There's a mermaid in my bathtub

Between adults, there can be conflicts, but there cannot be conflicts every other day.People are so sophisticated, no matter how unpleasant the quarrel is, you can't show your temper on your face.

"I am back."

On the next Wednesday, after returning home from get off work, Jin Sheng unnaturally greeted Nan Li in the direction of the bathroom.

In the past two days, the city of S has a high temperature warning, and the heat wave is also hitting people in the evening, and people are prone to heatstroke.

After washing my face at the sink, I heard the sound of water from the inner bathroom. I pulled the towel and wiped off the water drops. When I looked up, I saw Nanli, who was soaked and cold, "I'm a little tired today. Let's eat whatever we want, while...I want to use the bathtub."

Nod, move closer, reach out.

Nanli moved naturally, as if the fish had only seven seconds of memory, and wanted to touch Jin Sheng as always, completely forgetting the unpleasantness of that night.

But the human avoided the body in time before the mermaid's paw touched him.

Fish skin plaster.

The heartbeat was out of order, and it returned to normal in an instant.

Since the time of separation was determined by him alone, and Nanli didn't express any opinions at that time, then these unnecessary intimate contacts can be avoided.Even if it doesn't matter to Nanli, he is used to and even likes this kind of touch, but Jin Sheng can sink even deeper for these inadvertent little actions.

"get out."

Turning his back and not looking at Nanli, he felt the strong gaze behind him, but he couldn't feel the cold five fingers caressing the outline of his back from the air.

It seemed that all of Jin Sheng's actions were within Nanli's expectations.Standing behind Jin Sheng, the mermaid closed his eyes to cover up the complicated emotions, and walked along his back with his right hand, keeping a non-contact state, sketching and feeling his breath.

After a long time, he closed the door and left, leaving Jin Sheng alone in the huge bathroom.

He breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the sound of closing the door. The ghost knows how hard it was for him to deliberately keep a distance from Nanli these two days.Pretending to be indifferent, Jin Sheng looked up coldly, but the mermaid could not be seen through the door.

If you say go out, you really go out.

Unable to hide the disappointment in my heart, I tossed my shirt halfway, and suddenly realized that I didn't bring in a change of clothes.

As a result, the door that Nanli had just closed was immediately opened by Jin Sheng.There were familiar shallow water marks on the floor again. Nanli was sitting in his wheelchair, ignoring Jin Sheng who appeared again, but stretched out his hands to support his head and looked in the direction of the bedroom.

Frowning slightly, Jin Sheng walked into the bedroom under the gaze of the mermaid, and Jin Sheng reached for the clean home clothes thrown on the bed.It is uncomfortable to wear the sweat-soaked clothes, and the corners of the clothes are habitually lifted and then frozen in place. The weather is hot and stuffy, and in order to get rid of the stickiness, I forgot to close the door for a while.

Nanli is just outside.

The Adam's apple slipped, and the mermaid looked at the side face, biting the lip to tame the flat expression on the face, but the ears were still glowing with intoxicating pink, which was very embarrassing, and Nan Li who was sitting outside the door did not have the consciousness to leave at all, with a calm face The audience started to undress him.

Jin Sheng: ...

The corners of his eyes couldn't stop twitching. If the movement had already started and stopped halfway, it seemed strange to him.What's more, the fish had an iceberg indifference on his face, and even tilted his head maliciously, waiting for him to continue.

Taking a deep breath, he took off his clothes under the gaze of the fiery eyes, and threw it on the hanger as if venting his anger. His fingers wandered around the waistband of his trousers for a while, but he still gave up.

Embarrassment is embarrassment, it is already his limit to take it off here.

Casting an angry glance at the mermaids, Jin Sheng took the home clothes she was going to change after the shower, went out with her upper body bare, passed Nanli's wheelchair aggressively, and walked into the bathroom without looking back.

That line of sight followed closely, and he could feel it even after closing the bathroom door. Then, Jin Sheng began to regret it.

Why did you undress in front of Nanli?

The temperature of his face rose abnormally, he was long past the youthful age when he would blush, but he could always be teased by that fish, agreeing that his actions were embarrassing and useless, wishing to grab the ground with his head!

Of course, he was afraid of pain, and in the end he just tapped his forehead against the bathroom tiles.

……

The bathtub has been occupied since I bought it, and I am usually busy with the fish, and the bath is also solved by taking a shower.

Without Nanli's attention, Jin Sheng quickly took off his whole body to only a pair of boxers. Jin Sheng stepped into the bathtub, opened the water outlet, took the brush and began to scrub the bathtub wall in a clockwise circle.The mermaid in his family comes from the sea, so it should be regarded as a "sea fish". There is no earthy smell on his body, and the place where he often stays only has the fresh smell from the sea.

Therefore, brushing the bathtub is not because Nanli is not clean, it is simply that it should be cleaned after a long time.

Concentrate on cleaning the bathtub so that you can forget about the embarrassment just now.Jin Sheng was washing the foam with the shower head, when he was called to pay attention by a strange sizzling sound of friction, turned his head to take a closer look, only to find that something was blocked along the drain, and the small vortex rotating along it was stuck, and the water could not seep through. The sound came out only when I went down.

Frowning and moving closer, the cleaning work was interrupted, and some irritated reached out and touched twice near the drain, almost being hidden in the water and scratching his fingers with hard flakes.Calm down, carefully insert your fingers along the metal to dig out the blockage, the ring-sized fan-shaped flakes reflect strange colors.

Judging from the place of appearance and the shape of the flakes, this can only be the scales of Nanli fish tail.

Still two.

Jin Sheng: ...

There's a little bit of... wanting.

Pursing his lips and holding his breath, he looked at the door of the bathroom with a guilty conscience. After confirming that the owner of the scales was not there, he breathed a sigh of relief, rinsed off the foam with peace of mind, and put it in his hands.

Holding these two fish scales, Jin Sheng looked like a primary school student keen to explore natural creatures. He held them under the light to study for a long time, but he retracted his palms and didn't know where to hide them. His palms were sweating like holding a hot potato.

But... aren't these just two fish scales?

Anyway, the scales that fell off can't return to the fish anyway, and that fish has such a long tail and so many scales, it wouldn't be a problem for him to keep two of them quietly, right?

Forcibly comforting himself, the separation time has been set, and there is not much time left to get along with each other, which strengthens Jin Sheng's belief in keeping them.When Nanli returns to the sea in the future, these two fish scales are the proof that he has seen him and known him, and it is the only memorial that still has Nanli's breath.

I realized that my behavior of keeping fish scales was like the idiot male supporting role in the TV series, the perverted and wretched "what I want", and I didn't mean to change the plan, anyway, he did everything without anyone noticing, and the fish involved didn't know.

Standing for a long time suppressing her heartbeat, there was still no movement outside the door. After confirming that she would not be caught on the spot, Jin Sheng used his fastest speed to put the little fish scales into his home clothes pocket, voluntarily ignoring the behavior of "keep a souvenir" The posture of 'seeing things and thinking fish'.

……

When I took a shower, my thoughts drifted to outer space, and I didn't waste time in the bathtub. I just wanted to go out and settle the two scales after a simple shower.

He stepped on the slippers, rubbed his hair hastily, and left the bathroom—there was an unknown treasure in his pocket, blowing his hair would only increase the chance of being discovered by Nanli.

With a half-wet towel around his neck, the spies usually only opened the outer door of the bathroom a gap, settled on Nanli's location, then quickly crossed the living room, ran into the study, turned over and locked the door, and put the two fish scales together with the previous photo. Stored in the second locked drawer on the right side of the bookcase.

The whole set of movements is smooth and smooth, and it is done in one go.

Plus a certain forgotten princess dress, when Nanli leaves, this is all his memories.

It took three months to get out of the previous relationship, and during the period, he also relied on the help of foreign aid from the mermaid. This time... Jin Sheng didn't know how long it would take him to forget about Nanli.

I don't know if the mermaid who accidentally came to the human world will have special feelings in the process of getting along with him, but the unique experience of being able to pick up a mermaid in the bathtub is enough for him to remember his whole life.

Caressing the exquisite face in the photo with his fingertips, he sighed deeply at the unknown emotions that could not begin but would end.

Da da da--

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the study door, causing Jin Sheng's heart to tremble. Looking up, the door glass was showing the shadow of a mermaid.

Nanli is just outside.

"Wait, wait a minute." The stolen goods are gathered in one place, and if they are discovered, they may not come back.

Jin Sheng frantically stuffed the fish scales and photos into the bottom of the drawer, locked the lock and tested it repeatedly before getting up and adjusting his complexion before he dared to open the door to meet guests, lest the fish would notice something strange about him.

It was getting late, the lights inside and outside the room were fully turned on, the four eyes met, and the dark pupils stared at Jin Sheng as if inspecting, and then looked pointedly at the drawer where he hid the fish scales, making the thief move in that direction unnaturally Move, trying to block his sight with your body.

One fish wanted to advance, and the other refused to retreat. They were in a stalemate like this, and neither party was willing to give in, until the mobile phone on the dining table outside rang inappropriately.

Jin Sheng: ...

Reckless, he pushed Nanli first, and the bully had only one tail to support him, and at that moment he rushed out of the room and closed the door.

This is the first physical contact between humans and mermaids since the decision to "release" Nanli, for nothing but to protect the two fish scales.

Jin Sheng grabbed Nanli's arm with one hand, pulled the two into a straight line, and ran around Nanli's tail in a small half-circle as if drawing a circle, trying his best to reach the phone on the table.

so close.

In the face of more important secrets, small intimate gestures like holding hands can be completely ignored.

The movement range was too large and the movement difficulty factor was high, Jin Sheng's face flushed immediately, but he also insisted that any physical contact would be better than letting Nanli find out that he was hiding fish scales and think he was a pervert.

Stiffly letting go, and drawing a circle around Nanli, Jin Sheng flung himself back to the door of the study and put his body against the door frame to prevent Nanli from breaking into the study at any time and discovering something he shouldn't have.

Nanli: ...

Accepting the baptism of the mermaid's gaze with a "clear conscience", even though that gaze seemed to see through everything, Jin Sheng had no intention of voluntarily admitting it.

The phone screen was still on, and the ringing sound of the incoming call was the only beating note in the room. When Nanli answered the call under Nanli's watchful eyes, it was Lin Yi calling.

"…Hey."

"It's me, Lin Yi."

"Well, I know, what's wrong?"

"Today, Wednesday, I... I'm wondering if I should have a meal together? It's still in the old place."

Without responding immediately, Jin Sheng glanced at Nanli.On the other end of the phone, Lin Yi's voice was obviously low, which made him worry, but Nan Li also didn't eat dinner, and besides, he left him at home with his hidden stolen goods, and there was always a premonition that he would be discovered.

He was so strong that it was a breeze to open the door and break the lock.

"Is it inconvenient?"

"No, I'm sorry Lin Yi, I... I still have something to do here. Can you wait for me a little longer?"

"you will come?"

"Well, but I'm afraid it will be half an hour late." Still leaning against the door, not giving Nanli a chance, Lin Yi, who got a positive answer on the other side, heaved a sigh of relief.

"Then I'll wait for you and have a few drinks with you."

"Okay, don't drink too much secretly, I'll be there soon."

"kindness."

The voice of the man over there was hoarse and deep, and the handset of the mobile phone was close to the ear, giving the illusion of affectionate whispers in the world.I didn't have time to pay attention to these details, I just felt that Lin Yi had already drunk a lot before calling himself, and if he delayed any longer, he would be drunk.

Lin Yi is Jin Sheng's best friend, we have been together for many years, and he has never heard such a deep voice before, so something bad must have happened to him.

Turning around to open the door, entering the door and locking it, temporarily ignoring Nanli's feelings, and continuing to hang him outside the door.Jin Sheng opened the locked drawer, punched holes in the end of the fish scales, and pulled a red string through it, tied it around his neck, hid it in his clothes, and went to the bedroom to change out of clothes.

The most dangerous place is the safest place, hiding anywhere is better than hiding on your body.

Before leaving, I didn't forget Nanli who was fasting.There were no tomatoes at home, so Jin Sheng scrambled an egg, and took out the instant vegetables bought from the supermarket from the refrigerator to settle down.

"Wait until they're cold before eating them. If they don't taste good, wait, I'll make them for you when I come back at night."

He moved in a hurry, his hair was still wet before going out, and he was always sensitive to the sight of mermaids. He turned his head to the door, and subconsciously caught the body-warm scales hidden in his clothes, and said softly, "I'll be back later."