chilling

In winter, the river is icy cold, and a thick layer of ice has formed on the surface of the water. Yu Qiuliang stepped on the ice and slid forward.This river is not in the area around the city where he often goes. It is actually a bit far-fetched to say that it is a river, because it is a channel dug artificially in the park, and it is a pool of stagnant water.

This pool of stagnant water was clear to the bottom at first, but after a long time, it was full of fallen leaves and sludge.The fallen leaves sink to the bottom of the water and slowly rot, adding new companions to the sludge. After years of falling down like this, the entire bottom of the water is tightly covered by the sludge.In the spring of next year, the silt will be dredged again, but even after the silt has been cleared, the water in summer will not be as clear as before, and no one will go swimming in it anymore. Everyone thinks the water is not clean.

Whether the water is dry or not, the fish living in the water have more say.But now it's frozen three feet, and the ice surface is frozen white. Where can I find a fish?Moreover, even if a fish is found, humans cannot talk to it.The memory of the fish is only seven seconds. It is still unknown whether they will remember that they detested the filth of the water.

Song Ciran followed Yu Qiuliang, skating with him on the ice.They don't have skates, and of course they don't need skates.It's just that I have nothing to do and come to the park to play for a while. What are you doing with such complete equipment?The river in this park is not a backup place for skating.If you want to really skate, you can go to the artificial ice rink and go for a whole afternoon without anyone coming to drive you away.

The ice surface is too slippery, and Song Ciran's shoes are not non-slip. If you step on it, you can run a long way.He was terrified, but he didn't dare to let go of his voice and shout, lest the gatekeeper of the park would attract the two of them to write a review.

Walking around along the river bank, Yu Qiuliang found that a place by the river hadn't been frozen yet.Maybe it's not right to say that, the big hole over there is very likely to be dug out by humans.Yu Qiuliang stopped and carefully looked at the hole from a long distance. He saw that the hole was bubbling, and he didn't know what was underneath.

There should be no big fish and water monsters in the artificial lake, right?Yu Qiuliang rubbed the soles of his shoes against the ice, feeling that he should stay away from there.He turned around and was about to leave, but Song Ciran rushed towards him and knocked him into the air.Song Ciran, the bastard, obviously can't keep his balance, yet he wants to rush so fast!Either he didn't take the medicine when he went out, or he took the wrong medicine!

Yu Qiuliang was knocked back again and again, taking six or seven steps before stopping the car.He looked back and was horrified to find that big hole in the ice not far behind him.If he was unlucky today and fell into the ice cave, I'm afraid he and Song Ciran would turn against each other.

A few more air bubbles emerged from the ice hole, and then a huge fish head protruded out.Yu Qiuliang jumped away in horror, he didn't expect that he had guessed right, there was indeed a big fish in this artificial lake.This fish is very big, God knows why it can grow so big, Yu Qiuliang can't tell the type of fish, let alone what kind of fish it is.He stared at the head of the fish that was constantly sinking and floating in the water, and felt that the fish was so courageous that it dared to wag its head and tail in the ice and snow and drill out of the ice.

Yu Qiuliang always thought that there were no big fish here. After all, he had never seen even a single fish when he was playing in the water.He is a little afraid of aquatic creatures. If he knew there were fish in the river, he would never go into the water.Standing on the ice at this moment, he felt uncomfortable all over, and always wanted to get out of here quickly and run to a safe and dry place on the shore, but that fish was really interesting, he had never seen such a big fish, to be honest, He is very curious.

"There are fish." Song Ciran pointed at the fish head in the ice hole and yelled, as if he had discovered a new continent.I don't know if the fish heard his voice, but it moved, turned around, faced Song Ciran, and continued to shake its head and tail.Yu Qiuliang glanced at Song Ciran, suspecting that this person is proficient in fish communication.

Maybe he is a thousand-year-old fish spirit, who can transform into human form after going through hardships and dangers, join human society, and live a human life.

But Song Ciran likes fish very much, he likes to eat any kind of fish, probably not fish essence.If he is, he is a ferocious carnivorous fish standing at the top of the food chain.

But he is not fierce.

Song Ciran squatted down beside the ice hole, reaching out to tease the fish.He tapped his fingers here and there on the fish's head as if playing drums.He was terribly bored, but the fish wasn't as bored as he was.The big fish jumped out of the water and bit Song Ciran's finger. Song Ciran let out a howl, as if his finger had been pinched off.

The big fish let go of Song Ciran, flicked his tail triumphantly, and dived into the bottom of the water.

Flick off your clothes when it's over, and hide your merit and fame deeply.This fish really has a chivalrous demeanor.Yu Qiuliang looked at the blank expression on Song Ciran's face and felt it was very funny, so he asked, "Does the bite hurt you?"

"A little bit." Song Ciran hissed and gasped, raised the fish-bitten finger to look at the sun, and found that there was a circle of red marks on the finger.Before that, he had never seen a fish bite a person, let alone experienced it himself. As a result, today, for the first time in his life, his finger was bitten by a fish.The big fish is very fierce, it seems that he is not easy to mess with.

Song Ciran took out a tissue from his pocket and wrapped it around his cold fingers.Sometimes he thinks that fish are better than humans, after all, humans cannot survive in the cold water in winter, but fish can still live and wander around under the ice.In the artificial lake in this park, under the ice layer where they are standing now, there must be many fish hidden, and many of them may be as big as the one just now.

"Let's go." Yu Qiuliang urged him, "It's a bit cold, go home and play games."

Indeed, it was getting darker and the wind was cooler than it was during the day.Song Ciran zipped up his jacket and climbed up the river bank first.When he went ashore, he rubbed his trousers dirty, so he bent over and wiped his trousers. Yu Qiuliang thought he was blocking the way, so he slapped him on the back, telling him to move to make way for him so that he could crawl to shore.

Standing here, Yu Qiuliang couldn't go left, let alone go right.To the left is a pile of dirty dead leaves, and to the right is the big ice hole. No matter whether he goes left or right, he will not end well.However, Song Ciran took a slap from him, and moved out of the nest wisely, giving him a large open space, waiting for him to be self-reliant.

Good brothers are really good, no need to say much, just a slap, you can communicate with each other.Yu Qiuliang grinned, grabbed the railing on the river bank and climbed up, but just as he grabbed the railing, he felt something hooked his right foot.

Could it be that fish came up again?Yu Qiuliang turned his head, trying to move his right foot to drive away the troublesome big fish, but when his eyes fell into the ice hole, what he saw was not a fish, but a pale human hand.

Fuck!Yu Qiuliang almost exclaimed, but at the moment when he was about to shout, he suddenly thought that Song Ciran was still on the shore.He stifled back the scream that hadn't come out yet, and he bit his tongue hard.

Seeing that he didn't respond, the weird hand pulled him down again, but Yu Qiuliang's other foot secretly exerted force, rooted on the solid ice, and the weird hand didn't pull him.At the same time, his hands were tightly gripping the railing on the shore. If the other party wanted to drag him into the ice cave, he would have to tear off the railing as well.

Realizing that Qiuliang couldn't pull it, the owner of the strange hand poked out his upper body from the ice hole.The moment he saw the other party's true face, Yu Qiuliang almost fainted.If it was a corpse, or a water ghost, that would be fine. Yu Qiuliang had seen many ghosts, and ordinary-looking ghosts could no longer frighten him.However, the thing holding his leg was no ordinary ghost, it actually had a huge fish head!

God!

Is this the legendary mermaid!

Yu Qiuliang grabbed the railing even tighter, and from the gap in the fish's mouth, he saw four rows of fangs.

Yes, he believed he saw four rows of fangs.The two rows above and the two rows below shone coldly in the twilight.Yu Qiuliang's eyes were about to burst, and he watched the fish-headed man climb out of the ice cave. It clung to Yu Qiuliang's leg, as if it wanted to nibble on his leg.

It is impossible to be bitten by you.Yu Qiuliang thought.I'm not Song Ciran's idiot, foolishly bitten by a fish.

The fish head man climbed onto the ice, but before he could stand still, Yu Qiuliang kicked it back into the ice cave.Yu Qiuliang moved very quickly, like a big monkey, pulling on the railing and flipping ashore.Song Ciran finished tidying his trouser legs and was about to tie his shoelaces when Yu Qiuliang grabbed his arm and ran towards the exit of the park.Seeing Yu Qiuliang's eagerness to run for his life, it might be because he was afraid of the cold and wanted to go home quickly.

"Alas... I'm really disappointed." Hei Fengyi stood by the big pool, watching the fish in it, as if he was talking to himself or to the fish.The grief on his face does not seem to be fake, but no one knows why he is grieving.

Schools of fish swim from one end of the pool to the other, and from that end to this end.The cement pond is very large, and if you look down from the sky, those fish are just small black spots, although their size is actually not that small.Compared to their kind, they are big, but compared to their other kind, they are not worth mentioning.Ripples appeared on the surface of the water, and something gradually floated up from the bottom of the pool. The school of fish started to stir and swam desperately to the edge of the pool.Those who swim slowly are caught by one hand, leaving a few drops of blood on the water.

The creature that devoured the big fish found the black windbreaker standing by the pool. It howled and jumped out of the water, trying to drag the man into the water as well.The black windbreaker frowned, took a step back, and watched it try to climb up the pool wall.The wall of the pool was smooth, there were no protrusions or depressions for it to rely on. After climbing a few times, it fell headlong and fell back into the pool.

"Oh." Hei Fengyi put his hands in his pockets and looked at the creatures in the pool vigilantly, "What a disobedient and bad thing."

"Don't speak in such a pretentious tone." The door behind him suddenly opened, and a slender figure stood outside the door, his voice was cold, but people could hear the irony from it.The black windbreaker shrugged, took out a gun from his pocket, and pulled the trigger at the weird creature in the pool.The bullet that flew out of the gun was not an ordinary bullet, and when it hit the target, the explosion was not blood.

The monster with a fish head and a human body struggled weakly for a few times, and slowly sank to the bottom of the pool.Hei Fengyi looked at it indifferently, his eyes seemed to be looking at a bag of garbage.

Useless stuff, what is it if it's not rubbish?

"Do you want to be like it?" Black Windbreaker asked.He didn't look back, but his words were obviously addressed to the person standing outside the door.

"Are you threatening me?" The other party's reaction was still very flat, with no emotion.

The things I picked up, one after another, were all with such a cold and unpleasant personality.It seems that there is indeed a need to guard against them, so as not to be bitten back before the goal is achieved.

"Sure enough, you can't always use low-level creatures to do things." Hei Fengyi smiled and turned his face, "The only reliable one is you."

"I'm not reliable." The man replied, "However, if you are willing to think that I am reliable, then I can reward you accordingly."

Hei Fengyi looked at the other party with great interest, walked to the wall and pressed a button.A huge vortex suddenly appeared in the center of the cement pool, sucking all the fish and pool water into it.Of course, the dead fish head monster was also sucked away by it, and it was not known where it was sent.

"You handle it so simply, it's easy to reveal your secrets." The mysterious man walked to the side of the black windbreaker, looked up at his face, and said seriously, "If you reveal your secrets too early, you must be prepared to betray your relatives."

"Dear people?" Hei Fengyi was stunned for a moment, then laughed and put his arms on the other person's shoulder, "I'll talk about it later—what's for dinner tonight? Grilled fish?"

"Don't eat, it's disgusting." The other party patted his hand off and walked away.