seventh scale

"Ji Nian! Stop for me! Don't run!" An elegant woman held half a broom stick in her hand, "Look at you! Why is this test so low?"

"But, but, it's not enough, you passed! Request, don't, don't be so high!" A soft glutinous dumpling rubbed his eyes that were red from crying, but his posture of avoiding the pursuit was still vigorous.

"Ji Nian! It's not me talking about you, Xiaohua next door—yes, the kid you called an idiot—all got 61 points this time! What about you? Sixty is auspicious, isn't it!"

"But, but, I really, really worked hard!"

"Yes! Work hard! Every day after school, I go to the beach to pick up conch shells. Tourists don't collect as many conch shells as you do!"

"I, I..." Ji Nian stopped crying and wanted to struggle, but he couldn't find the words. Suddenly he heard a key inserted into the door, and then picked up the loud wail again, and grabbed it with a swipe. The man who came in.

Ji Hai: "..."

Xia Qing: "..."

"Woooooo! Dad! Ma Mayou, scolded me again! I, I really..."

Before he finished listening to the child's affectionate complaints, the man squatted down in a hurry, and gently stroked his soft curly hair: "Ji Nian, please let go of Dad first, please let go first, we have something to deal with later .”

"...No, no, woo. Woo!"

The year that was forcefully kicked away in the next second: 'Who am I and where am I? '

While the year was still in the confusion, the muscular man had already moved in the large wooden box half a person's height outside the door, and closed the door by the way.

Ji Hai gently placed the wooden box in the center of the living room, and then ran to draw all the curtains in the house tightly.Finally, he returned to his autistic and sad son, squatted down, and put his arms around his shoulders: "If it's about grades, I'm sorry, this belongs to your mother; Daddy will do his best for you."

Ji Nian was stunned, and rubbed his dry eyes again, but he couldn't find the feeling of crying just now, so he could only cough a few times dryly.He shrunk himself into a small ball knowing that he was justified, and rolled to the side of the mysterious big wooden box; then quietly tried to break open the old iron lock.

Ji Hai looked at him and sighed helplessly: "Get up. In fact, we won't scold you just because of your score, we just hope..."

Ji Nian pouted aggrievedly.

Ji Hai: "Okay, don't worry about that, I just wanted to open this wooden box for you; inside it is the little mermaid that you have liked for a long time and that used to only appear in fairy tales!"

"I don't believe it!" Even so, Xiao Ji Nian's sly eyes lit up.

The man smiled mysteriously, took out a key that was also rusty and tried to insert it, but failed, so he held the lock and paused for a few seconds.There was no sound, and the iron lock was broken into several pieces in an instant.

Ji Nian is no stranger to this frequent occurrence.

"However, before looking at him, we need to talk about one thing. This little mermaid is a very lonely cub. Somehow, he couldn't find his parents and was thrown in the sea The market is waiting to be slaughtered. But ah, Dad bought him back; of course, you can only stay with him for one night, and the next day, he will be released back to the sea."

Very old-fashioned story, but it works well for children.Ji Nian's bright eyes were still staring straight at the wooden box.

boom.

It seems to have opened the boundary between fairy tales and reality, melted the indifference between memory and the future, and opened the long-sealed Pandora's box, and a wave of water splashed into the sky suddenly burst out of the box.A drenched little mermaid.

It is a very beautiful little mermaid, lying exhausted on the edge of the box, with two pointed teeth in its mouth, because it is still young, it looks like it is too milky; long and messy black hair is wrapped around its body, like a ghost in the water. seaweed.Even though he was soaking wet, his light gray eyes were still bright.It was clearly a decadent and melancholy color, but it was engraved in his eyes, like planetary fragments that exploded in the universe.

At that time, Ji Nian couldn't help staring blankly.

"What are you going to do?" Xia Qing has already pulled Ji Hai to the kitchen outside the living room.

Ji Nian shook his head, returning to his senses, and then stared at him excitedly, tracing the edge of the mermaid figure with his eyes, so that he missed the earth-shattering conversation in the kitchen.

"..."

"What are you going to do! Do you want to go back? Do you want to go back just for this child!"

"Aqing, there is no way to do this. He, he is the cub of my clan after all; I can't ignore it."

"But, but," the woman burst into tears in the middle of her speech, and threw herself into the man's arms, "You know how dangerous it is."

"I, I miss you."

"Me too. Don't worry, I'll definitely be back in half a day at most!" The man stroked the back of her neck reassuringly.

Yes, as a diehard mermaid fan, Ji Nian has never discovered that his father is one!

As for why...

"I don't want to be touched by him again!" The man's face darkened.That is, a very distant memory.

living room.

Weird and tense atmosphere.

Ji Nian kept staring at him stupidly, and the little mermaid naturally stared back unwillingly—he thought Ji Nian was provoking him.

After a long time, when Ji Nian was about to say something, a delicate figure came to him.

"Xiao Nian, do you know; it is said that you will not be able to eat the species you released in your life!"

"That's a very old, very old legend." Seeing her son's strange expression, Xia Qing quickly added, "It's true! I used to..."

"You still want to eat mermaids!" The man's face darkened suddenly.

"No, no, I... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The soft little dumpling just now opened its nipple-tipped canine teeth and bit the little mermaid's tender cheek.

Ji Nian smiled slyly and triumphantly at his mother.

wow.

The little mermaid finally fainted under the torment of the spirit and the sex (?).

Ji Nian: "..." I am innocent!I just bit it for less than a second ah!No red marks were left!

Restarting the old-fashioned work, Ji Hai skillfully carried the little mermaid into the big bathtub, squeezed a lot of soft foam, rubbed left and right, and dizzy the bathroom was full of big and small bubbles. bubbles.And Ji Nian obediently tucked his knees and sat on the small bench in the corner of the bathroom.

After washing and applying some medicine for bruises and bruises, the little mermaid is fragrant and soft, and even the soft hair seems to have a burst of milky fragrance.

The little mermaid lay quietly in the big bathtub.His beautiful fishtail is pure black.The dirty black is brilliant under the light.

"You, don't touch him, let him sleep well. He has to leave tomorrow." Ji Hai carefully considered his words, trying not to hurt Ji Nian's young and agitated heart.

Ji Nian was sitting on the small bench, his sly eyes were bright: "Anyway, I won't go to school tomorrow."

"You, oh." The man sighed and went out.

Xiaotuanzi's hands became presumptuous, and he grabbed out the smooth and tender hands of the little mermaid, and put them in his palms carefully.

So I didn't dare to close my eyes all night.As if afraid that the little mermaid would escape suddenly.

Until dawn, Ji Nian finally couldn't bear the drowsiness, and finally managed to put the finely carved silver bracelet on the little mermaid's hand.It's a little too big, the little mermaid's hands are really thin.

Amidst the insignificant sound of steady breathing, the little mermaid suddenly opened her eyes hiding in the shadows.

He raised his hand, stared at the silver bracelet for a long time, and then gnawed it with his small fangs as if to relieve his anger.After using a lot of force, I finally left some marks on it; but the fangs were so painful that the little mermaid seemed to feel that her beautiful teeth had been ground flat!With a muffled grunt, he sank to the bottom of the water, and the hoarse guttural sounds did not disappear in the water.

After a busy day, the little mermaid adjusted her breathing, and finally closed her guarded eyes.

the next day.When the red sun wakes up, there is a bright golden light in the sky, some of which are scattered in the clouds, like little stars in the daytime.

Ji Hai gently carried the little mermaid out of the big bathtub, then put it into the big wooden box that had been replaced with clear and fresh water, and shook him awake, trying to communicate: "Ooooh, woo, woo?" [What's your name? name?Can you speak Mandarin?Where is your hometown? 】

"..." The little mermaid was still asleep as a whole fish, but when she heard the familiar family lingua franca, she cheered up suddenly, "Woooo! Woo! Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"Won't!My hometown is in this sea area! 】

"Oh, woo woo woo." [Okay, I'll take you back now, you stay in the box for a while, and I'll let you out when you get to the beach. 】

The little mermaid didn't reply immediately this time, but hesitated for a while: "Oh, woo!" He showed his proud little fangs viciously. [Don't lie to me!otherwise…...】

Ji Hai chuckled lightly: "No way."

The little mermaid didn't understand, she tilted her head at him, and after thinking about it a few times, she still decided to trust this fellow.He let go of the little hands that were holding on to the edge of the box, and reburied himself in what he thought was the cemetery.Dark, oppressive, dizzy; he comes with tentative trust, and half-gain.

'The road was quite smooth this time. '

'It seems that I don't actually get motion sickness. '

'Oh, but... I'm still curious. '

'Then take a look!Just one glance! '

Thinking about it, the little mermaid lifted the lid of the big wooden box quietly, and excitedly pressed her fair and tender cheeks to the car window.Of course, the curtains were drawn; he only showed two bright eyes.

That's enough for a cub equivalent to a 12-year-old human.

And that was the sole purpose of withering to flee without permission.However, his luck was really bad. He was discovered by a group of humans as soon as he landed; and then he could only stay in this big wooden box.

Ji Hai saw his small movements through the rearview mirror: "Aww." [Be careful]

"Aww!" Nai fiercely bared her teeth. 【I know! 】

It was about half an hour of peace again, and wither seemed finally tired of seeing the endless scenery outside the window, lying lazily on the edge of the wooden box, trying to chat with Ji Hai.He finally let go of his non-threatening guard.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!" [Why do you live with humans?That's human!The most vicious species in the world!The most vicious! 】

Ji Hai was surprised and glanced at him.Then he just smiled very gently, but his eyes pierced through the scene in front of him, tearing the barrier of time: "Woo, oh." [You will understand, you are still young. 】

"Aww! Aww! Aww!" the little mermaid was angry, her eyes widened. 【I'm not young!I can go to human society by myself!You see, I am not young! 】

The man in the front row didn't answer any more; there were just a few faint chuckles.

The little mermaid was even angrier.

He shrunk himself into a small ball and hugged his not-so-pretty big fish tail.

'This fish is so strange.Actually living with humans! '

'But not only that woman, that child is also a complete human being, I didn't feel any fluctuations from him at all; that is to say, I have no blood relationship with him at all! '

Thinking of this, the little mermaid gave him a sympathetic look.Then bury himself back in the big wooden box.

'What a strange fish. '

The time on the road, playing for a while and sleeping for a while, quickly passed away.

'Boom. '

With a muffled sound and the dizziness of weightlessness, Wither guessed that he had been put down by the sea, so he used his small head to lift the lid of the big wooden box again.

"Oh~~~" The little mermaid was stunned. 【Wow~~~】

It's a very beautiful view.Just in the early morning, a round of orange-reddish sun is embedded in the sea skyline, reflecting a golden spot in the sea, and the sky is stiffly dyed with an extremely warm red color that does not belong to it. It was burning, but there was still a large piece of peaceful blue at the top, and the soft white clouds were torn apart, one fell here and the other fell there.

'so beautiful. '

'Isn't this what I'm thinking about! '

'It's a pity that I got up late that day; not only did I not see it, but I was arrested. '

'It's really difficult for me.Woo. '

Wither stared at the sun in a daze, until his eyes were sore and he could no longer open them.Fortunately, in the eyes that cannot be opened, you can also feel the temperature of the sun shining on the eyelids.It was such a burning emotion.

The little mermaid doesn't know why he has been persistent, and wants to leave the cold and oppressive seabed and come to the dangerous sea to enjoy the sunrise.This is fate, right?

"They all yearn for warmth, don't they?" Ji Hai looked at the fascinated look of Qiao staring at the sun, then turned to look at the sun, and smiled softly.

The little mermaid didn't understand, and tugged at the corner of his clothes a little irritably.

"Awwhhh." [This is part of the reason why I stay here. 】

"Wow, woo, woo." [But unfortunately, we should go. 】

"Aww." [You don't belong here. 】

Wither hesitated for a moment: "Whoa?" [What about after that?Can I still play with you guys? 】

The man looked at him earnestly: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow." [Of course, we will also teach you human language. 】

"Woo! Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow." The little mermaid was very excited, and pointed to the tree closest to the sea, with a faint light in her eyes. [It's a deal!Then count from today, every seven days, when the sun is born, we will meet under that tree! 】

Ji Hai nodded with a smile, picked up the little mermaid, and put it into the sea; then sat on the shore, took off his clothes, folded them neatly and put them aside.So he stretched his legs into the sea.

One.

two.

three.

wow.

The big dark blue fish tail, like dotted with gorgeous gems, is shining and hot against the sun; only four or five scales are missing at the bottom.

The little mermaid didn't pay attention, and took Ji Hai's hand and dived into the sea.Wither happily turned over and over again in the sea, picking up the water waves and gently stroking the delicate skin.

The sea is silent and lingering, covering all underwater creatures.At the end of the deep sea are reefs and sand, and in the simple grottoes that day, there are often one or two mermaids nesting there.There is no gorgeous palace in fairy tales, and it is not even as good as the houses in the slums on the shore.

Sorrow is their origin and their destination.

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" !Wither is finally back! 】

"Whoa?" A slightly immature cub, a playmate who was about the same age as You [Then who is the mermaid next to him?How come I don't seem to have seen him? 】

Watching and watching, suddenly, an older male mermaid roared, without even trying to hide the anger in his eyes: "Oh, woo woo!" [It's the sea!That traitor!banish him! ] He seemed to be very authoritative. As soon as he spoke, all the mermaids in the clan fell silent, staring at Ji Hai with puzzled or angry eyes.

If eyes can kill, Ji Hai deeply feels that he has been killed countless times.

"Aw~wow~"【Okay, okay, don't be so hostile~ I came here to give this little cub off, and I'm going back now~】

"Oh!" It was the same older mermaid just now, but his expression softened a little. [Then hurry up and get out! 】

The little mermaid is produced by in vitro fertilization, but the maturity rate is very low, and only one can be born out of many, many, many fish eggs; and the newly born little mermaid is mischievous and weak, unable to protect itself, and easily dies.At present, there are not many mermaid couples in the clan, and Ji Hai, who was originally of the right age, sneaked out privately, made a private life with a human woman, and eventually no longer returned to the clan.

So, so far, the mermaid tribe has had no cubs for more than [-] years!This is very dangerous!Besides, the mermaid's lifespan is only twice as long as that of humans, and "immortality" is far from being considered.

"Oh~" Ji Hai motioned to Qiao 【Go~】

…………

The little mermaid looked at Ji Hai's leaving back silently, and whispered to herself: "Wow." [Actually, I don't think they are bad people]

Time flies, and soon it is the seventh day they agreed on.

The little mermaid waited and waited excitedly, from the starry midnight to the red sunrise, then to the noon when the tourists were everywhere, and then to the desolate and silent night.

The year did not come.

The second seven days.

The year did not come.

The third seven days.

…………

"Aw~~Woo~~~" [Bad guys!fraud! 】

Time flies like a white horse, and everything flies away in the blink of an eye.In the homework and enrichment, I happily (?) arrived at the summer vacation of the second year of high school.The last orgy.

In order to make it easier for Ji Nian to relax, Ji Hai and his wife specially prepared all kinds of things to travel around Europe; thus, only Ji Nian was left alone in the empty house!

That being the case, of course Ji Nian will choose—it’s right to eat crispy duck!

"Ah! I can! This is so sweet~"

"Ahh! That! I can too!"

"Oh! This is exciting!" Ji Nian hugged a small mobile phone, curled up into a ball, and rolled around excitedly on the sofa.

thump.

dong dong dong.

The year-end kid finally managed to fall onto the thick carpet!

"Hey, wait a minute."

"Is something wrong?"

"When I fell to the ground, there should have been only one sound; how could there be three!"

Ji Nian suddenly felt a chill behind his back, and his neck was stiff: "No, is it haunted!?"

Boom boom boom!

Another quick knock on the door dispelled Ji Nian's worries.

He messed up his hair and clothes, got up and ran to open the door.

"Hi, may I ask you..." Ji Nian stared at the person in front of the door, his eyes widened suddenly, "Ah!..."

The boy was disheveled, soaked, even the tips of his hair were dripping, and he stood barefoot on the plush carpet in front of the door.His whole body was a sickly jade white, as if he had been in a prison where the sun never sees the light all year round; his eyes were indifferent and mysterious gray, and the black eye sockets eroded the coolness.

Really, like his little mermaid.

He has been thinking about The Little Mermaid for 12 years.

"Hey, let me go in and have a sit, isn't it too much?" The young man looked at him with a dark smile on his lips, "Besides, I came here specifically to find you."

"Ah... yes!" Ji Nian opened the door wider in a daze, and then let him in, "Excuse me, what are you looking for?"

bang.

thump.

The moment the door was closed behind Ji Nian, Ji Nian was pressed against the door by him.The rapid breathing sounded in Ji Nian's ears, and he was a little dazed.The boy lowered his head and bit the tip of Ji Nian's ear fiercely.It quickly became red.

"Woo! What are you doing! Who are you! Don't move your mouth if you have something to say!"

The teenager laughed.

Xin Dao, this is just a small revenge; the revenge of biting the cheek 12 years ago!

Ji Nian: "Don't laugh!"

Ji Nian pushed the young man one meter away from him: "Now you can move your mouth! Answer the question quickly! Otherwise, I'll...fuck you, there's something wrong with you!"

Just now with a swipe, the boy rushed over at an inhuman speed; the other ear, in the same position, turned red in the same way.

Ji Nian got angry, stood on tiptoe, and slapped the boy on the head hard: "At least tell me your fate first?" It's convenient for reporting~~~

"withered."

"My name is 'Wither'."

"We met 12 years ago! But you were still young at that time, so it's normal to have no impression..."

When he heard him mention that time point, combined with his appearance, Ji Nian brightened his eyes excitedly.

"It took a lot of effort for me to come here today to find you! I only vaguely remember that your family is in this town, and then... I searched for you one by one! It took me a whole month to find you!"

Anniversary moved.

"However, the main point of my coming to you today is this." Qiao suddenly raised his left hand, which was carried behind his back just now, and put the wrist part directly in front of Ji Nian, gnashing his teeth, "What the hell is the silver bracelet you wore before?" Isn’t it too small?! It has been strangling me for almost three years, and today I can be counted as finding you! Tell me! How can you pay me!”

The calendar is messed up.

The chronology was messed up in the excitement after confirming the identity of the little mermaid.

"I want my mental damage fee! Do you know how long this little thing has kept me awake! It's too much!" Qiao still babbled angrily.

"That...that thing, I'm sorry!" Ji Nian finally found his trembling voice after a long time, "But, aren't you a mermaid? You, where is your beautiful big tail?"

Looking at Ji Nian's obsessed eyes, he was full of complacency: "You are quite discerning. Well, it's cheap for you. As long as you take off this bracelet, I will give it to you if it doesn't hurt my hand. Look at my beautiful big fishtail!" Hmph, it's not that I want to show off, it's this stupid human who forced me!

Ji Nian nodded eagerly.

Walking swaggeringly to the living room, she picked a candy-colored lazy sofa to nestle in, stretched out a hand towards Ji Nian, and stared at him impatiently with the end of her eyes drawn long: "Hurry up!" Do it, don't waste your time."

"……it is good."

Ji Nian squatted obediently by his hand, observed carefully, and then his face darkened.

This task is not as simple as imagined.

The thin silver bracelet was deeply strangled in the wrist, and a large purple-black bruise had been pressed out; thanks to the slender skeleton, otherwise the tissue would be completely necrotic and the limb would have to be amputated directly.Looking at this strangle mark, I felt painful, and I couldn't help blaming myself for my mistake again: At that time, I just thought about giving him my favorite thing, but I didn't expect that my heart would become a shackle.

Ji Nian sighed: "Diao, it seems we have to go out to solve this thing. The conditions of the hospitals in the south are not good, but they can still perform this simple operation; probably this can only be processed with a cutting machine. "

"It's so serious!" The little mermaid on the sofa raised her eyes casually, "That's fine."

Ji Nian nodded solemnly, and then put his delicate arms back on his chest with great care: "Before you go out, you should take a shower in our bathroom, you look so weird! I happen to be about the same size as you , if you don’t mind, just use mine.”

Looking at the withered and loose shirt, the more you look at it, the more strange it becomes. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Damn it! You didn't steal this dress from the beach, did you?"

"That's not true! A mermaid... How can a mermaid borrowing clothes be called stealing?" The usually calm and proud little mermaid's expression collapsed a little, and she hurriedly changed the subject, "Don't talk about this! Come and help me drain the water in the bathtub. Just get over it by yourself."

Ji Nian responded, and then went in to waterproof it.The sound of water splashing, stopped soon.Ji Nian came out, and then stared at Wither maliciously.

"Why are you looking at me? I've never seen a mermaid!"

"Yes, yes, I was wrong! You go to wash it first, the clothes are put on the small bench outside, take it yourself." Ji Nian immediately confessed, but he was preoccupied with something.

Soon, Zhuo finished washing and dressed and came out.The young boy's eyes are full of gray, with sharp black pupils, which are as eye-catching as a planet that exploded in the universe.sharp contrast.

Wither strode to Ji Nian's side, and ruthlessly pulled Ji Nian's hair. He was only happy when he saw that the ends of Ji Nian's eyes were wrinkled in pain: "Hurry up and go."

"By the way, your pants are a bit small."

Ji Nian darkened his face: "Fuck."

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small theater:

Ji Nian's inner os: [disgusted face] He's so fucking.

Withered heart os: [Star Eyes] He's so cute when it's over, I'm falling.

Xixi's inner os: [excited] Ah!I finally became a big thick long! (Referring to a chapter with [-] words)

The author has something to say: Lixi is pronounced as "Lixi", and it will be faster to directly type "Fuxi who died" and then delete it!

This pseudonym is very important to me; I will tell you later!