Lao Gong is a deep sea mermaid

Gu Zhou wrapped the towel in disgust, as if he was angry with someone, he turned on the shower head with a bang, and almost made the control switch completely useless.

He thought a little angrily, wouldn't he be able to take a bath in the future?

The idea was unbearable.

The water from the shower splashed down.

Fortunately, standing under the shower will not make him as uncomfortable as before.

But it's just not as uncomfortable as before.

Gu Zhou washed his hair and body quickly, endured the tightness and suffocation of his skin, and turned off the shower.

Others may not understand this obsession with cleanliness that must be bathed, but Gu Zhou just can't tolerate things that don't belong to him staying on his skin.

Dust outside, sweat from someone else on your commute, someone’s droplets that might be in the air, or even just pressing an elevator button

Even those dirty things he may not see at all.

But he just felt that he went out of the room, and when he came back, he turned into a clay figurine covered in dust and stains.

He knew it was sick, but the sickness just couldn't be corrected.

Keeping him awake for a day without a bath is like putting a knife to his neck.

Soon, Gu Zhou paid the price for his stubbornness.

At this time, two hours have passed since he showered.

Gu Zhou lay on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep at all.

Because his skin has been maintaining a state of hyperhydration, there is no sign of recovery.

If it wasn't for the skin on his face being different from other places, he might have turned into a wrinkled little old man now.

"damn it!"

Gu Zhou finally couldn't help but swear, he lifted the quilt and jumped out of bed.

He unfolded the tablet and began searching for the keywords "how to treat overhydration."

The browser immediately returned a bunch of results.

Among them, the highest priority is related to skin care. It is nothing more than to persuade the majority of netizens not to over-hydrate. This kind of answer is of no help to Gu Zhou, and he quickly skipped it.

This was followed by some complicated and awkward medical science, but most of the suggestions were to take vitamins, not to touch water in the near future, and so on.

It was still not the answer Gu Zhou wanted.

Just when Gu Zhou kept flipping through dozens of answers and started to feel a little impatient, a popular science article caught his attention.

This article is about the difference between saltwater fish and freshwater fish.

The article mentioned that after most saltwater fish are put into freshwater, their cells will absorb water crazily due to the imbalance of salt, and then soon die due to metabolic disorders and elevated blood pressure.

A voice in Gu Zhou's mind told him that the reason why his heart suddenly tightened just now was to warn him.

Maybe……

Maybe his body has become like a sea creature, which can no longer be immersed in fresh water.

This idea is so absurd that Gu Zhou himself finds it ridiculous.

But he went to the kitchen in a strange way, made a cup of light salt water, soaked his index finger in it, and wanted to see if this absurd idea was true.

A few minutes later, Gu Zhou took his finger out of the cup.

The recovered skin made him happy for a moment, but soon, his mood fell into a trough again.

What is there to be happy about?

Before that, he didn't need to do such troublesome and abnormal things at all.

What will he do next?Do you wash your face with salt water?

Gu Zhou imagined that he was talking with his colleagues, and a layer of salt grains suddenly appeared on his face.

It is very common for people to have a fine layer of salt crystals on their faces when they are at the seaside and sweating profusely.

But this is not common in everyday life.

What's more, the salt on the skin always reminds Gu Zhou of sweat, and sweat is often inextricably linked with dirt and smell.

Reluctantly, Gu Zhou took the salt jar to the bathroom and filled the bathtub again.

……

The next day, Gu Zhou, who finally slept through the night, started experimenting in the bathroom.

He has to know whether he can take a bath like a normal person, and whether he can drink water like a normal person.

Since he was in a coma in the hospital for several days, he relied on nutrient solution and normal saline to maintain basic energy and salt, so Dr. Liang did not notice too many changes in his body.

But Gu Zhou still has to go back to work at the observatory after all. He has to hide these changes in order to return to normal life.

Deep-sea observers are an industry that has only emerged in the past few years. Until now, there is still a serious shortage of people, so the salary is very considerable, about four to five times that of ordinary employees.

Gu Zhou didn't want to give up this job.

Moreover, he also liked the relatively quiet environment of the observatory. If he showed his feet, then in order to avoid trouble, he would have to change jobs.

Although he was extremely repelled by the changes in his body, Gu Zhou got busy in the bathroom.

"It is true that the concentration of 3.5% is the most suitable..."

In order to avoid information leakage, Gu Zhou recorded everything in a paper notebook.

"Two 10 minutes... no."

"Half an hour...isn't enough to last a shower."

The electronic watch that records the water consumption is beating crazily. If someone pays attention to this place, he will find that in just one day, the water consumption of this small single apartment is enough to fill a private swimming pool.

In the end, Gu Zhou wrote down the most successful and efficient record in his notebook - two hours.

In other words, he needs to soak in salt water similar to seawater for two hours before he can wash and bathe with fresh water like a normal person.

Gu Zhou knew that soaking in salt water for a longer time might be better for his current body, but he didn't like these things added to him.

To this day, he is still not sure whether what he saw in the deep sea that day was his hallucination.

Because sunlight cannot penetrate under the [-]-meter deep sea.

When he saw the siren-like face, the submarine had disintegrated.

At that time, there should have been no light source by his side, but everything under the sea—that palace, that man like a siren—was as clear as a spotlight in his eyes.

This is unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhou put the salt jar back into the kitchen and sighed.

As if these changes in him were justified.

Gu Zhou ran to the mirror suspiciously, turned his face, pointed his chin at the mirror, and reached out to touch the skin on his cheeks.

Fortunately, there are no gills like a fish, or flippers or anything like that.

"Guru..."

Gu Zhou finally came to his senses.

He hadn't eaten since he left the hospital!

For nearly a day and a half, Gu Zhou not only didn't eat water and rice, but also didn't think about eating at all!

If it weren't for these continuous emergencies, Gu Zhou might not have waited until his stomach growled before thinking of eating, and of course he would not have discovered that it took a day and a half before he felt hungry.

Looking at the familiar face in the mirror, Gu Zhou felt that the self in the mirror was constantly receding, elongating, deforming, and finally turned into a ferocious monster.

He took a sharp breath, took a step back, and staggered towards the bedroom where the mobile phone was placed.

He must have just been so nervous that he forgot to be hungry.

Even the digestive system has changed, it is too exaggerated.

Gu Zhou thought to himself, and opened the ordering software.

But for some reason, when he started browsing the food, his eyes couldn't help lingering on the seafood.

Gu Zhou forced himself to look at the dishes he usually likes.

Vegetable salad, lotus pond stir-fry, pepper chicken breast, barbecued pork in honey sauce...sweet shrimp, emperor——

Gu Zhou threw the phone on the bed.

Obviously the latter is more attractive.

Gu Zhou has a habit, that is, when he starts to deny something against common sense, it is a sign of his compromise to this matter.

His digestive system really changed, and even his eating preferences were controlled by these changes.

Gu Zhou, who didn't like seafood in the past, resigned himself to order seafood.

……

"Your takeout has been delivered."

Ten minutes later, the electronic sound of the robot sounded outside the door.

Gu Zhou opened the door and took the takeaway.

On the takeaway box, the greeting generated by the robot according to the dishes is: "Eating too much seafood may cause diseases such as ventilation. Please pay attention to moderation while enjoying the delicious food!"

Gu Zhou opened the lunch box expressionlessly, and ate his first meal after being discharged from the hospital.

This was probably the only time he felt physically comfortable these two days.

After drinking a glass of light salt water, Gu Zhou, who was physically and mentally exhausted, finished washing and quickly went back to the bedroom.

At present, it seems that the two things of salt water and seafood can cope with the changes in his body.

Gu Zhou is a pragmatic person, he must adapt as soon as possible when changes are irreversible.

Soon, as long as he deliberately trains at home for a week, he will be able to handle it easily when he returns to the observatory.

Gu Zhou was stuck under the blanket, and fell into a sweet dream.

A busy day seems to be coming to a successful end.

However, a few hours later, Gu Zhou woke up feeling hot all over.

His face was flushed, and his body became weak.

As a deep-sea observer, although Gu Zhou is not considered strong, in order to adapt to diving work, his physical fitness is definitely better than ordinary people.

What's more, his strength had already skyrocketed because of that submarine accident.

It stands to reason that he should never be powerless.

In a trance, Gu Zhou thought he had a high fever, and tried to sit up with his arms propped up.

The oppressive feeling of the quilt on a certain sensitive part woke him up, and at the same time, a face and a light blue fishtail with silvery white luster flashed in his mind.

In an instant, Gu Zhou's face flushed red with shame.