[Full-time Expert Umbrella Repair] The Moon in the Sea

He is the leader of today's presentation.

He stood in the center of the light beam. Ye Xiu noticed that he glanced at the corner very secretly. A man wearing glasses was standing there. There was a person operating a computer beside him. The former nodded towards the stage, and the host The researcher just started talking.

"Hello, everyone, welcome to today's introduction meeting. This is Mermaid Research...cough, a special event commemorating the establishment of the Mermaid Museum..."

The researcher said the opening remarks stiffly and rigidly, and he knew that he had memorized them impromptu. Standing there stammering, it was quite horrible.

But as he entered the subject and involved the professional field, his expression calmed down and he spoke faster and faster.

"The thing I'm introducing to you today is quite rare..." The researcher's eyes were filled with extreme fanaticism, "National research institutions in various countries must stamp this with a top secret stamp and store it in a locked vault , hide it tightly... only we have the courage to take it out..."

The narration paused for a while, not because he deliberately whetted his appetite, but because he needed some time to calm down his excitement.

"What we're about to introduce is... a mermaid."

Mermaid? ?

Perhaps in City H, mermaids are indeed rare, but there are many participants who came from the upper city. These people don't discuss mermaids with "yes" or "no", but "1" and "above". There are even a few who can call themselves collectors.Most of their mermaids paid a lot of money to let the research institute directly carry out the transformation surgery, but they were invited all the way to see the things they raised a whole room?

Regardless of what the frowning and displeased dignitaries were thinking, the researcher turned sideways, letting out the scene behind him.

In the large tank, the blond mermaid received a signal from the researcher, swung its tail fin, swam over with a small string of bubbles, and sat in a chic seat in the tank.

He smiled, slowly closed his eyes, suddenly raised his head and sang a song with a strange melody.

The crowd erupted, especially those in the front row who blithely displayed their wealth.

"This is…"

"He can sing in the water!? But the mermaid I raised..."

"Those people doing research actually..."

All kinds of chaos gradually disappeared after the song of the mermaid continued.

Slowly, the people in the audience became dazed, with obsessed eyes, they could still think, and clearly remembered who they were, but under this kind of dreamlike singing, they would rather not think about anything and listen to this song.

The singing ended quickly, and everyone applauded when they regained their senses. The blond mermaid seemed very happy.

The researchers did not respond when people were involuntarily dazed. They listened to this song countless times in the past few months in order to understand it. After about four or five times, the feeling of being bewitched and turbulent disappeared. .

"Is this mermaid you are going to introduce? Specially made? New technology?" A middle-aged man with a big belly asked, wearing a gold ring on his thumb, and the reflection of the diamond watch on his wrist almost blinded Su Muqiu.

Specially made means bidding; new technology means capital injection and sponsorship.In short, he wants to pay for it.

"No, no, that's not what this briefing session is about." The researcher waved his hand, not even looking at the blond mermaid, "Besides, this is just an 'introduction session'."

The watch man frowned: "Can you be more straightforward? What do you want, can we not know?"

"What we want..." The researcher chuckled, a kind of madness flickered in his downcast eyes.

He quickly restrained his emotions and adjusted his soothing expression: "Of course we are not going to introduce this kind of mermaid."

"Anything else?" The man who bumped into Su Muqiu earlier asked with interest. He was also in the front row, separated by two seats.

As soon as the researcher raised his hand, several other people immediately operated outside the cylindrical device. After a low buzzing sound, the metal case opened left and right like a window, and a cold white mist overflowed heavily. The person seated closer to the instrument rubbed his arms in the cold, and a father hurriedly helped the child add a coat.

The young man in front of Su Muqiu leaned forward unconsciously while holding the glasses with a thick bottom of the milk bottle, squinting his eyes and muttering to himself: "What is that...?"

Others may need to be confused for a while, and only after seeing it clearly can they understand what it is.

But Ye Xiu recognized it when a slit opened in the cryogenic cabin.

Maybe not by eyes, but something buried deep in instinct, deep in blood.

It was a stuffed mermaid.

- A real mermaid.

In an instant, Ye Xiu's pupils constricted, and in the depths of his black pupils, there was a floating golden light that flashed away.

The mermaid specimens in the freezer are dehydrated and dried up as a whole, and the upper body is faintly visible in the shape of a human female.The freezing chamber is filled with a transparent gel of unknown composition. The gel did not freeze under the extremely low temperature, and turned into some kind of clear liquid a few seconds after the freezing chamber was opened.

The mermaid may have been dead for a long time, her long hair is no longer smooth, and her face is almost unrecognizable, but from the vague details of her appearance, she can still imagine its exquisite beauty when she was alive.

The researcher beckoned, and the blond-haired mermaid swam to the place closest to the cryogenic chamber, stopped meekly, and let the audience compare the two.

There is no comparison between a specimen that has been dead for decades, and a good-looking, blond, blue-eyed young mermaid. However, everyone found that the attention was always drawn to that specimen.

It is difficult to say why this is so, perhaps because of the specimen's tail.

It has a gorgeous caudal fin, with delicate and delicate fish scales closely arranged, and under the light, it is deep and light purple, with a faint luster, which is incomparable to any jewelry. It is a dazzling beauty similar to clusters of flowers.

People couldn't move their eyes away, admiring, and took photos with the permission of the researcher. The flash lights were on for a while. At this moment, it really looks like an ordinary introduction meeting.

"It was a worthwhile trip...an eye-opener." The people in the front row sighed, and most of them took out their mobile phones, but they didn't take pictures.They dialed the phone and directly asked how much such a collection would cost to get it.

Ye Xiu remained silent, looking at the dead mermaid sealed in the cryogenic cabin.

Although the research institute put on an exquisite mermaid skirt for her, the translucent skirt layer upon layer, soaked in the slightly swaying clear liquid, she seemed to be still swimming in the sea, but Ye Xiu was almost at the moment when he saw it. I realized that the fishtail on her lower body was a lifelike imitation that was added later——starting from the back of the spine, the beautiful caudal fin, except for the surface scales, is all artificial.

Perhaps, the same is true under that layer of dry skin, and there is even nothing.

So far, how many times he has been to museums with Su Muqiu and Su Mucheng, and how many artificial mermaids he has seen.

Those false fish tails, tender green, sky blue, light red, dark brown... I have never seen any color scales.

What are those things that are smiling gently in the water and are as beautiful as dreams.

is human.

All are human.

——Implanted female mermaid cells, causing cancer-like lesions, genetic recombination, and costly precision surgery, resulting in deformed products.

In this world, there is no so-called acquired mermaid, only artificial mermaid.

The reason why human females cannot undergo mermaid transformation surgery is not because the research institute declared to the outside world that "this technology is to overcome the plight of few females and allow human beings to reproduce smoothly, and it is only for the transformation of males"...

It's because, with the physical fitness of human women, they can't survive this kind of brutal transformation.

None of the experiments were successful.

Where would scholars start if they want to extract the genes that best represent the 'mermaid'?

It is clear where the missing tail fin went.

Humans just peeled off the scales of this mermaid inch by inch, took away her blood, flesh, bones, and even life—anything that could be taken away, and then pretended to restore the broken corpse. Paste it back and make a specimen.

Then, at the moment of need, push the corpse out to the public to receive people's amazed eyes.

Only humans do that.It made him faintly sick.

☆、Chapter 18 19: Unity

From the moment he walked into the introduction venue, Su Muqiu felt that something was not quite right. This inexplicable premonition reached its peak when the coffin-like cryogenic chamber opened.

And Ye Xiu's reaction confirmed everything.

Actually, there was nothing wrong with Ye Xiu.

His reaction was very normal. In the dim light of the venue, Su Muqiu could barely make out his expression. Ye Xiu looked at the mermaid specimen intently, with admiration-like surprise on his face, just like everyone else, Su Muqiu was almost fooled. .

He quietly reached out to touch Ye Xiu's fingertips hanging by his side.This move was not obvious, Ye Xiu didn't seem to notice, just happened to put his hand on the back of the chair in front of him, as if he wanted to get a closer look as much as possible, so he missed Su Muqiu's small movements.

But if it's Ye Xiu, no matter how natural it is, it must be intentional.

Su Muqiu pursed his lips secretly, and gently withdrew his hand.

The researchers on the stage let the crowd clamor, and when they calmed down the excitement of seeing a real mermaid for the first time, they continued to tell: "This is a collection of mermaids in the research institute, female, and was caught about 40 years ago. Unfortunately, in our Under his care, it still died within ten days because it could not adapt to life on land.”

The researcher's expression came from sincere regret, and the other researchers present were more or less the same. If everyone contributed ten years of life in exchange for it to live an extra day, this group of people might be willing.

"In the entire country of C, there are only a few research institutions that keep mermaid samples, and most of them are sealed and stored by state agencies, so today you can see that it is far better than countless experts and scholars—but this is not the most amazing thing today. .”

"You have all heard the singing of volunteer 031. I can tell you that it is a real mermaid song. Although humans have not yet understood the meaning of it, they have noticed another thing."

He said every word, and disclosed these secrets to ordinary citizens without hesitation.

All of this is to hide the more important purpose behind it.

"In the beginning, 031 didn't know how to sing this song." He said: "The research institute spent a long time looking for the reason. According to a few signs, we speculated internally——a living, real mermaid came ashore. .”

Everyone was startled, and there was an uproar in an instant.

"And, it is likely to be hidden among us."

The researcher blinked, and he set up a canopy to observe the audience carefully, as if he was really looking for it, as if to enliven the atmosphere.

At least people thought so, so the people in the venue burst out laughing. Amidst the laughter, Su Mucheng poked Su Muqiu's waist: "Brother, the sister who showed us this sentence also said that."

"Yeah... yes." Su Muqiu answered absently, while Ye Xiu looked interested and looked at the people nearby.

"Among us, the only one with a tail is the one in the water?" Someone teased.

The researcher shook his head: "The mermaid in the sea is said to be able to walk on two legs like humans... It may even be your neighbor, your friend, or even your partner."

"Of course, that's an exaggeration," he said quietly, "but I'm not joking."

There was less noise.

The mermaid is by my side - this should have been the plot of a fairy tale, full of romantic encounters and beautiful fantasies.

However, some people looked at the specimen in the cryogenic cabin, imagining that it might be the person next to them, but suddenly shuddered.

Then someone asked how to identify a mermaid.

"Since they're so human-like, how do I find the merfolk?" he asked. "How did you do it?"

"That's the focus of today's briefing."

The researcher first emphasized: "Mermaids are very dangerous animals. Unlike pets such as cats and dogs, they cannot be domesticated. If you really have a chance to find mermaids, be careful and ensure your safety first."

He explained that due to the unrealistic imagination of human beings for thousands of years, most people always think that this kind of creature is friendly and peaceful, and would foolishly use a fork as a comb, or sit on the reef and sing innocently .Coupled with the beautiful appearance of mermaids and humans, it is easy to be taken lightly, leading to irreversible accidents.

The "mermaid" in people's general impression is closer to those acquired mermaids who have undergone transformation surgery, because the acquired mermaids were originally human beings, of course they are friendly with human beings and can communicate and understand.

"As for the group in the sea, you need to treat it as if you encountered a hungry wild lion, shark, or brown bear. You must understand: it has the ability to easily take your life."

"Sounds terrible...It's too exaggerated." The questioner laughed nervously.

The researcher did not explain much, and threw a sentence of believe it or not, and continued: "I think you all know that there is a word called protective color. Insects and animals in nature evolve protective colors to avoid enemies or hunt and prey. Environment. It is not only creatures that ordinary people think are weak have protective colors, for example, the white fur of polar bears is also a protective color, but no one would want to fight a polar bear face to face.”

He waited patiently for a few seconds for everyone to digest the presentation.

"Let me put it this way. The mermaid's 'protective color', apart from its human-like appearance, also...

--They are very good at imitating. "

As he spoke, the researcher took out the small remote control from his trouser pocket, and after a few clicks, a screen came down.

He plays a video.

The video quality is poor, full of rough grains, and the sound is distant and blurred. Judging from the time and angle of the video, it should have been recorded by a roadside monitor for decades.

There are two people in the video, a man and a girl in a simple dress. The girl is so beautiful that she should only appear in a dream. If you post a photo now, there will be over [-] retweets shouting "Goddess", plus the blue sky , the sea, and the background of the white sand beach, this is simply a classic example of striking up a conversation.

'Excuse me, cough, I came here according to the order from above, they said... uh, you are a mermaid. The man smiled awkwardly, "Can I trouble the girl to come with me...?"Ah, I'm from the security department, here's my ID...'

Although it was somewhat vague, Su Muqiu recognized the logo on the certificate, which belonged to the Mermaid Research Institute.

The girl in the video brushed her long hair, kicked the sea water playfully, and smiled slightly.

'A mermaid?You think so too? '

The man blushed and scratched his ears and cheeks in embarrassment, but after a while he nodded quietly and muttered: 'Because you, you are really good-looking. '

'Thanks. The girl smiled brightly: "But sorry, they may have misunderstood something."Can I contact my lawyer? '

The video ends here.

Researcher: "It is the last mermaid discovered by humans."

"I know someone wants to ask, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

"At the time, the higher-ups also thought they had made a mistake. But half a year later, it was confirmed that at the time the video was recorded, the mermaid actually didn't know what a lawyer was. It was just imitating a human being."

The researchers then played a second video.

The protagonists are still that couple. Judging from the recording time, it will be about half a year later.The picture shakes slightly, the camera is held in the hand, and the background is laughter. Several people stay in a place similar to a seaside hut. The interior decoration is warm, with some red wine and food on the table, and romantic candlelight.

A blond with highlights booed and yelled: 'Hey hey!Okay, if you can't, just replace me!Beautiful girls are rare! '

'Shut up. The man turned his head and glared at the blond man, and the rest of them laughed, and the latter raised the champagne glass in his hand, yelling that you are welcome.

The girl who was said to be a mermaid stood in front of the man, and the atmosphere between the two, anyone with a discerning eye knew that he was going to confess, was full of pink bubbles.

He bowed his head, looked shy, his cheeks were flushed, and he seemed to be playing with something in his hands, while the girl just looked at him.

"Ah... that, um, I hope you don't think it's too sudden..." The man scratched his head, and amidst the faint sound of the waves, he raised his head and looked back, with only the appearance of a girl in his eyes.

He spread out his palm, and inside were two silver rings.The person in charge of the photography purposely moved closer to the two of them to take pictures of the details. The ring was of a special style, resembling layers of aquatic plants entangled in a circle, and it fit together perfectly. about you'.

The male turned the camera away with a dark face, coughed, and continued: "I met you here half a year ago because of a little embarrassment. Half a year later, I am very glad that you are still by my side."I mean, if you want...I want us to be around each other for every half year in the future...until the end of our lives. '

His friends roared with laughter, spitting out what a bad confession, what is every half year, and, besides, the end of life? ?Please, where did you copy this from? ?

Everyone couldn't stand upright laughing, and the girl was also laughing, but her smile had a completely different meaning.

Her eyes have long been different from those in the first video, tender and tender, tilting her head to stare at the man, as if the other is the meaning of her entire existence.

She stretched out her hand, asked the man to put a ring on her, and replied that I would.The man hugged her excitedly, spoke incoherent words, and finally hesitated for a long time with his face flushed, and choked out a sentence: '...I love you. '

'Old-fashioned, old-fashioned! ' exclaimed the blond.

But the girl froze.

After the other party stammered the confession, she showed a puzzled expression for a moment, and then, her whole body seemed to be lit up by it, like a burning fire, and she burst into a bright smile.

'I see... I finally understand. ' she said, hugging each other tightly, and said something in a strange and beautiful language: '...'

'What? ' asked the man.

The girl smiled and kissed him on the cheek: "This is my native dialect, which means... I love you." '

Others opened the champagne with a bang, and the bubbles splashed all over the two of them, and everyone laughed and laughed.The following content was fast-forwarded, probably a group of people celebrated the success of the proposal, ate and drank, booed and made the couple dance. During this period, the girl kept humming a song, the melody was strange, the language was unfamiliar, but very sweet, It's like honey overflowing from the heart, soaking the soul full.

When the video was about to end, the researcher resumed normal playback, and saw several people standing behind the hut, where there was a small indoor swimming pool.

He wiped his face happily, waved to them, and shouted to come down, "It's rare that the workaholic paid for you two to build this, it's a pity not to enjoy it—"

The camera turned to shoot the person standing in the corner, and the person nodded in response, with a lukewarm attitude.He only ate a little food from beginning to end, and spent most of the time watching other people play.

The girl shook her head, 'I put on makeup, it's not convenient to touch the water, next time. '

People who are called workaholics said: 'No one will laugh at you when your makeup is dirty.Inside is the artificial seawater shipped directly from my laboratory, which is very clean and rest assured. '

His gaze is scrutinizing.The man frowned slightly and stood in front of the girl.

'That's right, come on, don't you guys live by the beach, and you date every weekend by the beach? Why are you afraid of a little water at this time! The people in the pool waved vigorously and splashed water on several people.

The man turned his head distracted: "Stop making trouble, she even said it's inconvenient..."

During the conversation between the two, the girl shook suddenly for some reason, she stared in a certain direction with an unbelievable expression, fell into the pool, and then...

The video is interrupted.

The third video was played immediately, this video was extremely short, and the shaking was extremely severe.

The first scene was pitch black, only rustling footsteps and panicked gasps were heard, and several screams echoed in the distance.With the violent shaking of the camera, you can gradually see the unreasonable picture from the skewed corner of the video.The girl is already a mermaid, she is still wearing the clean one-piece dress when she first met, but under the skirt is a huge purple fish tail propped on the ground.

Her beautiful facial features were distorted, and she kept making piercing screams. Her expression was ferocious and irrational. Her slender arms were tightly wrapped around the neck of the 'workaholic', and she lifted the adult man's feet off the ground with only one hand.The latter struggled and kicked the fish's tail fiercely, the purple-tailed mermaid's fingertips tightened suddenly, and the opponent collapsed on the spot, with blood spurting out from the blood hole in the neck.

In addition to the workaholics, the mermaid was surrounded by dozens of heavily armed personnel. The moment it threw off the corpse in its hand, they rushed over with guns and died one by one.In front of the vicious mermaid, human beings are as vulnerable as tofu.

Surrounded by blood, it was like purgatory on earth.

The white skirt was full of blood, like a burning flame.

After the end of the three videos, no one at the introduction meeting could laugh out loud, and their faces were pale.

The researcher walked back to the center: "The time gap between the last two video reviews is less than 10 minutes. Did you see what the mermaid did after its identity was exposed? They are different from us. They are beasts that cannot communicate, friendly Intimate behaviors are all for the purpose of lurking in human society smoothly - wild beasts don't care about human life or death, they will take drastic measures to eliminate all unfavorable factors. They have many advantages that humans do not have, so remember, in order to ensure the safety of life, please Notify the Institute as soon as possible."

"Now I will introduce the identification method for you."

"First, mermaids are extremely good at imitation. This is the means by which they live, but they don't necessarily understand the meaning, because mermaids can't understand human emotions. Specifically, they may show a terrifying learning ability."

"Secondly, mermaids can leave the water, but out of instinct, they will try their best to stay in coastal areas. If there is no sea water for a long time, they may die. According to current records, the longest limit for mermaids to voluntarily stay away from the ocean is one week—that is, the one in the video Mermaid."

"Thirdly, mermaids have no resistance to high-concentration seawater..." The researcher paused, then smiled and said, "If your clothes get wet, the research institute is very sorry—"

In the next second, a large amount of man-made seawater with a fishy and salty smell was introduced without warning.

The automatic fire extinguishing device on the ceiling was activated unexpectedly, and the sprinkler pipes were running crazily, and the venue was filled with water mist in an instant.The water pressure should have been adjusted in advance, it wasn't strong, it was like being drenched by a sudden shower, and the precipitation stopped after a short time, before everyone who was stunned could react.

Su Muqiu stroked his bangs that were dripping with water, his clothes were half wet, and he licked his salty lips.

Ever since he saw Ye Xiu's tail for the first time, he had already been used to carrying a towel with him just in case, although he never used it.But at this moment, he realized very clearly that it must not be used now.

He shook his hands, pretending to be displeased, and like Su Mucheng, Ye Xiu, and everyone around him, secretly looked at others with an expression that seemed to be indifferent, but implied curiosity or fear.

Ye Xiu patted the water droplets off his shoulders and looked towards the stage.

In the tank on the stage, the blond mermaid swims leisurely. In those blue eyes, there is still an innocence that is incompatible with the atmosphere of the scene. It seems that they don’t know what everyone is doing. They are purely curious about the artificial seawater falling down. Creepy.

This briefing, which everyone had their own thoughts on, ended in one morning. It was surprisingly short, but long enough to reshape cognition.

The people in the center of the stage were the first to leave. The host led the other researchers, carefully guarding the re-closed cryogenic cabin and leaving through the side door, preparing to return directly to the research building.The man who was always standing in the shadow of the corner followed, and the young man sitting cross-legged beside him and operating his notebook was only a few steps behind.

The young man reached out his hand to take out a pen and paper from his coat pocket. He seemed to be concentrating on something, but he didn't notice that something had fallen out and slipped under the seat.Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng, who were near the aisle, lowered their heads and touched for a while. Finally, Su Mucheng picked up a name tag with the words "Specially Invited Personnel" written on it, and jumped off the chair to catch up with each other.

After receiving the name tag returned by Su Mucheng, the young man pinned it on his chest and said thank you in a friendly way.

"If you meet a mermaid, do you have to do that?" Su Mucheng asked suddenly.

The young man looked at the little girl who was feeling a bit uncomfortable, and he paused before leaving. He bent down and looked at her.

"Maybe..." The young man whispered to Su Mucheng, "Maybe you can start by smiling at the mermaid and saying 'Hello, hello'—shh, don't say it, those guys will get angry."

He secretly pointed at the group of researchers who were guarding the cryogenic chamber like babies, and silently mouthed, "They call that cryogenic chamber the Goddess, and it's maiden voyage today", and made a scared expression, and turned towards Su Mu Cheng waved his hands and smiled, then got up and hurried to catch up.

Most people, especially the wealthy, leave the museum immediately after the presentation.They probably thought about the same thing in their hearts, that is, 'I want to be the first to catch a real mermaid'.

There's nothing like 'one and only' to be had.

As for the remaining ordinary visitors, most of them left the things that felt far away from them as soon as they walked out of the introduction venue, and took advantage of the opportunity to visit the museum.

Su Muqiu and the others belonged to the latter group. The three of them walked in the attached small aquarium. Su Muqiu complained that the research institute broadcast such a bloody video and didn't code it. Shouldn't they be reminded first, and then asked Su Mucheng if he was afraid.The little girl shook her head with the candy her brother stuffed into her mouth. Although she was terrified, the video was shaky and blurry after all. It was hard to see how miserable the death was. She was just startled by the blood.

Ye Xiu leisurely followed behind the two, with calm eyes, and occasionally bent down to knock on the glass of the sink, watching the panicked little fish scatter in a hurry, circling in place in the narrow fish tank with nowhere to escape.

They took the evening return bus home.

Su Muqiu leaned on the door frame to take off his shoes. Suddenly someone passed him by. He looked up and saw Ye Xiu walk into the room lazily with his hands in his pockets, and closed the door with a click.

He hadn't said a word since the intro, nor had he made eye contact with either of them.

"Brother... Is Ye Xiu not feeling well?" Su Mucheng was very worried.

"……yes."

Su Muqiu smiled, stretched out his hand to rub the little girl's long hair, and asked her to take a bath first, he prepared dinner, and he could eat it when he came out, Su Mucheng nodded obediently.

During dinner, Ye Xiu didn't come out.

Su Mucheng ran to the door and knocked, but there was no sound from inside, so she took the bowls and plates Ye Xiu usually used to eat, and packed a hearty dinner for him, in case Ye Xiu was hungry at night and only had instant noodles. He took the ketchup and drew a smiley face on the corner of the plate.

Su Muqiu watched quietly.

Later, he washed the tableware, took a shower, urged his sister to go to bed quickly, and covered her with a quilt, and was complained by Su Mucheng, "Doesn't brother want to go back to the room? You bullied Ye Xiu?", he plucked his hair Answering "Since when did I bully him?", he turned and went back to his room.

It was dark in the room, no lights were turned on.

In the darkness, Su Muqiu barely relied on the faint moonlight coming in through the gaps in the curtains to identify the situation inside.

There was a small bump on the bed, and the quilt was tightly covered, only a small part of the furry black head was exposed.He quickly scanned the room, windows were smashed, things were thrown around, none of this kind of damage happened, it was quite normal.

Su Muqiu closed the door softly, leaned against the door panel, and looked at the person huddled under the blanket.

"Hello, Ye Xiu."

"There are chicken legs for dinner, Mucheng left her portion for you, remember to eat it gratefully."

In fact, he only made one chicken leg, deliberately seasoning it according to Ye Xiu's preference, and even the whole table was filled with the few dishes that Ye Xiu usually eats more.Although she didn't say it clearly, Su Mucheng noticed it, so the first thing she did was put the chicken leg into Ye Xiu's bowl.

"You've been off all day, Mucheng is very worried."

Su Muqiu was also worried.

I was so worried that I ignored all the abnormalities, and locked myself in the same room as the other party.

"If you're bored enough," he said, "come out quickly."

The other party did not respond.

Just as Su Muqiu pursed his lips and approached a few steps forward, the quilt moved on the bed without any movement. A slender and pale hand stretched out, grabbed the corner of the quilt, and slowly lifted the quilt .

In Su Muqiu's suddenly frozen gaze, a strand of long black hair slipped from his chest following the opponent's movement of standing up, and fell on the unshaven shoulders.

The one lying on his bed was not 'Ye Xiu'.

It was a young man of about 17 or 8 years old, with a thin body, inconspicuous but smooth skin texture, a few strands of black hair hanging around his waist, and a pale complexion as if he hadn't seen the light for a long time.

However, between the young man's long black hair, where the ears should be, there are a pair of silver-white ear fins with sharp edges, extending upwards close to the side, like delicate ornaments.Near the elbows of the hands and the center of the beautifully curved back, there is a soft and thin line-like trace, and there is a little web-like transparent film between the fingers with clear joints.

Under the quilt, a huge, silvery fish tail curled up, entrenched on the bed.

He opened a pair of pure golden eyes, looking at Su Muqiu without emotion, there seemed to be molten gold flowing deep in the pupils.

This predator-like appearance makes it hard to avert your gaze.

The mermaid laughed suddenly, her slightly raised brows were lazy and careless.

☆、Chapter 19 20: Clenched hands

The golden eyes of the mermaid were very indifferent.

As his facial features tended to mature, the strange feeling that did not belong to human beings gradually appeared between his eyebrows and eyes, which set off his appearance particularly beautifully and strangely.

Even so, Su Muqiu's intuition told him that this mermaid was indeed Ye Xiu—after all, they had slept in the same bed for so long, even if there was a difference in appearance, Su Muqiu could still recognize Ye Xiu at a glance.

Even though that was not the look of 'Ye Xiu'.

Although he had never seen this kind of look on 'Ye Xiu' face.

The room was too dark, Su Muqiu looked at the blurred outline of the other party, and those slightly reflective cold golden eyes, the other party also stared straight at him, no one made a sound to break the silence for a while.

Suddenly, the youth version of Ye Xiu threw away the quilt and slid to the ground, his huge silver fish tail curling up in an arc.He quietly moved towards the door, Su Muqiu took a few steps across without thinking, and stood in front of him.

The mermaid stared at him, her golden eyes were slightly bent in a way that Su Muqiu was very familiar with, as if she was smiling, but with a little sarcasm, she didn't speak, but just picked up a pen from the table casually.

The pen has a metal case, and the cold moonlight outside the window is reflected in the perfectly slender palms.He weighed the pen, and with a stroke of his fingertips without any warning, the metal pen barrel split into two instantly, and the red ink inside dripped down to the ground, and the half of the pen barrel fell to the ground after a slight impact. The section is smooth and flat.

The sharp nails were stained red, as if stained with blood.

It was a weapon that could easily harvest even human life.

──This looks like the out-of-control and brutal purple-tailed mermaid in the video.

The mermaid casually threw away the other half of the pen holder, waiting playfully for his reaction.

Su Muqiu knew very well that he was recklessly blocking the way of a dangerous creature, and it was on the premise that the other party clearly expressed 'get out of the way' with his eyes and actions, and clearly showed the threat.

But at the same time, he firmly believed that Ye Xiu would never really hurt himself.

Even if 'Ye Xiu' is the ferocious mermaid that the group of researchers said, seeing with his own eyes how cruelly treated by humans... Knowing that humans planned to hunt him, he sprinkled artificial sea water all over his body to catch a turtle... In retrospect, if Ye Xiu It was exposed, maybe the group of human researchers planned to sacrifice the lives of the participants on the scene to gain time to catch the mermaid...

...The more Su Muqiu thought about it, the more he felt that his self-confidence in 'Ye Xiu' was really stupid.

And also annoyingly refuses to be controlled by reason, and trusts wishfully.

Su Muqiu guessed that his expression must be quite ugly now, but even so, he still stuck to the spot, motionless.

"Get out of the way." The mermaid said, her golden eyes were cold and her tone was light, "Don't make me say it a second time."

Su Muqiu narrowed his eyes, raised his hands hanging by his sides, and put them on his chest.

"I won't let it."

The intense golden color flowing in the mermaid's eyes stopped for a moment, he shook his fingertips, and finally did nothing, just walked around the other party and grabbed the doorknob.

Su Muqiu stretched out his hand to clasp the wrist on the doorknob, but suddenly his waist was heavy, and the scene in front of him receded quickly in the blink of an eye, and he hit the wall with a bang——

At the first moment, Su Muqiu only felt a sharp pain in the back of his heart, so painful that he could vomit blood on the spot. He clutched his stomach and coughed a few times, staggered to stand firm against the wall, grinning and rubbing his almost shattered back , The pain dissipated quickly, leaving only a faint tingling feeling.

He looked down, and saw that a tail fin was slowly withdrawing backwards, without any aggressiveness, and he couldn't see the ruthlessness of Su Muqiu's sudden and severe blow just now.

Seeing Su Muqiu staring at his expression, he dared to beat me ', the mermaid tail fin, and slammed into the chair aside again. The solid wooden chair, which hadn't been shaken for years, turned into a pile of rotten wooden sticks on the spot.

Su Muqiu glanced at the pile of debris, still looking directly into Ye Xiu's eyes, and tightly clasped his wrist again.

The warm palm slowly slid down, and finally pressed firmly on the back of Ye Xiu's hand.

"Just pretend to be you." He raised his brows and mocked, "You think you can scare me away with your bad acting skills? Dare you be more professional?"

Ye Xiu lowered his eyes, looking at the tightly clasped hands.

The boy's palm is thin, with distinct knuckles, and the blue veins under the skin are faintly visible.When he held Ye Xiu, he seemed completely unaware of the sharp claws of the mermaid, and let the former draw a few shallow white marks on these beautifully shaped hands.

Although there was no bleeding, if Ye Xiu struggled, he would inevitably poke a few blood holes.

Under his stubborn gaze, Ye Xiu finally let go of the doorknob.Before Su Muqiu could heave a sigh of relief, the mermaid threw him onto the door with a skillful swing. The violent impact caused the items in the cabinet to fall to the ground one after another. neck side.

"Is this professional enough?" The mermaid tapped his carotid artery, "Don't resist, let me relax."

Su Muqiu felt that just pressing that hand could put him in the position of BE. In the dead of night, it seemed as if he could hear his own heartbeat in his ears.He was silent for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to lightly rest on the mermaid's hand, clamped the opponent, and then slammed his backhand hard. After the collision sound, the two people's positions were reversed suddenly. The mermaid was still on the spot, and an arm rubbed him. against the door panel.

Su Muqiu raised his hand to hold the opponent's shoulder, pressed down the young man who was a few points taller than himself, pressed against his forehead firmly, and met those slightly widened golden eyes.

Trapped by the predator's prey, she tilted her head towards the merman and smiled slowly.

His smile was bright, without a trace of haze, and the other hand held the mermaid's finger, and pressed it to his neck nonchalantly.

"Okay, what do you want to do, make me into meat sauce for dinner? You try."

Ye Xiu's fingertips trembled slightly, but Su Muqiu