5. Night 5: Panic

Ascent clumsily manipulated the claw machine's lever, but each time he was almost able to grab it, he failed in the end.

Soon, he had used up all the game coins.

He saw Lu Xi still making a phone call not far away. He looked up at the various game facilities not far away, turned his wheelchair over with his hands, and stared at the children playing game consoles curiously.

Assente started walking around by himself, but he didn't notice that he was near the elevator door. Some people walked into the elevator and accidentally squeezed him in. When the elevator door opened again, he came out and found that this was no longer the place where he had just played.

The little mermaid looked around blankly. He could not see Lu Xi, only countless strangers walking by him.

The strangers and the unfamiliar environment frightened him. His body trembled slightly, his hair stood on end, and his fingers clutched the blanket tightly.

When Lu Xi was around, he didn't feel anything in such an unfamiliar environment. Now that he couldn't see her, many bad feelings were instantly magnified, and the people coming and going made him feel dizzy.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, turned his wheelchair and went back into the elevator. Someone followed him into the elevator, but the elevator door opened again. He turned his wheelchair and got out, but found that something was still wrong...

Why is this happening? Why is it not right?

"Ms. Lu Xi..."

He whispered her name, but no one responded. Arsenite had lost contact with Lu Xi and he couldn't find her.

Asent had always been in the sea before. All he knew about the things on land was told to him by his parents and tribesmen. This was the first time he was alone among humans.

With a gloomy face, he turned his wheelchair and shuttled through the crowd, searching back and forth, but he couldn't find Lu Xi anywhere. The strong smell of humans stimulated his senses and made him feel nauseous and wanted to vomit.

Suppressing the nausea in his stomach, he walked around the floor again and again, his face growing paler as time went on.

"Little brother, have you lost your family?"

Assente's unusual behavior caught the attention of a waitress, who came over and stood in front of his wheelchair.

The boy in the wheelchair was very handsome, but he looked very unhappy. She had seen him walking around the floor several times, and there was no one else around him. She suspected that he had been separated from his family.

When Assente heard someone talking, his heart suddenly trembled. He quickly raised his head, but soon his expression fell.

It turns out it wasn't her...

"Why are you wandering around alone? Where are your family? Who did you come with? Do you need your sister's help?"

The strange human blocked Assente's way and kept chattering in front of him. He grabbed the blanket tightly and said, "No need."

"Really? Are you angry with your family?" The waitress still believed that the boy must have been lost from his family, and perhaps because he was angry, he was unwilling to let her help.

Assente had been in the crowd for a long time. He was already feeling unwell and had to endure the strong nausea with great difficulty.

He turned his wheelchair and tried to leave, but the waitress followed him relentlessly, her noisy voice constantly irritating him.

"Enough..." A hoarse warning rolled out of his throat, but the waitress seemed not to listen and reached out to grab his wheelchair desperately. His tense emotions collapsed in an instant.

"I've said enough." Along with this roar, his sharp claws stretched out, trying to tear the human behind him into pieces.

But soon, his little hand was wrapped in a soft palm, and a familiar scent filled his nose. He stared at the woman's beautiful face with wide eyes, and his long nails trembled and returned to their original state.

"Miss Lu...Xi..."

"Excuse me, are you the family member of this little brother?" The waitress did not see Assente's claws. Lu Xi stopped him in time. She glanced at the surveillance camera not far away and blocked it from being captured.

"Sorry, I got separated from my brother."

The waitress saw that the boy looked better and confirmed that they really knew each other. "I said he got separated from his family."

The waitress finally confirmed that she had guessed correctly.

"Your brother is so cute. I just saw him wandering around here for a long time and wanted to help him find someone. Fortunately, you came."

"Sorry to trouble you."

Lu Xi thanked him with a smile, then pushed the mermaid away. When they reached a place where there were not many people around, he said in a deep voice, "Why were you running around just now?" Fortunately, Lu Xi could sense his breath, otherwise, in such a large shopping mall, they would have to go to the monitoring room to look for him.

And just now, he almost exposed his identity.

Arsente lowered his head and said nothing. Lu Xi looked down and saw that his body was trembling slightly, and there was a low pressure around him.

It wasn't until they left the mall and the air became less noisy that he said sullenly, "I didn't mean it."

He didn't expect that he would be squeezed through that door.

He bit his lower lip tightly, his eyes quickly turning red. "You're also at fault. Why did you take so long to come to me?" His question was mixed with grievance. "You're too slow..."

Lu Xi looked at him in a daze. The little mermaid's eyes and nose were red, but she was too stubborn to shed a single tear.

Considering that this was the first time for the mermaid to come to the human world and she got lost in the mall, she must have been scared just now.

In fact, the main fault this time was not his. It was normal for him to run around without knowing anything. It was her fault for failing to supervise him properly.

Her expression softened a little, and she walked up to him, squatted down, and looked him in the eye. "I made you wait too long."

Assente looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. She was obviously also a human, but she was different from those humans. Those humans were so weak, but she was very strong and her smell was not bad.

He turned his head away and quietly loosened his clenched fists.

…

On the way back in the car, the little mermaid was so tired that he fell asleep quickly. It was the first time he was so defenseless. Lu Xi stared at the scenery outside the window. She was also tired during this period. She didn't know how many times she had been worried and angry about the little mermaid's awakening. The scenery outside the window made her mind gradually become distracted. She closed her eyes and her consciousness gradually withdrew.

The car shook and Arsenite woke up, but Lu Xi beside him did not wake up. He found that his head had been resting on the woman's body without him knowing when, and he stepped back as if he had been electrocuted.

But after a while, realizing that she didn't wake up, he slowly leaned over and stared at her sleeping face.

Lu Xi is a typical classical beauty, with very smooth long black hair, but unfortunately it is usually tied up behind her head in an old-fashioned way. She has very fair skin, a small face and a small nose, and long and curly eyelashes that cast a layer of shadow under her eyelids.

She seldom wears makeup, but her eyebrows and eyes are more beautiful than those of the maids who do wear makeup, and her lips are naturally cherry-colored.

The woman in front of him was prettier than some of his tribesmen and had a very special smell. Asent couldn't help but stare at her in a trance.

He sniffed her, and her scent was completely different from that of other humans, more like the scent of flowers in the garden.

So he moved closer...

The light floral scent seems addictive.

But then, the car suddenly braked. Arsente had half of his body leaning in front of Lu Xi, but inertia pulled him forward and his face hit her soft chest.

"Uncle Tong, what's wrong?" Lu Xi woke up.

"Someone ran a red light," the driver said, wiping his sweat. "Luckily, I was driving slowly and braked, so I didn't hit anyone."

Lu Xi nodded, as long as he didn’t bump into anyone.

She turned her head and found that the mermaid had also woken up.

"Did you hit your head?" She noticed that his face was very red, as if he had a fever. He might have hit the back of the chair in front of him.

"Don't touch me." He dodged her outstretched hand.

Assente looked at the messy marks on her chest, his face turned even redder, and he turned his head towards the car window in panic.

"I'm fine..." he mumbled.

After getting off the car, he turned his wheelchair back to the room. Lu Xi looked at his back. Maybe he was really scared today.

Suddenly, her cell phone rang.

Picking up the phone, he answered, "Hello."

"Beautiful Miss Lu Xi, have you missed me recently?" a magnetic male voice said, "I miss you very much."

"Let's talk business." Lu Xi said coldly.

"You're still so cold. Shouldn't you be a little more polite to the doctor you finally made an appointment with?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Yuan Mu, what can I do for you?"

"Oh no, you should just call me Mu. I'm not used to your official name, cute little Xixi."

Lu Xi: "..." Prepared to hang up the phone.

"Don't hang up on me. I just wanted to remind you that your appointment is tomorrow. Don't forget to come."

"I remember." She said lightly.

"Of course I know you remember. You have such a good memory, after all," he said rudely. "But remembering is your business, and reminding you is my business. There's no conflict between the two."

Lu Xi felt that this person was probably mentally retarded.

"So, are you done with the reminder?"

"Aren't you going to catch up with me? You heartless woman, I don't even know how you've been doing lately."

"I'm fine," she said.

"If you're so nice, do you still need to make an appointment with me?"

"...I made an appointment for the cub."

"I don't care. You're in trouble anyway."

What he said was not wrong.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm hanging up."

"No, no, I just want to tell you a few words..."

“Beep—beep—beep—”

Lu Xi hung up the phone. It was already getting dark, and some stars were climbing up the sky. She walked into the villa and came to the calendar. The words "see a doctor" were marked in the column for tomorrow.

In order to make up for his mistake today, Lu Xi personally cooked a few dishes and invited Arsenal out for dinner.

When the maid pushed Arsenal out, his face was still a little red, and he avoided looking at Lu Xi.

"Eat, you must be hungry."

Arsenal was indeed hungry. Lu Xi prepared several Chinese dishes today, including braised pork with preserved vegetables, stewed chicken with mushrooms, sweet and sour spare ribs, stir-fried vegetables, and a bowl of white rice and fish soup.

After seeing the food, his original shyness was quickly thrown behind him. He didn't know how to use chopsticks, so Lu Xi specially gave him a rice spoon, and he used a fork to pick up the food and eat it.