Come, and Tang Rou moved in another direction.
"Wait, isn't this a small activity for two or two teams?" Du Ming was confused, it was just an ordinary small game, why is this group and two teams strategically dispersed?Wouldn't it be good to have fun?
"That's right... Cough, anyway, can you find the target item?" Su Muqiu looked back, Ye Xiu stopped a few steps away quite gentlemanly, waiting for your last words, which made people feel very itchy.Seeing that Du Ming was still a little absent, Su Muqiu added without hesitation: "If it's convenient, stop that guy's teammates by the way."
Du Ming suddenly became serious: "Okay, no problem, leave it to me!!" He expressed his agreement with the assignment of tasks. The target item they drew was hidden by Zhou Zekai. Du Ming said that he should be able to find it soon. Execute blocking missions with all your might.
For this event, the store has been slightly decorated, with layers of blue fabrics hanging from the ceiling, and the lights in the glass display cabinets have also been adjusted. treasures of the deep sea.Quite a few girls or couples in the off-site group forgot about the event and went shopping for jewelry instead.
The deep sea is not so peaceful. Ye Xiu smiled and stood directly in front of Su Muqiu.
Su Muqiu put his arms around his chest, and asked him if you suddenly feel like chatting now.
"I know it's on you." Ye Xiu said calmly, the location was limited to the store, anywhere, according to his understanding of Su Muqiu, there was only one answer.
"Really? You want a body search?" Su Muqiu spread his hands generously.
"That's not necessary, won't the props drop when I kill you?"
"Don't use all your strength." Su Muqiu reminded.
"You want me to release the water?" Ye Xiu blinked.
"This is the concept of opening a correction field." Su Muqiu said meaningfully.
The atmosphere between the two was tense, and in an instant, the mountain was about to rain and the wind filled the building, and the others couldn't help but take a detour.
But it's impossible to really fight in the store. Although he doesn't have an advantage on land, Ye Xiu has to be careful when dealing with humans, so as not to really mess people up.What's more, he kept in mind that if he smashed something, Su Muqiu would definitely ask him to pay for it himself—not to mention these things, Yu Wenzhou's smiling gaze from not far away was enough to remind him.
If this treasure hunt needs to break through the level to get the target object, then Ye Xiu thinks he is the first person to enter the final level, but unfortunately the boss he encountered is too difficult to deal with.If he wanted to win, he had to deal with Su Muqiu as quickly as possible, so he said, "Let's guess punches." Su Muqiu wanted to try his best to hold him back and buy Du Ming time, so he replied, "Okay, three rounds out of five." win".
The two had no objections, rolled up their sleeves and started.
They put all their energy into this boring thing of guessing fists. You come and go and you don't give in to each other. It's either a draw or a win and a loss to cancel each other out. They even took a piece of paper to record the outcome. The game has been played for several rounds.
It's a pity that Ye Xiu failed to win the lollipop in the end, not because his opponent was too strong, but because he suddenly killed a third party.
When the two put on the posture of preparing to fight until the end of time, the grandparents and grandchildren who came to participate in the treasure hunt obviously happened to be next to each other. Very actively looking for the target, the old lady reminded him to be careful.
The kid is only a little bit big, and the display cabinet is a bit too high for him. When Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu decided that the next round would be to compare fifteen or twenty or guess the number, they stood on tiptoe and put their hands on the top of the display cabinet. The child on the bed suddenly swayed his legs, loosened his fleshy little paws, and fell to the ground with a thud.
When the two turned their heads, the old lady was anxiously comforting her dazed little grandson, but the next second, the child was still crying loudly, and his knees were flushed red.
At this time, Su Muqiu, as an employee, did his part to go up to appease him immediately. He reached into his vest pocket and took out the lollipop that was the target item.He used to take care of Su Mucheng by himself, but now he is particularly proficient at coaxing the crying children.
The old lady had trouble with her hands and feet, and was so nervous that she didn't know what to do. Ye Xiu quietly took the handkerchief she was holding in her hand, and gently cleaned the wound. After confirming that there was no major problem, he returned the handkerchief to her. Old lady, get up and give up your seat to Yu Wenzhou who came with the first aid kit.
"Don't cry." Su Muqiu gently patted the child's head, "Have you been looking for hidden treasures? Do you want to know where it is?"
The child nodded with tears in his eyes while holding his candy in his mouth.
"I am the one who hides the treasure." Su Muqiu suppressed his voice pretending to be mysterious: "The treasure is actually... in your mouth."
Ye Xiu added: "It tastes like sea salt, I haven't tried it before."
The child's eyes widened, and he took the candy out of his mouth to look at it for a long time, and finally cheered excitedly: "I found it! Am I No.1??"
Yu Wenzhou smiled and nodded: "Yes."
The kid laughed through his tears, and excitedly tugged on the skirt of the old lady, saying that he wanted to show off this to his friends.
At first, Su Muqiu thought it was a temporary appeasement, but when the event ended and a small awards ceremony was held, he realized that this kid really won the championship by accident...
His temporary partner, Du Ming, did look for Zhou Zekai's hidden items very seriously, but finding it was not enough, he needed to report it to Yu Wenzhou. As a result, when Du Ming was looking for Yu Wenzhou, he happened to see Tang Rou being brought in by several people to join in the fun. The male customer lingered on, looking a little troubled.
Du Ming stuffed the target's gun pendant into his trouser pocket on the spot, and stepped forward to save him with a murderous look.
In fact, those guests didn't do anything cheating, just asked Tang Rou to introduce them to the jewelry in the display cabinet. After all, girls are really too few wives, and she is still such a beauty, so it's okay to want to hear her talk!Unexpectedly, Du Ming intervened, saying "Excuse me, can you introduce me to the one over there..." and escorted him away.What bothers Tang Rou is that no matter which party she is from, she seems to have no intention of buying it...
As for Zhou Zekai, he is also very serious about playing the game, but his partner seems to hope that the target item will never be found, leading him around, shouting in his mouth, "It's so hard to find, it's so annoying── ─", and "By the way, what's your name? How old are you? Can you exchange cell phone numbers? Your colleague is also so handsome blabla".
In fact, the Lucky Cat, their target, was placed on the counter openly and aboveboard. It was not small in size, at least 15 centimeters tall, and it was very conspicuous. However, Zhou Zekai could only let the girl drag him around, watching helplessly. The girl passed the lucky cat many times and turned a blind eye.
In the end, No.1 was the pair of grandparents and grandchildren. The children happily gave the old lady a necklace worth thousands of dollars; No.2 was one of the male guests who was driven away by Du Ming. And he gritted his teeth and took away the lucky cat in the store, maybe he misunderstood it as Tang Rou's belongings; No.3 was Du Ming who suddenly realized that he had handed in the task in a hurry, and now he was pretending to be serious but nervous and shy and his heart was exploding. With an awkward expression, he gracefully invited Tang Rou to take a photo with him, saying that it was for a souvenir, and Zhou Zekai took the photo.
Ye Xiu: "That's your team member, turn your arm outward."
Su Muqiu braced his face: "Xiao Tang is your team member, don't you go up and yell to let me go."
"What am I doing?" Ye Xiu looked surprised.
"Aren't you interested in her?" Su Muqiu asked narrowly.
"That's right." Ye Xiu admitted decisively. After thinking about it, he tilted his head and asked earnestly, "But why did I yell for me to come?"
The two were chatting, and then Su Muqiu was called to gather. The staff distributed coupons to all the participants, and the event officially ended.According to Yu Wenzhou's private disclosure afterwards, several pieces of jewelry were accidentally sold during the event, and there were also many customers who came to the door afterward, which can be regarded as achieving the purpose of publicity.
As for the award Du Ming won, he wasn't very interested. He wanted to give it to Tang Rou, but Tang Rou gave it to Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu directly.
The third prize is a one-day round-trip self-guided tour for two people. Simply put, it includes the transportation fee, and the rest is all paid by oneself, not to mention the one-day reward, which is very tasteless.
That's why Tang Rou said: "I don't need it, you go and play."
"Although it's a trip with nothing but traffic, it's rare, right?"
Tang Rou smiled: "I'm from there, I just went back a while ago."
Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu looked at each other in blank dismay. Since there was no exchange period, they accepted it after thanking them.
The location is──City B.
The core city of Uptown.
City H in the old city, away from the crowds, almost on the edge of the map, on the third floor of the Mermaid Research Institute, a researcher swiped his ID card, walked quickly through the bright and almost pale corridor, and handed over a detailed report to into the hands of the chief.
☆、Chapter 16 17: Potion
Unlike other researchers' crumpled robes that smelled like mustard, the person who received the report had a clean and smooth white coat. The pen was properly put into the leather case and placed in the breast pocket. The lens on the bridge of the nose It was as clean as new, and all the details revealed the meticulous and rigorous character of this person.
他翻开封面，快速阅读着内容：“除了031，012、015、016、023…都有了变化？”
"Yes," the researcher who submitted the report hastily flipped through the inspection records, and couldn't stop reporting: "Although the degree varies, they all have certain atavistic phenomena, such as the song 031, the time 012 stayed in the water Increase, 034's night vision ability exceeds the limit value of human beings..."
"Return to the ancestors?"
The researcher scratched his head in embarrassment: "Ah, I'm sorry, that's our private name. After all, this phenomenon hasn't found a rule to define it..."
No, this is not right.
There is no such thing as returning to the ancestors, this statement is like-those 'they' used to be mermaids.
Even though mermaid cells are implanted, let these cells be in a form that no scholar can falsely claim to have mastered, viral malignant proliferation, invasion, and replacement of human genes, combined with internal surgery, finally have the appearance and parts of mermaids. traits, but there is no doubt that the acquired mermaids were all human before.
So only humans can be born.
The correct term should be called 'mutation'.
But he didn't spend time discussing academic definitions, he just straightened his glasses and turned the page again.
"Have you found the reason?"
"No... However, we sorted out all the commonalities of these groups of change samples."
The leading researcher carefully confirmed the data, and frowned slightly at the rough water temperature and time recorded above, and the extremely inaccurate diet similarities in the second half made his brows frowned a little more.The next page is even more exaggerated, it's like a gossip tabloid, except that it doesn't include what color these mermaids like and what dramas they watch on weekdays.
When the mermaid volunteers were in the exhibition area of the museum, of course they ate the same food, which was provided by the research institute, basically a little extravagant canteen food──Mermaids were originally human beings, even if their eating habits changed, the difference would not be the same Where to go.After eating for so many years, changes will not be delayed until now, and they will all happen in a short period of time and with high frequency.
"Where are the people, things, and things they have come into contact with? As for the museum, have the staff confirmed it?"
"This..." the researcher said: "I have counted it, but the data is too complicated to see anything."
The leader pushed down his glasses, wrote a few conjectures in the report, and calmly issued instructions: "The span is extended to one year, hold an introduction meeting, and invite those who have visited the mermaid exhibition room during this period. People will be there at 10:30 next Saturday morning."
"Okay...uh, the topic of the presentation...?"
"Get ready for the short-term thawing of the No. 5 freezer on the fifth floor underground."
Cabin 1?The researcher's heart jumped, and he quickly wrote down that even he had only seen the contents of Xindao No. 1 cabin through the thick glass window, and pushed them out for an introduction meeting. "Excuse me, is there any reason for choosing this time...?"
"On that day, 031 was in charge of the exhibition room."
After finishing speaking, he turned and left, walking towards the elevator.
Behind him, the researcher who was about to issue instructions murmured, "I really don't know what caused the change, maybe it was the potion of the deep sea witch..." Obviously, this person was tortured by mermaid cartoons in his childhood.
The person who left first happened to hear it, and retorted flatly: "There is no such thing as potion in the world."
But there are mermaids.
Although he didn't intend to make some unsure speculations, he still had guesses in his heart.
It's a mermaid.
Somewhere, a real mermaid appeared cunningly among the humans.
Before it escapes back to the ocean...
Since the third-prize travel entertainment is for two people, according to Su Muqiu, of course he took Su Mucheng out to play, and Ye Xiu kept it as a housekeeper, which is the most sensible.However, Ye Xiu pointed out that Su Muqiu had to work on weekdays and rest on holidays, so he and Su Mucheng should go to City B after a tiring journey. The two of them couldn't reach a conclusion, so they put the matter on hold for the time being.
They tacitly understood each other that it would be difficult for Ye Xiu to use this tourist entertainment.
Because after arriving in city B, before entering the upper city, no matter who you are, you will have to check your identity.
People in the upper urban area use a new type of ID card, which may be a chip implanted under the skin, or a simple wristband, etc., as long as they beep at the device and check the fingerprint information to pass.Most of the old urban areas still use old card-type ID cards, and even in remote areas, a large family may share the same household registration book without personal documents. Therefore, when entering the upper urban area, it needs to be reviewed by personnel one by one. It's almost time to go abroad.
In order to ensure safety, the access inspection is also a helpless move to a certain extent, but as long as one pass the inspection to let the system record, or replace the new type of certificate, you can easily enter and exit the upper city. Unfortunately, Ye Xiu is a fish without identity, Su Mucheng has not yet applied for an ID card because she did not need it earlier.
Fortunately, they don't care whether they go to city B or not, it's free anyway.
After the treasure hunt, life went on as usual, and the only one who said there had been a huge change was Zhou Zekai.
The few girls who received his flyer and shy smiles on the street that day quickly became crazy fans, visiting the jewelry store almost every day, pestering Zhou Zekai to ask questions, as if the most important thing for them every day was not to go to work and school, but to come to Look at Zhou Zekai here, listen to him a few um oh good, a few times add "yes" and "can pay cash...or credit card"──If those girls make trouble, they can find a reason to blacklist them, but unfortunately they understand very well Rules, and consumption from time to time, made it difficult for Yu Wenzhou, and Zhou Zekai was miserable.
These days, the ratio of men and women is so disparate that decades ago, scholars had to create mermaids to prevent the extinction of human beings. However, there are girls in this shop all day long, which immediately becomes the most beautiful scenery on the street, and there are also men who come to the shop. Customers increase, too.Su Muqiu repeatedly made a bitter face during lunch, and muttered to Ye Xiu that this place was no different from a big blind date club.
The life of Zhou Zekai's three colleagues has also changed due to the joint impact. In the past, when there were few people, such as in the morning, only one employee could be assigned to be on duty, but now it is changed to "one person can be on duty when Zhou Zekai is not working." In the store, the other three will try their best to leave one of them on the scene to assist, so as not to be too busy with customers.Buying jewelry takes a lot of time, and Zhou Zekai has to take care of the customers who come to the door alone and deal with the group of girls, obviously he has no skills at his disposal.
This is also for the sake of safety. Since working so far, they are more or less aware that there have been incidents here. If there are opponents who take advantage of the crowds to sneak in and hurt the store staff or customers, things will be troublesome.
As for Su Muqiu, he is rarely thankful that he is only 16 years old, his figure and appearance have not completely receded, and he is still a long way from the peak of his life. There are not many girls pestering him, at least he can go home safely every day.
Even with Su Muqiu's optimistic face, Ye Xiu still felt that he was in a dire situation. He would occasionally deliver food, and he would always see those crazy fans hovering outside the main entrance like sharks, their eyes were very scary.
It was past lunch time when Su Muqiu got off work that day.Generally, he is rarely in charge of the night shift. Tang Rou or Yu Wenzhou, who live nearby, are usually responsible for this time.
But today, Yu Wenzhou had something to do temporarily, Su Muqiu was asked by the former to come to replace him, carefully confirmed that the doors and windows were locked and the security system was operating normally, he lowered the iron gate, turned around and noticed Ye Xiu standing outside waiting for him to get off work.
He took a few steps towards the other party, only to realize that there was someone beside Ye Xiu.
Tang Rou, who was dressed in home clothes, was also here, and the two were chatting.
Su Muqiu was some distance away from them, and couldn't hear the conversation clearly. He only saw Ye Xiu and Tang Rou leaning very close, talking in each other's ears. Tang Rou showed a surprised expression and nodded with a smile.
Originally, Tang Rou was a beautiful woman. With her hands behind her back, she looked light and cute. Ye Xiu also looked good, leaning against the wall with pursed lips, looking lazy. The picture of the two getting along was very beautiful, but Su Muqiu I always feel a little awkward.
He couldn't help but stop at the spot and ponder for a moment, then realized that maybe it was because Ye Xiu had never approached anyone besides him and Mucheng, so he felt uncomfortable.
Or maybe it's just that he doesn't know, after all, they don't stick together every day.
Su Muqiu stood here thinking, Tang Rou said something in the distance, Ye Xiu nodded, the former suddenly took out the wallet and opened it calmly, and put it straight in Ye Xiu's hand, but he didn't refuse, just took it like that.
Su Muqiu's expression twitched, and he quickly shouted: "Hey, hey! Ye Xiu, what are you doing!!"
Ye Xiu turned his head and looked at him with a delicate expression.
At dusk today, Ye Xiu opened the webpage and confirmed that the amount of equipment brushed on behalf of him had entered the account. Then he stretched himself, got up and slipped into the kitchen to prepare dinner.He rolled up his sleeves and opened the refrigerator, only to find that there was almost nothing left in it, only a few cabbage leaves lying in it pitifully.
Ye Xiu squatted in front of the empty refrigerator and rubbed his chin, making sure that it was Su Muqiu's turn to go grocery shopping this time, and he didn't forget, so he closed the refrigerator door with peace of mind.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Xiu looked at the shopping list pasted on the refrigerator door and forgotten by someone.
Ye Xiu: "..."
He wiped off his sweat, and resigned himself to going downstairs to the restaurant to buy some vegetables, so that Su Mucheng, who would come home from school later, had dinner first.
Because he didn't know when Su Muqiu would come back, Ye Xiu helped the little girl to read the homework, imitated Su Muqiu's handwriting and signed it for her. Seeing that it was almost time, he asked her to stay at home and play on the computer, and went out with the shopping list by himself. Find Su Muqiu.
When he arrived at the jewelry store, Su Muqiu was busy checking the window locks and making sure. Ye Xiu didn't intend to disturb him, so he picked a corner and waited at will. It happened that Tang Rou passed by with his things and noticed him, so he greeted him : "Good night. Are you waiting for Su Muqiu?"
Ye Xiu nodded.Tang Rou touched the plastic bag for a while, then took out a bar of chocolate and handed it to him. The former waved his hand, letting her keep it for herself to enjoy.
Tang Rou probably had nothing important to do, so she simply stayed and chatted with Ye Xiu. After a while, she asked something that had been on her mind for a long time: "I still remember the first time we met."
"Oh?" Ye Xiu replied.
"At that time, you brought Su Muqiu lunch, but like now, he hadn't finished his work yet, so you wandered outside the side door by yourself."
Ye Xiu emphasized: "You can say that you are familiar with the terrain."
"Then you saw me and suddenly walked over without saying anything, just staring at me." Tang Rou said, if Ye Xiu didn't look like a bad person, she might be called Baoquan, "Then, your first sentence If not, just ask me 'Is there an artificial mermaid around you'."
"Yes."
She asked curiously, "How do you know?"
Ye Xiu thought for a while: "It's a little hard to explain... the smell?"
"Hmm..." Tang Rou smiled and didn't ask further, "Indeed, there are. Recently I received a photo, do you want to see it?"
Ye Xiu leaned over, Tang Rou took the initiative to open the wallet, and showed him the photos in the wallet.
It was a group photo of Zhang's family. In the photo, Tang Rou was standing behind a middle-aged man and woman who seemed to be in harmony. They should be her parents.On the other side of Tang's father, there is a couple sitting. The man looks similar to Tang's father, but he is older. Beside the couple is a young man with a bright smile. He is wearing loose clothes, and his lower body... Dragging a light red tail.
Taking a closer look, Ye Xiu realized that the young man was wearing a modified mermaid skirt.
Tang Rou said: "A few months ago, during the renovation of the store, I just went home. It was my father's birthday that day, and this is a group photo I took when celebrating him at home... That mermaid is my cousin."
Her cousin, who had a soft spot for fashion design when he was studying, directly formed a studio with a friend after graduation, which is considered a little famous.The family didn't know that the partner was more than just a close friend. It wasn't until her cousin underwent a mermaid transformation operation a few years ago that this relationship was exposed.
However, the Tang family is very open-minded, and has never interfered with the family's choices. As long as the person concerned is healthy and happy, they can still live their lives as they please.Aside from digging a few more waterways and pools in Uncle Tang's house to make it easier for my cousin to go home for a short stay, nothing has changed in particular, and she hasn't deliberately announced it to the outside world, so Tang Rou never thought that there would be a stranger whom she met for the first time. Man perceives this.
What's more, according to Tang Rou's understanding of him and Su Muqiu later, the two of them actually didn't know or care about her family's background, so why Ye Xiu asked that question always made her curious.
Ye Xiu held the wallet, carefully observed the photo that was no bigger than a palm, and pointed to the upper end of the fish tail covered by the mermaid robe, "This part is not right, it seems to be a bit curved... Did the transformation surgery have an accident? "
Tang Rou glanced at her eyes and smiled clearly: "No, he is pregnant. It was about three or four months when the photo was taken. The egg retrieval period will be next month."
"Cough, pregnant..." Ye Xiu coughed lightly, "Egg retrieval..."
Ye Xiu's expression was subtle, it was hard to tell whether it was positive or negative, but he didn't show it, so Tang Rou didn't notice it, he just thought he didn't understand the term, even Tang Rou herself knew it because of her family.
"The egg retrieval period is one of the stages of the acquired mermaid's production, which means..."
Just as Tang Rou was explaining, a voice that Ye Xiu was quite familiar with sounded in the distance, and Su Muqiu ran over quickly, shouting "Ye Xiu" at the same time, and shouting: "What are you doing!?"
Ye Xiu closed the wallet with a snap, returned it to Tang Rou, and looked back at Su Muqiu: "It's packed?"
"I haven't dealt with you yet!" Su Muqiu sternly said, "Are you ashamed to steal the girl's money? Why don't you ask the family to get pocket money?"
Ye Xiu raised his hands high: "I'm wronged, I'm innocent."
Su Muqiu snorted, "Where's Mucheng?"
"Eat at home, I'm the only one here."
As soon as the two quarreled, they fell into an atmosphere that was difficult for others to intervene. Tang Rou listened interestingly for a while, and took the lead to say goodbye with snacks.
Su Muqiu smiled and said "see you tomorrow" to Tang Rou, then turned around and pinched Ye Xiu's cheeks, and warned with a non-smiling smile: "Use me as an excuse to ask Miss Tang out on a date, and make an appointment before I can see her." Where? Are you looking for a beating?"
"Dating? Ha ha." Ye Xiu broke free, took out the shopping list from his trouser pocket, stuffed it under Su Muqiu's eyes, and shook it slowly.The latter slapped his head, thinking, "Oh, I forgot, but I didn't say it earlier when I came out to buy things, let's go," and dragged Ye Xiu to the supermarket.
Since it was shopping with a purpose, the two bought everything in a short time. On the way back, they were chatting about the Su family's income and expenses for this month, when someone suddenly shouted: "Hey, isn't that Su Muqiu!"
Su Muqiu was taken aback, and saw Wei Chen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, walking out of a group of people who seemed to be planning to continue drinking after dinner. He turned his head to greet the others, and then busily praised Su Muqiu: "Look at you in this suit. , did a good job."
Su Muqiu hurriedly said that you too.
He was wearing a crisp shirt and vest uniform, as if he was about to go to some bar to play the piano, but he was holding vegetables in his left hand and a handful of green onions in his right; as for Wei Chen, it was the first time Su Muqiu saw him in formal clothes, and he didn't know about the fishing ban. What is he doing.The two asked each other what they were doing now in surprise.
It's a pity that Su Muqiu remembered that Ye Xiu had fresh fish and meat in his hands, while Wei Chen was thinking about having a big meal. The two chatted for a while, and decided to find Huang Shaotian to get together, leave their contact information, and split up. head away.
After walking a few steps, Wei Chen hurried back, took out a crumpled white envelope from his coat pocket, and handed it to the two of them.
"Since I met it, I will pass it on to you. It was given by my friend who is engaged in mermaid research. It is said that it is at the museum, and there will be a rare introduction meeting in the future."
Wei Chen recalled and told the two that it was said that this year was the year when the Mermaid Museum had been remodeled, so he took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invite those who visited the museum this year to participate in an introduction session.
Although the museum does not require registration, it is not open to the public. Most of the visitors are invited by the museum, and the other part uses the tickets issued to internal staff. It is not difficult to trace their whereabouts. Su Muqiu and the others first used the ones given by Wei Chen's friends. His friend thought that Wei Chen had gone, so he naturally gave him the letter.
"Have you been there?" Wei Chen asked, "Is it interesting? Are there really mermaids?"
Su Muqiu didn't know if it was interesting or not because he went there too many times, but he could answer the following question with certainty: "Yes, there are indeed acquired mermaids."
"The kind that can wave and talk to you in the water?"
Is this some kind of idol autograph session...Su Muqiu was speechless: "...Generally right."
Wei Chen thought about it for a while, saying that a good single man is suffering in his heart, he doesn't have a girl, even a mermaid is fine, he sighed for a while, then asked, "I heard you have a younger sister, how old is the little girl, do you want to make friends?" Su Muqiu's distorted smile terrified his hair, and then reluctantly left.
"It's Saturday." Ye Xiu read the unemotional instructions in black and white in the envelope: "I remember you have to go to work."
"Ah, I don't need it that day." Su Muqiu looked at the date, "I will substitute for Yu Wenzhou today, and I will be off on Saturday."
"Are you going to this presentation?"
"If Mucheng wants to go..."
The two took advantage of the opportunity to discuss what to bring to eat on the road that day. After all, the journey was really long, and they walked home slowly beside each other.
☆、Chapter 17 18: The Disappeared Tail Fin
The weather on Saturday was very good, or rather, the weather in City H has been so good after a short break from the heavy rain.
It was cloudless and blue.Ye Xiu touched a biscuit from Su Muqiu's hand, looked at Su Mucheng who was lying on the back of the chair doing homework, and guessed that the little girl would write this in her diary composition.
After getting out of the car, the area of the research institute, which was rarely visited by anyone, was densely packed with people, roughly a few hundred.Parents with children, carrying bags and looking like nerds, well-dressed from head to toe, every accessory is surprisingly expensive, there are all kinds of people, and they have been visiting the ordinary woods around the institute as a botanical garden.
"What kind of introduction meeting is this?" Su Muqiu was surprised.
Seeing the bustling crowd, Ye Xiu frowned, and pulled Su Mucheng to the side to prevent her from being accidentally injured. Su Muqiu found the right direction and led the two of them directly to the entrance of the museum.
The guide girl, who was familiar to several people, stood by the door and waved at them vigorously. She was relieved when they sat down in the back row of the counter without incident, and stared at the dense crowd in the museum in a daze.
The counter has obviously been decorated, and even the usual in-house literature has been removed, replaced with a large kettle filled with hot coffee and hot black tea, disposable paper cups, and even a plate of small biscuits in a decent manner.
But until now, no one knew what the presentation would be about.
"I don't know about this either..." The tour guide girl was also at a loss, "Although I received a notice from the institute that an introduction meeting will be held here today, their staff will be in charge of everything, and they will send someone to Temporarily remodeled several exhibition rooms."
Indeed, in the past, after entering the hall of the museum, you can see the entrance to the exhibition area, but now there are curtains hanging to divide the rear.
"It's a lot of money to modify for an introduction meeting." Su Muqiu asked: "What is it that takes so much trouble to introduce?"
The guide girl couldn't guess it, she just said that her relative who was a researcher casually revealed that it was a very rare thing, if she missed this time, she would have to wait 100 years and so on.
Su Mucheng tugged at her brother's sleeve, and asked if the uncle who was selling with a loudspeaker on the street also yelled this sentence a few days ago. Several people laughed out loud, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.
"Whether it's difficult or not, if the introduction is boring, we'll leave early and take you to see the mermaid." Su Muqiu patted the little girl.
The guide shook his hand: "The mermaid can't do anything today, let's take her to see the fish."
"What's wrong? Are there no mermaid volunteers today?"
"The mermaid exhibition room is the location of the introduction meeting, and several nearby exhibition areas have also been temporarily requisitioned as venues." The tour guide explained.
"Ah...that's a pity." Ye Xiu replied.
The guide girl was speechless, she highlighted the mermaid fanatic label on this person in her heart, then ignored it, turned her head to gossip with the Su family siblings, muttering in a low voice, that is the owner of Mermaid Volunteer 012 over there, This guy here often buys some beautiful teenagers with no real status from the black market and sends them to be transformed.After all, she works here, and she knows more or less the background of the visitors who have been here.
Half an hour before the opening time, several personnel with the certificates of the research institute came out and opened the curtain.I saw security gates set up on both sides of the aisle, and several long tables were placed. The security guards stood aside with expressionless faces, and some researchers were mixed in the security room, seemingly acting as temporary security personnel.
A staff member stepped on a small stool and told everyone that since there are not many places for this introduction meeting, those who have received the notification letter will be given priority to enter the venue, and they forgot to bring the information that can be registered with the guide to check the information.As for other interested people, you need to wait for the former to enter the venue.
"Visitors who carry metal products are sorry to take them off for the time being. Our colleagues can simply confirm and pass. This is to maintain the safety of the venue. Thank you for your cooperation." He said kindly.
This kind of inspection is common in entry-exit or some large amusement parks. The people did not have much disgust. They gathered under the command of the staff and joined the entering team.
Su Mucheng stretched her head to look curiously, and so did Ye Xiu who was beside her.It seems that the inspection of items is not strict. The person concerned put his belongings on the long table, showed the notice letter and walked through the security gate, letting the personnel pass through the scene after a quick glance.
There was such a big battle in the item inspection, but the attitude of the staff was a little casual. Instead, it was the notification letter, the black and white printing paper that seemed to be everywhere, when people took it through the security gate, there was a momentary moment on the paper. The LOGO pattern of the research institute is displayed, with a very small barcode number on the corner.
When Ye Xiu saw someone passing by, the paper in his hand had no pattern. At the same time, the researcher who was sitting by the security gate and focused on the computer screen raised his hand. No, please wait patiently for the extra positions that will be opened later.
"Why was he kicked out?" Su Mucheng said.
"Because the notification letter he took was wrong, and he wanted to get away with it."
The little girl was puzzled, and asked him how he could tell, every one was the same.Ye Xiu paused for a moment before replying flatly, "I guess."
He raised his eyes and glanced at the detection door. On the innermost side of the top, there was a thin line like a seam. Under the bright lights in the room, it revealed a purple-black light that was difficult for human eyes to discern.
Su Muqiu found the innocuous notification letter from his body, thought it was a good thing he didn't throw it away along with the shopping list, and took Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng to line up.
But after walking a few steps, an expensively dressed man next to him suddenly turned his foot, his figure was crooked, and happened to knock Su Muqiu down, and everything in their hands fell to the ground, including the hot water bottle held by the other party. coffee.Su Mucheng hurriedly ran to the counter to get a tissue, and Ye Xiu helped pick up two pieces of paper that were covered with coffee.
The other party hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I seem to have accidentally stepped on something. Are you okay, kid?"
"It's okay, I didn't splash it on me." Su Muqiu replied.
"Haha, that's good, the burn will be serious..."
During the conversation between the two, Ye Xiu wiped one of the papers dry in twos and twos, Su Muqiu took it, and handed the notice letter with a few brown marks on it to the other party, telling him to go to the line first, the latter said sorry, no Rejection──From the perspective of the other party's clothes, it is not difficult to guess that the other party is used to others taking him for granted.
As for the other one, it was almost soaked in coffee, Su Mucheng was trying to save that piece of paper.
"Mucheng, don't rub it, just take that thing to your brother and let him hold it in his hand to dry." Ye Xiu said.
"Hey." Su Muqiu rolled his eyes.
Ye Xiu took out a few tissues and handed them to the little girl, asking her to wipe her hands clean, while at the same time wiping up the coffee that dripped on the floor.With a flick of his fingertips, he wrapped a water-blue sugar ball that had been crushed in half into a paper towel as if nothing had happened. After a while, he cleaned up the mess and threw the ball of paper towels into the trash can.
The candy gradually melted in the coffee-soaked paper towel, leaving only a faint smell of sea salt.
As the venue, the space in the mermaid exhibition room has been completely expanded.
The people of the research institute removed the partitions in the item exhibition area, so that the spaces of the two areas were barely connected, and more than a dozen rows of seats were neatly arranged.If this rough venue is compared to a stage, then the center of the stage is the water tank that was originally located in the mermaid exhibition room. When this water tank appears in front of people alone, it is like a huge screen, as if blocking something.
And on the side of the stage, there is some kind of upright cylindrical equipment, which is as wide as three people hugging each other. The cold blue signal light on the metal shell is flickering. It looks quite in line with people's imagination of science fiction movies.
The three of them entered the arena relatively late because of the coffee overturned earlier. After sitting down in the empty seats at the back, Su Mucheng pointed to the sink on the stage and found the blond-haired mermaid sitting in it. That innocent look.
Many people in the arena were admiring the mermaid. The blond-haired mermaid swung its tender green tail with a shy expression.It was just a little shy to let others watch in the water tank where there was nowhere to hide. It was not the first time that Ye Xiu admired the psychological quality of these volunteers.
When the time came, the light gradually dimmed, and he blinked uncomfortably, looking at the area in the center of the stage that was shrouded in a beam of light.
Several researchers stood on the stage, their white coats were yellow and wrinkled, and there were stains from some kind of chemical agent or instant noodle soup. Most of them stood beside the cylindrical equipment, and one of them picked up the microphone and walked out with a stack of documents. ,About
"Wait, isn't this a small activity for two or two teams?" Du Ming was confused, it was just an ordinary small game, why is this group and two teams strategically dispersed?Wouldn't it be good to have fun?
"That's right... Cough, anyway, can you find the target item?" Su Muqiu looked back, Ye Xiu stopped a few steps away quite gentlemanly, waiting for your last words, which made people feel very itchy.Seeing that Du Ming was still a little absent, Su Muqiu added without hesitation: "If it's convenient, stop that guy's teammates by the way."
Du Ming suddenly became serious: "Okay, no problem, leave it to me!!" He expressed his agreement with the assignment of tasks. The target item they drew was hidden by Zhou Zekai. Du Ming said that he should be able to find it soon. Execute blocking missions with all your might.
For this event, the store has been slightly decorated, with layers of blue fabrics hanging from the ceiling, and the lights in the glass display cabinets have also been adjusted. treasures of the deep sea.Quite a few girls or couples in the off-site group forgot about the event and went shopping for jewelry instead.
The deep sea is not so peaceful. Ye Xiu smiled and stood directly in front of Su Muqiu.
Su Muqiu put his arms around his chest, and asked him if you suddenly feel like chatting now.
"I know it's on you." Ye Xiu said calmly, the location was limited to the store, anywhere, according to his understanding of Su Muqiu, there was only one answer.
"Really? You want a body search?" Su Muqiu spread his hands generously.
"That's not necessary, won't the props drop when I kill you?"
"Don't use all your strength." Su Muqiu reminded.
"You want me to release the water?" Ye Xiu blinked.
"This is the concept of opening a correction field." Su Muqiu said meaningfully.
The atmosphere between the two was tense, and in an instant, the mountain was about to rain and the wind filled the building, and the others couldn't help but take a detour.
But it's impossible to really fight in the store. Although he doesn't have an advantage on land, Ye Xiu has to be careful when dealing with humans, so as not to really mess people up.What's more, he kept in mind that if he smashed something, Su Muqiu would definitely ask him to pay for it himself—not to mention these things, Yu Wenzhou's smiling gaze from not far away was enough to remind him.
If this treasure hunt needs to break through the level to get the target object, then Ye Xiu thinks he is the first person to enter the final level, but unfortunately the boss he encountered is too difficult to deal with.If he wanted to win, he had to deal with Su Muqiu as quickly as possible, so he said, "Let's guess punches." Su Muqiu wanted to try his best to hold him back and buy Du Ming time, so he replied, "Okay, three rounds out of five." win".
The two had no objections, rolled up their sleeves and started.
They put all their energy into this boring thing of guessing fists. You come and go and you don't give in to each other. It's either a draw or a win and a loss to cancel each other out. They even took a piece of paper to record the outcome. The game has been played for several rounds.
It's a pity that Ye Xiu failed to win the lollipop in the end, not because his opponent was too strong, but because he suddenly killed a third party.
When the two put on the posture of preparing to fight until the end of time, the grandparents and grandchildren who came to participate in the treasure hunt obviously happened to be next to each other. Very actively looking for the target, the old lady reminded him to be careful.
The kid is only a little bit big, and the display cabinet is a bit too high for him. When Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu decided that the next round would be to compare fifteen or twenty or guess the number, they stood on tiptoe and put their hands on the top of the display cabinet. The child on the bed suddenly swayed his legs, loosened his fleshy little paws, and fell to the ground with a thud.
When the two turned their heads, the old lady was anxiously comforting her dazed little grandson, but the next second, the child was still crying loudly, and his knees were flushed red.
At this time, Su Muqiu, as an employee, did his part to go up to appease him immediately. He reached into his vest pocket and took out the lollipop that was the target item.He used to take care of Su Mucheng by himself, but now he is particularly proficient at coaxing the crying children.
The old lady had trouble with her hands and feet, and was so nervous that she didn't know what to do. Ye Xiu quietly took the handkerchief she was holding in her hand, and gently cleaned the wound. After confirming that there was no major problem, he returned the handkerchief to her. Old lady, get up and give up your seat to Yu Wenzhou who came with the first aid kit.
"Don't cry." Su Muqiu gently patted the child's head, "Have you been looking for hidden treasures? Do you want to know where it is?"
The child nodded with tears in his eyes while holding his candy in his mouth.
"I am the one who hides the treasure." Su Muqiu suppressed his voice pretending to be mysterious: "The treasure is actually... in your mouth."
Ye Xiu added: "It tastes like sea salt, I haven't tried it before."
The child's eyes widened, and he took the candy out of his mouth to look at it for a long time, and finally cheered excitedly: "I found it! Am I No.1??"
Yu Wenzhou smiled and nodded: "Yes."
The kid laughed through his tears, and excitedly tugged on the skirt of the old lady, saying that he wanted to show off this to his friends.
At first, Su Muqiu thought it was a temporary appeasement, but when the event ended and a small awards ceremony was held, he realized that this kid really won the championship by accident...
His temporary partner, Du Ming, did look for Zhou Zekai's hidden items very seriously, but finding it was not enough, he needed to report it to Yu Wenzhou. As a result, when Du Ming was looking for Yu Wenzhou, he happened to see Tang Rou being brought in by several people to join in the fun. The male customer lingered on, looking a little troubled.
Du Ming stuffed the target's gun pendant into his trouser pocket on the spot, and stepped forward to save him with a murderous look.
In fact, those guests didn't do anything cheating, just asked Tang Rou to introduce them to the jewelry in the display cabinet. After all, girls are really too few wives, and she is still such a beauty, so it's okay to want to hear her talk!Unexpectedly, Du Ming intervened, saying "Excuse me, can you introduce me to the one over there..." and escorted him away.What bothers Tang Rou is that no matter which party she is from, she seems to have no intention of buying it...
As for Zhou Zekai, he is also very serious about playing the game, but his partner seems to hope that the target item will never be found, leading him around, shouting in his mouth, "It's so hard to find, it's so annoying── ─", and "By the way, what's your name? How old are you? Can you exchange cell phone numbers? Your colleague is also so handsome blabla".
In fact, the Lucky Cat, their target, was placed on the counter openly and aboveboard. It was not small in size, at least 15 centimeters tall, and it was very conspicuous. However, Zhou Zekai could only let the girl drag him around, watching helplessly. The girl passed the lucky cat many times and turned a blind eye.
In the end, No.1 was the pair of grandparents and grandchildren. The children happily gave the old lady a necklace worth thousands of dollars; No.2 was one of the male guests who was driven away by Du Ming. And he gritted his teeth and took away the lucky cat in the store, maybe he misunderstood it as Tang Rou's belongings; No.3 was Du Ming who suddenly realized that he had handed in the task in a hurry, and now he was pretending to be serious but nervous and shy and his heart was exploding. With an awkward expression, he gracefully invited Tang Rou to take a photo with him, saying that it was for a souvenir, and Zhou Zekai took the photo.
Ye Xiu: "That's your team member, turn your arm outward."
Su Muqiu braced his face: "Xiao Tang is your team member, don't you go up and yell to let me go."
"What am I doing?" Ye Xiu looked surprised.
"Aren't you interested in her?" Su Muqiu asked narrowly.
"That's right." Ye Xiu admitted decisively. After thinking about it, he tilted his head and asked earnestly, "But why did I yell for me to come?"
The two were chatting, and then Su Muqiu was called to gather. The staff distributed coupons to all the participants, and the event officially ended.According to Yu Wenzhou's private disclosure afterwards, several pieces of jewelry were accidentally sold during the event, and there were also many customers who came to the door afterward, which can be regarded as achieving the purpose of publicity.
As for the award Du Ming won, he wasn't very interested. He wanted to give it to Tang Rou, but Tang Rou gave it to Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu directly.
The third prize is a one-day round-trip self-guided tour for two people. Simply put, it includes the transportation fee, and the rest is all paid by oneself, not to mention the one-day reward, which is very tasteless.
That's why Tang Rou said: "I don't need it, you go and play."
"Although it's a trip with nothing but traffic, it's rare, right?"
Tang Rou smiled: "I'm from there, I just went back a while ago."
Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu looked at each other in blank dismay. Since there was no exchange period, they accepted it after thanking them.
The location is──City B.
The core city of Uptown.
City H in the old city, away from the crowds, almost on the edge of the map, on the third floor of the Mermaid Research Institute, a researcher swiped his ID card, walked quickly through the bright and almost pale corridor, and handed over a detailed report to into the hands of the chief.
☆、Chapter 16 17: Potion
Unlike other researchers' crumpled robes that smelled like mustard, the person who received the report had a clean and smooth white coat. The pen was properly put into the leather case and placed in the breast pocket. The lens on the bridge of the nose It was as clean as new, and all the details revealed the meticulous and rigorous character of this person.
他翻开封面，快速阅读着内容：“除了031，012、015、016、023…都有了变化？”
"Yes," the researcher who submitted the report hastily flipped through the inspection records, and couldn't stop reporting: "Although the degree varies, they all have certain atavistic phenomena, such as the song 031, the time 012 stayed in the water Increase, 034's night vision ability exceeds the limit value of human beings..."
"Return to the ancestors?"
The researcher scratched his head in embarrassment: "Ah, I'm sorry, that's our private name. After all, this phenomenon hasn't found a rule to define it..."
No, this is not right.
There is no such thing as returning to the ancestors, this statement is like-those 'they' used to be mermaids.
Even though mermaid cells are implanted, let these cells be in a form that no scholar can falsely claim to have mastered, viral malignant proliferation, invasion, and replacement of human genes, combined with internal surgery, finally have the appearance and parts of mermaids. traits, but there is no doubt that the acquired mermaids were all human before.
So only humans can be born.
The correct term should be called 'mutation'.
But he didn't spend time discussing academic definitions, he just straightened his glasses and turned the page again.
"Have you found the reason?"
"No... However, we sorted out all the commonalities of these groups of change samples."
The leading researcher carefully confirmed the data, and frowned slightly at the rough water temperature and time recorded above, and the extremely inaccurate diet similarities in the second half made his brows frowned a little more.The next page is even more exaggerated, it's like a gossip tabloid, except that it doesn't include what color these mermaids like and what dramas they watch on weekdays.
When the mermaid volunteers were in the exhibition area of the museum, of course they ate the same food, which was provided by the research institute, basically a little extravagant canteen food──Mermaids were originally human beings, even if their eating habits changed, the difference would not be the same Where to go.After eating for so many years, changes will not be delayed until now, and they will all happen in a short period of time and with high frequency.
"Where are the people, things, and things they have come into contact with? As for the museum, have the staff confirmed it?"
"This..." the researcher said: "I have counted it, but the data is too complicated to see anything."
The leader pushed down his glasses, wrote a few conjectures in the report, and calmly issued instructions: "The span is extended to one year, hold an introduction meeting, and invite those who have visited the mermaid exhibition room during this period. People will be there at 10:30 next Saturday morning."
"Okay...uh, the topic of the presentation...?"
"Get ready for the short-term thawing of the No. 5 freezer on the fifth floor underground."
Cabin 1?The researcher's heart jumped, and he quickly wrote down that even he had only seen the contents of Xindao No. 1 cabin through the thick glass window, and pushed them out for an introduction meeting. "Excuse me, is there any reason for choosing this time...?"
"On that day, 031 was in charge of the exhibition room."
After finishing speaking, he turned and left, walking towards the elevator.
Behind him, the researcher who was about to issue instructions murmured, "I really don't know what caused the change, maybe it was the potion of the deep sea witch..." Obviously, this person was tortured by mermaid cartoons in his childhood.
The person who left first happened to hear it, and retorted flatly: "There is no such thing as potion in the world."
But there are mermaids.
Although he didn't intend to make some unsure speculations, he still had guesses in his heart.
It's a mermaid.
Somewhere, a real mermaid appeared cunningly among the humans.
Before it escapes back to the ocean...
Since the third-prize travel entertainment is for two people, according to Su Muqiu, of course he took Su Mucheng out to play, and Ye Xiu kept it as a housekeeper, which is the most sensible.However, Ye Xiu pointed out that Su Muqiu had to work on weekdays and rest on holidays, so he and Su Mucheng should go to City B after a tiring journey. The two of them couldn't reach a conclusion, so they put the matter on hold for the time being.
They tacitly understood each other that it would be difficult for Ye Xiu to use this tourist entertainment.
Because after arriving in city B, before entering the upper city, no matter who you are, you will have to check your identity.
People in the upper urban area use a new type of ID card, which may be a chip implanted under the skin, or a simple wristband, etc., as long as they beep at the device and check the fingerprint information to pass.Most of the old urban areas still use old card-type ID cards, and even in remote areas, a large family may share the same household registration book without personal documents. Therefore, when entering the upper urban area, it needs to be reviewed by personnel one by one. It's almost time to go abroad.
In order to ensure safety, the access inspection is also a helpless move to a certain extent, but as long as one pass the inspection to let the system record, or replace the new type of certificate, you can easily enter and exit the upper city. Unfortunately, Ye Xiu is a fish without identity, Su Mucheng has not yet applied for an ID card because she did not need it earlier.
Fortunately, they don't care whether they go to city B or not, it's free anyway.
After the treasure hunt, life went on as usual, and the only one who said there had been a huge change was Zhou Zekai.
The few girls who received his flyer and shy smiles on the street that day quickly became crazy fans, visiting the jewelry store almost every day, pestering Zhou Zekai to ask questions, as if the most important thing for them every day was not to go to work and school, but to come to Look at Zhou Zekai here, listen to him a few um oh good, a few times add "yes" and "can pay cash...or credit card"──If those girls make trouble, they can find a reason to blacklist them, but unfortunately they understand very well Rules, and consumption from time to time, made it difficult for Yu Wenzhou, and Zhou Zekai was miserable.
These days, the ratio of men and women is so disparate that decades ago, scholars had to create mermaids to prevent the extinction of human beings. However, there are girls in this shop all day long, which immediately becomes the most beautiful scenery on the street, and there are also men who come to the shop. Customers increase, too.Su Muqiu repeatedly made a bitter face during lunch, and muttered to Ye Xiu that this place was no different from a big blind date club.
The life of Zhou Zekai's three colleagues has also changed due to the joint impact. In the past, when there were few people, such as in the morning, only one employee could be assigned to be on duty, but now it is changed to "one person can be on duty when Zhou Zekai is not working." In the store, the other three will try their best to leave one of them on the scene to assist, so as not to be too busy with customers.Buying jewelry takes a lot of time, and Zhou Zekai has to take care of the customers who come to the door alone and deal with the group of girls, obviously he has no skills at his disposal.
This is also for the sake of safety. Since working so far, they are more or less aware that there have been incidents here. If there are opponents who take advantage of the crowds to sneak in and hurt the store staff or customers, things will be troublesome.
As for Su Muqiu, he is rarely thankful that he is only 16 years old, his figure and appearance have not completely receded, and he is still a long way from the peak of his life. There are not many girls pestering him, at least he can go home safely every day.
Even with Su Muqiu's optimistic face, Ye Xiu still felt that he was in a dire situation. He would occasionally deliver food, and he would always see those crazy fans hovering outside the main entrance like sharks, their eyes were very scary.
It was past lunch time when Su Muqiu got off work that day.Generally, he is rarely in charge of the night shift. Tang Rou or Yu Wenzhou, who live nearby, are usually responsible for this time.
But today, Yu Wenzhou had something to do temporarily, Su Muqiu was asked by the former to come to replace him, carefully confirmed that the doors and windows were locked and the security system was operating normally, he lowered the iron gate, turned around and noticed Ye Xiu standing outside waiting for him to get off work.
He took a few steps towards the other party, only to realize that there was someone beside Ye Xiu.
Tang Rou, who was dressed in home clothes, was also here, and the two were chatting.
Su Muqiu was some distance away from them, and couldn't hear the conversation clearly. He only saw Ye Xiu and Tang Rou leaning very close, talking in each other's ears. Tang Rou showed a surprised expression and nodded with a smile.
Originally, Tang Rou was a beautiful woman. With her hands behind her back, she looked light and cute. Ye Xiu also looked good, leaning against the wall with pursed lips, looking lazy. The picture of the two getting along was very beautiful, but Su Muqiu I always feel a little awkward.
He couldn't help but stop at the spot and ponder for a moment, then realized that maybe it was because Ye Xiu had never approached anyone besides him and Mucheng, so he felt uncomfortable.
Or maybe it's just that he doesn't know, after all, they don't stick together every day.
Su Muqiu stood here thinking, Tang Rou said something in the distance, Ye Xiu nodded, the former suddenly took out the wallet and opened it calmly, and put it straight in Ye Xiu's hand, but he didn't refuse, just took it like that.
Su Muqiu's expression twitched, and he quickly shouted: "Hey, hey! Ye Xiu, what are you doing!!"
Ye Xiu turned his head and looked at him with a delicate expression.
At dusk today, Ye Xiu opened the webpage and confirmed that the amount of equipment brushed on behalf of him had entered the account. Then he stretched himself, got up and slipped into the kitchen to prepare dinner.He rolled up his sleeves and opened the refrigerator, only to find that there was almost nothing left in it, only a few cabbage leaves lying in it pitifully.
Ye Xiu squatted in front of the empty refrigerator and rubbed his chin, making sure that it was Su Muqiu's turn to go grocery shopping this time, and he didn't forget, so he closed the refrigerator door with peace of mind.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Xiu looked at the shopping list pasted on the refrigerator door and forgotten by someone.
Ye Xiu: "..."
He wiped off his sweat, and resigned himself to going downstairs to the restaurant to buy some vegetables, so that Su Mucheng, who would come home from school later, had dinner first.
Because he didn't know when Su Muqiu would come back, Ye Xiu helped the little girl to read the homework, imitated Su Muqiu's handwriting and signed it for her. Seeing that it was almost time, he asked her to stay at home and play on the computer, and went out with the shopping list by himself. Find Su Muqiu.
When he arrived at the jewelry store, Su Muqiu was busy checking the window locks and making sure. Ye Xiu didn't intend to disturb him, so he picked a corner and waited at will. It happened that Tang Rou passed by with his things and noticed him, so he greeted him : "Good night. Are you waiting for Su Muqiu?"
Ye Xiu nodded.Tang Rou touched the plastic bag for a while, then took out a bar of chocolate and handed it to him. The former waved his hand, letting her keep it for herself to enjoy.
Tang Rou probably had nothing important to do, so she simply stayed and chatted with Ye Xiu. After a while, she asked something that had been on her mind for a long time: "I still remember the first time we met."
"Oh?" Ye Xiu replied.
"At that time, you brought Su Muqiu lunch, but like now, he hadn't finished his work yet, so you wandered outside the side door by yourself."
Ye Xiu emphasized: "You can say that you are familiar with the terrain."
"Then you saw me and suddenly walked over without saying anything, just staring at me." Tang Rou said, if Ye Xiu didn't look like a bad person, she might be called Baoquan, "Then, your first sentence If not, just ask me 'Is there an artificial mermaid around you'."
"Yes."
She asked curiously, "How do you know?"
Ye Xiu thought for a while: "It's a little hard to explain... the smell?"
"Hmm..." Tang Rou smiled and didn't ask further, "Indeed, there are. Recently I received a photo, do you want to see it?"
Ye Xiu leaned over, Tang Rou took the initiative to open the wallet, and showed him the photos in the wallet.
It was a group photo of Zhang's family. In the photo, Tang Rou was standing behind a middle-aged man and woman who seemed to be in harmony. They should be her parents.On the other side of Tang's father, there is a couple sitting. The man looks similar to Tang's father, but he is older. Beside the couple is a young man with a bright smile. He is wearing loose clothes, and his lower body... Dragging a light red tail.
Taking a closer look, Ye Xiu realized that the young man was wearing a modified mermaid skirt.
Tang Rou said: "A few months ago, during the renovation of the store, I just went home. It was my father's birthday that day, and this is a group photo I took when celebrating him at home... That mermaid is my cousin."
Her cousin, who had a soft spot for fashion design when he was studying, directly formed a studio with a friend after graduation, which is considered a little famous.The family didn't know that the partner was more than just a close friend. It wasn't until her cousin underwent a mermaid transformation operation a few years ago that this relationship was exposed.
However, the Tang family is very open-minded, and has never interfered with the family's choices. As long as the person concerned is healthy and happy, they can still live their lives as they please.Aside from digging a few more waterways and pools in Uncle Tang's house to make it easier for my cousin to go home for a short stay, nothing has changed in particular, and she hasn't deliberately announced it to the outside world, so Tang Rou never thought that there would be a stranger whom she met for the first time. Man perceives this.
What's more, according to Tang Rou's understanding of him and Su Muqiu later, the two of them actually didn't know or care about her family's background, so why Ye Xiu asked that question always made her curious.
Ye Xiu held the wallet, carefully observed the photo that was no bigger than a palm, and pointed to the upper end of the fish tail covered by the mermaid robe, "This part is not right, it seems to be a bit curved... Did the transformation surgery have an accident? "
Tang Rou glanced at her eyes and smiled clearly: "No, he is pregnant. It was about three or four months when the photo was taken. The egg retrieval period will be next month."
"Cough, pregnant..." Ye Xiu coughed lightly, "Egg retrieval..."
Ye Xiu's expression was subtle, it was hard to tell whether it was positive or negative, but he didn't show it, so Tang Rou didn't notice it, he just thought he didn't understand the term, even Tang Rou herself knew it because of her family.
"The egg retrieval period is one of the stages of the acquired mermaid's production, which means..."
Just as Tang Rou was explaining, a voice that Ye Xiu was quite familiar with sounded in the distance, and Su Muqiu ran over quickly, shouting "Ye Xiu" at the same time, and shouting: "What are you doing!?"
Ye Xiu closed the wallet with a snap, returned it to Tang Rou, and looked back at Su Muqiu: "It's packed?"
"I haven't dealt with you yet!" Su Muqiu sternly said, "Are you ashamed to steal the girl's money? Why don't you ask the family to get pocket money?"
Ye Xiu raised his hands high: "I'm wronged, I'm innocent."
Su Muqiu snorted, "Where's Mucheng?"
"Eat at home, I'm the only one here."
As soon as the two quarreled, they fell into an atmosphere that was difficult for others to intervene. Tang Rou listened interestingly for a while, and took the lead to say goodbye with snacks.
Su Muqiu smiled and said "see you tomorrow" to Tang Rou, then turned around and pinched Ye Xiu's cheeks, and warned with a non-smiling smile: "Use me as an excuse to ask Miss Tang out on a date, and make an appointment before I can see her." Where? Are you looking for a beating?"
"Dating? Ha ha." Ye Xiu broke free, took out the shopping list from his trouser pocket, stuffed it under Su Muqiu's eyes, and shook it slowly.The latter slapped his head, thinking, "Oh, I forgot, but I didn't say it earlier when I came out to buy things, let's go," and dragged Ye Xiu to the supermarket.
Since it was shopping with a purpose, the two bought everything in a short time. On the way back, they were chatting about the Su family's income and expenses for this month, when someone suddenly shouted: "Hey, isn't that Su Muqiu!"
Su Muqiu was taken aback, and saw Wei Chen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, walking out of a group of people who seemed to be planning to continue drinking after dinner. He turned his head to greet the others, and then busily praised Su Muqiu: "Look at you in this suit. , did a good job."
Su Muqiu hurriedly said that you too.
He was wearing a crisp shirt and vest uniform, as if he was about to go to some bar to play the piano, but he was holding vegetables in his left hand and a handful of green onions in his right; as for Wei Chen, it was the first time Su Muqiu saw him in formal clothes, and he didn't know about the fishing ban. What is he doing.The two asked each other what they were doing now in surprise.
It's a pity that Su Muqiu remembered that Ye Xiu had fresh fish and meat in his hands, while Wei Chen was thinking about having a big meal. The two chatted for a while, and decided to find Huang Shaotian to get together, leave their contact information, and split up. head away.
After walking a few steps, Wei Chen hurried back, took out a crumpled white envelope from his coat pocket, and handed it to the two of them.
"Since I met it, I will pass it on to you. It was given by my friend who is engaged in mermaid research. It is said that it is at the museum, and there will be a rare introduction meeting in the future."
Wei Chen recalled and told the two that it was said that this year was the year when the Mermaid Museum had been remodeled, so he took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invite those who visited the museum this year to participate in an introduction session.
Although the museum does not require registration, it is not open to the public. Most of the visitors are invited by the museum, and the other part uses the tickets issued to internal staff. It is not difficult to trace their whereabouts. Su Muqiu and the others first used the ones given by Wei Chen's friends. His friend thought that Wei Chen had gone, so he naturally gave him the letter.
"Have you been there?" Wei Chen asked, "Is it interesting? Are there really mermaids?"
Su Muqiu didn't know if it was interesting or not because he went there too many times, but he could answer the following question with certainty: "Yes, there are indeed acquired mermaids."
"The kind that can wave and talk to you in the water?"
Is this some kind of idol autograph session...Su Muqiu was speechless: "...Generally right."
Wei Chen thought about it for a while, saying that a good single man is suffering in his heart, he doesn't have a girl, even a mermaid is fine, he sighed for a while, then asked, "I heard you have a younger sister, how old is the little girl, do you want to make friends?" Su Muqiu's distorted smile terrified his hair, and then reluctantly left.
"It's Saturday." Ye Xiu read the unemotional instructions in black and white in the envelope: "I remember you have to go to work."
"Ah, I don't need it that day." Su Muqiu looked at the date, "I will substitute for Yu Wenzhou today, and I will be off on Saturday."
"Are you going to this presentation?"
"If Mucheng wants to go..."
The two took advantage of the opportunity to discuss what to bring to eat on the road that day. After all, the journey was really long, and they walked home slowly beside each other.
☆、Chapter 17 18: The Disappeared Tail Fin
The weather on Saturday was very good, or rather, the weather in City H has been so good after a short break from the heavy rain.
It was cloudless and blue.Ye Xiu touched a biscuit from Su Muqiu's hand, looked at Su Mucheng who was lying on the back of the chair doing homework, and guessed that the little girl would write this in her diary composition.
After getting out of the car, the area of the research institute, which was rarely visited by anyone, was densely packed with people, roughly a few hundred.Parents with children, carrying bags and looking like nerds, well-dressed from head to toe, every accessory is surprisingly expensive, there are all kinds of people, and they have been visiting the ordinary woods around the institute as a botanical garden.
"What kind of introduction meeting is this?" Su Muqiu was surprised.
Seeing the bustling crowd, Ye Xiu frowned, and pulled Su Mucheng to the side to prevent her from being accidentally injured. Su Muqiu found the right direction and led the two of them directly to the entrance of the museum.
The guide girl, who was familiar to several people, stood by the door and waved at them vigorously. She was relieved when they sat down in the back row of the counter without incident, and stared at the dense crowd in the museum in a daze.
The counter has obviously been decorated, and even the usual in-house literature has been removed, replaced with a large kettle filled with hot coffee and hot black tea, disposable paper cups, and even a plate of small biscuits in a decent manner.
But until now, no one knew what the presentation would be about.
"I don't know about this either..." The tour guide girl was also at a loss, "Although I received a notice from the institute that an introduction meeting will be held here today, their staff will be in charge of everything, and they will send someone to Temporarily remodeled several exhibition rooms."
Indeed, in the past, after entering the hall of the museum, you can see the entrance to the exhibition area, but now there are curtains hanging to divide the rear.
"It's a lot of money to modify for an introduction meeting." Su Muqiu asked: "What is it that takes so much trouble to introduce?"
The guide girl couldn't guess it, she just said that her relative who was a researcher casually revealed that it was a very rare thing, if she missed this time, she would have to wait 100 years and so on.
Su Mucheng tugged at her brother's sleeve, and asked if the uncle who was selling with a loudspeaker on the street also yelled this sentence a few days ago. Several people laughed out loud, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.
"Whether it's difficult or not, if the introduction is boring, we'll leave early and take you to see the mermaid." Su Muqiu patted the little girl.
The guide shook his hand: "The mermaid can't do anything today, let's take her to see the fish."
"What's wrong? Are there no mermaid volunteers today?"
"The mermaid exhibition room is the location of the introduction meeting, and several nearby exhibition areas have also been temporarily requisitioned as venues." The tour guide explained.
"Ah...that's a pity." Ye Xiu replied.
The guide girl was speechless, she highlighted the mermaid fanatic label on this person in her heart, then ignored it, turned her head to gossip with the Su family siblings, muttering in a low voice, that is the owner of Mermaid Volunteer 012 over there, This guy here often buys some beautiful teenagers with no real status from the black market and sends them to be transformed.After all, she works here, and she knows more or less the background of the visitors who have been here.
Half an hour before the opening time, several personnel with the certificates of the research institute came out and opened the curtain.I saw security gates set up on both sides of the aisle, and several long tables were placed. The security guards stood aside with expressionless faces, and some researchers were mixed in the security room, seemingly acting as temporary security personnel.
A staff member stepped on a small stool and told everyone that since there are not many places for this introduction meeting, those who have received the notification letter will be given priority to enter the venue, and they forgot to bring the information that can be registered with the guide to check the information.As for other interested people, you need to wait for the former to enter the venue.
"Visitors who carry metal products are sorry to take them off for the time being. Our colleagues can simply confirm and pass. This is to maintain the safety of the venue. Thank you for your cooperation." He said kindly.
This kind of inspection is common in entry-exit or some large amusement parks. The people did not have much disgust. They gathered under the command of the staff and joined the entering team.
Su Mucheng stretched her head to look curiously, and so did Ye Xiu who was beside her.It seems that the inspection of items is not strict. The person concerned put his belongings on the long table, showed the notice letter and walked through the security gate, letting the personnel pass through the scene after a quick glance.
There was such a big battle in the item inspection, but the attitude of the staff was a little casual. Instead, it was the notification letter, the black and white printing paper that seemed to be everywhere, when people took it through the security gate, there was a momentary moment on the paper. The LOGO pattern of the research institute is displayed, with a very small barcode number on the corner.
When Ye Xiu saw someone passing by, the paper in his hand had no pattern. At the same time, the researcher who was sitting by the security gate and focused on the computer screen raised his hand. No, please wait patiently for the extra positions that will be opened later.
"Why was he kicked out?" Su Mucheng said.
"Because the notification letter he took was wrong, and he wanted to get away with it."
The little girl was puzzled, and asked him how he could tell, every one was the same.Ye Xiu paused for a moment before replying flatly, "I guess."
He raised his eyes and glanced at the detection door. On the innermost side of the top, there was a thin line like a seam. Under the bright lights in the room, it revealed a purple-black light that was difficult for human eyes to discern.
Su Muqiu found the innocuous notification letter from his body, thought it was a good thing he didn't throw it away along with the shopping list, and took Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng to line up.
But after walking a few steps, an expensively dressed man next to him suddenly turned his foot, his figure was crooked, and happened to knock Su Muqiu down, and everything in their hands fell to the ground, including the hot water bottle held by the other party. coffee.Su Mucheng hurriedly ran to the counter to get a tissue, and Ye Xiu helped pick up two pieces of paper that were covered with coffee.
The other party hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I seem to have accidentally stepped on something. Are you okay, kid?"
"It's okay, I didn't splash it on me." Su Muqiu replied.
"Haha, that's good, the burn will be serious..."
During the conversation between the two, Ye Xiu wiped one of the papers dry in twos and twos, Su Muqiu took it, and handed the notice letter with a few brown marks on it to the other party, telling him to go to the line first, the latter said sorry, no Rejection──From the perspective of the other party's clothes, it is not difficult to guess that the other party is used to others taking him for granted.
As for the other one, it was almost soaked in coffee, Su Mucheng was trying to save that piece of paper.
"Mucheng, don't rub it, just take that thing to your brother and let him hold it in his hand to dry." Ye Xiu said.
"Hey." Su Muqiu rolled his eyes.
Ye Xiu took out a few tissues and handed them to the little girl, asking her to wipe her hands clean, while at the same time wiping up the coffee that dripped on the floor.With a flick of his fingertips, he wrapped a water-blue sugar ball that had been crushed in half into a paper towel as if nothing had happened. After a while, he cleaned up the mess and threw the ball of paper towels into the trash can.
The candy gradually melted in the coffee-soaked paper towel, leaving only a faint smell of sea salt.
As the venue, the space in the mermaid exhibition room has been completely expanded.
The people of the research institute removed the partitions in the item exhibition area, so that the spaces of the two areas were barely connected, and more than a dozen rows of seats were neatly arranged.If this rough venue is compared to a stage, then the center of the stage is the water tank that was originally located in the mermaid exhibition room. When this water tank appears in front of people alone, it is like a huge screen, as if blocking something.
And on the side of the stage, there is some kind of upright cylindrical equipment, which is as wide as three people hugging each other. The cold blue signal light on the metal shell is flickering. It looks quite in line with people's imagination of science fiction movies.
The three of them entered the arena relatively late because of the coffee overturned earlier. After sitting down in the empty seats at the back, Su Mucheng pointed to the sink on the stage and found the blond-haired mermaid sitting in it. That innocent look.
Many people in the arena were admiring the mermaid. The blond-haired mermaid swung its tender green tail with a shy expression.It was just a little shy to let others watch in the water tank where there was nowhere to hide. It was not the first time that Ye Xiu admired the psychological quality of these volunteers.
When the time came, the light gradually dimmed, and he blinked uncomfortably, looking at the area in the center of the stage that was shrouded in a beam of light.
Several researchers stood on the stage, their white coats were yellow and wrinkled, and there were stains from some kind of chemical agent or instant noodle soup. Most of them stood beside the cylindrical equipment, and one of them picked up the microphone and walked out with a stack of documents. ,About
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