The Old Man and the Mermaid

Aigre was stunned for a moment before realizing that he had missed something just now, but he didn't mind, so he simply smiled and admitted, "As you think. I believe Madam won't mind these things."

"Oh! Of course I don't mind." Mrs. Irene just came back to her senses, with a happy and cheerful smile on her face again, "I'm not those pedantic old men. There are too many. What's more, love is my own business, so why should others intervene?"

"Then ask Madam to keep it a secret for me." Aigre paused, and then reminded in a joking tone: "Don't let the world know about the underwear I wore last time."

"Aha, you still remember this." Mrs. Irene couldn't stop laughing, "It was really my fault that day, I shouldn't have made such a fuss. There shouldn't be any weird guys looking at me with strange eyes. with you?"

"It will be fine once the limelight passes."

"That's good." Mrs. Irene nodded, and stretched out another finger and said: "But you'd better not tell other people about your sweetheart. Although those of us who are familiar with you My friends will never care about this kind of problem, but there will definitely be people in this town who think this group is not...well, not suitable. Of course they will not say anything in front of you, treat you It is estimated that there will be no difference in attitude, but the mentality will definitely change more or less."

"I understand." Aigre agreed.

He knew what Mrs. Eileen's phenomenon would look like.When he was in the academy, he had seen the occurrence and consequences of some unfair incidents more than once. These situations happened from time to time, and although they all calmed down in the end, they would definitely hurt people inevitably. to some of the parties.

Aigre recalled the few words Royce said to himself on the pier before he left, and sighed softly.

It's just that when he realized the proliferation of his emotions, he really didn't think about the gender of Mr. Mermaid at all.

Really pure affection - if you ignore the odd erotic issues that pop up every once in a while.

Aigre recalled some of the topics he occasionally mentioned when talking with Mr. Mermaid with a strange expression, and felt that this purity was not easy to come by.

"Young man, don't be too busy sighing, there are so many things in life that make you happy." Madam Irene patted him on the shoulder and comforted him pretending to be mature, "What's more, since you I have already made a decision, so I will definitely do my best to do what I want to do well for so long, won't I? I believe in our little Iger's vision, he must be a very good successful person, right?"

"Yes." Aigre laughed again, and nodded slightly, "He is one of my...friends. Everyone on the island has never seen him, but I can be sure that he is indeed a very good The man...excellent sir."

Neither of the two pauses in which he said this aroused Mrs. Irene's suspicions at all.This simple and kind lady is still racking her brains to make suggestions for Aigle, "Since it is a gentleman... then things are much more complicated. Gentlemen don't always like complicated gifts or surprises. They prefer to do something peaceful and less troublesome. So, Aigre—”

Aigre watched her and indicated with his eyes that she was still listening carefully.

"Actually, don't you just do what you think is interesting?" Mrs. Irene blinked at him, "You can be regarded as a model of gentleness among men, and the person you like will definitely not be like that A lively young man who likes to be lively and passionate, right? I guess he must have many similarities with you. In this case, even if you want to pursue him, it will not be very difficult. Drink tea together, eat, read a book or something..."

Mrs. Irene was still counting with her fingers.Although Aigre was also listening carefully, his eyes became helpless again.

These things do sound very flat but pleasant, but the problem is that when Mr. Mermaid gets along like this, it always leads to countless new forms of embarrassment.

If this continues, his first creation may be called "One Hundred Ways to Face Embarrassment Correctly" or "On the Comprehensive Development and Diversity of the Embarrassment Process".

Hell.

Aigre still had no expression on his face, but he had already begun to think about life in a rather extreme way.

"What do you think?" Mrs. Irene finally asked, "Why don't you communicate more with him? The two of you sit together and drink tea, and talk about each other's past by the way."

Communication requires language to build bridges to proceed smoothly, and he is already working hard to fill the gaps in this area.

But the idea of ​​drinking tea sounds like a good idea.

Aigre sat up straight, nodded, and asked by the way: "Does the lady know which store in the market sells tea with a good reputation?"

While Aigre was collecting necessary data for love, Mr. Mermaid returned to the vicinity of Twilight Island without haste.

He didn't find any discarded reading materials from the sea that the ship passed, but he got a lot of new information from the outer shells of those containers.For example, commodity trade in human society seems to be becoming more and more fluid, resulting in an increasing number of these containers on cargo ships.If the number of residents of Twilight Island and several other nearby islands gradually increases, then these cargo ships will probably change from one to two in the near future.

Most of the goods in these containers are bulk supplies, while the less common items that residents can buy in the commercial street are placed separately in a special warehouse on the ship.

Much of this information comes from conversations between those responsible on board.While listening to the conversations between these responsible persons, Mr. Mermaid could occasionally hear the voice of Aigre's friend Royce.This guy has a completely different personality from Aigre's, and is obviously more cheerful and optimistic. He feels a bit like the girl from the mermaid tribe. Although she looks reckless, she can also effectively relieve the emotions of those around her.

Mr. Mermaid chose to turn around and return after following the cargo ship for a while.He didn't intend to leave Dusk Isle too far in case anything unexpected happened to him—especially after he began to suspect that there might be other creatures around Dusk Isle.

Although the eyesight of the old people may have declined a lot with age, the possibility that the old man did see a strange creature cannot be completely ruled out.

The mermaid first returned to the previous hiding place, took out the book about the history of the mermaid tribe, and then quickly approached the lighthouse.Sure enough, Aigre didn't lock the windows on the first floor, so he turned into the lighthouse from the window as usual, and picked up the scarf hanging next to the window to simply wipe off the sea water on his body.

This is a habit that Egreel has acquired recently.Every time Mr. Mermaid leaves, he puts a clean towel by the window so that Mr. Mermaid can enter the lighthouse at any time without wetting his floor.

The mermaid felt the temperature inside the lighthouse, and confirmed that Aigre had not turned off the air conditioner and humidifier like the previous few times.He leaned against the window to feel the cool temperature for a while, and then looked around. Just as he was about to continue sorting out the mermaid language materials for Aigre, he heard a strange sound.

He looked in the direction of the bathroom, and after confirming that the sound was coming from there, he put the book in his hand on the table, turned and entered the bathroom.

The thing that made the sound was Eigre's washing machine.It was the first time the mermaid saw this thing in operation, and it was not much different from what he had imagined, but the sound was noisier.

There is another machine next to the washing machine.Mr. Mermaid looked down at the buttons of the machine, and after reading carefully, he realized that this was probably a dryer used to re-dry the cloth.But before he had time to think carefully, a sharp beep suddenly came from the washing machine beside him.

Mr. Mermaid glanced at the small display above the washing machine, planning to simply throw the clothes into the dryer for Aigre.

He opened the folding cover of the washing machine, and after thinking for a few seconds, he gave up the idea of ​​using the tail, reached out and threw the clothes into the dryer next to him one by one.

The last item of clothing at the bottom of the washing machine was probably Agree's... Agree's underwear.

Mr. Mermaid forgot what kind of magazine he had seen a report about this, but he was sure that the report clearly gave a reminder that it was best not to wash people's underwear with their coats.

The human body is always fragile enough to be easily infected with various diseases, so even such insignificant things must be carefully paid attention to.

Mr. Mermaid picked up the pair of underwear and wondered if they could be dried together with other clothes.

And after Aigre opened the door of the lighthouse, he saw this weird scene through the open door of the bathroom at first sight.

Mr. Mermaid's expression was as calm and indifferent as ever. He probably heard Aigre's footsteps a long time ago, and turned his head to look at him after Aigre entered the door.

Aigre was stunned for a while, not quite sure how to end this situation, so after coughing a few times, he simply said, "...Mr. Yu, you probably don't need to wear that thing."

Mermaid: "..."

Aigre: "...really."

Mermaid: "..."

...I just want to help you dry your clothes, stop expanding your mind, boy.