a loud noise from the bathroom, mixed with the sound of bottles and cans colliding, like someone This kind of object falls and knocks over the object... What else can fall, isn't it Ye Xiu!
Su Muqiu didn't care what kind of pickles he put, he rushed to the bathroom as soon as he threw the things away, what if he fell and killed himself!The landlord will kick them out!Plus seeing a doctor is so expensive!The hospital bill is terrible!
"Ye Xiu, are you alright! Ye Xiu!" Su Muqiu jumped at the door and shouted, "If you fall to your death, make a sound!"
The bathroom was quiet for about ten seconds, during which Su Muqiu banged on the door, and then Ye Xiu's muffled voice sounded: "Damn... Su Muqiu, curse me to death! Can you still make a sound when you're dead? Uh... hiss! Okay pain……"
It doesn't matter if you can still talk nonsense, Su Muqiu let go of his high-pitched heart: "Where did you hit? Open the door and let me see."
"Don't open the door!" Ye Xiu shouted hastily.
"Huh? Why?"
Ye Xiu replied seriously: "Because I don't have any clothes on."
The corners of Su Muqiu's eyes twitched, and he grabbed the doorknob and turned it.The door was locked and had not been turned open, only the old lock clicked.
Ye Xiu: "I said you opened the door without any clothes on, Mr. Su, tell me the truth, how long have you been coveting me?"
Su Muqiu twisted the doorknob: "You'll know when you open the door."
Ye Xiu: "You're playing hooligans! Do you believe I'll yell molestation?"
Hearing what he said, Su Muqiu wanted to open the door even more, because normally, Ye Xiu would just say "Hehe, come here", how could he push and block him to open the door like this, let alone using such a lame reason.
If Ye Xiu really wanted to find an excuse, Su Muqiu felt that he would make it perfect.This shows that the people in the bathroom sound calm, but they must be a little panicked in their hearts, so they throw away this kind of trash talk that is far worse than usual.
Based on the sound he heard just now, Ye Xiu must have smashed everything in the bathroom, right? !Still trying to hide it in vain, I really owe a lesson.
"Ye Xiu."
"What?"
"There's something I forgot to tell you..." Su Muqiu turned his wrist expressionlessly and twisted the doorknob to the end. He lifted the doorknob vigorously with his hand and bumped his shoulder, and the broken door opened tremblingly like this: "...the bathroom The door is very old."
"So the door lock is just a decoration!" Ye Xiu was depressed.
Su Muqiu violently broke down the door with technical techniques, but before he could see clearly the damage in the bathroom, he was thrown water all over his face.Su Muqiu hurriedly turned his head, the water had a salty ocean smell and a fishy smell, and he immediately thought of the box of fish and seawater he dragged back from the pier this morning.
"What kind of water are you splashing!" Su Muqiu rubbed his eyes and poohed a few times.
"Sorry sorry, force majeure..."
Su Muqiu put down his hands and glared at the person who made the sound: "What force majeure..."
Immediately afterwards, a large silver shiny thing flashed past his eyes.
Su Muqiu was dazzled by the flash for a moment, and when he blinked his sore eyes and struggled to see the scene in front of him, he was instantly stunned and stared at Ye Xiu for a while, speechless.
Ye Xiu, who was sitting down in the big plastic box, giggled dryly. The short-sleeved T-shirt on his upper body was mostly wet, and it clung to the boy's figure. A large fan of tail fins swayed below the waist and abdomen, and his slender fish tail covered his body. Full of silvery white scales, shining under the light.
"Cough...hey, Mu Qiu," Ye Xiu raised his hand in embarrassment and waved it weakly, "The moonlight is beautiful tonight, hahaha..."
And his tail fin gently brushed against Su Muqiu's feet.
☆、Chapter 7 07: Drilling into the sea shyly
7. Dive into the sea shyly
Compared to the length of the fish's tail, the Su family's bathroom is really cramped, so that the tail had to be bent into a beautiful arc to fit it in, and the fan-like tail fin at the end was squeezed against the door panel. After Su Muqiu opened the door, He pressed it softly against his calf.
This is really force majeure. From the waist and abdomen to the tip of the tail fin, the tail of the fish is 1.5 meters long. If it is not attached to Su Muqiu, it can only be stuffed into the toilet.
In fact, it's not just the bathroom that is too small. Compared to the luxurious silver scales and tail fins, the whole bathroom is so poor that it makes people suddenly realize that 'the trough is so narrow and shabby here'.
Su Muqiu stared at Ye Xiu's tail fin with wide eyes, completely speechless, a rare situation of complete crash.Ye Xiu was stuck in the plastic box, lying on his back in the bathroom, unable to move. He tried to stand up several times, but the fish tail packed the box full of seawater. Even if he tried to save himself, it was just like being thrown on the cutting board The fish flopped on the spot, and accidentally splashed water all over Su Muqiu's expressionless and stiff expression, Ye Xiu had to accept his fate, and simply lay down and pretended to be dead.
In fact, he could get up after a serious struggle, but how strong is the tail fin, Ye Xiu still can't figure it out?As one of the attack methods, he can knock even medium-sized cetaceans unconscious. If he smashes something or breaks a box while struggling, he is worried that Su Muqiu will be so angry that he will half die.
He has learned a lot during these days, but what he always keeps in mind is Su Muqiu's cold and cruel sentence from the first night, "Our family is very poor, so we don't have any spare money to raise a mouth." Destroying things for no reason will probably cost his life.
Even after this incident, he probably couldn't live anymore.
The scene was silent for a while, Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu stared at each other, the time passed by, and the two looked at each other, but there was no result, until the water on Ye Xiu's caudal fin dried up, and the silver scales became gray. Inconspicuously, Su Muqiu opened his mouth slowly, breaking the silence.
"Ye Xiu..."
Ye Xiu responded without looking away.
Su Muqiu, who met his eyes, asked: "...Didn't you say you have no clothes on?"
Ye Xiu: "..."
"Did you underline the key point?" Ye Xiu said helplessly, "Do you have any other questions to ask?"
"Let me calm down first." Su Muqiu pressed his thumping temple.
"Okay." Ye Xiu nodded, and calmly extended his hand straight to Su Muqiu: "Think slowly, pull me up first."
Su Muqiu froze, and grabbed Ye Xiu to help pull him out, but as soon as he tried his best, Ye Xiu screamed, patted his arms and shouted that his waist was about to break. I don't know if it was true or not, so Su Muqiu had to go around behind Ye Xiu, Pass the opponent's chest and take the person out of the plastic box with half pulling and half hugging.
The weight of the fishtail is much lighter than he imagined.
After the tail was freed, Ye Xiu could move freely. He tore off his and Su Muqiu's bath towels, slipped out of the bathroom smoothly and moved to the sofa in an indescribably snake-like gliding or bouncing posture. Spread a bath towel on it, and after sitting down, he bent down and wiped his tail fin very naturally, as if his feet were wet from the rain outside.
Wait a minute, isn't this... mermaid too natural? ! !
Although Su Muqiu never thought that Ye Xiu would disappear into foam in the sun, or dive into the sea shyly like the mermaid seen by humans in fairy tales, after all, there is no sea here... No, the existence of the mermaid has been made public long ago, yes It does exist, he shouldn't make a fuss...
Su Muqiu's heart was numb, his mind was in a mess, nailed to the door of the bathroom like a wooden stake, and all kinds of inexplicable thoughts rushed back and forth, he was almost dizzy by himself, and he still couldn't find a way to deal with it.However, when Ye Xiu bent down several times to try to wipe the end of his tail but couldn't reach it, Su Muqiu took a few steps forward and snatched the towel, and dried him bit by bit.
"Thank you, Mu Qiu." Ye Xiu said casually, as if Su Muqiu was not helping him wipe his tail, but picked up an eraser.
He carefully pressed the bath towel to wipe the water off the fish tail, and after pulling away the soft cloth, he saw the neatly arranged and smooth fish scales.
The silver scales are exactly the same as the one Su Muqiu picked up by chance.
Su Muqiu touched the smooth scale subconsciously, and the tail fin hanging below moved, but Ye Xiu didn't stop him.
This tail is real no matter how you look at it.
In other words, the person who ate, lived and slept with him for several months...is really a mermaid?
But compared to the mermaids seen in the museum, Ye Xiu's tail was obviously a bit longer, and the fan of the tail fin was also much larger than those mermaids, and the shape was more natural and beautiful.
Su Muqiu wiped and touched, not sure if he was overly frightened or unable to react, but at this moment, curiosity prevailed in his heart, and he groped carefully on each scale, his fingertips touched the skin between Ye Xiu's waist and abdomen, and the fine lines between the skin and the tail. The scales slid all the way down to the soft translucent caudal fin, and the towel was thrown aside.
His stroking movements were too slow and serious, and his palm, which was about ten degrees higher than the mermaid's body temperature, slid past each scale scaldingly. Su Muqiu didn't raise his head, and Ye Xiu didn't react too much, so Su Muqiu didn't notice Ye Xiu's face at all. Forbearance.The tips of the latter's ears were already completely reddened, but when Su Muqiu inadvertently stroked a part of the fine scales with slightly different colors, the tail fin trembled, and finally couldn't help reaching out to hold Su Muqiu's shoulder.
"Su Muqiu, have you seen enough..." Ye Xiu whispered.
Su Muqiu shook his head solemnly: "No."
Ye Xiu had nothing to say, if he didn't feel that he was wrong, how could someone touch his tail fin.
"It's the first time I've touched a living mermaid! Besides, you are the most expensive thing I've ever come across in my life..." Su Muqiu sighed, there are tens of millions of euros sitting on his sofa at this moment!It turns out that this is the touch of tens of millions of euros, converted into their currency... Just thinking about it, Su Muqiu, a pragmatist, felt a little smug, and felt even more vigorously, wishing to hold on to it.
"Okay, wipe it dry, don't touch it." Ye Xiu patted Su Muqiu away, moved the fish's tail aside, and saw that the end of the caudal fin seemed to shrink from dehydration, shrinking at an astonishing speed visible to the naked eye, and covered the silvery tail of the fish. The same is true for the scales, the part that belongs to the fish seems to be retracted under the skin.But within ten seconds, the appearance of human legs could already be seen, and soon two naked long white legs replaced the tail.
Su Muqiu watched the whole process of change with right and wrong eyes. Ye Xiu was too embarrassed to ask him to avoid it, but said in a helpless tone, "Generally speaking, even other mermaids are not allowed to see the process of changing legs and tails of mermaids. This time I will show you all. I've seen it all, should I charge... What are you doing!"
Ye Xiu almost jumped up from the chair, but Su Muqiu turned to touch his legs, from bottom to top like touching his tail, and refused to stop. Ye Xiu got a bunch of goosebumps, kicked him away with his legs , ran back to the room and took a pair of trousers and put them on.
Su Muqiu stared at his palm thoughtfully: "Your legs... feel..."
"It's not the same as a human, is it? Although it looks like a human, there is still a layer of scales, but they are too small to be seen by the naked eye." Ye Xiu leaned against the door frame, folded his arms, and explained seriously: "In places with light, there will be scales. A little more obvious."
Su Muqiu blinked, and silently swallowed the words "good elasticity".
☆、Chapter 8 08: Mermaid's singing
8. Mermaid's Song
After a while of jumping around, Su Muqiu's sanity finally came back, frowning and thinking about turning left and right in the living room, while circling in circles, he kept muttering about mermaid this mermaid and that, combined with his convulsive steps and solemn expression, it was like some kind of It was like a curse ceremony, except that the lights were turned off and the wax nails were lit.
As for the person involved, Ye Xiu, he stared at Su Muqiu for a while, then moved to the computer to play games. The boss that should be robbed was still robbed, and the equipment that should be sold was still sold. In the depths of his eyes, he caught a little uncertainty that was well hidden.
The two were immersed in their own thoughts, and had no intention of talking to each other at all.
After a long time, Su Muqiu suddenly took a deep breath, took the initiative to pull a chair and moved closer to the computer, with a serious expression, motioned Ye Xiu to let go of the mouse, and stop what he was doing.
Although he said a bunch of inconsequential words just now, in fact he is quite clear in his heart, and there are some things that need to be clarified.
Nowadays, mermaids are almost synonymous with "rich people's collections". Although it is impossible to imagine this Ye Xiu being locked in a water tank with a collar for people to enjoy, but as long as he is an artificial mermaid, he must have a master or a partner— ─It is true that Ye Xiu folded the fish tail into his legs before his eyes, but who knows if this is some expensive and high-tech new gimmick.
"Stop playing games, I have something to ask you."
Ye Xiu didn't say anything, he manipulated the character proficiently, and after confirming that he had entered the safe zone, he turned his head and looked at Su Muqiu quietly.
"The next question is very important. You'd better have the consciousness to tell the truth." Su Muqiu said in a deep voice. He tapped on the table and got straight to the point: "So, you are a mermaid? Why can your tail fin be retracted? You
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