The Old Man and the Mermaid

After hearing Mr. Mermaid's words, Aigre was stunned for a few seconds, and even wondered whether he had misunderstood the meaning of these words or misheard them.But after seeing Mr. Mermaid's still gentle and even slightly joking expression, he completely confirmed his judgment.

"Am I also a prey?" Aigre asked, "Could this be another story with horror elements? For example, the mermaids tasted human beings a long time ago."

Mr. Mermaid smiled and shook his head, but did not speak.Any member of their ethnic group can be regarded as the top of the food chain, so they rarely put other ethnic groups on an equal footing with themselves—Aigre deserves his respect and recognition.

"It really doesn't look like this." Aigre couldn't help laughing, "I remember that Mr. Fish said before that mermaids had intersected with humans, so it might be a big deal for both parties. It can be regarded as an existence that can communicate happily and smoothly... Sorry, I just remembered some historical stories about people who were hungry in the most difficult times."

Aigre is indeed, as Mr. Mermaid guessed, a young man who loves literature and history. His hobbies are quite different from most young boys, and he is indeed a bit like an old man.

By the way, Mr. Mermaid also thought of his own age, and the smile on his face widened because of this.

"...You are smiling like a middle-aged man who is trying to abduct children, Mr. Fish." Aigre looked at his rare cheerful expression, and while admiring this beautiful smile, he joked, "That's the kind Wearing cotton pants, wearing a vest, and deliberately wearing a hat and beards—of course, I’m not saying that beards are not good-looking, some people look handsome with this kind of beard.”

Mermaid: "..."

Aigre retracted his gaze immediately, and quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of eating, when I am free these two days, I will also initially research some new cooking methods, and occasionally find some recipes on the Internet ,It looks pretty good. For example, for sea fish, sprinkle sea salt, black pepper, lemon juice, cayenne pepper powder and other condiments, and then bake it directly in the oven, which is quite different from frying... "

Mermaid: "..."

Aigre noticed that Mr. Mermaid's expression was no longer so kind, and he temporarily changed his words and explained: "I really found that post by accident, and I definitely didn't throw any novel marine creatures I met into the pot. It means it’s boiled—oh!”

Before he could fully exclaim in shock, Mr. Mermaid's amazingly powerful fish tail grabbed his waist again, and he fell from the boat into the sea again.

This guy seems to be talking more and more, he is not at all like the taciturn young man when we first met, probably because of getting familiar with him gradually.Mr. Mermaid thought so.

If Aigre hadn't mentioned these weird topics, he might have completely forgotten the lesson that has not been implemented.

what a pity.

Mr. Mermaid sighed in his heart with a happy attitude, then grabbed his shoulders and waist from behind Aigre, and decided to take this young man to experience a sea-style roller coaster.

The moment Mr. Mermaid grabbed his shoulder, Eigre felt something was wrong.But what made him desperate was that he couldn't find a point of strength in the sea at all, and at the same time, it was difficult to break free from the mermaid tribe who was the overlord in the sea—that is to say, he was probably going to have a pretty bad time in the future.

When the mermaid grabbed him and started to move, Egre seemed to see his grandfather who was far away in heaven in a trance, smiling kindly at him.

What happened in the next few minutes, Aigre concluded that he would never want to recall it in his life.

When he was thrown back onto the boat by Mr. Mermaid, his face was as pale as if he had just drank a pot of porridge that had been broken for half a month.He didn't even have the strength to take a deep breath, so he slumped on the ship's plank, gasping for breath.

"...This is much more exciting than a roller coaster." Aigre raised his arms to cover his eyes that were hurt by the sun, and raised a white flag in his heart, "I admit defeat... I lost to you, Mr. Yu, don't come again It's the second time—although I do miss my grandfather very much, but I don't think so much that I want to see him now."

Mr. Mermaid was still lying on the side of the boat looking at him as before, and after listening to what he said, he only smiled lightly and did not speak.

Aigre is actually one of the most polite people, and has a gentle personality. He will never use extreme measures unless he is provoked, so the mermaid will never cause any other unnecessary things because of a certain sentence of his. idea.

Of course he knew that those words were just jokes, but it was just itchy hands, and he wanted to torment this young man on purpose.

While thinking about it, Mr. Mermaid took a few glances at Aigre's posture lying flat on the board of the boat—if you ignore his still unrelieved breathing, he looks a bit like sunbathing on the beach in the afternoon, surrounded by Everything about you seems quite peaceful.

The mermaid looked at Aigre, and stretched out her hand to stabilize the boat, trying not to let the boat be affected by the waves, enjoying the peace and tranquility of this short time together with Aigre.

He never thought of getting close to a certain clansman, and he would not even meet them in any unnecessary situation. He has lived alone for so many years, and he almost forgot that his vocal cords also have the function of vocalization.

After coming to Dusk Island, for the first time, he felt that settling down in a certain place might be considered a good thing.The environment here is beautiful, with sufficient nutrients, and the townspeople on the island rarely communicate with the outside world.Except for the glare of the sun, there is almost no element that disturbs people's lives.

Then make a few friends, taste some human food now and then, and maybe drink a little wine.

Sounds like being in heaven.

But in fact, Dusk Island is not the only place in the world that hosts this way of life.

Mr. Mermaid was thinking, and suddenly supported the side of the boat with both hands, leaned his upper body into the boat, and then slowly approached Aigre who just opened his eyes, lowered his head and rested his forehead lightly on Aigre's forehead , said with a smile:

--See you tomorrow.

What really attracted him was probably not this quiet island.

So he decided to go to a sea area not too far from here to fetch the texts that recorded the history of the mermaid tribe, which was the last gift he brought to Eigre from the distant sea.

When Mr. Mermaid's last strand of long hair slipped from the boat into the sea, Aigre was still in a daze, and his breathing became rough again.He listened to the sound of the mermaid falling into the sea, and could even imagine how this beautiful creature swam when it left.Although he had only seen Mr. Mermaid's complete posture in the sea once, this feeling was like walking around his own home with his eyes closed, so familiar that he had almost become instinctive.

After being silent for a long time, Aigre still ignored the rather dazzling sunlight today, but stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and slowly pulled his coat over from the side of the boat, covering his waist The following location, so that if Mr. Mermaid comes back suddenly, he will see some strange things.

... He damn well reacted.

But even so, he had to admit that when Mr. Mermaid approached him, even the smell that belonged to the sea was so charming as hell.

Aigre closed his eyes again and let out a long breath.

He may have really fallen into it.

The ecological research of Professor Nice and those students seemed to be going quite smoothly. On the afternoon when Aigre was dazed by some unknown reasons, Professor Nice came to the lighthouse in person and made a special trip to express to Aigre grateful.

Aigre was originally adjusting various equipment in the lighthouse. After hearing Professor Nice's thanks, he felt quite helpless, "I really didn't do anything worthy of your thanks, Professor Nice. Compared to me, Roy Scooter has to work a lot harder."

"This is not the same." Professor Nice said with a smile, "Royce was brought by me. Although he did work very hard, I have other ways to express my gratitude to him. This time I came to this beautiful island , you not only accompanied us to purchase all kinds of equipment, but also provided us with a lot of extra help, which the person in charge of this study could not give. The day is leaving, how about having dinner together tonight?"

"I'd be happy to have dinner with you and a few other alumni," Aigre nodded resignedly, "but please don't give me any more thanks."

That night, Professor Nice chose an independent restaurant not far from the bazaar for the dinner—of course, those guys got drunk again.

The dinner party was accompanied by a sudden rainstorm, so Aigre didn't stay for long, and rushed back to the lighthouse.Fortunately, Royce managed to restrain himself this time, and he was not as drunk as last time, so he was able to help Professor Nice and the girl named Natalie send those drunk boys back together.

After Aigre finished setting up the lighthouse facilities, he made a special call to Royce to confirm their status, but he did not expect to get an unexpected message.

"Those guys went somewhere while we weren't paying attention!" Royce roared angrily on the other end of the phone, "Professor Ness is trying to contact them now, it's a good thing they didn't bring them this time." Natalie is a little girl, otherwise it rains so much, what if something happens?"

"I'll help get in touch."

After Aigre hung up the communication, he planned to try calling one of the young men first, but before he could press the call button, he was attracted by a sound outside the lighthouse.