Chapter 16 Mermaid 16
The floors of all parts of the house were soon covered with soft carpets. Zhang Jingshu didn't even need to wear slippers. She just took off her shoes when she got home. When the weather turned cold, the floor heating was turned on. The blankets were warmed by the floor heating and it was very comfortable to walk on them barefoot.
As Cheng Shuinan promised, his cooking skills improved rapidly. In just a few days, he could make a combination of meat and vegetables on his own.
Zhang Jingshu's weight is increasing rapidly.
It is worth mentioning that Cheng Shuinan did not know what went wrong and his scales started to fall off. The scales on the fish tail were tightly arranged and it was impossible to tell where they fell off at first glance.
And his personality has also changed slightly.
In Zhang Jingshu's mind, Cheng Shuinan had always been somewhat timid and naive, even young and immature. He was also very sensible and would never do anything to embarrass Zhang Jingshu. However, he had recently become particularly clingy.
One time, when Zhang Jingshu went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, she unexpectedly found Cheng Shuinan lying at the bedroom door. Seeing her suddenly come out, he was frightened and at a loss what to do.
Let him go back to the bathroom.
He hesitated and refused to agree.
Zhang Jingshu was helpless, but she couldn't let him sleep by the door, so she found a folding bed and put it in the bedroom. Who knew that from that day on, Cheng Shuinan would mark the folding bed as his property, claiming it as his territory. Every time it was time to go to bed, he would lie down on it early, close his eyes and pretend to be asleep.
Zhang Jingshu didn't know what was going on in her mind. The bedroom was clearly a private place, and no one should be allowed in, even if the person was a mermaid. But she just couldn't bring herself to let him leave.
Maybe... Cheng Shuinan's face played a big role.
Mermaids have always been associated with beauty. Whether they appear in games or TV plots, the mermaids are all stunningly beautiful and unparalleled in the world.
It's not groundless speculation.
Cheng Shuinan's emaciated appearance, caused by chronic malnutrition, had already stunned Zhang Jingshu upon first meeting him. Not to mention that he had long since shed his former sickly appearance. His black curly hair was as thick and smooth as seaweed, his facial features were exquisite and magnificent, and the muscles of his chest and back were flowing and alluring. His narrow waist and abdomen were covered in black fish scales, and his large fish tail seemed to be shrouded in a fine glow even in the darkness.
Perhaps it was an illusion, but Zhang Jingshu felt that Cheng Shuinan's facial lines had become more mature, and the innocence and tenderness that once appeared on his face had gradually faded away. His bright eyes had not changed, but they inexplicably made people feel uneasy.
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Zhang Jingshu was distracted for a moment.
Zhang Ning sat down opposite her and waved his hand in front of her: "What are you thinking about?"
"nothing."
Zhang Ning raised an eyebrow and looked at her: "Jingshu, why do you seem to have gained a lot of weight recently?"
"Ah? Really..."
Zhang Jingshu subconsciously pinched the soft flesh on both sides of her cheeks. The feeling was different from before. Girls all love beauty. When she was bored, she would touch the outline of her face with her palm. She always thought her facial contours were good, but recently, she felt soft flesh.
Zhang Ning: "You're probably the only one in the company who's still carefree at a time like this."
Speaking of this, Zhang Jingshu perked up and leaned over to ask her, "Has Boss Cheng really been arrested?"
This incident stems from a fire several months ago. An abandoned warehouse behind a seafood processing plant in Suhan District exploded due to illegal accumulation of fireworks and firecrackers. Five bodies were found inside. A recent investigation has confirmed the identities of several of them, who were Cheng Qingyuan's subordinates.
In addition, the discovery of a large number of corpses in Yeguanghai was also reported. Because the owner of Yeguanghai was Cheng Qingyuan, the two events happened to coincide with each other, and Cheng Qingyuan was arrested for investigation.
People at Lianzhu Company were in a panic, and many people submitted their resignations.
"It's absolutely true. We were in a meeting when they suddenly came in and took Boss Cheng away. I know someone at the police station. They said they found that Ye Guanghai's body was the same as some of the extracts in the warehouse. And those who died in the warehouse were all Boss Cheng's men. He's probably the one who caused all this..."
Zhang Ning sighed, "I've worked at Lianzhu for several years and have developed feelings for it. Now that I've achieved so much, I never thought I'd encounter something like this one day..."
Zhang Jingshu comforted her: "You have the ability and work experience, and you can shine wherever you go."
Zhang Ning: "Thanks for your good wishes... But Lianzhu shouldn't go bankrupt so easily. It will probably be acquired by a new owner soon."
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Zhang Jingshu was in high spirits, but her colleagues in the company all looked sad. She didn't dare to laugh and tried hard to suppress her emotions. Only after she left the company did she no longer have to hide her feelings. She hummed a song and went to the supermarket.
The braised pork ribs made by Cheng Shuinan were delicious. She couldn’t eat enough and bought more than ten kilograms of ribs.
While waiting at a red light, my cell phone dinged twice.
This is a message from the owner of the stray animal rescue group.
Group leader: I need to trouble you with something. The Labrador we sent to you a while ago had a lame hind leg. The doctor said it was too weak for surgery. I just had it done a few days ago, and it's recovering well. But winter is coming soon, and there are several stray dogs in our yard. I don't have time to take care of it. Could you please take it to your place for a few days? Or find a foster home for it?
Gu Xinyi has always wanted to have a dog, and the villa where she lives has a very spacious yard.
Zhang Jingshu replied: No problem, I will pick it up tomorrow.
Zhang Jingshu had seen the Labrador. The group leader had taken it to the hospital for a physical examination. It was in good health and was only a little over one year old. Its hind legs were broken by someone maliciously, but fortunately the damage was not serious.
Zhang Jingshu loves cats and dogs very much, but she doesn't have the time or energy to feed them. Moreover, several of the cats she raised in her childhood have died of old age. She really doesn't want to go through the pain of sending them away again.
Gu Xinyi loved large dogs, and Zhang Jingshu had taken her to the small courtyard as a volunteer. The sweet girl didn't dislike the environment and worked tirelessly behind her, doing what she could, even occasionally shoveling poop while pinching her nose.
Gu Xinyi should like it.
Zhang Jingshu immediately changed her route home and went to the pet hospital to buy dog food and dog mats. It was dark when she returned home.
Fingerprint unlocking.
Cheng Shuinan had been waiting at the door for a long time, his handsome eyebrows slightly wrinkled.
Zhang Jingshu picked up the ribs and showed them to him: "I went to the supermarket."
Cheng Shuinan took it and turned to go to the kitchen.
Zhang Jingshu secretly stuck out her tongue behind him.
It was a very strange feeling... The moment she opened the door and saw Cheng Shuinan, she actually saw a look of resentment on his face, just like a wife who had prepared a meal and waited for her husband to come home until the meal was completely cold before he came back...
Zhang Jingshu took off her shoes, stepped barefoot on the warm blanket, and followed Cheng Shuinan into the kitchen.
She came close to him and said with a smile, "I have good news for you. Cheng Qingyuan has been arrested."
Cheng Shuinan was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"Why aren't you smiling?"
Cheng Shuinan turned around, bent down, raised his beautiful lips, and revealed a gentle smile.
Zhang Jingshu looked up: "What? You are just being perfunctory."
Cheng Shuinan blinked in confusion, and the corners of his mouth turned upward, revealing two rows of sharp teeth.
The smile is a bit scary.
"Then...how about this?" Cheng Shuinan asked.
Zhang Jingshu subconsciously took a few steps back.
Cheng Shuinan's raised lips suddenly closed, hiding his two rows of sharp teeth. His pupils revealed a hint of loneliness and sadness. He pretended to be indifferent, turned around quickly, poured the ribs into the basin, and explained: "I can't remember what he looked like anymore. The pain he brought me is all in the past. Whether he is doing well or not now, I don't care."
His hands kept moving. The spare ribs were soaking in water, and the tofu soup Zhang Jingshu had praised so much a few days ago was ready in the pot. He scooped it into a bowl with a spoon, his back to Zhang Jingshu, his half-lidded eyes blinking rapidly a few times, as if to blink away the grievance in his eyes.
He was a little sad.
He did not miss the flash of fear in Zhang Jingshu's eyes.
Zhang Jingshu was unaware of anything.
“How long does it take to stew the ribs?”
"Would you like to eat tonight?"
"Hmm... I'm greedy."
"Okay, eat first. I'll make a few pieces for you later to satisfy your craving, and I'll make the rest tomorrow."
"OK."
Zhang Jingshu sat at the dining table, chin in her hand, waiting for Cheng Shuinan. She didn't know where he had been and hadn't come back yet. She couldn't wait any longer and secretly tasted the tofu soup. It was delicious. She shook her feet anxiously and got up to look for him.
When Cheng Shuinan passed by the mirror in the sink, he could no longer move his feet, and his eyes fell on the upper half of the mirror.
Is a man.
Further down is the fish tail covered with scales.
Cheng Shuinan stared at himself in the mirror expressionlessly. Suddenly, he opened his mouth, revealing his closely spaced teeth. Unlike humans' neat square teeth, his teeth were sharp like inverted triangles...
My chest was suddenly filled with an inexplicable irritability.
To humans, what's the difference between him and a monster?
He thought of his mother and gave Cheng Qingyuan all his love, but for Cheng Qingyuan, it was probably also tangled -
Mermaids are aliens, how could they possibly be with aliens?
Staring at himself in the mirror, he had a sad look on his face.
Zhang Jingshu saw all his actions and was slightly stunned. She leaned her shoulder against the wall, with the aroma of tofu lingering in her mouth. After a while, a helpless smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
She didn't expect Cheng Shuinan to be so sensitive.
Her subconscious actions actually left a huge shadow on him. He even stopped eating and stood in front of the mirror with a heartbroken expression...
Zhang Jingshu walked over and stood upright at the door, her eyes meeting Cheng Shuinan's in the mirror. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, then shuddered like a frightened fish, his back pressed against the wall, barely able to stand.
Cheng Shuinan avoided Zhang Jingshu's gaze.
"I, I'll go eat right away."
Zhang Jingshu reached out to stop him: "Stop."
The blanket Zhang Jingshu had chosen was the softest she could get, and with her tail pressed against it, she felt like she was sinking into a pile of cotton. Cheng Shuinan, with her tail stretched out, was almost a head taller than Zhang Jingshu. His whole body was damp, and he looked at her in panic before looking away.
Zhang Jingshu: "Open your mouth."
Cheng Shuinan suddenly raised his eyes, unable to believe it. He pursed his lips, said nothing, and just shook his head.
Zhang Jingshu repeated it.
Cheng Shuinan's eyes were filled with pleading——
Why did she have to make him open his mouth? If he kept his mouth closed, she could still console herself that he was practically human except for his tail, which she had even praised as beautiful and stroked. But his teeth were so sharp that they frightened her...
Zhang Jingshu stared at him without question, walked forward a few steps, and taking advantage of Cheng Shuinan's lack of legs and difficulty in moving, forced him to stand close to the wall.
If this matter is not brought up today, according to Cheng Shuinan's personality, he will definitely keep it in his heart, just like just now, he was obviously very sad, but he didn't dare to show it in front of her. He secretly ran to look in the mirror, and no one knew what he was thinking. He looked like he was about to cry.
Secretly muster up courage.
In fact, Zhang Jingshu couldn't be sure whether her next behavior would cause Cheng Shuinan to have a stress reaction like the first time. She just happened to want to do this, so she used both hands to pull the corners of his mouth gently.
fine……
Cheng Shuinan did not resist.
He didn't bite her suddenly.
He just lowered his eyes and looked at her sadly.
The watery eyes hid a pleading look.
Zhang Jingshu's heart suddenly tightened, but her hands did not stop moving. Instead, they became more aggressive and touched her teeth.
His teeth were in the shape of an inverted triangle, and when he opened his mouth to reveal two rows of sharp teeth, he looked like an evil creature. However, at this moment, Zhang Jingshu's soft fingertips traced along his middle teeth to both sides.
It's sharp and you don't feel any pain at all without exerting any force.
Cheng Shuinan was forced to open his mouth and let Zhang Jingshu's hand touch around in his mouth.
"Hmm...it looks scary, but it feels okay to the touch. Don't be nervous, I'm just curious and want to take a closer look. Open your mouth a little wider..."
Zhang Jingshu moved closer.
His head almost blocked Cheng Shuinan's sight, and his mouth was slightly open. This scene was actually very scary, because his teeth were very similar to shark teeth, and the bite force of these teeth was very strong. If Zhang Jingshu approached him defenselessly like he did, if she was bitten by him, she would be seriously injured at best and even die at worst.
But Cheng Shuinan seemed to have lost all his strength, his back pressed tightly against the wall, barely maintaining his standing posture.
His hands unconsciously grabbed the ventral fins on both sides of the fish's tail, and the gauze-like ventral fins were wrinkled by him.
He seemed to have lost control of his entire body, becoming limp and powerless. Only the faint fragrance of Zhang Jingshu's body enveloped him, and his sense of smell was infinitely magnified at this moment.
Cheng Shuinan almost forgot his childhood memories. Recently, he remembered the irises his mother planted at home. The lavender petals looked like fluttering butterflies. Whenever they bloomed, the fragrance of the irises filled the house.
His mother told him that there was a sea of irises blooming in the sea where she grew up.
The dark and cramped cell was filled with the smell of rotting fish and shrimp. He had long forgotten the scent of irises in his memory, but Zhang Jingshu's approach made him feel as if he had found the fragrance he longed for deep in his heart...
It turned out that at that time, he had already developed false thoughts.
The chest beats out dense drumbeats.
Cheng Shuinan loosened his hands that were pinching the ventral fin, and the wide gauze was instantly freed and hung down at his sides. He slowly raised his hands and placed them on Zhang Jingshu's waist, daring only to touch her clothes lightly.
"Don't you think it's... scary?" a hoarse voice asked.
Zhang Jingshu pressed her fingertips against her teeth and pushed upwards hard. When she removed her fingers, deep white tooth marks were left.
"No, how can it be scary?" Zhang Jingshu was still unsatisfied. The body structure that was completely different from that of humans aroused her strong curiosity. In addition to the teeth, the tongue with fleshy thorns also made Zhang Jingshu curious.
Cheng Shuinan's heart dropped, and he stared at her seriously: "Zhang Jingshu, I won't hurt you."
The tone is serious.
Zhang Jingshu smiled and nodded: "I know——"
Cheng Shuinan suddenly opened his eyes wide.
I pinched it! Zhang Jingshu moved her head closer curiously. The texture felt very much like frosted, with obvious raised thorns. When touched, they would suddenly shrink inwards and then could no longer be touched.
Cheng Shuinan started off by saying, "Zhang Jingshu...don't touch me."
Zhang Jingshu stood up straight, looking embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
Cheng Shuinan leaned back hard, but the wall was hard and he had no way to retreat. When he saw her stand up straight and the distance between them widened, he felt like he had regained some fresh air. He took a breath for a moment and fled in panic.
…
After dinner, Cheng Shuinan cooked the ribs and went back to the bathroom.
Zhang Jingshu rubbed her fingertips and realized that her previous behavior was too much. If Cheng Shuinan opened her mouth without saying a word and pinched her teeth and touched her tongue, she would definitely be angry.
But she couldn't help it...
Zhang Jingshu walked to the bathroom, thinking of looking at him secretly, but the mermaid suddenly dived into the water as soon as she heard the footsteps, not even daring to show her head.
Zhang Jingshu couldn't help but burst out laughing.
She simply stopped bothering him and picked up the broom to clean the house. The Labrador would be brought home tomorrow. She would first arrange a place for it, then examine its personality, and ask Gu Xinyi's wishes. If Gu Xinyi didn't want it, she would have to find another adopter.
Put the doghouse on the balcony temporarily.
Zhang Jingshu walked into the bathroom carrying some clothes for a change.
Cheng Shuinan half raised his head and looked at her with his bright black eyes.
Zhang Jingshu stopped and said, "Cheng Shuinan, I'm going to take a shower now."
Cheng Shuinan shrank into the water, and soon he jumped out of the bathtub and ran away with a red face.
After Zhang Jingshu finished washing, Cheng Shuinan's braised pork ribs were ready. It was already very late, so he didn't do much. He cooked four small ribs and placed them neatly on the plate, emitting sweet and fragrant steam.
Zhang Jingshu walked barefoot on the fluffy carpet. The indoor temperature in Qingcheng City was not cold in autumn and winter. She was wearing a sleeved nightgown. There were a few water droplets hanging on her skin, and her whole body was misty as if she had just come out of a hot bath.
Her black hair, wiping it casually with a towel, draped wetly behind her. Her features were clean and gentle, and when she saw the braised spareribs on the table, her eyes lit up, her nose wrinkled slightly, and she trotted over, following the scent.
"Cheng Shuinan, do you want a mouthful?"
Cheng Shuinan stood there in a daze, his dark scales suddenly falling onto the blanket. He came to his senses, hurriedly said "No thanks", and got into the bathtub as if escaping.
Zhang Jingshu held her chin with her hand, a puzzled look on her face: "What's going on? Why are things getting weirder lately?"
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Mermaids will enter maturity between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and the first change in mature mermaids is sexual maturity.
As sexual organs develop, the vocal organs will also become more complete.
Male mermaids use their beautiful singing to attract the opposite sex and then enter the mating season.
Cheng Shuinan knew nothing about it.
But he could sense the changes in his body.
The biggest change is the shedding of the fish's scales. During this time, the scales on the fish's tail seem to have been greased, becoming shiny and glossy. Those covering the tail are hard and sharp. In contrast, the previously dull scales around the waist and abdomen, about two or three fingers down, gradually fall away, replaced by brand new scales.
These new scales look indistinguishable in appearance.
But soft.
The bathroom was filled with steam.
Zhang Jingshu likes to use orange-scented shower gel. The room is filled with a light orange fragrance, and the floor is covered with still-drained bath water...
Cheng Shuinan's face flushed red, the cold water hid him below the surface, the new part of the fish tail made him feel shy, he suddenly turned over, causing a large splash of water.
The remaining touch in the mouth swept over.
Zhang Jingshu's fingers stroked back and forth under his sharp teeth without fear.
What was he thinking at that time?
How dare she... The ugly, completely different mouth from that of a human couldn't be exposed in front of her. The slightest hint of fear on her face was like a huge, blunt knife cutting through her heart...
However, she forcefully pried his mouth open.
Nothing more than curiosity.
He opened his mouth carefully, fearing that those sharp teeth would bite her if he wasn't careful.
He once bit her wrist. Looking back now, he wished he could go back to that time and teach himself a lesson.
How could he hurt Zhang Jingshu?
But she is... Cheng Shuinan's eyes emerged from the bottom of the water and looked at the wall of the bathroom. Behind the wall was Zhang Jingshu sitting at the dining table.
——What is she?
Cheng Shuinan pursed his lips and looked down. The beautiful fish tail was no different from any other time, but only he knew that with the maturity of his sexual organs, the meridians in the fish tail felt a faint tearing pain and the blood was burning. He endured it and did not show the slightest discomfort.
These pains are still bearable.
The corners of his mouth slowly lifted up, and a tormenting anticipation arose in his heart.
Longing for the day when the fish tail can grow into legs.
By that time, he would be qualified to ask Zhang Jingshu to be his partner, right?
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