Little Monster Observation Diary

Yan Chen was looking for a place where there were no people, but now the sky is getting darker, and there are fewer people on the beach, and no one has noticed that the huge body of the old turtle has surfaced with so many pearls and gems.

But Yan Chen didn't have the heart to care about this at this time, all his attention was attracted by the pile of treasures in front of him.

"This, these are... for me?" Yan Chen asked in surprise.He looked at Xiao Shui, then turned to look at Old Gui, and for a moment couldn't tell who gave it to him.

Xiao Shui jumped off the turtle's back, flicked his tail and divided the pile into two parts, one half belonged to him, and the other half belonged to the old turtle.

"This is my collection." Xiao Shui pointed to one half of it, then moved to the other half, and said, "These are the meeting gifts from the old turtle."

"Meeting ceremony?" Yan Chen subconsciously refused, "These are too expensive."

Xiao Shui can recognize which one is in his collection at a glance, and with a flick of his tail, he can clearly distinguish the value of both sides.Most of the strange things like glass balls and mirror shards that Yan Chen saw before were collected by Xiao Shui. On the contrary, Lao Gui's pile was full of valuable gems.The only thing in common is probably that both sides are shiny and glistening in the sun.

"Precious?" Xiao Shui looked back at the old turtle, but saw that it was still drooping eyelids, with a sleepy look on its face, turned its head again, and said, "No, there are a lot of them under the sea. It will be hard for me to come back later. One trip, so these collections of mine will also be taken away together.”

"..."

Yan Chen lowered his head helplessly, he pulled out his empty pocket, and gestured: "Look, I can't take it away, I put it where it was originally, so let's store it there now."

"Huh?" Xiao Shui lowered his tail in disappointment, "But there are none of these at home..."

"Then pick some and go back."

Xiao Shui's tail curled up happily again.

He happily plunged into the pile of sand, carefully selected a few gadgets from his collection, and pushed them to Yan Chen, beckoning him to take them away.Yan Chen lowered his head and checked, and saw that most of them were glass balls and other worthless things, so he put them away for him.

Then Xiaoshui introduced: "This is the old turtle, my best friend in the sea!"

The old turtle opened one eye and glanced at him, and flicked his tail slowly, without breaking his words.Then he nodded slowly at Yan Chen as a greeting.

"Hello, I'm Xiaoshui..." Yan Chen paused, then said hesitantly, "Brother?"

Xiaoshui turned his head and murmured to Old Gui, then turned to Yan Chen and said, "Old Gui said it's nice to meet you."

Yan Chen nodded, and looked at Old Gui suspiciously.

Did the big tortoise speak just now?

Doesn't seem to be there?

Xiao Shui said again: "It's your turn to greet Lao Gui."

This stumped Yan Chen.He didn't know that he would meet Xiaoshui's underwater friend today, and he didn't have anything on his body that could be used as a gift. Even if he wanted to give a gift, his pockets were empty and he couldn't give anything.

The old ghost still looked sleepy with drooping eyelids, and he didn't show much expectation. On the contrary, Xiao Shui looked at Yan Chen with bright eyes, waiting with anticipation.

Yan Chen scolded this little domesticated slow-footed monster in his heart, and frantically went to rummage through his backpack, rummaging and rummaging, and finally found a souvenir that was stuffed into his hand on the road just now.Although it was a bit overwhelming, it was the only thing he could have as a gift.

Yan Chen pursed his lips, and handed over the souvenir with some embarrassment.

The old tortoise took it slowly, turned his head and hid it in the tortoise shell, accepting it.Only then did Yan Chen let out a long sigh of relief.

Xiao Shui excitedly stepped on his paws and ran around one person and one ghost for several times, as if he was happy to have completed some important ceremony. He was tired from running, so he packed the rest of the treasures and climbed back on the back of the old turtle. She wagged her tail at Yan Chen in a childish voice, "Then I'll send the old turtle back."

"Wait." Yan Chen stopped him: "Do you remember how to get to the hotel we stayed in?"

"Oh?" Xiao Shui tilted his head.

Obviously don't know.

Yan Chen had a headache: "Shall I wait for you here again?"

It took a long time to go back and forth the last time, but if we do another round trip, won't we have to wait until midnight?

The sky darkened, the heat of the day faded away, and the sea breeze also added a bit of chill.Yan Chen already felt a little cold, he wanted to go back and get a coat, but he was also afraid that Xiao Shui would not find him when he came back after he left.

Before he could come up with a solution, Xiao Shui said cheerfully, "Then I won't go back."

"……what?"

"I live at the bottom of the sea at night, and you will pick me up tomorrow."

"...Alright."

Xiao Shui shook his tail at him, a wave came over and sent the old turtle back into the sea.

Yan Chen sat on the big rock, watching the huge body of the old turtle gradually drifting away, and then sank slowly, until there was not even a trace on the water, and from a distance, only the orange-red The sun dipped below the horizon, turning the water a shimmering golden red.

Yan Chen was blowing the sea breeze, and for no reason, he felt a sense of bleakness like "I can't help my mother".

He stared at the sea for a long time, but he couldn't wait for a little domesticated monster to appear, so he put his bag on his back in frustration, and walked towards the hotel.

At night, Yan Chen was lying on the bed alone. When he stretched out his hand, he didn't touch the child who slept with him all the time. He was still not used to it.

He secretly thought in his heart, when he was young, he was so clingy, and when he was not around, he turned back to clamoring to find him. The two of them had never been separated for a day, and they slept together in their arms every night. Suddenly, they were not with him. Beside, it must be very lonely...

Well, let's pick someone up early tomorrow.

He also saw a lot of seafood snacks this afternoon, I guess Xiao Shui would like them, so he shouldn't be crying like that, right?

……

Xiaoshui followed the old tortoise back to the coral cave. As soon as he got home, the old tortoise immediately lay down and lazily retracted his head into the shell. The exercise just now consumed too much energy, and he felt sleepy again. .

"Wait, take out the meeting gift Yan Chen gave you." Xiao Shui knocked on its shell.

The souvenir flew out of the turtle shell and fell into the sand in front of Xiaoshui.

He quickly picked it up, walked around the old turtle's nest, found a hidden and safe place, dug out a hole to bury the meeting ceremony in, filled it with sand and hid it, then said in satisfaction: "Yan Chen The meeting gift must be well hidden, and it cannot be lost."

A string of bubbles spit out from the turtle shell.

Xiaoshui skillfully drilled into its turtle shell. Its body was small, so it got in easily. It was dark inside without any light, but Xiaoshui didn't panic at all. After he was born, he had already A turtle shell that has been drilled many times.

He leaned against the old turtle, lying next to its ear, and chattered endlessly about his own experiences in these years, about Grandma Jiang, about Yan Chen, and all kinds of delicious food he had eaten, Much tastier than unprocessed.

The old turtle listened to him with his eyes closed, and heard that even the bottom of the sea had become pitch black, the moon was shining on the sparkling sea, and even the people playing on the beach were gone.

The old turtle yawned dully, and said slowly, "It's time to sleep."

Xiao Shui responded obediently, and closed his eyes against it.

After a while, two strings of evenly undulating bubbles emerged from the tortoise shell.

The author has something to say:

Yan Chen: ...you agreed to miss me!

Xiao Shui: Phew~(?3____]