Pisces

Lu Wan hung up Tan Shuhuai's phone call, her stomach was a little acidic after not eating for a long time, it seemed that she had to eat something to suppress this inexplicable emptiness.

Lu Wan rested her chin in a daze in the living room of someone else's house, her eyes swept over every corner - this place is rich and full of life, and there are jigsaw puzzles left by children in the corner, probably because the auntie hasn't had time to clean it .

"Miss Lu, please wait a moment, Mr. Lu hasn't woken up yet..."

The servant went downstairs to inform Lu Wan, and her eyes were immediately attracted by her—Lu Wan was wearing a pure white satin cheongsam embroidered with dark patterns today, and upon closer inspection, the dark patterns turned out to be peony flowers.

The richness and grace of the peony will give the clothes a majestic and dignified look, but Lu Wan is too white, like a pale butterfly, and it will rustle with scales when touched lightly... It is unexplainably white.

The rich and noble Peony was dressed up in all her colors, the servant frowned, not very fond of this beautiful guest.

A thick-faced beauty with a mischievous appearance, beautiful but unpleasant.

Lu Wan didn't raise her head, she sensitively sensed the other party's unkindness, and she smirked in her heart - really, no one likes her wherever she goes, is this trait engraved in her bones?

"Sister, sister... fairy... sister..."

A child who appeared out of nowhere may have just learned to walk, wearing a pair of goose-yellow squeaky shoes, the child creaked as he walked, leaning on the sofa to find it, his fingers were full of saliva.

Lu Wan hated children a little, especially drooling children. She glanced at this child and felt that her mental threshold was about to be raised.

Sure enough, she would be inexplicably approached by children wherever she was, which annoyed her very much. No matter whether she was related by blood or not, a drooling little burden was very annoying... But the children's eyes were extremely clear and bright, Wan looked over, and even saw her own appearance - she was dressed in white, reflected in the child's clear pupils, she really looked like a fairy sitting upright.

"Aunt Zhang, why did you run out in Wanwan?"

Everyone hurriedly hugged the baby-like child back. The child was held in the arms of an adult, still stubbornly twisting his neck and stretching out his small arms to grab Lu Wan's clothes.

"elder sister……"

"...Have any of you ever called her this sentence? Who did you learn from?"

"Be careful that Wan Wan catches a cold, watch out for the child, this is Mrs. Lu's precious bump..."

Seeing the child's mouth puckered, reaching out to her and about to cry, Lu Wan suddenly wanted to pinch her little arm like a lotus root... maybe because she has never been so needed by anyone.

A person, a child, or even a puppy, don't care about anything, she really wants the emotion that needs to be cherished, who can refuse a little thing that is full of eyes?

For so many years, the lonely beauty can only express her pain to a child who has just learned to talk and toddle.

Everyone finally took the child away like a star-studded moon. Amidst the child's loud cries, Aunt Zhang came to apologize to Lu Wan in embarrassment: "Wanwan seldom gets close to people. We really didn't expect her to run away on her own initiative." I came to play in the living room, accidentally missed it, and disturbed you, girl... The girl must be a good person. There is a saying in my hometown that children and animals who are not enlightened can best understand people's hearts. When you meet a good person, The children will be very friendly, and the dogs in the nursing home will not bark at her..."

Lu Wan had a polite smile on her face, and when she heard her aunt say that she was a kind person, she almost laughed out loud - she was not a good person, including her appearance as a vicious female supporting role.

But after hearing it, Lu Wan couldn't laugh anymore, her smile froze at the corner of her mouth, and slowly calmed down.

She said: "How can there be such a statement?"

"Although the statement passed down by the older generation is nonsensical, it is somewhat credible..."

Until Aunt Zhang was called to coax the child, Lu Wan's mood was still not calm for a long time - she smiled, although the corner of her mouth was only slightly slightly, but the smile in her eyes couldn't be concealed no matter what.

"Miss Lu, Mr. Lu is awake."

Lu Wan nodded, and Pingping followed the servant to the study gracefully.

The full name of Mr. Lu in the other party's mouth is Lu Chenqiong, the same name as Mr. Huang, and he is among the top five seats... He is Lu Wan's savior.

Lu Wan didn't die the day she fell into the dark sea, but she was rescued by Lu Chenqiong's people later, and this Lu Chenqiong was none other than the actual person in charge of the Academy of Special Sciences—so Lu Wan was successfully treated.

The Academy of Special Sciences used to be very powerful, and it was even able to compete with the Academy of Special Sciences. This is not unrelated to Lu Lao's secret operation, but the strange thing is that Lu Chenqiong never publicly revealed his identity in the Academy of Special Sciences... This is what Lu Wan learned after she became his staff.

Later, I don’t know what happened, so old man Lu abandoned the Academy of Special Sciences to some young people like breaking his wrists. After that, the situation of the Academy of Special Sciences took a turn for the worse, and its strength declined rapidly, while those remaining Xiaoxiao people Zejian took a slant to develop some anti-social and anti-human things.

Lu Wan might feel sorry for him, but she couldn't help mentioning it again when they met this time.

Lu Chenqiong interrupted her: "Lu Wan, do you know why I took so much trouble to save you?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Wan knew that she had poked his displeasure, so she quickly changed the subject: "Because you are kind-hearted and willing to do good deeds... I will always remember your kindness."

Mr. Lu is not a mermaid, and he doesn't have that ageless physique. After the age of fifty, under the entanglement of various diseases, he is like a wrinkled skin balloon with a big belly.

... No matter how handsome and seductive you were when you were young, you will be defeated by the years when you are old.

Lu Chenqiong didn't speak, and opened the drawer to signal Lu Wan to come over - there was actually a row of gray-black potions inside.

Just looking at the color of this injection, it is very malicious, and it is easy to remind people of some bad things.

Such as mold.

Lu Wan took half a step back, a chill crept up her fingertips, she pinched her palm, and was frozen by the chill from her fingertips.

"When you were picked up, your hair was wet on your face, like a mermaid who came ashore for the first time. I asked someone to try to save you, but I found that you didn't have the will to survive." Mr. Lu stroked the row with one hand. There was no expression on his face, "It was so hard to pull you back from the gate of hell, but you didn't cherish it. You, why are you so paranoid in your bones, why don't you like to listen to me?"

The dark sea may not be dangerous for mermaids, but for humans, especially those with low mental thresholds, staying in the dark sea will cause irreversible damage to the brain even if they are not drowned.

What's more, the dark sea is so big, would Lu Chenqiong just pass by and pick someone up?Lu Wan even suspected that it was someone's deliberate plan that she and Lu Yan were forced into the dark sea.

The corner of Lu Wan's stiff mouth was lifted up, and she put on a sweet smile: "I'm sorry, I will never go against your will in the future, please give me another chance."

Lu Chenqiong just waved at her.

On this day, Qi Xi had another nightmare.

The colors in the field of vision are very strong, like a flowing oil painting. The people in the oil painting all have strong emotions. It may also be because the emotions in the dream will be infinitely magnified, and even she can feel the same.

Those dreams were very complicated and nonsensical. Qi Xi saw Lu Yan standing on tiptoe as a child and asked her to help her fetch something. The strange thing is that Qi Xi had never seen Lu Yan when he was a child, but she could recognize him subconsciously. What's even more amazing is that what Lu Yan asked her to help remove was actually the rose in the oil painting.

The rose was very beautiful, and the color was so rich that it was impossible to like it.

Qi Xi reached out to pick it up in a strange way, and she really took it off. The moment she held it in her hand, the bright red rose branch stabbed Qi Xi's finger. She didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, she touched the edge of the petal, and the whole body of the rose With a shock, the outermost petals trembled down.

At this time, Qi Xi realized that she could actually feel the sadness of this flower, that kind of sadness was like the sea, it was suffocating, and there was nowhere to express it.

"Qi Xi, give it to me."

Hearing Lu Yan's voice, Qi Xi turned around with the flowers, but saw that Lu Yan, who was just a child, had grown up. He looked more mature, probably around 30 years old, wearing a neat black suit, A whitebait needle was pinned to the neckline, with a lonely expression, the clarity and childishness of his youth could no longer be seen in his eyes, instead there was something inexplicable and inexplicable added.

Qi Xi was a little flustered, and hurriedly handed out the flowers in her hand——

... Lu Yan lowered his head and took the urn, which was as light as if it was empty. He didn't say anything, turned around and walked into the black mist. There seemed to be a tall man with an umbrella waiting for him in the black mist. .

The fear of the unknown made Qi Xi feel confused. She turned around and looked back. Fortunately, there were many relatives and friends behind her.

What else is she dissatisfied with? Life is alive, and ordinary happiness is nothing more than that.

There are still some intermittent pictures in the dream, flowing frame by frame, the timeline is sometimes pulled very long, and sometimes squeezed very short.

Qi Xi also dreamed that she was sinking and floating in the sea, with only one head exposed looking at the people on the shore, her tail was burning hot for some reason, and the salty and cold sea water stung her tail.

The people on the shore coaxed her to come up, but she retreated further and further away.

The people on the shore opened their arms, but she avoided timidly.

Maybe it's because I don't want people to see the scars and embarrassment.

A wave hit her, and Qi Xi popped her head out of the sea again. She searched for something, but couldn't find it anywhere. Desperation flooded her mouth and nose with waves of waves...

In desperation, Qi Xi felt her body getting heavier and heavier, and when she almost sank into the deep sea, there was a burst of white noise in her ears, like in a park, someone was walking their dog, someone was exercising, birds chirping, dogs barking ...and the sound of chess being played heavily.

"General—jun—I won! Are you willing to accept the bet?"

"Okay, I'm willing to bet and admit defeat."

Qi Xi woke up from the bed gasping for breath. She broke out in cold sweat layer by layer. For the first time, she experienced the despair of being submerged in the sea.

"What's the matter?" Sensing the uneasiness of the person next to her pillow, Qi Qiao also turned over. She groped her arms in a daze, and finally touched Qi Xi, and at the same time touched Qi Xi's palm covered in cold sweat.

Qi Qiao opened her eyes and looked at her: "Did you have a nightmare?"

"Yeah." Qi Xi's hair was parted to cover her side face, she hadn't come out of her sad mood yet, "I dreamed that I was drowning in the sea."

How fresh, do mermaids still dream of drowning?

Qi Qiao couldn't help but want to laugh, but she observed Qi Xi's depression, so she didn't laugh directly.

Qi Qiao jokingly said: "If you feel that you can't recover after the nightmare, you can find someone you trust to enlighten yourself. Don't keep everything in your heart, it may be better to speak out."

After listening to these words, Qi Xi nodded, and picked up the mobile phone beside the bed...

Qi Qiao grabbed her wrist and added: "Only those who are particularly close and trustworthy are counted."

How could Qi Xi not understand what she meant, the big star hinted eagerly that he would tell her, and of course he would talk to her in the future, but now there are some things that are more concerned about her heart.

Qi Xi could not be more familiar with the sound of "General———" that just called him out of his nightmare. Every afternoon, Qi Yantai would go for a walk with some birds, and when he passed the stone bench in the park, he became addicted to chess. He would probably stop and compete with the old men for a few rounds. Unfortunately, Comrade Qi is addicted to cooking. It’s okay to win. If he can’t win, he will pester the opponent and keep playing until he wins.

Because of this, Qi Yantai forgot to buy vegetables several times, and even forgot to mention the birdcage.

Looking back, Qi Xi suddenly felt homesick.

She was originally a person who did not love her family, and relatives were relatively indifferent to her. During those days of studying, she rarely called home. Every Sunday, the students who were close to home tried to find excuses to ask for leave and go back But Qi Xi never goes home like a foreigner, even during long holidays like National Day and May Day, she still stays at school with her classmates who are far away from home.

Maybe it's because of the bad nature of mermaids.

Qi Qiao struggled a little again, she casually grabbed her messy hair with her hands, the romantic curly hair fell on her collarbone, she looked at Qi Xi with her beautiful fox eyes, and said aggrievedly: "It's so troublesome to make a phone call ?"

Qi Xi gave an absent-minded "oh", lowered her eyelids and said, "I suddenly want to talk to my dad about something."

As for what to say, Qi Xi didn't continue to talk, Qi Qiao was keenly aware of what happened, and sat up straight the moment the phone was dialed.

Qi Xi put her hand lightly on Qi Qiao's knee, and Qi Qiao nervously put her palm on her finger bones.

"A few days ago when we were dealing with mold and freckle control in the school, I remember you apologized to me once. At that time, you asked the president and the others to relay it to me... Do you remember?" Qi Xi said slowly , "You said, you want to come to my house and have dinner with me."

The premonition in Qi Qiao's heart became stronger and stronger, and she did not dare to move while sitting, for fear of missing a word from Qi Xi.

At that time, she was under the guise of apologizing, which was half provocative and half sincere, thinking that it was normal if the other party didn't agree, and if the other party agreed, she would be going to see Qi Xi's parents in a fair manner.

It was only natural that she didn't receive a reply later, most people would laugh it off as a joke when they heard this, and Qi Qiao turned the matter over - she didn't expect Qi Xi to remember it all the time.

Qi Xi said: "My cooking skills are not good, and my mother is not a good cook. In our family, only my father cooks delicious dishes. It's a pity that he seldom shows his hands, so he has to call it ' It was his life's mission to teach my mom how to cook'."

Qi Qiao stared at her intently, the emotion in her eyes was like substance.

One second before the call was connected, Qi Xi said numbly: "Big star, I want to take you to meet the parents."

Qi Qiao let out a sigh of relief.

The author has something to say:

Qi Qiao's tentative "apology" is at the end of Chapter 20

Apologize to others——I treat you to dinner?

Ki-joo apologizes - I'm going to your house to have dinner with you!