12. Don't cry.

"You're so useless, you can't even walk properly." Xie Shiyu said, her voice choked with sobs, as she raised her hand and slammed it hard against her fish tail.

Tears streamed down her cheeks and finally dripped onto the ground.

Seeing Xie Shiyu crying like this, Xi Zhengyu, who was standing outside the door, pushed the door open and strode towards her.

Xi Zhengyu stopped in front of Xie Shiyu, looking down at her, while Xie Shiyu, sitting on the ground, looked up at him.

Upon seeing that the visitor was Xi Zhengyu, he was completely stunned.

"You...you're back." Xie Shiyu said in a panic, then, ignoring the pain in her fish tail, she tried to get up by bracing herself against the wall, but fell down again because she was in too much of a hurry.

The fish scales, which had been turned outwards, were broken off, and the light blue-white scales fell to the ground, while blood slowly flowed from the wound.

Xie Shiyu's face turned deathly pale from the pain.

She quickly covered her face so Xi Zhengyu wouldn't see, and opened her mouth to explain, "I... I was practicing walking. I only cried because I fell and hurt myself. You... you don't have to be angry."

After saying that, Xie Shiyu lowered her head and stopped looking at him. Blood was seeping from between her fingers as she covered her wound.

Xi Zhengyu squatted down, looked at her, then sighed, raised his hand to rub her head, and picked her up from the ground without saying anything.

After leaving the training room, he asked the robot to bring him a first-aid kit. Looking at the wound on the fish tail, Xi Zhengyu pursed his lips and didn't say a word.

After taking out the spray, she said, "It might hurt a bit in a while, so please bear with it."

"Mmm," Xie Shiyu replied, raising her reddened arm to wipe away the tears on her cheeks.

The medicine really hurts when it's sprayed on, but it also heals really quickly.

Once the wound has healed, the broken scales can only grow back slowly.

Seeing a gap suddenly appear on the flawless fish tail, Xi Zhengyu felt extremely distressed.

"Don't train alone while I'm not around," Xi Zhengyu said seriously, putting away the spray. "I'll train with you from now on."

"Mmm." Xie Shiyu nodded, then asked dejectedly, "Am I really useless?"

"You can get injured even while practicing walking. Won't you look down on me?" Xie Shiyu asked, then carefully tugged at Xi Zhengyu's clothes, her eyes, red and swollen from crying, glancing at him from time to time.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then stopped, looking hesitant. Finally, Xi Zhengyu asked, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Xie Shiyu asked softly, "Do you like Miss An Xia?"

Does he like An Xia?

Xi Zhengyu was both amused and annoyed when he heard this. He liked An Xia, how come he didn't know?

What's that silly fish thinking about all day long?

Seeing that he didn't reply for a long time, and was looking at her with a faint smile, Xie Shiyu was very puzzled: Did he not fall for the ruse?

Is it because I'm not pitiful enough, not humble enough, and not insecure enough that he can't see it?

“No, I don’t like her,” Xi Zhengyu replied, patting her head.

Her voice was much gentler than usual. "Where did you hear this news from?"

"I saw it on StarNet, and I even saw you two go out to eat together..." As she spoke, Xie Shiyu pulled his clothes even tighter, ruining Xi Zhengyu's custom-made suit.

Seeing Xi Zhengyu frown in disbelief, Xie Shiyu quickly took out her smart terminal, opened it, found the viral news, and placed it in front of him.

"Look, here..." Xie Shiyu said, pointing to the news that had already been blown out of proportion. An Xia still has quite a few fans.

After all, no one can resist the handsome and charming appearance of a cold and aloof beauty, and An Xia is a cold and aloof beauty with a contrasting personality.

Her shy demeanor in the pink dress has captivated countless hearts.

At this moment, Anxia's fans were all happy, and the author of this article should also be an Anxia fan.

Otherwise, the whole story wouldn't be about An Xia's journey from innocent infatuation to achieving her dream.

Xi Zhengyu's face darkened after reading it. He thought it would be better to put this energy into the front line. These people have really been fed up and dare to flaunt their power over him.

"Nothing like that, don't overthink it." Xi Zhengyu's face was dark, but he still made sure to comfort Xie Shiyu, who was feeling insecure.

"Really?" Xie Shiyu didn't believe it. Her anxious look made you want to hug her. "Grandpa Amu also said he wouldn't leave me, but he still died while I was out looking for food."

"I have no relatives left in this world." As she spoke, Xie Shiyu started to cry again, probably thinking about how she had drowned and transmigrated to this place, where even her species had changed.

Xie Shiyu said sadly, "You're all I have here, Xi Zhengyu. You're the one who took my picture, you can't abandon me?"

This time I was truly heartbroken; the tears I shed turned into pure white pearls.

Xi Zhengyu panicked for a moment when he saw the pearls falling on him.

The book says that mermaids only condense their tears into pearls when they are extremely sad.

His little mermaid is truly heartbroken.

Xie Shiyu was crying for herself. Her oxygen was disappearing little by little, her mouth and nose were completely submerged in water, and her body, exhausted, could not move. She could only slowly sink to the bottom of the sea.

She could never forget that suffocating feeling, and she didn't get to enjoy the money she earned and the seaside villa she bought for long.

It's all gone, all gone!

Now she has to pretend to be naive and innocent to deceive the man in front of her into not abandoning her.

"Don't cry, I won't abandon you. We're a married couple, protected by federal marriage law," Xi Zhengyu quickly said, but it was his first time comforting someone, and he didn't know how to do it.

He was extremely anxious, but finally, Xi Zhengyu remembered what his elder brother had said.

It's easy to appease a woman: buy her pretty dresses and bags, be sincere in admitting your mistakes, and make sure you don't repeat them after you've apologized.

If that doesn't work, then be a little more assertive and kiss her!

He used his actions to prove that he could never have anyone but her in his heart.

"Shiyu, don't cry. I'll buy you a pretty dress and a bag tomorrow," Xi Zhengyu said, observing Xie Shiyu and seeing that she had no reaction.

He frowned. His brother was lying; he was useless.

Xie Shiyu didn't listen to what he was saying at all, immersed in the fact that she hadn't spent all her money, hadn't enjoyed the villa, and had died at such a young age.

If I heard that, I would definitely hold back my tears.

Xi Zhengyu stared at the other person's pink lips for a long time, and his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

"Shiyu, Ayu, don't cry." Xi Zhengyu looked away and patted her head to comfort her.

With little effect, Xi Zhengyu gritted his teeth, finally grabbed the back of her head with one hand, and kissed her pink lips directly.

Xie Shiyu was startled by this sudden action, her eyes wide with shock.