under the sea

Hearing Hua Zhi's words, He Zexi lost his temper instantly.

Sighing in my heart, I was about to forgive Hua Zhi, when I heard his next sentence, "I'm still afraid that you will elope with that bad old man, you listen to him too much, I always feel a sense of crisis."

Silently withdrawing the hand that wanted to hug him, He Zexi gave him a cool look, expressing that he did not want to talk to him.

He Zexi got up and picked up the small fish tank on the table, and began to clean it on his own.

Huazhi stood silently by himself, watching He Zexi busily busy, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then quietly returned to the bathtub in the bathroom.

He was soaking in the water, looking up at the ceiling, feeling a little depressed.

He Zexi washed the small fish tank, filled it with some water, and then carried it to the door of the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Huazhi was submerged in the water, and his dark blue hair floated like seaweed on the water surface of the bathtub, making his face invisible.

He Zexi was silent for a while, then walked into the bathroom with long legs, put the small fish tank in his hand on the floor, bent slightly, and stretched his hand in.

The corners of his eyes were reddish, his whole body was covered with water stains, and his face was covered with wet flowers.He Zexi coughed lightly, approached his face, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to go out with me and go to the supermarket?"

"Together, let's go to...the supermarket?" Huazhi raised his head and repeated it in a low voice, his dark red pupils flickered slightly, and then with a "crash", he stretched out his hand from the bathtub and grabbed He Ze Xi's neck, and gnawed on it.

"Well……"

The neck was hugged, and there was a cool touch on the lips, followed by a hot entanglement like a flame. He Zexi couldn't help supporting the edge of the bathtub with both hands, trying hard not to plunge into the water.

It was completely different from the punitive kiss just now, the moist lips gently entwined He Zexi's lips and teeth, gentle but warm, telling the master's joy and crazy love.

After the kiss was over, the tips of He Zexi's ears turned red, and he leaned against the bathtub and took a light breath.

Huazhi let go of her hands, and looked at He Zexi's eyes, unable to conceal the joy in her heart. He pursed his lips reservedly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, "Let's go to the supermarket together."

"Ah."

Although it was inconvenient to move around with the small fish tank in his arms, after hearing what Hua Zhi said, He Zexi couldn't bear to leave him alone at home again.

Hua Zhi has been staying in the deep sea, but came to land that he has never set foot on for himself, and his mood now should be as full of anxiety as when he first arrived at the bottom of the sea—even though he never showed it.

At the entrance of the supermarket, the little girl in supermarket work clothes standing next to the shopping cart stuck a circle of plastic stickers on the small fish tank in He Zexi's hand, and then said to He Zexi with a smile, "Welcome .”

It was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening, just after get off work, and the traffic in the supermarket was not small. He Zexi didn't push the shopping cart, but just picked up a small basket. He didn't have many things to buy.

He Zexi lowered his head, looked at the flower branch lying on the glass wall of the small fish tank in his hand, and looked out curiously, and explained softly: "This is our supermarket. If we want something, we don't need to look like creatures in the sea. It’s the same as looking for it by yourself, there will be it here, we only need to buy it with money.”

[What is money? ]

He Zexi thought for a while, and replied: "It is a kind of thing that everyone agrees to exchange. Everyone likes it very much, because you can do whatever you want with money, and you can buy most things in the world with it."

[Most, can't buy what? ]

He Zexi smiled lightly, and his tone was slightly joking but also serious, "Money can't buy me." Before he finished speaking, there were actually two words behind it... I love you.

Passing by the fruit section, He Zexi asked Huazhi in a low voice what he wanted to eat.

Fruit is a food that will not be found in the seabed.

Huazhi stared at these brightly colored and strangely shaped fruits for a long time, as if he was looking for something. After a while, Huazhi finally found what he was looking for. He raised his tentacles and pointed to a certain position in the fruit area. He said to He Zexi: [I want to eat that. ]

He Zexi followed his pointer to look, and the plump dark red beads shone with crystal luster in the mist sprayed from the freezer.

He meant cherries.

Although Huazhi didn't say anything, she still really wanted to taste what He Zexi brought back for him.

Turning around, Huazhi looked at He Zexi expectantly, and then saw him slightly bent his lips - "Okay, I'll buy it for you."

Huazhi was in a good mood, he liked the feeling of going shopping with He Zexi in the supermarket, although it was plain, but his heart was warm and full.

If he were a human being, he might understand that his current feelings have a name that everyone envies in the secular world - love that flows slowly and slowly.

As he was walking towards Che Lizi, He Zexi suddenly heard someone calling his name.

Turning his head, He Zexi saw Lin Qiu in the crowd. He was still wearing a white coat. When he saw He Zexi, he had a pleasant expression on his face, "Coincidentally, you are also visiting the supermarket in Jersey."

Lin Qiu came to He Zexi's side, looked at the little flame squid in his hand, then raised his head and said to He Zexi, "How about taking a break, how soon can I go back to the institute? Colleagues in the institute Miss you very much."

He Zexi nodded, and replied while picking out the cherries: "It's okay, I miss you too, what's the matter, is there any shortage of staff in the office?"

"Well," Lin Qiu frowned and sighed, "Recently, the research institute received a very miraculous marine creature, which was sent by Manduo Company. That sea creature researched what they wanted..."

Lin Qiu's words stopped here, as if the next topic was not suitable for public discussion.

"Mando Company?" He Zexi wondered, "Why is our research institute tied to them?"

Lin Qiu looked up at the puzzled He Zexi, and smiled wryly, "Our research institute is no longer what it used to be. Professor He Yuan was dismissed by the state because of some things."

"Removed?" He Zexi was surprised, "Why?"

"I don't know, the professor didn't tell any of us."

He Zexi didn't quite believe it, because the country couldn't easily remove a well-respected old professor who had made so many outstanding contributions to the country.

He glanced at Lin Qiu a few times, but didn't say anything further.

"I know you don't believe it, and we didn't believe it at first, but the facts are like this. However, there are still many people who have become independent from the professor. We are all from Mando Company now." Lin Qiu paused and continued. , "But the manpower is still insufficient. This work is of great significance and very difficult."

He Zexi looked at Lin Qiu, nodded after a while, and said, "I understand. If you need me, you can call me anytime and let me go back to work in the office."

"I thought you would take the initiative to ask to come back..." Lin Qiu was a little surprised, and He Zexi was indeed different from before.

Seeing the black-haired young man in front of him whom he hadn't seen for half a year, Lin Qiu maintained a surprised expression for a while, then chuckled, "Okay, we are all looking forward to your return."

After Lin Qiu finished speaking, he reached out and randomly picked out a box of cherries from the fruit basket, and waved at He Zexi, "Then I'll go back first."

"Well, goodbye." He Zexi responded lightly, then lowered his eyes and continued to put fruit into the bag.

Hua Zhi stared at Lin Qiu's back, and suddenly said: [He's lying. ]

"I know." He Zexi said indifferently, then raised the cherries in his hand and asked Huazhi, "Are these enough?"

"...Well, that's enough."

After buying some daily necessities, He Zexi returned home with the flowers.

Huazhi was very silent along the way, sitting motionless at the bottom of the tank, as if thinking about the Lin Qiu he just met.

"He just wanted to trick you into taking the initiative to go back."

He Zexi was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Hua Zhi's intuition to be so accurate.

He knew that Lin Qiu was lying because he and Lin Qiu were very familiar. Maybe Lin Qiu didn't know it himself. Every time he told a lie, his right fingers would curl up nervously.Although he is no longer the researcher who would shake his hands when doing research with him, these small details have not changed.

But obviously, it is impossible for Huazhi to know these details. Looking at Huazhi who was still sitting in the small fish tank seriously thinking about problems, He Zexi couldn't help poking him, "Little guy, your intuition is quite accurate."

Not paying attention to He Zexi's actions, Huazhi was accidentally poked down, a little dazed.

Sitting upright again, looking up at He Zexi who was staring at him, still smiling, his chest couldn't help throbbing slightly, Huazhi turned her head away in embarrassment, and muttered in a low voice that only she could hear Said, "...I don't rely on intuition."

"puff……"

He Zexi couldn't help chuckling, he stretched out his hand to pick up the flower branch from the water, seeing him hanging his wrists motionless, obediently allowing himself to grab him, he thought it was a bit amusing.

"Flower branches."

"Ok?"

"Has anyone ever told you that you are particularly painful?"

Under the cover of night, neon lights flickered in the city, and thousands of lights in the city. He Zexi sat on the stone slab by the roadside, his dark eyes seemed to be filled with broken stars, and behind him was a neatly built bush.

He stared at the flower branch and said softly, "Thank you for liking me so much."

He Zexi closed his eyes, and kissed the flower branch in his palm with pale lips.

The cold touch is the same as the feeling when kissing.

Just as he was about to evacuate, suddenly, his lips were flexibly pried open, He Zexi's breathing stopped, and then he felt a strong pressure on his body, and his whole body was pressed down to the green bushes behind him.

In a hurry, the small fish tank next to it was swung to the ground, making a crisp shattering sound.

He Zexi was lying on his back on the green bushes behind him, trembling all over, and completely dazed, because he felt that a person...suddenly sat on his body...the kind with legs...

The lips and teeth are filled with a familiar smell, and the hair on the face feels a little itchy... He Zexi's body trembled slightly, and he wanted to open his eyes, but he heard Huazhi's low and hoarse voice, " Wife, don't move."