Chapter 18 Mermaid 18
When the lights in the room were turned off, the view became dim.
Zhang Jingshu turned over helplessly and faced Cheng Shuinan. She was not asleep, so she saw all of Cheng Shuinan's actions.
He took advantage of the night and pushed away Lucky, who was curled up on the side of the bed, and then pushed the folding bed a long distance towards Zhang Jingshu, until he completely occupied the position next to Zhang Jingshu's bed, and then he lay back down.
Not long ago, Cheng Shuinan's aggrieved face appeared in his mind. His face was full of an expression that clearly wanted Zhang Jingshu to support him. Even after Lucky was taken away, he was still unwilling to give up. He lay directly on the folding bed with his tail stretched out to occupy the entire bed surface.
Fortunately, Xingyun was a very generous dog. He did not bother with Cheng Shuinan and found a place to lie down beside the bed without getting in the way of the two of them.
I thought Cheng Shuinan would be satisfied with this.
I didn't expect that he would do such a thing secretly after lights out.
Zhang Jingshu found his behavior strange, as if he had labeled her as his own. In this case, she should have clearly told Cheng Shuinan that this was wrong and hoped he would leave his bedroom and return to the bathtub. But deep down, she felt a subtle sense of satisfaction from his cautious flattery and possessiveness.
The next morning, when Zhang Jingshu woke up, the folding bed had returned to its original position, as if no one had ever moved it.
She changed her clothes and left the bedroom.
Hearing the voice, Cheng Shuinan immediately leaned half of his body out of the kitchen. In his clear eyes, there was a light that was brighter than the morning sun. He smiled, a little embarrassedly and tentatively, revealing his sharp teeth.
"Zhang Jingshu, you're awake."
Zhang Jingshu walked to his side, her eyes passing over his teeth, and she noticed that his whole body trembled and the arc of his smile narrowed. She laughed out loud and looked up at his lips.
"Are you still bothered? Then I sincerely apologize...your teeth are not scary at all."
Cheng Shuinan smiled, but no longer showed his teeth deliberately.
Zhang Jingshu was preoccupied the whole morning. She ate breakfast as usual, but she always felt that something had changed in Cheng Shuinan that she didn't know about. The most intuitive feeling was the aura around him. It was as if he had shed his tender outer skin in vain, and his face looked mature and handsome. Even the fish tail that she "couldn't let go of" seemed to have doubled in size.
Cheng Shuinan's behavior was even stranger.
I remember when I first came here, every time it was time for dinner, he would always bury his head in his food, and nothing could stop him from eating. But in the past few days, especially this morning—
Zhang Jingshu caught him peeking at her several times.
Cheng Shuinan's eyes seemed to be filled with soft water. When she and he accidentally looked at each other, it would be like throwing a small stone inadvertently, causing ripples on the water surface. When the feelings hidden in her eyes were about to break through the restraints, she suddenly lowered her head, but the fish tail quietly rested on her calf, and unconsciously stroked back and forth with its wide tail fin.
Human sense of smell cannot be compared with that of animals in nature.
The air was thick with the scent of a mermaid in her mature stage.
This smell is like a cloud-sized marshmallow that suddenly falls and hits your head. The sticky and sweet cotton threads turn into sweet juice. If the human sense of smell can smell this smell, the sweet fragrance will probably overwhelm your brain the first moment it enters your nose.
Just when Zhang Jingshu was dizzy from the smell that she couldn't detect, Cheng Shuinan suddenly stood up, his handsome face enlarged in front of her eyes, and a slightly damp smell hit her face.
Cheng Shuinan reached out, grabbed her hair and tucked it behind her ear.
Then he sat back down, his eyes shy: "You almost ate my hair."
Zhang Jingshu was slightly stunned and hummed twice perfunctorily.
Run away from home.
…
Zhang Jingshu had been a little absent-minded the entire day. She felt like she was just imagining things, but at the same time, a voice in her heart was refutating that she wasn't imagining things. Wasn't Cheng Shuinan's actions obvious enough?
The emotions that were bothering her were not resolved, so she just played dumb.
When she returned home, she deliberately avoided Cheng Shuinan who was waiting to greet her at the door.
Cheng Shuinan followed her: "Where are you going?"
"Send luck to my mother's house."
"Then...will you be back tonight?" Cheng Shuinan glanced at the kitchen and added softly, "Dinner is ready."
Zhang Jingshu was silent for a while, but couldn't bear it anymore and replied casually: "My mother's house is not far from here, I will be back soon."
When Zhang Jingshu returned home, it was almost ten o'clock and the food on the table was cold. Cheng Shuinan, upon hearing the sound of the door opening, immediately straightened up and jumped to her side.
Zhang Jingshu felt that her behavior was a bit excessive. After all, everything was just her guess. Cheng Shuinan worked hard to prepare three meals a day for her, and even looked at her with a worried and cautious look when she deliberately came home late.
"You, haven't eaten yet?"
Cheng Shuinan hummed, then said: "I'm not hungry yet."
Zhang Jingshu took off her shoes and walked into the house: "Then go eat quickly, I'll go back to the house to take care of some work."
Cheng Shuinan pursed his lips, fixed his eyes on her, and only said "hmm" after a long time.
Zhang Jingshu said she was handling work, but in fact she was just lying on the bed in a daze. When the doorbell rang, she was startled and sat up suddenly.
Who could be here at this time?
Zhang Jingshu asked Cheng Shuinan to return to the bathtub and close the bathroom door.
The person who came was Gu Linyuan.
"Why are you here?" Zhang Jingshu was shocked by Gu Linyuan's arrival. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening and it was dark.
Gu Linyuan's face looked very bad. He looked very fierce, with his eyebrows lowered and brows furrowed, just like those vicious villains. He didn't say anything and sat down on the sofa.
"Why is this part of the sofa wet? Did you spill water?"
Zhang Jingshu quickly threw the pillow over and said, "I'm asking you a question. Why are you here so late? It's time for me to go to bed."
"Don't mention it," Gu Linyuan pursed his lips, "I don't know what to say."
"Then don't say it."
"No."
Gu Linyuan: "Do you remember the box of smoke balls I gave you a few days ago? It's from Zhihe Biotechnology Company. Their eldest son is like a madman."
Gu Linyuan is a fan of adventure travel. He usually goes on a trip when he earns enough money. His main job is a jewelry designer and he opened his own jewelry store, which is worth a lot of money.
I met Zhihe’s eldest son because of buying jewelry.
"There's a snack street next to my studio. I didn't have time for lunch, so I asked my assistant to go buy some food. Just then, the eldest son of Zhihe came to the store with his wife to pick out jewelry. I casually asked him if he wanted to eat, and he started beating me up without saying a word! I felt so wronged!"
"What did you eat? Maybe he... has some food allergies?"
"It's just ordinary fried skewers! Fried potatoes, fried squid, fried sausages, etc. Even if he has a food allergy, I just casually asked him if he wanted to eat it. He can't just come up and hit me! Zhang Jingshu, who are you helping?"
Zhang Jingshu immediately said, "That's wrong of him. He shouldn't hit people casually. I won't sell him the jewelry!"
Gu Linyuan: "His wife has a very good temper and even apologized to me. I think that guy should be single. He has a very bad temper!"
Zhang Jingshu followed his words for a few seconds, then asked, "Just because of this, you came to see me in the middle of the night? There are always times when I can't talk..."
"I just miss you."
Zhang Jingshu glared: "Speak properly."
Gu Linyuan immediately straightened his posture and said, "It's like this. I just came out of my mother's house and happened to pass by your place. I haven't seen you in a few days. What have you been busy with these days? I called you but you didn't answer."
"Nothing."
Gu Linyuan: "I don't have anything to do, I just came up to sit down. But there's one more thing I want to tell you. If Lianzhu goes bankrupt, you're welcome to come to my place. I happen to be in need of an assistant."
Zhang Jingshu: "Come on, working for you is not as good as me lying at home and relaxing."
Gu Linyuan stood up and left. Before leaving, he smiled and suggested, "My mom urged me to go on a blind date today. I told her not to worry. If I can't find the right one by the time I reach the right age, I'll pursue Zhang Jingshu."
Zhang Jingshu reached out and slapped his face away.
Suddenly, there was a noise from the bathroom.
Gu Linyuan looked inside: "What's that sound?"
"Nothing, nothing, maybe something fell over. Go back quickly, I want to sleep!"
After seeing Gu Linyuan off, Zhang Jingshu hurried to the bathroom to check the situation.
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bathroom.
Cheng Shuinan curled up under the water, his back arched and his fish tail bent in his arms.
The blood hidden under the fish scales was scorching hot, and pain surged from all directions, hitting his nerves heavily. Such pain was still bearable, but the voice of the man laughing and joking with Zhang Jingshu fell into his ears, breeding a strong sense of possession and jealousy deep in his heart.
It sounded like they had known each other for a long time. Zhang Jingshu would comfort the man in a gentle tone, and even bicker with him in a coquettish tone that he had never heard before.
He was so sad that he wanted to cry.
The tears accumulated in the eyes fell down, splashing water.
The bathroom door was opened by Zhang Jingshu.
Cheng Shuinan's tearful expression made Zhang Jingshu's heart shrink.
She walked over and squatted beside the bathtub: "What's wrong? Why are you crying..."
Cheng Shuinan poked his head out of the water, and the cold water hit the black fish tail. The fish tail, which was always full of strength, seemed soft and powerless at this moment.
He placed his hands on the edge of the bathtub, revealing the jealousy in his eyes to Zhang Jingshu without any concealment.
"Zhang Jingshu."
"...Hmm? What happened?"
"who is he."
Before Zhang Jingshu could answer his question, the world suddenly spun around her and she was dragged into the bathtub by Cheng Shuinan.
Her clothes were instantly soaked, and the fish's tail pressed heavily against Zhang Jingshu's knees. The hard, cold scales pressed against her skin through the wet fabric, causing a slight sting.
Cheng Shuinan put his hands on her waist and dragged her body up to the surface of the water, but his arms exerted subtle force, slowly holding her in his arms.
The clear and clean eyes were tinged with a bit of uncontrollable desire.
Mermaids in their mature stage are like being cast under a mysterious spell, and their inner desires are magnified unlimitedly. Those mermaids who are usually simple and kind-hearted will do things during this period that even they themselves cannot imagine.
Cheng Shuinan not only had to endure the discomfort brought by maturity, but also the pain of a fish's tail being cut. It was as if a blunt knife had cut his tail. All the blood in his meridians rose up to resist, but in the end, they were defeated.
Perhaps, there was not much desire to resist.
After all, Cheng Shuinan prayed all the time, longing for a pair of human legs.
He opened his eyes wide, and his sight clearly reflected Zhang Jingshu's panicked face. Her hair was wet and stuck to her face. The water splashed across her body and hit his crotch, as if infected by her temperature and turned into boiling heat.
You should let go of her hand and apologize to her.
Get her out of the tub.
But at the same time, there was a voice in my heart shouting, haven't you always been looking forward to holding her in your arms one day?
Now that your wish has been fulfilled, why should you still pretend?
The panicked heart could never find a solution.
He looked serious and stuttered, "Zhang Jingshu... I, I like you..."
The sudden confession was drowned out by Zhang Jingshu's surprised cry.
He slowly lowered his head and stared in disbelief at her legs entangled beneath the water.
The water surged, the burning feeling in his heart and lungs faded away, and his cheeks suddenly turned red.
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