The Old Man and the Mermaid

Aigre's thoughts were silent for a long time in the darkness.When his consciousness gathered again, the first thing he felt was the warm and cool touch on his forehead.

He was very sure that he must have just fainted on the ground just now, and he could still feel the pain in his brain until now, but this feeling was very familiar to him.He raised his eyelids with great effort, and before opening his eyes, he remembered why this tactile sensation was so familiar—it should be Mr. Mermaid's palm.

The mermaid's skin is not as soft and smooth as that of humans, but it feels quite comfortable to the touch. At least when Aigre occasionally holds Mr. Mermaid's palm, he only feels that the hand covered with a few scales is very beautiful.

When Aigre finally managed to open his eyes, the first thing he saw was Mr. Mermaid's wrist and the fish tail lying on his side.He froze for a moment before realizing that since Mr. Mermaid would appear by his side now, it meant that this guest from the sea must have risked his way ashore, and for the first time came to land other than the lighthouse.

Aigre was worried about the safety of the mermaid, but Mr. Mermaid was not particularly concerned about his own safety.Before he went ashore, he had already confirmed that there were no other humans around, and he chose to hide his figure behind a tree trunk to avoid being photographed or detected by the high-tech gadgets invented by humans.It was almost midnight at this time, relying on his keen senses as a guarantee, he was not worried that anyone would find him here.

After he found Aigre on the small road in front of the lighthouse, he had completely forgotten that there was a poor fellow on the shore waiting for rescue.The mermaids have the ability to make the surrounding creatures fall into a coma. This fairy tale is not a lie, but the principle can be explained by science.Although this method can also cause a coma in humans, it is not easy for humans to be awakened after a coma, so Mr. Mermaid simply sat beside Aigre, waiting for this healthy young man to wake up naturally soon.

This wait is more than an hour.When he saw Aigre frowning and opening his eyes, Mr. Mermaid withdrew the hand that had been on his forehead, and at the same time helped him to sit up, and smiled slightly.

"This scene looks like I'm exhausted and fainted from heatstroke, right?" Aigre glanced at the smile on Mr. Mermaid's face, and said with a wry smile, "You have to know, Mr. Fish, every time you use this When you deal with creatures around you in this way, I will worry about whether you are in danger. Not to mention how nervous I will be, if someone else passes out like me, you can be regarded as sending yourself directly to the headlines. "

If it can make the headlines of the human news newspaper, it is really a rare thing for the mermaid tribe.Mr. Mermaid smiled again, raised his hand and pinched the ends of Aigre's eyebrows and chin twice, and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Aigre shook his head, raised his arm and grabbed Mr. Mermaid's hand, and said, "This is really... If you are really discovered by other people in the future, it is absolutely not good to use this method to escape problem."

The mermaid patted the back of his hand twice, didn't speak any more, but raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the shore. Finally, his conscience realized that he still had an unlucky compatriot who was lying on the shore pitifully and ignored.

Aigre frowned and asked, "Did something happen to the shore?"

no big deal.The mermaid replied silently in her heart.He just followed the suspicious smell to find a fellow clan, and then happened to find that this fellow clan was just a clan member with whom he had briefly communicated with.

But the smell on his body was very weird, definitely not the smell he remembered.If it wasn't for the confirmation that the life of the fellow man was not in danger when he went ashore, even Mr. Mermaid would almost think of some sci-fi unfortunate events.

Such as being kidnapped, drugged, thrown into a fish tank, tied into a ball or captured back as a pet, etc.

Probably because the fellow of the same race had left a deep impression on him when he hit the wall before, Mr. Mermaid subconsciously produced a series of rather funny guesses.

Mainly in his memory, the character of his compatriot is very... The reason is hard to explain.Mr. Mermaid can't generate too serious conjectures for him.

He couldn't tell Eigre all these thoughts for the time being, so he could only point to the direction of the coast again, and then set foot on the beach with him.

Aigre was still a little puzzled at first, but these doubts quickly turned into surprise when he saw the mermaid lying on the beach.

"...I'm not a shelter for the disabled here." Aigre couldn't help but sighed, but still ran quickly to where the mermaid was.

Disabled people?Mr. Mermaid followed behind him, recalling how weak he looked in front of Eigre when he was washed ashore, and couldn't find anything to refute him for a while.

Aigre squatted down in front of the mermaid, first glanced at his face, then turned his head with a slight frown, looked at Mr. Yu and asked, "What's going on with him?"

Mr. Mermaid came to him slowly, and after a few seconds of silence, he wrote on the ground: Why didn't you pull his tail and throw him directly into the sea this time?

Aigre: "..."

Can we not mention this dark history?Let's talk about how to play together in the future.

He stared at Mr. Mermaid with a complicated expression for a while, and explained helplessly: "Since Mr. Fish can throw him here, at least it means that he is not in danger? It doesn't look like he is dehydrated..." He thought for a while Seconds, asked: "Is he related to the things we have been discussing before?"

This kid is as smart as ever.

Mr. Mermaid smiled slightly, nodded, and wrote: The smell that my two fellows sensed before should be from him.

Aigre nodded clearly, but still frowned, "However, I have talked with the doctor who examined Joel's body, and he has come to the conclusion that those wounds are caused by metal products—then your compatriot And why did it appear there by such a coincidence? And he was... stunned by your voice just now?"

Mr. Mermaid sat beside him and continued to write a few words on the ground: I don't know why he appeared there, but he hit his head on a rock while running away, so I saved his life.

Aigre imagined the appearance of this handsome mermaid slamming into a stone as if he had been drugged, and forced out a few words from his throat with complicated eyes: "...this is a unique hobby of your mermaids. Is it?"

Mermaid: "..."

You think too much.

"Cough..." Eigre coughed dryly, shook his head, and said, "In short, he must be in a bad state. First of all, as you said, his smell is different from when you knew him before." Pretty much the same, right? And then... he can't get his bearings, or he can't notice obstacles? I don't believe he's really hitting a rock."

The mermaid nodded again. After listening to Aigre's serious summary, she didn't think about continuing to dig a hole for her fellow clan.

"Anyway, let's find a way to wake him up first." Aigre took out his phone and looked at the time. "It's very late now, and the weather is very good. There won't be any visitors from the lighthouse."

Mr. Mermaid glanced at the movement of Eigret who was about to reach out to help the mermaid up, and swept his own fish tail first, and hit his tail fin on the side of the body of his fellow fish, directly flipping him several times. lock up.

Aigre: "..."

My Mr. Fish, are you sure you didn't leave him here all the time because you didn't like him?

Aigre maintained the posture of raising one hand, and helplessly looked at Mr. Mermaid who was sitting next to him with a calm expression.

As if guessing what he was thinking, the mermaid wrote an explanation on the ground after tossing that guy out: There are some rifts between us.

Noticing Aigre's slightly surprised gaze, Mr. Mermaid paused for a few seconds before continuing to write: The reason why I was unconscious on this coast was related to him.

Aigre was stunned for a moment, but his expression unexpectedly looked a little happy, "Then I probably have to thank him."

The mermaid raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.

"Thank you for letting me meet Mr. Yu." Aigre said slowly and freely, "...although the way is a bit rough."

Mr. Mermaid listened quietly to his two words, laughed again, and did not write any more.

... A boy with perfect love.