: "I just brought this pair of trousers. The ground is wet. If you don't roll them up and change clothes later, they will get wet."
Because the dressing room can take a shower, the ground is indeed full of water, and the tourist next to the two happened to be taking a shower, and the water and foam rushed over.
Su Muqiu wore shorts when he went out, so he didn't expect this problem, but there are many ways to change clothes in this situation, Ye Xiu must be too troublesome.
"Stop rolling, I'll help you, or it will be dark at this speed."
Su Muqiu instructed Ye Xiu to lift up one leg first, and he helped grab the trousers to take it off, and then changed to the other leg.
Ye Xiu nodded, leaning his back against the compartment to help him balance. He lowered his eyes, and Su Muqiu followed his gaze. With his slender fingertips, he deftly undid the metal buckle, hooked the trouser chain and pulled it down, and the trousers slipped loosely. Half down.A small piece of smooth belly and panties were exposed to the light, and the contours of thighs were faintly revealed from the unbuttoned trouser chains.
The thigh with smooth lines hooked up, with a fair complexion, it gently pressed against Su Muqiu's waist.
"It's alright, Mu Qiu." Ye Xiu looked at Su Muqiu.
Su Muqiu gave a dry cough, then took a deep breath, and slowly peeled off the trousers from Ye Xiu's protruding legs. Ye Xiu said thank you, rubbed his long legs against Su Muqiu to express his gratitude, and naturally raised the other trousers. leg.For some reason, Su Muqiu's mouth was dry, so he had to speed up his movements, his eyes wandered, his Adam's apple slipped, and he didn't know where to look.
Except for the trouble caused by the trousers, Ye Xiu quickly changed his clothes, put on a short-sleeved T-shirt and beach pants with a pattern of several small triangles made up of a large triangle, and folded the clothes of the two of them and put them in the bag Inside, he opened the door first to look for Su Mucheng, with a calm expression on his face.
Compared to the low-key beach shorts worn by her two elder brothers, Su Mucheng's one-piece swimsuit with a small skirt made her look very cute. With her beautiful long hair and round eyes, she was undoubtedly very attractive.
For the convenience of playing in the water, Su Muqiu helped his sister bring a scrunchie, but he bit the scrunchie and fiddled here and there, but he still couldn't tie it into a neat shape, and it always fell on his head in a mess.
Ye Xiu spread the plastic sheet to put things away, slipped to the service center to inflate a pile of rented things by himself, and when he returned with his swimming ring and the whale in his arms, he saw Su Muqiu wrestling with the hair ring.
He looked at the few families with little girls around, observed their movements of tying the child's hair, then took the comb, and tied Su Mucheng's head in two or three strokes according to their method, which looked exactly the same.
"Ye Xiu, you are amazing!" The little girl stroked her new hairstyle.
Ye Xiu curled the corner of his mouth, "Okay, let's go play in the water."
With a big smile on Su Mucheng's face, she picked up the big whale, which was taller than herself, and ran towards the sea water pattering on the sand.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, Ye Xiu stretched his waist, lay down with a whoosh, closed his eyes, and prepared to sunbathe, with his legs exposed to the sun generously, while Su Muqiu observed his surroundings.
According to him, because the legs are covered with a layer of extremely fine fish scales, which look particularly white in places with light, the difference between humans and mermaids will be more obvious.Su Muqiu was deeply touched by this point, he was stunned for a long time when he saw it for the first time.
However, there are many modern people who stay indoors all day long and live as if they can't see the light. They all have that pale virtue. Ye Xiu is really not special, let alone the Su family who is more eye-catching than him. Siblings walk together.
Su Muqiu saw her younger sister swimming up and down the sea with a whale in her arms, smiling brightly, and felt that it was great to have planned this trip.The little girl waved to them after swimming for a while. Su Muqiu pulled Ye Xiu who was lying on the sofa and pretended to be dead.
"Don't like playing in water, are you still a fish?"
Ye Xiu asked back: "If you don't stay on land well, are you still a human being?"
Su Muqiu rolled his eyes, ignored Ye Xiu's resistance, and threw the person into the sea.Ye Xiu pretended to flop a few times, hugging the tail of the inflatable whale tightly like a drowning man, and shouted cruelly to Su Muqiu: "Hey, what kind of punishment game is this to test willpower, it's too inhuman!"
After all, Ye Xiu who stayed in the sea looked much more energetic than usual, his black eyes sparkling, so Su Muqiu let go of the nervousness in his heart, and violently suppressed someone who deliberately provoked troubles with a smile, and let him wear a swimming ring to hang himself. Floats in water.
Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng splashed water on each other to play, while Su Muqiu dived into the water and swam for a while.He stopped to take a breath, and brushed aside the bangs stuck to his forehead. He noticed that there were many people on the beach secretly looking in a certain direction, and he also took a few careful glances.
Most of the people who come to the beach are small families, and there are only a few male and female couples. Looking around, the proportion of men is relatively high. After all, the female population has dropped significantly in the past few decades.Quite a few of them were fathers who brought their children to play in the water alone. Su Muqiu guessed that the other parent of them might be the Acquired Mermaid—it is too much trouble to take the Acquired Mermaid to travel far.
However, on the entire beach, compared with those few girls, what attracts more attention is the other end of the beach, where a family of three sits. The father picks up the child and wipes the sand in his hands. The smiling young man——that young man was wearing a mermaid robe, with a little brown tail fin faintly exposed under the layered skirt.
Many people are curious about Acquired mermaids, especially those who go out to play with their families in such an upright manner, which is quite rare in such a remote place. Some people even came up to chat with cameras, as if they wanted to take a picture as a souvenir.
"Hey, look, it's a mermaid." Su Muqiu whispered into Ye Xiu's ear.
Ye Xiu lazily raised his eyelids: "Yes, I saw it."
Su Muqiu was surprised: "Seeing how you stick to the sink every time, I thought you would be more excited."
"I'm so excited! Can't you see that I really want to pounce on him and pinch his tail and touch his tail fin?" Ye Xiu replied, "Will he come down for a swim later? I really can't wait to lean over and have a look."
Su Muqiu turned his head, seeing Ye Xiu's overly serious gaze, he couldn't help being startled.In order to prevent him from really going to harass the mermaid and causing disputes, Su Muqiu clasped Ye Xiu's wrist, and took him by his side to watch closely.
Su Mucheng lay on top of the whale and kicked the water, occasionally looking at the two people not far away, Ye Xiu was hanging on the swimming ring, pointing in the direction with one hand, Su Muqiu was disgusted behind, and pushed the swimming ring and swam over, with a puff , laughed happily again.
☆、Chapter 11 12: The gift fish and shrimp that occasionally appear on the deck
12. The occasional gift fish and shrimp that appear on the deck
In the afternoon, the three of them swam back to the shore after playing in the water. They bought a few fried noodles from a nearby stall and ate them up. Ye Xiu then lay lazily on the beach, blowing the sea breeze to digest his food.It's not summer after all, the weather is getting colder and the sun is warming people, Ye Xiu squinted his eyes and fell asleep after a while.
Suddenly, a round object pressed against his cheek, and his field of vision was filled with inflatable beach balls in front of him. Ye Xiu could clearly see the logo printed on it, which came from the supermarket Su Muqiu went to most often. Obviously, it was a cheap gift.
Su Muqiu held the beach ball and shook Ye Xiu's head: "Beach volleyball, do you dare to have a game?"
Ye Xiu smiled: "Don't cry if you lose."
The two excitedly asked Su Mucheng to be the referee. In exchange, they bought a piece of vanilla ice cream for the little girl.There were no complicated rules in this sudden game, and no sidelines were drawn. As long as the ball misses the ground, the opponent will score, which is quite simple and rude.
Walking on the beach is inconvenient, neither of them has an advantage in this regard. In the beginning, in order to get used to the environment, Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu played fairly well, and there was no interest in making people look more often.However, the two of them later used all the postures for hitting and catching the ball. What kind of roundabouts, jumps, stealing bases, and sliding tackles emerged endlessly. Originally, the three of them were located close to the edge of the beach, and there were not many people nearby, so they could still be allowed to behave like this. As the battle intensified, they fought closer and closer to the crowd.
Finally, during a counterattack, Ye Xiu accidentally raised the racket too high. Su Muqiu stared at the ball and kept backing up, backing up, backing up again, and suddenly his foot slipped and bumped the ball. The foreheads of innocent passers-by on the side.With a shake of the opponent's hand, all the things in his hand fell on the beach, and even knocked over the expensive SLR camera.
Su Muqiu hurried over to check if the victim had been hit. Ye Xiu followed behind and helped pick up the items.
The small half of the sheet buried in the sand is still in the photo viewing mode. In the photo is a group photo of a family of three mermaids with brown tail fins. They have bright smiles on their faces. The child held in the arms of two fathers is holding an ivory Seashells, held high toward the camera.
In addition to the camera, there was also a sketchbook and pencils left on the side. Ye Xiu picked it up and saw that the pages of the sketchbook were filled with scattered words and messy sketches, such as the sea, mermaids, and whales guiding the way when lost. , shells, etc., and the illustration of the Q version of the little mermaid putting something on the boat, with the words "gift fish and shrimp that occasionally appear on the deck" below.
But there was a sudden horizontal stroke in the middle of the page, probably brought by accident when the ball hit it.
Ye Xiu picked up these things, and suddenly slid out a few sheets of paper from the pages of the sketchbook. Compared with the graffiti-like content in the notebook, these were more like design drafts of jewelry. The title was written on the top of the paper. Ye Xiu saw To the eyes of the mermaid, the tears of the mermaid and so on.
The victim himself was fine, after all, it was just an inflatable beach ball, but the problem with the camera was bigger.The young man with a ponytail took the camera cautiously, muttering nervously, "I probably didn't get into the sand when I went. If it breaks, how should I explain to my grandson? I'd better send it for inspection first." Then he took the camera with him. The pile of paper and pens was dropped and the two ran away.
Ye Xiu and Su Muqiu exchanged glances: If it breaks, will he seek compensation from us?
The other party replied: But he didn't ask for contact information.
"..."
The two people who stayed in the same place looked at each other, and finally decided that if this man came to collect debts when they came to play tomorrow, then they should admit it.
After accidentally hitting a passer-by, the Su family and their group didn't have much interest in continuing to play. They packed up their things and went to the hotel to report. They ate a local special meal provided by the hotel—what else can a seaside special meal be? The table was full of seafood again. The few people who had eaten fish and shrimp for a long time stuffed a few mouthfuls, and finally slipped out to buy instant noodles.
Surrounded by the happiness of stewed chicken with mushrooms and braised beef in brown sauce, the three took showers respectively and slept on a big bed that night.
They are not big in stature. Two 15- and 6-year-old boys and a 12-year-old girl are lying on the extra-large bed, which is not too crowded.Su Mucheng, who was tired from playing, fell asleep very early. Ye Xiu sat by the bed and watched a few advertisements. Su Muqiu washed his swimsuit and beach shorts with clean water, wrung them dry and hung them in the bathroom, then turned off the lights and walked lightly. Get into bed and lie down between the two of you.
With the faint moonlight outside the window, Ye Xiu continued to read the travel brochure provided by the hotel.
In order to promote local tourism, they organized many scenic spots according to the seasons, and this beach near the sea was among them, and it was placed on the folding page of summer outings.
"What are you looking at? Don't turn on the light to be careful of myopia." Su Muqiu, who was also tired after a busy day, muttered drowsily, and squeezed Ye Xiu's waist.
Ye Xiu smiled and pointed to himself: "No, the sea is much darker. I'm different from you."
"That's quite convenient."
"Yes."
"But if you eat my rice and sleep on my bed, it's no different..."
Ye Xiu lowered his eyes to look at Su Muqiu. The latter was sunk in the fluffy and soft pillow, his upper and lower eyelids were almost glued together, and he was still holding on stubbornly. He pulled the corner of the document in Ye Xiu's hand and forced his eyes to look up.
"Maple appreciation? Are you interested in this?"
The leaflet in his hand happened to stay in the autumn scenery.
"Well...not all of them."
"I'll take you to see it later, go to bed early." Su Muqiu said vaguely, "Tomorrow is one more day... If you don't sleep, you will be exhausted..."
Ye Xiu responded, touched the large flaming red maple leaves on the paper with his fingertips, then casually threw the document back on the side cabinet, pulled the quilt away and lay down inside.
Once there were no distractions, the restlessness in his heart resurfaced.
It's too close to the ocean here.
Even after the industrialization of human beings, the seawater near the sea has always had a strange chemical smell, and he didn't soak all day in the high-concentration seawater specially prepared by the research institute, but Ye Xiu still clearly felt that every scale In Cryptic Sour.They struggled, unwilling to be restrained by their overly self-controlled master. Ye Xiu's legs, which were unintentionally closed, were tense, and the inconspicuous but annoying pain deep in the bone marrow repeatedly reminded him of his instinctive desire for the ocean.
Every breath is filled with the salty smell of sea water and the sound of distant waves.
He bent down quietly, trying to rub his ankles, but when he moved, he bumped into Su Muqiu, who was sleeping beside him. The latter's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he called Ye Xiu in a low voice, and then told him to sleep peacefully.
Ye Xiu froze, watching Su Muqiu's reaction, the latter didn't open his eyes, he was already dead asleep.Ye Xiu couldn't help but frowned, and thought to himself that he wasn't a three-year-old kid, so what's the point of urging him to sleep in his sleep.He exhaled, and lay down gently on Su Muqiu's pillow, buried his face in the other's warm neck, and slowly closed his eyes.
He fell asleep in the warm sea breeze.
The next morning, when Su Muqiu woke up in a daze, he heard the slight sound of closing the door. He turned his head unconsciously and saw that Ye Xiu came out of the bathroom refreshed. He had changed his clothes and was ready to go out at any time. look like.
"I'm awake." Ye Xiu blinked at him, "I was just about to call you, Su Da, if you don't, you won't have time for breakfast."
"What?" Su Muqiu looked at the time and woke up in shock. He immediately jumped out of bed and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.
Su Mucheng, who had also freshened up, was leaning on the window frame, looking out at the gradually brightening sky and ocean, but when she heard Ye Xiu's words, she turned her head and saw her brother's back in a hurry.She woke up a bit later than Ye Xiu, but the latter yawned under the blanket and asked her to use the bathroom first—however, it was at least an hour ago.
Su Mucheng asked Ye Xiu who was packing his luggage, "Why didn't you wake up brother earlier?"
"It's rare to see him sleep so soundly, there's nothing wrong with resting for a while." Ye Xiu smiled and raised an eyebrow at the little girl: "Besides, don't you think it's interesting to see him with his bird's nest head on his face in panic?"
"Ye Xiu!! I can hear you!!" Someone in the bathroom yelled angrily.
So Su Mucheng smiled and nodded seriously.
Su Muqiu's movements were quick, brushing his teeth and washing his face didn't take much effort, and the three of them headed to the restaurant not long after.The hotel was not big, and it was not the peak tourist season, so there were not many guests. When they arrived at the restaurant, there were only a few people left in it. Among them was a young man who was dining with his back to the door.
Seeing the other party's ponytail hanging behind his back, Ye Xiu immediately remembered the accident yesterday, he turned his head, and happened to meet Su Muqiu's eyes.The two made eye contact for a while, and finally Su Muqiu stepped forward to the other side's table, with a perfect apology on his face: "Sorry, is it yesterday's sir? The one with a DSLR."
When the young man raised his head in confusion, he was eating a flower roll in his mouth. He seemed to recognize Su Muqiu's unforgettable face, "Hey, you are the one from yesterday..." He paused: "...a beach ball?"
Su Muqiu, who got a new nickname, was silent for a moment: "...I'm sorry yesterday, I didn't notice it for a while. That camera...?"
"Oh, the camera is fine, I have nothing to lose here, don't worry about it." The young man waved his hand generously, and glanced at Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng behind Su Muqiu, "You guys come to have breakfast? Hurry up, it's time for the end of the morning meal here It's early."
They sat down at the empty table next to the young man, took their meals, and chatted with the young man.
The young man's name is Zhang Jiale, and he is also traveling from other places. Although he looks like he is only a college graduate, he has been working for a long time.Ye Xiu casually asked about the drafts he saw yesterday. The young man was a little surprised, but he calmly announced his occupation: "That's right, I'm a jewelry designer."
"I happened to see your sketchbook yesterday, and it was all about mermaids." Ye Xiu said, "Did you take pictures of the artificial mermaid house on the beach? Did you come to the beach to collect materials?"
Zhang Jiale frowned slightly, and looked at Ye Xiu suspiciously. Su Muqiu quickly pushed Ye Xiu's head down, and put on an embarrassed smile: "Sorry, he didn't mean to spy, but this guy is very interested in mermaids..."
"So that's the case, no wonder they noticed that I took pictures of their house." Zhang Jiale understood, "It's rare to hear the name artificial mermaid, so I was a little surprised at the moment, hahaha."
Indeed, Ye Xiu has always called those mermaids 'artificial mermaids'. Su Muqiu noticed this very early on, but he didn't ask Ye Xiu why.
Seeing that Ye Xiu seemed to be about to speak, in order to prevent him from saying something that would not end well, Su Muqiu decisively pinched him, stuffed the orange juice into his hand, and turned to chat with Zhang Jiale.
Zhang Jiale watched the interaction between the two teenagers with interest: "Are you students? Come out to play together during the holidays? You are not yet grown up, and your family agrees that you take such a young girl to the beach alone?"
Hearing the other party mentioning herself, Su Mucheng swallowed the muffin in her mouth and said, "We are going on a family trip!"
"Oh...that's it, it's good, come out to play together. Where are you from?" Zhang Jiale wasn't quite sure if the little girl meant that the adults hadn't come to the restaurant for breakfast, or that the three of them were the entire family. But he didn't get to the bottom of it.
"Old city, near the original H city." Su Muqiu replied.
"Huh? What a coincidence?" Zhang Jiale was taken aback.
"Are you from there too?"
"No, no. I came here to collect materials this time because of the outward development of the upper city. Our group is very optimistic about the prospects of your area. We decided to expand the jewelry store there and let me design some exclusive and limited jewelry."
Su Muqiu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he quickly caught some information in Zhang Jiale's words: "Expand the scale? Will you recruit new employees? What are the conditions?"
Zhang Jiale looked at Su Muqiu's appearance, and asked hesitantly: "...It is true that there is a shortage of people, and there are no hard requirements, but after all, it is a jewelry store, and the interior will probably give priority to candidates with suitable appearance or temperament. It can't be such a coincidence, you just happen to be looking for Let's work…?"
"It's such a coincidence!" Ye Xiu put his arm around Su Muqiu's shoulders, and enthusiastically recommended it to Zhang Jiale with a self-proclaimed look: "Do you think Mu Qiu is suitable for our family? His face is very suitable for selling jewelry."
What is a face that is very suitable for selling jewelry... The corners of Su Muqiu's mouth twitched, but he restrained himself and raised what he thought was the most restrained and elegant smile.
Afterwards, Su Muqiu, who successfully obtained the contact information of the branch manager from Zhang Jiale, was satisfied. He could not be more lucky to get a decent job with a high salary when he came out!He greatly appreciated Ye Xiu's clever response: "Good job, keep it up!"
Ye Xiu nodded casually, looking like a trivial matter, but when he looked at the very happy Su Muqiu, his black eyes were like crumbled stars.
☆、Chapter 12 13: Escort
13. Escort
For decades, people's reactions to the existence of merfolk have remained fairly polarized.
Those who support mermaids, no matter what the purpose is, understanding, benefit, research..., wantonly promote things related to mermaids, trying to subtly influence people's thinking, so that the world will take acquired mermaids as a natural part of life; As for the opponents, they do not hesitate to use bloody and violent means to eradicate this unreasonable existence.
Although after the transformation operation, most mermaids live in exquisite water tanks all their lives, live in the upper city with good public security, and are carefully stored away from the world. Very few mermaids are seriously injured or killed by the struggle, but there will be acquired The mermaid appeared calmly outside the safe range, and the opponents who were hidden under the peaceful appearance followed, like a gangrene.
At this point in the confusing explanation, the mature and fashionable woman in an exquisite suit stopped explaining temporarily, because one of the three young people sitting in front of her raised her hand.
Compared with the two people beside him, the appearance of the young man who raised his hand is relatively ordinary, but he has a kind of unhurried temperament, and his gentle smile makes a good first impression.
The woman glanced at the gold-plated name tag pinned to the young man's chest: "Yu Wenzhou? Do you have any questions?"
"Sister Chu, your explanation is very clear, I just want to confirm with you..." Yu Wenzhou smiled and pointed around, "Does this place belong to 'that side'?"
Not long after the renovation was completed, there was still a very light pungent smell in the renovated and expanded store. The overall layout is restrained and luxurious, from the streamlined glass display cabinets like water waves, the dark blue velvet base, and the large chandelier shaped like coral branches..., In every detail, you can see the traces of spending a lot of money on the design.
When you step into a jewelry store, you will instantly feel like you are in the bottom of the sea—or in other words, including the jewelry that has not yet been displayed in the display cabinet, they all have the theme of 'mermaid'.
"Good question." The store manager Chu Yunxiu raised her slender eyebrows: "It looks like it is."
"That…"
"But not actually."
Yu Wenzhou nodded and put down his hands: "I understand."
Su Muqiu, who was deeply puzzled by why the job introduction always said mermaids, turned his head, looked at Yu Wenzhou's knowing expression, and wondered if it was because he knew little about the jewelry industry that he couldn't figure out what kind of riddle the two were playing.He quietly observed his new colleague Zhou Zekai who was sitting on the other side, and found that his demeanor was upright, with a solemn face, but there was imperceptible blankness in his eyes, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.
Store manager Chu then explained the company's basic internal systems and precautions, and emphasized that the current promotion of mermaid series of jewelry must be strengthened. After that, he concluded to the three people who listened carefully: "Afterwards, the store will be handed over to you. I will stay in the office, but don’t bother me if you have nothing to do. If you have any problems, you can ask a girl named Tang Rou first, she worked here before the renovation, and she will be back when the store officially reopens tomorrow.”
Several people nodded seriously.
She thought for a while, "The next time...you guys should get to know your future work partners."
After finishing speaking, Chu Yunxiu directly clapped her hands to announce the disbandment, stepped on her high heels and turned to leave, walking cleanly, leaving the three strangers looking at each other in embarrassment.
In the end, Yu Wenzhou was the first to reach out to the two of them, and introduced himself with a smile.
Yu Wenzhou, who was appointed by Chu Yunxiu as the team leader, is 20 years old, a sophomore in college, and a native of G City in the old city, currently working part-time.The reason why he came all the way to City H is that his major is related to mermaids, and the Mermaid Research Institute is located in City H, so he can undoubtedly obtain more detailed and cutting-edge information by staying here. As for other backgrounds, he smiled An understatement.
Zhou Zekai, 19 years old, one of his parents is a doctor specializing in mermaids. After completing the basic education in school, he basically studied at home. Currently, because his parents are going abroad, he is temporarily living with his grandparents in City H.He has a good personality, but he is not very good at talking. Most of the information was obtained by Yu Wenzhou and Su Muqiu after guessing and guessing. Maybe it has something to do with the lack of communication opportunities on weekdays.
In fact, according to Zhou Zekai's situation, he is not suitable for store sales, and he might not be hired in other places... But his face is so handsome, just sitting there listening to their questions and nervously nodding or shaking his head , Yu Wenzhou and Su Muqiu couldn't help but look up at the chandelier, wondering if the indoor lighting was too glaring.It was rare for Su Muqiu to admit that he was slightly inferior in appearance, and he clearly realized what Zhang Jiale meant by 'prioritizing those who are suitable for appearance or temperament'.
Leaving aside these, both of them are more or less related to mermaids. This is not too surprising to Su Muqiu. During the interview, Chu Yunxiu asked him if he had any knowledge or background related to mermaids. It is estimated that this is also one of the important factors for internal selection of employees. one.
Seeing that the two people turned their gazes to him, Su Muqiu put on a smile and said calmly, "Hello, my name is Su Muqiu, from City H in the old city."
Compared to the two of them, Su Muqiu asked himself that he really had nothing to say, so he ended the introduction with a few sentences, which was too simple and gave the impression that it was inconvenient to reveal.
"I'm sure you've also noticed that the commonality of the few of our recruits seems to be mermaids." Yu Wenzhou smiled, "Can I ask you about your situation?"
Su Muqiu was confident and confident, and said the answer that was almost the same as in the interview: "Well, I have experience with mermaids."
"Get along??" The other two were surprised.
Su Muqiu's words are very vague. What does "getting along" refer to? There are many ways to interpret it. Did you ever work in a mermaid-related industry?Has an acquaintance transformed into a mermaid?or something else?But it's easy to work with smart people. They saw that Su Muqiu didn't mean to explain, so they understood on their own. They just curiously asked some detailed questions about mermaids.Su Muqiu didn't know how much ordinary people knew about mermaids, and only responded with the knowledge accumulated from visiting museums. During this period, Yu Wenzhou's eyes lingered on him for a while, and Su Muqiu's face was watertight.
However, it was impossible for him to say anything special. Even though there was a genuine mermaid beside him, Ye Xiu showed the fish's tail only once in such a long time.
Although Zhou Zekai was unable to communicate well, under the careful management of the other two colleagues, the few of them had a good chat all afternoon and had a preliminary understanding of each other.
"Su Muqiu, you really don't look like an adult anymore." Yu Wenzhou asked with a mocking smile, saying that if the job hadn't required the age of 18, he would have thought Su Muqiu was a classmate of a relative's cousin.
"Many people say that." Su Muqiu, who is actually 16 years old, laughed, thinking that luckily he was in City H. If it was in Shangcheng District, identity information would have to be strictly verified, so it would be really hard to fool around.
After starting a new job, Su Muqiu deeply realized how happy life can be with people with connections and background.
This job is really depraved. Wearing a uniform with a smiling face, staying clean and fresh in an air-conditioned room, and coming and going with bright, well-spoken guests, so that you can get a sum of money for the three members of the Su family to enjoy every day. Good salary for meat.Not to mention that there are not many rich people in City H, and most of the time the store is free, so you can take the opportunity to play with your mobile phone - although Su Muqiu's old phone doesn't have many games, you can still watch videos on Weibo.
In comparison, the bloody and sweaty labor at the fish market was simply too sad.If it wasn't for Zhang Jiale, Ye Xiu's interest in acquired mermaids, and other coincidences, it would be very difficult for an ordinary person like him to get this job.
Su Muqiu enjoyed his new job comfortably, got along well with his new colleagues, and the days went by quickly. However, a month later, he realized that this was a high-risk job.
On a certain noon as usual, Zhou Zekai took Su Muqiu's place after dinner. The latter greeted him, took off his well-fitting uniform vest, and slipped out through the side door to find somewhere to eat.
There are a lot of people going out to eat at this time. In order not to delay work, Su Muqiu thought about just buying some convenient and quick things to make do with it. Unexpectedly, he saw Ye Xiu as soon as he walked out the door.
Ye Xiu was leaning against the wall, chatting casually with Tang Rou, who was eating some takeaway dishes. He quickly noticed Su Muqiu who looked surprised, and laughed lazily. The lunch box in his hand is a greeting: "Mu Qiu."
"What kind of wind is this? You brought me food?" Su Muqiu reached out and touched Ye Xiu's forehead, pretending to be worried: "It's not a serious illness, remember to take medicine and stick to the treatment."
Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes: "Get out. Who said I'll bring you food, I'm here to chat with Xiao Tang."
Tang Rou on the side smiled, it had nothing to do with her.
Su Muqiu didn't take it seriously, and sat down on the steps, loosened the top buttons of his shirt, hooked his fingers, and motioned for the rice to be brought.Ye Xiu directly stuffed the lunch box into Su Muqiu's arms, turned his head and chatted with Tang Rou again, the two were chatting and laughing, it was hard to tell who was a colleague.
This girl never mentioned anything about her family, but from her demeanor and conversation, it is not difficult to guess that she should come from a well-established family.
At first, Su Muqiu thought that he and the eldest lady would not have any special intersection, but unexpectedly got along well with Tang Rou. He guessed that maybe it was because Tang Rou played the game that Ye Xiu engaged in leveling, and it happened to be the same as Ye Xiu. Occupation, Su Muqiu will occasionally play a few games, more or less have a topic basis.
Unexpectedly, after casually mentioning this matter to Ye Xiu one day, this guy showed great interest and brought food to Su Muqiu from time to time, with various reasons, such as the cheap food, the nice weather, and the wind was a bit noisy. Putting this situation on other people, it is almost certain that either he owes a lot of money or is planning to chase the other party, but Ye Xiu usually looks like he is too lazy to open the door for him, and he uses him as a cover to take the opportunity to talk to the girl. Two sentences.
Su Muqiu buried her head in the rice, while listening to Tang Rou on the left and Ye Xiu on the right jumping over him and getting involved in the conversation. The little Tang called each other so affectionate, but Tang Rou was older than the two of them at 20 years old? !Su Muqiu couldn't figure out what Ye Xiu, a domesticated fish, was trying to do to her girl, but it was absolutely impossible to indulge Ye Xiu in the name of giving him food, how could there be such a cheap thing in the world.
So Su Muqiu suddenly said, "Ye Xiu, tell me frankly, why did you bring food here suddenly? Tell me what you have done."
"I'm sympathetic to your hard work in making money..."
Su Muqiu raised his eyebrows, and tapped the lunch box with the chopsticks in his hand.
Ye modified: "Didn't you get up late in the morning? I think you probably don't have time to prepare lunch, so I just made a copy and sent it here when you have time."
"You sleep so hard and you know I'm late?" Su Muqiu questioned.
"You wake up so loudly, can I not wake up?" Ye Xiu, who was thrown to the ground because someone hurriedly got up and pulled the quilt, was speechless: "Say, 'Since I'm awake, help me iron my uniform, I'm going to be late' Who is it?"
Su Muqiu thought about it, it seems that this is the case, no wonder when he came out of the bathroom, he saw that the clothes were neatly arranged, and the sleepy Ye Xiu was about to crawl back to the bed.
Ye Xiu: "What, are you very touched?"
"Yes, yes." Su Muqiu said without much sincerity, picked up the lid of the lunch box and picked up some food: "Have you eaten yet?"
"I have a copy at home, I'll eat it later when I go back." Ye Xiu shook his head, but he still sat down next to Su Muqiu and began to eat slowly.
"Did you do all of this?" Tang Rou asked curiously as she looked at their lunch.
"Yes." Ye Xiu replied.
Tang Rou looked at the rich and exquisite dishes in the lunch box, even though it was not the first time she saw it, she was still surprised.She wanted to ask about the detailed method, but found that the other two suddenly fell silent and stared in a certain direction.She looked up and followed the gazes of the two. The office window was diagonally behind them, and their angle was just right to peek inside through the cracks in the curtains.
The store manager Chu Yunxiu was sitting on the seat, talking to a young man who was wearing a bandage on his hand. There were several obvious wounds on the exposed part of his arm, which had healed up, but there were traces of sutures left. It is not difficult to imagine what it must have been like at that time. Shocking.
Chu Yunxiu took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer and handed them to the young man. After the other party bowed, he left the office directly. The former looked at the back of the young man leaving, and seemed to shake his head slightly, mixed with a little guilt and a silent sigh.
Su Muqiu turned his face slowly, his clear eyes were facing his colleague.
"Is that the former employee?" he asked.
"Yes." Tang Rou was a little surprised, but she nodded, confirming Su Muqiu's guess.
"What happened?"
Tang Rou thought for a while, and frankly told the two what had happened.
That young man was indeed an employee here, and worked with Tang Rou before the store was expanded, but the two of them were not familiar, they were just ordinary colleagues.
The reason for the refurbishment of this store is not only to expand its business, but also because it encountered violent protests. The inside was smashed into chaos, and several buckets of red paint were splashed on the outer wall.
Indeed, some things are produced by mermaids, such as mermaid robes, sea water, or large shopping malls with waterways, which are undoubtedly supporters and escort mermaid technology.But this jewelry store doesn't belong to the Escort's side, it just took the opportunity to hitch a ride, even though they did become popular because of the mermaid.
The injury on the former employee was that he was accidentally attacked when the fierce opposition came to find fault, and he was unable to return to his post in a short period of time and resigned.Although the incident was quickly suppressed by the group's high-level personnel and the media fully evacuated it, it is true that the employees themselves were seriously injured as a result.
Later, Su Muqiu learned privately that most of the companies that were clearly linked to the "mermaid" would provide additional insurance for their employees, and the reason why the salary of this job is so high is because the higher-ups are aware of the risks, but in order to continue to wait and see They avoided taking a clear stand on the sidelines. They didn't deal with it head-on, but just offered high salaries to let the employees figure out their own solutions.
Su Muqiu sighed, no wonder Yu Wenzhou first asked about the position of this store, so there were so many twists and turns in it.
"How did you guess he was an employee?" Tang Rou finally asked curiously.
"It's impossible for such a jewelry store to be the only employee, right?" Su Muqiu put away the lunch box, "I guessed it too, but I guessed it right."
After discussing a few words, the break time was almost over. The two said goodbye to Ye Xiu. He took the empty lunch box, looked at Su Muqiu for a while, and finally just waved his hands.
☆、Chapter 13 14: Confession under the stars
14. Confessions under the stars
When Su Muqiu received the new message, he hurriedly threw away the chopsticks in his hand, and when he hurriedly opened the side door, he was only greeted by Ye Xiu who was drenched like a drenched chicken.He was standing under the narrow eaves outside the side door, listening to the sound of the rain, his wet hair was dripping water, and the underside of the coat he carefully protected was bulging. When he turned his head to meet Su Muqiu's gaze, he looked innocent , on the screen of the mobile phone I was holding was a prompt that the text message was sent successfully.
"Su Muqiu..."
"What's the matter with you? Don't you bring an umbrella when you go out?" Su Muqiu interrupted Ye Xiu, reached out and grabbed the other's cold wrist and pulled it inside.
"It wasn't raining when we came out," Ye Xiu said.
"Didn't I tell you that it will rain for a while?"
"Your 'this period' is too long. I didn't expect the rain here to last for half a month..." Ye Xiu sighed.
Su Muqiu explained, it's because you rarely see it.
In fact, in recent years, City H has always been like this. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, during the rainy season, typhoon season, and every period when the cold and warm air are handed over, it rains a lot here, especially now that winter is about to enter, and the weather is turning cold. The cold wind is blowing again, which is the period of high incidence of flu.Not only the news program reminded the public to keep warm and prevent the rain, but Su Muqiu also kept nagging at Su Mucheng all day long. It was hard for Ye Xiu not to remember—is he really
Because the dressing room can take a shower, the ground is indeed full of water, and the tourist next to the two happened to be taking a shower, and the water and foam rushed over.
Su Muqiu wore shorts when he went out, so he didn't expect this problem, but there are many ways to change clothes in this situation, Ye Xiu must be too troublesome.
"Stop rolling, I'll help you, or it will be dark at this speed."
Su Muqiu instructed Ye Xiu to lift up one leg first, and he helped grab the trousers to take it off, and then changed to the other leg.
Ye Xiu nodded, leaning his back against the compartment to help him balance. He lowered his eyes, and Su Muqiu followed his gaze. With his slender fingertips, he deftly undid the metal buckle, hooked the trouser chain and pulled it down, and the trousers slipped loosely. Half down.A small piece of smooth belly and panties were exposed to the light, and the contours of thighs were faintly revealed from the unbuttoned trouser chains.
The thigh with smooth lines hooked up, with a fair complexion, it gently pressed against Su Muqiu's waist.
"It's alright, Mu Qiu." Ye Xiu looked at Su Muqiu.
Su Muqiu gave a dry cough, then took a deep breath, and slowly peeled off the trousers from Ye Xiu's protruding legs. Ye Xiu said thank you, rubbed his long legs against Su Muqiu to express his gratitude, and naturally raised the other trousers. leg.For some reason, Su Muqiu's mouth was dry, so he had to speed up his movements, his eyes wandered, his Adam's apple slipped, and he didn't know where to look.
Except for the trouble caused by the trousers, Ye Xiu quickly changed his clothes, put on a short-sleeved T-shirt and beach pants with a pattern of several small triangles made up of a large triangle, and folded the clothes of the two of them and put them in the bag Inside, he opened the door first to look for Su Mucheng, with a calm expression on his face.
Compared to the low-key beach shorts worn by her two elder brothers, Su Mucheng's one-piece swimsuit with a small skirt made her look very cute. With her beautiful long hair and round eyes, she was undoubtedly very attractive.
For the convenience of playing in the water, Su Muqiu helped his sister bring a scrunchie, but he bit the scrunchie and fiddled here and there, but he still couldn't tie it into a neat shape, and it always fell on his head in a mess.
Ye Xiu spread the plastic sheet to put things away, slipped to the service center to inflate a pile of rented things by himself, and when he returned with his swimming ring and the whale in his arms, he saw Su Muqiu wrestling with the hair ring.
He looked at the few families with little girls around, observed their movements of tying the child's hair, then took the comb, and tied Su Mucheng's head in two or three strokes according to their method, which looked exactly the same.
"Ye Xiu, you are amazing!" The little girl stroked her new hairstyle.
Ye Xiu curled the corner of his mouth, "Okay, let's go play in the water."
With a big smile on Su Mucheng's face, she picked up the big whale, which was taller than herself, and ran towards the sea water pattering on the sand.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, Ye Xiu stretched his waist, lay down with a whoosh, closed his eyes, and prepared to sunbathe, with his legs exposed to the sun generously, while Su Muqiu observed his surroundings.
According to him, because the legs are covered with a layer of extremely fine fish scales, which look particularly white in places with light, the difference between humans and mermaids will be more obvious.Su Muqiu was deeply touched by this point, he was stunned for a long time when he saw it for the first time.
However, there are many modern people who stay indoors all day long and live as if they can't see the light. They all have that pale virtue. Ye Xiu is really not special, let alone the Su family who is more eye-catching than him. Siblings walk together.
Su Muqiu saw her younger sister swimming up and down the sea with a whale in her arms, smiling brightly, and felt that it was great to have planned this trip.The little girl waved to them after swimming for a while. Su Muqiu pulled Ye Xiu who was lying on the sofa and pretended to be dead.
"Don't like playing in water, are you still a fish?"
Ye Xiu asked back: "If you don't stay on land well, are you still a human being?"
Su Muqiu rolled his eyes, ignored Ye Xiu's resistance, and threw the person into the sea.Ye Xiu pretended to flop a few times, hugging the tail of the inflatable whale tightly like a drowning man, and shouted cruelly to Su Muqiu: "Hey, what kind of punishment game is this to test willpower, it's too inhuman!"
After all, Ye Xiu who stayed in the sea looked much more energetic than usual, his black eyes sparkling, so Su Muqiu let go of the nervousness in his heart, and violently suppressed someone who deliberately provoked troubles with a smile, and let him wear a swimming ring to hang himself. Floats in water.
Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng splashed water on each other to play, while Su Muqiu dived into the water and swam for a while.He stopped to take a breath, and brushed aside the bangs stuck to his forehead. He noticed that there were many people on the beach secretly looking in a certain direction, and he also took a few careful glances.
Most of the people who come to the beach are small families, and there are only a few male and female couples. Looking around, the proportion of men is relatively high. After all, the female population has dropped significantly in the past few decades.Quite a few of them were fathers who brought their children to play in the water alone. Su Muqiu guessed that the other parent of them might be the Acquired Mermaid—it is too much trouble to take the Acquired Mermaid to travel far.
However, on the entire beach, compared with those few girls, what attracts more attention is the other end of the beach, where a family of three sits. The father picks up the child and wipes the sand in his hands. The smiling young man——that young man was wearing a mermaid robe, with a little brown tail fin faintly exposed under the layered skirt.
Many people are curious about Acquired mermaids, especially those who go out to play with their families in such an upright manner, which is quite rare in such a remote place. Some people even came up to chat with cameras, as if they wanted to take a picture as a souvenir.
"Hey, look, it's a mermaid." Su Muqiu whispered into Ye Xiu's ear.
Ye Xiu lazily raised his eyelids: "Yes, I saw it."
Su Muqiu was surprised: "Seeing how you stick to the sink every time, I thought you would be more excited."
"I'm so excited! Can't you see that I really want to pounce on him and pinch his tail and touch his tail fin?" Ye Xiu replied, "Will he come down for a swim later? I really can't wait to lean over and have a look."
Su Muqiu turned his head, seeing Ye Xiu's overly serious gaze, he couldn't help being startled.In order to prevent him from really going to harass the mermaid and causing disputes, Su Muqiu clasped Ye Xiu's wrist, and took him by his side to watch closely.
Su Mucheng lay on top of the whale and kicked the water, occasionally looking at the two people not far away, Ye Xiu was hanging on the swimming ring, pointing in the direction with one hand, Su Muqiu was disgusted behind, and pushed the swimming ring and swam over, with a puff , laughed happily again.
☆、Chapter 11 12: The gift fish and shrimp that occasionally appear on the deck
12. The occasional gift fish and shrimp that appear on the deck
In the afternoon, the three of them swam back to the shore after playing in the water. They bought a few fried noodles from a nearby stall and ate them up. Ye Xiu then lay lazily on the beach, blowing the sea breeze to digest his food.It's not summer after all, the weather is getting colder and the sun is warming people, Ye Xiu squinted his eyes and fell asleep after a while.
Suddenly, a round object pressed against his cheek, and his field of vision was filled with inflatable beach balls in front of him. Ye Xiu could clearly see the logo printed on it, which came from the supermarket Su Muqiu went to most often. Obviously, it was a cheap gift.
Su Muqiu held the beach ball and shook Ye Xiu's head: "Beach volleyball, do you dare to have a game?"
Ye Xiu smiled: "Don't cry if you lose."
The two excitedly asked Su Mucheng to be the referee. In exchange, they bought a piece of vanilla ice cream for the little girl.There were no complicated rules in this sudden game, and no sidelines were drawn. As long as the ball misses the ground, the opponent will score, which is quite simple and rude.
Walking on the beach is inconvenient, neither of them has an advantage in this regard. In the beginning, in order to get used to the environment, Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu played fairly well, and there was no interest in making people look more often.However, the two of them later used all the postures for hitting and catching the ball. What kind of roundabouts, jumps, stealing bases, and sliding tackles emerged endlessly. Originally, the three of them were located close to the edge of the beach, and there were not many people nearby, so they could still be allowed to behave like this. As the battle intensified, they fought closer and closer to the crowd.
Finally, during a counterattack, Ye Xiu accidentally raised the racket too high. Su Muqiu stared at the ball and kept backing up, backing up, backing up again, and suddenly his foot slipped and bumped the ball. The foreheads of innocent passers-by on the side.With a shake of the opponent's hand, all the things in his hand fell on the beach, and even knocked over the expensive SLR camera.
Su Muqiu hurried over to check if the victim had been hit. Ye Xiu followed behind and helped pick up the items.
The small half of the sheet buried in the sand is still in the photo viewing mode. In the photo is a group photo of a family of three mermaids with brown tail fins. They have bright smiles on their faces. The child held in the arms of two fathers is holding an ivory Seashells, held high toward the camera.
In addition to the camera, there was also a sketchbook and pencils left on the side. Ye Xiu picked it up and saw that the pages of the sketchbook were filled with scattered words and messy sketches, such as the sea, mermaids, and whales guiding the way when lost. , shells, etc., and the illustration of the Q version of the little mermaid putting something on the boat, with the words "gift fish and shrimp that occasionally appear on the deck" below.
But there was a sudden horizontal stroke in the middle of the page, probably brought by accident when the ball hit it.
Ye Xiu picked up these things, and suddenly slid out a few sheets of paper from the pages of the sketchbook. Compared with the graffiti-like content in the notebook, these were more like design drafts of jewelry. The title was written on the top of the paper. Ye Xiu saw To the eyes of the mermaid, the tears of the mermaid and so on.
The victim himself was fine, after all, it was just an inflatable beach ball, but the problem with the camera was bigger.The young man with a ponytail took the camera cautiously, muttering nervously, "I probably didn't get into the sand when I went. If it breaks, how should I explain to my grandson? I'd better send it for inspection first." Then he took the camera with him. The pile of paper and pens was dropped and the two ran away.
Ye Xiu and Su Muqiu exchanged glances: If it breaks, will he seek compensation from us?
The other party replied: But he didn't ask for contact information.
"..."
The two people who stayed in the same place looked at each other, and finally decided that if this man came to collect debts when they came to play tomorrow, then they should admit it.
After accidentally hitting a passer-by, the Su family and their group didn't have much interest in continuing to play. They packed up their things and went to the hotel to report. They ate a local special meal provided by the hotel—what else can a seaside special meal be? The table was full of seafood again. The few people who had eaten fish and shrimp for a long time stuffed a few mouthfuls, and finally slipped out to buy instant noodles.
Surrounded by the happiness of stewed chicken with mushrooms and braised beef in brown sauce, the three took showers respectively and slept on a big bed that night.
They are not big in stature. Two 15- and 6-year-old boys and a 12-year-old girl are lying on the extra-large bed, which is not too crowded.Su Mucheng, who was tired from playing, fell asleep very early. Ye Xiu sat by the bed and watched a few advertisements. Su Muqiu washed his swimsuit and beach shorts with clean water, wrung them dry and hung them in the bathroom, then turned off the lights and walked lightly. Get into bed and lie down between the two of you.
With the faint moonlight outside the window, Ye Xiu continued to read the travel brochure provided by the hotel.
In order to promote local tourism, they organized many scenic spots according to the seasons, and this beach near the sea was among them, and it was placed on the folding page of summer outings.
"What are you looking at? Don't turn on the light to be careful of myopia." Su Muqiu, who was also tired after a busy day, muttered drowsily, and squeezed Ye Xiu's waist.
Ye Xiu smiled and pointed to himself: "No, the sea is much darker. I'm different from you."
"That's quite convenient."
"Yes."
"But if you eat my rice and sleep on my bed, it's no different..."
Ye Xiu lowered his eyes to look at Su Muqiu. The latter was sunk in the fluffy and soft pillow, his upper and lower eyelids were almost glued together, and he was still holding on stubbornly. He pulled the corner of the document in Ye Xiu's hand and forced his eyes to look up.
"Maple appreciation? Are you interested in this?"
The leaflet in his hand happened to stay in the autumn scenery.
"Well...not all of them."
"I'll take you to see it later, go to bed early." Su Muqiu said vaguely, "Tomorrow is one more day... If you don't sleep, you will be exhausted..."
Ye Xiu responded, touched the large flaming red maple leaves on the paper with his fingertips, then casually threw the document back on the side cabinet, pulled the quilt away and lay down inside.
Once there were no distractions, the restlessness in his heart resurfaced.
It's too close to the ocean here.
Even after the industrialization of human beings, the seawater near the sea has always had a strange chemical smell, and he didn't soak all day in the high-concentration seawater specially prepared by the research institute, but Ye Xiu still clearly felt that every scale In Cryptic Sour.They struggled, unwilling to be restrained by their overly self-controlled master. Ye Xiu's legs, which were unintentionally closed, were tense, and the inconspicuous but annoying pain deep in the bone marrow repeatedly reminded him of his instinctive desire for the ocean.
Every breath is filled with the salty smell of sea water and the sound of distant waves.
He bent down quietly, trying to rub his ankles, but when he moved, he bumped into Su Muqiu, who was sleeping beside him. The latter's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he called Ye Xiu in a low voice, and then told him to sleep peacefully.
Ye Xiu froze, watching Su Muqiu's reaction, the latter didn't open his eyes, he was already dead asleep.Ye Xiu couldn't help but frowned, and thought to himself that he wasn't a three-year-old kid, so what's the point of urging him to sleep in his sleep.He exhaled, and lay down gently on Su Muqiu's pillow, buried his face in the other's warm neck, and slowly closed his eyes.
He fell asleep in the warm sea breeze.
The next morning, when Su Muqiu woke up in a daze, he heard the slight sound of closing the door. He turned his head unconsciously and saw that Ye Xiu came out of the bathroom refreshed. He had changed his clothes and was ready to go out at any time. look like.
"I'm awake." Ye Xiu blinked at him, "I was just about to call you, Su Da, if you don't, you won't have time for breakfast."
"What?" Su Muqiu looked at the time and woke up in shock. He immediately jumped out of bed and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.
Su Mucheng, who had also freshened up, was leaning on the window frame, looking out at the gradually brightening sky and ocean, but when she heard Ye Xiu's words, she turned her head and saw her brother's back in a hurry.She woke up a bit later than Ye Xiu, but the latter yawned under the blanket and asked her to use the bathroom first—however, it was at least an hour ago.
Su Mucheng asked Ye Xiu who was packing his luggage, "Why didn't you wake up brother earlier?"
"It's rare to see him sleep so soundly, there's nothing wrong with resting for a while." Ye Xiu smiled and raised an eyebrow at the little girl: "Besides, don't you think it's interesting to see him with his bird's nest head on his face in panic?"
"Ye Xiu!! I can hear you!!" Someone in the bathroom yelled angrily.
So Su Mucheng smiled and nodded seriously.
Su Muqiu's movements were quick, brushing his teeth and washing his face didn't take much effort, and the three of them headed to the restaurant not long after.The hotel was not big, and it was not the peak tourist season, so there were not many guests. When they arrived at the restaurant, there were only a few people left in it. Among them was a young man who was dining with his back to the door.
Seeing the other party's ponytail hanging behind his back, Ye Xiu immediately remembered the accident yesterday, he turned his head, and happened to meet Su Muqiu's eyes.The two made eye contact for a while, and finally Su Muqiu stepped forward to the other side's table, with a perfect apology on his face: "Sorry, is it yesterday's sir? The one with a DSLR."
When the young man raised his head in confusion, he was eating a flower roll in his mouth. He seemed to recognize Su Muqiu's unforgettable face, "Hey, you are the one from yesterday..." He paused: "...a beach ball?"
Su Muqiu, who got a new nickname, was silent for a moment: "...I'm sorry yesterday, I didn't notice it for a while. That camera...?"
"Oh, the camera is fine, I have nothing to lose here, don't worry about it." The young man waved his hand generously, and glanced at Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng behind Su Muqiu, "You guys come to have breakfast? Hurry up, it's time for the end of the morning meal here It's early."
They sat down at the empty table next to the young man, took their meals, and chatted with the young man.
The young man's name is Zhang Jiale, and he is also traveling from other places. Although he looks like he is only a college graduate, he has been working for a long time.Ye Xiu casually asked about the drafts he saw yesterday. The young man was a little surprised, but he calmly announced his occupation: "That's right, I'm a jewelry designer."
"I happened to see your sketchbook yesterday, and it was all about mermaids." Ye Xiu said, "Did you take pictures of the artificial mermaid house on the beach? Did you come to the beach to collect materials?"
Zhang Jiale frowned slightly, and looked at Ye Xiu suspiciously. Su Muqiu quickly pushed Ye Xiu's head down, and put on an embarrassed smile: "Sorry, he didn't mean to spy, but this guy is very interested in mermaids..."
"So that's the case, no wonder they noticed that I took pictures of their house." Zhang Jiale understood, "It's rare to hear the name artificial mermaid, so I was a little surprised at the moment, hahaha."
Indeed, Ye Xiu has always called those mermaids 'artificial mermaids'. Su Muqiu noticed this very early on, but he didn't ask Ye Xiu why.
Seeing that Ye Xiu seemed to be about to speak, in order to prevent him from saying something that would not end well, Su Muqiu decisively pinched him, stuffed the orange juice into his hand, and turned to chat with Zhang Jiale.
Zhang Jiale watched the interaction between the two teenagers with interest: "Are you students? Come out to play together during the holidays? You are not yet grown up, and your family agrees that you take such a young girl to the beach alone?"
Hearing the other party mentioning herself, Su Mucheng swallowed the muffin in her mouth and said, "We are going on a family trip!"
"Oh...that's it, it's good, come out to play together. Where are you from?" Zhang Jiale wasn't quite sure if the little girl meant that the adults hadn't come to the restaurant for breakfast, or that the three of them were the entire family. But he didn't get to the bottom of it.
"Old city, near the original H city." Su Muqiu replied.
"Huh? What a coincidence?" Zhang Jiale was taken aback.
"Are you from there too?"
"No, no. I came here to collect materials this time because of the outward development of the upper city. Our group is very optimistic about the prospects of your area. We decided to expand the jewelry store there and let me design some exclusive and limited jewelry."
Su Muqiu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he quickly caught some information in Zhang Jiale's words: "Expand the scale? Will you recruit new employees? What are the conditions?"
Zhang Jiale looked at Su Muqiu's appearance, and asked hesitantly: "...It is true that there is a shortage of people, and there are no hard requirements, but after all, it is a jewelry store, and the interior will probably give priority to candidates with suitable appearance or temperament. It can't be such a coincidence, you just happen to be looking for Let's work…?"
"It's such a coincidence!" Ye Xiu put his arm around Su Muqiu's shoulders, and enthusiastically recommended it to Zhang Jiale with a self-proclaimed look: "Do you think Mu Qiu is suitable for our family? His face is very suitable for selling jewelry."
What is a face that is very suitable for selling jewelry... The corners of Su Muqiu's mouth twitched, but he restrained himself and raised what he thought was the most restrained and elegant smile.
Afterwards, Su Muqiu, who successfully obtained the contact information of the branch manager from Zhang Jiale, was satisfied. He could not be more lucky to get a decent job with a high salary when he came out!He greatly appreciated Ye Xiu's clever response: "Good job, keep it up!"
Ye Xiu nodded casually, looking like a trivial matter, but when he looked at the very happy Su Muqiu, his black eyes were like crumbled stars.
☆、Chapter 12 13: Escort
13. Escort
For decades, people's reactions to the existence of merfolk have remained fairly polarized.
Those who support mermaids, no matter what the purpose is, understanding, benefit, research..., wantonly promote things related to mermaids, trying to subtly influence people's thinking, so that the world will take acquired mermaids as a natural part of life; As for the opponents, they do not hesitate to use bloody and violent means to eradicate this unreasonable existence.
Although after the transformation operation, most mermaids live in exquisite water tanks all their lives, live in the upper city with good public security, and are carefully stored away from the world. Very few mermaids are seriously injured or killed by the struggle, but there will be acquired The mermaid appeared calmly outside the safe range, and the opponents who were hidden under the peaceful appearance followed, like a gangrene.
At this point in the confusing explanation, the mature and fashionable woman in an exquisite suit stopped explaining temporarily, because one of the three young people sitting in front of her raised her hand.
Compared with the two people beside him, the appearance of the young man who raised his hand is relatively ordinary, but he has a kind of unhurried temperament, and his gentle smile makes a good first impression.
The woman glanced at the gold-plated name tag pinned to the young man's chest: "Yu Wenzhou? Do you have any questions?"
"Sister Chu, your explanation is very clear, I just want to confirm with you..." Yu Wenzhou smiled and pointed around, "Does this place belong to 'that side'?"
Not long after the renovation was completed, there was still a very light pungent smell in the renovated and expanded store. The overall layout is restrained and luxurious, from the streamlined glass display cabinets like water waves, the dark blue velvet base, and the large chandelier shaped like coral branches..., In every detail, you can see the traces of spending a lot of money on the design.
When you step into a jewelry store, you will instantly feel like you are in the bottom of the sea—or in other words, including the jewelry that has not yet been displayed in the display cabinet, they all have the theme of 'mermaid'.
"Good question." The store manager Chu Yunxiu raised her slender eyebrows: "It looks like it is."
"That…"
"But not actually."
Yu Wenzhou nodded and put down his hands: "I understand."
Su Muqiu, who was deeply puzzled by why the job introduction always said mermaids, turned his head, looked at Yu Wenzhou's knowing expression, and wondered if it was because he knew little about the jewelry industry that he couldn't figure out what kind of riddle the two were playing.He quietly observed his new colleague Zhou Zekai who was sitting on the other side, and found that his demeanor was upright, with a solemn face, but there was imperceptible blankness in his eyes, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.
Store manager Chu then explained the company's basic internal systems and precautions, and emphasized that the current promotion of mermaid series of jewelry must be strengthened. After that, he concluded to the three people who listened carefully: "Afterwards, the store will be handed over to you. I will stay in the office, but don’t bother me if you have nothing to do. If you have any problems, you can ask a girl named Tang Rou first, she worked here before the renovation, and she will be back when the store officially reopens tomorrow.”
Several people nodded seriously.
She thought for a while, "The next time...you guys should get to know your future work partners."
After finishing speaking, Chu Yunxiu directly clapped her hands to announce the disbandment, stepped on her high heels and turned to leave, walking cleanly, leaving the three strangers looking at each other in embarrassment.
In the end, Yu Wenzhou was the first to reach out to the two of them, and introduced himself with a smile.
Yu Wenzhou, who was appointed by Chu Yunxiu as the team leader, is 20 years old, a sophomore in college, and a native of G City in the old city, currently working part-time.The reason why he came all the way to City H is that his major is related to mermaids, and the Mermaid Research Institute is located in City H, so he can undoubtedly obtain more detailed and cutting-edge information by staying here. As for other backgrounds, he smiled An understatement.
Zhou Zekai, 19 years old, one of his parents is a doctor specializing in mermaids. After completing the basic education in school, he basically studied at home. Currently, because his parents are going abroad, he is temporarily living with his grandparents in City H.He has a good personality, but he is not very good at talking. Most of the information was obtained by Yu Wenzhou and Su Muqiu after guessing and guessing. Maybe it has something to do with the lack of communication opportunities on weekdays.
In fact, according to Zhou Zekai's situation, he is not suitable for store sales, and he might not be hired in other places... But his face is so handsome, just sitting there listening to their questions and nervously nodding or shaking his head , Yu Wenzhou and Su Muqiu couldn't help but look up at the chandelier, wondering if the indoor lighting was too glaring.It was rare for Su Muqiu to admit that he was slightly inferior in appearance, and he clearly realized what Zhang Jiale meant by 'prioritizing those who are suitable for appearance or temperament'.
Leaving aside these, both of them are more or less related to mermaids. This is not too surprising to Su Muqiu. During the interview, Chu Yunxiu asked him if he had any knowledge or background related to mermaids. It is estimated that this is also one of the important factors for internal selection of employees. one.
Seeing that the two people turned their gazes to him, Su Muqiu put on a smile and said calmly, "Hello, my name is Su Muqiu, from City H in the old city."
Compared to the two of them, Su Muqiu asked himself that he really had nothing to say, so he ended the introduction with a few sentences, which was too simple and gave the impression that it was inconvenient to reveal.
"I'm sure you've also noticed that the commonality of the few of our recruits seems to be mermaids." Yu Wenzhou smiled, "Can I ask you about your situation?"
Su Muqiu was confident and confident, and said the answer that was almost the same as in the interview: "Well, I have experience with mermaids."
"Get along??" The other two were surprised.
Su Muqiu's words are very vague. What does "getting along" refer to? There are many ways to interpret it. Did you ever work in a mermaid-related industry?Has an acquaintance transformed into a mermaid?or something else?But it's easy to work with smart people. They saw that Su Muqiu didn't mean to explain, so they understood on their own. They just curiously asked some detailed questions about mermaids.Su Muqiu didn't know how much ordinary people knew about mermaids, and only responded with the knowledge accumulated from visiting museums. During this period, Yu Wenzhou's eyes lingered on him for a while, and Su Muqiu's face was watertight.
However, it was impossible for him to say anything special. Even though there was a genuine mermaid beside him, Ye Xiu showed the fish's tail only once in such a long time.
Although Zhou Zekai was unable to communicate well, under the careful management of the other two colleagues, the few of them had a good chat all afternoon and had a preliminary understanding of each other.
"Su Muqiu, you really don't look like an adult anymore." Yu Wenzhou asked with a mocking smile, saying that if the job hadn't required the age of 18, he would have thought Su Muqiu was a classmate of a relative's cousin.
"Many people say that." Su Muqiu, who is actually 16 years old, laughed, thinking that luckily he was in City H. If it was in Shangcheng District, identity information would have to be strictly verified, so it would be really hard to fool around.
After starting a new job, Su Muqiu deeply realized how happy life can be with people with connections and background.
This job is really depraved. Wearing a uniform with a smiling face, staying clean and fresh in an air-conditioned room, and coming and going with bright, well-spoken guests, so that you can get a sum of money for the three members of the Su family to enjoy every day. Good salary for meat.Not to mention that there are not many rich people in City H, and most of the time the store is free, so you can take the opportunity to play with your mobile phone - although Su Muqiu's old phone doesn't have many games, you can still watch videos on Weibo.
In comparison, the bloody and sweaty labor at the fish market was simply too sad.If it wasn't for Zhang Jiale, Ye Xiu's interest in acquired mermaids, and other coincidences, it would be very difficult for an ordinary person like him to get this job.
Su Muqiu enjoyed his new job comfortably, got along well with his new colleagues, and the days went by quickly. However, a month later, he realized that this was a high-risk job.
On a certain noon as usual, Zhou Zekai took Su Muqiu's place after dinner. The latter greeted him, took off his well-fitting uniform vest, and slipped out through the side door to find somewhere to eat.
There are a lot of people going out to eat at this time. In order not to delay work, Su Muqiu thought about just buying some convenient and quick things to make do with it. Unexpectedly, he saw Ye Xiu as soon as he walked out the door.
Ye Xiu was leaning against the wall, chatting casually with Tang Rou, who was eating some takeaway dishes. He quickly noticed Su Muqiu who looked surprised, and laughed lazily. The lunch box in his hand is a greeting: "Mu Qiu."
"What kind of wind is this? You brought me food?" Su Muqiu reached out and touched Ye Xiu's forehead, pretending to be worried: "It's not a serious illness, remember to take medicine and stick to the treatment."
Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes: "Get out. Who said I'll bring you food, I'm here to chat with Xiao Tang."
Tang Rou on the side smiled, it had nothing to do with her.
Su Muqiu didn't take it seriously, and sat down on the steps, loosened the top buttons of his shirt, hooked his fingers, and motioned for the rice to be brought.Ye Xiu directly stuffed the lunch box into Su Muqiu's arms, turned his head and chatted with Tang Rou again, the two were chatting and laughing, it was hard to tell who was a colleague.
This girl never mentioned anything about her family, but from her demeanor and conversation, it is not difficult to guess that she should come from a well-established family.
At first, Su Muqiu thought that he and the eldest lady would not have any special intersection, but unexpectedly got along well with Tang Rou. He guessed that maybe it was because Tang Rou played the game that Ye Xiu engaged in leveling, and it happened to be the same as Ye Xiu. Occupation, Su Muqiu will occasionally play a few games, more or less have a topic basis.
Unexpectedly, after casually mentioning this matter to Ye Xiu one day, this guy showed great interest and brought food to Su Muqiu from time to time, with various reasons, such as the cheap food, the nice weather, and the wind was a bit noisy. Putting this situation on other people, it is almost certain that either he owes a lot of money or is planning to chase the other party, but Ye Xiu usually looks like he is too lazy to open the door for him, and he uses him as a cover to take the opportunity to talk to the girl. Two sentences.
Su Muqiu buried her head in the rice, while listening to Tang Rou on the left and Ye Xiu on the right jumping over him and getting involved in the conversation. The little Tang called each other so affectionate, but Tang Rou was older than the two of them at 20 years old? !Su Muqiu couldn't figure out what Ye Xiu, a domesticated fish, was trying to do to her girl, but it was absolutely impossible to indulge Ye Xiu in the name of giving him food, how could there be such a cheap thing in the world.
So Su Muqiu suddenly said, "Ye Xiu, tell me frankly, why did you bring food here suddenly? Tell me what you have done."
"I'm sympathetic to your hard work in making money..."
Su Muqiu raised his eyebrows, and tapped the lunch box with the chopsticks in his hand.
Ye modified: "Didn't you get up late in the morning? I think you probably don't have time to prepare lunch, so I just made a copy and sent it here when you have time."
"You sleep so hard and you know I'm late?" Su Muqiu questioned.
"You wake up so loudly, can I not wake up?" Ye Xiu, who was thrown to the ground because someone hurriedly got up and pulled the quilt, was speechless: "Say, 'Since I'm awake, help me iron my uniform, I'm going to be late' Who is it?"
Su Muqiu thought about it, it seems that this is the case, no wonder when he came out of the bathroom, he saw that the clothes were neatly arranged, and the sleepy Ye Xiu was about to crawl back to the bed.
Ye Xiu: "What, are you very touched?"
"Yes, yes." Su Muqiu said without much sincerity, picked up the lid of the lunch box and picked up some food: "Have you eaten yet?"
"I have a copy at home, I'll eat it later when I go back." Ye Xiu shook his head, but he still sat down next to Su Muqiu and began to eat slowly.
"Did you do all of this?" Tang Rou asked curiously as she looked at their lunch.
"Yes." Ye Xiu replied.
Tang Rou looked at the rich and exquisite dishes in the lunch box, even though it was not the first time she saw it, she was still surprised.She wanted to ask about the detailed method, but found that the other two suddenly fell silent and stared in a certain direction.She looked up and followed the gazes of the two. The office window was diagonally behind them, and their angle was just right to peek inside through the cracks in the curtains.
The store manager Chu Yunxiu was sitting on the seat, talking to a young man who was wearing a bandage on his hand. There were several obvious wounds on the exposed part of his arm, which had healed up, but there were traces of sutures left. It is not difficult to imagine what it must have been like at that time. Shocking.
Chu Yunxiu took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer and handed them to the young man. After the other party bowed, he left the office directly. The former looked at the back of the young man leaving, and seemed to shake his head slightly, mixed with a little guilt and a silent sigh.
Su Muqiu turned his face slowly, his clear eyes were facing his colleague.
"Is that the former employee?" he asked.
"Yes." Tang Rou was a little surprised, but she nodded, confirming Su Muqiu's guess.
"What happened?"
Tang Rou thought for a while, and frankly told the two what had happened.
That young man was indeed an employee here, and worked with Tang Rou before the store was expanded, but the two of them were not familiar, they were just ordinary colleagues.
The reason for the refurbishment of this store is not only to expand its business, but also because it encountered violent protests. The inside was smashed into chaos, and several buckets of red paint were splashed on the outer wall.
Indeed, some things are produced by mermaids, such as mermaid robes, sea water, or large shopping malls with waterways, which are undoubtedly supporters and escort mermaid technology.But this jewelry store doesn't belong to the Escort's side, it just took the opportunity to hitch a ride, even though they did become popular because of the mermaid.
The injury on the former employee was that he was accidentally attacked when the fierce opposition came to find fault, and he was unable to return to his post in a short period of time and resigned.Although the incident was quickly suppressed by the group's high-level personnel and the media fully evacuated it, it is true that the employees themselves were seriously injured as a result.
Later, Su Muqiu learned privately that most of the companies that were clearly linked to the "mermaid" would provide additional insurance for their employees, and the reason why the salary of this job is so high is because the higher-ups are aware of the risks, but in order to continue to wait and see They avoided taking a clear stand on the sidelines. They didn't deal with it head-on, but just offered high salaries to let the employees figure out their own solutions.
Su Muqiu sighed, no wonder Yu Wenzhou first asked about the position of this store, so there were so many twists and turns in it.
"How did you guess he was an employee?" Tang Rou finally asked curiously.
"It's impossible for such a jewelry store to be the only employee, right?" Su Muqiu put away the lunch box, "I guessed it too, but I guessed it right."
After discussing a few words, the break time was almost over. The two said goodbye to Ye Xiu. He took the empty lunch box, looked at Su Muqiu for a while, and finally just waved his hands.
☆、Chapter 13 14: Confession under the stars
14. Confessions under the stars
When Su Muqiu received the new message, he hurriedly threw away the chopsticks in his hand, and when he hurriedly opened the side door, he was only greeted by Ye Xiu who was drenched like a drenched chicken.He was standing under the narrow eaves outside the side door, listening to the sound of the rain, his wet hair was dripping water, and the underside of the coat he carefully protected was bulging. When he turned his head to meet Su Muqiu's gaze, he looked innocent , on the screen of the mobile phone I was holding was a prompt that the text message was sent successfully.
"Su Muqiu..."
"What's the matter with you? Don't you bring an umbrella when you go out?" Su Muqiu interrupted Ye Xiu, reached out and grabbed the other's cold wrist and pulled it inside.
"It wasn't raining when we came out," Ye Xiu said.
"Didn't I tell you that it will rain for a while?"
"Your 'this period' is too long. I didn't expect the rain here to last for half a month..." Ye Xiu sighed.
Su Muqiu explained, it's because you rarely see it.
In fact, in recent years, City H has always been like this. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, during the rainy season, typhoon season, and every period when the cold and warm air are handed over, it rains a lot here, especially now that winter is about to enter, and the weather is turning cold. The cold wind is blowing again, which is the period of high incidence of flu.Not only the news program reminded the public to keep warm and prevent the rain, but Su Muqiu also kept nagging at Su Mucheng all day long. It was hard for Ye Xiu not to remember—is he really
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