The things I picked up on the bottom of the sea

Xi, who had just caught food, took his younger brother Cang back to his habitat. Today, he was unlucky and only caught a hairtail that was not as long as Cang's arm.

Recently, there are more and more garbage on the seabed, and the pollution of seawater is also increasing day by day.In the past, many schools of fish fled to find suitable habitats, so that the mermaids living here could not catch food at all.

If you want to catch larger fish, you need to work as a team, but due to environmental pollution, the mermaids that originally lived in groups have been torn apart in twos and threes in order to avoid the source of pollution.

"Eat first, I'll go out and have a look later." Xi tore the hairtail in his hand in half, and gave the larger part to his younger brother.

Both he and his younger brother Cang are the heirs of the Mermaid King, and his father gave him the command of this domain after he became an adult.Because the pollution of the sea area there is also increasing day by day, so before leaving, the father handed over the youngest brother to him, hoping that the two can find a clean place.

Xi gnawed on the half hairtail in his hand, thinking about where else to find food.I looked at all the places I could go recently, and all of them were covered with garbage, and the sea water was very turbid, and I felt uncomfortable if I stayed for an extra minute.

Xi, who was thinking about something, suddenly heard Cang say, "Look, brother, there."

I looked in the direction my brother was pointing at, and found a spot of light swimming deep inside, heading towards them.Xi didn't have time to think about it, so he pulled Cang behind him to protect him, his light brown vertical pupils contracted into needles, and stared at the spot of light.

He remembered that when he first came here, the pollution situation was not as bad as it is now. In order to find a place to live, he heard other mermaids say that there was a little mermaid buried deep in the cave here.It seemed that because the body was deteriorating due to the garbage toxins, the little mermaid, who had no father or mother, found a place to bury herself.

The reason why Xi chose this place to inhabit was that he had no other options other than the relatively better environment here. At that time, other places were occupied by other mermaids. They drive away.

And at that time, the little mermaid had been dead for a long time and was located in the depths. On the day when they were about to settle down, the two brothers swam to the depths to check the situation, and all they could see was a huge shell. The mermaid's bones should be buried there.Afterwards, the two brothers chose to perch at the entrance of the cave, trying not to go into the depths to disturb the rest of the little mermaid.

With their presence, no creature dared to come here, so the sudden bright light made Xi Xin feel suspicious. It couldn't be that the anglerfish ran into their residence in a daze. .

As the light spot became brighter and brighter, Xi finally saw the other party's identity, which turned out to be a mermaid.

This mermaid has flowing black hair and azure blue fish tail without any scars. After seeing them, the elliptical vertical pupils narrow into a curved hook, and even the corners of the mouth are turned upwards, which shows how happy the other party is.

However, he had never seen this mermaid.

The two brothers have been here for a long time, and they have seen almost all the mermaids in the vicinity, but the mermaid in front of them has never seen it.

Xi's doubts deepened when he heard the mermaid say, "Hello."

Following the opponent's waving arm, Xi saw clearly that the bright light was a black bracelet on the opponent's hand.

When meeting strangers for the first time, Bai Yu felt a little nervous. After greeting them, she quietly looked at them, trying to maintain a gentle smile.

The mermaid in front of him was slightly bigger than him, with flaxen hair floating behind, which seemed to be over shoulder length.The facial features are well-defined and very handsome, with a charm of combining the East and the West.

But under such a handsome face, there is a body full of scars, even the black fish tail with golden edges, the tail fin is tattered as if it has been scratched by a sharp weapon.

There is also a little mermaid hidden behind the huge body, looking at him timidly.

In order not to scare them, the smile on Bai Yu's face became softer.However, after a while, they didn't see any response, which made him fall into self-doubt again. He couldn't be the only one who could talk, right?

"Ah."

A short modal particle made the stone in Bai Yu's heart fall steadily.But then a new trouble arose, so how would he respond to this answer!

Ever since, the two mermaids just looked at me and looked at you, and the atmosphere fell into silent embarrassment for a while.

In order to make the atmosphere familiar, Bai Yu mustered up the courage to pretend to be familiar with him, and directly stroked the fish tail of the other party to express his concern, "Are you injured?"

Under the icy sea water, the temperature on the tail of the fish is particularly obvious, it is warm.It's just that the first time he reached out to touch it, Bai Yu found that the mermaid's whole body was frozen, and realized that his actions might be inappropriate, so he quickly withdrew his hand.

In the mermaid family, stroking each other's fish tail is courting each other.

However, as a mermaid who became a monk halfway, Bai Yu not only didn't know this way of courtship, but even asked another question without knowing it: "You guys live here, so it should have something to do with me?"

"..."

The atmosphere cooled down again, or it should be said that they never got acquainted.

Xi, who was courted as soon as they met, looked coldly at the mermaid who was much smaller than him. The question just now was undoubtedly to make him agree and admit their partnership.

In the mermaid tribe, most of the females are courted, and it is rare for males to be courted.Generally speaking, mermaids will basically not refuse courtship, because they will try to get along for a period of time before confirming the relationship.

It is very rare to seek a mate right after meeting like this, and to urgently want to confirm the relationship.

Seeing that the other party was silent again, Bai Yu, who didn't know what he had done at all, was in a state of disarray, the aura that had been building up gradually faded away, the smile on his face could no longer be held, and the bright eyes dimmed accordingly.

But this kind of change, in Xi's eyes, is a pitiful and aggrieved appearance when facing her fruitless courtship, depression and grievance.

"companion."

It was another short sentence, but these two words directly rang in Bai Yu's ears, he suddenly raised his head, looked at the other party with a very disbelieving look, and repeated uncertainly, "Partner?"

Although he has just become a mermaid, but which family mermaid sees his partner with a vigilant look!Don't deceive him just because he doesn't understand!

However, the astonished look on his face fell into Xie's eyes, which further convinced him of his intention to seek a mate.Although the origin of this little mermaid is unknown, maybe I can take this opportunity to keep it by my side to observe and understand, so Xi nodded firmly.

Bai Yu: "..."

All right, this is what God gave me, if you don't want it, you have to have it!

The misunderstanding between the two people who have never communicated smoothly on the same channel is getting bigger and bigger, and it has been irreparable.

For Bai Yu, who has just become a mermaid and has a partner since he came, the shadow area in his heart has expanded countless times.So much so that when he saw the little mermaid behind the other party, he had hallucinations, and he stretched out his fingers tremblingly and asked, "Then this cub can't be our... child, right?"

"..."

"No, he's my brother."

After hearing that the two were brothers, Bai Yu, who was completely unaware that he was a male infertile mermaid cub, breathed a sigh of relief, and the haze in his heart faded a little.

And he can't blame him for thinking wildly, this little mermaid has black hair and brown eyes, and the fish tail is also black and blue with a gradient color. It really looks like the crystal of the two of them.

The three of them became quiet again, and this time's silence also made Bai Yu's mind sober.

Many questions came to my mind instantly, the other party's vigilant gaze was definitely the first time I saw myself, so when did they confirm their partnership?Did something bad happen before that made them like this?So what should I say now, is amnesia meme popular among mermaids?Is it easy to wear clothes?

Damn, if only I had a little bit of memory!

Bai Yu, who was feeling aggrieved in his heart, caught a glimpse of the half hairtail in the hands of the two fish from the corner of his eyes, and realized that his presence interrupted their eating, and now he would be suspected of begging for food if he asked again.

So Bai Yu, who has fully accepted her partner status, volunteered to go out to find food. As the saying goes, there is nothing that can't be solved by a meal of food. If there is, then another meal.

He left a message telling them to stay here and wait for him, and then he swam out like an arrow off the string, so fast that even Xi had no time to stop him.

"..."

"Brother, why does that mermaid look so stupid?" Cang bit the hairtail in his hand, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.Looking down at the small half of hairtail in his hand, he asked hesitantly, "Brother, do you really want to spend the rest of your life with that mermaid?"

"Ah."

Mermaids are absolutely loyal to their partners.I have already agreed to it, and unless my partner dies, it is absolutely impossible to go back on my word.

Although there are still many doubts about the mermaid that have not been resolved, but the partnership is confirmed, anyway, there will be a lot of time to get to know each other later.Moreover, although the mermaid was ignorant and foolish, he didn't seem to have a bad nature.

Now that the sea area is polluted like this, many mermaids neglect to find a partner in order to survive, because having a partner will bring a kind of responsibility to them.

Although he is the lord of this sea area, so what, he can neither solve the garbage on the bottom of the sea nor lead the race to live a better life. It is already very good that mermaids look up to him.

Xi laughed at himself secretly, and put the hairtail, which was barely moving in his hand, on a flat stone, and prepared to leave it to the little mermaid who had just confirmed his partnership.

Seeing that there was no injury on the opponent's body, it was obvious that he had been hiding in the cave.Although he didn't know how he allowed himself to survive inside, he must have never seen such earth-shaking changes outside, and it was destined that he would never find food when he went out.

Xi's prediction was correct. Bai Yu, who had just left the cave and swam only a few hundred meters, was startled by the sight in front of him.

The place he came to was neither the Dragon Silk Palace, which was rich in silk, nor Atlantis, where treasures were hidden, but a stinking garbage dump on land.It's the same except for the absence of those buzzing mosquitoes.

Broken shipwrecks, strands of fishing nets here and there like spider silk, broken glass bottles and mirror fragments, and various types of plastic products, and even some rotting carcasses of unidentifiable animals.

Although there is no foul smell in the sea, the turbid seawater with low visibility can explain everything.

No wonder the two mermaids had so many scars, especially his partner, who obviously often shuttled through these garbage dumps.

Bai Yu, who was hit by the mountain of garbage in front of him, regained his senses, and suddenly thought of the virtual panel he saw on the bracelet before. It seemed that the exchange system was for him to deal with these garbage.