The Old Man and the Mermaid

The captain came by car, so Aigre took his ride, and there was still time left to go to the station and wait for the bus to arrive.The lighthouse is some distance away from the town center, so except for some relatively rare items, Aigre generally does not go to the commercial street in the town center, but chooses to buy all the things he needs at the nearest market.

"I heard that you bought a boat on the commercial street before, right?" The captain asked Aigre as he sat in the driver's seat, "When I went to the boss to repair the boat, he happened to mention over you."

"Yes." Aigre replied, "The lifeboat in the lighthouse is not suitable for going out when there are no special circumstances, so I thought about using some of my previous savings to buy a small boat. If so, you can look around on the sea near the island.”

"You are indeed the grandson of old Mr. Payer." The captain sighed and said, "He also loves the sea so much... You are smart since you were young. What about you when you were a child. You were still young at that time, so I probably don’t remember, but I heard that you got a lot of scholarships and other bonuses in college, right? Although you are independent enough now, you still have money. It is better to save and be cautious."

"I understand." Aigre nodded, "I have almost no other expenses, but I just want to have some appliances that can make my life more comfortable. After all, I have made plans to stay on the island forever .”

"Really..." The captain finally didn't say anything, but Egre could see a lot of sighs from his face.

The captain took him all the way to the center of the town before putting Aigre down. After talking to him for a few words, he turned around and went to meet up with his teammates.

Standing in front of the building where the air conditioner and humidifier were purchased, Aigre was in a complicated mood, but the expression on his face was still quite gentle and calm.

He seldom came to this large supermarket located on the first floor of the commercial building, and this time he had no choice but to sell what he wanted this time at the market.

After Aigle entered the supermarket, he didn't even think about going for a stroll, but went straight to the cabinets that placed... the products responsible for making the process of communication between people more smooth.

He had seen Royce buy this thing before, but if he insisted on understanding it, he had never seriously studied it, and only knew that different models of different brands actually had great differences.

"Mr. Payer?" A young and beautiful girl's voice came from behind him.

Aigre turned his head and saw a thin girl looking at him with a smile.If he remembered correctly, this girl should be the preschool teacher in the only preschool in the town. He had met her through Mrs. Irene at the party before.

"Hello." Aigre couldn't remember her name, so he nodded politely.

But the girl obviously doesn't mind whether Aigre recognizes her or not.She kept pursing her lips and smiling, her eyes flicked between Aigre and the container, and finally she pointed at the container and asked, "You look very confused, do you need my help?"

Aigre: "..."

...Girl, are you unreasonable when you say in front of a grown man that you want to introduce him to condoms?

Aigre gave her a complicated look, shook his head, and said with a smile, "No, girl, thank you."

"That's good." The girl seemed to just want to say hello to him, just as a joke by the way, and she didn't continue to pester him at this time. After a few chuckles, she turned sideways and pointed to the cashier at Aigre Taiwan: "I work part-time as a cashier here, and I just saw you, so I sneaked in to say hello, I wish you a happy shopping!"

"……thanks."

Aigre turned around and continued to look at the row of beautifully packaged small boxes, stood silently for a few seconds, and finally decided to take all sizes in one box.

When he came to the cashier with a lot of suspicious items, the girl's expression was obviously a little subtle, and the eyes she looked at Aigre also became a little unbelievable.

Aigre glanced at her with a headache, and reluctantly explained: "...This is for the same person."

girl:"……"

Aigre: "...just don't know the size."

Girl: "...puchi."

Aigre: "..."

... In the future, if there are no other special circumstances, he will never come to this supermarket again.

The little girl looked at him, definitely thinking that he bought so many suspicious items of different models for the purpose of throwing an adult party.

Mr. Mermaid didn't know that Eigre was making full preparations for their close connection and great harmony in life at this time, and he was embarrassed again because of this.

He was talking with his two kin.

— When we came from the east, we smelled some strange smells.

The girl put the little one into her husband's arms, moved closer to Mr. Mermaid, and told him with a serious and worried expression.

——That smell is not quite right, a bit like that of our tribe, but even more manic.My husband and I don't think our people will appear in the sea so close to humans for no reason, so please be careful during this time.In order to avoid emergencies, we will temporarily live nearby during this time.

Mr. Mermaid recalled all the conversations he had with Egret in the past few days, and after confirming that he had not heard any rumors from him, he nodded to the female tribe in front of him and sent them away from the shallow sea area.

—We'll investigate, but it's too close to the waters where humans hunt, so I won't risk floating to the surface.

The girl finally made a solemn confession, and then slowly returned to the deep sea with her husband.

Mr. Mermaid watched them leave, then stopped in place for a moment of silence, then turned around and swam quickly towards the east of Dusk Island.The thick night covered his figure, and no human being's eyesight was good enough to see him, so in this kind of night, he no longer needed to deliberately hide himself.

It was probably quite unbelievable that Aigre was able to detect him so keenly on that stormy night.

After listening to the girl's words, he also thought of what she said before, that the figure seen by the old fisherman whom Aigre met on Dusk Island would definitely not be her.Since the two members of his tribe were not exposed, and the old fisherman is so sure that he is not blind, it can only mean that there are indeed some things in the waters near Dusk Island that even he does not know for the time being. creature.

Mr. Mermaid swam silently and quickly under the sea surface, heading straight to the east.