84 The Eighth Shop
◎Tsk, I am exhausted.◎
Under the sea of tears, deep in the sea where even light cannot penetrate, seaweeds are coiled and fishes are swimming leisurely.
Sitting beside a long and steep deep sea trench is a male mermaid.
He is holding a piece of seaweed in his hand, and his eyes are fixed on the school of fishes swimming by the trench. His eyes are lifeless, and his silver fish tail is drooping on the edge of the cliff.
Jiao Niang is hiding behind a coral reef in the distance, looking at the mermaid's melancholy back, with a bit of sadness in her eyes.
It is obviously her child.
But he does not understand her, nor does he love her.
Jiao Niang stares at him foolishly, and her tears turn into pearls, sinking to the seabed in strings.
Lu Yao came out of the Crystal Palace and blew a bubble with the coral whistle that the water drop seal gave her to isolate the sea water.
She wanted to float to the surface of the sea on the bubble, and then find a way to return to the Chongdeng Inn to find Zeyuan and Mobao.
Lu Yao fixed two eternal lanterns on the top and front of the bubble. As the bubble slowly rose, her vision gradually widened.
She saw the pink-tailed mermaid hiding behind the coral, and the pink pearls scattered in the water like beans.
Lu Yao paused, it turned out that this is how mermaids cry.
During the Chinese New Year, the water drop seal took Lu Yao to see the pearls that filled several trenches.
Because Lu Yao likes it, the little seal usually pays attention to it. When patrolling, he will throw the pearls he picks up into the deep sea ditch to save them.
You save a little, I save a little, and soon we have saved a lot.
It is said that the deep sea goddess will cry unconsciously when she sleeps, and the tears originally accumulated outside the temple.
Knowing that Lu Yao likes it, the little seals who take turns to go to the temple to guard the goddess will also pick up those pearls containing divine power and save them for Lu Yao.
Lu Yao does have a small habit of hoarding items, but it is not very serious.
At this time, she saw the pink pearls rolling all over the ground, but she couldn't walk.
Lu Yao panned along Jiao Niang's line of sight and saw the silver-tailed mermaid sitting on the reef.
That should be Xie Zili, the young master of the Xie family who was "captured".
Jiao Niang sensed the breath in the water, turned around and saw Lu Yao sitting in the bubble, wiped away her tears, and a few wrinkles appeared between her eyebrows: "Why are you here?"
Lu Yao smiled awkwardly: "There was a little problem."
Jiao Niang captured Lu Yao just for the box, and now it doesn't matter to her whether to keep him or not.
But she didn't expect Lu Yao to run out by himself. She sneered: "Did the old woman let you out?"
Lu Yao stepped back: "Not really."
In fact, she ran out by herself.
The sea is the territory of mermaids. Jiao Niang caught up with Lu Yao with almost no effort. Her huge fish tail circled Bubble: "Where is the old lady? Did you hide her?" Lu Yao
shook his head: "No, only me."
Jiao Niang didn't believe it: "Don't talk nonsense, she is where you hid the box, hand her over."
Jiao Niang picked up Lu Yao and searched her halfway.
She didn't have a Qiankun bag or a box.
But not long ago, Lu Yao took out the box out of thin air. Jiao Niang believed that Lu Yao hid Madam Xie in some magical instrument she didn't recognize.
Lu Yao: "I really didn't take the old lady away. She is still on the scallop bed in the Crystal Palace. If you don't believe me, go and see."
Jiao Niang didn't listen. She used her tail to crush the thin Bubble immediately.
"Jiao Niang, who is this?" The young mermaid heard the quarrel, swam over and saw Jiao Niang wrapping a human woman with her tail, his face turned pale, "Didn't you say that as long as I stayed here, I would never go to the shore again, why did you capture another girl?" Jiao Niang
let go of Lu Yao, turned around and swam to the side of the young mermaid to explain: "Zi Li, I didn't capture her. It's...it's that she accidentally fell into the water, and mother was preparing to send her to shore."
Lu Yao: "..."
Xie Zi Li was full of disappointment, wagging his tail and backing away: "I heard everything, why do you always lie? I don't want to... I am determined to stay in the sea and accompany you. Look at me like this. Even if I want to go out, I have nowhere to go. It’s not enough for you to capture your grandmother, and you go to provoke innocent people. What do you want to do? "
Jiao Niang was originally very weak, and after being accused by Xie Zili, her voice became sharp: "What do I want to do? Why don’t you ask the old woman what she wants to do? Zili, you are a mermaid, you should not go to the human world again, you will get hurt. But the old woman didn’t give up and wanted to take you ashore. I can’t... I can’t let you be like me again..."
Xie Zili’s eyes were full of pain and despair.
He had a good physique. He went to Lingxiao Sword Sect at the age of five, became an inner disciple at the age of fifteen, and was fortunate to worship the sect master as his teacher.
If he practiced diligently, perhaps it wouldn’t take many years for him to understand the way of swordsmanship.
But all this was destroyed when he was sixteen years old.
On the eve of his grandmother's birthday banquet, Xie Zili returned home and accidentally fell into the water in the garden. His legs suddenly turned into a huge silver fish tail, shocking everyone in the mansion.
Because the eldest son of the Xie family got married late, Xie Zili was the youngest child of his generation.
Xie Zili believed it and never doubted his identity as the son of the Xie family.
But he was a half-demon.
After living for sixteen years, he learned that he was not the child of his father and mother, but a half-demon born of his father and a merman.
On the day of the accident, the eldest master Xie fainted when he heard the message from the servant.
No one in the mansion dared to approach him, and Xie Zili was trapped in a small pond with nowhere to hide.
At this time, Jiao Niang showed up and took Xie Zili away.
After that, there was a rumor in Neon City that the mermaid had kidnapped the young master of the Xie Mansion.
Mermaids become adults at the age of sixteen, and when they become adults, their blood awakens, and they inherit the inherited memories of the mermaid clan.
For half-demons like Xie Zili, their legs will turn into fish tails when they become adults, turning into a half-human, half-demon form.
Xie Zili was taken back to the Sea of Tears by Jiao Niang, and lived with his biological mother in the form of a mermaid.
But he had been a human for the first sixteen years of his life, and he was not used to living in the deep sea.
In his heart, his mother was still the eldest lady of the Xie Mansion, not a capricious mermaid.
Whenever Xie Zili saw the ugly fish tail on his lower body and thought of Jiao Niang, he couldn't help but feel resentful.
Why did she give birth to him?
Because of her, his life was ruined.
Xie Zili had compromised.
But less than half a year later, Jiao Niang captured Old Madam Xie into the sea again.
No matter how Xie Zili begged and coaxed, Jiao Niang refused to let Old Madam Xie go back.
Xie Zili was powerless and depressed. When he saw Jiao Niang had captured another strange woman, his repressed emotions completely broke out.
He really didn't want to compromise with her anymore.
Monsters are monsters. They can't be reasoned with, nor can they understand human feelings.
Facing the boy's fierce accusations, Jiao Niang lowered her head, speechless, and pink pearls fell into the water one string after another.
Lu Yao generally doesn't like to get involved in other people's family affairs. The atmosphere is tense and awkward, and others can't get a word in.
But the mermaid was crying so hard that the pearls that originally shone slightly pink were now covered with blood, each one redder than the other.
Lu Yao thought of the past that Old Lady Xie had told him, and couldn't help but say, "Xie Zili, don't talk about her. I did come here because of Jiao Niang, but I just wanted to return something to her. Now that the matter is settled, I am also ready to go back. As for why Jiao Niang brought Old Lady Xie here, you might as well ask her in person."
Jiao Niang suddenly raised her head and looked at Lu Yao with a surprised and strange look.
Xie Zili: "What's going on?"
Lu Yao looked at Jiao Niang: "Just say it if you have anything to say." But
Jiao Niang just looked at Lu Yao: "You really didn't take that old woman away?"
The portable warehouse can indeed carry living things for a short period of time, but Mrs. Xie was adamant and refused to leave, only asking Lu Yao to take Xie Zili away. Lu Yao shook
his head: "No, she is really still here."
Jiao Niang tilted her head slightly: "You are so weird."
Lu Yao: "..."
Xie Zili also looked at Lu Yao strangely.
In order to make Lu Yao agree to take Xie Zili away, Mrs. Xie told him everything about the Xie Mansion and Jiao Niang.
After a long time, Jiao Niang finally told Lu Yao the truth, but she said that she would never tell Xie Zili about these things.
-About
seventeen years ago, Jiao Niang was transferred to the manor by Xie Mansion just after she gave birth.
The head of the manor knew that she had lost power, and seeing her beauty, he had dirty thoughts.
But Jiao Niang had recovered her memory, and lived in the backyard of the human race for several years. She was no longer the weak and ignorant girl.
One rainy night, Jiao Niang killed the head of the manor who designed to force her, and returned to Xie Mansion covered in blood. She saw the eldest son and the new wife of the Xie family holding her child, and they were very happy.
Jiao Niang was full of resentment and turned into a demon. The eldest son and the new wife of Xie fainted when they saw her.
Only the baby in the swaddling clothes knew nothing. He stretched out his hands and babbled. He gently held Jiao Niang's fingertips.
Jiao Niang's heart, which was filled with resentment, softened a little.
This child has half the blood of a mermaid and will return to the sea sooner or later.
Jiao Niang picked him up and prepared to take him away.
After hearing the servant's report, Old Lady Xie hurried over, followed by a monster catcher.
The old Taoist was powerful and hit Jiao Niang with a talisman, making her unable to move.
Old Lady Xie personally took the baby away from Jiao Niang and asked the old Taoist to drive Jiao Niang away.
The monster catcher had selfish motives and wanted to catch Jiao Niang.
Jiao Niang took the risk of being attacked by the demonic power, forced herself to advance, broke free from the immobilization talisman, fled to the side courtyard where she once lived, and jumped into the well.
There was a secret passage in the well that led to the Sea of Tears. It was the way Jiao Niang prepared to escape when she lived alone in this side courtyard to avoid the servants.
Jiao Niang was seriously injured, and her body took a long time to recover after returning to the sea.
But she was worried about the child who stayed in the Xie Mansion, and she had been calculating the time.
Originally, Jiao Niang would take Xie Zili away before he came of age, but the Xie Mansion had been on guard, and Jiao Niang had to work hard to sneak back into the Xie Mansion.
The time was much later than expected.
At that time, Xie Zili had transformed into a demon in the mansion because of his increased demonic power as an adult. When
Jiao Niang saw him, she took him away directly.
The people in Ni City were unaware of the truth, and only said that the young master of the Xie Mansion was abducted by a mermaid.
All the servants of the Xie Mansion were sent away, and no one revealed the truth.
There was another secret. Since Mr. Xie saw Jiao Niang's demon body, he had a shadow in his heart. He was in poor health for many years, and his wife and concubines were childless.
In other words, Xie Zili is Mr. Xie's only child now.
Even if Xie Zili is a half-demon, Mr. Xie and Mrs. Xie don't want to give up.
After discussing, the two of them prepared to find the demon catcher again.
Jiao Niang brought Xie Zili back to the sea of tears, but saw that he was unhappy every day. She once again took the risk and sneaked into Xie's house, wanting to take some things that Xie Zili used and bring them back, maybe to make him happier, but she never expected to hear their plan.
Jiao Niang took away old lady Xie.
Without my mother, Mr. Xie would be an embroidered pillow and would not be able to achieve anything.
Xie Zili could not understand Jiao Niang's behavior at all, and the mother and son were awkwardly competing.
At this time, after hearing what Lu Yao said, Xie Zili turned around and went to find old lady Xie without looking back.
Jiao Niang's eyes were filled with tears again.
Lu Yao sighed, somewhat helpless: "Jiao Niang, do you want to go with me?"
Jiao Niang thought this woman was inexplicable: "Go with you? Where to?"
Lu Yao: "I opened a store in Buxian Mountain, and I'm in need of a beautiful clerk. I think you're a good fit." I
don't know why, but when Lu Yao saw this mermaid, he thought of his mother who died young.
They actually have no similarities, except that they both had a rough life.
If left alone, maybe after ten or twenty years, the mermaid and Xie Zili still can't understand each other, and they will only feel frustrated.
Lu Yao rarely makes decisions impulsively, but if Jiao Niang is willing, she wants to take Jiao Niang to Buxian Mountain.
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Ze Yuan, Mo Bao and Chi Jiumeng hurried to the Sea of Tears and were about to dive into the sea to find someone.
With a "bang", a large wave burst out from the shallow beach, and Lu Yao, Xie Zili and Old Lady Xie walked out of the water.
Mobao shouted: "Lu Yao, how did you escape by yourself?"
Lu Yao saw the three people on the shore and his steps quickened.
Chi Jiumeng was as surprised as Mobao.
This human woman escaped from the hands of the mermaid without any injury.
He thought he could see another good show of the demon king saving the beauty, but it ended so hastily.
Tsk, no energy.
Xie Zili also saw the three people on the shore, secretly shocked, and extremely fortunate that Jiao Niang did not stubbornly detain Lu Yao.
Just now in the Crystal Palace, before Xie Zili could ask the old lady why he was captured, Jiao Niang suddenly appeared and asked him to send the old lady and Lu Yao away.
Xie Zili didn't think much about it and immediately took the two of them away.
Lu Yao and the two demons and one monster gathered together and waved to Xie Zili as a farewell.
Xie Zili didn't get close, but nodded as a return gesture, turned around and took the old lady Xie's sword, ready to return to Neon City.
After sending his grandmother back to the Xie Mansion, he would return to the Sea of Tears and stay with Jiao Niang peacefully.
The three of them were about to turn back after picking up Lu Yao, but Lu Yao stopped them.
"Wait a minute, there's another person."
Chi Jiumeng was puzzled: "Who?" Lu
Yao tilted his head and looked at the sea.
A mermaid jumped out of the water and swam slowly towards the shore.
Lu Yao introduced to Ze Yuan and Mo Bao: "Jiao Niang, the new employee in my store."
Before Ze Yuan and Mo Bao said anything, Chi Jiumeng couldn't help but ask: "Is this the monster that kidnapped you?"
The mermaid came ashore, and its pink fish tail turned into legs.
Jiao Niang cast a spell and changed into human clothes, still holding the black dressing box in her hand. Lu
Yao waited for her to come closer: "Only this?"
Jiao Niang shook her head, walked past Lu Yao to the shore, squatted down and put down the dressing box that she once regarded as her favorite thing: "Let's go."
In fact, she had let go of that person a long time ago, but what she was reluctant to let go of was just those years that were like a beautiful dream.
Because he couldn't go back, he felt resentful.
Lu Yao didn't move: "Have you told him?"
Jiao Niang shook her head: "He will never come back after this trip. I think what you said makes some sense, so I will go to Buxian Mountain with you. I have to find something to do. If it's not suitable, I will come back."
Lu Yao: "I don't think you will come back so soon."
Chi Jiumeng: "What's the situation?"
Lu Yao turned to look at Ze Yuan, a little embarrassed: "I want to take Jiao Niang back to Buxian Mountain to settle down first, and then accompany you to the city to find things tomorrow, okay?"
Ze Yuan had been looking at Lu Yao.
She emerged from the water, walked slowly ashore, and talked to others again. His eyes were always on her.
Until she finally raised her eyes to look at him and spoke to him.
Zeyuan raised his hand to his chest and blinked in confusion: "Nothing."
He seemed to have found something that he could not find anywhere.
[Author's words]
Originally, I wanted to take Xie Zili away, but Jiao Niang became more interesting as I wrote, so I just took her back.
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