The Old Man and the Mermaid

The little guy finally raised his hand and grabbed Aigre's two fingers, then stabilized his body, raised his head and stared at Aigre.After looking at it for a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and called out twice in a slight tone.

His voice is like a ball of white soft cotton, it has no impact when it enters the eardrum, it sounds quite comfortable, it is completely different from his mother's clear and sharp voice, and it is not like Mr. Mermaid His voice was so low.This is indeed a voice that only belongs to children, so soft that Egrele can't even guess what kind of voice he will have when he grows up.

He remembered Mr. Mermaid's cry when he stunned those young people in the speedboat, and he felt that his understanding of this race was really too shallow.

Mr. Mermaid has been sitting on the sidelines watching the interaction between Aigre and that little guy.When he saw Aigre clumsily hugging the little one, he also thought of some interesting stories circulating among young humans.He had known before how his male compatriot took good care of his children, so he just watched those funny little videos as a joke.It wasn't until now that he saw Aigre's rare look of being at a loss, that he probably realized that not all parents are good at taking care of these young lives.

Especially when he saw Aigre reaching out to touch the little guy's waist, this kind of watching mentality became even more pleasant.He made sure that the child's parents didn't see Aigle's unintentional little actions. Otherwise, judging from the indifferent character of the child's father, Aigle would have to fight him before he could explain that he didn't intentionally harass the underage child. young fish.

Of course he wouldn't expose Aigre.Mr. Mermaid thought silently.

But private jokes are another matter.

The little guy still couldn't fully speak out any vocabulary, let alone express himself smoothly, so in fact, Mr. Mermaid didn't understand what the little guy was saying.He looked at the expressions of the child's parents and confirmed that the little one was just yelling.

He shook his head at Eigre, who was looking at him in a daze, and signaled that this young man, who was in close contact with the child for the first time, did not need to deliberately try to understand the ambiguous and even ambiguous words that the little cub said when he was happy. Even the little one doesn't know what he is talking about.

Aigre finally managed to stabilize the little one, let him lean on his calf, then turned around and picked up the gift box that had been placed behind him, and handed it to the child's mother, "I didn't expect you to come so soon. I will come to display it, so I can’t prepare anything. Human children like these gadgets, and I hope this little guy will like it too.”

After the lively girl finally recovered from the breathless laughter, she took the small gift box in Aigre's hand in surprise, raised her arms and waved to Mr. Mermaid, hoping that Mr. Mermaid would do something for her. out translation.

After listening to her, Mr. Mermaid wrote on the ground: She is very grateful to you.She said it was the first time she had received a gift from someone other than her husband.

Aigre was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at the mermaid girl's husband who was staring at him unkindly.

...It turned out to be a wife-protecting madman.

Aigre coughed dryly, moved back a few centimeters to show that he had absolutely no intentions, then pointed to the gift box in her hand to the mermaid girl.

Mr. Mermaid laughed, then turned his head and explained to his loving wife and eager family that this gift box was just a gift for the child.After listening to these few explanations, the expression on the cold mermaid's face softened slightly.

The girl did not hide the joy on her face, and quickly opened the gift box.Inside the gift box is the most common tube-shaped toy in the hands of children, with a bell inside the long tube.The mermaid girl shook the gadget in her hand, and before she could pass it to the child, she was the first to be amused.

What an innocent and lovely girl.Aigre thought with a little sigh.

After seeing Mr. Mermaid's understanding of world culture and his calmness and calmness when he was fighting in the sea, it is hard to imagine that among the mermaids, there is such a kind that seems to only appear in human fairy tales. Average girl.

Even so cheerful and vivacious, she would be quite heroic when actually fighting her prey.Aigre recalled the scene he saw that night, and swayed around the guests in front of him with pure appreciation.

He was about to continue talking when he saw Mr. Mermaid and the girl's husband looking in the direction behind him at the same time.And the girl who was originally excited also became a little nervous.

She smiled apologetically at Aigre, then picked up her child from Aigre's calf, shook the little toy in her hand again, and returned to the sea with her husband.

Mr. Mermaid did not leave immediately, but pointed behind Aigre, wrote two sentences on the beach, told Aigre that he would come back at night, and then turned and jumped into the sea.

Aigre frowned, he didn't expect anyone to visit the lighthouse at this time, but he stood up immediately, and rubbed the soles of his shoes on the beach where the mermaids stayed to wipe off all the traces of their stay. Then he walked in the direction of the lighthouse as if nothing had happened.

Before he could fully walk up the stairs leading to the gate of the lighthouse, he was a little surprised to see the previous captain of the security team standing there with a serious expression, thinking about something.

"Captain, good evening." Aigre stepped forward, first greeted politely, and then asked, "What happened?"

"It's like this, Little Payer, a fisherman in the town who often fishes in the waters to the north of the east disappeared the day before yesterday. We have been looking for him since we were notified yesterday, but we have found nothing. That's why I want to ask Let me ask you something." The captain walked a few steps towards the gate of the lighthouse while talking, "Shall we go in and talk?"

"Missing?" Aigre frowned, stepped forward and unlocked the door, led the captain in, and invited him to sit on the sofa, "Can you tell me in detail what happened?"

"Of course, I came here this time to let you know about this matter. By the way, I would like to ask if you have any clues here." The captain said while taking the bottle of mineral water that Aigre handed him, "That The fisherman's name is Joel, he is an old resident of the town, you should have heard of him, right?"

"I've heard of it." Aigre nodded and told him, "The Grandpa Pei at the market is my grandfather's friend. He once mentioned that there was a fisherman named Joel who often went out to sea with him. I should be in some I saw him at the party, but I'm not too familiar with it."

The captain also nodded, and continued to explain: "Joel's daughter suddenly found us at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and told us that her father wanted to venture out to sea to catch two nets the morning before yesterday when the rain was light. The fish, but they never came back. Their family members searched for it all day, and they thought that Joel might just go to an old friend's house for a drink. Joel seemed to have a situation where he didn't come back all night without saying hello. So his family was not too worried at first, until yesterday afternoon, when his daughter said that she asked all of Joel's friends but found nothing, and found us anxiously after confirming that his father had disappeared. We immediately They immediately searched for Joel in various areas of the island, but there was no trace of him staying on the beach."

Aigre recalled the weather conditions the morning before yesterday, still frowning, and said: "Although the rain in the morning two days ago was not too heavy, it was definitely not suitable for going to sea. The fishing boats of the fishermen on the island are too simple. It's an unwise decision."

"His daughter told us the same way crying." The captain sighed, and continued: "We have several guesses now-the most likely one is of course that he has been swept into the bottom of the sea by the waves, and he is not lucky. to being washed ashore by huge waves. But other than that, there are several other possibilities."

"What kind of possibility?"

"We speculate that he may have joined some poaching gangs, or was taken away by poaching gangs." The captain frowned and said, "According to the information we have learned, a suspicious ship just sailed two days ago. They have entered the sea area responsible for Dusk Island, and they may have approached our unattended southern coast during the heavy rain. From their trajectory, we can know that they should have come to the northern sea area where the lighthouse beams can reach Little Payer, you have been taking care of the northern waters these days, have you seen any suspicious ships passing by?"

Aigre recalled the situation of the past few days in detail, then made a gesture to the captain to wait a moment, took his notebook from the side, found out the records of the past few days, and finally said: "If I encounter any unusual situation, I will record it directly so that I don't remember it wrong, but in the past few days, apart from the two designated cargo ships that have been docked at the pier, I have not seen other ships. The substitute staff did not explain any suspicious circumstances to me."

The captain nodded slowly, sat next to Aigre and read Aigre's report carefully again, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "I understand, thank you for your cooperation. Please continue to pay attention to it in the past few days After all, Joel is a resident of our town. If he just suffered a shipwreck, we can give his family an explanation. But if he encountered any special circumstances, we don’t want his family to always They were all kept in the dark."

"I understand." Eigre also raised his hand and patted the captain's back a few times as a comfort.

"Now that I understand what I want to know, I won't bother you anymore." The captain stood up and said, "I have to go to the town now, and some team members are still investigating."

"I'll go with you." Aigre picked up his wallet and keys while talking, "I just have to go to town to buy some necessities."

...a special kind of necessity.