The Old Man and the Mermaid

In fact, Aigle doesn’t have any particularly shady secrets, because the existence of Mr. Mermaid is far from being a secret—if this matter is known to outsiders, it will probably become like dropping an atomic bomb on the press almost.

"Speaking of which, I was very confused just now." After scanning his friend twice with questioning eyes, Royce slowly put away the exaggerated expression on his face and moved slowly. Going to the table, pointing to the few pieces of paper on the table, "We brothers have known each other for three years, right? You can never write conjoined characters - so this thing that looks like a document is definitely not Did you write it?"

Aigre was stunned for a moment, walked to him and picked up the few pieces of paper on the table.This is not the first time he has seen Mr. Mermaid's handwriting, but he still thinks that Mr. Yu's handwriting is very beautiful. It is a retro style that is rarely used by modern people. It looks more like people who lived in the last century. A font that only gentlemen with high hats will be comfortable with.

"I didn't write it." Aigre shook his head quite honestly and confessed, "This is a document I got from a friend. This document can be said to be unique, and he cannot directly lend his copy, so Then he directly copied a copy for me."

"Friend?" Royce narrowed his eyes and glanced at the closed door, "Are you sure it's just a friend? Your expression looks like someone is hiding in the room, and you still can't let me know." The kind you know. That’s why you waited for us to chat for a while, and invited me to go to the town together, and by the way, create a chance for the ‘friend’ inside to successfully escape our sight—God, I Isn't your guess a bit too routine!"

Aigre: "..."

Brother, you know too much.

Aigre felt a little dumbfounded, because he really wanted to do this.The window in the room inside is too small. If Royce is not taken out, Mr. Mermaid will be trapped inside and cannot advance or retreat.

He sighed helplessly, he couldn't find any excuse, so he could only turn around and pat him on the shoulder, "You better stop asking."

"...Okay, since it's rare for you to hide something like this, I won't ask for now." Royce nodded and agreed, but his expression became even weirder, "But I still think I Your guess is very reasonable - if there is a chance in the future, I must be the first to know."

Aigre smiled noncommittally, raised his eyes to look at him, and changed the subject, "What were you doing just now?"

"I took a look at your new computer." Royce said as he walked to Eigre's computer desk, pointed at the computer screen and made a playful smile, "Hey, I was going to look through your browser chat history , to find out if you can’t stand the emptiness and loneliness, and find some adult videos to watch. I didn’t expect you to be so serious even at home. I searched for a long time, but I still only found a lot of information Record."

"What kind of bad habit do you have?" Aigre shook his head helplessly, "This computer feels good to use, much better than the desktop computer equipped in the lighthouse before. I don't like games and movies and videos. It's for entertainment, so it's usually only used to look up information or something."

"Your life is no fun at all!" Royce slapped himself on the forehead vigorously and wailed exaggeratedly, "My friend, judging by your level of minesweeping, if you try to play other It is an interesting competitive game, and it will definitely become a well-known player."

"Although I don't play games, I still have a little understanding of game classification." Aigre retorted, "That is completely different from minesweeping."

"Forget it, forget it, anyway, I can't persuade you." Royce said, raising his hand to the mouse, and flipping through the browser history, "But the type of data in your records There are quite a lot, and since when did you become interested in sci-fi creatures like mermaids?"

When Aigre uttered the word mermaid, he felt his nerves tense instantly, but he still remembered not to make his expression look too weird.He raised his hand and touched the bridge of his nose, adjusted his expression by the way, and then replied: "When the weather is fine, I basically don't need to keep watch over the lighthouse, so I'm also thinking about finding some materials recently, and then write Next some interesting little stories."

"Oh? I'm almost forgetting about your major." Royce didn't have too many doubts, but said jokingly, "After you write it, you must let us friends read it first. It will save us from reading it again." Go spend money to buy a new book—don’t think that we will make a contribution of tens of yuan for you.”

"Don't worry, I never expect too much." Aigre refolded the few pieces of paper in his hand and put them back on the table, before beckoning to Royce, "Let's go, let's go to town."

"Look!" Royce laughed loudly, "You really decided to take me to the town!"

Aigre thinks that he is not very good at communication. If he continues like this, he will sooner or later get into a fight with Royce, so he simply stopped responding to his jokes and directly picked up the wallet on the table, " Alright, let's go."

"Okay, okay, no problem." Royce continued to smile while nodding his head and followed him, "Okay, I believe you, you definitely didn't hide anyone at home, you are still the clean and innocent Aigle !"

After locking the door of the lighthouse, Aigre decided not to pay attention to his friend who never concealed his words.

What's more, this is not a lie, he really didn't take the initiative to hide anyone - that gentleman appeared there openly, very innocent, whiter than those white stain-removing soaps that have always been sold well in the market.

After Aigre left the lighthouse with his friends, Mr. Mermaid, who was whiter than soap, did not leave immediately.

He was always sitting by the window gazing at the coast, and he listened to the conversation of the two young humans outside verbatim.

It's a very novel experience.He wasn't as worried about being discovered as Eigre was, because even if he was discovered, he could immediately make the human lose consciousness and escape in time.He was never afraid of anyone, because as long as the mermaids wanted to leave, no one could really catch them.

This is also one of the reasons why no mermaid has been found in human society so far.It's not that mermaids have never appeared in the sight of human beings, they just never had a deep friendship with human beings, so they seem too mysterious, as if they should exist in fairy tales and legends to be the most reasonable.

He just feels a little sorry for the way the conversation between the two young men went.He was older than any human being alive, but in his long life before this, he had never experienced this feeling in daily conversation with friends.

——Until I met Aigle not long ago.

He didn't know if this could be considered luck, but he was really glad that he met this alien friend when his remaining age was basically the same as that of a human.

At least after going through such a long time, he finally realized the satisfaction generated in the process of getting acquainted with people and gradually being able to talk smoothly.

Compared with the pleasure obtained during the previous fights, this is probably the real emotion.

Mr. Mermaid sat on the chair in the room and thought for a long time, until the surrounding air gradually became unbearably hot, then he opened the door and returned to the living room on the first floor of the lighthouse.

Aigre deliberately did not turn off the air conditioner and humidifier when he left.The mermaid had asked Eigre about the usage of these technological products before, so he found the remote control, turned off these things that would consume electricity continuously, and then opened the window of the lighthouse, temporarily leaving this place that is important to him. A lighthouse that has become quite comfortable.

He didn't take the book with him.Although he doesn't know the specific reason for this idea, he believes that Aigre should actively look for himself at night.

Now, he needs to get a good night's sleep.Mermaids always pay attention to sleep quality, so he is not really sleepy.

Just tired—in every sense of the word.

After walking out of the lighthouse, Royce stood on the top of the high slope and looked at the sea for a few moments. When passing by the station with Aigre, he couldn't help but wonder: "Don't say it, the beach here is so beautiful. Nothing compared to those well-managed beach spots in the interior. Why didn't you think about developing it?"

"Our small island is rather special." Aigre replied, "This place is not suitable as a tourist destination, so let it remain as it is now."

"That's right... Although your island is small and there are few residents, everyone seems to be very happy." Royce said with a sigh, "Even the university that is supposed to be the most carefree seems to be happy. Can't find this nice atmosphere... where do we go now?"

"Let's go to the market first, I want to buy some small dried fish." Aigre recalled the small bag of dried fish that he put in the refrigerator, and said, "There are still some left at home, but I want to buy some Go back fresh."

—for my guest who finally revisited after a week.He added silently in his heart.

"Remember to ask me to taste a little too." Royce nodded in agreement, and after a few seconds, he couldn't help asking again: "Did you really hide a shockingly beautiful girl in that small room?" ?”

Aigre: "..."

He glanced at Royce and replied quite frankly: "Absolutely, no."