under the sea

Waking up by his father's slap, the little boy opened his eyes tremblingly.Sure enough, everything returned to calm, and the boat stopped shaking.

"Hurry up, be a man, be more courageous." Liu Dahai encouraged his son again.

"En." The little boy timidly responded, then let go of his father's thigh, and ran outside very carefully.

Seeing his son's appearance, Liu Dahai couldn't help but shook his head, thinking that he should continue to take him out to sea more often in the future, to exercise his courage and courage, as timid as a little girl—no, compared to those in the fishing village. Some little girls are not as good, how can they stand alone in the future?

Thinking of this, Liu Dahai showed an expression of hatred for iron and steel.

Although he is dissatisfied with his son's cowardly and timid character, there is nothing he can do about it. It is difficult for his wife to conceive at first, and he finally gave birth to such a one. He wants to be content. Although the little sea urchin is too small, he is still young. If your temper is not settled, you can try to change it slowly.

"what--!"

Liu Dahai was thinking about how to make his child more courageous, when he suddenly heard a terrified cry from his son.

Can't help but panic in my heart, I hurriedly put down the rudder in my hand, let the boat float on the sea, and ran towards the outside in a panic.

"Xiao Hai, what's wrong with you!"

"Dad——Dad——!" Xiao Hai's face was full of shock, and the tears in the corners of his eyes fell one by one, and he threw himself into Liu Dahai's arms, crying out of breath.

In the sea, Huazhi was dragged by He Zexi and reluctantly dived into the water for a few meters, full of contempt for that timid human cub.

He couldn't help but be scared, and he didn't think he looked terrible, at most he was just a little bigger.

He Zexi was also a little surprised. It was clear that the sea was empty just now, and it looked like there was nothing. The ship seemed to have suddenly appeared on the sea.

But fortunately, the moment the boat appeared above, I was vigilant and did not surface, otherwise the fishermen saw people with the squid, and I don't know how to explain it.

He Zexi raised his head, glanced at the fishing boat that had become motionless after the terrifying shout, and said with a headache, "Hua Zhi, you scared people just now."

"You, you, what do you call me?"

Huazhi turned her head slowly, staring at He Zexi with her big eyes in horror.

He Zexi was angry and funny, but in the end, with a sullen face, he pulled Hua Zhi's slightly trembling wrist, pretending to be angry, "Okay, stop pretending."

Hua Zhi turned around, continued to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and struggled to death, "I don't understand what you are talking about."

Seeing Hua Zhi's appearance, He Zexi looked at him for a while, and suddenly felt a little angry in his heart. He didn't explain anything, just disappeared and then appeared, and even acted with himself. What the hell is he trying to do?

He Zexi let go of the hand that was holding the flower branch to touch his wrist, his face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.

A terrible silence began to pervade the room between the two.

Hua Zhi secretly glanced at He Zexi's face, and her heart started beating. He Zexi won't start to hate him, right?

At the thought of this possibility, Hua Zhi couldn't bear it.

So, after a stalemate for less than 30 seconds, Huazhi surrendered stiffly, "...well, I am."

The sea water below him began to surge, the waves undulated, and it seemed that even the sea water began to turn into an ink-like color. This was Mobius warning Huazhi's dishonesty and treachery.

[Hmph, you are such a guy who has no spirit of contract. ]

A gloomy cold hum came from the bottom of the sea and fell into Huazhi's mind.

Hua Zhi couldn't help but sullen her face, [I can do whatever I want. ]

[Hehehe...] Laughing maliciously, the cold voice continued: [Fortunately, I didn't have too much hope for you... Don't think that you are so powerful, you will suffer later.Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! !You bastard, go to hell, go to hell, go to hell! ! ! ]

Seemingly suffering a great torment all of a sudden, the voice began to curse and scream endlessly, the voice became weaker and weaker... and finally completely annihilated.

The world became quiet, Huazhi raised her head again, ready to continue explaining for herself, at this moment——

"Crash—bang!"

A violent sound of water came from above the two of them, and then a stick hit Huazhi's head fiercely.The flat wooden stick was quickly withdrawn, leaving a trail of bubbles tumbling up in the sea.

For a moment, both He Zexi and Huazhi were a little dazed.

There seemed to be a big lump on the head, Huazhi involuntarily stretched out a tentacles and touched it——

hiss!

painful! !

Hua Zhi shook off his tentacles, his complexion turned pale all of a sudden, he raised his head, and rushed towards the sea with a ferocious expression.

Who is so courageous!How dare you attack him while he is not paying attention! !

The flame squid's built-in stress response was too fast, and He Zexi didn't even have time to hold him, and only stretched out half a hand, and watched the flower branch jump up like lightning.

"...Wait a minute, there is someone up there."

Silently withdrew his hand, wiped his face, He Zexi swam up resignedly, circled around the back of the fishing boat, and leaned against the side of the boat to expose half of his head.

on board.

Liu Dahai tightly held the paddle in his hand, and fixed his eyes on the huge flame squid that was about the size of a person jumping out of the sea. There was a burst of consternation on his face, followed by ecstasy. Three words: get rich.

"Quick, Xiao Hai, cast the net!"

Xiao Hai still stood motionless behind Liu Dahai, his face was full of tears, it could be seen that he was really frightened.

Liu Dahai pushed and shoved his son, his heart burst into anger, and his tone became severe, "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up! What should I do if I run away later?"

"I, I, I..." Xiao Hai's lips were pale, but he remained motionless after "I" for a long time.

He was scared, he was too scared to walk.

"Brat, you are too timid!"

Liu Dahai cursed in a low voice, threw the oar in his hand, and started to do it himself.

Sick fish and shrimp are not easy to sell. If he catches this, he can make a lot of money whether it is sold on the black market or sent to the Marine Biological Research Institute.If I'm lucky, maybe I won't have to go to sea for the next year.

There were other fishermen in the same village who caught king fish, king mussels, etc., and sold them at a high price. They made a lot of money, built a small bungalow, and married a young wife. Although Liu Dahai didn't say it, he was very jealous in his heart.

This time it was finally his turn to get lucky and catch the squid king!

Seeing that the fisherman pulled the fishing net and was about to throw it on his head, Huazhi became even more angry.

Is this the gadget Trash said fell into his trap?

He still wants to pick him up?It's like dying!

Huazhi was extremely angry, and the waves also surged. He stretched out his long tentacles, tore up the fishing net that fell from his head, and then slapped towards the fishing boat.

Unexpectedly, that squid tore his own fishing net, and even showed human anger, Liu Dahai panicked for a moment.

How is this going?

Liu Dahai was terrified by the terrifying gaze of the giant squid. He watched the powerful tentacles slam down towards the fishing boat, his eyes full of emotion called fear.

This is a terrifying experience that he has never had in his fishing career for more than [-] years.

Seeing that he was about to be buried in the belly of the squid, the next second, a heavy cry for help suddenly came from a little farther behind the fishing boat.

The attention of the sudden appearance of the big squid was drawn away in an instant, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Liu Dahai was sweating profusely, his trembling legs finally couldn't support the weight of his body, he slumped on the boat, hugged his son who was so scared that he couldn't speak a word, and gasped in fear.

Under the sea, Hua Zhi looked at He Zexi who was fine, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.But soon became angry again, "You actually helped those two humans."

"I'm not helping them. I'm preventing you from making mistakes. In the human world, killing people is illegal and you'll go to jail."

"I'm not human!" After Huazhi finished speaking, she stretched out one of her tentacles and pointed at her "forehead", angrily said: "Did you see, they hit me with paddles. They also smashed out a bag. I never I have never been smashed out of the bag!"

"..." He Zexi stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the small bag of the flower branch, and persuaded with conscience, "Take a step back and open up the sea and the sky."

"I won't retreat." Huazhi put away her tentacles, and while being rubbed on the head by He Zexi, said sullenly, "I will kill them to relieve my hatred."

Hearing this, He Zexi's hands froze, feeling that his head was huge.

One has to pay with two lives, he has never seen such a vengeful person...

"Hide first, please? Don't cause trouble for me."

"You say I'm troublesome??"

……

He Zexi talked all kinds of things, and finally persuaded Hua Zhi.

He shrunk his body, curled up into a ball and squatted in He Zexi's jacket pocket, his face was extremely ugly, and he wanted to see He Zexi's face, and let the two humans flop around for a while longer.

After calming Hua Zhi's emotions, He Zexi slowly swam towards the surface of the sea.

Although there were a few minor mistakes at the beginning, overall luck was good—he met the fishing boat.

This means that he will be able to return to the institute soon.

On the boat, Liu Dahai finally regained his composure. He looked into the sea and searched around, but he could no longer see the giant squid.

Wealth is always sought in danger, if only he could catch that big squid.

And... in an emergency just now, he seemed to hear someone calling for help?But there seems to be no one in the nearby sea...

Liu Dahai didn't notice the person calling for help, and was about to turn his eyes away when, out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently saw a white shadow on the sea surface with the surge of the waves, and his arms that were bobbing and sinking struggling to beat the sea surface.

There are really people!

"Xiao Hai, you wait here for Dad, Dad will be back soon."

After Liu Dahai finished speaking, he took off his jacket and threw it on the big iron frame on the fishing boat. He jumped up and jumped into the sea.

He Zexi was "rescued".

In order to prevent revealing his secrets, He Zexi drank several mouthfuls of seawater abruptly, choking himself until his face turned red.

He Zexi lay on the boat, spat out a few mouthfuls of seawater, and then "woke up slowly" at the critical moment when Liu Dahai was about to come forward for artificial respiration.

"Great, you finally woke up." Liu Dahai was overjoyed.

"Where is this place, who are you..."

He Zexi didn't know what other people would say when they woke up after drowning, so he had an intuition that it shouldn't be a problem for him to say that.

The flower branch squirmed up and down restlessly in his pocket, and He Zexi slapped him directly, warning him not to move around.

"I'm Liu Dahai, I'm a fisherman. Brother, you fell into the water, I saved you." Liu Dahai looked around He Zexi's body, and landed on the small black lettering on his chest, carefully identifying it. After a while, Liu Dahai recognized the words "Marine Research Center".

The small characters embroidered on the black thread are not very recognizable due to long-term soaking and wear and tear.

After only a few seconds of gaze, Liu Dahai moved his eyes away, his face remained calm, and he seemed to ask casually, "Brother, are you from the research institute?"

"Yes, thank you Brother Liu for saving me." He Zexi replied.

"Big brother, what's your name? Why did you end up here? There aren't many boats in the Devil's Triangle..."

This seemingly honest and honest rough guy spoke with a hint of temptation in his words.

He Zexi coughed twice, and replied, "Brother Liu, my name is He Zexi. I came out with the people in the research institute. I originally wanted to investigate Gulliver's volcanic island. I didn't expect that when I passed the Devil's Triangle Encountered a sea storm...”

He Zexi didn't continue talking, as if what happened next was too sad to bear to recall.

There was no loophole in He Zexi's words. Liu Dahai sighed with emotion when he thought of the bizarre encounter he had just experienced not long ago.

The weather in the Devil's Triangle is indeed like a girl's face, which can change as soon as it is said, which makes people caught off guard.

His eyes fell on He Zexi's body with pity, and Liu Dahai said, "I see that you are completely soaked and your clothes are also torn. You should change your clothes first."

As he spoke, he led He Zexi into the boat.

"It usually takes fishermen ten days and a half months to go to sea. The fishing boat is like a second home. They usually have food, clothing, housing and transportation on the boat, so there is no shortage of everything that should be prepared."

Liu Dahai dug out a set of clean clothes from a big box in his room and gave them to He Zexi, "Xiao Hai's mother bought this set of clothes for me, don't worry, I haven't worn them yet, although you It's a bit bigger, but it's much better than the tattered one on your body, at least it's dry and comfortable."

"Thank you."

"Xiao Hai, take brother Jersey to that empty room to change clothes." Liu Dahai shouted towards the outside.

No one responded.

"Xiao Hai, where are you, Xiao Hai?" Liu Dahai couldn't help but slapped his thigh, and lightly reprimanded, "This kid! Where did you hide..."

"My son Xiao Hai is afraid of strangers, Jersey, come, I'll take you there." Liu Hai said with a smile.

"En." He Zexi responded, and his eyes fell behind the box in the room, where a person was hiding, with a pair of small eyes, looking at him vigilantly.

He Zexi pretended not to notice, and followed Liu Dahai out of the room.

Liu Dahai brought He Zexi to an empty room, and scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "You can live here first, although it is a little rough, but fortunately it is relatively clean."

"Brother Liu, I'm a little thirsty..."

"Oh, wait, I'll bring you a bowl of water to drink."

After Liu Dahai finished speaking, he walked out, and a few minutes later, he came back with a large bowl, and smiled apologetically at He Zexi, "There are no smaller bowls on board, so you can just use it, don't be disgusted."

He Zexi glanced at the layout of the room, and then took out the flower branch from his wet clothes pocket, which he had smothered and started to slump and sulk, and put him into the water.

[Take it with a pinch of salt. ]

The flower branch in the bowl got up, raised its head and began to direct He Zexi, with a very rude tone.

He Zexi suddenly had one head and two big ones. He stretched out his fingers and bounced the flower branch back into the water, and said in a low voice, "There is no salt, you should lie back quickly."

Huazhi looked at He Zexi viciously, then lay down in the bowl holding back her anger.

After changing his clothes, He Zexi felt dry and comfortable for a long time.

He closed the door carefully and walked outside. Liu Dahai was sitting on the bow of the boat, smoking a pipe in his hand. The sound of snoring water was accompanied by the sound of the waves. His eyes were looking at the sea without blinking. Thinking about something.

Beside him is his son, Xiao Hai.

As if aware of someone behind him, Xiao Hai turned his head to take a look, then stood up and ran away from Liu Dahai.

He Zexi thought for a while, then walked towards Liu Dahai's direction, and sat down beside him.

"How much will you give me?" A straightforward sentence.

He Zexi thought for a while, but didn't answer directly, but threw the question back to Liu Dahai, "How much do you want, Brother Liu?"

"80."

He Zexi's face twitched.

"I know that you people who do research are very important to the country. I think the above often allocates research funds, and they are often in the unit of [-] million. Eighty is not too much. If you agree, I will send you back tomorrow."

"Brother Liu, I really don't have that much money."

The deposits in all my bank card accounts add up to less than 20, where can I find 80 for him.

Simply, the lion opened his mouth wide.

Liu Dahai didn't want to bargain with He Zexi, so after he finished speaking, he fell silent on his own, smoking the dry tobacco in his mouth one after another.

Seeing that he did not let go, He Zexi had no choice but to take a look at Liu Dahai, then got up and left.

There was a large seafood tank on the deck, which was filled with seawater and a few shrimps and crabs. He Zexi glanced at the tank, and then dipped a ladle of water into it.

Suddenly feeling the sight of being observed, He Zexi couldn't help turning his head, and saw the seven or eight-year-old boy hiding behind the mast, his eyes were fixed on He Zexi, and his hands were twisting I had some too long clothes and didn't say a word.

He Zexi looked at him, and he also looked at He Zexi motionlessly.

Those black and translucent eyes were wide open, and when looking at He Zexi, there was a lot of vigilance and fear in them.

After a while, the child named Xiao Hai turned around and ran away, and He Zexi couldn't help feeling a little strange.

Why... is he looking at himself with that kind of eyes.

Feeling a little uneasy in his heart, He Zexi began to wonder if the child had noticed something.

He returned to his room with a ladleful of sea water.

On the table, the water in the big bowl turned into a pitch-black patch during the short time he went out, and the concentration was not low.

He Zexi knew that this was a manifestation of the second uncle's petty emotions.

It's a headache.

But the headache was a headache, so He Zexi changed the sea water for him.Huazhi is a sea creature, and it is really uncomfortable for him to stay in fresh water all the time.

"Otherwise, don't follow me?"

He Zexi leaned on the table, reached out and touched the motionless flower branches in the bowl.

[......]

Don't answer him.

"I want to go back to the institute, I want to know the truth."

"...I might come back."

……

Outside the door, Xiao Hai was lying on the crack of the door, struggling to look into He Zexi's room.

He saw the man propping his forehead and muttering something to himself. Under the bench, on his exposed ankle, there was a dark thing looming, like a living black belt, which seemed to be trying to penetrate into his body. in.

Xiao Hai's eyes widened, he covered his mouth and was about to crawl out, when suddenly he saw an extra person in front of him.

He almost cried out, when he looked up and saw his father.