[The shark] Seven years later

Chapter 4

At night, Ah Yan habitually woke up in the middle of the night, and he had to get up by conditioned reflex until he stood on the ground to react—it was seven years later, and no one would wait for him behind a certain rock anymore.

He was a little disappointed, but he still got up and ran to the seaside, changed his original shape and jumped into the sea.

Ah Yan rolled in the icy sea water for a while. The merman has a unique physique. The wound on his body was moistened by the sea water but it didn't hurt. Instead, it began to heal gradually, but the braided hair made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The merman's long hair is never cut, and the way it dances in the water can be used to intimidate and confuse the enemy. Yan Yan, whose hair was tightly bound, was a little uneasy and floated up from the sea.

The half-sinking round moon on Zhifu seaside is big enough for people to see the shadow on it, Yan stared at it for a moment, opened his mouth, and his throat trembled.

An ethereal and weird voice came out, Ah Yan hummed the little tune that his mother sang to him when he was young, soft and gentle, but suddenly raised the pitch at the last moment, so sharp that no one's ears could hear it.

There was a splash of water on the surface of the water, and a fish floated up with its white belly turned over. Ah Yan swam excitedly to pick it up.

After eating some raw fish meat and swallowing the swim bladder, Ah Yan lay down on the sea surface satiated, his tail fin moved slightly, and the fish fins opened, floating freely with the waves of the sea.

With his eyes closed, he felt that the moonlight was so comfortable on his body that the fish scales couldn't help but want to open.

But suddenly he was awakened by the sound of a splash of water.

Ah Yan suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and dived, revealing only a pair of eyes spinning around.

Only then did he realize that he was almost approaching the shore, and a strange man was standing on the beach.

The man was dressed in black, with a curtain on his head, and the soap gauze on the curtain fell straight down his calf, revealing only a pair of black boots with iron armor embedded, covering his whole body in the curtain.The sea waves came and hit the boots, making a splashing sound.

Ah Yan couldn't help raising his head, looking at this terrifyingly tall man who looked like a black tower, his eyes showed doubts.

"Who are you?" Ah Yan couldn't help asking, "A foreign guest?"

The man didn't answer him, but asked, "Why did you tie up your hair?"

Ah Yan blinked and was stunned, he thought this person might know him.

"You know me?" Yan asked.

The man also seemed to be stunned. He looked at Ah Yan carefully for several times before saying, "It's so ugly."

Ah Yan was stunned, and was stunned for a while, watching the man turn and walk away before reacting.

What's the matter? ! ! !

Ah Yan slapped the surface of the sea angrily, lost the mood to swim, swam back to the beach lazily, put on his pants and returned home.

Grandma was still sleeping, Ah Yan observed outside the window for a while, and found that Grandma was sleeping very peacefully, so she was relieved, yawned and went to sleep.

On the second day, he was notified that the patriarch was looking for him and asked to go to discuss the matter.

Ah Yan has never encountered such a situation at such a young age, he was a little dazed, and hurried back to the room to wake up his mother, and said what the future person said.

The female merman's complexion changed slightly, she thought for a while, tidied up her appearance, put on the female merman's merman's silk clothes that she hadn't worn for a long time, and went into the sea with Ah Yan and the visitor.

The place where the patriarch lived not only passed by Haizhu, but also passed through the place where most of the clan lived.

Ah Yan followed behind Grandma, and was a little embarrassed to be stared at by those disgusted eyes.

Fortunately, the patriarch's home will arrive soon, Ah Yan's thin and soft fish tail has never been swinging at such a high frequency before, and he is so tired that he is dying.

After entering the patriarch's hut, Ah Yan realized that the room was full of people.

The patriarch and elders who had met once when they were young, Ah Lin, Ah Cuo, and a stranger from the tribe who had only met twice in the past few days, they seemed to be talking about something, and they stopped when they saw Ah Yan's mother and son coming in.

Ah Cu is the patriarch's child, so it's not strange to be here with Ah Lin, but this strange clansman... Well, what a pretty face.

Even Ah Yan couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

The patriarch said, "Ah Zhi, people from other races came here last night, and they came to ask for marriage."

Ah Yan's eyes lit up for a moment, but she soon realized something was wrong, her face darkened, and she didn't speak.

The patriarch didn't care about the impoliteness of the only female in the house, and continued: "This time the situation is different from the previous ones, we must treat it with caution, Ah Zhi, the things I promised you before can only be postponed, I hope you can understand."

"Uncle Li, since the elder has agreed to me, it means you have agreed to me, why do you go back on your word?" The female merman was a little annoyed.

The head of the patriarch, Ah Li, looked calm, and said in a calm tone: "The outsider this time is not suitable for your wish." Although he was calm, his eyes were sharp, as if watching the grown-up Ah, no matter what he thought, he They can all see and understand, "You have to let go this time, Ah Zhi, don't be stubborn, if you neglect this time's guest, it will bring disaster to our mermaid race."

The female merman was stunned, and her palms couldn't help being sweaty.

She understood that the patriarch didn't come to discuss with her at this moment, he just told the fait accompli facts, he didn't need to tell, he could just solve this matter directly and hide it from her.

But the patriarch told her in this way—all her desires were just a glimmer of hope given to her by the patriarch looking at the past love—this was also an opportunity to warn her.

The female merman's eyes were moist, and she was very disappointed. She glanced at her ignorant child, lowered her head, and murmured: "I understand."

The patriarch nodded, and said lightly: "Ah Zhi, stay safe, I will give you what you want."

The female merman nodded in salute, and turned around to take Ah Yan away, but the door was opened from the outside, and a tall figure bent over to walk in.

Ah Yan was taken aback for a moment, it was the man with the curtain from last night.

He stood on the surface of the water in a strange way, higher than all the sharks in the water.

Ah Yan could even feel the man's careless eyes through the soapy veil.

"Ah Yan? Why are you here?" asked the man who led the curtain away, he was facing Ah Yan.

Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but look at Ah Yan.

Ah Yan was also a little puzzled, he wondered how the man would know his name, thought for a while, and said honestly: "The patriarch called grandma and me to discuss matters."

The man nodded and said: "That's right, you and I will ask someone to carry the dowry to your home, and your mother will continue to discuss with them." He spoke naturally, but struck a huge thunderbolt on the foreheads of everyone present .

"What?!" Ah Cu couldn't help shouting, pulling the wrists of the people around him, "Then what should Akan do?"

Akan is that beautiful clansman. He originally had a marriage contract. A few days ago, when he became an adult and was planning to get married, he was called by the patriarch to marry a foreigner. Tu said that outsiders were noble, so he was moved, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen at this juncture.

But Akan was relieved, although he was a bit reluctant, but he believed that as long as it was something the patriarch was unwilling to do, no one could force it. The patriarch of the mermaid clan must have his own pride.

What's more, the patriarch has made a solemn promise to him, and this matter has been spread in a small range, so it is impossible to backtrack on it.

So A-Kan was very calm, instead he went to appease A-Cu who was more excited than himself, even while speaking softly, he showed an apologetic and gentle smile to the man who was leading the curtain away.

Very moving.

The man didn't care much, or he didn't notice at all.He just stared at Ah Yan, seeing the little man in front of him wrinkled and dazed, he felt silly and ridiculous, so he laughed out loud.

A Kan's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he glared at Yan Yan bitterly, thinking about it again and again.

The female merman's face was full of joy and apprehension. She didn't expect that outsiders would fall in love with her Ah Yan, but she was also worried that the outsider's race was too strong, and her Ah Yan would step from one tiger's den to another dragon's pool.

Ah Lin seemed to be stunned, staring at Ah Yan without saying a word.

Elder Shark finally couldn't stand it anymore, he coughed dryly, drew everyone's attention back, winked at A Kan who was beside him, and said: "A Kan, hurry up, your fiancé asked you to carry the dowry."

The pronunciation of "Kan" and "Yan" is somewhat similar, and the thick skin of the Merman Elder is also impressive.

Akan was actually safe, and immediately swung the tail of the fish and swam forward a few meters, intentionally or unintentionally revealing the beautiful scales reflecting the sparkling water, and came to the man who was leading the curtain, and smiled with his head up: "Please." He looked down. In the generous and beautiful smile, there seemed to be a bit of shyness and timidity, which was alluring.

Seeing that, Homura almost gave a thumbs up, and it was an amazing acting skill for Acante.

He looked up at the man who was leading the curtain away, and found that the man was staring at Akan. There seemed to be a pair of shining wolf eyes in the long and thick soap veil—or to be precise, a pair of hungry wolves rushing to eat. eyes.

Ah Yan was a little disappointed, but overall he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he agreed to Grandma's request, he was not mentally prepared to marry so soon.

——Take it as a farce.

Ah Yan thought so, but was stopped again.

"A Yan." This time it was Ah Lin, and his voice was accompanied by A Cuo's distorted face immediately, "I'm calling you, hurry up."

He said coldly, but Akan turned his head suddenly, his cheeks flushed angrily.

Ah Yan was stunned, he turned his head to look at Grandma, and found that Grandma was contemplating and didn't give him guidance, so he felt a little troubled for a while.

The man who was leading the screen also turned his eyes away from A Kan and turned to A Yan, without making a sound, as if he was waiting for A Yan's choice.

In the end, it was the patriarch who gave Yan the instructions.

"Ayan, go, don't neglect the guests."

He said so.

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