The Old Man and the Mermaid

The girl who worked as a saleswoman in the store must indeed be friends with Mrs. Erin.Aigre remembered that when he saw the girl at the party, the little girl was having a good chat with Mrs. Irene.Afterwards, Mrs. Irene brought the girl to introduce him to him, so she took the initiative to greet him in the store yesterday.

This also explains where Mrs. Irene heard the news from.It is estimated that after meeting Aigre last night, the girl excitedly called and told her good friend. Otherwise, even if Mrs. Irene knew the little secret that he likes men, she would not pay so much attention to him and even buy him Once you buy a condom, you will know immediately.

So Aigre is not very worried that this matter will spread like the underwear last time.Firstly, it was because this matter involved privacy, unlike the last time he wore a pair of red underwear as a joke, and secondly, it was because that girl probably wouldn't talk too much outside except for whispering to her friend.Mrs. Irene would not take the initiative to make trouble for him.

Thinking of this, Aigre remembered the middle-aged bosses he met on the bus last night when he was going home, and felt a little helpless, and at the same time sincerely hoped that they would not casually tell other friends some nasty jokes centered on him.

"I heard from my friend—she said that she saw you buying those things last night, and she bought a lot of them!" Mrs. Irene admitted directly to the news revealed by her friend, "But This really surprised me. When you came to me some time ago, it seemed that you had just made some progress? You succeeded so quickly, I’m really happy for you."

"No, for the time being...haven't used those things yet." Aigre didn't quite know how to describe the state of last night, and he didn't want to talk about it in front of a lady, so he coughed dryly and explained Said, "I just bought it back as a spare. After all, I have never considered these things before, so I didn't prepare those things at home."

"I see." Mrs. Irene straightened her upper body again, covered her lips with her hand and smiled twice, but her eyes were still full of kindness, "But since you can prepare the things that lovers would prepare Now, it means that your relationship has at least taken a step forward, right?"

Aigre chuckled with him, nodded and admitted, "I'm very happy."

"It can be seen." Mrs. Irene walked quickly to the side and brought out a homemade drink for Aigre, and said with a smile, "You look as happy as a groom who is going to get married next week— This is a new drink that I researched with my husband when I was at home these days, it is squeezed out of fresh fruit, it tastes good, try it."

"Thank you, Ma'am." Aigre thanked him, and took a sip. The sweet and sour taste directly wrapped the base of his tongue and gums, and it tasted really good.

"Don't be polite to me, sister, I don't care how old you are. When we were young and made troubles for adults, you never said thank you to me." Mrs. Irene smiled and pointed to the fruits in front of her, "Don't Apples, right? Besides apples, some mangoes and watermelons that arrived recently are also pretty good, just look around and I’ll give you a discount when you decide.”

"I thought Madam would take the opportunity to kill me." Aigre joked.

"Look at what you said, do I look like that kind of person?" Mrs. Irene puffed her cheeks pretending to be angry, and after a pause for a few seconds, she asked curiously again: "You put it in your heart What kind of an excellent man is that gentleman? Is there a chance for me to meet him?"

Aigre was stunned for a moment, sighed in his heart because of the problem that finally appeared, and said with some embarrassment and apology: "I'm afraid that in a short time... or in the future for a long time, I will There is no way for you to meet him."

Mrs. Irene blinked her eyes and didn't quite understand the meaning of his words, but she still nodded gently: "Although I don't know the reason, but if there are some unspeakable secrets, I can understand. Don't worry, I can Not as serious a curiosity as other people, as a sister who grew up with you, I can already feel very happy to see you find someone you like at such a young age."

"If your husband hears this sentence, he will definitely come to me to argue." Aigre said helplessly.

"I promise not, he is a gentleman." Mrs. Irene narrowed her eyes at him again, then smiled and took out a bag from the drawer at the back of the booth, "Come on, what fruit do you want?"

"Help me choose some mangoes."

"no problem."

Mr. Mermaid, who couldn't show up in front of Aigre's friends, had been awake for a long time at this time, and jumped out of the sea at a position a little farther from the island, feeling the sunshine and temperature of this beautiful morning, and then returned to the shore .

After he got ashore, he leaned against the boulder and listened carefully to the movement on the other side of the lighthouse. He made sure that if Aigre hadn't woken up, he had already left the lighthouse to go to the town or the market.Although he didn't know why, Aigre would definitely choose to go out for a walk when he was free, instead of staying in the lighthouse all the time.

Eigre once mentioned that although his grandfather was hospitable, he didn't like places with too many people, but he himself liked to occasionally talk to people he didn't know very well.

This is probably considered to be a deliberate integration into a social circle that has already formed.The mermaid recalled the analysis of human emotions and communication methods in the books she had read before, and speculated like this.

After basking in the sun that he didn't like very much on the shore for a while, Mr. Mermaid jumped into the sea again, and quickly swam towards the direction where he bought the wine before.That coast was not too far from Twilight Island, and it wouldn't take too long to go back and forth at his speed, and it would definitely not be a problem to get back before lunch.

He could have actually asked Aigre to bring him some wine instead of buying cheap wine watered down.

However, this can be regarded as a kind of joy of life, and he occasionally hopes to swim at full speed like this for a while-after all, the mermaids have not-so-safe blood flowing in their bodies, and they are always happy to fight with their prey, or swim in the sea. Move as fast as you want.

The mermaid kept passing through the gathered fish schools in the sea, and overtook several giant ships that went back and forth between several islands and the coast of the mainland. It wasn't until his mood was completely relieved that he slowed down a little and swam slowly to the On the coast where the former wine hut was.

He has lived alone for so many years, and it is rare for him to become uncontrollably excited like now.

Although it is not sure which aspect this excitement comes from, he is sure that it is definitely related to Aigle.

It sounds so romantic.

Mr. Mermaid slowly surfaced, recalling the unprecedented experience in the lighthouse last night, closed his eyes and snorted softly.

As before, he left appropriate money on the front desk of the hut, and then took a bottle of the variety he had tasted many times from the row of wine.This wine is obviously not healthy, but it will not bring him any adverse reactions, so he occasionally wants to taste this not-so-good taste again.

This time was different from last time, he decided to share his evaluation of this bottle of wine with Aigre after returning to Twilight Island.

He opened the lid of the wine bottle and took a sip down his throat as before, finally understanding the feeling of the family that his female compatriot had described to him.

In the end, Mr. Mermaid didn't drink too much, lest his mind and thinking would become cloudy.He plugged the lid of the wine bottle, took it directly back into the sea, and swam towards the direction of Dusk Island.

After approaching Dusk Island again, he obviously felt a strange atmosphere, which forced him to stop directly, and after turning his body in the sea, he raised his head and frowned to look at the area located in the east of Dusk Island. coastal.

It seems that there is a question about wine appreciation, which has to be postponed for a while.

After buying the fruit, Aigre didn't return to the lighthouse immediately, but found a chair behind the fruit stand and sat down, chatting with Mrs. Irene for a while.During this period, her husband found time to bring her the key to the cash box that she had forgotten at home.

The couple never make any big moves in front of people, and occasionally even quarrel, but when they really get along, they seem very happy.Aigre sat on the side, only smiled and greeted her husband when he came, and didn't speak again, but even if he just watched like this, he could feel the gentleman's concern and love for his wife.

After talking with her husband for a while, Mrs. Irene asked Eigre to take care of the store for her temporarily, and sent her husband to the station before turning around and walking back to the fruit stand.

Before she could speak, Aigre saw a young man with a familiar face running into the market, shouting to the people in the market, "Joel has been found!"

"Joel?" Madam Irene was taken aback.

"A fisherman who lives in the south of the town." Aigre frowned, stood up and walked out of the fruit stand, and explained to her, "He disappeared a few days ago, and the captain of the security team came to me to find out about the situation. .”

"I've heard about this before." Mrs. Irene nodded, looked at her booth with some hesitation, and finally said: "I can't just leave like this, little Iger, go and ask about the situation." .”

"Okay." Aigre agreed and walked towards the young man.

Before he could ask anything, the young guy looked nervously at the few people gathered and said, "We found him in the morning. He has injuries all over his body. He looks like he was bitten to death by a shark... ...but the situation is a little weird."